Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 30 to 34 

     During the early years of this century, wheat was seen as the very lifeblood of Western Canada. When the crops were good, the economy was good; when the crops failed, there was depression. People on city streets watched the yields and the price of wheat with almost as much feeling as if they were growers. The marketing of wheat became an increasingly favorite topic of conversation. 

     War set the stage for the most dramatic events in marketing the western crop. For years, farmers mistrusted speculative grain selling as carried on through the Winnipeg Grain Exchange. Wheat prices were generally low in the autumn, but farmers could not wait for markets to improve. It had happened too often that they sold their wheat soon after harvest when' farm debts were coming due, only to see prices rising and speculators getting rich. On various occasions, producer groups asked for firmer controls. but governments had no wish to become involved, at least not until wartime wheat prices threatened to run wild. 

     Anxious to check inflation and rising living costs, the federal government appointed a board of grain supervisors to handle deliveries from the crops of 1917 and 1918. Grain Exchange trading was suspended, and farmers sold at prices fixed by the board. To handle the crop of 919, the government appointed the first Canadian Wheat Board, with full authority to buy, sell, and set prices. 

What is the main purpose of the passage?

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. 

Her first flight as the captain of a plane was an important _____ in her professional life.

According to the passage, wheat prices be-came unmanageable because of conditions caused by

“Why did you waste your money on going to see that movie?” “I know. It’s the____ film I’ve ever seen.”

The proposal will go ahead despite strong ___________ from the public.

Mike has quickly established himself _____ the National Football League’s most valued players.

The problem is due to discipline, or, more precisely, the lack of discipline, in school.

Michelle is a(n) _____ worker who always takes great care not to make any mistakes.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 25 to 29 

     In European and North American cultures, body language behaviors can be divided into 2 groups:  open or closed and forward or backward. 

     Open/closed postures are the easiest to (25) __________. People are open to messages when they show open hands, face you fully, and have both feet on the ground. This indicates that they are (26) __________ to listen to what you are saying, even if they are disagreeing with you. When people are closed to messages, they have their arms folded or their legs crossed, and they may turn their bodies away. This body language usually means that people are rejecting your message. 

     Forward or backward behavior reveals an active or a passive (27) __________ to what is being said. If people lean forward with their bodies toward you, they are actively engaged in your message. They may be accepting or rejecting it, but their minds are on (28) __________ you are saying. On the other hand, if people lean back in their chairs or look away from you, or perform activities such as drawing or cleaning their eyeglasses, you know that they are either passively taking in your message or that they are ignoring it. In (29) _________ case, they are not very much engaged in the conversation.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.

The moment you _____ him, you’ll understand what I’m talking about.