Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

I couldn't make out what he had talked about because I was not used to his accent

Women's status____in different countries and it depends on the cultural beliefs.

My husband and I take turns cleaning _____ the kitchen depending___ who gets home from work earlier.

Life on Earth is disappearing fast and will continue to do so unless urgent action is taken.

"I will ring you up after I get home." Peter said to Mary.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Founded after World War II by 51 "peace-loving states" combined to oppose future aggression, the United Nations now counts 192 member nations, (17)___its newest members, Nauru, Kiribati, and Tonga in 1999, Tuvalu and Yugoslavia in 2000, Switzerland and East Timor in 2002, and Montenegro in 2006.

United Nations Day has been (18)___on October 24 since 1948 and celebrates the objectives and accomplishments of the organization, which was established on October 24, 1945.

The UN (19)____in peacekeeping and humanitarian missions across the globe. Though some say its (20) ______has declined in recent decades, the United Nations still plays a tremendous role in world politics. In 2001 the United Nations and Kofi Annan, then Secretary-General of the UN, won the Nobel Peace Prize "for their work for a better organized and more peaceful world.

The population of Singapore is approximately 4.59 million. Though Singapore is highly cosmopolitan and diversity, ethnic Chinese forms the majority of the population.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

Fruit and vegetables grew in abundance on the island. The islanders even exported the surplus.

Current extinction rates are at least 100 to 1,000 times higher than____ rates found in the fossil record.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

He could escape from hurt because he was wearing protective clothes.

A_____is a book, film, or play that tells an exciting fictional story about something such as criminal activities or spying.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.

Peter told us about his leaving the school. He did it on his arrival at the meeting.

The stranger______me and asked, "Is there a post office near here?"