Sample 3

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 sentences. Smart technologies have made the lives of city dwellers more convenient.

• people living in the country

• people who like to work in the city

• people living in the city

• people who don't like to live in the city

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following sentences. City life has both advantages and disadvantages which will be solved in the future.

• interests

• prosperities

• benefits

• drawbacks

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. With the help of technology, people can grow vegetables in roof gardens of __________ buildings.

• high-standard

• high-quality

• high-rise

• high-level

Modern green infrastructure will be more __________ because most cities use renewable and clean energy.

• eco-chic

• eco-anxiety

• eco-friendly

• eco-warrior

Computer-controlled transport systems like electric buses and trains will produce less greenhouse gas __________.

• emit

• emissions

• emits

• emitted

There are other problems of city life which I don't propose to __________ at the moment.

• go into

• go around

• go for

• go up

China has already been experimenting with ways to make its cities more __________ for the last two decades.

• sustain

• sustainable

• sustaining

• sustained

I __________ that living in the city is good for young people.

• think

• am thinking

• thinks

• are thinking

Please don’t talk too loudly. He __________ about ways to live a healthier life.

• thinks

• is thinking

• think

• are thinking

My darling, you looked __________ in that dress.

• beauty

• beautify

• beautiful

• beautifully