II. Choose the best answer to fill in the blank.

A lot of people like to play their records as loudly as possible. The (1) ____ is that the rest of the family and the neighbors often complain (2) ____ don't like the music. One (3) ____ to this problem is to wear headphones, but headphones are usually uncomfortable.

An arm-chair which has a record-player built into it has just been(4) ____ by a British engineer, Stephen Court.

The armchair looks like an ordinary armchair with high back. However, each of the two sides of the chair has three loudspeakers inside to reproduce middle and high sounds. Low sounds are reproduced by a pair of loudspeakers in a hollow (5) ____ under the seat. Anyone who sits in the chair hears sounds coming from all around his/her head.

Because we cannot tell the exact (6) ____ from which low sounds come, it doesn't (7) ____ that they come from underneath or behind. It is the higher sounds coming from the sides of the chair that create a stereo effect.

These sounds travel only a few inches to reach the listener's ears. (8) ____, it takes only a little power to make the music sound very loud. Only a small amount of sound leaks out from behind the chair into the room to (9) ____ others. Most of the sound is (10) ____ by the listeners.

1. A. conclusion          B. impact                     C. sequence                 D. result

2. A. if                         B. for                           C. lest                          D. since

3. A. way                    B. answer                    C. conclusion              D. settlement

4. A. drawn                 B. discovered              C. imagined                 D. designed

5. A. hole                    B. set                           C. location                   D. space

6. A. destination         B. reason                     C. source                     D. departure

7. A. care                     B. make sense             C. matter                     D. mean

8. A. Surprisingly        B. Strangely                C. Consequently         D. Eventually

9. A. disappoint          B. dismiss                    C. deter                       D. disturb

10. A. integrated         B. absorbed                 C. admitted                 D. accommodated

III. Choose the sentence which is closest in meaning with the given one.

1. The room was so full that we couldn't get in.

A. The room was too full for us to get in.

B. The room was too full so that we can't get in.

C. The room was too full that we can't get in.

D. The room was too full that we couldn't get in.

2. I wish I had chosen English to study at school.

A. The speaker studied English and now regrets doing so.

B. The speaker is not studying English.

C. The speaker regrets not choosing English at school.

D. The speaker regrets having chosen English to study.

3. Leather gloves last longer than plastic ones.

A. Plastic gloves last not as long as leather ones.

B. Plastic gloves last shorter than leather ones.

C. Plastic gloves don't last as much as leather ones.

D. Plastic gloves don't last as long as leather ones.

4. The book interested me more than the film.

A. I thought the book was more interesting than the film.

B. I thought the book was more interested than the film.

C. I thought the book was as interesting as the film.

D. I thought the book was not as interesting as the film.

5. The teacher did not allow the class to leave before 4:30.

A. The teacher made the class to stay until after 4:30.

B. The teacher made the class not leave until after 4:30.

C. The teacher made the class stay until after 4:30.

D. The teacher made the class leave after 4:30.

6. If I were you, I'd look for another job.

A. I suggest that you looked for another job.                         B. I suggest looking for another job.

C. I suggest you to look for another job.                    D. I suggest that you look for another job.

7. I only remembered the appointment when it was too late.

A. It was only when it was too late that I remembered the appointment.

B. Not until it was too late that I remembered the appointment.

C. Only when it was too late that I remembered the appointment.

D. It was not until it was too late did I remember the appointment.

8. She finds it difficult to get up early.

A. She used to get up early.                                        B. She didn't use to get up early.

C. She isn't used to getting up early.                          D. She is used to getting up early.

9. I met her when I was staying in Paris last summer.

A. I had met her before I went to Paris last summer.

B. I met her during my stay in Paris last summer.

C. I met her after I went to Paris last summer.

D. I met her during I was staying in Paris last summer.

10. Do shops usually stay open so late in this country?

A. Are shops usually opened so late in this country?

B. Do you usually open shops so late in this country?

C. Is it usual for shops to be opened so late in this country?

D. Is it usual for shops to stay open so late in this country?