17.
(A) term
(B) period
(C) time
(D) duration

13. Which dealing below would be considered "more than fair"?(A) Your classmate treats you a bowl of plain noodles to repay your effort of doing his homework for a whole semester. (B) You purchase 3.5 acres of land at the price of seven million dollars while the market value of an acre is two million. (C) Your cousin sold you an accident-free, 6-month-old car that she had hardly used at two hundred thousand dollars, while the same model of similar conditions cost four hundred thousand.

14. When the 50-year-old actress is asked by reporters about how she keeps her figure fit and her skin smooth and tight, she answers, "I take care of them with no other means than sleeping and eating well." But most women of her age hearing this would sigh, "If only I could say the same." What do these women of her age mean with the comment?(A) "I wouldn't be so stupid as to say such nonsense in front of the media."(B) "I'm never so smart as she is to give such clever answer in front of the media."(C) "I wish I could keep my figure and skin youthful in as simple ways as she does."(D) "Only I could say such thing about myself； she is not even qualified."

15. Though students and their parents may have misgivings about present educational policies, there is still much to be said for the efforts that the authorities concerned put into the goal of educational reform. Which statement below is true accordingly? (A) Students and their parents are worried about the present educational policy； the efforts of the authority concerned at educational reform should be questioned and criticized. (B) The present educational policies are not welcome by students and their parents； the direction in which the educational reform is pursued now needs further discussion. (C) The present educational policies have been widely denounced by students and their parents； there is no need to say more about the misdirected efforts of the authority. (D) Even though students and their parents are not happy with the newly reformed educational policies, the authority's efforts at reform still deserve positive comments.

16. (A) swearing on (B) sworn in (C) swearing of (D) sworn by

18.(A) Expectedly (B) Definitely (C) Fearfully (D) Hopefully

19. (A) interest (B) interesting (C) interested (D) interests

20.(A) binding (B) defying (C) abiding (D) accusing

21. (A) in place (B) in position (C) on mark (D) by location

22. (A) on the role (B) to the heart (C) by the book (D) from the bottom

23.(A) cruise (B) drift (C) saunter (D) storm