Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits blank (25). Most of the greatest cities in the world are (23) ______ near oceans, rivers, or lakes. New York City, Rio de Janeiro, and Buenos Aires are on the Atlantic Ocean, (24) ______ San Francisco, Tokyo, and Santiago are on the Pacific Ocean. Singapore is located on an island in the South China Sea and Venice is on an island in the Adriatic Sea. London is (25) ______ the Thames River. Paris is on the Seine River. Cairo is on the Nile River and Budapest is on the Danube River. Chicago, Cleveland, and Toronto are on the Great Lakes: Chicago on Lake Michigan, Cleveland on Lake Erie, and Toronto on Lake Ontario. (26) ______ their location, most of these cities have famous (27) ______ associated with water. New York City has the Statue of Liberty Island. San Francisco has the Golden Gate Bridge and Venice has the Grand Canal, to name only a few. A: in B: at C: from D: on 22 Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions. A: convenient B: metropolitan C: multicultural D: cosmopolitan 23 Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. Many city dwellers are suffered from ______ every day but they have no way out. A: unpleasure and inconvenience B: pleasant and convenient C: unpleasant and inconvenient D: pleasure and convenience 24 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 questions. A lot of things have been done to save natural resources but it seems not enough. A: exploit B: explore C: protect D: discover 25 Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. My father has just given up ______ . A: smoke B: smoked C: to smoke D: smoking