What word might describes the attitudes of the writer? A. admiration B. criticism C. neutral D. sarcasm

Rewrite the sentences, beginning with the given words

Although his leg was broken, he managed to get out of the car. => In spite of ____.

This ring is only made of plastic so it’s quite ............. .

Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed for the sentence to be correct.

Every (A) teacher I've spoken to tell (B) me that standard of spelling (C) are in (D) decline.

I applied for a part-time job at the supermarket. They are going to _________.

The US president Barack Obama ______ an official visit to Vietnam in May 2016, which is of great significance to the comprehensive bilateral partnership.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheer to indicaretha correct answer to each of the questions from 1 to 5.

Herman Melville, an American author best known today for his novel Moby Dick, was actually more popular during his lifetime for some of his other works. He traveled extensively and used the knowledge gained during his travels as the basis for his early novels. In 1837, at the age of eighteen, Melville signed as a cabin boy on a merchant ship that was to sail from his Massachusetts home to Liverpool, England. His experiences on this trip served as a basis for the novel Redburn (1849). In 1841 Melville set out on a whaling ship headed for the South Seas. After jumping ship in Tahiti, he wandered around the islands of Tahiti and Moorea. This South Sea island sojourn was a backdrop to the novel Omoo (1847). After three years away from home, Melville joined up with a U.S. naval frigate that was returning to the eastern United States around Cape Horn. The novel White-Jacket (1850) describes this lengthy voyage as a navy seaman. With the publication of these early adventure novels, Melville developed a strong and loyal following among readers eager for his tales of exotic places and situations. However, in 1851, with the publication of Moby Dick, Melville's popularity started to diminish. Moby Dick, on one level the saga of the hunt for the great white whale, was also a heavily symbolic allegory of the heroic struggle The main subject of the passage is _______.

The passage implies that Melville stayed in Tahiti because __________ .

How did the publication of Moby Dick affect Melville's popularity?