1. The personnel officer promised him that she wouldn't tell any one that he had been in priso (WORD)

➞The personnel................................................................................................................................

1. The crops were badly affected by the storm ( EFFECT)

➞The storm...............................................................................................

3. I had lost his number phone, so I could not contact him before

➞I could not................................................................................................

4. I enjoy being the boss of a small company

➞I enjoy being...........................................................................................

5. The success of our local theater has made our city famous ( MAP)

➞The success of our local theater.................................................................

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

Rachel Carson was born in 1907 inSpringsdale,Pennsylvania. She studied biology at college and zoology atJohnsHopkinsUniversity, where she received her master’s degree in 1933. In 1936, she was hired by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, where she worked most of her life.

Carson’s first book, Under the Sea Wind, was published in 1941. It received excellent reviews, but sales were poor until it was reissued in 1952. In that year she published The Sea Around Us, which provided a fascinating look beneath the ocean’s surface, emphasizing human history as well as geology and marine biology. Her imagery and language had a poetic quality.Carson consulted no less than 1,000 printed sources. She had voluminous correspondence and frequent discussions with experts in the field. However, she always realized the limitations of her nontechnical readers.

In 1962, Carsonpublished Silent Spring, a book that sparked considerable controversy. It proved how much harm was done by the uncontrolled, reckless use of insecticides. She detailed how they poison the food supply of animals, kill birds and fish, and contaminate human food. At the time, spokesmen for the chemical industry mounted personal attacks against Carson and issued propaganda to indicate that her findings were flawed. However, her work was proved by a 1963 report of the President’s Science Advisory Committee.

Why does the author of the passage mention the report of the President’s Science Advisory Committee ( lines 14-15)?

A. To provide an example of government propaganda

B. To supportCarson’s ideas

C. To indicate a growing government concern with the environment

D. To validate the chemical industry’s claims

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 35 to 42.

Rachel Carson was born in 1907 in Springsdale, Pennsylvania. She studied biology in college and zoology at Johns Hopkins University, where she received her master’s degree in 1933. In 1936, she was hired by the US Fish and Wildlife Service, where she worked most of her life.

Carson’s first book, Under the Sea Wind, was published in 1941. It received excellent reviews, but sales were poor until it was reissued in 1952. In that year, she published The Sea Around Us, which provided a fascinating look beneath the ocean’s surface, emphasizing human history as well as geology and marine biology. Her imagery and language had a poetic quality. Carson consulted no less than 1,000 printed sources. She had voluminous correspondence and frequent discussions with experts in the field. However, she always realized the limitations of her non-technical readers.

In 1962, Carson published Silence Spring, a book that sparked considerable controversy. It proved how much harm was done by the uncontrolled, reckless use of insecticides. She detailed how they poison the food supply of animals, kill birds, and contaminate human food. At that time, spokesmen for the chemical industry mounted personal attacks against Carson and issued propaganda to indicate that her findings were flawed. However, her work was vindicated by a 1963 report of the President’s Science Advisory Committee.

Why does the author of the passage mention the report of the President’s Science Advisory Committee?

A. To provide an example of government propaganda

B. To support Carson’s ideas

C. To indicate a growing government concern with the environment

D. To validate the chemical industry’s claims

Choose the best answer to complete the sentence.

I saw many houses that were destroyed by the storm.

=> I saw many houses _______ by the storm.

A. Destroying

B. destroyed

C. were destroyed

D. Destroy

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions

           Rachel Carson was born in 1907 in Springsdale, Pennsylvania. She studied biology at college and zoology at Johns Hopkins University, where she received her master’s degree in 1933. In 1936, she was hired by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, where she worked most of her life.

          Carson’s first book, Under the Sea Wind, was published in 1941. It received excellent reviews, but sales were poor until it was reissued in 1952. In that year she published The Sea Around Us, which provided a fascinating look beneath the ocean’s surface, emphasizing human history as well as geology and marine biology. Her imagery and language had a poetic quality. Carson consulted no less than 1,000 printed sources. She had voluminous correspondence and frequent discussions with experts in the field. However, she always realized the limitations of her nontechnical readers.

          In 1962, Carson published Silent Spring, a book that sparked considerable controversy. It proved how much harm was done by the uncontrolled, reckless use of insecticides. She detailed how they poison the food supply of animals, kill birds and fish, and contaminate human food. At the time, spokesmen for the chemical industry mounted personal attacks against Carson and issued propaganda to indicate that her findings were flawed. However, her work was proved by a 1963 report of the President’s Science Advisory Committee.

Why does the author of the passage mention the report of the President’s Science Advisory Committee (lines 14-15) ?

A. To provide an example of government propaganda

B. To support Carson’s ideas

C. To indicate a growing government concern with the environment

C. To indicate a growing government concern with the environment

4. Fill each gap with the correct form of the verb in brackets, using the passive voice.

1. Hundreds of people ________ in last night’s earthquake. (kill)
2. the whole city ________ by the storm? That was terrible! (destroy)
3. Three people ________ here. We need to help them now. (trap)
4. All the victims ________ to an evacuation centre in the early morning. (take)
5. Five people ________ missing after the flood swept through the town last week. (report)

5. Supply the correct tense of the words given in each blanket.

1.      Four countries ______________ (visit) by John so far.

2.      London ______________ (have) a population of eight million people.

3.      The Statue of Liberty in New York is a monument which ______________ (symbolize) freedom.

4.      Vietnam’s Independence Day ________________ (celebrate) on September 09^th.

5.      We ______________ (visit) Sydney Opera House for several times.

6.      Some activities ______________ (prepare) to celebrate the lunar new year now.