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

8. A lot of people have come tonight to ………………. the forum.

     A. apply                 B. attend                 C. arrive                  D. concentrate

9. The villagers are trying to learn English …………… they can communicate with foreign customers.

     A. in order that           B. even though                     C. however             D. because of

10. The doctor wanted to go ………………. the test result with her patient.

     A. over                   B. up                     C. down                       D. in

11. The farmers in my home village ……………… ride home on trucks; they used buffalo-driven carts.

     A. didn’t used to          B. didn’t use to         C. not used to          D. not use to

12. They offered him a place at the company, but he turned it ……………………

     A. up                      B. down                       C. on                       D. off

13. The new girl in our class, ………… name is Mina, is reasonably good at English.

     A. whose                B. who                        C. which                 D. that

14. Our teacher asked us ………………… in the previous examination.

     A. how we did                                            B. how did we

     C. how had we done                                               D. how we had done

15. Women these days prefer to be ……………………. independent.

     A. finance               B. financial             C. financially                    D. finalize

16. I don’t feel ……………… at interviews because my English is not very good.

     A. confidently          B. confidence         C. confidential            D. confident

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.

17. Janet: “What a lovely house you have!”

Jane: “ …………………..”

     A. No problem.                               B. Thank you. Hope you will drop in.

     C. Of course not, it's not costly.      D. I think so.

18. Mubarak: “Did you enjoy the movie yesterday?”

     Mark: “ ………………….. ”

     A. Certainly, I'd be glad to.                         B. Yes, it is warmer than today.

     C. Not really. I couldn't follow the story.        D. No, I dislike moving.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

19. They suggested their students learn English to collaborate with their foreign teammates.

     A. go out            B. study abroad            C. work together           D. tell stories

20. Vietnam used to be male-dominated, with men being the voice of the family and society.

     A. men doing housework                            B. men earning money

     C. men looking after children                                 D. men playing the leading role