21. I read the contract again and again ___________ avoiding making spelling mistakes.

A. in terms of                          B. with a view to  C. by means of     D. in view of

22. What do you think about the parks in New York? Are they larger___________ in Ho Chi Minh City?

A. than those                            B. than that           C. as that              D. as those

23. Robots save workers from___________ dangerous tasks.

A. making                      B. having              C. performing             D. carrying

24. If you had listened to my advice yesterday, you___________ in this mess right now.

A. would be                              B. would have been    C. would not be          D. would not have been

25. If ___________, that tree would look more attractive.

A. it did carefully                                         B. it were done carefully

C. it is done carefully                                           D. it was done carefully.

26. There are more than 300 steps up the hill to Hung King Temple; ___________, any pilgrim would

like to reach the top.

A. nevertheless               B. therefore          C. moreover          D. but for

27.  There’s no point ___________to get Tom to lend you his car.

A. in trying                     B. to try                C. to trying           D. in being try

28. No sooner___________ down the receiver than the phone rang again.

A. I put                          B. had I put           C. have I put                    D. I had put

29. Parents love and support their children ___________the children misbehave or do foolish things.

A. only if                        B. since                 C. if                      D. even if

      30. Marry: “Would you mind if I use your computer for an hour?”                     

           Susan: “___________.”

A. Not at all. I’ve finished my job                          B. Yes, you can use it

C. Of course not. I still need it now                        D. Yes, it’s all right

31. Peter:  “It’s going to rain.”

      Jack:  “___________”      

A. I hope not so              B. I don’t hope so C. I hope not                   D. I don’t hope either

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

I read the contract again and again _______ avoiding making spelling mistakes. 

A. in terms of 

B. by means of 

C. with a view to 

D. in view of 

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.

No educational medium better serves as a means of spatial communication than the atlas. Atlases deal with such invaluable information as population distribution and density. One of the best, Pennycooke’s World Atlas, has been widely accepted as a standard owing to the quality of its maps and photographs, which not only show various settlements but also portray them in a variety of scales. In fact, the very first map in the atlas is a cleverly designed population cartogram that projects the size of each country if geographical size were proportional to population. Following the proportional layout, a sequence of smaller maps shows the world’s population density, each country’s birth and death rates, population increase and decrease, industrialization, urbanization, gross national product in terms of per capita income, the quality of medical care, literacy, and language. To give readers a perspective on how their own country fits in with the global view, additional projections despite the world’s patterns in nutrition, calorie and protein consumption, health care, number of physicians per unit of population, and life expectancy by region. Population density maps on a subcontinental scale, as well as political maps, convey the diverse demographic phenomena of the world in a broad array of scales.

The word “convey” in the passage is closest in meaning to ______.

A. devise

B. conjure up

C. demonstrate

D. indicate

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 36 to 42.

          No educational medium better serves as a means of spatial communication than the atlas. Atlases deal with such invaluable information as population distribution and density. One of the best, Pennycooke’s World Atlas, has been widely accepted as a standard owing to the quality of its maps and photographs, which not only show various settlements but also portray them in a variety of scales. In fact , the very first map in the atlas is a cleverly designed population cartogram that projects the size of each country if geographical size were proportional to population. Following the proportional layout , a sequence of smaller maps shows the world’s population density, each country’s birth and death rates, population increase and decrease , industrialization, urbanization , gross national product in terms of per capita income, the quality of medical care, literacy, and language. To give readers a perspective on how their own country fits in with the global view, additional projections despite the world’s patterns in nutrition, calorie and protein consumption, health care, number of physicians per unit of population, and life expectancy by region. Population density maps on a subcontinental scale, as well as political maps, convey the diverse demographic phenomena of the world in a broad array of scales.

In the passage, the word “invaluable” is closest in meaning to______.

A. invalid

B. priceless

C. shapeless

D. incremental

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 36 to 42.

          No educational medium better serves as a means of spatial communication than the atlas. Atlases deal with such invaluable information as population distribution and density. One of the best, Pennycooke’s World Atlas, has been widely accepted as a standard owing to the quality of its maps and photographs, which not only show various settlements but also portray them in a variety of scales. In fact , the very first map in the atlas is a cleverly designed population cartogram that projects the size of each country if geographical size were proportional to population. Following the proportional layout , a sequence of smaller maps shows the world’s population density, each country’s birth and death rates, population increase and decrease , industrialization, urbanization , gross national product in terms of per capita income, the quality of medical care, literacy, and language. To give readers a perspective on how their own country fits in with the global view, additional projections despite the world’s patterns in nutrition, calorie and protein consumption, health care, number of physicians per unit of population, and life expectancy by region. Population density maps on a subcontinental scale, as well as political maps, convey the diverse demographic phenomena of the world in a broad array of scales.

Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A. calorie consumption

B. population decline

C. a level of education

D. currency exchange rate