1)      Vietnam is an ideal _               for many tourists from all over the world.

A.    visit                           B. attraction                     C. tour                             D. destination

2)      A certificate from Cambridge University is a valuable                  .

A.    production                B. paper                           C. examination                D. qualification

3)      A major cause of air pollution is the exhaust                         from cars.

A.    gases                         B. molecules                    C. fumes                          D. atoms

4)      My grandmother takes                      for keeping house.

A.    responsibility           B. possibility                    C. ability                          D. probability

5)      The students failed to meet the necessary                    for admission to the course.

A.    aptitudes                 B. requirements               C. fulfillments                 D. qualities

6)      Paul's                      in his work is very amazing.

A.    concern                   B. interest                        C. attention                      D. thought

7)      Too many tests and exams have put high school students under                 .

A.    pressure                   B. charge                         C. guarantee                    D. safety

8)      Feeding such a large family is a heavy                        .

A.    burden                     B. work                            C. depression                   D. influence

9)      Animals seem to have a natural                  of direction.

A.    feeling                     B. knowledge                  C. sense                           D. memory

10)       Water pollution is often caused by industrial _                   from factories.

A.    rain                          B. fuels                            C. waste                           D. gases

11)       The polar bear's natural                       is near the North Pole.

A.    forest                       B. house                           C. homeland                    D. habitat

12)       His work involves helping students to find temporary                  during their summer vacation.

A.    decision                   B. selection                      C. employment                D. choice

13)       Your English is so good now that you've got a very good                 of passing the exam.

A.    luck                         B. occasion                      C. opportunity                 D. chance

14)       Qualifications and _             are two most important factors that help you get a good job.

A.    experience               B. impression                   C. politeness                    D. attention

15)       The                      of alcohol can be extremely dangerous on diving.

A.    results                      B. conditions                   C. effects                         D. affects

16)       The US is                      to people of many diverse cultures.

A.    accommodation       B. house                           C. flat                              D. home

17)       Many                    of rare animals are in danger of extinction.

A.    species                     B. classes                         C. beings                          D. pairs

18)       Eating fish and lots of vegetables greatly increases your life                            .

A.    expectancy                B. expectations                C. expecting                    D. expectation

19)       There are many opportunities for career                   if you work for that company.

A.    promotion                 B. succession                   C. sequence                     D. system

20)       Mike is very helpful. He finds                    in helping people.

A.    convenience              B. satisfaction                  C. confidence                  D. relaxation

21)       The opposite of "majority" is                    .

A.    capacity                    B. important                    C. greatness                     D. minority

22)       The development of science and technology has had great                          on our lives.

A.    results                      B. methods                      C. affects                         D. effects

23)       One major                          of the area is the lack of public transport.

A.    disapproval             B. disappointment           C. dislike                         D. disadvantage

24)       Every year, natural _                 cause millions of dollars worth of damage.

A.    events                      B. disasters                      C. accidents                     D. temperatures

25)       I wrote him a letter to show my                      of his thoughtfulness.

A.    attention                  B. appreciation                C. achievement                D. agreement

26)       A whistle is the                  for the football players to begin the match.

A.    instance                   B. signal                           C. communication           D. attention

27)       Before you start cooking, you should gather together all the necessary                   .

A.    components             B. ingredients                  C. constituents                 D. elements

28)       Being tall give him a(n)                   over the other players.

A.    advantage               B. pleasure                       C. disadvantage               D. satisfaction

29)       Many people like the slow                        of life in the countryside.

A.    space                       B. step                             C. pace                             D. speed

30)       As she had made such an impression on her employers, she was soon offered                 .

A.    position                   B. progress                       C. preferment                  D. promotion

31)       Violent films may have a negative                 on children.

A.    pressure                   B. control                         C. affect                          D. influence

32)       Luxurious cars are growing in                           in Vietnam.

A.    amount                    B. concern                       C. popularity                    D. size

33)       You should make some positive                      to encourage her.

A.    news                        B. words                          C. comments                    D. prays

34)       Cheaper housing would vastly improve the living                         of ordinary people.

A.    grounds                   B. surfaces                       C. standards                    D. levels

35)       There has been a great                  in his English.

A.    rise                          B. improvement               C. escalation                    D. increase

36)       I left my last job because I had no                  to travel.

A.    possibility                B. place                            C. opportunity                 D. position

37)       The lecturer gave an interesting                 on wildlife conservation.

A.    say                           B. talk                              C. tell                               D. speak

38)       I do not think there is a real                between men and women at home as well as in society.

A.    measurement           B. equality                       C. attitude                       D. value

39)       From the hotel there is a good                    of the mountains.

A.    sight                        B. picture                         C. vision                          D. view

40)       An                    examination is an examination that many educational institutions use to select students for admission.       A. first        B. last                              C. final                             D. entrance

41)       Do you think physical                      is important?

A.    role                            B. building                       C. consolidation              D. fitness

42)       First-year students in many universities are required to have                     to the Internet.

A.    access                      B. pavement                    C. way                             D. route

43)       The                  of his first novel appeared in The Times yesterday.

A.    survey                     B. inspection                    C. review                         D. appraisal

44)       It's difficult to tell from his face what is going on in his                 .

A.    thought                   B. mind                            C. spirit                            D. intellect

45)       I'd love to try and make that pudding. Have you got a(n)                 for it?

A.    ingredient                B. recipe                          C. receipt                         D. prescription

46)       My brother lives on the fifteenth floor of that                     of flats.

A.    block                       B. house                           C. building                       D. tower

Large animals that inhabit the desert have evolved a number of adaptations for reducing the effects of extreme heat. One adaptation is to be light in color, and to reflect rather than absorb the Sun’s rays. Desert mammals also depart from the normal mammalian practice ofmaintaining a constant body temperature. Instead of trying to keep down the body temperature deep inside the body, which would involve the expenditure of water and energy, desert mammals allow their temperatures to rise to what would normally be fever height, and temperatures as high as 46 degrees Celsius have been measured in Grant’s gazelles. The overheated body then cools down during the cold desert night, and indeed the temperature may fall unusually low by dawn, as   low as 34 degrees Celsius in the camel. This is an advantage since the heat of the first few hours of daylight is absorbed in warming up the body, and an excessive buildup of heat does not begin until well into the day.

Another strategy of large desert animals is to tolerate the loss of body water to a point that would be fatal for non-adapted animals. The camel can lose up to 30 percent of its body weight as water without harm to itself, whereas human beings die after losing only 12 to 13 percent of their body weight. An equally important adaptation is the ability to replenish this water loss at one drink. Desert animals can drink prodigious volumes in a short time, and camels have been known to imbibe over 100 liters in a few minutes. A very dehydrated person, on the other hand, cannot drink enough water to rehydrate at one session, because the human stomach is not sufficiently big and because a too rapid dilution of the body fluids causes death from water intoxication. The tolerance of water loss is of obvious advantage in the desert, as animals do not have to remain near a water hole but can obtain food from grazing sparse and far-flung pastures. Desert-adapted mammals have the further ability to feed normally when extremely dehydrated, it is a common experience in people that appetite is lost even under conditions of moderate thirst.

what does the author imply about desert- adapted mammals?

a.they do not need to eat much food 

b.they can eat large quantities quickly

c.they easily lose their appetites 

d.they can travel long distances looking for food

For the questions 1 to 10, choose the best answer (marked A, B, C or D) to finish each of the following sentences. Write your answers in the numbered boxes below.

1. They are trying to save the animals ______ extinction.

A. on B. to C. from D. for

2. I walked away as calmly as I could ______ they thought I was the thief.

A. or else B. to avoid C. owing to D. in case

3. Some people______sport to keep fit, not because they like it.

A. practice B. train C. make D. do

4. “Thanks for the nice gift!” -“______”

A. In fact, I myself don’t like it. B. You’re welcomed.

C. I’m glad you like it. D. But do you know how much it costs?

5. This new law will take ______ from the beginning of next month.

A. effect B. power C. influence D. force

6. We need ______ information before we can decide.

A. far B. farther C. furthest D. further

7. Most of the computers in the laboratory are ______ now.

A. out of fashion B. out of order C. out of work D. out of function

8. For a while I was at a ______to know what to say.

A. blank B. pain C. loss D. crisis

9. ______ taking a new course of English for Special Purposes.

A. An increasing number of students is B. An increased number of students are

C. The increasing number of students are D. An increasing number of students are

10. One of the solutions _______by environmentalists is to ban vehicles from city center.

A. are suggested B. suggested C. is suggested D. suggesting

1. I didn’t lock the door. My cat went out and got lost.  (IF) 

2. The cruise ship returns to the Mersey on September 29th. It will depart from Liverpool for a fifteen-night Mediterranean cruise. (WHICH)

3. We need further information. We will not misunderstand the case. (ORDER)

4. Ruth ran very fast. She chould not catch up with Mark. (THOUGH) 

5. She acts like a boss. In fact, she isn’t. (AS IF) 

6. It is very dark inside. We could hardly see anything. (SO)

7. Jane was upset about having lost her wallet. It was understandable. (WHICH)

8. I start the engine. There is always a strange noise. (WHENEVER)

9. Sean’s flat was near enough for him to walk for work. He had no reason to take a taxi. (SINCE)