13. Typhoon Haiyan caused damage, and __________  of life became great in the Philippines.

A. lose                                    B. loss                        C. losing                    D. loses

1. Monsoon rains across Thailand _______ millions of people in 61 of its provinces.

A. has affected

B. have affected

C. have effect

D. has influenced

2. Typhoon Haiyan made the damage, and _______ of life became great in the Philippines.

A. lose

B. loses

C. losing

D. loss

3. Thanks to the extensive _______ measures taken, the loss of life in Typhoon Xangsane in Da Nang and other provinces seemed to be relatively low.

A. prevent

B. preventive

C. prevention

D. preventing

4. A number of other provinces will declare drought _______ in the coming weeks.

A. accident

B. emergency

C. event

D. situation

5. In some areas, human _______ can be a contributing factor in causing landslides.

A. acts

B. actions

C. acting

D. activities

6. The Pacific Ring of Fire is an area of frequent _______ and volcanic _______, encircling the basin of the Pacific Ocean.

A. floods – eruptions

B. earthquake – flood

C. flood – eruption

D. earthquakes – eruptions

7. If this factory continues _______ poison into the lake, all the fish will die.

A. pouring

B. dumping

C. pumping

D. sacking8.

The sight of too many advertising, overhead poles and shop signs causes _______ pollution.

A. air

B. light

C. noise

D. visual

9. _______ you ever been to any English-speaking countries?

A. Do

B. Have

C. Were

D. Are

10. Australia is home to _______ animals like kangaroos and koalas.

A. only

B. rare

C. unique

D. precious

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

The first year at university was probably the best and most challenging year of my life. It caused me plenty of troubles.

A. tricky     

B. tough      

C. easy        

D. difficult

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in  the following questions.

Vietnamese culture is dynamic and expressed in various ways. This is due to individual life experience and personality.

A. Vietnamese culture is dynamic and expressed in various ways, according to individual life experience and personality.

B. Vietnamese culture is dynamic and expressed in various ways, owing to individual life experience and personality.

C. Vietnamese culture through individual life experience and personality is dynamic and expressed in various ways.

D. Vietnamese culture is dynamic and expressed in various in individual life experience and personality.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each

pair of sentences in the following questions.

Winston Churchill was a great politician and statesman. He also won the Nobel Prize for literature.

A. Winston Churchill won the Nobel Prize for literature so he was a great politician and statesman. 

B. Winston Churchill, a great politician and statesman, also won the Nobel Prize for literature. 

C. Winston Churchill was a great politician rather than a statesman although he won the Nobel Prize for literature. 

D. Winning the Nobel Prize for literature, Winston Churchill became a great politician and statesman.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate that best combine this pair of sentences in the following questions

Every day the diversity of life on Earth gets poorer. We are overusing resources and disregarding the riches of nature

A. The diversity of life on Earth gets poorer every day because of our overuse of resources and disregard for the riches of nature

B. Every day the diversity of life on Earth gets poorer, leading to overusing resources and disregarding the riches of nature

C. Every day the diversity of life on Earth gets poorer, in return for overusing resources and disregarding the riches of nature

D. Although we are overusing resources and disregarding the riches of nature, the diversity of life on Earth gets poorer every day

Circle the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following sentences.

The student service centre will try their best to assist students in finding a suitable part-time job.

A. make

B. provide

C. allow

D. help