Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
He had spent all his money. He decided to go home and ask his father for a job.
A. Spent all his money, he decided to go home and ask his father for a job.
B. Having spent all his money, he decided to go home and ask his father for a job.
C. In spite of having spent all his money, he decided to go home and ask his father for a job.
D. Deciding to go home and ask his father for a job, he had spent all his money.
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 40.
What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Human ancestors became predominantly right-handed when they began to use tools.
B. It is difficult to interpret the significance of anthropological evidence concerning tool use.
C. Humans and their ancestors have been predominantly right-handed for over a million years.
D. Human ancestors were more skilled at using both hands than modern humans.
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 40.
What is the main idea of the passage?
A. outline
B. hand
C. wall
D. paint
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
The best definition for the word “dominant" in paragraph 1 is ____.
A. having the most important position
B. covering the majority of the area
C. providing food for others
D. making up the whole community
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 40.
What does the author say about Cro-Magnon paintings of hands?
A. Some are not very old.
B. It is unusual to see such paintings.
C. Many were made by children.
D. The artists were mostly right-handed.
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.
Vietnam officially became a full member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on July 28, 1995. Since then, Vietnam has worked together with other ASEAN member countries to reinforce regional cooperation and made great contributions to maintaining peace , stability and reconciliation in the region.
In the past years in the ASEAN, Vietnam has reaped (obtained) many successes in all social and economic fields. The country has gradually restructured its administrative apparatus to suit a market economy and to integrate into the international community. Vietnam has made a good impression on ASEAN countries with its achievements in economic development especially in hunger eradication and poverty alleviation. ASEAN countries' investment into Vietnam has also increased sharply. With a high economic growth rate averaging seven percent each year, Vietnam has been able to decrease economic gap slightly with Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Brunei.
In addition, Vietnam actively works to integrate culturally and socially with the Southeast Asian region while preserving its own cultural features. Thirteen is not a long period for such an important political event but what has been achieved in relations between Vietnam and the association is creating splendid prospect for the future.
Question: Which is the best title of the passage?
A. How Vietnam joined ASEAN.
B. Vietnam's contributions to ASEAN's development.
C. Vietnam's achievements in relation with the ASEAN community.
D. Vietnam-ASEAN: a decade of companionship and development.
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.
Peter and Mary are discussing life in the future.
- Peter: "I believe space travel will become more affordable for many people in the future." Mary: "____”
A. There's no doubt about that.
B. I am sorry to hear that.
C. It is very kind of you to say so.
D. It doesn't matter at all.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
People (A) who work (B) involves (C) standing for most of the day often suffer (D) from backache.
A. who
B. involves
C. standing
D. from
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Luckily, I got some ____ advice on how to make a presentation on ‘For a better community’ from my class teacher.
A. useless
B. useful
C. usefulness
D. uselessness