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The Native Americans of northern California were very good at basketry, using the reeds, grasses, barks, and roots they found around them to fashion articles of all sorts and sizes - not only trays, containers, and cooking pots, but hats, boats, fish traps, baby carriers, and ceremonial objects.

Of all these experts, none excelled the Pomo - a group who lived on or near the coast during the 1800's, and whose descendants continue to live in parts of the same region to this day. They made baskets three feet in diameter and others no bigger than a thimble. The Pomo people were masters of decoration. Some of their baskets were completely covered with shell pendants; others with feathers that made the baskets' surfaces as soft as the breasts of birds. Moreover, the Pomo people made use of more weaving techniques than did their neighbors. Most groups made all their basketwork by twining - the twisting of a flexible horizontal material, called a weft, around stiffer vertical strands of material, the warp, others depended primarily on coiling - a process in which a continuous coil of stiff material is held in the desired shape with tight wrapping of flexible strands. Only the Pomo people used both processes with equal ease and frequency. In addition, they made use of four distinct variations on the basic twining process, often employing more than one of them in a single article.

Although a wide variety of materials was available, the Pomo people used only a few. The warp was always made of willow, and the most commonly used weft was sedge root, a woody fiber that could easily be separated into strands no thicker than a thread. For color, the Pomo people used the bark of redbud for their twined work and dyed bulrush root for black in coiled work. Though other materials were sometimes used, these four were the staples in their finest basketry.

If the basketry materials used by the Pomo people were limited, the designs were amazingly varied. Every Pomo basketmaker knew how to produce from fifteen to twenty distinct patterns that could be combined in a number of different ways.

Question 1. The word "fashion" in line 2 is closest in meaning to____________.

A. maintain                          B. organize                        C. trade                             D. create

Question 2. The Pomo people used each of the following materials to decorate baskets EXCEPT_________.

A. shells                               B. feathers                         C. leaves                           D. bark

Question 3. What is the author's main point in the second paragraph?

A. The neighbors of the Pomo people tried to improve on the Pomo basket weaving techniques.

B. The Pomo people were the most skilled basket weavers in their region.

C. The Pomo people learned their basket weaving techniques from other Native Americans.

D. The Pomo baskets have been handed down for generations.

Question 4. According to the passage, a weft is a____________.

A. tool for separating sedge root                                   B. process used for coloring baskets

C. pliable material woven around the warp                   D. pattern used to decorate baskets

Question 5. According to the passage, what did the Pomo people use as the warp in their baskets?

A. bulrush                            B. willow                          C. sedge                            D. redbud

Question 6. The word "staples" in line 21 is closest in meaning to____________.

A. combinations                   B. limitations                     C. accessories                    D. basic elements

Question 7. Which of the following statements about Pomo baskets can be best inferred from the passage?

A. Baskets produced by other Native Americans were less varied in design than those of the Pomo people.

B. Baskets produced by Pomo weavers were primarily for ceremonial purposes.

C. There were a very limited number of basket-making materials available to the Pomo people.

D. The basket-making production of the Pomo people has increased over the years.

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

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

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

The minister ________ to say whether all the coal mines would be closed.

A. refused

B. avoided

C. denied

D. bothered

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

He had been expected to cope well with examinations and good results.

A. achieve

B. last

C. consider

D. object

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- ‘You and Tim seem to be good mates.’ - ‘Well, I _____________ for ages.’

A. have known

B. know

C. was knowing

D. knew

Read the following passage mark the letter A, B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions:

ROOTED IN THE PAST

      Good manners are a treasure to the people who possess them, as well as to the community they live in. Manners are taught, learnt, and passed from generation to generation.

Even hundreds of years ago, children were taught to behave responsibly. They learnt to respect seniority. When they passed an object to another person, they had to use both hands. When they entered a room, they had to bow and greet the oldest person first. Boys learnt to work hard to support their families. Girls learnt to do housework, and to take care of others. Loyalty and honesty were highly appreciated. When they made a mistake, they would not let another person be punished for it. That would be cowardly and mean. They were taught that families were strong, and everybody should stick together in adversity.

Fortunately, many of these values have been well preserved. They have contributed to making the unique Vietnamese culture, and strengthening our society.

Question 28. Good manners are _______________________.

A. of great value B. of the community

C. traditional D. only for the old

Question 29. What was seen as a boy’s main duty?

A. to respect seniority B. to support his family

C. to do housework D. to share good things

Question 30. The sentence: ‘When they made a mistake, they would not let another person be punished for it,’ means they would _______________________.

A. deny their mistake B. admit their mistake

C. keep it a secret D. be punished

Question 31. The underlined word ‘they’ refers to _______________________.

A. tradition B. generations C. children D. seniority

Question 32.  ‘... cowardly and mean’ is used to describe _______________________ behaviour.

A. acceptable B. good C. proper D. unacceptable

Question 33. This passage is about_______________________.

A. people who possess good manners

B. what bad manners children in the past had

C. the preservation of bad values

D. good manners and their value

Read the following passage mark the letter A, B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions:ROOTED IN THE PAST      Good manners are a treasure to the people who possess them, as well as to the community they live in. Manners are taught, learnt, and passed from generation to generation.Even hundreds of years ago, children were taught to behave responsibly. They learnt to respect seniority. When they passed an object to another person, they had to use both hands. When they entered a room, they had to bow and greet the oldest person first. Boys learnt to work hard to support their families. Girls learnt to do housework, and to take care of others. Loyalty and honesty were highly appreciated. When they made a mistake, they would not let another person be punished for it. That would be cowardly and mean. They were taught that families were strong, and everybody should stick together in adversity.Fortunately, many of these values have been well preserved. They have contributed to making the unique Vietnamese culture, and strengthening our society.Question 28. Good manners are _______________________.A. of great value B. of the community C. traditional D. only for the oldQuestion 29. What was seen as a boy’s main duty?A.to respect seniority B.to support his family C.to do housework D.to share good thingsQuestion 30. The sentence: ‘When they made a mistake, they would not let another person be punished for it,’ means they would _______________________.A. deny their mistake B. admit their mistake C. keep it a secret D.be punishedQuestion 31.  ‘... cowardly and mean’ is used to describe _______________________ behaviour.A. acceptable B. good C. proper D. unacceptableQuestion 32. This passage is about_______________________.A. people who possess good manners B. what bad manners children in the past hadC. the preservation of bad values D. good manners and their value

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

Being well-dress and punctual can help you make a good ________ on your audience

A. effectiveness

B. pressure

C. employment

D. impression

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

Being well-dress and punctual can help you create a good _____ on your interview.

A. effectiveness

B. pressure

C. employment

D. impression