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

______, no one was absent from the farewell party last night.

A. As it rained heavily 

B. In spite of heavily rain

C. Though it rains heavily 

D. Heavily as it rained 

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

I thought you said she was going away the next Sunday, ________?

A. wasn’t she        

B. didn’t you          

C. didn’t I    

D. wasn’t it

[DIV][FIX]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.

After only 50 minute flying from Ho Chi Minh City, you will set foot on the tropical paradise of Vietnam and the world: PhuQuoc Island.

      The island has a roughly triangular shape with a north-south length of 50km and a west-east width of 25km. A great part of the terrain is filled with beautiful sandy beaches, but there is a mountainous region with 99 peaks, among which the Peak of Chua Mountain is the tallest one at 603 meters. Due to PhuQuoc’s location in the Gulf of Thailand, its climate is sub-equatorial with a temperate weather all year round, making trips to PhuQuoc possible any time in the year. However, the best time to travel to this island is during the dry season, from November until March, when the sky is blue and clear and the rains are away.

      PhuQuoc is most famous for its the cuisines and a natural wonderful coastline. The most famous food of PhuQuoc is fish sauce, which has become quite popular all over Vietnam and the world. Besides, another thing worth trying there is the spicy yet interesting black pepper. However, the factor that will definitely intrigue you to visit PhuQuoc is its untouched coastline featuring several heavenly beaches. They have yet to be explored to their full ability, but this fact might be actually positive as it gives the shores a romantic beauty that you can find in nowhere else in the world.

Question 20: What is PhuQuoc Island regarded as?

      A. Pearl of the Orient                                                       

      B. Tropical Paradise

      C. City of Eternal Spring                                                 

      D. Lanterns Paradise

Question 21: What are PhuQuoc’sspecialities?

      A. red pepper and fish sauce

      B. black pepper and dried fish

      C. red pepper and soya sauce                                                                                       

      D. spicy black pepper and fish sauce

Question 22: Which of the following statements is NOT true?

      A. PhuQuoc Island is located in the Gulf of Thailand.

      B. The beaches in PhuQuoc Island have been explored to their full potentials.

      C. PhuQuoc’s dry season begins from November and lasts through March.

      D. The island is roughly triangular in shape.

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

_____ on the stairs than the phone rang.

A. No sooner had I stepped 

B. Had  no sooner I stepped

C. No sooner I had stepped

D. Had  I no sooner stepped