1.      Dressing                             can help you feel self-confident in public. (fashion)

2.      The candidate walked away                                   after he had failed to answer the examiner’s question. (disappoint)

3.      The ________________________ of her marriage appeared in some local newspapers. (announce)

4.      In the oral examination, each                                             has to make six questions. (examine)

5.      They had a lot of difficulty in                               a wedding dress with shells. (design)

6.      The teacher asked her not to                                   so much on computers. (independence)

7.      The air is seriously                                                 by exhaust fume from cars . ( pollute / contanminate)

The UK is a                             society, with people from all over the world living there. (culture)

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

One student failed because he completely ignored the instruction on the paper. The instructions appeared on the top of every page

A. One student failed because he completely ignored the instructions appearing on the top of every page on the paper

B. Even though one student ignored the instructions printed on the top of every paper, he failed

C. One student failed to ignore the instructions printed on the top of every page of paper

D. No matter how completely one student ignored the instructions printed on the top of every page of the paper, he failed

Read this legend, then answer the following questions.. Kitchen Gods Once upon a time, there was a childless couple. The wife was faithful and loved the husband passionately while the husband was treated his wife badly. One day he beat the poor wife with a stick and dismissed her from home. The women had come to another place. She then got married with a kind man, and they lived in harmony. One afternoon when her husband had gone for hunting, a beggar came and a some food. The woman was kind; filled the poor beggar's bag and recognized that the beggar was her former husband. The man also recognized his wife then. She felt sorry for the man when hearing that from the day he dismissed ber, he was deeply sad and regretful. So he decided to go away to find her until he spent all money and became a beggar. After being offered a big meal, the man was drunk so the woman had to drag him out and hid him in a stack of straw because it was time for her recent husband to come back from the forest. After a while, there was a knock at the door, the hunter appeared with a deer on his back. He then happily asked the woman to go to the market to prepare for the dinner. When the women came back, she found that the stack of straw, where her drunk former husband was sleeping, had been burned with a deer roasted. She cried painfully, and then jumped into the fire. The hunter didn't know what had happened and what to do but jumped into the fire to die beside his wife. At that moment, God was in the heaven, he was moved by the story so he turned three of them into three parts of the earthen tripod so that they could live side foreverand conferred them with the title of Kitchen God to oversee all the cooking of people. Every year, they all together came back to the heaven on the 23"of the 12 lunar month to report to God.

1. Why did the wife have to leave for another place?

2. What did the former husband do after dismissing his wife from home?

3. Why did the wife jump into the fire?

4. What did the hunter do then?

5.Why did God turn them into three parts of the earthen tripod?

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to answer these following questions

“The Beauty and the Beast” is a heartfelt story about true love which transforms the Beast into a prince. The fairytale starts with a young girl who lived with her father and two sisters. They lived a good life in a big house but due to some unfortunate turn of events her father lost all his money. They were forced to move into a smaller house. The two sisters kept on grieving for their former life and Beauty kept her sadness for herself and tried her best to help her family.

One day the father found out there is a slight chance he could get back a part of his fortune when one of the ships got back. The two sisters demanded all sorts of thing but Beauty just wanted a single rose. On his way home, the father got lost and wandered into the Beast’s castle. The Beast let him go under the condition of him sending one of his daughters to the castle.

Beauty’s life in the castle was pleasant. She had her room and she was served. Unhappy about his appearance, the Beast never appeared. Beauty only heard his voice. As time passed by they started to love each other. One day, the Beast let her go home to look after her sick father. While she was taking care of her father, she had a dream about Beast dying. When she came back to the palace she found the Beast ill in his bed. She didn’t want him to die and she told him she’ll marry him.

Beast disappeared all of the sudden and its place was taken by a beautiful prince. He told her all about a fairy enchanting him and how the spell could have only been broken by a girl falling in love with him. After her father got better, they threw a wedding and then they all lived happily ever after.

Question: How was Beauty’s life in the castle?

A. unhappy

B. worried

C. pleasant

D. angry

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to answer these following questions

“The Beauty and the Beast” is a heartfelt story about true love which transforms the Beast into a prince. The fairytale starts with a young girl who lived with her father and two sisters. They lived a good life in a big house but due to some unfortunate turn of events her father lost all his money. They were forced to move into a smaller house. The two sisters kept on grieving for their former life and Beauty kept her sadness for herself and tried her best to help her family.

One day the father found out there is a slight chance he could get back a part of his fortune when one of the ships got back. The two sisters demanded all sorts of thing but Beauty just wanted a single rose. On his way home, the father got lost and wandered into the Beast’s castle. The Beast let him go under the condition of him sending one of his daughters to the castle.

Beauty’s life in the castle was pleasant. She had her room and she was served. Unhappy about his appearance, the Beast never appeared. Beauty only heard his voice. As time passed by they started to love each other. One day, the Beast let her go home to look after her sick father. While she was taking care of her father, she had a dream about Beast dying. When she came back to the palace she found the Beast ill in his bed. She didn’t want him to die and she told him she’ll marry him.

Beast disappeared all of the sudden and its place was taken by a beautiful prince. He told her all about a fairy enchanting him and how the spell could have only been broken by a girl falling in love with him. After her father got better, they threw a wedding and then they all lived happily ever after.

Question: Why did the Beauty decide to marry the Beast?

A. She didn’t want him to die

B. She was afraid of him

C. She missed her father

D. The Beast forced her to say that.

Read the passage below and decide whether the statements are TRUE or FALSE?

Once upon a time, there was a girl called Cinderella who did all the work in the kitchen while her lazy sisters did nothing. One night her sisters went to a ball at the palace. Cinderella was left home, feeling very sad. She began to cry. After a time her fairy godmother appeared and told Cinderella that she could go to the ball, but she had to return home by midnight. So she went to the ball in a beautiful dress and a wonderful coach. She danced with prince, but at midnight she ran back home, leaving one of her shoes on the dance floor. The prince wanted to see her again and went to every house in the capital until he found that the shoe was the right size for Cinderella. The prince and Cinderella were married and lived happily ever after.

Question: Her godmother helped her to go but she had to return after midnight.

A. True

B. False

Read the passage below and decide whether the statements are TRUE or FALSE?

Once upon a time, there was a girl called Cinderella who did all the work in the kitchen while her lazy sisters did nothing. One night her sisters went to a ball at the palace. Cinderella was left home, feeling very sad. She began to cry. After a time her fairy godmother appeared and told Cinderella that she could go to the ball, but she had to return home by midnight. So she went to the ball in a beautiful dress and a wonderful coach. She danced with prince, but at midnight she ran back home, leaving one of her shoes on the dance floor. The prince wanted to see her again and went to every house in the capital until he found that the shoe was the right size for Cinderella. The prince and Cinderella were married and lived happily ever after.

Question: Her godmother helped her to go but she had to return after midnight.

A. True

B. False

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to answer these following questions

“The Beauty and the Beast” is a heartfelt story about true love which transforms the Beast into a prince. The fairytale starts with a young girl who lived with her father and two sisters. They lived a good life in a big house but due to some unfortunate turn of events her father lost all his money. They were forced to move into a smaller house. The two sisters kept on grieving for their former life and Beauty kept her sadness for herself and tried her best to help her family.

One day the father found out there is a slight chance he could get back a part of his fortune when one of the ships got back. The two sisters demanded all sorts of thing but Beauty just wanted a single rose. On his way home, the father got lost and wandered into the Beast’s castle. The Beast let him go under the condition of him sending one of his daughters to the castle.

Beauty’s life in the castle was pleasant. She had her room and she was served. Unhappy about his appearance, the Beast never appeared. Beauty only heard his voice. As time passed by they started to love each other. One day, the Beast let her go home to look after her sick father. While she was taking care of her father, she had a dream about Beast dying. When she came back to the palace she found the Beast ill in his bed. She didn’t want him to die and she told him she’ll marry him.

Beast disappeared all of the sudden and its place was taken by a beautiful prince. He told her all about a fairy enchanting him and how the spell could have only been broken by a girl falling in love with him. After her father got better, they threw a wedding and then they all lived happily ever after.

Question: Did the Beast turn into a prince?

A. Yes, he did

B. No, he didn’t

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.

Question 20: After the tragic death of Pierre Curie in 1906, she not only took charge of educating her two children but also took the position which her husband had finally obtained at the Sorbonne.

A. brilliant

B. lovely

C. fascinating

D. happy