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 28 to 35.

For hundreds of years, giving flowers have been a social means of communication. In the United States, flowers are often given during rites of passage, for commemorating special occasions or as a heartfelt gift between loved ones and friends. Flower gifting also occurs in most countries around the world. However, the meanings and traditions often vary.

While students traditionally gave their favorite teacher an apple in past years, in China, teachers are given flowers. Peonies are by far the flower most often given in China. They are also quite popularly used for weddings. Strangely, potted plants are not considered a pleasant gift among Asian cultures. The people believe that like a plant confined by a pot, the gift symbolizes a binding or restriction.

In Russia, in lieu of giving birthday presents, the guest of honor receives a single flower or an unwrapped bouquet. Floral arrangements or baskets are not given. Russians celebrate a holiday known as Woman's Day. Traditional gifts include red roses, hyacinths or tulips. When there is a funeral or other occasion where someone wishes to express sympathy, carnations, lilies or roses are given in circular configurations, which signify the transition of birth, life and death to rebirth. In this instance, the color of choice is commonly yellow. For joyous occasions, arrangements and bouquets generally contain an odd number of flowers.

In the times of ancient Rome, brides carried flowers to scare away evil spirits and encourage fertility. The Dutch believed that flowers were food for the soul. When invited to someone's home in Great Britain, it is tradition to bring a gift of flowers. All types are acceptable except white lilies, which are usually seen at funerals. Unlike the United States, red roses are a symbol of love. Flowers are generally gifted in odd numbered increments regardless of the occasion. However, the Brits also have superstitions regarding the number 13, so the number is avoided.

In the southern region of the continent, flowers are traditionally given during Christmas. Egyptians are much more conservative and restrict flower gifting to funerals and weddings. While certain flowers may have significant meanings for some, flowers in Las Vegas and across the United States flowers are an accepted gift for any reason desired.

Question 34: In which country should not people bring white lilies to other houses?

A. China

B. Russia

C. Great Britain

D. United States

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following exchanges.

John: “Do you think that we should use public transportation to protect our

environment?” - Linda: “_____________.”

A. Of course not. You bet

B. There is no doubt about it

C. Well, that’s very surprising

D. Yes, it’s an absurd idea

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 42.

Life originated in the early seas less than a billion years after the Earth was formed. Yet another three billions years were to pass before the first plants and animals appeared on the continents. Life's transition from the sea to the land was perhaps as much of an evolutionary challenge as was the genesis of life.

What forms of life were able to make such a drastic change in lifestyle? The traditional view of the first terrestrial organisms is based on megafossils - relatively large specimens of essential whole plants and animals. Vascular plants, related to modern seed plants and ferns, left the first comprehensive megafossil record. Because of this, it has been commonly assumed that the sequence of terrestrialization reflected the evolution of 10 modern terrestrial ecosystems. In this view, primitive vascular plants first colonized the margins of continental waters, followed by animals that fed on the plants, and lastly by the animals that preyed on the plant-eaters. Moreover, the megafossils suggest that terrestrial life appeared and diversified explosively near the boundary between the Silurian and the Devonian periods, a little more than 400 million years ago.

Recently, however, paleontologists have been taking a closer look at sediments below this Silurian- Devonian geological boundary. It turns out that some fossils can be extracted from these sediments by putting the rock in an acid bath. The technique has uncovered new evidence from sediments that were deposited near the shores of the ancient oceans - plant microfossils and microscopic pieces of small animals. In many instances, the specimens are less than one-tenth of a millimeter in diameter. Although they were entombed in the rocks for hundreds of millions of years, many of the fossils consist of the organic remains of the organism.

These discovered fossils have not only revealed the existence ofpreviously unknown organisms, but have also pushed back these dates for the invasion of land by multicellular organisms. Our view about the nature of the early plants and animal communities are now being revised. And with those revisions come new speculations about the first terrestrial life-forms.

Question 41: Which of the following resulted from the discovery of microscopic fossils?

A. The time estimate for the first appearance of the terrestrial life forms was revised.

B. Old techniques for analyzing fossils were found to have new uses.

C. The origins of primitive sea life were explained.

D. Assumptions about the locations of ancient seas were changed.

Năm 1954, Ngô Đình Diệm thành lập "Đảng Cần lao nhân vị" và "Phong trào cách mạng quốc gia" nhằm

A. vận động thanh niên miền Nam xâm lược miền Bắc

B. hô hào tố cộng, diệt cộng là yêu nước

C. đả thực - bài phong - chống cộng

D. chống thực dân, chống Bảo Đại và chống Mĩ

“Chiến tranh đặc biệt “ thuộc hình thức nào trong chiến lược toàn cầu của Mỹ?

A. Ngăn đe thực tế

B. Phản ứng linh hoạt

C. Bên miệng hố chiến tranh

D. Chính sách thực lực.

Ở gà tính trạng lông đốm là trội hoàn toàn so với lông đen. Cho một con cái thuần chủng lai với một con đực thuần chủng thu được ở F₁ 50% ♂ lông đốm : 50% ♀ lông đen. Cho F₁ tạp giao với nhau thì ở F₂ có tỉ lệ kiểu hình là

A. 50% ♂ lông đốm: 50% ♀ lông đen.

B. 100% lông đốm.

C. 50% ♂ lông đốm: 25% ♀ lông đốm: 25% ♀ lông đen.

D. 25% ♂ lông đốm: 25% ♂ lông đen: 25% ♀ đốm: 25% ♀ lông đen.