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

______ the low rainfall this year, the crops did not produce a high yield

A. although 

B. because 

C. despite 

D. because of

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

A. uniform

B. situation

C. unemployment

D. amusing

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

I should have studied last night. However, I was too tired.

A. I couldn't study last night because I was very tired

B. I studied last night because I was bored

C. I studied last night because I had to

D. I tried to study last night, but the homework was too hard

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

We arrived at the conference. We realized our reports were still at home

A. We arrived at the conference and  realized that our reports are still at home

B. It was until we arrived at the conference that we realize our reports were still at home

C. Not until we arrived at the conference, did we realize that our reports were still at home

D. Not until had we arrived at the conference, we realized our  reports were still at home

Một xe máy đang chuyển động với tốc độ 36 km/h thì hãm phanh, xe máy chuyển động thẳng chậm dần đều và dừng lại sau khi đi được 25 m. Thời gian để xe máy này đi hết đoạn đường 4 m cuối cùng trước khi dừng hẳn là

A. 0,5 s.

B. 4 s.

C. 1,0 s.

D. 2 s.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differ from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions

A. decay 

B. settle 

C. appeal 

D. affect