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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 following questions.

Most parents want their sons and daughters to have equal chances of success when they grow up. Today, equality of the sexes is largely mandated by public policy and law. However, old-fashioned ideas and a lot of prejudice are still part of our culture and present challenging questions for parents.

Gender stereotypes are rigid ideas about how boys and girls should behave. We all know what these stereotypes are: A "feminine" girls should be insecure, accommodating and a little illogical in her thinking. A "masculine" boy should be strong, unemotional, aggressive, and competitive. How are children exposed to these stereotypes? According to the researchers David and Myra Sacker of the American University of Washington, D.C., boys and girls are often treated differently in the classroom. They found out that when boys speak, teachers usually offer constructive comments, when girls speak, teachers tend to focus on the behavior. It's more important how the girls act rather than what they say.

The emphasis on differences begins at birth and continues throughout childhood. For example, few people would give pink baby's clothes to a boy or a blue blanket to a girl. Later, many of us give girls dolls and miniature kitchenware, while boys receive action figures and construction sets. There's nothing wrong with that. The problem arises when certain activities are deemed appropriate for one sex but not the other. According to Heather J. Nicholson, Ph.D., director of the National Resource Center for Girls, Inc., this kind of practice prevents boys and girls from acquiring important skills for their future lives.

"The fact is," says Nicholson, "that society functions as a kind of sorting machine regarding gender. In a recent survey, fifty-eight percent of eighth-grade girls but only six percent of boys earned money caring for younger children. On the other hand, twenty-seven percent of boys but only three percent of girls earned money doing lawn work". If we are serious about educating a generation to be good workers and parents, we need to eliminate such stereotypes as those mentioned previously.

Gender stereotypes inevitably are passed to our children. However, by becoming aware of the messages our children receive, we can help them develop ways to overcome these incorrectideas. To counteract these ideas, parents can look for ways to challenge and support their children, and to encourage confidence in ways that go beyond what society's fixed ideas about differences of sexare.

                                                                                                   (Source: https://en.isicollective.com

Question 1. Which of the following could be the main idea of the passage?

     A. Different prejudice about how girls and boys should behave and be treated.

     B. The role of culture in the behavior of different genders.

     C. The influence of education and society on gender stereotypes.

     D. Deep-seated stereotypes about genders and their effects.

Question 2. What can be inferred from the passage?

     A. Teachers and parents have to join hands to encourage children's confidence in social activities.

     B. Society functions often categorize jobs regardless genders.

     C. The problems males and females get when they are adults may originate from gender stereotypes.

     D. Parents are able to help reduce the influence of gender stereotypes on their children.

Question 3. What does the word "that" in paragraph 3 refer to?

     A. People give different genders of children distinct kinds of presents or clothes.

     B. People often give pink clothes to a boy and a blue blanket to a girl.

     C. Many people give girls dolls and miniature kitchen and boys receive action figures and

construction sets when they wereborn.

     D. The differences between boys and girls begin at birth and continue throughout childhood.

Question 4. According to the passage, which of the following is UNTRUE about gender stereotypes?

     A. Its beneficial for children to practice fundamental skills if they are treated unequally quite early.

     B. The distinctions in treatment to boys and girls commence when they were given birth.

     C. Male and female children are expected to behave the same as what adults think they should.

     D. Children are differently treated not only at homes but also at schools.

Question 5. The word "deemed" in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to …………. .

     A. celebrated                  B. established                       C. supposed                       D. designed

Question 6. The result of a recent survey showed that the number of girls at the age of eight paid for baby sitting was.

     A. 58%                          B. 3%                                   C. 6%                               D. 27%

Question 7. According to the second passage, David and Myra Sacker of the American University of Washington, D.C found that …………. .

     A. boys are commented usefully whereas girls are paid attention to behavior.

     B. teachers often concentrate on boys' behavior and girls' manners.

     C. girls are taught to be insecure, accommodating and illogical while boys are strong, unemotional, aggressive, and competitive.

     D. schoolboys and schoolgirls are treated equally in the classroom.

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 sentences. 

Question 8. Not once in my life …………. !

     A. did I stay in such a good hotel.

     B. have I stayed in such a good hotel.

     C. I have ever stayed in such a good hotel.

     D. I have never stayed in such a good hotel.

Question 9. The burglar might come back. You’d better change all the locks.

     A. You’d better change all the locks or the burglar will come back.

     B. You’d better change all the locks in case the burglar comes back.

     C. The burglar will come back unless you change all the locks.

     D. If you don’t change all the locks, the burglar could come back.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

Question 10.       A. behave                   B. enter                       C. allow                      D. relax

Question 11.       A. mountaineer           B. engineer                  C. suggestion               D. pioneer

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the sentence given in each of the following questions.

Question 12. It was eight years ago when it last snowed in Sa Pa.

     A. The last time it snowed in Sa Pa was eight years ago.

     B. Finally after eight years, it snowed in Sa Pa.

     C. It was said that it snowed eight years in Sa Pa.

     D. For eight years now, it has been snowing in Sa Pa.

Question 13. She wanted to avoid an argument, so she said nothing.

     A. She avoided an argument because she said nothing.

     B. She didn’t say a word to avoid an argument.

     C. She had nothing to say to avoid an argument.

     D. She had nothing to say to avoid argument.

Question 14. The computer speakers were so powerful that I nearly went deaf.

     A. The computer speakers were too powerful for me to hear.

     B. I went deaf because of powerful computer speakers.

     C. It was such powerful computer speakers that I nearly went deaf.

     D. It was so powerful that I nearly went deaf.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.

Question 15. - Mai: “Thanks for your nice gift on my birthday, Nam.” 

- Nam: “…………. .”

     A. Not at all. I’m glad you like it                                B. You’re welcome

     C. I agree with you                                                     D. Oh, I don’t know

Question 16. Linda: “I wonder if you would like to come to my house for dinner next Saturday.”

Tom: “…………. .”

     A. Yes, please

     B. I’d love to, but I have another appointment

     C. Thanks. You’re very nice

     D. Sure, but I’d rather not

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 following questions.

Everybody loves the giant panda. That was clear from enthusiasm welcome New Yorkers gave to Ling Ling and Yong Yong when they arrive at the Bronx zoo in May. The cuddly black and white pair were on loan for six months from China’s Beijing Zoo, and it was estimated that more than one million people visited them in New York before they left for a zoo in Tampa, Florida in early November.

    The giant panda, unfortunately, is an endangered species. Only about 700 are left in the wild, most of them living on reserves in China’s Sichua Province. Despite conservation efforts on the part of the Chinese government and scientist worldwide, the population continues to decline as human beings cut down bamboo, the panda’s primary food.

    Can the panda be saved? Of course. All it need is bamboo and peace. Every panda population should have at least two bamboo species available to lessen the impact of die off. Bamboo at low elevations must be preserved or replanted. Existing reserves need to be expanded and new reserves created. Poaching must be controlled. Zoos must improve captive breeding to provide more pandas for their original home.

    China’s Ministry of Forestry and the World Wildlife Fund are continuing their collaborative effort on the panda’s behalf, guided by the spirit of their Joint  the agreement that needs: “The giant panda is not only the precious property of the China people, but also a precious natural heritage of concern to people all over the world.”

Question 17. The spirit of the Joint agreement between China’s Ministry of Forestry and the World Wildlife Fund about pandas is based on …………….…._.

     A. saving pandas from efforts of people all over the world

     B. the need to save pandas, the precious property of the Chinese people

     C. the fact that the panda is a natural heritage of China and the whole world

     D. their collaborative effort

Question 18. Why is the giant panda an endangered species?

     A. Because reserves in China’s Sichuan Province are demolished.

     B. Because of the lack of conservation effort.

     C. Because some bamboo species die out.

     D. Because they have not enough food to eat.

Question 19. What should human beings do to help save pandas?

     A. We should plant two bamboo species for each panda.

     B. We should improve reserves, plant bamboo, and control poaching.

     C. We should improve captive breeding.

     D. We should preserve and replant bamboo at low elevation.

Question 20. China’s Beijing zoo ………….…………. .

     A. is visited by more than 1 million people in six months.

     B. gave two pandas to a zoo in Tampa, Florida in early November.

     C. borrowed Ling Ling and Yong Yong from Bronx zoo in New York.

     D. lent Ling Ling and Yong Yong to Bronx zoo.

Question 21. Zoos are ………….…………. .

     A. good places for bamboo at low elevations

     B. better for pandas than their original home

     C. to blame for contributing to the extinction of pandas

     D. useful in breeding more pandas to send back to the wild

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE  in meaning to the underlined part in each of the questions.

Question 22. Their classmates are writing letters of acceptance.

     A. agreement                  B. admission                        C. refusal                         D. confirmation

Question 23. He is extremely smart. He's head and shoulders above anyone else in the class.

    A. better than                       B. inferior to                C. clever than             D. superior to

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

Question 24.       A. integration              B. international            C. operation                D. immigration

Question 25.       A. learns                     B. stops                       C. calls                        D. loves

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

Question 26. Actually, I strongly disapprove of your bad behave towards your parents.

     A. Actually                    B. parents                             C. behave                         D. of

Question 27. Would you mind not to smoke on the bus? It disturbs other people.

     A. other                          B. disturbs                            C. to smoke                      D. not

Question 28. Virgin Islands National park features a underwater preserve with coral reefs and colorful tropical fish.

     A. a                                B. coral                                C. fish                              D. colorful

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.

Question 29. The ASIAN was founded on August 8^th, 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand.

     A. proved                       B. begun                              C. seen                             D. established

Question 30. She’s very old and can’t live alone. She needs someone to take care of her.

     A. look at                       B. look after                         C. look up                        D. look for

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

Question 31. Her parents are really strict. They rarely let her stay out late, ___________      ?

A. do they                    B. don’t they                C. does she                  D. doesn’t she

Question 32. The curriculum at the public school is as good …………. of any private school.

     A. as or better that                                                      B. as or better than those

     C. as or better than that                                              D. or better than

Question 33. That tower has become a national …………. for our city.

     A. symbolic                   B. symbolize                        C. symbol                        D. symbolism

Question 34. Don’t drive into that street. It is …………. one-way street.

     A. the                             B. Ø                                     C. an                                D. a

Question 35. If you …………. less last night, you …………. so tired today.

     A. drank - would not felt                                            B. would have drunk - would not feel

     C. had drunk - would not have felt                            D. had drunk- would not feel

Question 36. …………. the issue was debated, the more people became involved.

     A. The longest                B. The longer                       C. The long                      D. Longer

Question 37. I saw a lot of new people at the party, …………. seemed familiar.

     A. whom                        B. some of that                    C. some of whom            D. some of who

Question 38. Betty is happy and …………. . She always looks on the bright side of life.

     A. flexible                      B. confident                         C. optimistic                     D. honest

Question 39. By the time his daughter graduates from college, Mr. Brown…………. .

     A. will have retired                                                     B. will be retiring

     C. retired                                                                    D. has retired

Question 40. What kind of sports one chooses to play mostly depends …..……_his preference and health.

     A. for                             B. with                                 C. in                                 D. on

Question 41. The new student was very shy at the beginning, but then he …………. well with everybody.

     A. got up                        B. got on                              C. got in                           D. got over

Question 42. Right now, Jim …………. the newspaper and Kathy …………. dinner.

     A. has read / was cooking                                          B. is reading / is cooking

     C. read / will be cooking                                            D. reads / has cooked

Question 43. My wallet …………. at the station while I …………. for the rain.

     A. should have stolen- had been waiting                 B. needn’t have been stolen- would be waiting

     C. could have stolen- was waiting                           D. must have been stolen- was waiting

Question 44. …………. on several different television programs, the witness gave conflicting accounts of what had happened.

     A. Who appeared           B. Appears                           C. Appearing                    D. He appeared

Question 45. Peter asked me …………. .

     A. what time the film started                                      B. what time does the film start

     C. what time did the film start                                    D. what time the film starts

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

UNICEF was created in 1946 to help bring food and medicine to children who suffered during World War II in Europe. It began as a temporary agency, but became a permanent part of the United Nations in 1953 (46) …………. the need for its services around the world. UNICEF's primary concern is to help governments of developing countries improve the quality of life for (47) …………. one billion children. UNICEF's main office is in the United Nations offices in New York City, but it also has more than 40 offices and 100 programs (48) …………. . In 1965, UNICEF won the Nobel Peace Prize for its work helping children and building brighter future.

UNICEF works with governments to provide three kinds of services. First, UNICEF plans and develops programs in developing countries. These programs serve the community (49) ……… providing health care, information about nutrition, basic education, and safe water and sanitation. [state of being clean and conducive to health] Then UNICEF trains people to work in these programs. UNICEF also provides supplies and equipment that (50) ………… the programs to work.

Question 46.       A. instead of               B. except for               C. in spite of               D. due to

Question 47.       A. all most                  B. the most                  C. most                       D. almost

Question 48.       A. worldly                  B. on world                 C. worldwide              D. in world

Question 49.       A. for                          B. with                        C. by                           D. about

Question 50.       A. let                           B. enable                     C. suggest                    D. make

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