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Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part is PRONOUNCED differently from the other three in each of the following questions.
Question 1: A. advisedly	B. demanded	C. prevented	D. cured
Question 2: A. collect	B. operate	C. hobby	D. volunteer
Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the PRIMARY STRESS in each of the following questions.
Question 3: A. technique	B. advance	C. challenge	D. attempt
Question 4: A. catastrophe	B. emergency	C. fundamental	D. solidify
Question 5: A. compulsory	B. engineering	C. ridiculous	D. industrial
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer for each of the questions from 6 to 15. 
A fold culture is small, isolated, cohesive, conservative, nearly self-sufficient group that is homogeneous in custom and race, with a strong family or clan structure and highly developed rituals. 
Order is maintained through sanctions based in the religion or family, and interpersonal relationships are strong. Tradition is paramount, and change comes infrequently and slowly. There is relatively little division of labor into specialized duties. Rather, each person is expected to perform a great variety of tasks, though duties may differ between the sexes. Most goods are handmade, and a subsistence economy prevails. Individualism is weakly developed in folk cultures, as are social classes. Unaltered folk cultures no longer exist in industrialized countries such as the United States and Canada. Perhaps the nearest modern equivalent in Anglo-America is the Amish, a German American farming sect that largely renounces the products and labor saving devices of the industrial age. In Amish areas, horse-drawn buggies till serve as a local transportation device, and the faithful are not permitted to own automobiles. 
The Amish’s central religious concept of Demut, “humility”, clearly reflects the weakness of individualism and social class so typical of folk cultures, and there is a corresponding strength of Amish group identity. Rarely do the Amish marry outside their sect. The religion, a variety of the Mennonite faith, provides the principal mechanism for maintaining order. 
By contrast, a popular culture is a large heterogeneous group, often highly individualistic and constantly changing. Relationships tend to be impersonal, and a pronounced division of labor exists, leading to the establishment of many specialized professions. Secular institutions, of control such as the police and army take the place of religion and family in maintaining order, and a money-based economy prevails. Because of these contrasts, “popular” may be viewed as clearly different from “folk”. 
The popular is replacing the folk in industrialized countries and in many developing nations, Folk-made objects give way to their popular equivalent, usually because the popular item is more quickly or cheaply produced, is easier or time saving to use, or lends more prestige to the owner. Question 6: What does the passage mainly discuss? 
 A. Two decades in modern society 	B. The influence of industrial technology 
 C. The characteristics of “folk” and “popular” societies 
 D. The specialization of labor in Canada and the United States 
Question 7: The word “homogeneous” is closest in meaning to _________.
 A. uniform 	B. general 	C. primitive 	D. traditional 
Question 8: Which of the following is typical of folk cultures? 
 A. There is a money-based economy. 	B. Social change occurs slowly. 
 C. Contact with other cultures is encouraged. 	D. Each person develops one specialized skill. 
Question 9: What does the author imply about the United States and Canada? 
 A. They value folk cultures. 	B. They have no social classes. 
 C. They have popular cultures. 	D. They do not value individualism. 
Question 10: The phrase “largely renounces” is closest in meaning to _________. 
 A. generally rejects 	B. greatly modifies 	C. loudly declares 	D. often criticizes
Question 11: What is the main source of order in Amish society? 
 A. The government 	B. The economy 	C. The clan structure 	D. The religion
Question 12: Which of the following statements about Amish beliefs does the passage support? 
 A. A variety of religious practices is tolerated. B. Individualism and competition are important. 
 C. Pre-modern technology is preferred. 	D. People are defined according to their class.
Question 13: Which of the following would probably NOT be found in a folk culture? 
 A. A carpenter	B. A farmer	C. A weaver	D. A banker
Question 14: The word “prevails” is closest in meaning to 	_________.
 A. dominates	B. provides	C. develops	D. invests
Question 15: Which of following is NOT given as a reason why folk-made objects are replaced by mass-produced objects?
 A. cost	B. prestige	C. quality	D. convenience
Choose the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 16: It’s getting too hot and stuffy in here. Would you mind my _______ the windows?
 A. open	 B. to open	C. being opened	 D. opening
Question 17: Another satellite, Vina-sat2, ________ up into space by Viet Nam recently.
 A. has been sent	 B. has sent	C. sent	 D. was sent
Question 18: Little Jimmy is very much keen ________ manga and story books.
 A. for	 	 B. on	C. at	 D. in
Question 19: Because of his reaction, the problem became ________ than we had thought.
 A. a lot more complicated	B. so much complicated
 C. much less far complicated	D. more a bit complicated
Question 20: As humans keep cutting down forests, more and more wild animals are _______ threat _______ n extinction.
 A. at - of	 	 B. on - with	C. under - of 	 	 D. in - with
Question 21: If there _______ some restaurants near the hotel, the tourists would not have to take taxis.
 A. were	 B. was	 C. will be 	 D. would be
Question 22: He always did well at school _______ having his early education disrupted by illness.
 A. on account of 	 B. in spite of 	 C. in addition to 	 D. even though
Question 23: The fire caused _______ damage that the factory building had to be demolished. 
 A. so much 	 B. too much 	 C. such much 	 D. very much
Question 24: ________ the fifth largest among the nine planets that make up our solar system is not surprising to me.
 A. The Earth being 	 B. The Earth is 	 C. That the Earth is 	 D. Being the Earth 
Question 25: ________, women are responsible for the chores in the house and taking care of the children.
 A. With tradition 	 B. On tradition	 C. Traditional 	 D. Traditionally
Question 26: What chemical is this? It is ______ a horrible smell.
 A. giving down 	 B. giving off 	 C. giving up 	 D. giving out
Question 27: Judy: “Don’t fail to send your parents my regards.” -Jenny: “___________”
 A. You’re welcome 	 B. Good idea, thanks C. Thanks, I will	 D. It’s my pleasure
Question 28: Would you mind ________ me a favour and posting this letter for me?
 A. making	 B. doing	 C. getting	 D. giving
Question 29: He found______ to answer all the questions within the time given.
 A. that impossible	 B. that impossibly	 C. it impossibly	 D. it impossible
Question 30: Only when he arrived at the airport ________ that he had left his passport home.
 A. did he realize	 B. he realized C. had he realized D. he was realized
Question 31: We are up to our ________ in paperwork and don’t have a bit of free time for entertainment these days.
 A. neck	 B. forehead C. chest D. shoulders
Question 32: The lecturer explained the problem very clearly and is always _______ in response to questions.
 A. attention 	 B. attentively	 C. attentive D. attentiveness
Question 33: The girl _____ is my new neighbor. 
 A. talks to the lady over there. 	 B. is talking to the lady over there 
 C. talking to the lady over there 	 D. was talking to the lady over there
Question 34: Steven: “I’m sorry. I left my guitar home.” _Jefferson: “_________.”
 A. Well. You do? I’m sorry.	 B. Oh. What a pity for that.
 C. Never mind. I’ve got another one.	 D. No way. It’s up to you.	
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 35 to 44.
In the West, cartoons are used chiefly to make people laugh. The important feature of all these cartoons is the joke and the element of surprise which is contained. Even though it is very funny, a good cartoon is always based on close observation of a particular feature of life and usually has a serious purpose.
Cartoons in the West have been associated with political and social matters for many years. In wartime, for example, they proved to be an excellent way of spreading propaganda. Nowadays cartoons are often used to make short, sharp comments on politics and governments as well as on a variety of social matters. In this way, the modern cartoon has become a very powerful force in influencing people in Europe and the United States.
Unlike most American and European cartoons, however, many Chinese cartoon drawings in the past have also attempted to educate people, especially those who could not read and write. Such cartoons about the lives and sayings of great men in China have proved extremely useful in bringing education to illiterate and semi-literate people throughout China. Confucius, Mencius and Laozi have all appeared in very interesting stories presented in the form of cartoons. The cartoons themselves have thus served to illustrate the teachings of the Chinese sages in a very attractive way.
In this sense, many Chinese cartoons are different from Western cartoons in so far as they do not depend chiefly on telling jokes. Often, there is nothing to laugh at when you see Chinese cartoons. This is not their primary aim. In addition to commenting on serious political and social matters, Chinese cartoons have aimed at spreading the traditional Chinese thoughts and culture as widely as possible among the people.
Today, however, Chinese cartoons have an added part to play in spreading knowledge. They offer a very attractive and useful way of reaching people throughout the world, regardless of the particular country in which they live. Thus, through cartoons, the thoughts and teachings of the old Chinese philosophers and sages can now reach people who live in such countries as Britain, France, America, Japan, Malaysia or Australia and who are unfamiliar with the Chinese culture.
Until recently, the transfer of knowledge and culture has been overwhelmingly from the West to the East and not vice versa. By means of cartoons, however, publishing companies in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore are now having success in correcting this imbalance between the East and the West.
Cartoons can overcome language barriers in all foreign countries. The vast increase in the popularity of these cartoons serves to illustrate the truth of Confucius’s famous saying “One picture is worth a thousand words.”
Question 35: Which of the following clearly characterizes Western cartoons?
 A. Enjoyment, liveliness, and carefulness.	B. Seriousness, propaganda, and attractiveness.
 C. Humour, unexpectedness, and criticism.	D. Originality, freshness, and astonishment.
Question 36: Chinese cartoons have been useful as an important means of 	_________.
 A. educating ordinary people	B. spreading Western ideas
 C. amusing people all the time	D. political propaganda in wartime
Question 37: The major differences between Chinese cartoons and Western cartoons come from their _________.	.
 A. purposes	B. nationalities	C. values	D. styles
Question 38: The pronoun “this” in paragraph 4 mostly refers to_________. 	.
 A. a piece of art	B. an educational purpose
 C. a funny element	D. a propaganda campaign
Question 39: The passage is intended to present_________. 	.
 A. a contrast between Western cartoons and Chinese cartoons
 B. a description of cartoons of all kinds the world over 
 C. an outline of Western cartoons and Chinese cartoons 
 D. an opinion about how cartoons entertain people
Question 40: Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?
 A. Chinese Cartoons and Western Cartoons	B. A Very Powerful Force in Influencing People 
 C. An Excellent Way of Spreading Propaganda D. Cartoons as a Way of Educating People
Question 41: In general, Chinese cartoons are now aiming at _________. 	.
 A. bringing education to illiterate and semi-literate people in the world 
 B. disseminating traditional practices in China and throughout the world 
 C. illustrating the truth of Chinese great men’s famous sayings
 D. spreading the Chinese ideas and cultural values throughout the world
Question 42: The word “imbalance” in paragraph 6 refers to _________.	.
 A. the mismatch between the East cartoons and the West cartoons
 B. the dominant cultural influence of the West over the East
 C. the influence of the East cartoons over the West cartoons
 D. the discrimination between the West culture and the East culture
Question 43: Which of the following is most likely the traditional subject of Chinese cartoons?
 A. Jokes and other kinds of humour in political and social matters.
 B. The philosophies and sayings of ancient Chinese thinkers.
 C. The illiterate and semi-literate people throughout China.
 D. The stories and features of the lives of great men the world over.
Question 44: According to the passage, which of the following is true?
 A. Western cartoons always have a serious purpose. B. Language barriers restricted cartoons.
 C. Cartoons will replace other forms of writing. 	 D. Cartoons can serve various purposes.
Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction.
Question 45: Dictionaries frequently explain the origin of the defined word, state its part of speech and 
	 A	 B C	
indication its correct use. 
 D
Question 46: Publishing in the U.K, the book has won a number of awards in the recent regional book 
	 A	 B	 C D 
fairs. 
Question 47: My father is very busy with his business; therefore , he is always willing to give 
 A B	C
a hand with the housework.
 D
Question 48: In most of high schools in that region, children must wear a uniform as required by 
 A	 B C D
the city council.
Question 49: He has recently been offered a great job working as an electric engineer for that 
 A B C	D
prestigious car company.
Choose the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 50: The repeated commercials on TV distract many viewers from watching their favorite films.
 A. business	 B. advertisements C. economics D. contests
Question 51: Some land is best used if two or more different kinds of crops are grown on it alternately; on the other hand, it is better to grow the same crop continuously.
 A. time after time	 B. slowly but surely C. one after another D. for many years
Question 52: You may find that jogging is detrimental to your health rather than beneficial.
 A. useful	 B. facile	 C. depressing	 D. harmful
Question 53: For a decade, Barzilai has studied centenarians, looking for genes that contribute to longevity. 
 A. who are vegetarians	 	 B. who want to be fruitarians	
 C. who are extraordinary	 D. who live to be 100 and above
Question 54: The mountain region of the country is thinly populated.
 A. sparsely	 B. densely	 C. greatly	 D. fully
Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 55 to 64. 
When the word "endangered" is mentioned, people usually think of particular species, like the panda or whooping crane. However, we would like to encourage you to think about (55) _______ in a broader context. It is (56) _______, the physical places where species live and interact with one another. Although the development of special breeding programs, also known as captive conservation, may help some species in some cases, it is clearly not (57) _______ answer to the global problem. Indeed, (58) _______ we are able to protect natural areas where endangered species actually live, they have no future. 
Species become endangered for a wide (59) ________ of reasons. By analyzing and grouping many individual cases, however, we find the same broad causes (60) _________ again and again. They are Habitat Destruction, Exotic Species, and Overexploitation. Among other factors threatening particular species are limited: distribution, disease, and pollution. Limited distributions are often a consequence of other threats: populations confined to one or a few small areas because of habitat (61) _________, for example, may be disastrously affected by random factors. Diseases can have severe (62) _________ on species lacking natural genetic protections against particular pathogens, like the rabies and canine distemper viruses that are currently devastating carnivore populations in East Africa. Domestic animals are usually the reservoirs of these and other diseases affecting wild (63) _________, showing once again that human activities lie at the root of most causes of endangerment. Pollution has seriously done harm (64) _________ number of terrestrial species, although species living in freshwater and marine ecosystems are also suffering.
Question 55: A. development 	B. endangerment 	C. pollution 	D. contamination
Question 56: A. plants 	B. conservations 	C. habitats 	D. organizations
Question 57: A. a 	B. an	 	C. the 	D. this
Question 58: A. so 	B. but 	C. if 	D. unless
Question 59: A. variety 	B. commerce 	C. extinction 	D. destruction
Question 60: A. expressing 	B. showing 	C. disappearing 	D. appearing
Question 61: A. benefit 	B. reserve 	C. loss 	D. gone
Question 62: A. impact 	B. interest 	C. infection 	D. absorption
Question 63: A. needs 	B. populations 	C. natures	D. medicines
Question 64: A. to 	B. for 	C. with 	D. at
SECTION B: WRITING
PART I: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that the rewritten sentence has the same meaning to the original one.
Question 65: The last time I went to that town was ten years ago.
It	
Question 66: “I’m sorry, Jackie. I didn’t tell you the problem earlier,” said Steven.
Steven apologized to 	
Question 67: It was such a beautiful creature that everyone stopped to have a look.
So 	
Question 68: Jenny finds it very much relaxing to listen to this wonderful type of music. 
It 	
Question 69: That boy gets more depressed when the weather becomes hotter.
The hotter 	
PART II: In about 140 words, write a paragraph on one of the following topics:
1/. Measures to protect endangered animals. 
2/. Women’s roles in modern society have been changing over the past few decades.
THE END.
ANSWER KEYS
SECTION A: MULTIPLE CHOICES
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35
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61
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30
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15
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48
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64
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SECTION B: WRITING
PART I: 
Question 65: The last time I went to that town was ten years ago.
It is/has been ten years since I last went to that town. 	
Question 66: “I’m sorry, Jackie. I didn’t tell you the problem earlier,” said Steven.
Steven apologized to Jackie for not telling him the problem earlier. 	
Question 67: It was such a beautiful creature that everyone stopped to have a look.
So beautiful was the creature that everyone stopped to have a look. 	
Question 68: Jenny finds it very much relaxing to listen to this wonderful type of music. 
It’s very much relaxing for Jenny to listen to this wonderful type of music.