Question 6: There is nothing ______going on a trip.

Question 7: ______to the party, everyone had left.

Question 8: Hoa missed a few months of school because of illness and found it difficult to keep ______with her classmates.

Question 9: The situation of COVID-19 worldwide is still serious, __________?

Question 10: By and large, it is thought that there are benefits to having ______ credit card.

Question 11: From the top of the cathedral tower there are some spectacular ____ of the surrounding countryside.

Question 12: He drives so quickly that I am afraid that one day he will _______ someone crossing the street.

Question 13: Even when arrested, he denied _______ cut down that tree.

Question 14: His comment about his friend's handicap was below the ______ , which made her very upset.

Question 15: When the boss walked into the office, the secretary ______ at her desk quickly typing a report.

Question 16: Andrew has________ greater contribution to the company since he was promoted.

Question 17: Ted _______ by a bee while he was sitting in the garden.

Question 18: You have to be aware of the damage humans are doing to quicken the _______ of wildlife.

Question 19: The spotlight in the showbiz is _______ to those who cannot tolerate the pressure from the general and the press.

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 20: Denis has just bought me the suit that he likes very much
- Kevin: “You look very smart in that suit, Denis!” - Denis: “_________.”

Question 21: Tom and Jim are meeting after a long time.
- Tom: “How have you been recently?”
- Jim: “_________.”

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 22: His jokes were so boring that most people completely switched off.

Question 23: She got bent out of shape over the new dress code at work.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Question 24: Students from that university have conducted a survey to find out the most effective study habit.

Question 25: Some operations may have to be halted unless more blood donors come forward to help.

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

Question 26: It’s very likely that the company will accept his application.

Question 27: She began to play the piano three years ago.

Question 28: “Where can I buy a phone card in this city?” he asked.

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 29: The thick layer of global warming gases keeps more heat from the sun, which has serious affection on the earth temperature.

Question 30: I lose my pink pastel purse when I was waiting for a taxi.

Question 31: Landscape architects founded his own organisation in 1899, the American Society of Landscape Architects.

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

Question 32: Marie didn’t turn up at John’s birthday party. I feel so sorry for that.

Question 33: I just got downstairs. The phone stopped ringing immediately.

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

In ancient times, the most important examinations were spoken, not written. In the schools of ancient Greece and Rome, testing usually consisted of saying poetry aloud or giving speeches. In the European universities of the Middle Ages, students who were working for advanced (34) _______ had to discuss questions in their field of study with people who had made a special study of the subject. This custom exists today as part of the process of testing candidates for the doctor's degree.

Generally, (35) ________, modern examinations are written. The written examination, (36) ________ all students are tested on the same question, was probably not known until the nineteenth century. Perhaps it came into existence with the great increase in population and the development of modern industry. Two types of test are commonly used in modern schools. The first type is sometimes (37) ________ an “objective” test. It is intended to deal with facts, not personal opinions. For a clearer picture of what the student knows, most teachers use (38) ________ kind of examination in addition to objective test. They use “essay” tests, which require students to write long answers to board and general questions.

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Read the following passage and mark the correct answer to each of the questions from 39 to 43.

Milpa Alta is famous for a traditional meal every Christmas, called La Rejunta. The meal is part of the Christmas celebrations and it feeds huge numbers of people. The cooks make about sixty thousand tamales. They also make about fifteen thousand litres of hot chocolate. The meal is one of the activities for people who go on a walk to the cave of El Señor de Chalma.
Every year, the organisers of the meal change. This year, Virginia Meza Torres and her husband Fermín Lara Jiménez are the organisers, or majordomos. They waited for 14 years to do this. Lots of people want to organise the meal because it’s a very important tradition. They put their names on a list. At the moment, the list has names for every year until 2046.
The preparation for the meal takes a whole year. At the start of the year, men collect wood from the forest. They store it near the home of the majordomos so that it will be dry and ready to use. The farmers in the area grow the ingredients for the meal, such as corn, meat and vegetables. Everything is natural; there’s no ready-made food.
Tradition is very important to the people of Milpa Alta, and one of the most important activities is eating together. One woman, Josefina García Jiménez, says that sitting together at the table shows love to your family. Everybody stays at the table after the meal finishes and they talk, tell stories and laugh together.

Question 39. Which of the following could be the main idea of the passage?

Question 40: At La Rejunta ______ .

Question 41: The word “celebrations” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ________.

Question 42. The word “they” in paragraph 2 refers to ________.

Question 43. Which of the following is TRUE, according to the passage?

Read the following passage and mark the correct answer to each of the questions from 44 to 50

Scientists are studying genes that could mean long life for us all. There are now so many healthy elderly people that there's a name for them: the wellderly. These are people over the age of eighty who have no major illnesses, such as high blood pressure, heart disease or diabetes.

There are many scientific studies of communities where a healthy old age is typical. These include places like Calabria in southern Italy and the island of Okinawa in Japan. In Calabria, the small village of Molochio has a population of about 2,000. And of these 2,000 people, there are at least eight people over a hundred years old.

In the past, scientists looked at things such as diet and lifestyle for an explanation of long life. But these days they are also looking at genetic factors. Researcher Eric Topol says that there are probably genes that protect people from the effects of the ageing process. The new research into long life investigates groups of people who have a genetic connection. One interesting group lives in Ecuador. In one area of the country there are a number of people with the same genetic condition. It's called Laron syndrome. On the other side of the world, on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, there's another group of long-lived men. They are Japanese-Americans but they have a similar gene to the Laron syndrome group.

In Calabria, researchers constructed the family trees of the 100-year-old people. They looked at family information from the 19th century to today. They think that there are genetic factors that give health benefits to the men. This is interesting because generally, in Europe, women live longer than men.

So what really makes people live longer? Probably, it's a combination of genes, the environment and one more thing – luck.

Question 44: What does the passage mainly discuss to understand long life?

Question 45: What do some people from Ecuador and Okinawa have in common?

Question 46: According to paragraph 1, the word 'wellderly' is closest in meaning to _______.

Question 47: The word “These” in paragraph 2 refers to ________.

Question 48: In can be inferred from the passage that_______ .

Question 49: The word “investigates” in paragraph 3 can be replaced by ________.

Question 50: Laron syndrome ________.