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 55 to 64.

The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City. For a long time, it has been a newspaper of record in the United State and one of the world’s great newspapers. Its strength is in its editorial excellence; it has never been the largest newspaper in terms of circulation.

The Times was established in 1851 as a penny paper whose editors wanted to report the news in a restrained and objective fashion. It enjoyed early success as its editors set a pattern for the future by appealing to a cultured, intellectual readership instead of a mass audience. However, in the late nineteenth century, it came into competition with more popular, colorful, if not lurid, newspapers in New York City. Their publishers ran sensational stories, not because they were true, but because they sold newspapers. Despite price increases, the time was losing £1,000 a week when Adolph Simon Ochs bought it in 1896.

Ochs built the Times into an internationally respected daily. He hired Carr Van Anda as editor. Van Anda placed greater stress than ever on full reporting of the news of the day, and his reporters maintained and emphasized existing good coverage of international news. The management of the paper decided to eliminate fiction from the paper, added a Sunday magazine section, and reduced the paper’s price back to a penny. In April 1912, the paper took many risks to report every aspect of the sinking of the Titanic. This greatly enhanced its prestige, and in its coverage of two world wars, the Times continued to enhance its reputation for excellence in world news.

In 1971, the Times was given a copy of the so-called “Pentagon Papers,” a secret government study of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam war. When it published the report, it became involved in several lawsuits. The U.S. Supreme Court found that the publication was protected by the freedom-of-the-press clause in the First Amendment of the U.S Constitution. Later in the 1970s, the paper, under Adolph Ochs’s grandson, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, introduced sweeping changes in the organization of the newspaper and its staff and brought out a national edition transmitted by satellite to regional printing plants

According to the passage, the Times has a national edition that is

______ you read, ______ you get

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

GCSEs are not compulsory, but they are the most common qualification taken by 14-16-year-old students

Protecting wildlife ______ being extinct requires strict laws and forces

Personal appearance can make a good ______ on the interview

In spite ______, he did not get the highest grade in the final exam

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

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

Although (A) to some people reading is (B) a favored way to spend time, (C) but others just do not like (D) reading

Laura is a very ______ person and is always kind to her friends

It is ______ that about 700 deer have been killed in the last few years due to their horns

During the interview, you should speak ______

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

In the future, smart cars will (A) also be intelligent (B) enough to avoid pedestrians (C) bicycle riders and others (D) whom are not driving automobiles

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 from 35 to 44.

Here are tips that help succeed in your job interview:

Always arrive early. If you do not know (35) ______ the organization is located, call for exact directions (36) ______ advance. Leave some extra time for any traffic, parking, or (37) ______ events. If you are running late, call right away and let someone know. The best time to arrive is approximately 5 - 10 minutes early. Give (38) ______ the time to read your resume one more time, to catch your breath, and to be ready for the interview. Once you are at the office, treat everyone you encounter with respect. Be (39) ______ to everyone as soon as you walk in the door.

Wear a professional business suit. This point should be emphasized enough. First (40) ______ are extremely important in the interview process. Women should (41) ______ wearing too much jewelry or make up. Men should avoid flashy suits or wearing too much perfume. It is (42) ______ important that you feel comfortable. While a suit is the standard interview attire in a business environment, if you think it is (43) ______ informal environment, call before and ask. Regardless, you can never be overdressed (44) ______ you are wearing a tailored suit.Question 35

Mary gave Peter a gift for his birthday. Select the most suitable response to fill in the blank. Peter: “Thanks a lot for your wonderful gift.”Mary: “______.”

How are you ______ on with your work?- It is OK

The water supply of Hanoi was ______ off because the main underground pipeline supplying water from Da River in Hoa Binh to Hanoi burst