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 38 to 42.

  Lead poisoning in children is a major health concern. Both low and high doses of paint can have serious effects. Children exposed to high doses of lead often suffer permanent nerve damage, mental retardation, blindness, and even death. Low doses of lead can lead to mild mental retardation, short attention spans, distractibility, poor academic performance, and behavioral problems.

          This is not a new concern. As early as 1904, lead poisoning in children was linked to lead-based paint. Microscopic lead particles from paint are absorbed into the bloodstream when children ingest flakes of chipped paint,plaster,or paint dust from sanding. Lead can also enter the body through household dust, nailbiting, thumb sucking, or chewing on toys and other objects painted with lead-based paint. Although American paint companies today must comply with strict regulations regarding the amount of lead used in their paint, this source of lead poisoning is still the most common and most dangerous. Children living in older, dilapidated houses are particularly at risk.

The word "dilapidated" is closest in meaning to which of the following

Her job was so _________ that she decided to quit it.

All payments to the ICRC are _________ and are received as donations.

In rainy seasons, roads in the village are always _________.

We oppose this war, as we would do any other war which created an environmental catastrophe.

By the end of 2010 we_______ in Ho Chi Minh City for 30 years.

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

We (A) are going to visit (B) our grandparents (C) when we (D) will finish our final exams

Williams is working _______ an export company. He intends to apply _______ another job because he is not satisfied _______ the salary.

Some days of rest may help to _________ the pressure of work

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.

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.

When the unemployment rate is high, the crime rate is usually also high

_______ is a situation in which large numbers of people have little or no food, and many of them die.

Let’s ask our teacher how to solve this problem _________ we can’t agree on the answer.

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.

Mr. Thompson is learning Vietnamese _________ to read Kim Van Kieu.

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.

“Congratulations to you on passing the math exam.” “ _________”