Mathematics is a compulsory subject in all Vietnamese high schools.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 21 to 25.

Everyone wants a job that pays well. Some people stop school early because they want to start earning cash right away. Others spend years and years studying in school in order to get a better job. Which is best? Actally, studies show that in most jobs, the higher your education, the higher your earning power.

For example, in the United States, high school graduates can make about $30,400 a year. The people who do not finish high school average only $23,400 a year. Just having a document that says you finished high school means an extra $7,000!

If you stay in school, you can make more money. A person who goes to college and gets a bachelor’s degree can make an average of $52,200. With a master’s degree, he or she can make about $62,000. And studies show that if a person gets a PhD, he or she can make $89,000 or more a year.

Of course, people with different occupations have different salaries. If you want to work and make more money, spend more time in school.

 ________ lending me your calculator for a moment?

I love this small village ________ I used to live for six years in my childhood.

"Why don’t you put a better lock on the door?" said my friend.

The study of these animals are truly fascinating, and many books have been written about them.

When the electricity was cut off, we went out for dinner.

After the alien spacecraft hovered over the park for a short while, it vanished.

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

She was an ________ writer for years before she won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Mark the letter A, B, Cor D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Please give me a few milk and some biscuits if you have any left.

Mark the letter A, B, Cor D to indicate the word that differ from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

     - "Let’s meet outside the art gallery."

     “______________”