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.

I’m becoming increasingly absent-minded. Last week, I locked myself out of my house twice.

Phong/ walk/ fast/ it/ really/ hard/ keep up with/ him.

“When should I leave for France?”, he wondered.

More school have been built recently to make it convenient for children to go to school.

   A                          B                        C                                              D                                                                                    

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.

            Today, in many parts of the world, it is customary for people to shake hands upon meeting as gesture of good will. Originally, however, the practice of shaking hands had a more practical purpose.

Shaking hands originated in medieval times. In those days, when a man came on a stranger, he would often automatically reach for his sword with his right hand, in case he had to use the weapon to defend himself. Sometimes, both parties found themselves circling around each other, weapons in hand, until it was mutually agreed that the weapons could be laid aside. Then, the two parties extended their right hands to show they had no weapons, and clasped them. This was the beginning of the handshake.

The custom of shaking hands is not a universal one. In the Orient, people have, for centuries, clasped their own hands in front of them upon meeting to show that they held no weapons. In France, a custom developed in which people who met would kiss each other on both cheeks. The natives of some South-sea islands greet by rubbing noses.

At first,the purpose of shaking hands was ____________.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the meaningful sentence from the cues given.

These/ baskets/ make/ thin/  bamboo/ strips.

Read the following passage, then choose the correct answer to questions.

These days, there are many students whodo not attend physical schools but instead, stay home, where they are homeschooled. While these students (21)__________study at their homes, they sometimes visit their local schools. One reason for this concerns athletics. In many American states, homeschooled students are permitted to play on their local school’s athletic teams. This is good news for the schools because a lot of homeschoolers are(22)__________athletes. The students who attend actual schools are mostly accepting of the homeschoolers. They usually have no problems with them and are often simply(23)__________about what it is like not ot go to school. So they tend to bombard the homeschoolers with numerous questions. The homeschoolers(24)__________by mingling with the students at school. Some of them rarely spend time (25)__________, so it helps them develop their social skills if they can hang out and play sports with other kids.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

Proving the existence of beings from outer is a(n)__________at the moment.

She was very upset__________that all the places in the restaurant__________.

No matter who rich he is, he never gives anything to the poor.

        A                     B              C                            D

Could you please refrain__________smoking in the lecture hall?

If you can’t give up smoking entirely, at least try to cut__________.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

After__________peeled and chopped the vegetables, place them in boiling water for fifteen minutes.