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Mark the fetter 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.
Question 1: A. government B. gold C. give D. generate
Question 2: A. quickly B. comedy C. pretty D. try
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.
Question 3: A. expectedly B. support C. available D. population
Question 4: A. playwright B. active C. global D. tonight
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
answer to each of the following questions.
Question 5: People are not aware ______ the problem of  overpopulation.
A. for B. of C. at D. in
Question 6: Television can make things ________ because it presents
information in an effective way.
A. memory B. memorial C. memorable D. memorably
Question 7: Some scientists say that there are enough  resources to _ 8 billion
people.
A. provide B. distribute C. raise D. support
Question 8: the flood has receded, people can move back into their  homes.
A. Now that B. Due to C. Although D. So that
Question 9: John and Karen talked me ________ the conference.
A. into attending B. about attending C. to attend D. to have
attended 
Question 10: The world work is developing very quickly. If  you don't self-
learn continuously, we  will not social movements.
A. put up with B. keep up with C. get on with D. deal with
Question 11: I wish you me a new one instead of having it as you did.
A. had given/repaired B. gave/to repair
C. would give/to repair D. had given/to be repaired
Question 12: The more you practise your English,  _________.
A. Faster you learn. B. the faster will you learn.
C. You will learn faster. D. the faster you will learn.
Question 13: China is one of the most _ populated areas in the world.
A. wastefully B. perfectly C. densely D. completely
Question 14: We have had a 2% in salary this year, which is higher than it
used to be.
A. decrease B. deflation C. increase D. inflation
Question 15: This month’s raise means that I’ll be _______ $45,000 a year.
A. taking B. earning C. making D. spending
Question 16: A is a film with factual information, often about a problem
in  society.
A. love story film B. soap operaC. documentary D. drama
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 17: A US man with a large online following in Vietnam has caused
widespread anger, and faces possible criminal charges, over a Facebook post
thought to have insulted a military hero.
A. embarrassed B. offended C. confused D. depressed  Question
18: The population growth trends to increase in developing countries and
decline in developed ones.
A. grow B. fall C. increase D. gain
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 19: As a newspaper reporter, she always wanted to get information at first
hand.
A. indirectly B. directly C. easily D. slowly
Question 20: The world population is now widely distributed all over the planet.
A. extended B. reduced C. scattered D. gathered
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that
best completes each of the following exchanges.
Question 21: Tung: "Your shoes are terrific, Tuan. The colour quite suits you."
Tuan: " "
A. Really? B. Do you like them?
C. You must be kidding. My shirt is nice, isn't it? D. I'm glad you like
them.
Question 22: Lan: "Would you say the Great Wall is among the seven man-made
wonders of the world?"
Trang: " "
A. That's the least I could do. B. Do you think so, too?
C. There's no doubt about that.                     D. It was created by ancient Chinese
people, wasn't it? 
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 23 to   27.
SOCIAL NETWORK
A 16-year-old girl from Essex has been sacked after describing her job as boring on
the social networking  website,  Facebook.  The  teenager,  who  had  been  working 
(23)  ____  an administrative assistant at a marketing company for just three weeks,
didn't feel very enthusiastic about the duties she was asked to do. (24) ______ of
moaning to her  friends  she  decided  to  express  her  thoughts  on  her Facebook
page to a colleague, who (25) _____ the boss's attention to it. He immediately fired
her  on  the  (26)  _____  that  her  public  display  of  dissatisfaction  made  it 
impossible  for  her to continue working for the company. She later told newspapers
she had been treated totally unfairly, especially as she hadn't even mentioned the
company's name. She claimed she's been perfectly happy with her job  and that her
lighthearted comments shouldn't (27) _____ taken seriously. A spokesperson from a
workers' union said the incident demonstrated two things: firstly, that people need to
protect their privacy online and secondly, that employers should be less sensitive to
criticism.
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Question 23: A. for B. as C. like D. at

Question 24: A. Due B. Regardless C. Instead D. In spite
Question 25: A. got B. caught C. paid D. drew
Question 26: A. terms B. condition C. D. basis
grounds
Question 27: A. to be B. have been C. be D. have

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 28
to 34.
China - Missing Women
In China the growing difference between the genders is giving signals of
alarm to Government authorities. According to the latest census figures, 119
boys are born for every 100 girls. [A] This striking difference is expected to
shoot up by the year 2020 with almost 40 million unsettled bachelors. This
distribution of the social ecology would create havoc in the future. The social
leaders are trying to pressurize the masses into producing more females. The
Government has embarked on policies extending innumerable incentives to the
families bearing girls.
Monetary support, free education, guaranteed employment is being gifted
to parents who gift the country with a girl child. The Government is trying to
persuade people to suppress their personal preferences and regulate their
community behavior according to  the new blueprint to  stimulate  the girl ratio.
[B] Sometimes the Government tries to woo them and sometimes it uses stein
policies to force them into it
Consequent to the population explosion, the Government introduced, in
the 80's, one child policy in China. Any additional pregnancy had to be
terminated. This was aimed to put a check on  the teeming millions. [C]  The
policy had no relation to extermination of girl child in  the womb. But the
policymakers had no idea about its long term impact. People, with a patriarchic
mindset, came up with their preference for a single male child. The idea of a
happy family became 'parents  with a single male child'.
The Chinese culture has always promoted sons over daughters because the
society has been dominated by males. In villages, where hard work is needed to
sustain the agriculture, a boy is always preferable due to his superior physical
strength compared to that of a girl. [D] In such circumstances, looking forward to
a male baby seems justified. If people have to limit their families, it is obvious
they would prefer a boy over a girl child. This problem has been accentuated   by
the use of ultrasound scanning which helps determine the sex of the fetus. This
technology has played a crucial role in creating gender imbalance.
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Question 28: The word "havoc" in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to   _____?
A. ordinary problem B. great destruction and trouble
C. serious dispute D. an infectious disease
Question 29: What is the main first of paragraph  1?
A. Government is providing incentives to girls.
B. Government is trying to decipher implications of the census  records.
C. Government is devising polices to undermine the position of boys in the 
society.
D. Government is extending incentives to encourage parents with single  girls
Question 30: What is the "blueprint" as discussed in paragraph  1?
A. It is a list of rules for the Chinese people to follow to maintain population 
control.
B. It is a rough plan for regulating community behavior.
C. It is the Government's plan containing details of regulations and incentives to
improve the girl child ratio.
D. It is a printed guide for conduct rules governing sex  ratio.
Question 31: The word "teeming" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to 
________
A. overflowing B. female population C. couples D. general
population
Question 32: What was the vision behind the government's policy discussed in
paragraph  2?
A. The vision about China with women at top positions in the  government
B. The vision for China to control its burgeoning population in near  future
C. The vision about a female dominated society
D. The vision that Chinese young men and women would find life partners among
themselves
Question 33: Which of the following is NOT correct about the one child policy
in   China?
A. Each Chinese family was allowed to have only one  child,
B. Although the additional pregnancy was a girl child, it also had to be 
terminated.
C. The one child policy was introduced by the Chinese government in the  1980s.
D. With the purpose of controlling the population explosion, the
Government introduced one child policy in China.
Question 34: Look at  the four squares [■] that indicate where the following
sentence can be   added to the passage:
“Another reason is that daughters have to leave their parents after marriage to
enrich  their husband's family.”
Where would the sentence best fit?
[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 from 35 to 42.
Overpopulation, the situation of having large numbers of people with too few
resources and too little space, is closely associated with poverty. It can result  from
high population density, or from low amounts of resources, or from both.
Excessively high population densities put stress on available resources. Only a
certain number of people can be supported on a given area of  land, and    that
number depends on how much food and other resources the land can  provide. In 
countries where people live primarily by means of simple farming, gardening,
herding, hunting, and gathering, even large areas of land can  support only small
numbers of  people because these labour intensive subsistence activities produce only
small amounts of  food.
In developed countries such as the United States, Japan, and the countries of
Western Europe, overpopulation generally is not considered a major cause of
poverty. These  countries produce large quantities of food through mechanized
farming, which depends on commercial fertilizers, large-scale irrigation, and
agricultural machinery. This form of production provides enough food to support the
high densities of people in metropolitan  areas.
A country's level of poverty can depend greatly on its mix of population
density and agricultural productivity. Bangladesh, for example, has one of the world's
highest population densities, with 1,147 persons per sq km. A large majority of the
people of Bangladesh engage in   low-productivity manual farming, which
contributes to the country's extremely high level of poverty. Some of the smaller
countries in Western Europe, such as the Netherlands and Belgium, have high
population densities as well. These countries practise mechanized farming and are
involved in high-tech industries, however, and therefore have high standards of 
living.
At the other end of the spectrum, many countries in sub-Saharan Africa have
population densities of less than 30 persons per sq km. Many people in these
countries practise manual subsistence farming; these countries also have infertile
land, and lack the economic resources and technology to boost productivity. As a
consequence, these nations are very poor. The United States has both relatively low
population density and high agricultural productivity; it is one of the world's
wealthiest nations.
High birth rates contribute to overpopulation in many developing countries.
Children are assets to many poor families because the provide labour, usually for
farming. Cultural norms in traditionally rural societies commonly sanction the value
of large families. Also, the governments    of developing countries often provide little
or no support, financial or political, for  family planning; even people who wish to
keep their families small have difficulty doing so. For all these reasons, developing
countries lend to have high rates of population  growth.
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Question 35: Which of the following is given a definition in paragraph  1?
A. Overpopulation B. Population density C. Simple farming D. Poverty
Question 36: What will suffer when there are excessively high population 
densities?
A. Available resources B. Skilled labor
C. Farming methods D. Land area
 Question 37: The phrase "that number" in paragraph 1 refers to the number of 
_______.
A. people B. densities C. resources D. countries
Question 38: In certain countries, large areas of  land can only yield small
amounts of  food because .
A. there is a lack of mechanization B. there are small numbers of
labourers
C. there is on abundance of resources D. there is no shortage of skilled
labour
Question 39: Bangladesh is a country where the level of poverty depends greatly
on  _______.
A. its population density only
B. both population density and agricultural  productivity
C. population density in metropolitan areas
D. its high agricultural productivity
Question 40: The word "infertile" in paragraph 4 probably means  _______.
A. disused B. impossibleC. unproductive D. inaccessible
Question 41: Which of the following is a contributor to overpopulation in
many developing countries?
A. High-tech facilities B. Economic resources
C. Sufficient financial support D. High birth rate
Question 42: Which of the following could be the best title for the  passage?
A. High Birth Rate and its Consequences B. Overpopulation; A Cause of
Poverty
C. Overpopulation: A Worldwide Problem D. Poverty in Developing
Countries
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 43: The Oxford Dictionary is  well known for including many
different meanings of  words and to give real examples.
A. The B. well known C. meanings D. to give
Question 4-4: All the candidates for the scholarship will be equally treated
regarding  of  their sex,  age, or nationality.
A. candidates B. scholarship C. regarding D. nationality
Question 45: The assumption that smoking has bad effects on our health have
been  proved.
A. The B. that C. effects on D. have
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 46: I really regret that you haven't told me about her  family.
A. If only you would tell me about her family.
B. If only I didn't regret that you hadn't told me about her   family.
C. If only you had told me about her family.
D. If only you hadn't told me about her family.
Question 47: I don't think Max broke your vase because he wasn't here  then.
A. Max wouldn't have broken your vase because he wasn't here  then,
B. Max was likely to break your vase because he wasn't here   then.
C. Max can't have broken your vase because he wasn't here  then.
D. Max wasn't able to break your vase because he wasn't here  then.
Question 48: " I say again. This is the most important assignment of the
semester", the professor  said.
A. The professor confirmed that that was the most important assignment of the  
semester.
B. The professor informed that that was the most important assignment of the  
semester.
C. The professor threatened that that was the most important assignment of the  
semester.
D. The professor replied that that was the most important assignment of the
semester. Mark the letter A, B, C, or 19 on your answer sheet to indicate the
sentence that best combines each of sentences in the following questions.
Question 49: My uncle is a businessman. He was ranked the wealthiest of the
country.
A. My uncle is a businessman, ranking the wealthiest of the  country.
B. A businessman, my uncle, was ranked the the wealthiest of the country.
C. My uncle, a businessman, was ranked the wealthiest of the country.
D. A businessman, who is my uncle, was ranked the wealthiest of the country.
Question 50: She tried very hard to pass the driving test She could hardly pass it
A. Although she didn't try hard to pass the driving test, she could pass it.
B. She tried very hard, so she passed the driving test satisfactorily.
C. No matter how hard she tried, she could hardly pass the driving test.
D. Despite being able to pass the driving test, she didn't pass it.