Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
While I _______ at the bus stop, three buses went by in the opposite direction.
A.was waiting
B.waited
C.had waited
D.were waiting

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
If he improved his IT skills, he _______ a job.
A.will easily get
B.would easily get
C.will easily have got
D.would easily have got

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.
A.supply
B.consist
C.happen
D.delay

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
My brother hopes to travel around the world _____ next summer.
A.a
B.an
C.the
D.ø (no article)

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.
A.talked
B.missed
C.learned
D.watched

_________ (9)
A.tell
B.express
C.explain
D.perform

_________ (7)
A.chat
B.communication
C.speech
D.discussion

It is acknowledged that Vietnam had a complete control over SARS from a very early stage of the epidemic.
A.Vietnam is acknowledged to have completely controlled SARS from a very early stage of the epidemic.
B.Vietnam is acknowledged to have controlled SARS from a very early stage of the epidemic.
C.Vietnam was acknowledged to have had a complete control over SARS from a very early stage of the epidemic.
D.Vietnam is acknowledged to have a complete control over SARS from a very early stage of the epidemic.

The purpose of any invention is to make our lives better, so good or bad, it depends on the way by which we use these inventions.
A.We can use either good or bad inventions to make our lives better.
B.Whether an invention is good or bad depends on the way by which we use it because the purpose of any invention is to make our lives better.
C.The purpose of any invention, whether good or bad, is to make our lives better. This depends on the way by which we use these inventions.
D.Good or bad as they are, all inventions have the same purpose: to make our lives better.

Transportation has been made much easier thanks to the invention of cars, but cars are the greatest contributor of air pollution.
A.It is cars that are the greatest contributor of air pollution although the invention of cars has made transportation much easier.
B.The invention of cars has made transportation much easier, but cars are among the greatest contributors of air pollution.
C.Although the invention of cars has made transportation much easier, people use cars to contribute to the pollution of air.
D.However easier the invention of cars has made transportation, it is cars that are among the greatest contributors of air pollution.