Read the following passage and mark letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word that best completes each of the numbered blanks from 45 to 47.
Clothes can tell a lot about person. Some people like very colorful clothes (45) _____ they want everyone to look at them and they want to be the center of attention. Other people like to wear nice clothes, but their clothes are not (46) _____ or fancy. They do not want people to look at them. Clothes today are very different from the clothes of the 19th century. One difference is the way they look. For example, in the 19th century, all women wore blouses with long skirts. But today, women do not always wear blouses with long skirts. Sometimes they wear short skirts. Sometimes they wear pants. Another difference between the 19th century and today is the (47) _____. In the 19th century, clothes were made only from natural kinds of cloth. They were made from cotton, wool, silk. But today, there are many kinds of man-made cloth. A lot of clothes are now made from nylon, rayon or polyester.
(45) ______
A.because of
B.because
C.but
D.so

Mark letter A, B, C or D to indicate the part that is incorrect.
Mrs. Linda, along with her husband, have been to Hanoi capital twice.
A.twice
B.to
C.have
D.with

Mark letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that is closet in meaning to the given one.
David drives more carefully than Carlos does.
A.Carlos doesn’t drive as carefully as David does.
B.Carlos drives as carefully as David does.
C.David is a less careful driver than Carlos.
D.Carlos is a more careful driver than David.

..........(9)
A.building
B.home
C.house
D.apartment

Choose A, B, C, or D that best completes the sentence.
The Games’ organizers (A) faced significant bed (B) shortages (C) because the record number of more than 13,000 athletes and officials (D) who attended the 2006 Games.
A.faced
B.shortages
C.because
D.who attended

Choose A, B, C, or D that best completes the sentence.
The big (A) grow in the population (B) is affecting the (C) developmental activities and demand (D) for foodstuffs.
A.grow
B.is affecting
C.developmental
D.for

Choose A, B, C, or D that best completes the sentence.
(A) Coal has provided the (B) majority of our electricity and (C) was a principal source of energy since the (D) Industrial Revolution.
A.Coal
B.majority
C.was
D.Industrial

Choose A, B, C, or D that best completes the sentence.
Because human eyes are not very good (A) for determining (B) speeds of approaching objects, radar can show a pilot (C) how fast nearly planes (D) are moving.
A.for
B.speeds
C.how fast
D.are moving

(2)...........
A.and
B.but
C.so
D.or

(4)...........
A.what
B.when
C.which
D.where