Exercise 7. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word orphrasethat best fits eachof the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.
Singapore  has a highly developed market-based economy, (31) ___ historically revolves  around extended trade. Along with Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan, Singapore is one  (32) ___ The Four Asian Tigers. The economy depends heavily  on exports , refining, imported goods, especially in manufacturing. Manufacturing constituted 26 (33)____ of Singapore’s GDP in 2005. The manufacturing industry is well-diversified into electronics, petroleum refining, chemicals, (34)___   engineering and biomedical sciences manufacturing. In 2006, Singapore produced about 10 percent of the world’s foundry water output. Singapore is the busiest port in the world in terms of tonnage shipped. Singapore is the world’s fourth largest foreign exchange trading centre after London, New York City  (35)_____ Tokyo. 
(33) 
A.percentage              
B.persuasion
C.perception               
D.percent

Did she get the better of you in the argument ?
A.try to beat          
B.gain a disadvantage over
C.gain an advantage over     
D.try to be better than

From the four words or phrases choose the one that best completes the sentences.
______ he would have signed his name in the corner.
A.If he painted that picture      
B. If he paints that picture
C.If he had painted that picture      
D.If he would have painted that picture

III. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheel to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Tom seldom drinks coffee, _______?
A.doesn't Tom  
B.does Tom     
C.doesn't he        
D.does he

The word “intricate” in paragraph 1 could be best replaced by  ________ .
A.inefficient 
B.complicate 
C.historical 
D.uncertain

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.
On Saturday wearing uniforms is optional so I often choose T-shirt and shorts.
A.acceptable
B.compulsory
C.voluntary
D.uncomfortable

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.emotional                
B.simultaneous           
C.astrology                 
D.applicable

  Compared to pines, hickories are_____  
A.shorter                                                                
B.higher
C.as high    
D.more suitable for forest floor

After two hours travelling by bus, we ...................Vung Tau.
A.came
B.got
C.reached
D.went

Read the passage below and decide which option A, B, C or D best fits each space
        Not so long (31) _________, in many countries, children went to school wearing a school uniform. Boys wore a white shirt and a tie, a dark jacket, gray pants and black shoes. Girls (32) _________ to wear a white blouse and a dark, knee-length (33) _________.  Today, in many countries, students have a very different kind of uniform. They wear tennis shoes, jeans and a T-shirt.In a hot day students might even come to class in a pair of shorts. Teachers in the past could never have allowed these students into their class. Then, the men teachers used to wear a suit and tie, and most (34) _________ teachers wore a dress or skirt. But when you look inside a classroom today, it is sometimes (35)___________ to tell who are the teachers and who are the students!
(31)
A.before
B.time
C.ago
D.after