Huong _______ us for not having told her the latest news in advance.
A.praised    
B.apologized    
C.reproached
D. admitted

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.
Successful students often do the followings while studying. First, they have an overview before reading. Next, they look for important information and pay greater attention to it (which often needs jumping forward or backward to process information). They also relate important points to one another. Also, they activate and use their prior knowledge. When they realize that their understanding is not good, they do not wait to change strategies. Last, they can monitor understanding and take action to correct or “fix up” mistakes in comprehension.
Conversely, students with low academic achievement often demonstrate ineffective study skills. They tend to assume a passive role, in learning and rely on others (e.g., teachers, parents) to monitor their studying, for example, low-achieving students often do not monitor their understanding of content; they may not be aware of the purpose of studying; and they show little evidence of looking back, or employing “fix-up” strategies to fix understanding problems. Students who struggle with learning new information seem to be unaware that they must extent effort beyond simply reading the content to understand and remember it. Children with learning disabilities do not plan and judge the quality of their studying. Their studying may be disorganized. Students with learning problems face challenges with personal organization as well. They often have difficulty keeping track of materials and assignments, following directions, and completing work on time. Unlike good studiers who employ a variety of study skills in a flexible yet purposeful manner, low-achieving students use a restricted range of study skills. They cannot explain why good study strategies are important for learning; and they tend to use the same, often ineffective study approach for all learning tasks, ignoring task content, structure or difficulty.
(Source: Adapted from Study Skills: Managing Your Learning — NUI Galway)
The word “prior” in the first paragraph is closest meaning to______?
A.important   
B.earlier  
C.forward   
D.good

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.
Many people object to use physical punishment in dealing with discipline problems at school.
A.to use
B.punishment
C.dealing with
D.at school

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct sentence with the same meaning as the one in bold.
I never came to this city, so I couldn't meet him.
A.If only I had come to this city, I could have met him.
B.Never do I come to this city, so I couldn't meet him.
C.At no time I came to this city, so I couldn't meet him.
D.I wished I had come to this city, I could I have met him.

By the time we ___________ out on a Sunday, the bathroom was full of water. .
 
A.have a plumber come   
B.got a plumber to come
C.got a plumber coming
D.had a plumber to come

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Everyone will tell you that becoming a parent is challenging, but you never really know what that means until you learn about it the ________ way.
A.long                        
B.direct                       
C.full                          
D.hard

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete sentences.   
I paid the assistant and took the books but then stupidly left the bookshop without waiting for my............. .
A.cash                                
B.fee                        
C.refund                  
D.change

We(A) really enjoyed the (B) children’s (C) imaginative and (D) excited play last Saturday
A.really
B.children’s
C.imaginative
D.excited play

____________________  received law degrees as today.
A.Women who have never         
B.Never so many women have
C.The women aren't ever    
D.Never have so many women

Read the following passage and write the letter A, B, C or D on the top of the first page to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.                
Founded after World War II by 51 "peace-loving states" combined to oppose future aggression, the United Nations now counts 192 member nations, (16)……….. its newest members, Nauru, Kiribati, and Tonga in 1999, Tuvalu and Yugoslavia in 2000, Switzerland and East Timor in 2002, and Montenegro in 2006.
United Nations Day has been (17)……… on October 24 since 1948 and celebrates the objectives and accomplishments of the organization, which was established on October 24, 1945.
The UN (18)……… in peacekeeping and humanitarian missions across the globe. Though some say its (19)……….. has declined in recent decades, the United Nations still plays a tremendous role in world politics. In 2001 the United Nations and Kofi Annan, then Secretary-General of the UN, won the Nobel Peace Prize "for their work for a better organized and more peaceful world."
Since 1948 there have been 63 UN peacekeeping operations that are currently under way. Thus far, close to 130 nations have contributed personnel (20)……… various times; 119 are currently providing peacekeepers. As of August 31, 2008, there were 16 peacekeeping operations underway with a total of 88,230 personnel. The small island nation of Fiji has taken part in virtually every UN peacekeeping operation, as has Canada.
(Source:https://www.examenglish.com/PTE/pte_academic_reading_4.htm, December 10th, 2017)
(19)
A.consequence 
B.meaninglessness 
C.awareness 
D. influence