Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Determining the mineral content of soil samples is an exacting process; ______,experts must perform detail tests to analyze soil specimens.
A.therefore    
B.afterward  
C.so that   
D.however

Many people are afraid of sharks, but they rarely attack people. 
A.Although sharks rarely attack people, many people are afraid of them. 
B.Many people are afraid of sharks because they are dangerous. 
C.Rarely attacked by sharks, many people are, therefore, afraid of them. 
D.Sharks rarely attack people because many people are afraid of them.

She is (happy) _______ because she failed in the final exam.
A.happyness
B.unhappily
C.happily
D.unhappy

The lecture hall gradually emptied as the professor _________ on.
A.rambled
B.kept
C.dragged             
D.passed

Mark the letter A,B,C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
The change in population distribution was barely noticeable to the demographers conducting the study.
A.often
B.hardly
C.never
D.softly

Mark the letters A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
In Vietnamese schools, English, mathematics, and literature are three …………… subjects, which are compulsory in many important national examinations.
A.core                             
B.middle                         
C.part                             
D.center

Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others in each group

A.metropolitan                    
B.popularity 
C.pronunciation 
D.international

Write the letter A, B, C or D on the top of the first page to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The famous dodo, which lived on the island of Madagascar, _______ extinct in the 17th Century because of overhunting by European settlers.
A.went 
B.got
C.turned 
D.became

More parents teach their children because they completely _______ the current educational system.
A. appeal to 
B.please with 
C.approve of 
D.object to

______(36)
A.mastering  
B.learning     
C. receiving
D.attending