Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions from 32 to 42.
_________ his poor health, he’s always cheerful.
A.Although
B.Because of    
C.Despite 
D.Because

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.habitat                     
B.inflation                  
C.disease                    
D.remove

Give the correct form of verbs given:
I (have) .......... a phone call while I (surf) ............... the wed yesterday.
A.had/was surfing
B.was having/ sufred
C.had/ surfed
D.have had/ was surfing

- “You look nervous! ______”
- “This thunder scares me to death.”
A.How are you?  
B.Why’s that?
C.Come on!
D.What’s wrong?

The photographs of Carrie Mae Weems, in which she often makes her family members_______ , are an affectionate and incisive representation of the African American experience.
A.are her subjects
B.her subjects
C.are subjects
D.which her subjects

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.
I feel both excited and nervously because I have an interview tomorrow.
A.feel
B.excited
C.nervously
D.have

(36) _______ 
A.knowledge      
B.fact                                     
C.idea                        
D.information

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
This is the instance where big, obvious non-verbal signals are appropriate.
A.attention                             
B.situation                              
C.place                                    
D.matter

Read the passage carefully then choose the correct answers.
In Viet Nam, there is great excitement built up well before Tet Nguyen Dan. First, every family organizes a trip to the cemetery to visit the graves of their ancestor. After that, to create an air of prosperity, wealth and fun for the first three days of the Lunar New Year, people are kept busy cooking traditional foods, buying gifts, and making other preparations. Certain items deemed to be bought or made are banh chung, dried watermelon seeds, tea, dried sausages, fruit (fresh and candied), ornamental plants and flowers. Red and yellow flowers are ideal as they make the house more welcoming. On the New Year's days, only good comments and wishes can be expressed.Children receive their Ii xi (or red envelopes with lucky money inside). People make a visit to family members, neighbors, and close friends. And people who live apart from their family try to get together on these days. Clearly enough, games and various forms of entertainment are staged and these often last a week. Varying traditional specialties including wrestling, buffalo fighting, dragon or unicorn dancing take place in different regions.
Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?
A.Tet is period of concord and hope.
B.Tet is a sort of bond that ties the living and the' dead.
C.Tet is agreat season of joy and of entertainment.
D.Tet is an occasion for afamily reunion.

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.
Experts hope that the vaccine will be mass-produced soon.
A.produced in great numbers
B.produced in small numbers
C.produced with high cost
D.produced cheaply