X. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheer to indicate the correct answer in each of the following questions.
Jeans and T-shirts will never go out of ____________.
A.tendency
B.image
C.fashion
D.trend

Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentences or substitutes for the underlined part.
Knowing several ______ helpful if you work for an intemational corporation.
A.languages are     
B.language is    
C.languages is
D.language are

Little have people done (A) to alleviate the sea pollution caused (B) by the facories in central (C) Vietnam, haven’t they (D)?
A.have people done
B.caused
C.in central
D.haven’t they

Choose A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Although they hold similar political views, their religious beliefs present a  striking contrast.
A. significant difference
B.interesting resemblance
C.minor comparison 
D.complete coincidence

From the four words or phrases (A, B, C or D) choose the one that best completes the sentence.
The mother was furious when she entered the nursery and saw it in complete……….
A.disorder         
B.dirt      
C.pollution        
D.junk

Exercise 5. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 21 to 25.
Polar bears are in danger of dying out. Unlike some other endangered animals, it's not hunters that are the problem, it's climate change. Since 1979, the ice cap at the Arctic Circle where the polar bears has reduced in size (21)_________ about 30 per cent. The temperature in the Arctic has slowly been rising and this is (22)_________  the sea ice to melt, endangering the polar bears' home. The polar bears' main sources of food are the different types of seals found in the Arctic. They catch them by waiting next to the air holes seals have made in the ice. (23)_________  the bears are very strong swimmers, they could never catch seals in water. This means that the bears really do rely on the ice to hunt.
Polar bears also need sea ice to travel. They can cover a huge territory and often swim from one part of the ice to another. They have been (24)_________  to swim up to 100 km, but when there is less ice, they may have to swim further and this can (25)_________  fatal to the bears. A number of bears have drown in the last few years and scientists believe that it is because they were not able to reach more ice before they became too tired and couldn't swim any further.
(24) 
A.known                    
B.learnt                       
C.experienced            
D.noticed

(28) 
A.When                      
B.Second                    
C.Finally                    
D.Firstly

________(72) 
A.precise
B. right
C.true 
D.valid

Coming unexpectedly into the room,_____
A.so she made the intruder get surprised
B.her appearance took the intruder a surprise
C.it surprised the intruder with her appearance
D.she took the intruder a surprise

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.

A.ashtray                    
B.music                      
C.severe                     
D.temper