Find the one choice that best completes the sentence.
Jack knows his lesson well because he______  it.
A.studies   
B.studied    
C.has studied
D.had studied

James may get into hot water when driving at full speed after drinking.
A.get into trouble 
B.fall into disuse 
C.remain calm   
D.stay safe

______(9. polite)
A.impolite
B.politely
C.impolitely
D.politeless

What is the cause of the spring tides?
A.The Earth’s movement around the Sun.
B.The triangular arrangement of the Earth, Sun, and Moon.
C.Seasonal changes in the weather.
D.The gravitational pull of the Sun and the Moon when nearly in line with the Earth.

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.
You’re 25 years old, but you still haven’t cut the apron strings.
A.become independent              
B.bought a new house
C.relied on others                      
D.started doing well

Chọn từ hoặc cụm từ thích hợp (ứng với A hoặc B, C, D) để hoàn thành mỗi câu sau.
This conversation project looks promising, but it’s still _______.
A.in the early stages
B.in advance              
C.understress   
D.at first sight

A.sterile
B.damage
C.contact
D.inject

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
I can’t think of any possible _______ for his absence.
A.exploration          
B.explanation                 
C.expedition              
D.expectation

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from those of the rest.

A.hand             
B.bank
C.sand  
D.band

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 following questions
Two-lane highways, like the railways before them, seemed capable of making or breaking a community in the 1920s. The automobile was every American’s idea of freedom, and the construction of hard-surface roads was one of the largest items of government expenditure, often at great cost to every thing else, including education.
American car registrations rose from one million in 1913 to ten million in 1923. Automobile sales in the state of Michigan outnumbered those in Great Britain and Ireland combined. By 1927, Americans were driving some twenty-six million automobiles, one car for every five people in the country.
The 1920 U.S. Census revealed that for the first time in history more people lived in cities than on farms, and they were leaving the farm and reaching the city by automobile. The growth of roads and the automobile industry made cars the lifeblood of the petroleum industry and a major customer of the steel factories. Cars also caused expansions in outdoor recreation and tourism and related industries-service stations, roadside restaurants, and motels. After World War two, the automobile industry reached new heights, and new roads led out of the city to the suburbs, where two-car families transported children to shopping malls and segregated schools.
In 1956 Congress passed the Interstate Highway Act, the peak of a half-century of frenzied road building at government expense and the largest public works program in history. The result was the Interstate Highway System, a network of federally subsidized highways connecting major urban centers. Two-hour commutes, traffic jams, polluted cities, and Disneyland became standard features of American life. Like almost everything else in the 1950s, the construction of interstate highways was justified as a national defense measure.
The predominance of private transportation was guaranteed by the federal government. Between 1945 and 1980, 75 percent of federal funds of transportation were spent on highways, while a scant one percent went to buses, trains, or subways. Even before the Interstate Highway System was built, the American bias was clear – which is why the United States has the world’s best road system and nearly its worst public transit system.
It can be inferred from the passage that
A.the federal government usually subsidizes major industries.
B.Americans value private automobiles over public transportation.
C.the United Sates needs a better public transit system.
D.the government considers roads more expensive than education.