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
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"Parents today want their kids spending time on things that can bring them success, but (1)_________, we've stopped doing one thing that's actually been a proven predictor of success-and that's household chores," says Richard Rende, a (2)_________ psychologist in Paradise Valley, Ariz, and co-author of forthcoming book “Raising Can-Do Kids." Decades of studies show the benefits of chores-academically, emotionally and even professionally. Giving children household chores at an early age (3)_______ to build a lasting sense of mastery, responsibility and self-reliance, according to research by Marty Rossmann, professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota. In 2002, Dr. Rossmann analyzed data from a longitudinal study (4)_______ followed 84 children across four periods in their lives-in preschool, around ages 10 and 15, and in their mid-20s. She found that young adults who began chores at ages 3 and 4 were more likely to have good relationships with family and friends, to achieve academic and early career success and to be self-sufficient, as (5)_______ with those who didn't have chores or who started them as teens. Chores also teach children how to be empathetic and responsive to others' needs, notes psychologist Richard Weissbourd of the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
(Adapted from http://www.wsj.com/articles/why-children-need-chores)
(5)




A.compared
B.compare
C.comparing
D.to compare

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.
Information on the Romans can find not only in these books but also on the Internet.




A.Information
B.can find
C.in
D.the Internet

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
You ought to make up your mind now.




A.It is high time you made up your mind.
B.Making up your mind is necessary.
C.You should have made up your mind.
D.It is possible to make up your mind.

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 from 35 to 42.
A newborn baby can see, hear and feel. By the age of five, a child can talk, ride a bike and invent imaginary friends. How does this development happen? We don't understand the way language, thinking and planning develop very well. Now scientists are using new technology to ‘see’ into children's brains. And they are discovering new information about the way a baby's brain develops.
A study in 2010 showed that the experiences a child has in their first few years affect the development of the brain. It showed that children who received more attention often had higher IQs. The brain of a newborn baby has nearly a hundred billion neurons. This is the same number as an adult's brain. As they grow, a baby receives information through the senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch. This information creates connections between different parts of the brain. At the age of three, there are a hundred trillion connections.
One experiment looked at images of babies' brains while they were listening to different sounds. The sounds were in different sequences. For example, one sequence was mu-ba-ba. This is the pattern ‘A-B-B’. Another sequence was mu-ba-ge. This is the pattern ‘A-B-C’. The images showed that the part of the brain responsible for speech was more active during ‘A-B-B’ patterns. This shows that babies can tell the difference between different patterns. This experiment is interesting because sequences of words are important to grammar and meaning. Compare two sentences with the same words in a different order: ‘John killed the bear’ is very different from ‘The bear killed John.’ So babies are starting to learn grammatical rules from the beginning of life.
Researchers also know that babies need to hear a lot of language in order to understand grammar rules. But there is a big difference between listening to television, audio books or the internet, and interacting with people. One study compared two groups of nine-month-old American babies. One group watched videos of Mandarin Chinese sounds. In the other group, people spoke the same sounds to the babies. The test results showed that the second group could recognise different sounds, however the first group learned nothing. The scientist, Patricia Kuhl, said this result was very surprising. It suggests that social experience is essential to successful brain development in babies.
It can be inferred from the passage that




A.A pattern like ‘A-B-C’ is easier to understand.
B.Babies' brains cannot recognise different sound patterns.
C.It's not known which area of a baby's brain processes speech.
D.Children can actually learn grammatical rules in their very early age.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best completes each of the following exchanges.
Hana and Jennifer are talking about the book they have read.
- Hana: “The book is really interesting and educational.”
- Jennifer: “________.”




A.I'd love to
B.Don't mention it
C.It's nice of you to say so.
D.I can't agree more.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or Don your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.




A.decorate
B.passionate
C.undergraduate
D.temperate

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D or your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
For reasons hygiene, it's forbidden to try on the earrings in the jewellery department.




A.Customers who care for hygiene are advised in the jewellery department not to try on any earrings.
B.Earrings are considered unhygienic and so forbidden for sale in this jewellery department.
C.Because it is not hygiene, customers in the jewellry department are not allowed to try on the earrings.
D.Being hygiene in the jewellery department is the decision of the customers and not the management.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best completes each of the following exchanges.
Hoa is asking Hai, who is sitting at a corner of the room, seeming too shy. - Hoa: "Why aren't you taking part in our activities? _______________ .” - Hai: "Yes, I can. Certainly."




A.Shall I take your hat off?
B.Can you help me with this decorations?
C.Can I help you?
D.Could you please show me how to get the nearest post office?

VIII. The words in italics below are cues. Choose from the alternatives to make a meaningful sentence.
if / refund / I / you / return / ask / the machine//




A.If I was you, I would return the machine and ask for the refund.
B.If I were you, I will return the machine and ask for the refund.
C.If I were you, I would have returned the machine and ask for the refund.
D.If I were you, I would return the machine and ask for the refund.

VII. Choose from the alternatives to rewrite each sentence using omission of relative pronouns.
I’ve been waiting for a train, but it’s been cancelled.




A.I’ve been waiting for a train has been cancelled.
B.The train I’ve been waiting for it’s been cancelled.
C.The train I’ve been waiting for has been cancelled.
D.I’ve been waiting for a cancelled train.