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




A.cough
B.ground
C.house
D.mouth

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Every day, he gets up at 7 o’clock. He has _______ breakfast and then goes to work. He often comes to work by _______ car.




A.the/ the
B.a/ the
C.the/a
D.Ø/ Ø

She still has an awful lot to learn.




A.a terrible thing
B.a great pleasure
C.a great desire
D.a large amount

When the concept of universal primary education was introduced, education __________.




A.was intended to leave out female learners
B.was intended for all the sexes
C.was given free to all
D.focused on imparting skills

Ancient education generally focused its efforts on __________.




A.both sexes
B.on male learners
C.female learners
D.young people only

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete the following exchanges.
Mai and Joey are talking about their favorite pastimes.
Joey: “What sort of things do you like doing in your free time?”
Mai: “_______”




A.None. Been starved since 9 yesterday.
B.I love checking out the shops for new clothes.
C.Nothing special. Just some photos I took on the trip to Nepal.
D.I hate shopping.

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 the primary stress in each of the following questions.




A.appear
B.reply
C.protect
D.order

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
They have lived near a chemical plant for many years. Some villagers have now developed cancer.




A.Because of the fact having lived near a chemical plant for, some villagers have now developed cancer.
B.Because they have lived near a chemical plant for many years so some villagers have now developed cancer.
C.Living near a chemical plant for many years, some villagers have now developed cancer.
D.Having lived near a chemical plant for many years, some villagers have now developed cancer.

All visitors to the town fall in love with it.




A.Everybody who visits the town falls in love with it
B.Everybody who has visited the town falls in love with it
C.Everybody who is visiting the town falls in love with it
D.Everybody who have visited the town falls in love with it

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best option for each of the following questions.
Banana fiber is used in the production of banana paper. Banana paper is used in two different senses: to (23) _______ to a paper made from the bark of the banana tree, mainly used for artistic purposes, or paper made from banana’s fiber, (24) _______ from an industrialized process, from the stem and the non-usable fruits. The paper can be either hand-made or made by machine. The volume of raw (25) _______ for making banana paper around the world on plantations is vast and largely unutilized. The market for banana paper is seen as a growth industry. (26) _______ 1988, in Costa Rica, companies like EcoPaper.com and Costa Rica Natural Paper have been producing 100% industrialized fine environmental and ecological paper derived from natural banana fibers, for the writing and stationery market.
This industry (27) _______ numerous waste products such as: the plastic that wraps the bananas, plastic cords to tie the wrapping, damaged bananas and the pinzote (stems). An alarming quantity of over of 92% of water, 3% of resins and 2% glucose; the rest is vegetal fiber. This particular composition makes it decompose without the solid component being destroyed. This causes a severe impact on the surrounding ecosystems – much to the detriment of rivers and underground waters.
(26)




A.In
B.From
C.Since
D.During