Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to the printed one.
The doctor said, 'You really ought to rest for a few days, Jasmine.'
A.Jasmine's doctor insisted that she should rest for a few days.
B.The doctor suggested that Jasmine should take a short rest.
C.The doctor strongly advised Jasmine to take a few days’ rest
D.It is the doctor's recommendation that Jasmine rested shortly.

Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to the printed one.
It never occurred to me to go by train.
A.I used to go by train.
B.I was used to going by train.
C.I never find it boring to go by train
D.I never thought of going by train.

Read the passge carefully, then choose the correct answer.
THANKSGIVING
Thanksgiving is celebrated in the US on the fourth Thursday in November. For many Americans it is the most important holiday apart from Christmas. Schools, offices and most businesses close for Thanksgiving, and many people make the whole weekend a vacation.
Thanksgiving is associated with the time when Europeans first came to North America. In 1620 the ship the Mayflowers arrived, bringing about 150 people who today are usually called Pilgrims. They arrived at the beginning of a very hard winter and could not find enough to eat, so many of them died. But in the following summer Native Americans showed them what foods were safe to eat, so that they could save food for the next winter. They held a big celebration to thank God and the Native Americans for the fact that they had survived.
Today people celebrate Thanksgiving to remember these early days.
The most important part of the celebration is a traditional dinner with foods that come from North America. The meal includes turkey, sweet potatoes (also called yams) and cranberries, which are made into a kind of sauce or jelly. The turkey is filled with stuffing or dressing, and many families have their own special recipe. Dessert is pumpkin made into a pie.
On Thanksgiving there are special television programs and sports events. In New York there is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, when a long line of people wearing fancy costumes march through the streets with large balloons in- the shape of imaginary characters. Thanksgiving is considered the beginning of the Christmas period, and the next day many people go out to shop for Christmas presents.
On thanksgiving ______.
A.turkey, yams and pumpkin pies are served
B.people join in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
C.people wear coloured carnival masks matching through the streets
D.people go out to shop for Christmas presents

Choose the word that has main stress placed differently from the others.
A.represent
B.exchange
C.receiving
D.prepare

Choose the word that has main stress placed differently from the others.
A.polite
B.popular
C.pagoda
D.agrarian

Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentences or substitutes for the underlined part.
On Christmas Eve children go to bed full ______ excitement.
A.of
B.with
C.up
D.in

Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentences or substitutes for the underlined part.
Agrarian people depend on the lunar calendar to prepare for their crops.
A.gardeners
B.planters
C.farmers
D.highlanders

Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentences or substitutes for the underlined part.
Children are always ______ about Tet holiday.
A.excited
B.interested
C.keen
D.concerned

Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentences or substitutes for the underlined part.
Shopping malls are decorated for Christmas from September, ______ most people do not do their Christmas shopping until December.
A.though
B.because
C.so
D.so that

Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentences or substitutes for the underlined part.
The number of students who knew the answer to the last question on the exam ______ very low.
A.were
B.was
C.have been
D.has been