Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word(s) for each of the blanks from 35 to 39.
Around the age of eighteen, you must make one of the biggest decisions of your life. “Do I stay on at school and hopefully go on to university later? Do I have and start work or beginning a training (35)_____ ?”
The decision is yours, but it may be (36) _____ remembering two things: there is more unemployment among people who haven’t been to university, and people who have the right skills will have a big advantage in the competition for jobs. If you decide to go (37)______ into a job, there are many opportunities for training. Getting qualifications will help you to get on more quickly in many careers, and evening classes allow you to learn (38) _____ you earn. Starting work and taking a break to study when you are older is another possibility. This way, you can save up money for your student days, as well as (39)______ practical work experience.
(36)




A.worth
B.necessary
C.important
D.useful

Unless my teacher sends me homework, I will have nothing to do




A.
B.
C.
D.

Underline the words or phrases that best suit for each sentences
Each nation has its own way of …………the New Year




A.celebrating
B.giving
C.spending
D.praying

Underline the words or phrases that best suit for each sentences
They......spent their summer vacations teaching illiterate people to read and write




A.voluntary
B.volunteered
C.volunteer
D.voluntarily

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others
3




A.smallest
B.best
C.longest
D.biggest

Read the passage below and choose the best answer ( A, B, C or D ) to each question. (1 point)
Higher education, also called tertiary, third stage or post secondary education, is the non-compulsory educational level following the completion of a school providing a secondary education, such as a high school, secondary school. Tertiary education is normally taken to include undergraduate and postgraduate education, as well as vocational education and training. Colleges and universities are the main institutions that provide tertiary institutions. Tertiary education generally results in the receipt of certificates, diplomas, or academic degrees.
Higher education includes teaching, research and social services activities of universities, and within the realm of teaching, it includes both the undergraduate level and the graduate level. Higher education in that country generally involves work towards a degree-level or foundation degree qualification. It is therefore very important to national economies, both as a significant industry in its own right, and as a source of trained and educated personnel for the rest of the economy.
How many kinds does higher education have?




A.One
B.two
C.three
D.four

“ _________ eating out tonight? ” ~ “ That’s a good idea.”




A.Would you
B.How about
C.How are you
D.Are they

Choose the word which has the opposite meaning to the underlined word:

Schooling is compulsory for all English children from the age of 5 to 16.




A.essential
B.optional
C.necessary
D.stressful

Choose the word whose main stress pattern is different from the others.




A.compulsory
B.application
C.economics
D.unexpected

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word(s) for each of the blanks from 35 to 39.
Around the age of eighteen, you must make one of the biggest decisions of your life. “Do I stay on at school and hopefully go on to university later? Do I have and start work or beginning a training (35)_____ ?”
The decision is yours, but it may be (36) _____ remembering two things: there is more unemployment among people who haven’t been to university, and people who have the right skills will have a big advantage in the competition for jobs. If you decide to go (37)______ into a job, there are many opportunities for training. Getting qualifications will help you to get on more quickly in many careers, and evening classes allow you to learn (38) _____ you earn. Starting work and taking a break to study when you are older is another possibility. This way, you can save up money for your student days, as well as (39)______ practical work experience.
(38)




A.where
B.while
C.when
D.what