According to Paragraph 2, which of the following might describe the development of language?
A.Spoken language – animal sounds – man’s sounds – written language
B.Animal sounds – spoken language – man’s sounds – written language
C.Written language – spoken language – animal sounds – man’s sounds
D.Animal sounds – man’s sounds – spoken language – written language

According to Paragraph 3, the number of words of the generation after is ______ that of words of the one before it.
A.fewer than
B.less than
C.greater than
D.as many as

This reading passage may be taken out from ______.
A.an advertisement
B.a fashion program
C.a letter of complaint
D.a language magazine

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:
Earthquakes: Ninety percent of earthquakes occur around the Pacific Rim, which is known as the “Ring of Fire”. In 1995, a huge earthquakes (25) ______ the city of Kobe in Japan. A large number of people were killed when homes, office blocks and highways collapsed.
Tidal waves: Tidal waves are the (26) ______ of abrupt shift in the underwater movement of the Earth. In the 1960s, a huge tidal wave hit Anchorage, Alaska. The tidal wave travelled (27) ______ Alaska to California!
Typhoons: When a tropical storm (28) ______ 120 kilometres per hour, it is called a hurricane in North and South America, a cyclone in Australia, and a typhoon in Asia. The word “typhoon” comes from Chinese: tai means “big” and feng means “wind”, so the word “typhoon” means “big wind”.
Volcanoes: We can usually predict (29) ______ a volcano will erupt. Mount Pinatubo, which is a volcano in the Philippines, erupted in 1991. It was the world’s largest volcanic eruptionin more than 50 years. Hundreds of people died, but thousands were saved (30) ______ scientists had warned them about eruption.
Tornadoes: Tornadoes are funnel-shaped storms which pass overland (31) ______ a thunderstorm. They can suck up anything that is in their path. In Italy 1981, a tornado lifted a baby, who was (32) ______ in its baby carriage, into the air and put it down safely 100 meters away!
(Extract from English 9, p.78, 79 – Giáo dục Publishing House)
(25)
A.arrived
B.came
C.saved
D.struck

From June to October, the flood plains would be _____.
A.left to the sowing of new crops dams
B.open to the building of new
C.raised to a higher level
D.inundated with floodwaters from the Nile

The king was wealthy because _____.
A.he possessed all the land
B.farmers paid him their tribute
C.he was in absolute power
D.huge irrigation projects were set up

According to the passage, the king was wise _____.
A.to import the things that Egypt did not have
B.to pay for huge irrigation projects
C.to own slaves and gold
D.to control the land

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.ear
B.hear
C.wear
D.year

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 primary stress in each of the following questions

A.arrive
B.begin
C.return
D.visit

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 primary stress in each of the following questions

A.busy
B.final
C.polite
D.useful