Your grades are coming down. You should try to ______the other students in your class.




A.get out of
B.get along with
C.keep away from
D.keep up with

In all probability, he is coming.




A.Undoubtedly, he will come.
B.He is coming very soon.
C.He is very likely to come.
D.He is bound not to come.

A “calamitous” tsunami in the last paragraph is one that is______




A.at fault
B.expected
C.disastrous
D.extremely calm

The paragraph preceding this paragraph most probably discusses______




A.underwater earthquakes
B.storm surges
C.tides
D.tidal waves

Where in the passage does the author mention movements of ocean water other than those caused by tides?




A.Paragraph 1
B.The first and second sentences of paragraph 2.
C.The third and fourth sentences of paragraph 2.
D.The last two sentences of paragraph 2.

_______(49)




A.stay
B.keep
C.maintain
D.hold

It can be inferred from the message that Alexander Fleming_______




A.isolated infectious patients
B.discovered moldy cheese
C.suspected medicinal properties of mold
D.enjoyed eating cheese

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to intricate the correct answer to each of the following questions
The house that we used to live in is in a very ______ state.




A.negligent
B.neglected
C.negligible
D.neglectful

Read the following pasage and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space from 1 to 5.
With job vacancies available all year round offering high salaries, Vietnam has been ranked the second best place in the world to teach English by TEFL Exchange, a community for teachers of English (1)______ a foreign language.
The site (2)______ that a foreign English teacher can earn between 1,200-2,200 USD a month in Vietnam, where the average annual income in 2016 was just 2,200 USD. They can (3)______ a job any time of year and the best places to do so are the country’s three largest cities: Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang. Candidates only need to hold a bachelor’s (4)______ and a TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) certificate.
English is an obligatory subject from sixth grade across Vietnam, but in large cities, many primary schools demand high (5)______. Foreign language centers have been thriving here, with students as young as three years old.
(5)______




A.capacity
B.competency
C.experience
D.ability

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.
There has been much debate over the past few decades concerning fears that automation will lead to robots replacing human workers on a massive scale.
The increasing use of robotics, computers and artificial intelligence is a reality, but its full implications are far from cut and dried. Some forecasts present the future in a utopian way, claiming that robots will take over the tedious heavy work thus freeing up human time and potential, allowing for more creativity and innovation. At the other end of spectrum are those who foresee an employment apocalypse, predicting that almost fifty percent of all American jobs could vanish within the next few decades. Former Microsoft chairman Bill Gates states that in 20 years robots could be in place in a number of job categories, particularly those at lower end of the scale in terms of skills.
The bottom line is that while the future is always uncertain, robots are a fixture of our society, which is not going to disappear. As with the Industrial Revolution, where machines were utilized in many tasks in place of manual laborers and social upheaval followed, the Digital Revolution is likely to place robots in various jobs. In spite of that, many of today’s jobs were not in existence before the Industrial Revolution, such as those of programmers, engineers and data scientists. This leads other experts to criticize this alarmist approach of robot scare-mongering, which is invariably compared to the 19th-century “Luddites”. This group was textile workers who feared being displaced by machines and resorted to violence, burning down factories and destroying industrial equipment – their rejection of inevitable progress has come to symbolize mindless ignorance.
Needless to say, exactly what new kinds of jobs might exist in the future is difficult to envision at present. Therefore, the crux of the issue is not whether jobs will be lost, but whether the creation of new vacancies will outpace the ever-increasing number of losses and what skills will be required in the future.
It is clearly not all doom and gloom, as demand for employees with skills in data analysis, coding, computer science, artificial intelligence and human-machine interface is rising and will continue to do so. Furthermore, the demand for skills in jobs where humans surpass computers, such as those involving care, creativity and innovative craftmanship, are likely to increase considerably. Ultimately, the key lies in the adaptation of the workforces, through appropriate education and training, to keep pace with our world’s technological progress.

Which of the following is closest in meaning to crux in paragraph 4?




A.The most complex part
B.The hidden message
C.The least understood part
D.The most important part