Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
More and more investors are pouring                money into food and beverage start-ups.
A.a
B.Ø 
C.an
D.the

Choose the word that best fits blank.
Vietnam has a lot of ________ players who won many gold medals in The 22nd SEA Games.
A.outstanding
B.outstretching    
C.outlying    
D.outgoing

Why did George Washington not live in the White House?
A.It had been burned by the British.
B.He did not like the architectural features.
C.He did not want to suffer the inconveniences that the Adamses had suffered
D.Construction had not yet been completed.

In the end , we chose the restaurant______menu looked the most interesting.
A.where
B.that
C.whom
D.whose

Eight kilometers is_________ equivalent to five miles.      
A.exactly                       
B.roughly                               
C.rarely                                  
D.precisely

Pesticides aren't so effective as they used to be because insects have become ______ them.  
A.resistant to  
B.composed of
C. included    
D.created

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

A.pizza
B.hit
C.with
D.this

He has a new solution................................the problem.
A.for
B.about
C.with
D.to

In general, Chinese cartoons are now aiming at______
A.bringing education to. illiterate and semi-literate people in the world
B.disseminating traditional practices in China and throughout the world
C.illustrating the truth of Chinese great men’s famous sayings
D.spreading the Chinese ideas and cultural values throughout the world

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.study
B.compare
C.eastward
D.frighten