Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
_______, I decided to stop trading with them.
A.Despite of the fact that they were the biggest dealer
B.Even though being the biggest dealer
C.Being the biggest dealer
D.Even though they were the biggest dealer

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
She has just bought _______.
A.an interesting French old painting
B.an old interesting French painting
C.a French interesting old painting
D.an interesting old French painting

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
_____ her inexperience, her failure to secure the contract was not surprising.
A.By virtue of
B.With regard to
C.In view of
D.In regconition of

The passage would most likely be assigned reading in a course on _________ .
A.European history
B.English grammar
C.world government
D.applied linguistics

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
It was so foggy that driver couldn’t ____ the traffic signs.
A.break out
B.make out
C.keep out
D.take out

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
County legislators called for an update of the safety ____ for the DRCY Power Plant.
A.regulate
B.regulative
C.regulatory
D.regulations

Mark the letter A, B, C,or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s)in each of the following questions.
Names of people in the book were changed to preserve anonymity.
A.cover
B.conserve
C.presume
D.reveal

Mark the letter A, B, C,or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word in each of the following questions.
The government has passed laws to protect wildlife from coomercial trade.
A.enforced
B.enabled
C.ensured
D.enacted

Mark the letter A, B, C,or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s)in each of the following questions.
School uniform is compulsory in most of Vietnamese school.
A.depended
B.optional
C.obligatory
D.required

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 from 27 to 34.
For many American university students, the weeklong spring break holiday means on endless party on a sunny beach in Florida or Mexico. In Panama City Beach in Florida, a city with permanent population of around 36.000 more than half a million university students arrive during the month of March to play and party making it the number one spring break destination in the United States
A weeklong drinking binge is not for everyone, however and a growing number of American university students have found a way to make spring break matter. For them. joining or leading a group of volunteers to travel locally or internationally and work to alleviate problems such as poveriy, homelessness, or environmental damage makes spring break a unique learning experience that university students can feel good about.
During one spring break students at James Madison University in Virginia participated in 15 alternative spring break" trips to nearby states, three others to more distant parts of the United States and five international trips. One group of JMU students travelled to Bogalusa, Louisiana to help rebuild homes damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Another group traveled to Mississippi to organize creative activities for children living in homeless shelter. One group of students did go to exhausting physical labor such Florida. but not to lie on the sand. They performed as maintaining hikra rails and destroying invasive plant species that threaten the native Florida ecosystem.
Students who participate in alternative spring break projects find them very rewarding. While most university students have to get their degrees before they can start helping people. students volunteers are able to help people now. On the other hand, the accommodations are far from glamorous. Students often sleep on he floor of a school or church, or spend the week camping in tents. But students only pay around $250 for meals and transportation. which is much less than some their peers spend to travel to more traditional spring break hotspots
Alternative spring break trips appear to be growing in popularity at universities across the United States. Students cite a number of reasons for participating. Some appreciate the opportunity to socialize and meet new friends. Others want to exercise their beliefs about peoples obligation to serve humanity and make the world a better place. Whatever their reasons, these students have discovered something that gives them rich rewards along with a break from school work.
(“active Skills for Reading: Book 2” by Neill J. Anderson – Thompson, 2007)
The word “ them” in paragraph 4 refers to _____.
A.degrees
B.projects
C.people
D.students