Read the passage carefully, then choose the best answer for each question.
THE DISEASE DETECTIVE
Six children were in the hospital. They were very sick, but the doctors didn't know what to do. They called Dr. Richard Besser, an expert on strange illnesses.  Dr. Besser knew just what to do.
Finding a Cause
First, Dr. Besser needed to find the cause of the illness. He used a microscope to look for germs like bacteria in the children's bodies. Dr. Besser found that all the children had a strain of the bacteria E. coli. Then he looked at the bacteria's DNA. The DNA showed him that this strain of E. coli was dangerous to humans.
Where Did It Come From?
Dr. Besser knew E. coli could move from animals to humans. Perhaps the children had touched animals that carried the bacteria? Besser found other E. coli cases in the area where the children lived. But it wasn't enough.
Besser then made a list of what the sick children had eaten. They had all eaten cheese, apple juice, and fish. He then made a list of what healthy children in the area had eaten, and compared his lists. They had eaten the cheese and fish, but not the apple juice.
Case Closed
Besser went to where the apple juice was made. He saw that there were animals around the apple trees, and he saw the workers using dirty apples that had fallen on the ground. More importantly, he saw that the apples were not washed before the juice was made, and that the juice was not heated. Doing these things would kill the bacteria. Besser then knew it was the apple juice that made the children sick.
Besser's E. coli case has a happy ending. The children got better. And what Besser learned that day now helps keep others safe.
Which of the following things happened first?
A.Dr. Besser found out what made the children sick.
B.Dr. Besser made a list of what the healthy children ate.
C.Dr. Besser went to where the apple juice was made.
D.Dr. Besser made a list of what the sick children ate.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
In some countries, each academic term is _____ by a week-long break.
A.separated
B.left
C.subtracted
D.departed

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Just as the performance ended, all the concertgoers raised to their feet and applauded.
A.Just as
B.ended
C.raised
D.their feet

IV. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
She refused (A) to tell me (B) what was the director's salary was because (C) that information was (D) confidential.
A.to tell
B.what was
C.that information
D.confidential

A.happen
B.access
C.exam
D.farm

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.
NEW HUNT FOR LIFE IN SPACE
British space scientists are planning to join the American in the race to find evidence of life on other planets. Alan Penny and his team at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory have (51) …… a telescope that is 40 times more powerful than Hubble. (52) …… as 'Darwin', this telescope could tell if planets 50 light years away have any kind of life on them. Two days (53) …… NASA scientists had shown proof that one of Jupiter's moons could support life, Penny (54) …… that his telescope may be included in a European Space Agency mission. The Darwin project, with a (55) …… of 500 million, is on a shortlist of two proposals. If approved, it will probably be (56) …… around 2010, its destination somewhere between Mars and Jupiter. The blueprint is actually for five telescopes positioned 50 meters (57) …… in space, slowly circling a central processing station. The combined data from these telescopes would build up a full picture of a planet, picking out faint images that have never been seen before. Darwin would not be able to take detailed photographs of the planets it (58) ……, but Penny believes a second-generation telescope could be sent up to do this. He claims it is worthwhile mapping the universe around our (59) …… galaxy, even though these planets lie (60) …… our reach for the moment. The European Space Agency will make its decision on Darwin within three years.
(59)
A.alone
B.same
C.one
D.own

Choose the best answer for the following sentences:
She weighed herself _______ know the pull of the earth exerting on her.
A.for  
B.so that     
C.for fear that  
D.to

Choose the best answer to complete each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.
For more than 20 years, the Vietnamese government has pursued the open-door _______ and continued to woo foreign investment.
A.policy      
B.way 
C.export
D.guideline

Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions
She wishes she ............... in the future.
A.will be a doctor       
B.would be a doctor 
C.has been a doctor   
D.may be a doctor

Exercise 2. Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.

A.enthusiast                
B.successfully            
C.competitor             
D.participation