Bob has a bad lung cancer and his doctor has advised him to ________  smoking.
A.turn up     
B.give up    
C.take up   
D.put up

Diana: ‘I didn't know you could play the guitar so well, Toan. Your tune was lovely! ’ Toan: ‘____.’
A. You are welcome                   
B. I bought it near my house last week
C.You've got to be kidding! I thought it was terrible              
D.Never mind

Last month I went to visit the college _________  I studied from 1985 to 1990.
A. where 
B. that           
C.who       
D.when

My brothers love ____ my father in mending things around the house at weekends.
A.being joined   
B.joining  
C.join       
D. joined

The passage mainly discusses Rachel Carson’s work
A.as a researcher        
B.at college
C.at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service   
D.as a writer

According to the passage, what did Carson primarily study at Johns Hopkins University?
A.oceanography 
B.zoology   
C.literature          
D.history

Vietnam exports a lot of rice is grown mainly in the south of the country.
A.exports
B. is grown
C.in the south
D.the country

Why does the author of the passage mention the report of the President’s Science Advisory Committee (lines 14-15)? 
A.To provide an example of government propaganda.
B. To support Carson’s ideas. 
C.To indicate a growing government concern with the environment.
D.To validate the chemical industry’s claims.

The word “flawed” in line 14 is closest in meaning to
A. faulty 
B.deceptive        
C.logical    
D.offensive

According to the passage, Silent Spring is primarily 
A. an attack on the use of chemical preservatives in food 
B.a discussion of the hazards insects pose to the food supply
C.a warning about the dangers of misusing insecticides 
D.an illustration of the benefits of the chemical industry