Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
When he went to Egypt, he knew ______________ no Arabic, but within 6 months he had become extremely fluent.
A.entirely                   
B.barely                      
C.scarcely                  
D.virtually

Do as directed
My friend had excellent ideas. He did a good job, too.
(join into one sentence, using not only.....but...as well )
A.My friend not only had excellent ideas but did a good job as well.
B.My friend not only excellent ideas had but did a good job as well.
C.My friend not only had excellent ideas but had a good job as well.
D.My friend not only did excellent ideas but did a good job as well.

Choose the word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best fits the blank space in the following passage.
FUN AND GAMES
Do you think computer games is just for kids? Then you should think again. You might be surprised to learn that the game industry now makes more money than Hollywood. (36) ______ a family buys a new PC, all they really want to do is to play games.
It is hardly surprising that video gaming has become one of the most popular forms of entertainment today. A good game is like a good film; it will hold your (37) ______, capture your imagination and play with your emotions.
The big difference, however, is that watching a movie is a passive pastime. You have no say in how the plot (38) ______ or which characters dominate the story. With computer games, you direct the action and that is what makes them so exciting. Finding the right  game is likely to signal the beginning of a lasting love (39) ______ with the interactive world  of make-believe.
It is (40) ______ to think of gaming as something simply for children and teenagers. In fact, the biggest growth area of the market is the 25-35 age group.
(40) ______
A.immoral
B.wrong    
C.false    
D.dishonest

Choose the correct word or phrase that best completes the passage.
The traditional definition of literacy is considered to be the ability to read and write, or the ability to use language to, read, write, listen, and speak. In modern contexts, the word refers to reading and writing at a level (31) _____ for communication, or at a level that lets one understand and communicate ideas in a literate society,' so as to take (32) _______ in that society. The United Nations, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has drafted the following definition: “Literacy is the ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate and compute, using printed and written 'materials (33) _______ with varying contexts. Literacy involves a continuum of learning to enable an Individual to achieve his or her goals, to develop his, or her (34) _______ and potential, and to participate fully in the wider society."
Many policy analysts consider literacy rates a crucial measure of a region's human capital. This claim is made on the (35) _______ that literate people can be trained less expensively than illiterate people, generally have a higher socio-economic (36) _______ and enjoy better health and employment prospects. Policy makers also argue that literacy increases job opportunities and access to higher education. In Kerala, India, for example, female and child mortality rates declined (37) _______ in the 1960s, when girls who were educated in the education reforms after 1948 began to raise families. Recent researchers, (38) _______, argue that correlations such as, the one listed above may have more to do with the effects of schooling rather than literacy in general. Regardless, the (39)_______ of educational systems worldwide includes a basic (40) _______ around communication through test and print, which is the foundation of most definitions of literacy.
(34) 
A.ability
B.knowledge
C.behavior
D.performance

___________(6)
A.children
B.people
C.tribe
D.generation

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 35 to 42.
        No sooner had the first intrepid male aviators safely returned to Earth than it seemed that women. too, had been smitten by an urge to fly. From mere spectators, they became willing passengers and finally pilots in their own right, plotting their skills and daring line against the hazards of the air and the skepticism of their male counterparts. In doing so they enlarged the traditional bounds of a women's world, won for their sex a new sense of competence and achievement, and contributed handsomely to the progress of aviation.
        But recognition of their abilities did not come easily. "Men do not believe us capable." the famed aviator Amelia Earhart once remarked to a friend. "Because we are women, seldom are we trusted to do an efficient job." Indeed old attitudes died hard: when Charles Lindbergh visited the Soviet Union in i938 with his wife, Anne-herself a pilot and gifted proponent of aviation - he was astonished to discover both men and women flying in the Soviet Air Force.
       Such conventional wisdom made it difficult for women to raise money for the up-to-date equipment they needed to compete on an equal basis with men. Yet they did compete, and often they triumphed finally despite the odds.
            Ruth Law, whose 590 - mile flight from Chicago to Hornell, New York, set a new nonstop distance record in 1916, exemplified the resourcefulness and grit demanded of any woman who wanted to fly. And when she addressed the Aero Club of America after completing her historic journey, her plainspoken words testified to a universal human motivation that was unaffected by gender: "My flight was done with no expectation of reward," she declared, "just purely for the love of accomplishment."
The word “addressed” can be best replaced by ________.
A.mailed                     
B.came back to      
C.spoke to       
D.consulted

Select the synonym of the following bold and underlined word in each sentence in the unit:
The loss of much forest is destroying Earth’s plant and animal variety.
A.A. consuming                           
B.B. demolishing              
C.C. erasing             
D.D. removing

(6) _________
A.on                 
B.in    
C.off   
D.of

Read the passage carefully, then choose the best answer for each question.
A LOVE POEM IN STONE
Often called "a love poem  in stone," the Taj Mahal is well-known for being one of the most beautiful buildings ever created. It is also perhaps the most beautiful expression of love in the world.
The emperor Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal for his empress, Mumtaz Mahal. The couple lived happily together for 18 years. Then Mumtaz died during the birth of their fourteenth child. Before she died, the emperor made her a promise. To remember her, he would build the most beautiful monument in the world.
The emperor poured his passion and wealth into building the Taj Mahal. It is said that it took more than 20,000 people and 1,000 elephants to build. They worked for over 20 years to build the monument and its central dome, which stands over 73 meters above the ground.
Soon after the building was finished, Shah Jahan's son became emperor. He put Shah Jahan in prison.  Shah Jahan lived there until his death in 1666, when his body was put in the Taj Mahal with the woman he loved.
There are many legends about the Taj Mahal. In one story, when the building was complete, Shah Jahan had the builders' hands cut off, supposedly so they could never build anything as beautiful as the Taj Mahal. Another says he also wanted to build a black Taj Mahal. These are interesting stories, but they are most likely not true.
The love story between Shah Jahan and his wife ended sadly. But the monument to their love still stands today. It is visited by millions of tourists, who come to see the marble change color in the light of the rising sun or a full moon.
What could be another title for this reading?
A.The Emperor and Empress’s Home
B.How an Emperor Showed His Love
C.The Beautiful Writings of Shah Jahan
D.The Taj Mahal Took Many Years To Complete

V. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.
The 24th Southeast Asian Games was held in Thailandfrom December 6 to December 16, 2007. The Thai Olympic Committee was (26) _____ the event to coincide with the commemoration of 80th birthday of King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Officials were studying the possibility of doing the events in multiple venues (27) _____ what had been done inVietnam and thePhilippines. It was the sixth timeThailand hosted the SEA Games.Thailand hosted the 1959, 1967, 1975, 1985 and 1995 SEA Games.
On 24 February 2006, northeast Thailand's Province authorities met to (28)            the 2007 SEA Games schedule, and progress on the province's under-construction US$65 million sports complex. The meeting provided an overview of (29) _____, and ended with reassurances that everything would be ready for SEA Games in 2007.
The sports venues included a 5,000-seater indoor stadium and 16 tennis court facilities among other facilities scheduled to be finished on June 2007.
The 2007 SEA Games featured (30) _____ than 400 events in 45 sports. The 24th edition of the games had the highest number of sporting events in the entire history of the SEA Games, more events than the Asian Games and the Olympic Games.
(27)
A.such as  
B.as                      
C.likely                    
D.like