VI. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
CRITICISM
  It can take a long time to become successful in your chosen field, however (26)              you are. One thing you have to be (27)              of is that you will face criticism along the way. The world is full of people who would rather say something negative than positive. If you've made up your (28)              to achieve a certain goal, such as writing a novel, don't let the negative criticism of others (29)              you from reaching your target, and let constructive criticism have positive effect on your work. If someone says you're totally (30)              in talent, ignore them. That's negative criticism. If, however, someone advises you to revise your work and gives you good reasons for doing so, you should (31)              their suggestions carefully. There are many film stars who were once out of (32)             . There are many famous novelists who made a complete (33)              of their first novel - or who didn't, but had to (34)              approaching hundreds of publishers before they could get it published. Being successful does depend on luck, to a certain extent. But things are more likely to (35)              well if you persevere and stay positive.
(34)
A.put off    
B.bank on 
C.keep on    
D.drop in on

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.
Vietnam is considered a third world country, its people live (26) _____ poverty by the millions. After the liberation, Vietnam's economy remained dominated by small-scale production, low labor productivity, (27) _____, material and technological shortfalls, and insufficient food and consumer goods. The Doi Moi reforms that were instated in 1986 have shed new light and added new features to the Vietnamese economy. (28) ____ Vietnamese Communist Party plays a leading role in establishing the foundations and principles of communism, mapping strategies for economic development, setting growth targets, and launching reforms. Doi Moi combined government planning with free-market incentives and (29) _____ the establishment of private businesses and foreign investment, including foreign-owned enterprises. By the late 1990s, the success of the business and agricultural reforms ushered in under Doi Moi was evident. More than 30,000 private businesses had been created, and the economy was growing at an annual (30) _____ of more than 7 percent. Farming systems research and the international development projects are a source of new hope for the people of Vietnam. If these recent projects are successful and Doi Moi continues on its current path the Vietnamese people may reach a new standard of living. More reforms like Doi Moi need to take place in order to create a more stable Vietnamese future.
(29) _____
A.found  
B.promised     
C.required   
D.encouraged

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 43 to 50.
Humans are bringing about another global-scale change in the atmosphere: the increase in what are called greenhouse gases. Like glass in a greenhouse, these gases admit the Sun's light but tend to reflect back downward the heat that is radiated from the ground below, trapping heat in the Earth's atmosphere. This process is known as the greenhouse effect. Carbon dioxide is the most significant of these gases – there is 25 percent more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere today than there was a century ago, the result of our burning coal and fuels derived from oil. Methane, nitrous oxide, and CFCs are greenhouse gases as well.
Scientists predict that increases in these gases in the atmosphere will make the Earth a warmer place. They expect a global rise in average temperature somewhere between 1.0 and 3.5 degrees Celsius in the next century. Average temperatures have in fact been rising and the years from 1987 to 1997 were the warmest years on record. Some scientists are reluctant to say that global warming has actually begun because climate naturally varies from year to year and decade to decade, and it takes many years of records to be sure of a fundamental change. There is little disagreement, though, that global warming is looming.
Global warming will have different effects in different regions. A warmed world is expected to have more extreme weather, with more rain during wet periods, longer droughts, and more powerful storms. Although the effects of future climate changes are unknown, some predict that exaggerated weather conditions may translate into better agricultural yields in areas such as the western United States, where temperature and rainfall are expected to increase, while dramatic decreases in rainfall may lead to severe droughts and plunging agricultural yields in parts of Africa, for example.
Warmer temperatures are expected to partially melt the polar ice caps, leading to a projected sea level rise of 50 centimeters by the year 2050. A sea level rise of this magnitude would flood coastal cities, force people to abandon low-lying islands, and completely inundate coastal wetlands. Diseases like malaria, which at present are primarily found in the tropics, may become more common in the regions of the globe between the tropics and the polar regions, called the temperate zones. For many of the world's plant species, and for animal species that are not easily able to shift their territories as their habitat grows warmer, climate change may bring extinction.
(Source: Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation)
According to paragraph 1, which of the following factors causes an increase in greenhouse gases?
A.Humans 
B.Glass in a greenhouse
C.Carbon dioxide
D.Solar radiation

The factory in______ John works is the biggest in the town.
A.where
B.which
C.that
D.when

A.amuses
B.purses
C.blouses  
D.pleases

II. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word(s) for each of the blanks.
            Whenever there is a party, most girls get really excited about it so you can imagine how much fuss is (4) _______ about a sweet sixteen party. Many girls spend most of their senior year of junior high school (5) ________ about their parties – what theme to have, where to hold it and, of course, what to wear!
            How big the party is (6) ­­________ mostly on the budget of the parents. Some parties are very formal. They take place at a hotel with a band, rich food, a photographer, flower arrangements and much more. Other kinds of sweet sixteen parties are more casual. Some girls have a barbecue or even a beach party. Others decide (7) ________ dinner and a trip to the theatre in a limousine. (8) ________ they choose to celebrate, everyone wants to remember their sweet sixteen as a very special day in their life.
(5)
A.talked
B.talking
C.talk
D.to talk

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.employ                   
B.immune                   
C.powder                   
D.evoke

I couldn't believe that they were brothers. They were as different as __________.    
A.Mars from Jupiter   
B. chalk from cheese
C.salt and sugar 
D.milk from honey

__________(30)
A.solving
B.dealing
C.doing
D.making

Supply the correct form of the verbs in the brackets
Hurry up or you ( be).......... late for class.
A.would be
B.will be
C.would have been
D.are