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 28 to 34.
There are many African tribes but, for many people, the Masai are the most well-known. They are famous for their bright red clothing and their ceremonies with lots of music and dancing. Probably, one of the most colorful ceremonies is the festival of "Eunoto", when the teenage boys of the Masai become men.
Eunoto lasts for many days and Masai people travel across the region to get to a special place near
the border between Kenya and Tanzania. The teenage boys who travel with them are called "warriors". This is a traditional name from the past when young men fought with other tribes.
At the beginning of the ceremony, the teenagers paint their bodies while their mothers start to build a place called the "Osingira," a sacred room in the middle of the celebrations. Later, the senior elders from different tribes will sit inside this place and, at different times, the boys go inside to meet them. Later in the day, the boys run around the Osingira, going faster and faster each time.
The teenagers also have to alter their appearance at Eunoto. Masai boys' hair is very long before the ritual but they have to cut it off. In Masai culture, hair is an important symbol. For example, when a baby grows into an infant, the mother cuts the child's hair and gives the child a name. At a Masai wedding, the hair of the bride is also cut off as she becomes a woman. And so, at Eunoto, the teenage boy's mother cuts his hair off at sunrise.
On the final day, the teenagers meet the senior elders one more time. They get this advice: "Now you are men, use your heads and knowledge." Then, people start to travel back to their homes and lands. The teenagers are no longer warriors. They are adult men and now they will get married and have children. Later in life, they will be the leaders of their communities.
(Adapted from "Life" by John Hughes, Helen Stephenson and Paul Dummett)
What is the passage mainly about?
A.The ceremony that marks the beginning of Masai boys' adulthood
B.The journey by Masai teenage boys to the festival of Eunoto
C.The importance of Eunoto in African people's lives
D.The reasons for the Masai's popularity over other African tribes

The projects Oxfam funds are……………
A.cheap and less effective
B.relatively cheap but very effective
C.relatively dear but less effective
D.dear but quite effective

Exercise 2. Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
We ____ our quality time when the unexpected guest ____.
A.had – came     
B.were having - came
C.had been having – came 
D.have had – would have come

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheer to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. 
I suggest the room _______ before Christmas.
A.being decorated   
B.be decorated         
C.needs decorating  
D.needs being decorated

I think that no city in the world is more beautiful than Paris.
A.I think Paris is the most beautiful city in the world.
B.I think Paris is more beautiful city than others  in the world.
C.I think Paris isn't the most beautiful city in the world.
D.I think Paris is the most beautifully city in the world.

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.
Tropical rainforests are being destroyed and badly degraded at an unsustainable rate. Some scientists estimate that in the early 1990s tropical forests were being destroyed at a rate of approximately 28 hectares a minute, or about 14 million hectares each year – an area about the size of the state of Wisconsin. This figure marked a decrease since the 1980s, when approximately 16 million hectares were destroyed each year, largely due to a reported decline of deforestation in the Amazon River Basin in the early 1990s. However, satellite images indicate that rates may have rebounded in the late 1990s as burning in the Amazon increased again. Over the past three decades alone, about 5 million square kilometers – or 20 percent of the world's tropical forests – have been cleared. During this time, deforestation in tropical Asia reached almost 30 percent. High rates of deforestation are inevitably followed by alarming rates of plant and animal extinction because many rainforest species cannot survive outside their pristine rainforest habitat. Some scientists estimate that dozens of rainforest species are becoming extinct every day.
Causes of deforestation vary from location to location, but certain patterns tend to be consistent across all forests. Logging companies in search of valuable rainforest hardwoods, or, less often, oil companies in search of petroleum, are often the first to enter a remote area of rainforest. Some logged forests, if left alone, can regenerate in a few decades. But typically, they are not left alone – the roads built by logging companies often provide access for landless farmers to enter a new area, as well as a means to transport agricultural crops to market. For every 1 kilometer of new roads built through a forested area, 4 to 24 square kilometers are deforested and colonized.
Once the loggers leave the land, a typical cycle of destruction ensues. When the landless farmers arrive, they clear the land for planting. Poor rainforest soils produce a low crop yield, especially after a couple of years. At that point, the farmers often sell their lands to cattle ranchers or large plantation owners. After nutrients have been exhausted and soils compacted by cattle, lands are then abandoned and often laid to waste. Rainforest does not readily regenerate on these lands without human intervention. Meanwhile, the colonist farmers and cattle ranchers move to a new piece of land made accessible by logging roads, where the cycle of deforestation begins again.
(Source: Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation)

The word "rebounded" in paragraph 1 could be best replaced by              . 
A. fallen again
B.risen again
C.gone up and down
D.remained unchanged

Harry Potter is an ____________ book for children to read. (interest)
A.
B.
C.
D.

When GCSEs are taken in secondary school, they can often combined with other qualifications, or diplomas. 
A.When
B.combined
C.with
D.qualifications

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.
The University of Oxford, informally called "Oxford University", or simply "Oxford", (36) ______ in the city of Oxford, in England, is (37) ______ oldest university in the English-speaking world. It is also considered as one of the world's leading (38) ______ institutions. The university traces, its roots back to at least the end of the 11th century, (39) ______ the exact date of foundation remains unclear. Academically, Oxford is consistently ranked in the world's top ten universities. The University is also open (40) ______ overseas students, primarily from American universities, who may (41) _____ in study abroad programs during the summer months for more than a century, it has served as the home of the Rhodes Scholarship, (42) ______ brings highly accomplished students from a number of countries to study at Oxford as (43) ______ The University of Oxford is also a place where many talented leaders from all over the world used to study. Twenty-five British Prime Ministers attended Oxford, including Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair. At (44) ______ 25 other international leaders have been educated at Oxford, and this number includes King Harald V of Norway and King Abdullah II of Jordan. Bill Clinton is the first American President to attend Oxford. Forty-seven Nobel (45) __ winners have studied or taught at Oxford.
(39) ______
A.although  
B.because
C.since   
D.if

The word compressed could best be replaced by
A.excited
B.blanced
C.reduced
D.controlled