Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.
Ann hopes ______ to join the private club. She could make important business contacts there.




A.to invite
B.inviting
C.to be invited
D.being invited

Choose the word whose underlined part in bold is pronounced differently from the rest.




A.shown
B.known
C.snow
D.town

“How can this dress be so expensive?” - “ ”




A.What an expensive dress!
B.You are paying for the brand.
C.Yes, it’s the most expensive.
D.That’s a good idea

Read the two passages carefully and choose the correct answer.
In developing countries, people are sometimes unaware of the importance of education, and there is economic pressure from those parents who prioritize their children's, making money in the short term over any long-term benefits of education. Recent studies on child labor and, poverty have suggested that when poor families reach a certain economic threshold where families are able to provide for their basic needs, parents return their children to school. This has been found to be true, once the threshold has been breached, even if the potential economic value of the children's work has increased since their return to school.
Other problems are that teachers are often paid less than other professions; a lack of good universities and a low acceptance rate for good universities are evident in countries with a relatively high population density.
India has launched EDUSAT, an education satellite that can reach remote parts of the country at a greatly reduced cost. There is also ail initiative supported by several major corporations to develop a $100 laptop. The laptops have been available since 2007. The laptops, sold at cost, will enable developing countries to give their children a digital education. In Africa, an "e-school program" has been launched to provide all 600,000 primary and high schools with computer equipment, learning materials and internet access within 10 years. Volunteer groups are working to give more individuals opportunity to receive education in developing countries through such programs as the Perpetual Education Fund. An International Development Agency project started with the support of American President Bill Clinton uses the Internet to allow co-operation by individuals on issues of social development.
The third paragraph is about ________.




A.an Indian education satellite
B.the projects to computerize education in developing countries
C.the computerization of African education
D.President Bill Clinton who bought a lot of computers

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.
The General Certificate of Secondary Education or the GCSE examinations for (31) _____ are the standard school-leaver qualifications taken by (32) _____ all UK students in the May and June following their 16th birthday. If you come to a UK (33) _____ school before you (34) _____ the age of 16, you will study towards GCSE examinations in up to 12 subjects. Some subjects are compulsory, including English arid mathematics, and you can select (35) _____, such as music, drama, geography and history from a series of options. GCSEs provide a good all-round education (36) _____ you can build on at college and eventually at university.
AS- and A-levels are taken after GCSEs. They are the UK qualifications most (37) _____ accepted for entry to university and are available in subjects from the humanities, arts, sciences and social sciences as well as in (38) _____ subjects such as engineering, and leisure and tourism. You can study up to four subjects at (39) _____ same time for two years, (40) _____ AS-level examinations at the end of your first year (called the lower-sixth) and A-level qualifications at the end of your second year (called the upper-sixth).
(32)




A.similarly
B.fortunately
C.approximately
D.virtually

It can be inferred from the passage that




A.pines and grasses can exist together
B.birds discourage the growth of shrubs
C.oak and hickory trees grow taller than pines
D.weeds and grasses prefer cold climate

Which sentence expresses the same idea as the given one?
“Don’t play video games all the time!” he said.




A.He told the boy not to play video games all the time.
B.He said to the boy not play video games all the time.
C.He told to the boy not to play video games all the time.
D.He said the boy not play video games all the time.

A.vacancy
B.category
C.vertical
D.psychology

VII. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the answer that best fits in each gap in the following questions.
While she was cooking with her mother in the kitchen, her brothers _______ to the radio.




A.has listened
B.was listening
C.were listening
D.listened

_____(77)




A.involved
B.arranged
C.connected
D.affected