Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined and bold part differs from the other three in pronunciation in the following question.
A.considered      
B.received       
C.picked   
D.stayed

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.
Children all around the world love to read comic books. Maybe they like to read the kind of comic books that come out once a month, like Spiderman or Batman, or maybe they like manga- style comic books. That means that publishers who make comic books need to keep in touch with the things young people like to do. One thing that many young people today are interested in is technology, so of course kids want to read digital comic books on electronic devices.
Let's take Japanese manga as an example. There are lots of people around the world who enjoy reading manga. However, in the past, it was difficult to find translated versions of manga in comic bookstores. But that did not stop manga fans. Some fans who could translate Japanese into their own language started translating manga themselves. Then they scanned the pages of manga books and uploaded the scanned pages to the Internet with their translation. This practice has become so popular. People in the comic book industry made up a name for it. By combining the words scan and translation, they call it "scanlation", and it is a big problem today. The people who do scanlation usually share their manga for free, so readers do not buy manga books. Writers, artists, and publishers all end up losing money because of scanlation. Another problem is piracy in the comic book industry. Illegal copies of old and brand new comics alike have been hurting comic book sales.
Despite the progress made in converting comics to digital formats, hardcopy comic books are still by far the most popular format among fans. In the meantime, comic book publishers and stores will just have to keep an eye on their buyers' habits. As the popularity of digital books for e-readers and tablets grows, the popularity of digital comic books will grow as well.
(Source: Reading Advantage by Casey Malarcher)
What is the passage mainly about?
 
A.The manga industry in Japan
B.Problems in the book industry
C.The need for digital comic books    
D.Children's most favourite type of books

VI. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.
Cu Chi is located at the threshold of Sai Gon and adjacent to the revolutionary base. Cu Chi played an important role in the two wars of resistance against the old and new colonial powers. Cu Chi was an 'underground village' with its labyrinth of interlaced tunnels having a combined length of more than 200km. The main tunnel is 60 – 70 cm wide and 80 - 90 cm high. Above the tunnel is a layer of earth about 3m - 4m thick, enough to sustain the weight of 50-ton tanks or heavy artillery as well as the destruction of bomb§ up to 100kg. Although it is ?an underground communication network, the tunnel is enlarged here and there into rooms large enough to hold large meetings, a medical sta­tion or art performances. Those who had set foot in that tunnel network. should greatly admire the talent, determination and endurance of the communist gue­rillas. The soil in Cu Chi. was as hard as stone, but with such rudimentary handtools as hoes and shovels, they had dug and removed tens thousands of tons of earth and stone, and camouflaged the openings so well that nobody could find them. Many people-have called it a wonder of the 20th century.
Cu Chi tunnel                   .
A.is very wide and long          
B.is a complicated network ofwinding passages
C.has a thin layer of earth above            
D.connects underground networks

II.  Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose main stress is placed differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.

A.existence 
B.development
C.impression 
D.creativity

Choose the underlined part that needs corrections.
Susan stopped to write her letter because she had to leave for the hospital
A.to write
B.letter
C.had to
D.for the hospital

VI. Find the one mistake (A, B, C or D) in these sentences and then correct them.
We’d love to have gone (A) to the barbecue (B), but (C) it was possible (D).
A.to have gone
B.to the barbecue
C.but
D.possible

The police are still looking for survivors. They haven’t given ________ hope yet.
A.off
B.out 
C.for
D.up

The class meeting had to be put away until a week later.
A.class meeting
B.had to
C.put away
D.until

Some people are concerned with physical _______when choosing a wife or husband.
A.attract                                 
B.attractiveness          
C.attractive                            
D.attractively

All of the following statements are  true EXCEPT                         .
A.educational development depends completely on economic  well-being
B.a child's intelligence is influenced by that of his/ her  parents
C.to become successful, a child needs both native intelligence and  development
D.studying different twins is a useful scientific  procedure