Choose the sentence which is closest in meaning to the original one.
“ I’ll pay back the money, Gloria,” said Ivan.




A.Ivan apologized to Gloria for borrowing her money.
B.Ivan offered to pay Gloria the money back.
C.Ivan promised to pay back Gloria’s money.
D.Ivan suggested paying back the money to Gloria.

Choose the suitable word to fill in each blank.
Divided into two parts, rites and festivals, the ceremony commenced at 19:00 with the song, “Vietnam– our Fatherland”. The surprise appearance of parachutists, carrying the 11 (36)_______flags of the competing Southeast Asian countries, was greeted with thunderous applause from the audience.
All the stadium’s lights suddenly came on, marking the start of the procession of Vietnam’s flag and the 22nd SEA Games’ symbol. The 11 sporting delegations then marched past the reviewing stand to excited applause from officials and spectators.
The sacred (37)______, which symbolizes the humanity of the games and desire to compete with burning intensity, was taken from The Ho Chi Minh Museum and passed by some famous Vietnamese athletes and athletes from 10 regional countries to Nguyen Thuy Hien ( wushu artist) who gave it to the Prime Minister, who in turn passed it to an athlete dressed like national (38) ______ Giong.
From this athlete’s hand, the official flame was lit at My Dinh National Stadium and will burn thoughout the course of the Games.
Speaking at the (39) _______ceremony, Minister-Chairman of the Physical Training and Sports Committee, who is also the head of the 22nd SEA Games Organizing Board, warmly welcomed Party and State leaders, delegates, domestic and international guests, and 11 sports delegations (40) ______ southeast Asian countries to the 22nd SEA Games.
(37)_____




A.flashlight
B.torch
C.lighter
D.bulb

Read the passage and choose the best answers.
The 24th SEA Games was held from 6th to 15th December, 2007 in three provinces in Thailand, namely Nakhon Ratchsima, Bangkok, and Chon Buri. In fact, the 2007 SEA Games was to be hosted by Singapore, but Singapore gave up the chance, as its new national sports stadium is under construction and will not be completed in time for the next SEA Games. Thailand was then asked by The SEA Games Federation to host this regional sport event in place of Singapore.
The SEA Games takes place every two years, with 11 countries in Southeast Asia participating. Each member country, in alphabetical order, takes turn hosting this event. Let’s look at the number of sports and gold medals in The SEA Ganes in recent years. The 21st SEA Games, hosted by Malaysia in 2001, had 32 sports with 391 gold medals. There were 32 sports with 439 gold medals in The 22nd SEA Games, held in Vietnam in 2003. The 23rd SEA Games, in The Philippines in 2005, had 40 sports with 439 gold medals.
The 24th SEA Games in Thailand this year, featuring 43 sports and 485 gold medals, had the highest number of sports and gold medals in The Asian Games and The Olympic Games. So The SEA Games is regarded as the largest regional sporting event in the world in terms of number of sports and medals.
How many sports were there in The 24th SEA Games?




A.44
B.485
C.43
D.42

Choose the word / phrase that best fits each blank.
Mr. Logan’s instructions were ________ clear that no one had any questions.




A.such
B.ever
C.so
D.too

Read the passage below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space.
Today there are libraries in almost every towns in the world. Even in areas (36)______ there are no libraries, there are often mobile libraries which take boos from one village to (37)______. But in the days when books were copied by hand (38)______ than printed, libraries were very rare. The reason is simple: books took a very long time to produce, and there were far fewer copies of any given work around. The greatest library (39)______ all, that in Alexandia, had 54,000 books.
In the ancient world, this number (40)______ considered huge. It was the first time that anyone had collected so many books from all around the world (41)______ one roof. There are many theories about why these books were lost. (42)______is that the library accidentally burned down. Another is that one of the rulers of the city ordered the books to be burned. They were taken to various places and it took six months to burn them. (43)______ happened, the collection there was priceless. Many of the library’s treasures were lost forever-some books were (44)______ recovered. We cannot even know (45)______ what the library contained.
(36)




A.where
B.who
C.the place
D.which

Choose the most suitable word or phrase (A, B, C or D) to complete each sentence.
Children are........in watching cartoon films.




A.interested
B.keen
C.fond
D.concerned

Choose the most suitable word or phrase (A, B, C or D) to complete each sentence.
I couldn't resist reading the book even........ I was very sleepy.




A.though
B.although
C.however
D.otherwise

Choose the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the rest.




A.understand
B.engineer
C.improvement
D.introduce

Choose the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the rest.




A.example
B.holiday
C.careful
D.interest

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest




A.sleep
B.keep
C.pleasure
D.people