Choose the correct answer
If you buy your plane ticket................advance, it’s often cheaper than if you wait.




A.under
B.in
C.at
D.on

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If it starts to rain,................ for a nearby cave to wait for it to pass.




A.make
B.go
C.pick
D.pull

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When you............... your destination, your tour guide will meet you at the airport.




A.arrive
B.reach
C.get
D.achieve

______(48)




A.heavy
B.visible
C.scary
D.unpopular

______(43)




A.costumes
B.treats
C.people
D.dangers

Read the passage and mark A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the blanks.
In European and North American cultures, body language behaviors can be divided into 2 groups: open or closed and forward or backward. Open/closed postures are the easiest to (46)__________. People are open to messages when they show open hands, face you fully, and have both feet on the ground. This indicates that they are (47)__________ to listen to what you are saying, even if they are disagreeing with you. When people are closed to messages, they have their arms folded or their legs crossed, and they may turn their bodies away. This body language usually means that people are rejecting your message. Forward or backward behavior reveals an active or a passive (48)__________ to what is being said. If people lean forward with their bodies toward you, they are actively engaged in your message. They may be accepting or rejecting it, but their minds are on (49)__________ you are saying. On the other hand, if people lean back in their chairs or look away from you, or perform activities such as drawing or cleaning their eyeglasses, you know that they are either passively taking in your message or that they are ignoring it. In (50)__________ case, they are not very much engaged in the conversation.
(47)




A.A. likely
B.B. reluctant
C.C. able
D.D. willing

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
Lan: “Well, cats are very good at catching mice around the house.”
Mai: “___________”




A.A. No, dogs are very good, too.
B.B. Yes, I hope so.
C.C. You can say that again.
D.D. Nothing more to say.

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.
The handling and delivery of mail has always been a serious business, underpinned by the trust of the public in requiring timeliness, safety, and confidentiality. After early beginnings using horseback and stagecoach, and although cars and trucks later replaced stagecoaches and wagons, the Railway Mail Service still stands as one of America’s most resourceful and exciting postal innovations. This service began in 1832, but grew slowly until the Civil War. Then from 1862, by sorting the mail on board moving trains, the Post Office Department was able to decentralize its operations as railroads began to crisscross the nation on a regular basis, and speed up mail delivery. This service lasted until 1974. During peak decades of service, railway mail clerks handled 93% of all non-local mail and by 1905 the service had over 12,000 employees.Railway Post Office trains used a system of mail cranes to exchange mail at stations without stopping. As a train approached the crane, a clerk prepared the catcher arm which would then snatch the incoming mailbag in the blink of an eye. The clerk then booted out the outgoing mailbag. Experienced clerks were considered the elite of the Postal Service’s employees, and spoke with pride of making the switch at night with nothing but the curves and feel of the track to warn them of an upcoming catch. They also worked under the greatest pressure and their jobs were considered to be exhausting and dangerous. In addition to regular demands of their jobs they could find themselves the victims of train wrecks and robberies.As successful as it was, “mail-on-the-fly” still had its share of glitches. If they hoisted the train’s catcher arm too soon, they risked hitting switch targets, telegraph poles or semaphores, which would rip the catcher arm off the train. Too late, and they would miss an exchange.

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?




A.A. The clerk booted out the outgoing mailbag before snatching the incoming bag.
B.B. Clerks couldn’t often see what they were doing.
C.C. The Railway Mail clerk's job was considered elite because it was safe and exciting.
D.D. Despite their success, railway mail clerks only handled a small proportion of all non-local mail.

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.A. reply
B.B. appear
C.C. protect
D.D. order

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.
Herman Melville, an American author best known today for his novel Moby Dick, was actually more popular during his lifetime for some of his other works. He traveled extensively and used the knowledge gained during his travels as the basis for his early novels. In 1837, at the age of eighteen, Melville signed as a cabin boy on a merchant ship that was to sail from his Massachusetts home to Liverpool, England. His experiences on this trip served as a basis for the novel Redburn (1849). In 1841 Melville set out on a whaling ship headed for the South Seas. After jumping ship in Tahiti, he wandered around the islands of Tahiti and Moorea. This South Sea island sojourn was a backdrop to the novel Omoo (1847). After three years away from home, Melville joined up with a U.S. naval frigate that was returning to the eastern United States around Cape Horn. The novel White-Jacket (1850) describes this lengthy voyage as a navy seaman. With the publication of these early adventure novels, Melville developed a strong and loyal following among readers eager for his tales of exotic places and situations. However, in 1851, with the publication of Moby Dick, Melville's popularity started to diminish. Moby Dick, on one level the saga of the hunt for the great white whale, was also a heavily symbolic allegory of the heroic struggle of man against the universe. The public was not ready for Melville's literary metamorphosis from romantic adventure to philosophical symbolism. It is ironic that the novel that served to diminish Melville's popularity during his lifetime is the one for which he is best known today.

The main subject of the passage is_________.




A.A. Melville’s travels
B.B. Moby Dick
C.C. Melville’s personal background
D.D. the popularity of Melville’s novels