Choose the sentence which is closest in meaning tothe sentence printed before.
We could have seen the movie if the tickets had not been so expensive.
A.We wanted to see the movie, but the tickets were sold out.
B.We couldn't afford the tickets to see the movie.
C.We saw the movie even though the tickets were expensive.
D.The tickets were inexpensive, so we saw the movie.

Choose the sentence which is closest in meaning tothe sentence printed before.
No one else must know this.
A.You are not advised to know this. 
B.Everyone else must be silent.
C.This must be kept secret.     
D.You should let every one else know this.

Read the passage carefully then choose the correct answers.
In Viet Nam, there is great excitement built up well before Tet Nguyen Dan. First, every family organizes a trip to the cemetery to visit the graves of their ancestor. After that, to create an air of prosperity, wealth and fun for the first three days of the Lunar New Year, people are kept busy cooking traditional foods, buying gifts, and making other preparations. Certain items deemed to be bought or made are banh chung, dried watermelon seeds, tea, dried sausages, fruit (fresh and candied), ornamental plants and flowers. Red and yellow flowers are ideal as they make the house more welcoming. On the New Year's days, only good comments and wishes can be expressed.Children receive their Ii xi (or red envelopes with lucky money inside). People make a visit to family members, neighbors, and close friends. And people who live apart from their family try to get together on these days. Clearly enough, games and various forms of entertainment are staged and these often last a week. Varying traditional specialties including wrestling, buffalo fighting, dragon or unicorn dancing take place in different regions.
Before Tet, people usually _________.
A.are very busy with the preparations 
B.have great excitement and fun
C.rebuild their ancestral graves      
D.spend time on traveling

Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank  space in the following passage.
SPRING FESTIVALS
From (31) _______ times people have celebrated the end of winter and the new life that spring brings. One of the most important Christian festivals is Easter, (32) _______ Christians remember the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Easter, however, is not the (33) _______ spring festival. In Sweden, people celebrate the end of the winter by making (34) _______ bonfires. Fire also plays an important part in the Hindu festival of Holi. In some villages children are (35) _______ round bonfires by their mothers to protect them (36) _______ danger in the coming year. Buddhists in Thailand soak (37) _______in water when celebrating their New Year, which (38) _______ in the middle of April. In Antigu, in Guatemal, they carpet the streets with flowers. Chinese spring parades are (39) _______ colourful, but (40) _______ flowers they have large dragon puppets which dance in the streets.
(40) 
A.instead of
B.on behalf of   
C.in spite of    
D.place of

Choose the one word or that best completes the sentences or substitutes for the underlined part.
Nobody was late for the meeting last night, _______?
A.wasn't he
B.weren't they
C.were they  
D.was he

Choose the one word or that best completes the sentences or substitutes for the underlined part.
I looked everywhere but I couldn't find _______ at all.
A.no one
B.anyone                    
C.someone                 
D.somebody

Choose the word that has main stress placed differently from the others.

A.constancy               
B.festival                    
C.activity                    
D.comment

Choose the word that has main stress placed differently from the others.

A.longevity                
B.calendar                  
C.parade                     
D.occasion

Choose the best answer to complete each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.
If an area is _______, all the trees there are cut down or destroyed.
A.endangered             
B.deforested              
C.contaminated          
D.polluted

Choose the best answer to complete each unfinished sentence.
Several ________ advanced countries have had plans to make desert more hospitable.
A.science   
B.scientific   
C.scientifically
D.scientist