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
 
Before the 1500’s, the western plains of North America were dominated by farmers. One group, the Mandans, lived in the upper Missouri River country, primarily in present – day North Dakota. They had large villages of houses built close together. The tight arrangement enabled the Mandans to protect themselves more easily from the attacks of others who might seek to obtain some of the food these highly capable farmers stored from one year to the next.
The women had primary responsibility for the fields. They had to exercise considerable skill to produce the desired results, for their northern location meant fleeting growing seasons. Winter often lingered; autumn could be ushered in by severe frost. For good measure, during the spring and summer, drought, heat, hail, grasshoppers, and other frustrations might await the wary grower.
Under such conditions, Mandan women had to grow maize capable of weathering adversity. They began as early as it appeared feasible to do so in the spring, clearing the land, using fire to clear stubble from the fields and then planting. From this point until the first green corn could be harvested, the crop required labor and vigilance.
Harvesting proceeded in two stages. In August the Mandans picked a smaller amount of the crop before it had matured fully. This green corn was boiled, dried and shelled, with some of the maize slated for immediate consumption and the rest stored in animal – skin bags. Later in the fall, the people picked the rest of the corn. They saved the best of the harvest for seeds or for trade, with the remainder eaten right away or stored for alter use in underground reserves. With appropriate banking of the extra food, the Mandans protected themselves against the disaster of crop failure and accompany hunger.
The woman planted another staple, squash, about the first of June, and harvested it near the time of the green corn harvest. After they picked it, they sliced it, dried it, and strung the slices before they stored them. Once again, they saved the seeds from the best of the year’s crop. The Mandans also grew sunflowers and tobacco; the latter was the particular task of the older men.
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The Mandans built their houses close together in order to ____________.
A.guard their supplies of food
B.protect themselves against the weather
C.share farming implements
D.allow more room for growing corn

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
She opened the letter. She found she'd been accepted to the college of her choice.
A.Opened the letter, she found that she'd been accepted to the college of her choice.
B.On opening the letter, it said that she'd been accepted to the college of her choice.
C.Finding she'd been accepted to the college of her choice, she opened the letter.
D.Opening the letter, she found she'd been accepted to the college of her choice.

____________(59)
A.which
B.what
C.that
D.where

VTV is a _____ TV channel in Vietnam. It attracts millions of TV viewers in Vietnam.
A.national                  
B.international                       
C.local                        
D.wide

On  . .................people honor their mothers by giving cards and gifts and having a family gathering.
A.Christmas
B.Mother's Day
C.New Year's Day
D.Halloween

Many people _________ that natural resources will never be used up.  
A.view      
B.consider     
C.believe        
D.regard

Her good behaviours made a deep............... on all the class members.
A.impression
B.expression
C.kindness
D.happiness

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
There was a long period without rain in the countryside last year so the harvest was poor.
A.epidemic
B.flood
C.drought
D.famine

I. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best option to complete each of the following numbered blanks.
If parents bring up a child with the sole aim of turning the child into a genius, they will cause a disaster. According (1)              several scientists, this is one of the biggest mistakes which ambitious parents make. Generally, the child will be only too aware of what his parents expect, and will fail. Unrealistic parental expectations can cause great damage to children.
            (2)              , if parents are not too unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are ambitious in a sensible way, the child may (3)               in doing very well – especially if the parents are very supportive of their child. Michael Collins is very lucky. He is (4)              about music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons for him. They even drive him 50 kilometers twice a week for violin lessons.
(1) 
A.to                
B.at                             
C.with                        
D.for

The man told his children didn't play so loudly
A.didn't play
B.The
C.children
D.loudly