Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.
NEW HUNT FOR LIFE IN SPACE
British space scientists are planning to join the American in the race to find evidence of life on other planets. Alan Penny and his team at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory have (51) …… a telescope that is 40 times more powerful than Hubble. (52) …… as 'Darwin', this telescope could tell if planets 50 light years away have any kind of life on them. Two days (53) …… NASA scientists had shown proof that one of Jupiter's moons could support life, Penny (54) …… that his telescope may be included in a European Space Agency mission. The Darwin project, with a (55) …… of 500 million, is on a shortlist of two proposals. If approved, it will probably be (56) …… around 2010, its destination somewhere between Mars and Jupiter. The blueprint is actually for five telescopes positioned 50 meters (57) …… in space, slowly circling a central processing station. The combined data from these telescopes would build up a full picture of a planet, picking out faint images that have never been seen before. Darwin would not be able to take detailed photographs of the planets it (58) ……, but Penny believes a second-generation telescope could be sent up to do this. He claims it is worthwhile mapping the universe around our (59) …… galaxy, even though these planets lie (60) …… our reach for the moment. The European Space Agency will make its decision on Darwin within three years.
(59)
A.alone
B.same
C.one
D.own

Choose the best answer for the following sentences:
She weighed herself _______ know the pull of the earth exerting on her.
A.for  
B.so that     
C.for fear that  
D.to

Choose the best answer to complete each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.
For more than 20 years, the Vietnamese government has pursued the open-door _______ and continued to woo foreign investment.
A.policy      
B.way 
C.export
D.guideline

Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions
She wishes she ............... in the future.
A.will be a doctor       
B.would be a doctor 
C.has been a doctor   
D.may be a doctor

Exercise 2. Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.

A.enthusiast                
B.successfully            
C.competitor             
D.participation

VIII. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 41 to 50.
                          LEARNING HOW TO LEARN
There is usually one important subject missing from most school timetables. Very few students are (41) ________ how to organize their learning and how to (42) ________ the best use of their time. Let's take some simple (43) ________. Do you know how to (44) ________ up words in a dictionary, and do you understand all of the (45)________ the dictionary contains? Can you take notes quickly and can you understand them (46) ________? For some reasons, many schools give learners no (47) ________ with these matters. Teachers ask students to memorize pages from books, but don't explain (48) ________ to do it. Learning by heart can be useful but it is important to have a genuine (49) ________ of a subject. You can (50) ________ a lot of time memorizing books, without understanding anything about the subject.
(45)
A.themes
B.subjects
C.advice
D.information

Anyone who (not finish)... ...... his work won't be allowed to leave now.
A.haven't finished
B.hasn't finished
C.not finishing
D.doesn't finish

Multiple choices
I finished my homework a few days ahead _______ the deadline.
A.of                    
B.to        
C.by
D.at

Choose the correct words or phrases that best complete the passage.
Dear Jane,
I'm sorry for not (31) ______ to you for two months. In my postcard sent to you when I was on vacation in July, I told you about a new friend of (32) ____, Lisa Moran, who lives near my uncle's farm in Napan Valley, California. You may be curious to know what she is (33) ______.
Well, Lisa is of our age - 17 - and not very tall or slim. In fact, she has (34) ______ rounded shoulders and a plump face. The best (35) ______ on Lisa's face are her green eyes and the two dimples on her checks. She (36) ______ lively with her hair cut short and dressed in (37) ______ clothes - jeans and a T-shirt. When I first met her at my cousin's birthday party, I was attracted by her (38) ______ and pleasingly direct manners. Curiously enough, Lisa has the same (39) ______ in music as you and I.
That's (40) ______ about Lisa for the moment. How have you been doing with your school work? Please write soon.
Best wishes
Ann Maxfield
(34) ______
A.slightly       
B.hardly     
C.scarcely       
D.reasonably

Read the following passage and choose the correct word for each of the blanks.
UNICEF (The United Nations Children’s Fund) is mandated by the United Nations General Assembly to advocate for the (31)_____ of children's rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. UNICEF is guided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child and tries to establish children's rights as enduring ethical principles and international standards of (32)_____ towards children. UNICEF (33)_____ that the survival, protection and development of children are universal development. UNICEF mobilizes political will and material (34)_____ to help countries, particularly developing countries, ensure a "first call for children" and to, build their capacity to form appropriate policies and (35)_____ services for children and their families.
(33) 
A.insists          
B.devotes                   
C.treats                       
D.mounts