My mother was tired. She helped me with my homework.                                  (ALTHOUGH)
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Nam has just bought a laptop. It is very expensive.   (WHICH)
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Four phrases have been removed from the passage. Choose from the phrases A-F the one which fits each gap. (1 m)

Earthquakes  are  most  common  (1) ………….....bump  against  each  other.  More earthquakes  happen  (2)..............anywhere else. The plate that makes up the bottom of the Pacific is constantly squeezed by the surrounding plates. The pressure causes (3)...................of the plate. The edge of the Pacific plate runs along the western coast of North and South  America.  Japan,  China,  eastern  Russia,  and  the  countries  of  Southeast  Asia  lie  on (4)................. All of these places have frequent earthquakes.

A. in the area around the Pacific Ocean than                         D. the focus of the earthquake 

B. in Earth's crust between the huge plates                             E. in places where Earth's plates

C. the other edge of  the Pacific plate      F. earthquakes around the edges
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Read the following passage carefully and do the following tasks.  (1,5m)
A.  Use one of the following words to complete each numbered blank. (1m)
                          strongly       were               special            made         and     dyed

Sailors first used jeans. They needed sturdy clothing. Their pants had to be strong. They found a (l) ……..type of cloth. This material was thick and (2) …………..blue. Genoa first made pants for the sailors.  The first person to sell jeans was Levi Strauss. Later, famous stars (3) ……………..jeans popular. Jeans really caught on    with teenagers. Today, young people want to keep up with the trend. They want to stay fashionable (4) ………. buy designer jeans.

B.  Answer the following questions: (0, 5 m)
Were jeans first used by teenagers?
     2. By whom were jeans first sold?
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Don't worry about the volcano. It's been (act)....................................for years
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In some areas, water has to be boiled to (pure)....................................it
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The villagers welcomed the visitors (warm)............................................
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This stamp (collect)………………………......is valuable
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Congratulations, Trang. You (just, win)............the first prize in the English Speaking Contest
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My sister studied every subject hard. She won her school's Best Student Prize last year                          (THEREFORE)
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