Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
Her living conditions were difficult. However, she studied very well.




A.Difficult as her living conditions, she studied very well.
B.She studied very well thanks to the fact that she lived in difficult conditions.
C.She studied very well in spite of her difficult living conditions.
D.Although she lived in difficult conditions, but she studied very well.

Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.
“_____, children nowadays watch too much TV.” - “Absolutely!”




A.In my conclusion
B.In my opinion
C.As you see
D.As a matter of fact

Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.
So many _____ people applied for the position that we won’t be able to make a decision for weeks.




A.well-qualified
B.well-behaved
C.well-known
D.well-mannered

Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.
Tim apologized _____ the teacher ______ rude to him the day before.




A.to/ for being
B.to/ for to be
C.for/ for being
D.X/ for being

Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.
September 2nd is the day when Vietnamese celebrate their ___ from France.




A.dependence
B.dependent
C.independence
D.independent

Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.
Ann hopes ______ to join the private club. She could make important business contacts there.




A.to invite
B.inviting
C.to be invited
D.being invited

Choose the word whose underlined part in bold is pronounced differently from the rest.




A.shown
B.known
C.snow
D.town

“How can this dress be so expensive?” - “ ”




A.What an expensive dress!
B.You are paying for the brand.
C.Yes, it’s the most expensive.
D.That’s a good idea

Read the two passages carefully and choose the correct answer.
In developing countries, people are sometimes unaware of the importance of education, and there is economic pressure from those parents who prioritize their children's, making money in the short term over any long-term benefits of education. Recent studies on child labor and, poverty have suggested that when poor families reach a certain economic threshold where families are able to provide for their basic needs, parents return their children to school. This has been found to be true, once the threshold has been breached, even if the potential economic value of the children's work has increased since their return to school.
Other problems are that teachers are often paid less than other professions; a lack of good universities and a low acceptance rate for good universities are evident in countries with a relatively high population density.
India has launched EDUSAT, an education satellite that can reach remote parts of the country at a greatly reduced cost. There is also ail initiative supported by several major corporations to develop a $100 laptop. The laptops have been available since 2007. The laptops, sold at cost, will enable developing countries to give their children a digital education. In Africa, an "e-school program" has been launched to provide all 600,000 primary and high schools with computer equipment, learning materials and internet access within 10 years. Volunteer groups are working to give more individuals opportunity to receive education in developing countries through such programs as the Perpetual Education Fund. An International Development Agency project started with the support of American President Bill Clinton uses the Internet to allow co-operation by individuals on issues of social development.
The third paragraph is about ________.




A.an Indian education satellite
B.the projects to computerize education in developing countries
C.the computerization of African education
D.President Bill Clinton who bought a lot of computers

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.
The General Certificate of Secondary Education or the GCSE examinations for (31) _____ are the standard school-leaver qualifications taken by (32) _____ all UK students in the May and June following their 16th birthday. If you come to a UK (33) _____ school before you (34) _____ the age of 16, you will study towards GCSE examinations in up to 12 subjects. Some subjects are compulsory, including English arid mathematics, and you can select (35) _____, such as music, drama, geography and history from a series of options. GCSEs provide a good all-round education (36) _____ you can build on at college and eventually at university.
AS- and A-levels are taken after GCSEs. They are the UK qualifications most (37) _____ accepted for entry to university and are available in subjects from the humanities, arts, sciences and social sciences as well as in (38) _____ subjects such as engineering, and leisure and tourism. You can study up to four subjects at (39) _____ same time for two years, (40) _____ AS-level examinations at the end of your first year (called the lower-sixth) and A-level qualifications at the end of your second year (called the upper-sixth).
(32)




A.similarly
B.fortunately
C.approximately
D.virtually