Task 2. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence below by circling the letter A, B, C or D.
He has the _________ face and skin of an old farmer.




A.overload
B.fast-growing
C.weather-beaten
D.thought-provoking

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
Lan: “Do you think your schooldays are the happiest days of your life? - Nam: “___________”




A.I believe schooldays last forever.
B.Were you happy during your schooldays?
C.I think so. We are worry-free and full of ambitions in the schooldays.
D.We didn’t have schooldays when we were at school.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.




A.drought
B.double
C.cloud
D.doubt

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.
We set off soon. We will arrive soon.




A.The sooner we set off, the sooner we will arrive.
B.The later we set off, the sooner we will arrive.
C.The sooner we set off, the quickly we will arrive.
D.The sooner we set off, the later we will arrive.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.




A.destruction
B.personality
C.admission
D.bamboo

According to the second paragraph, .




A.the American Red Cross helped the Red Cross Society of China to recover from the earthquake
B.the American Red Cross owed the Red Cross Society of China 20 million dollars
C.the victims of the earthquake were not helped to buy necessary things
D.disaster workers were not sent to the hardest hit areas because of the aftershocks

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A.for
B.to
C.with
D.by

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.
“It’s no use talking to me about the metaphysics. It’s a closed book to me.”




A.an object that I really love
B.a theme that I like to discuss
C.a book that is never opened
D.a subject that I don’t understand

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Simon continued to be denied a promotion his efforts through the years.




A.thanks to
B.in addition to
C.in spite of
D.because of

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The festival was a failure. It was .




A.badly organizing
B.badly organized
C.bad organization
D.bad organized