Choose the correct answer:
The old astronomer patiently made his............. and wrote down what he saw.
A.observe
B.observing
C.observation
D.observed

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 from 3 to 7.
If you are a comic book fan or just love free things, you are in luck because Saturday, May 6 is Free Comic Book Day. As the name indicates, it is the day when retailers across the globe will give out free comic books to anyone that walks into the store.
Celebrated on the first Saturday of May, the annual event, which began in 2002, is the brainchild of retailer Joe Field. The owner of Flying Colours Comics & Other Cool Stuff was inspired by the success of similar events like Free Cone Day and suggested the idea to retailers, publishers, and distributors.
He believed it would make people, both young and old visit their neighborhood store and revive interest in comic books. Over the past sixteen years, retailers have given away over 12 million comic books and the numbers are only growing.
Not every comic book in the store is free. However, with 50 specially published titles to choose from, there is something to suit every taste. Even if none of the free offerings catch your fancy, a visit to the store might still be worth the effort. That's because vendors usually discount all comic books and other merchandise on this fun day.
What is the passage mainly about?
A.What you can do at a book fair    
B.How to get a comic book for free
C.The history of comic books                 
D.An annual event related to books

The word "characteristics" is closest in meaning to _________.
A.choices      
B.attitudes 
C.qualities  
D.inhabitants

I’d rather you ________ your business.
A.minded   
B.mind 
C.did mind 
D.minding

Mark the letter A, B, C,D to indicate the underlines part that needs correction in each of the following sentences.
Nancy (A) was refused to be (B) given a scholarship (C) to study abroad two days ago. She (D) could have been very sad.
A.was refused
B.given 
C.to study
D.could have been

Exercise 1. Read the following pasage and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space from 1 to 5.
With job vacancies available all year round offering high salaries, Vietnam has been ranked the second best place in the world to teach English by TEFL Exchange, a community for teachers of English (1)______ a foreign language.
The site (2)______  that a foreign English teacher can earn between 1,200-2,200 USD a month in Vietnam, where the average annual income in 2016 was just 2,200 USD. They can (3)______  a job any time of year and the best places to do so are the country’s three largest cities: Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang. Candidates only need to hold a bachelor’s (4)______  and a TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) certificate.
English is an obligatory subject from sixth grade across Vietnam, but in large cities, many primary schools demand high (5)______. Foreign language centers have been thriving here, with students as young as three years old.
(1) 
A.like                         
B.similar                     
C.as                            
D.for

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
“Shall I carry the suitcase for you, Mary?”, said John.
A.John offered Mary to carry the suitcase for Mary.
B.John offered to carry the suitcase for Mary.
C.John offered carrying the suitcase for Mary.
D.John offered Mary if he should carry the suitcase for her.

Today we can find many _______ farms in our country.
 
A.mechanic                  
B.mechanize                   
C.mechanized             
D.mechanization

Read the following passage, and mark the letter (A, B, C or D) on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer for each of the blanks.
 In most capital cities, which were built long before the heyday of the private car, there is rarely enough (61)………..for moving traffic, and certainly not enough for parked vehicles. Buses move slowly because of the volume of (62)…………..thus encouraging more commuters to abandon public transport. Banning traffic from some areas may help, but such a (63)………….may not actually diminish the number of cars coming into the city. What has happened in effect is that the (64)…………….of the private car have become the number one priority, and the older functions of the city centre as meeting place and focus for social life have been lost. The new city cannot (65)…………..without a series of ring roads. Giant car parks are (66)…… new palaces and cathedrals. During the working hours of the day, there is the constant (67)….of traffic, but at night the centre is nearly empty, apart from a few homeless in doorway. Most people have (68)………….. back to the suburbs, and very few of those who live in the centre have cars, for often there is nowhere to park them. The old cities with its narrow streets, may still retain a lively air (69)…………that may be because it exists as an island, where no cars are permitted. Unless the local authorities have not yet plucked up the courage to ban most traffic from the streets, (70)……….which case the city centre is congested by day and gigantic car park by night. 

A. parked
B.left
C.commuted
D.got

(30) 
A.vary                                    
B.variety                     
C.various                    
D.variously