__________ a lack of fund, the university library will now close at 9 instead of at 11.
A.Thanks to    
B. By means of   
C. According to     
D.On account of

She will acept the offer" if" you persuade her.
A.unless
B.because                      
C.provided that
D.otherwise

If there hadn’t been such a strong wind, it would not have been so difficult to put out the fire.
A.It was the strong wind which made it difficult for us to put out the fire.
B.When a strong wind began to blow, it was even more difficult to control the fire.
C.If the wind hadn’t been so strong, it would have been much easier to put out the fire.
D.As the wind was really very strong, it took them a long time to put out the fire.

VI. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.
Ho Chi Minh City is the largest city in Vietnam and the city center is situated on the banks of the Saigon River. Ho Chi Minh City is located in the Southeastern Region of Vietnam, 1,760 km south of Hanoi. The city covers an area of 2,095 km2. The city has a tropical climate. A year is divided into two distinct seasons: The rainy season, which usually begins in May and ends in late November. The dry season lasts from December to April. The average temperature is 280C, the highest temperature sometimes reaches 390C around noon in late April, while the lowest may fall below 160C in the early morning of late December.
Before French colonization, the Vietnamese name of the city was Gia Dinh. In 1862, the French discarded it and adopted “Saigon”, which has always been popular up to now. Today, the city’s core is still adorned with wide elegant boulevards and historic French colonial buildings. The most prominent structures in the city center are Reunification Hall, City Hall, Municipal Theater, Revolutionary Museum, and Notre Dame Cathedral. With a population now exceeding 7 million, the city is the highest population-concentrated in the country. Ho Chi Minh City has attracted more and more immigrants from other Vietnamese provinces in recent years, so the city is in need of vast increase in public infrastructure. To meet this need, the city and central governments have embarked on an effort to develop new urban centers.
Ho Chi Minh City is the most important economic center in Vietnam. Some 300,000 businesses, including many large enterprises, are involved in high-tech, electronic, processing and light industries, also in construction and building materials. Currently, the city has 15 industrial parks and export-processing zones. There are 171 medium and large scale markets, tens of supermarket chains, dozens of luxury shopping malls and many modern fashion or beauty centers. Over 50 banks with hundreds of branches and about 20 insurance companies are situated inside the city.
The word it is referred to ­­_________________.
A.the name “Gia Đinh”    
B.the name “Sai Gon”
C.the French colonization               
D.Vietnam

 Pronunciation:  choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

A.decision           
B.erosion             
C.occasion
D.expansion

We can get all the news we want from ______-
A.a computer screen
B.our local newspaper
C.the Internet
D.a college

III. Choose the answer A, B, C or D to complete sentences.
Before we apply for any jobs, we need to prepare a good CV and                 very carefully.
A.résumé                    
B.job interview 
C.covering letter  
D.reference

Companies spend millions of dollars on advertising. They want to increase their sales.
A.Companies spend millions of dollars on advertising so that they want to increase their sales.
B.Companies spend millions of dollars on advertising, but they want to increase their sales.
C.Companies spend millions of dollars on advertising with the aim of increasing their sales.      
D.In order that they want to increase their sales, companies spend millions of dollars on

The word “it” in the first paragraph refers to __________ .
A. a living thing
B. the desert
C. the opportunity
D.water

Susan wasn’t in when I arrived. I suppose she..................... I was coming.
A.must have forgotten
B.must forget
C.may forget
D.can’t have forgotten