III. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
_______ stress is thought to be linked in some way to all of the risk factors, intense research continues in the A hope of further comprehending why and how heart failure is triggered.
A.By means of
B.Though
C.Despite
D.Due to

III. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
For centuries people have regarded oceans _____ an inexhaustible supply of food, a useful transport route, and a convenient dumping ground - simply too vast to be affected by anything we do.
A.with
B.by
C.of
D.as

III. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Youth Unemployment Rate in Vietnam _______ to 7.29 percent in the third quarter of 2018 from 7.10 percent in the second quarter of 2018.
A.increase
B.was increasing
C.increased
D.had increased

III. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Apparently, ______ science, mathematics, and technology are defined as much by what they do and how they do it as they are by _____ results they achieve.
A.the / Ø
B.Ø / the
C.Ø / Ø
D.the / Ø

II. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.
A.currency
B.committee
C.mineral
D.exercise

III. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Efforts are underway to protect endangered species from further human ________, but in many areas it is already too late.
A.deterioration
B.depredation
C.habitation
D.administration

I. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the pronunciation in each of the following questions.
A.amused
B.composed
C.decreased
D.advised

A.check
B.chair
C.chalk
D.character

A.passage
B.massage
C.message
D.inane

A.definite
B.suggestion
C.influence
D.probably