Read the following passage carefully and complete the sentences that follow by circling letter A, B, C or D as the correct answers I then mark your choice on the answer sheet.

     Most fairy tales in the world begin with "Once upon a time" and end with "They lived happily ever after," so we will begin in the same way. Once upon a time, there was a girl called Cinderella who did all the work in the kitchen while her lazy sister did nothing. One night, her sister went to a ball at the palace. Cinderella was left home, very sad. After a time, her fairy godmother appeared and told Cinderella that she could go to the ball — but to return home by midnight.

     So she went to the ball in a beautiful dress in a wonderful coach. She danced with the prince but at midnight she ran back home, leaving one of her shoes on her dancing floor. The prince wanted to see her again and went to every house in the capital until he found that the shoe was the right size for Cinderella. She and the prince were married and lived happily ever after.

At the end of the story, _________ .

A. Cinderella could go to the ball and its meaning is clear that she all(I the prince were married

B. Cinderella's godmother came to comfort her

C. one of Cinderella's sisters was married to the prince

D. the prince invited Cinderella to the ball

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Nearly all of the reporters ________ the press conference had questions ________

A. attend / asked

B. attended / to ask

C. attending / to ask

D. would attend / to be asked

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

When a country in an early stage of development, investments in fixed capital are vital.

A. country

B. investments

C. fixed

D. are vital

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Hieroglyphics ________on the walls of caves provide scientists with important details on prehistoric man.

A. painted

B. were painted

C. have been painted

D. that they painted

Read the following passage carefully and then choose the best option to fit each space. Identify your choice by circling letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet.

          The 18^th-century battlefield was, compared with that of the 20^`th-century, an intimate theatre, especially intimate in the (19)___ of the Revolution, which was usually small even by the standards of the day. Soldiers had to come to close quarters to kill; this fact reduced the mystery of the battle, though perhaps not its terrors. But at least the battle field lost some of its impersonality. In fact, in (20)___  to (with) the 20^1h-century combat, in which the enemy usually remains unseen and the source of incoming fire unknown, in the 18^1h-century battles the enemy could be seen and sometimes even (21)___ . (22)____ one's enemy may have arose a singular (23) ____of feeling uncommon in modern battles. Before the (24)___ occurred tension and anxiety (25) _____ up as the troops marched from their column into a line of attack. The ( 26) ____ of their movements was well understood by themselves and their enemies, who must have watched with feeling of dread and fascination. When the order came sending them (27) ____ rages, even madness replaced the attacker's (28) ____, while terror and desperation filled those who received  the charge.

Điền vào số (22)

A. Seeing              

B. Dealing            

C. Fighting           

D. Killing

Read the following passage carefully and then choose the best option to fit each space. Identify your choice by circling letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet.

          The 18^th-century battlefield was, compared with that of the 20^`th-century, an intimate theatre, especially intimate in the (19)___ of the Revolution, which was usually small even by the standards of the day. Soldiers had to come to close quarters to kill; this fact reduced the mystery of the battle, though perhaps not its terrors. But at least the battle field lost some of its impersonality. In fact, in (20)___  to (with) the 20^1h-century combat, in which the enemy usually remains unseen and the source of incoming fire unknown, in the 18^1h-century battles the enemy could be seen and sometimes even (21)___ . (22)____ one's enemy may have arose a singular (23) ____of feeling uncommon in modern battles. Before the (24)___ occurred tension and anxiety (25) _____ up as the troops marched from their column into a line of attack. The ( 26) ____ of their movements was well understood by themselves and their enemies, who must have watched with feeling of dread and fascination. When the order came sending them (27) ____ rages, even madness replaced the attacker's (28) ____, while terror and desperation filled those who received  the charge.

Điền vào số (19)

A. success            

B. engagement      

C. attachment        

D. independence

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 arrived at the conference. Then we realized that our reports were still at home. 

A. No sooner had we realized that our reports were at home than we arrived at the conference

B. Only after we arrived at the conference did we realize that our reports were still at home. 

C. Not until we arrived at the conference that we realized that our reports were still at home. 

D. Hardly had we arrived at the conference when we realized that our reports were still at home. 

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

I feel sorry for Jack because he has failed all his exams

A. I am upset with Jack because he always fails his exams

B. Jack has not passed any of his exams, so I feel bad for him

C. Jack is unhappy because he couldn’t pass any of his exams

D. Jack has failed all of his exams, and so we are both very sad