Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one from 32 to 34.

It’s possible that the plane has been delayed because of the bad weather. 

A. The weather must have been very bad, or else their plane wouldn’t have been delayed

B. It may be the bad weather that has caused the plane to be delayed

C. The obvious reason for the plane’s being delayed for so long is the bad weather

D. It’s certainly the bad weather which had resulted in the plane’s being late

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the following question.

“You damaged my laptop, Tom!” said John. 

A. John accused with Tom to have damaged his laptop

B. John accused Tom of damaging his laptop

C. John accused Tom to damage his laptop

D. John accused to Tom for damaging his laptop

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions from 35 to 48.

I have left my book in _______ kitchen and I would like you to get it for me. 

A. the 

B. a 

C. Ø 

D. an 

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 6 to 15

Music is universal - it is produced by all cultures. Some scientists believe that music came before speech and (6) ______ as a development of mating calls. In fact, there is one theory that the (7) ______ languages were chanted or sung, rather than spoken. Indeed, in some cultures, music is a form of (8) ______ history. The Aboriginal Australians, for example, use music as a means to (9) ______ on stories of the land and spirits to the next (10)________.

New evidence suggests that music does not just (11) ______ the feel - good factor but it is also good for the brain. A study of intellectually (12) ______ children showed that they could recall more (13)_________ after it was given to them in a song than after it was read to them as a story. Researchers also report that people score better on a standard intelligence test after listening to Mozart. The so-called “Mozart effect” has also been (14) ______ by findings that rats (15)________ up on Mozart run faster through a complex network of paths or passages, known as a maze. Overall, it seems that in most instances people who suffer from any form of mental illness benefit from listening to music.

Điền vào ô 14

A. supported

B. given

C. Marked

D. remembered

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the answer to the following question.

Her classmates admire her so much because she has a clear ______ mind.

A. analyze 

B. analysis 

C. analytical 

D. analytics 

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 from 12 to 14.

The assumption that smoking has bad effects on our health have proved.

A. that 

B. effects 

C. on 

D. have proved 

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 33 to 40.

Early peoples had no need of engineering works to supply their water. Hunters and nomads camped near natural sources of fresh water, and populations were so sparse that pollution of the water supply was not a serious problem. After community life developed and agricultural villages became urban centers, the problem of supplying water became important for inhabitants of a city, as well as for irrigation of the farms surrounding the city. Irrigation works were known in prehistoric times, and before 2000 BC the rulers of Babylonia and Egypt constructed systems of dams and canals to impound the flood waters of the Euphrates and Nile rivers, controlling floods and providing irrigation water throughout the dry season. Such irrigation canals also supplied water for domestic purposes. The first people to consider the sanitation of their water supply were the ancient Romans, who constructed a vast system of aqueducts to bring the clean waters of the Apennine Mountains into the city and built basins and filters along these mains to ensure the clarity of the water. The construction of such extensive water-supply systems declined when the Roman Empire disintegrated, and for several centuries local springs and wells formed the main source of domestic and industrial water.

The invention of the force pump in England in the middle of the 16th century greatly extended the possibilities of development of water-supply systems. In London, the first pumping waterworks was completed in 1562; it pumped river water to a reservoir about 37 m above the level of the River Thames and from the reservoir the water was distributed by gravity, through lead pipes, to buildings in the vicinity. Increased per-capita demand has coincided with water shortages in many countries. Southeast England, for example, receives only 14 per cent of Britain's rainfall, has30 per cent of its population, and has experienced declining winter rainfall since the 1980s.

In recent years a great deal of interest has been shown in the conversion of seawater to fresh water to provide drinking water for very dry areas, such as the Middle East. Several different processes, including distillation, electrodialysis, reverse osmosis, and direct-freeze evaporation, have been developed for this purpose. Some of these processes have been used in large facilities in the United States. Although these processes are successful, the cost of treating seawater is much higher than that for treating fresh water.

From A. Briggs’ article on culture, Microsoft® Student 2008

Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a process of conversing seawater to freshwater?

A. purification method

B. dissolving chemicals

C. water evaporation

D. streaming and cooling

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

She only had a twenty-dollars bill with her when she landed at Heathrow airport. 

A. at 

B. when 

C. had 

D. twenty-dollars bill