Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions from 5 to 16.

_____the distance was too far and the time was short, we decided to fly there instead of going there by train.

A. To discover      

B. Discovered        

C. To have discovered             

D. Discovering

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

–“You look beautiful with your new hairstyle!”

– “____________”.

A. Not at all 

B. It’s kind of you to say so

C. Very kind of your part 

D. Willingly

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of following questions.

The young team received widespread support throughout the country.

A. narrow    

B. limited    

C. popular    

D. scattered

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.

With the victory over Germany in the final match, Brazil became the first team won the trophy five times.

A. over        

B. final match        

C. won         

D. five times

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.

Put your coat on. You will get cold.

A. You will not get cold unless you put your coat on

B. Put your coat on, otherwise you will get cold

C. It is not until you put your coat on that you will get cold

D. You not only put your coat on but also get cold

After two decades of growing student enrollments and economic prosperity, business schools in the United States have started to face harder times. Only Harvard’s MBA School has shown a substantial increase in enrollment in recent years. Both Princeton and Stanford have seen decreases in their enrollments. Since 1990, the number of people receiving Masters in Business Administration (MBA) degrees, has dropped about 3 percent to 75,000, and the trend of lower enrollment rates is expected to continue.

There are two factors causing this decrease in students seeking an MBA degree. The first one is that many graduates of four-year colleges are finding that an MBA degree does not guarantee a plush job on Wall Street, or in other financial districts of major American cities. Many of the entry-level management jobs are going to students graduating with Master of Arts degrees in English and the humanities as well as those holding MBA degrees. Students have asked the question, “Is an MBA degree really what I need to be best prepared for getting a good job?” The second major factor has been the cutting of American payrolls and the lower number of entry-level jobs being offered. Business needs are changing, and MBA schools are struggling to meet the new demands.

Which of the following descriptions most likely applies to Wall Street?

A. a center for international affairs

B. a major financial center

C. a shopping district

D. a neighborhood in New York

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.

Almost all the students were confusing because Ms. Kelly’s explanation was unclear.

A. Almost   

B. the 

C. confusing          

D. unclear

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

Gene got his book ________ by a subsidy publisher.

A. to publish         

B. publishing         

C. to be published  

D. published

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

John was in Hanoi and wanted to send a parcel to his parents. He asked a local passer-by the way to the post-office. Choose the most suitable response to fill in the blank in the following exchange.

-John: “Can you show me the way to the nearest post office, please?”

-Passer-by: “______”.

A. Not way, sorry

B. Just round the comer over there

C. Look it up in a dictionary!

D. There’s no traffic near here

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of  the following questions.

Ill-gotten wealth is disgusting.

A. admiring          

B. distasteful                    

C. worthless           

D. admirable