Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

All over the country, young people are entering a world of homelessness and poverty, according to a recent report by the housing group, Shelter.

Nearly 150,000 young people aged between sixteen and twenty-five will become homeless this year, says Shelter. Some of the young homeless may sleep out in the open in such places as the "cardboard city” in London, where people of all ages sleep in the open air in their only homes - cardboard boxes.

(32) _________ may find accommodation in shelters run by voluntary organisations or get a place in a hostel, which gives them board up to ten weeks.

But who are these people? Those who are seeking a roof over their heads are mostly not runaways but “throwaways" - people who have been thrown out of their homes or forced to leave (33) _________ parental divorce, an unsympathetic step-parent or one of many other reasons.

Take the case of one sixteen-year-old schoolgirl, Alice. She did not come from a poor home and had just passed her exams with good results. The Shelter team met her in a (34) _________ where she was doing her physics homework. Her parents had thrown her out of her home for no other reason that she wanted to do Science Advanced Level Exams - which her parents refused her permission to do, saying that studying sciences was unladylike!

Shelter says that the government's laws do nothing to help these youngsters. Rising rents, the shortage of cheap housing and the cut in benefits for young people under the age of twenty-five are causing a national problem, according to Shelter. The recent (35) _________ in the benefit laws mean that someone aged between sixteen and twenty-five gets less than older people and they can only claim state help if they prove that they left home for a good reason.

Shelter believes that because of the major cuts in benefits to young people, more and more are being forced to sleep on the streets. Shelter also (36) _________ that if you are homeless, you can't get a job because employers will not hire someone without a permanent address; and if you can't get a job, you are homeless because you don't have any money to pay for accommodation. It's an impossible situation.

2. The word “aced” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ____.

In this project, your responsibility is search for information about environmental pollution as much as possible.

The chef tasted the meat cautious before carefully serving it to his special guest.

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

We shouldn't make an appointment with this doctor. You can see him whenever you want.

ASEAN is the dynamic and harmonious community that is aware and proud of its ________ , culture and heritage.

The right of every nation is to lead its national existence free from external ____________ .

The volunteer team ______ students with various visual, hearing, physical and cognitive impairments every two months to give them both financial and spiritual support.

We couldn't hear anything because of the ______ noise of the drums the next-door neighbours were playing.

Our enterprise is seeking for candidates who are ______ and hard-working.

I was encouraged to _______ for the grandest prize in the dancing competition.

Parents are always willing to lend a sympathetic _______ to their children when they have problems.

Due to financial conflict over years, they decided to get _______.

Ms. Mai asked me how she could _______ household chores equally in her family.

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

I usually _______ my younger sisters when my parents are away on business.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.