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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.

Question 4

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Question 3

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.

Question 2

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The development of writing (1) ______ a huge difference to the world and might see it as the beginning of the (2) ______. Pieces of pottery with marks on that are probably numbers have been discovered in China that date from around 4000 BC. Hieroglyphics and other forms of "picture writing" developed in the (3) _______ around Mesopotamia (mordern-day Iraq), where the ancent Sumerian civilization was based, from around 3300 BC onwards. However, the first (4)________ alphabet was used by the Phoenicians around 1050BC. Their alphabet had 22 letters and it is estimated that it lasted for 1000 years. The first two signs were called "aleph" and "beth", which in Greek became "alpha" and "beta", which gave us the (5) ________ word "alphabet".

Question 1

Choose the underlined words or phrases that are not correct in standard written English.

Despite of the heavy snow, she went out.

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I'd lost my front door key and I had to smash a window by a brick to get in.

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One of the most urgent problem facing us now is the need to control population growth.

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Children enjoy telling and listening to ghosts stories, especially on Halloween night.

Choose the underlined words or phrases that are not correct in standard written English.

Each year people around the world spending billions of dollars buying goods on the Internet.

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Many people believe that New York is the most great city in America.

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Nora hardly miss an opportunity to play in the tennis tournaments.

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These televisions are quite popular in Europe, but those ones is not.

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Air pollution, together with littering, are causing many problems in our large, industrial cities today.

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They asked me what did happen last night, but I was unable to tell them.

The writer is a Muslim.

She didn’t have to think of what to wear every day.

She felt confident and safe when she wore the costume.

She was very annoyed at the costume.

She was constrained to wear national costume.

Read the passage, and then decide whether the statements are true IT), false (F) or no information (N). Correct the false sentences.

I lived in the Middle East for a while, and when I went out, I had to obey the local custom of wearing something over my head and wearing a dress that covered my whole body. At first, I found it a real nuisance, but after a while, I got used to it and even started to like it. You feel really secure, and also you don't have to worry about what to wear all the time.

The writer lives in the Middle East now.

Read the passage carefully. Then decide whether each of the statements below is TRUE (T), or FALSE (F).

English is not spoken in Indonesia.

Read the passage carefully. Then decide whether each of the statements below is TRUE (T), or FALSE (F).

Bahasa Indonesia is the only language spoken in Indonesia.

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Islam is the most common religion in Indonesia.

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The Indonesian unit of currency is sen.

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Indonesia is one of the countries of ASEAN.

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There are more people in Indonesia than in the USA.

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Islam is the only official religion in Indonesia.

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All the countries in Southeast Asia enjoy tropical climate.

Read the passage carefully. Then decide whether each of the statements below is TRUE (T), or FALSE (F).

Indonesia is an island nation in Southeast Asia. Its official name is the Republic of Indonesia. It is a member country of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN). The country's total area is 1,904,443 sq km. Like Vietnam and other countries in Southeast Asia, Indonesia enjoys tropical climate. The rupiah is the official monetary unit of Indonesia, consisting of 100 sens.

The capital of Indonesia is Jakarta and it is also the largest city in the country. Other big cities are Bandung, Surabaya, Medan, Palembang... The population in 2004 was about 238,500,000. Indonesia is the world's fourth most populous country after China, India, and the United States. Islam, which is over eighty per cent of the population practice, is the country's official religion. In addition, there are other religions such as Protestantism, Catholicism, Buddhism, Hinduism...

The national language is Bahasa Indonesia, which is a modified form of Malay. Besides, about 300 other languages and dialects are spoken. English is increasingly used as the language of business.

Question 1. Indonesia is located in Southeast Asia.

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Poets have taken _____________from the natural beauty

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Fashion ___________want to change the traditional ao dai.

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Today, the ao dai looks modern and very ____________

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e ao dai used for men were different ________those for women.

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The ao dai is the traditional __________of Vietnamese women

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The problem is not _____ to British students.

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The dragon _____ the enemies of the Church.

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He's a choreographer who has drawn _____ from Javanese dance.

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Mom always _____ us to discuss our problems.

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New opportunities will emerge as the _____ climate improves.