Bob was absent ; he __________ sick again.

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

WOMEN

In developing countries, where three fourths of the world’s population live, sixty percent of the people who can’t read and write are women. Being illiterate doesn’t mean they are not intelligent. It does mean it is difficult for them to change their lives. They produce more than half of the food. In Africa eighty percent of all agricultural work is done by women. There are many programs to help poor countries develop their agriculture. However, for years, these programs provided money and training for men.

In parts of Africa, this is a typical day for a village woman. At 4. 45 a. m, she gets up, washes and eats. It takes her a half hour to walk to the fields, and she works there until 3. 00 p. m. She collects firewood and gets home at 4. 00. She spends the next hour and a haft preparing food to cook. Then she collects water for another hour. From 6. 30 to 8. 30 she cooks. After dinner, she spends an hour washing the dishes and her children. She goes to bed at 9. 30 p. m.

International organizations and programs run by developed nations are starting to help women, as well as men, improve their agricultural production. Governments have already passed some laws affecting women because of the UNO Decade for Women. The UNO report will affect the changes now happening in the family and society.

By whom (what) was the Decade for Women organized?

When they let us go in, we ____________ outside the exam room for over half an hour.

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 numbers blanks

Wild animals play an important part in the (5) ____ of nature and supply us with many important products. Birds and other small animals help (6) ____ insects. Wild animals provide food and hobby too. Furthermore, they (7)____ our surroundings more interesting. Uncontrolled hunting has destroyed a lot of wildlife and people have also harmed animals such as the passenger pigeon which disappeared completely.

Others including the whooping cranes, the blue whale and the American alligator are in danger of dying out. Sometimes it is necessary to keep animals from (8) ______ too plentiful. For example, rabbits and such rodents as ground squirrels and mice may cause great damage to crops if they are too abundant predators help hold down the population of their prey.

While I ....... along the road, I saw an accident.

If you take a good book on your hand, you will find it hard __________.

The athletes have to put a lot of effort in this ___________as the SEA Games are coming.

Which of these statements is NOT TRUE?

I often mistake Tom for his elder brother because Tom takes ________him.

When I heard the telephone ring, I answered it immediately.

Mark the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress: differently, hunger, famine, equality

The government should ________ new laws to conserve wildlife in this area.

After having walked for two hours, the old man walked ________to the top of the mountain.