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 question.

The population of the world has increased more in modern times than in all other ages of history combined. World population totalled about 500 million in 1650. It doubled in the period from 1650 – 1850. Today the population is more than five billion. Estimates based on research by the United Nations indicate that it will more than double in the twenty – five years between 1915 and the year 2000, reaching seven billion by the turn of the century No one knows the limits of population that the earth can support. Thomas Malthus, an English economist, developed a theory that became widely accepted in the nineteenth century. He suggested that because world population tended to increase more rapidly than the food supply, a continual strain was exerted upon available resources. Malthus cited wars, famines, epidemics, and other disasters as the usual limitations of population growth. With recent advances in science and technology, including improved agricultural methods and great strides in medicine, some of the limiting factors in population growth have been lessened, with obvious results, international organizations have put forward several recommendations to alleviate the problem of overpopulation, including an increase in food production, general economic development in target areas, and a decrease in birth rates. Most experts agree that it will be necessary to combine all three recommendations in an effort to effect a lasting solution.

Which of the options below is the best title for the passage?

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

The population of the world has been increasing faster and faster.

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

Lunar New Year, or Tet, is Vietnam’s main (36)______ It is the grandest and most (37)______ occasion in the year which falls sometime between 19th January and 20th February on the Western calendar. On the days of Tet, everyone tries to be nice and (38)______ to each other. People believe that what they do (39)______ the first day of the year will influence their luck during the whole year. Thus, only positive comments should be (40)______.

I need _____ reliable to look after the baby while I am at work.

Peter should have apologized _____ being late this morning, but he did not.

On the days of Tet, everyone tries to be nice and (38)______ to each other.

My brother has always dreamed to be a famous film star.

Peter: “Do you feel like going to the cinema this evening?”

Mary: “____________________________”

How many _____ are there in the competition?

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following exchanges.

Lan: “I have passed my exam”

Mai: “______________”

“Let me pay for the coffee. I really want.”

Everyone are wearing black this year because it’s fashionable.

Thus, only positive comments should be (40)______.

What do most experts recommend in order to solve problems of overpopulation?

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

“Susan, can you remember to buy me some sugar?” said Billy

People believe that what they do (39)______ the first day of the year will influence their luck during the whole year.