The newly advertised product had just been on sale. Customers realised that it had lots of defects.

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.

Jane has some work to do this weekend. She can't attend her sister's wedding.

Mrs. Lan and the boys want to spend the rest of his life living in the suburb.

The book which you borrow from the city library yesterday is very interesting.

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.

cudents should go only a little beyond their current experience and understanding.

It is possible that she will come with us.

"My friend gave me some candies," said Tom.

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

She last watched TV a long time ago.

Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

The word they in paragraph 4 refers to ____.

The word unusual in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ____.

According to paragraph 2, the painting Portrait of Edmond de Belamy ____.

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 from 36 to 42.

Machines already perform a lot of tasks that were usually done by humans, such as building cars, doing complex calculations, and even marking exam papers. But now it seems that ever more intelligent machines are straying into areas where we never envisaged they would go. We have always taken pride in having a unique kind of intelligence that machines could never match, one which allows us to think of new ideas and produce creative and artistic works. But it seems that even here, computers are lining up to compete with us.

Machines can easily be trained to do the physical work of producing art. About ten years ago, a painting robot known as e-David was created at a university in Germany. And recently in New York, the painting 'Portrait of Edmond de Belamy' has been auctioned for nearly half a million dollars. What made it a bit unusual was that the idea, and the image itself, was produced entirely by a computer. A group of young French artists gave instructions to the computer, aiming simply to show that computers can be creative.

Some artists are now working with computers to produce a new kind of art. Computer-generated works of art are certainly interesting, and make us think about the limits of what machines can and cannot do. But not everyone would accept that they qualify as art. Some enthusiasts would argue they do, and the collectors willing to pay high prices for these works would suggest there is definitely a market for computer art. Others, however, would disagree.

Many ‘real’ artists would claim that art is an expression of human intelligence and human emotions. More importantly, it is about a desire to communicate with other people. These things, they argue, are part of being human and can never be produced by a machine.

(Adapted from Formula - Exam Trainer)

Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

The word they in paragraph 3 refers to _____.

According to paragraph 2, shopping became an unpleasant and unsafe experience due to pollution and

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 from 31 to 35.

The concept of traffic-free shopping areas goes back a long time. During the Middle Ages, traffic-free shopping areas were built in Middle Eastern countries to allow people to shop in comfort and, more importantly, safety. As far back as 2000 years ago, road traffic was banned from central Rome during the day to allow for the free movement of pedestrians.

The modern, traffic-free shopping street was born in Europe in the 1960s, when both city populations and car ownership increased rapidly. Dirty exhaust from cars and the risks involved in crossing the road were beginning to make shopping an unpleasant and dangerous experience. Many believed the time was right for experimenting with car-free streets, and shopping areas seemed the best place to start.

At first, there was resistance from shopkeepers. They argued that people would avoid streets if they were unable to get to them in their cars. When the first streets in Europe were closed to traffic, there were even noisy demonstrations, as many shopkeepers predicted they would lose customers.

With the arrival of the traffic-free shopping street, many shops, especially those selling things like clothes, food and smaller luxury items, prospered. Unfortunately, shops selling furniture and larger electrical appliances actually saw their sales drop. Many of these were forced to move elsewhere, away from the city centre.

(Adapted from Complete IELTS)

Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

As the world's population grows, this problem will only (30), so we need to take action urgently.

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 from 26 to 30.

Imagine you are buying an apple in a supermarket. Which do you choose, one with a small brown mark, or one without? Be honest - you'd go for the apple (26) looks perfect. Supermarkets do this too, but on a much larger scale when buying fruit and vegetables from farmers. And what (27) of the ones with marks on them? They are thrown away. So are the ones that are a funny shape or size.

(28) reason for waste is that people buy more food than they can eat and supermarkets do everything they can to encourage this, for example with offers like “Buy one, get one free”. Developed countries waste about 650 million tons of food each year and so do developing countries. (29), the waste happens for very different reasons. As the world's population grows, this problem will only (30), so we need to take action urgently.

(Adapted from Navigate)

Jennifer is giving Liz a house-warming present.

- Liz: “Thanks for the nice gift you bought for us." - Jennifer: “______.”

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

Samuel is talking to Lan about volunteer work.

- Samuel: “I think we should do some local volunteer work this summer."

- Lan: “ _______. Some people in our neighbourhood really need help.”

The arguments Prof. Parker made were controversial and some scholars were taking issue with him.

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.

You need to have both talent and luck to become a famous singer.

You can trust David, your neighbour because he is a dependable person.

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

At last, he realised that he had made a mistake when he saw the correct answer on the board.

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

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

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

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

She failed her driving test ______ she practised a lot.

I picked up some holiday brochures ______ around the table at the travel agency.

Mary lives in an old house ______ the countryside.

It is important that we should ______ the environment.

A new supermarket ______ in the centre of the town last week.

He hopes that she will be happy with this ______ ring.

The meeting will begin ______.

The project is so difficult, ______?

Everyone at the Halloween party hid their faces by wearing different ______.

The mother tries hard to ______ sure that her children get the best of everything.

He has gone to the UK for further education since he _____ upper secondary school.