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

1.   Excuse me. Could you tell me                  ?

      A. what time is it        B. what is the time      C. what time it is        D. it is what time

2.   I suffer from depression and anxiety, but I don’t know                            to get over my problems.

      A. what                       B. how                         C. where                      D. which

3.   As children move toward                         , they are less likely to ask for advice.

      A. dependent               B. dependence            C. independent            D. independence

4.   We wonder                        from his office after that scandal

      A. why did he not resign                                B. why he did not resign

      C. why he not resign                                       D. why didn’t he resign

5.   Miss Hoa said that unsuccessful test takers didn’t know             the questions came from.

      A. when                       B. where                      C. what                        D. why

6. Have you ever ___________ to Tay Ho village in Hue? It’s the place where people make the famous Bait ho conical hats.

A. go

B. went

C. going

D. been

7. _____________ he’s spent a lot of money redecorating his shop, he cannot make any more profit.

A. In order to

B. Although

C. So that

D. Because of

8. This company has gone bankrupt. Do you know who will ______________?

A. take care of it

C. take it over

B. look after it

D. turn it up

9. The people in this village are trying to change their designs and quality of their handicrafts ____________ their products can be exported to many countries in the world.

A. so that

B. in order to

C. because

D. though

10. The people in my village cannot earn money for their daily life. They can’t _____________ this traditional craft. They have to find other jobs.

A. help out

B. live on

C. work on

D. set up

11. Osaka has become one of the.................................... “livable” cities in Asia.

A. more                           B. better                               C. much                      D. most

12. London is one of the largest cities in the world but its populations is a lot............than Tokyo.

A. small                           B. few                                  C. smaller                   D. fewer