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. It’s always worth preparing well for an interview. Don’t just hope for the best. Here are a (25)_________tips. Practise how you say things, as well as what you (26)_________to say. If you don’t own a video camera, perhaps a friend of yours does. Borrow it and make a video tape of yourself. Find somebody to watch it with you and give you some (27)_________of advice on how you appear and behave. Before the interview, plan what to wear. Find out how the company expects its employees to dress. At the interview, believe in yourself and be honest, open and friendly. Pay attention and keep your answers to the point. The interviewer doesn’t want to waste time and (28)_________do you. 25. A. little B. several C. few D. lot 26. A. intend B. consider C. imagine D. think 27. A. numbers B. slices C. plenties D. pieces 28. A. so B. either C. neither D. or 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. The invention of the phonograph happened quite by accident. Thomas Edison moved to Menlo Park, New Jersy in 1876, where he established an industrial research laboratory. There, Edison was working on a carbon telephone transmitter to improve the existing Bell telephone system. In that laboratory a year later, Edison invented the phonograph while he was trying to improve a telegraph repeater. He attached a telephone diaphragm to the needle in the telegraph repeater; in this way, he was able to reproduce a recording that could be played back. After he made some improvements to the machine, he tested it. He recited “Mary Had a Little Lamb” into the machine and played his voice back to a very surprised audience. 29. What is the best title for the passage? A. Thomas Edison’s invention. B. Improvements in telephone and telegraph C. The History of Menlo Park D. An accidental invention 30. In what year did the invention of phonograph occur? A. 1876 B. 1877 C. 1878 D. the article does not say 31. What was Edison working on when he created the phonograph? A. A telegraph repeater B. A telegraph diaphragm C. A telephone repeater D. A telephone diaphragm 32. According to the passage, how did Edison test his new invention? A. He made improvements to the machine. B. He used a carbon transmitter. C. He read a children’s rhyme. D. He produced the audience voice. Mark letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the original sentence in each of the following questions. 33. You saw that smoke. It came from the hills. A. You saw that smoke which comes from the hills. B. You saw that smoke which came from the hills. C. You saw that smoke that came from the hills. D. You saw that smoke came from the hills. 34. “I’ll come with you as soon as I am ready. ” Tom said to her. A. Tom said to her that he will come with her as soon as he was ready. B. Tom said to her that he would come with her as soon as he was ready. C. Tom said to her that he will come with you as soon as he was ready. D. Tom said to her that he will come with her as soon as he is ready. 35. Children tend to learn English better than adults. A. Adults tend to be the best at learning English. B. Children do not learn English as well as adults. C. Adults tend to learn English worse than children. D. Children tend to learn English more than adults. 36. Marie didn’t turn up at John’s birthday party. I feel so sorry for that. A. If only Marie turn up at John’s birthday party. B. I wish Marie had turned up at John’s birthday party. C. I wished Marie wouldn’t turn up at John’s birthday party. D. It’s a shame Marie had turned up at John’s birthday party. 37. This is my opinion. You can do nothing to change it. A. You can do nothing to change it my mind. B. There’s nothing you can do to change my mind. C. There’s nothing can be done except changing my mind. D. You can do everything to change it my mind 38. Although they are poor, they are very generous. A. In spite of their poverty, they are very generous. B. In spite of their poor, they are very generous. C. In spite of they are poor, they are very generous. D. In spite of their poverty but they are very generous. 39. I won't swim in the sea because it is too cold. A. The sea isn't enough warm for us to swim in. B. The sea is not so warm that I can swim in. C. The sea is not warm for me to swim in. D. The sea is not warm enough for me to swim in. 40. I want to meet Nga , but I don’t have her address. A. If I had Nga’s address, I would meet her. B. If I have Nga’s address, I would meet her. C. If I had Nga’s address, I will meet her. D. If I had had Nga’s address, I would have met her.