After George had returned to his house, he was reading a book.

Some psychologist believe that those who are encouraged to be independent, responsible, and competent in childhood are likely more than others to become motivated to achieve.

VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURES: Choose the best options 

Will you please stop ________________ noise? 

More progress in gender equality will be made ___________ the Vietnamese government.

Mr. Smith is going to buy a new Japanese car, doesn’t he?

Since infection can cause both fever as well as pain, it is a good idea to check a patient’s temperature

Few people realize that the musician of the national anthem of the United States originally belonged to the British drinking song

Many people have found the monotonous buzzing of the vuvuzela in the 2010 World Cup matches so annoyed.

It is desirable that the hotel manager remember to call the __________ staff every 6 months to clean up the air conditioners.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best answer in each of the following questions:

Peter: “Can you come for dinner tonight?” ~ John: “__________. I have a lot of things to do.”

Too much water makes plants turning brown on the edges of their leaves.

Floyd Bennett was a pilot for two of the Arctic expedition of the 1920’s and the first pilot to fly over the North Pole.

Most bats roost in crevices, caves, or building by day and are active at night or twilight

While searching for the wreckage of a unidentified aircraft, the Coast Guard encountered severe squalls at sea.

The machinery we sell  is assembling in this country, but most of the parts come from abroad

A conductor uses signals and gesture to let the musicians to know when to play various parts of a composition.

The builders of the variety ancient cliff ruins scattered throughout the canyons and mesas of the arid Southwest of the United States are known as the cliff dwellers.

If the Oxygen supply in the atmosphere was not replenished by plants, it would soon be exhausted.

Choose one word or phrase marked A, B, C, or D that best complete the preceding sentence:

We couldn’t get a seat__________ we arrived quite early.

He never goes home before he will finish his work.

Choose one word or phrase marked A, B, C, or D that best complete the preceding sentence:

__________ Tom was unable to see anything, he knew someone was in his room.