4,The word “it” in paragraph 3 refers to the ______.

Volunteer work is a great way to gain experienced in a broad range of fields.

Choose the word or phrase A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence below.

I've been in this city for a long time. I __________ here sixteen years ago.

Choose one underlined word or phrase A, B, C, or D that needs correcting.

Disadvantaged children are looking forward to us visiting them soon.

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

The first season of Vietnam Idol aired on May 17^th , 2007.

Last night my favorite program __________ by a special news bulletin.

His performance was so boring that it made me __________.

Choose the correct option A, B, C, or D for each gap.

The computer has proved to be very (28) _______ to our lives. In fact it can not only do simple (29) _______ add, subtract, multiply or divide - with lightning speed, but also gather a wide range of information for many purposes. They can (30) _______ hand-printed letters, play chess, compose music, write plays or even design other computers. In business and industry, the computer keeps track of sales trends and production needs, mails dividend checks, and makes out company payrolls. (31) _______ they are taking over some of the tasks that were once accomplished by our brains, computers are not replacing us. Our brain has (32) ______ than 10 billion cells and a computer has only a few hundred thousand parts.