Câu hỏi:

Choose the best answer. I regret______able to attend your birthday party yesterday.

Choose one word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

Read the passage below and choose one correct answer for each question.

Silk Weaving in the ASEAN Region

For the silk textile lover, the ASEAN region contains a treasure trove of the most beautiful hand-woven fabrics found anywhere in the world. These textiles are surprising in their diversity: from the ikats of Cambodia and Thailand, to the golden songket of Indonesia and Malaysia, to the Philippine pina silk and the Vietnamese silk shantung – each country offers its own century-old weaving traditions to visitors. Weaving at the household and village level is done on large wooden frame looms, often under stilt houses. Intricate Cambodian ikats are world-renowned. It can take up to several days or more to produce one meter of an intricate ikat pattern. Ikat patterns were traditionally passed from generation to generation by memory; prior to the war, more than 200 different patterns were known to be in existence, but it is unclear how many have survived. Artisans Angkor, located in both Siem Reap and Phnom Penh, trains young Cambodians from rural areas in the art of weaving and other Cambodian crafts. In Thailand, the cultivation of silkworms and weaving can be traced back thousands of years. Weaving patterns of  Thailand’s finest weaving, including mudmee, or ikat, are rich anddiverse thanks to the influence of the different ethnic groups, including Khmer and Lao peoples. Mudmee is woven throughout the northeast, with each local community having its own distinct styles and designs, incorporating everything from nagas to elephants and peacocks. While chemical dyes are widely available, some weavers continue to practice traditional dyeing methods passed down through the generations. Viet Nam has become a center for large-scale silk worm and thread production in Southeast Asia, including handloomed silk shantung and jacquards, supplying its neighbors where sericulture is limited or disappeared entirely during the war years. Vietnam has 54 different ethnic groups, each with their own distinct weaving traditions. Among the Black Thai in northwest Vietnam’s Son La province, for example, young girls are expected to learn how to raise silk worms and make natural dyes using indigo.

 Question: What the most distinguished feature of the silk textile in ASEAN?

Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank.

S.E.A. WRITE AWARD

The S.E.A. Write Award, or Southeast Asian Writers Award, is an award that has been (36) ________ annually since 1979 to poets and writers in Southeast Asia with the (37)________to encourage writers in ASEAN countries through (38) ________of the region’s creative literary talents and to bring together the many talents of ASEAN writers. The award is given to a writer from each of the (39) ________ countries of the ASEAN. An author may receive the award for a(n) (40) ________ work of literature or their lifetime achievement. The types of works that are honoured are (41) ________ poetry, short stories, novels, plays, folklore, and (42) ________ or religious works. The award ceremony is held in Bangkok every year, in the presence of the Thai Royal family and distinguished guest speakers who are leading figures in the literary (43) ________. Nguyen Nhat Anh was honoured in 2010 for his most well-known novel “Kinh van hoa” (Kaleidoscope), which contained 54 volumes and has recently been (44) ________ into three drama series of the same name. He is regarded as one of the most successful writers for teens. Viet Nam has participated in the awards since 1996 and 18 Vietnamese writers and poets (45) ________laureates so far.

 Question 43:

Choose the best answer: The two decades of Vietnam’s participation in the bloc have seen the country’s maturity in ______.

Choose one word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

Choose the sentence which is closest in meaning to the printed one. Had I known more about computer programming, I would have worked for a computer company.