Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.
Question 1:
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a. association
- b. original
- c. stability
- d. accelerate
Question 2:
- a. domestic
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b. estimate
- c. statistics
- d. relation
Question 3:
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a. language
- b. diverse
- c. promote
- d. combine
Question 4:
- a. economic
- b. integration
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c. development
- d. transportation
Question 5:
- a. service
- b. rural
- c. region
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d. include
Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.
Question 6: The ASEAN Security Community (ASC) aims to ensure that countries in the region live at _____ with one another and in a democratic and harmonious environment.
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a. peace
- b. peaceful
- c. peacefully
- d. peaceable
Question 7: ASEAN’s aims include the acceleration of economic growth, _____ progress, cultural development among its members, and the promotion of regional peace.
- a. society
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b. social
- c. socially
- d. socialize
Question 8: A combined gross domestic ______ of the member countries of ASEAN has grown at an average rate of around 6% per year.
- a. produce
- b. productivity
- c. production
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d. product
Question 9: To build on the field of political and security cooperation, _______ ASEAN Leaders have agreed to establish the ASEAN Security Community (ASC).
- a. a
- b. an
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c. the
- d. Ø
Question 10: On July 28, 1995, Vietnam became ______ seventh member of ASEAN.
- a. a
- b. an
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c. the
- d. Ø
Question 11: ASEAN has ______ population of 575.5 million.
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a. a
- b. an
- c. the
- d. Ø
Question 12: The population of ASEAN accounts ______ about, 8.7% of the world’s population.
- a. of
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b. for
- c. in
- d. from
Question 13: Laos and Myanmar were admitted _____ ASEAN in 1997.
- a. for
- b. of
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c. to
- d. in
Question 14: ASEAN also try to solve the problems of ethnic tensions which might lead ____scivil war.
- a. into
- b. away
- c. off
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d. to
Question 15: One of ASEAN’s objectives is to help people think about peace and _____ and do something about it.
- a. origin
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b. justice
- c. statistics
- d. record
Question 16: There are plenty of industrial ________ established in the area, which also makes the government worried about pollution.
- a. series
- b. goods
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c. enterprises
- d. relationships
Question 17: Free _____ area.ig a designated group of countries that have agreed to eliminate tariffs, quotas, and preferences on most goods among them.
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a. trade
- b. cultural
- c. stable
- d. adopted
Question 18: The ASEAN Investment Area aims to enhance the competitiveness of the region for attracting direct investment which flows into and within ASEAN.
- a. produce
- b. combine
- c. found
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d. improve
Question 19: ASEAN has ____ a community of Southeast Asian nations at peace with one another and at peace with the world.
- a. joined
- b. estimated
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c. established
- d. solved
Question 20: ASEAN helps to ______ regional cooperation in Southeast Asia in the spirit of equality and partnership
- a. invest
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b. promote
- c. admit
- d. invent
Question 21: Rice is the ______ exported product of Vietnam.
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a. main
- b. free
- c. average
- d. rural
Question 22: I am going to speak with the boss when the meeting ______.
- a. will end
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b. ends
- c.is ending
- d. would end
Question 23: ____ Peter gets here, we will congratulate him.
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a. As soon as
- b. After
- c. No sooner
- d. Since
Question 24: ____ I visit him, we talk about politics a lot.
- a. Up to
- b. As far as
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c. Whenever
- d. Until
Question 25: While she _____ breakfast, I set the table.
- a. will make
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b. was making
- c. has made
- d. would be making
Question 26: After Mariana _____ her exam, I _____ her out to eat.
- a. was finishing / would take
- b. finished / had taken
- c. will finish / have taken
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d. has finished / will take
Question 27: Mrs. Pike ______ the door before the customers arrived.
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a. had opened
- b. will open
- c. would open
- d. has opened
Question 28: She went on crying, with her head sunk into a pillow, and cried and cried _____ the pillow was wet through.
- a. before
- b. after
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c. until
- d. while
Question 29: _____ in Rome than he was kidnapped.
- a. No sooner he arrived
- b. Had he no sooner arrived
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c. No sooner had he arrived
- d. No sooner he had arrived
Question 30: I have not seen my dog _____ the storm struck the community.
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a. since
- b. while
- c. as soon as
- d. when
Error Identification.
Question 31: Singapore is an island nation with 63 islands, located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. At 704.0 km2, itis a smallest country in Southeast Asia.
- a. with 63 islands
- b. located
- c. At 704.0 km2
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d. a
Question 32: The population of Singapore is approximately 4.59 million. Though Singapore is highly cosmopolitan and diversity, ethnic Chinese forms the majority of the population.
- a. is approximately
- b. Though
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c. diversity
- d. forms
Question 33: Singapore has a highly developed market-based economy. Singapore, along with Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan, are one of the Four Asian Tigers.
- a. highly
- b. market-based
- c. along
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d. are
Question 34: Singapore is a popularity travel destination, making tourism one of its largest industries. About 37 million tourists visited Singapore in 2006.
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a. popularity
- b. making
- c. industries
- d. visited
Question 35: Singapore plays an active roe in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, of that Singapore is a founding member.
- a. an
- b. role
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c. that
- d. founding
Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok by the five original Member Countries, namely, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. Brunei joined on 8 January 1984, Vietnam on 28 July 1995, Lao PDR and Myanmar on 23 July 1997, and Cambodia on 30 April 1999. The ASEAN Declaration states that the aims and purposes of the Association are: to accelerate economic growth, social progress and cultural development in the region and to promote regional peace and stability through abiding respect for justice and the rule of law in the relationship among countries in the region and adherence to the principles of the United Nations Charter.
In 2003, the ASEAN Leaders resolved that an ASEAN Community shall be established comprising three pillars, namely, ASEAN Security Community, ASEAN Economic Community and ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community.
The ASEAN Vision 2020, adopted by the ASEAN Leaders on the 30th Anniversary of ASEAN, agreed on a shared vision of ASEAN as a concert of Southeast Asian nations, outward looking, living in peace, stability and prosperity, bonded together in partnership in dynamic development and in a community of caring societies.
ASEAN Member Countries have adopted the following fundamental principles in their relations with one another, as contained in the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC): .
- mutual respect for the independence, sovereignty, equality, territorial integrity, and national identity of all nations;
- the right of every State to lead its national existence free from external interference, subversion or coercion;
- non-interference in the internal affairs of one another;
- settlement of differences or disputes by peaceful manner;
- renunciation of the threat or use of force; and
- effective cooperation among themselves.
Question 36: According to the text, which nation is the last member to join The Association of Southeast Asian Nations up to now.
- a. Vietnam
- b. The Philippines
- c. Brunei
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d. Cambodia
Question 37: The ASEAN Declaration is about _____.
- a. the cultures of all the members of the organization
- b. the development of all countries all over the world
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c. the aims and purposes of the organization
- d. the laws of the members of the organization
Question 38: The third paragraph is about ______.
- a. living in peace, stability and prosperity
- b. the 30th Anniversary of ASEAN
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c. The ASEAN Vision 2020
- d. the ASEAN Leaders
Question 39: The Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia ______.
- a. is not accepted by ASEAN Member Countries
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b. consists of fundamental principles in the relations of ASEAN Member Countries
- c. is disapproved by ASEAN Member Countries
- d. has two principles
Question 40: Which principle does not belong to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia?
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a. in terference in the internal affairs of member countries
- b. effective cooperation
- c. mutual respect
- d. peaceful manner
Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.
What is the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and what is its purpose? The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a multilateral organization which was (Question 41) ____ to give Southeast Asian states a forum to communicate (Question 42) _____ each other. Since the region had a long colonial past and a history of endemic warfare, there has never been much peaceful and constructive (Question 43) _____ between kings, presidents and other officials. A neutral forum was, (Question 44) ____ ,a very useful development for all of those countries.
ASEAN was formed as a result of the Bangkok (Question 45) _____ of 1967 and initially had five members: Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, (Question 46) _____ Philippines and Singapore. Brunei (Question 47) ____ joined in 1984 after it had won independence from Britain. Vietnam became the seventh member of the group, officially joining in 1995. (Question 48) ____ several years of negotiation, Myanmar and Laos joined in 1997 and the final member of the ten, Cambodia, joined in 1999. The only (Question 49) _____ state in Southeast Asia which is not a member of ASEAN is now East Timor. It is still (Question 50) ____ vulnerable and fragile to be able to participate for the foreseeable future.
Question 41:
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a. created
- b. made
- c. done
- d. discovered
Question 42:
- a. in
- b. on
- c. for
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d. with
Question 43:
- a. interflow
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b. interaction
- c. interference
- d. intercommunity
Question 44:
- a. nevertheless
- b. moreover
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c. therefore
- d. however
Question 45:
- a. Entitle
- b. Requirement
- c. Independence
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d. Declaration
Question 46:
- a. a
- b. an
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c. the
- d. Ø
Question 47:
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a. subsequently
- b. fortunately
- c. approximately
- d. surprisingly
Question 48:
- a. Before
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b. After
- c. Since
- d. While
Question 49:
- a. dependent
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b. independent
- c. independently
- d. independence
Question 50:
- a. enough
- b. either
- c. also
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d. too