Unit 7 : Economic reforms : Test 2

TEST 2

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

1.   a. economy              b. industry                     c. qualify              d. priority

2.   a. right                      b. private                       c. communist      d. minority

3.   a. measure               b. subsidies                  c. domestic                   d. hospital

4.   a. though                  b. encourage                c. enough            d. country

5.   a. improve                b. introduce                   c. move               d. lose

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.

6.   Economic reforms are often carried _______ to promote the developing of a country.

a. out                        b. on                              c. for                              d. in

7.   Being aware _____ the importance of economic reforms, the Vietnamese Communist Party initiated an overall economic reform policy.

a. for                         b. at                      c. of                     d. in

8.   For more than ten years, we have seen the significant _______ in the economy of our country.

a. develop                b. developments          c. developers               d. developed

9.   Henry was a studious student. He needed no _______ to work hard.

a. encourage b. encouraging    c. encouragement     d. encouraged

10.       During the time of economic reforms, the economy has grown _______ with only a few major setbacks.

a. constant               b. constantly                 c. constants                  d. constancy

11.       The _______ effect of the new policy is that the farmer is now working for himself, and not for the state sake.

a. legal                      b. common                   c. all                     d. overall

12.       Considering peasants make up nearly 80% of Vietnam's population.

a. specialists            b. economists               c. professors                d. farmers

13.       The Doi Moi reforms have _______ new possibilities in farming systems research in Vietnam.

a. risen                     b. opened            c. renovated                  d. called

14.       The introduction of appropriate farming practices to Vietnam farmers can help them achieve a higher output.

a. productivity           b. renovation                 c. guideline              d. achievement

15.       This development project could be of great help to the _______ Vietnamese population.

a. major                              b. living                          c. rural                           d. domestic

16.       In the South, _______ development concentrated on rice cultivation, and nationally, rice and rubber were the main items of export.

a. industrial               b. agricultural       c. mining                      d. textile

17.       WTO accession also brings serious challenges, requiring Vietnam's economic sectors to open ______ door to increased foreign competition.

a. a                                     b. an                     c. the                             d. Ø

18.       The plan's highest priority was to develop _______ agriculture.

a. a                                     b. an                     c. the                             d. Ø

19.       Our new neighbors are quite nice _______ they are sometimes talkative.

a. despite                           b. in spite of the fact    c. though    d. as though

20.       _______ of the difficulty, they managed to climb to the top of the mountain.

a. In spite                 b. Despite           c. But                             d. Although

21.       In spite of his hard work, he could not finish the job.

a. As hard as he work                          b. Despite he worked hard

c. Though he worked hard                   d. Although hard work

22.       He went to work despite his headache.

a. nevertheless        b. due to    c. notwithstanding         d. because of

23.       Despite _______, we knew that he was guilty.

a. denied                            b. denying           c. he denied                  d. his denial

24.       Despite the fact that _______, we enjoyed our trip.

a. the weather is bad                            b. it is a bad weather

c. the bad weather                                d. the weather was bad

25.       Julie failed the exam _______ of working very hard.

a. despite                           b. in spite             c. even if                       d. though

26.       Tom went to work despite _______.

a. that he did not feel very well b. of the fact not feeling well

c. he did not feel very well                   d. not feeling very well

27.       Though _______, they are good friends.

a. their sometimes quarrel                            b. to have a quarrel sometimes

c. they sometimes have a quarrel       d. of having a quarrel sometimes

28.       Despite _______, we arrived on time.

a. the traffic                                           b. of the traffic

c. there was heavy traffic           d. of there was heavy traffic

29.       John rarely sees Paul _______ they live in the same town.

a. notwithstanding    b. despite            c. in spite of                  d. although

30.       It was very cold _______ she did not put on her coat.

a. in case                           b. but                             c. even if                  d. even though

Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one.

31.       Mary tried to keep calm although she was very disappointed.

a. Mary was too disappointed to keep calm.

b. Disappointed as she was, Mary tried to keep calm.

c. Mary lost her temper because of her disappointment.

d. Feeling disappointed, Mary tried to keep calm, but she failed.

32.       Even though it was raining heavily, the explorers decided to continue their journey.

a. It rained so heavily that the explorers could not continue their journey.

b. The explorers put off their journey due to the heavy rain.

c. The heavy rain could not prevent the explorers from continuing their journey.

d. If it had rained heavily, the explorers would not have continued their journey.

33.       Despite his ability to do the job, he was not offered the position.

a. It was his ability that helped him do the job and get the position.

b. Although he was able to do the job, but he was not offered the position.

c. He was not offered the position, regardless of his ability to, do the job.

d. If he had enough ability to do the job, he would be offered the position.

34.       He had worked very hard but he (ailed.

a. Hard as he worked, he failed.

b. Thanks to his hard work, he failed.

c. He did not succeeded because of his being hard working.

d. Even though being hard working, he failed.

35.       I did not answer the door even though I knew it was my friend.

a. unless I knew it was my friend, I would not answer the door.

b. I knew it was my friend, but I did not answer the door.

c. Only when I answered the door did I knew it was my friend.

d. I answered the door since I knew it was my friend.

Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.

Between 945 and 97, the economies of the industrialized nations of Western Europe, Japan, and the U.S. grew fast enough to vastly improve living standards for their residents. A similarly favorable growth was registered by some, but far from all, of the developing or industrializing nations, in particular such thriving Southeast Asian economies as Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and South Korea. After the devastation of World War II, a substantial rebuilding boom, combined with lavish flows of aid from the U.S., generated rapid growth in Western Europe and Japan. American multinational corporations invested heavily in the rest of the world. Perhaps the most important of all, energy was plentiful and cheap.

Poor nations need aid from the rich nations in the form of capital and of technological and organizational expertise. They also need easy access to the markets of the industrialized nations for their manufactures and raw materials. However, the political capacity of rich nations to respond to these needs depends greatly on their own success in coping with inflation and unemployment. In democratic communities, it is exceedingly difficult to generate public support for assistance to foreign countries when average wage earners are themselves under serious financial pressure. It is no. easier politically to permit cheap foreign merchandise and materials to freely enter American and European markets when they are viewed as the cause of unemployment among domestic workers.

36.       Japan carried out industrialization before World War II.

a. True                      b. False                         c. No information

37.       After World War II, the US invested a lot in many countries.

a. True                      b. False                         c. No information

38.       Vietnam got a lot of investment from the US from 945 to 97.

a. True                      b. False                         c. No information

39.       Joining the markets of the industrialized nations is the need of many poor countries.

a. True                      b. False                         c. No information

40.       In many democratic communities, average wage earners are never under serious financial, pressure.

a. True                      b. False                         c. No information

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.

Vietnam's economy expanded this year (007) at the fastest pace since 996, led by manufacturing and services, after the country (4) _____ the World Trade Organization.

Gross domestic product (GDP) increased 8.5 percent. Foreign direct (4) ____ jumped to more than $0 billion this year, from $ billion in 006. The government is quite (4) _____ to its economic reforms. Industry and construction account (44) _____ almost 4 percent of Vietnam's GDP. Manufacturing grew .8 percent, construction increased  percent, and the hotel and restaurant (45) _____ expanded .7 percent, according to today's release.

Going forward, Vietnam has a lot of (46) _____ for tourism, which expects Vietnam's economy to expand 8.5 percent in 008. Vietnam's January (47) _____ to the World Trade Organization released it (48) _____, U.S. quotas on textile exports and detailed market access to be given to overseas companies, helping economic (49) _____. The government is targeting economic expansion of about 9 percent next year. Vietnam is an economy with much development potential and (50) _____ attractive destination for international investors.

41.       a. struggled                   b. organized        c. held                          d. joined

42.       a. invest               b. investable        c. investment       d. investor

43.       a. committed       b. excited            c. called               d. encouraged

44.       a. over                           b. for                              c. at                      d. in

45.       a. role                            b. region              c. sector              d. section

46.       a. potential                    b. private             c. stagnancy        d. exports

47.       a. walk                           b. path                           c. way                            d. accession

48.       a. in                      b. at                      c. for                              d. from

49.       a. grow                          b. growth             c. grew                          d. grown

50.       a. a                                b. an                     c. the                             d. Ø