Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

Ca Tru was also called “Hat A Dao” or “Hat Noi”. Originally, attractive young female singers entertained men in a relaxed environment, sometimes serving drinks and snacks. Men might have visited a “Hat A Dao” inn with friends to celebrate a successful business deal or the birth of a son.

Ca Tru flourished in the 15th century in northern Vietnam when it was popular with the royal palace and a favourite hobby of aristocrats and scholars. Later, it was performed in communal houses, inns, and private homes, and gained its high popularity. These performances were mostly for men. When men entered a Ca Tru inn, they purchased bamboo tally cards. In Chinese Vietnamese, “tru” means “cards”, and “ca” means “song” in Vietnamese, so the name Ca Tru means tally card songs. The tallies were given to the singers in appreciation for the performance. After the performance each singer received payment in proportion to the number of cards recieved.

Ca Tru requires at least three performers. The singer is always a woman and plays the “phach”, an instrument made of wood and bamboo that is beaten with two wooden sticks. A musician accompanies the singer on the “dan day”, a long-necked lute with three silk strings and 10 frets. There is also a drummer or “trong chau”. The drummer shows his approval of the singer or the songs depending on how he hits the drum. If he likes a song, he might hit the side of the drum twice. The “dan day” player must follow the rythm of the “phach”. His instrument, the “dan day”, is also used in Ca Tru and is now made almost exclusively for sale of tourists.

 1.Ca Tru was first performed ____________.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

My husband and I both go out to work so we share the ___________.

The song was specially ___________ for the wedding.

Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

Wangari Maathai was the first African woman ro recieve the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004. She was also the first female scholar from East and Central Africa to take a doctorate (in biology), and the first female professor ever in her home country of Kenya. Maathai played an active part in the (17) __________ for democracy in Kenya.

As a young girl in Kenya, she was surrounded by a rich, beautiful forest. As she saw the forest being cut down, she understood how the lack of forests (18) __________ farming and life more difficult for her community. People fought over water and over food. She decided to plant nine seedings and as the trees grew, she had her plans to plant trees for (19) __________.

In 1977 she started a movement aimed at opposing the deforestation that was threatening the means of subsistence of the agricultural population. The campaign encouraged women to plant trees in their local environments and to think ecologically. The so-called Green Belt Movement spread to other African countries, and (20) __________ to the planting of over thirty million trees.

Maathai’s Green Belt Movement for African women was not limited in its visions to work (21) __________ sustainable development, she saw tree-planting in a broader perspective which included democracy, women’s rights, and international solidarity, as in the words of the Nobel Committee, “She thinks globally and acts locally.”

The laptop ___________by Ann now.

It is convenient for you to read__________ when you travel.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.

I really wanted to take part in this contest, ___________ my parents allowed me to.