21. A. Ancient B. Historic C. Historical D. Old
22. A. salt B. salted C. salting D. salty
23. A. arrested B. caught C. got D. seized
24. A. as B. by C. for D. through
25. A. besides B. beyond C. except D. over
26. A. bearing B. developing C. growing D. training
27. A. fasten B. fix C. preserve D. tie
28. A. little B. many C. much D. more
29. A. however B. whatever C. whenever D. wherever
30. A. duty B. function C. responsibility D. role
Ⅲ. Reading Comprehension
Part A.
Directions: There are three reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. You should decide on the best choice.
Passage One
(1) Poultry farmers need to adopt strict hygiene standards to curb Asia\'s deadly bird flu virus, a top Vietnamese official said on the eve of an international conference Wednesday on fighting the disease.
(2) A dozen Vietnamese have died of bird flu since Dec. 30, raising concerns that the disease could be re-emerging after an outbreak last year spread to 10 Asian countries, forcing the slaughter of more than 100 million birds.
(3) “It\'s difficult to change their habit but we need to educate them," Bui Quang Anh, head of the Department for Animal Health, said Tuesday. "Once they understand and follow all the instructions, we can prevent the virus from spreading.”
(4) Big commercial farms learned from the first outbreak and applied preventive measures, such as strict hygiene standards and regular disinfection, Anh said. The most recent outbreak was only reported in small farms, which failed to apply preventive measures, he said.
(5) New regulations should include separating ducks from chickens, requiring ducks to be raised in cages and improving hygiene measures, Anh said. Ducks should not roam freely in rice fields as they do now in the southern Mekong Delta, he added.
