Unit 7 - ECONOMIC REFORMS -Test 3

Unit 7_ECONOMIC REFORMS
TEST 3
Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.
1. a. develop b. overall c. commitment
d. investment
2. a. adopt b. export c. guidelined.
money
3. a. administrative b. intervention c. productivity d.
opportunity
4. a. ethnic b. enjoy c. legal
d. measure
5. a. economy b. experience c. relationship d.
renovation
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. There was a shortage _______ food and safe water after the
flood.
a. on b. with c. for
d. of
7. The new measures are aimed _____ increasing the productivity of
crops.
a. at b. over c. upon
d. beyond
8. The _______ challenge of economic, reform was to solve the
problems of motivating workers and farmers to produce a larger
surplus.
a. initial b. initiate c. initiative
d. initiation
9. Since 990, India has had high growth rates, and has emerged as
one of the wealthiest _______ in the developing world.

a. economics b. economies c. economists d.
economically
10. Those specialists are trying to find ways of making more
_______ use of agricultural land.
a. produce b. production c. productive d.
productivity
11. Industry in the area consisted mostly of food-processing plants
and factories _______ consumer goods.
a. renovating b. initiating c. developing d.
producing
12. The government gave top _______ to reforming the legal
system.
a. priority b. primary c. preference d.
major
13. A _______ is money that is paid by a government or other
authority in order to help an industry or business, or to pay for a
public service.
a. capital b. subsidy c. investment
d. salary
14. They still remain the need for an integrated system of subsidies
which will _______ farmers to look after their upland environment
and producing food.
a. enable b. adopt c. consume
d. expand
15. Development plans were to focus equally on agriculture and
industry and investment was to favor projects that developed both
__ of the economy.
a. parties b. parts c. sections
d. sectors
16. Despite the plan's emphasis on agricultural _______, the

industrial sector received a larger share of state investment.
a. shortage b. commitment c. development d.
achievement
17. Vietnam's economy, which continues to expand at _______
annual rate in excess of 7 percent, is one of the fastest growing in
_______ world.
a. an / the b. Ø / a c. a / Ø
d. the / a
18. Economic policy encouraged _______ developing of the family
economy.
a. a b. an c. the
d. Ø
19. _______ the increase in their salaries, many French employees
spend Saturday at work.
a. Despite b. Even if c. Even though d. In spite
20. _____ he is the boss, he does not find solutions to problems
very easily.
a. Although b. In spite of c. Notwithstanding
d. Despite
21. Even if _______, they had to continue practicing.
a. the players' soreness b. the players were
sore
c. the fact that the players were sore d. it was the players'
soreness
22. Gannon was a high-performing midfield linkman in spite
_______.
a. of he was at his age b. he was at his old age
c. of his age d. his age
23. Many Americans eat more food than they need, _______ they
are harming their bodies and minds by making unhealthful food

choices.
a. but b. although c. though d. in
spite of
24. I have not finished that report yet despite _______.
a. of working overtime last night b. to work overtime last night
c. working overtime last night d. I worked overtime last
night
25. Although sales fell sharply last month , we are on target for the
year.
a. Even though felling sharply in sales last month
b. In spite of there was a sharp fall in sales last month
c. Despite the sharp fall in sales last month
d. Even if falling sharply in sales last month.
26. Though he was appointed to a higher promotion _______.
a. and he decided to quit his job. b. but he still decided to quit
his job
c. but he decided to quit his job d. he decided to quit his job
27. Despite the increase in their salaries , 60 per cent of Japanese
workers still spend Saturday at work.
a. In spite of their salaries are increased
b. Although they has got the increase in their salaries
c. As their salaries have been increased
d. Even though their increasing salary
28. _______, he still went on working.
a. Tired as he was b. Tired although he was
c. Even if his tiredness d. Despite he was tired
29. _______ what I said last night, I still love you.
a. In spite b. Despite c. Even though d.
Even if
30. I didn't get the job _______.

a. even as my qualifications b. in spite of I had some
qualifications
c. without my qualifications d. despite my qualifications
Choose the best sentence that can be made from the words
given.
31. Vietnam / an average growth in GDP / 7.% per year / 000 to
004.
a. Vietnam had an average growth in GDP of 7.% per year
from 000 to 004.
b. Vietnam, it had an average growth in GDP of 7.%per year from
000 to 004.
c. Vietnam, the country had an average growth in GDPof7.%per
year from 000to 004.
d. .Although Vietnam had an average growth in GDP of7.%per
year from 000 to 004
32. The GDP growth / 8.4% / 005 / the second largest growth in
Asia, after only China.
a. The GDP growth was 8.4% in 005, the second largest
growth .in Asia, after only China.
b. The GDP growth was 8.4% in 005, that is the second largest
growth in Asia, after only China.
c. Because the GDP growth was 8.4% in 005, the second largest
growth in Asia, after only China.
d. The GDP growth, which was 8.4% in 005, the second largest
growth in Asia, after only China.
33. November 7, 006 / Vietnam became WTO's 50th member /
after several years of preparation and negotiation.
a. On November 7, 006, when Vietnam became WTO's 50th
member for after several years of preparation and negotiation.
b. It was on November 7, 006, Vietnam became WTO's 50th

member since after several years of preparation and negotiation.
c. On November 7, 006, Vietnam became WTO's 50th member,
after several years of preparation and negotiation.
d. When November 7, 006, Vietnam became WTO's 50th member
after several years of preparation and negotiation.
34. Government figures / GDP growth / 8.7% / 006.
a. Government figures of GDP growth up to 8.7% in 006.
b. Government figt'res of GDP growth raised 8.7% in 006.
c. Government figures in GDP growth had 8.7% in 006.
d. Government figures of GDP growth was 8.7% in 006.
35. Vietnam's Minister of Planning and Investment / the
government / target / a GDP growth of around 8.5% / 007.
a. To Vietnam's Minister of Planning and Investment states that
the government targets a GDP growth of around 8.5% in 007.
b. As Vietnam's Minister of Planning and Investment, the'
government targets a GDP growth of around 8.5% during 007. .
c. Vietnam's Minister of Planning and Investment said that the
government, targets a GDP growth of around 8.5% in 007.
d. According to Vietnam's Minister of Planning and
Investment, the government targets a GDP growth of around
8.5% in 007.
Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.
In 986 Vietnam launched a political and economic innovation
campaign (Doi Moi) that introduced reforms intended to facilitate the
transition from a centralized economy to a "socialist-oriented market
economy." Doi Moi combined government planning with free-market
incentives. The program abolished agricultural collectives, removed
price controls on agricultural goods, and enabled farmers to sell their
goods in the marketplace. It encouraged the establishment of private
businesses and foreign investment, including foreign-owned

enterprises.
By the late 990s, .the success of the business and agricultural
reforms ushered in under Doi Moi was evident. More than 0,000
private businesses had been created, and the economy was growing
at an annual rate of more than 7 percent. From the early 990s to 005,
poverty declined from about 50 percent to 9 percent of the
population. However, progress varied geographically, with most
prosperity concentrated in urban areas, particularly in and around Ho
Chi Minh City. In general, rural areas also made progress, as rural
housel olds living in poverty declined from 66 percent of the total in
99 to 6 percent in 00. By contrast, concentrations of poverty
remained in certain rural areas, particularly the northwest, north-
central coast, and central highlands.
Government control of the economy and a nonconvertible
currency have protected Vietnam from what could have been a more
severe impact resulting from the East Asian financial crisis in 997.
36. The Vietnamese Doi Moi campaign _______.
a. has not interfered with politics b. has focused on centralized
economy.
c. is not in favour of socialism d. came into being in 986
37. From the content of the text, the readers can learn that
_______.
a. Vietnam used to have agricultural collectives
b. there used to be many foreign-owned enterprises before 986 in
Vietnam
c. before 986, the Vietnamese government did not control prices
on agricultural goods
d. The Vietnamese Doi Moi campaign has not allowed foreign-
owned enterprises
38. Which rate has decreased?

a. Poverty b. Population c. Economy
d. Business
39. The development in Vietnam _______.
a. has been equal in every part of the country
b. has focused only on agriculture
c. is more prosperous in big cities than that in the
countryside
d. is more prosperous in the countryside than that in big cities
40. According to the last paragraph, _______.
a. the Vietnamese government did nothing to overcome the East
Asian financial crisis in 997.
b. The Vietnamese economy was not affected b~ the East
Asian financial crisis in 997.
c. the Vietnamese government found it difficult to control the
financial crisis.
d. the Vietnamese government could not protect the economy
from the East Asian financial crisis in 997.
Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.
Economic issues have occupied people's minds throughout the
ages. Aristotle and Plato in ancient Greece wrote about problems of
wealth, property, and (4) _____ Both of them were against
commerce, feeling that to live by trade was undesirable. The Romans
borrowed their economic ideas from the Greeks and showed the
same contempt for trade.
During the Middle Ages, the economic ideas of the Roman (4)
_____ commerce as inferior to agriculture. The development of
modern nations during (4) _____ 6th century made many people to
pay (44) _____ to the problem of increasing the wealth and (45)
_____ of individuals. The economic policy of the leaders of that time
was to (46) _____ national self-sufficiency. Gold and silver were

regarded as an index of national power. Several powerful countries,
such as England and Spain, were trying to expand their colonies and
to (47) _____ the gold and silver mines from there. Many countries
were always ready to plunge into a new war for gold and silver mines.
It was necessary for a nation to keep wages low and the population
large and growing. A large, ill-paid population (48) _____ more goods
to sell at low prices to foreigners. It also followed that the earlier that
children began to work, the better it was for their country's prosperity.
One writer had a plan for children of the poor: "(49) _____ the
children are four years old, they should be sent to the workhouse,
taught to read two hours a day, and kept fully employed the rest of
the time in any of the manufactures of the house which best suits
their age, (50) _____ and capacity.
41. a. medicine b. philosophy c. education
d. trade
42. a. regarded b. chose c. selected
d. wondered
43.a. a b. an c. the
d. Ø
44. a. attention b. interest c. showing
d. expression
45. a. power b. powerful c. powerfully
d. powered
46. a. rise b. encourage c. recover
d. pull
47. a. research b. create c. invent
d. exploit
48. a. invest b. restructured c. inflated d.
produced
49. a. While b. When c. Although

d. Since
50. a. standard b. property c. health
d. wealth