A: May I go to the basketball game tonight?
  B: No, you may not. __1__ , you haven't done your homework, and you haven't
  cleaned up your room.
  A: __2__ , I finished my composition for my English class, made my bed, and put my clothes in the closest.
  1.
  A)For a start
  B) By the way
  C) Above all
  D) Not at all
  2.
  A) On top of that
  B) At the latest
  C) On the other hand
  D) As a matter of fact

  Education matters to people. It is more than just a public __1__ and provides the
  very __2__ for a happy life and a civilized society. Not only does education bring
  personal __3__ , but in a rapidly expanding global economy the value of education
  and skills cannot be __4__ the future of the country depends on our knowledge and
  skills and our constant drive to push the limits __5__ knowledge further.
  
  1.
   A) clerk
   B) service
   C) fortune
   D) nation
  2.
   A) rubbish
   B) flight
   C) basis
   D) invention
  3.
   A) success
   B) end
   C) fact
   D) goal
  4.
   A) educated
   B) insisted
   C) examined
   D) refused
  5.
   A) about
   B) of
   C) on
   D) against

  Parents have a vital role in educating their children, not __1__ by what they say,
  but by what they are. What is most important in shaping a child's __2__ : words or
  example? A small boy who follows his father's lead to the point of mimicking smoking with
  a twig is following his dad's __3__ Good words help, but actions speak much more
  expressively. How do children think? Some __4__ believe that a child's pattern of
  thinking is mostly set by the age of 3. Their little minds come equipped with the basic
  powers to recognize and learn, but are otherwise __5__ and ready to be filled with
  knowledge, both good and bad.
  
  1.
   A) just
   B) over and over
   C) like
   D) i.e.
  2.
   A) height
   B) health
   C) mmd
   D) fat
  3.
   A) action
   B) word
   C) statement
   D) trouble
  4.
   A) vessels
   B) researchers
   C) statements
   D) nutritionists
  5.
   A) less
   B) proud
   C) right
   D) empty