22.
(A) Whether a franchise is profitable or not depends largely on the nature of the business.
(B) Research has shown that customers tend to choose a brand they recognize over one they don’t.
(C) A franchise comes with a built-in business formula including products, services, and even employee uniforms.
(D) A franchise is a license issued by a large, usually well-known, company to an individual or a small business owner.
(E) The most famous example was Isaac Singer, who created franchises to distribute his sewing machines to larger areas.

18. (A) whether (B) whereas (C) as long as (D) insomuch as

19. (A) from (B) out of (C) by (D) near

20. (A) penalized (B) posterized (C) atomized (D) epitomized

21.(A) Whether a franchise is profitable or not depends largely on the nature of the business. (B) Research has shown that customers tend to choose a brand they recognize over one they don’t. (C) A franchise comes with a built-in business formula including products, services, and even employee uniforms. (D) A franchise is a license issued by a large, usually well-known, company to an individual or a small business owner. (E) The most famous example was Isaac Singer, who created franchises to distribute his sewing machines to larger areas.

23.(A) Whether a franchise is profitable or not depends largely on the nature of the business. (B) Research has shown that customers tend to choose a brand they recognize over one they don’t. (C) A franchise comes with a built-in business formula including products, services, and even employee uniforms. (D) A franchise is a license issued by a large, usually well-known, company to an individual or a small business owner. (E) The most famous example was Isaac Singer, who created franchises to distribute his sewing machines to larger areas.

24.(A) Whether a franchise is profitable or not depends largely on the nature of the business. (B) Research has shown that customers tend to choose a brand they recognize over one they don’t. (C) A franchise comes with a built-in business formula including products, services, and even employee uniforms. (D) A franchise is a license issued by a large, usually well-known, company to an individual or a small business owner. (E) The most famous example was Isaac Singer, who created franchises to distribute his sewing machines to larger areas.

25.(A) Whether a franchise is profitable or not depends largely on the nature of the business. (B) Research has shown that customers tend to choose a brand they recognize over one they don’t. (C) A franchise comes with a built-in business formula including products, services, and even employee uniforms. (D) A franchise is a license issued by a large, usually well-known, company to an individual or a small business owner. (E) The most famous example was Isaac Singer, who created franchises to distribute his sewing machines to larger areas.

26.What is this article mainly about? (A) Why people are moving away from their own countries. (B) Why there are civil wars and violence in the Middle East. (C) Why many schools have become shelters for displaced families. (D) Why many children in the Middle East are not attending school.

27.Why is “Iraq” mentioned in the second paragraph? (A) To convince people that temporary housing can be easily found. (B) To prove that classrooms there are big enough to host many families. (C) To give an example of why schools are not usable for children’s learning. (D) To show how structural damages of school can affect the quality of education.

28.What does the phrase “in the balance” in the last paragraph most likely mean? (A) Being well taken care of. (B) In an uncertain situation. (C) Under control by the authority. (D) Moving in the wrong direction.