I look through the job advertisements 5 _______ the newspapers every day and I also ask all the people I know to tell me if they hear of any vacancies 6 _______ they work.. 2.Where do ma
Trang 1PART 5 – TỔNG HỢP PASSAGES & GAPS FILL CHO CÁC GRADE (2012)
1)Malaysia is one of the countries of the Association ot South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) It
is divided into two regions, known as West Malaysia and East Malaysia The capital of Malaysia
is Kuala Lumpur The population in 2001 was over 22 million Islam is the country’s official religion In addition there are other religions such as Buddhism and Hinduism The national language is Bahasa Malaysia English, Chinese, and Tamil are also widely spoken Bahasa Malaysia is the primary language of instruction in all secondary schools, although some students may continue learning in Chinese or Tamil
1 How many regions is Malaysia divided into?
2 What is the capital of Malaysia?
3 In which year did Malaysia have a population of over 22 million?
4 Is Bahasa Malaysia the national language of Malaysia?
2 Do you ever wish you were more optimistic, some one who always (1) _ to be successful? Having some one around who always (2) _ the worst isn’t really a lot of (3) _ we all know someone who sees a single cloud on a sunny day and says,b “It looks (4) _ rain.” But if you catch yourself thinking such things, it’s important to do something (5) _ it You can change your view of life, (6) _ to psychologists, it only takes a little effort, and you’ll find life more rewarding as a (7) _ Optimism, they say, is partly about self-respect and confidence, but it’s also a more positive way of looking at life and all it has to (8) _ Optimists are more (9) _ to start new projects and generally more prepared
to take risks
Upbringing is obviously very important in forming your (10) _ to the world Some people are brought up to (11) _ too much on others and grow up forever blaming other people when anything (12) _ wrong Most optimists, on the (13) _ hand, have been brought up not to (14) _ failure as the end of the world-they just (15) _ with their lives
3 Fill in each blank with one suitable word to complete this passage :
Travelling to all corners of the world is (1) _ easier and easier We live (2) _ a global village, but how well do we know and understand each other ? Here is (3) _ simple test Imagine you have arranged a meeting at 4 p.m What time should you expect your foreign
Trang 2business colleagues to arrive? If they are German, they ‘ll be exactly (4) _ time If they are American, they ‘ll probably be 15 minutes early If they are Bristish, they be 15 minutes (5) _, and you should allow up to an hour for the Indians Therefore, these are some small advice in (6) _ not to behave badly abroad In France you shouldn’t sit down in a cafard until you are shaken hands with everyone you know In Afghanistan, you‘d better spend at last 5 minutes (7) _ hello In Pakistan you mustn’t wink It is offensive In the Middle East you must never use the left hand for greeting, eating, drinking or smoking Also, you should care not to admire (8) _ in your host’s home They will feel that they have to give it to you.In Russia you must your hosts drink for drink or they will think you are unfriendly In Thailand you should clasp your hands (9) _ and lower your head and your eyes when you greet someone In America you should eat your hamburger with both hands and as quickly as (10) _ You shouldn’t try to have a conversation until it is eaten
4 Read the text and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space.
The problem of homelessness is an international one In the capital cities of the world, the (1) _ of people begging on the streets is becoming increasingly (2) _ But all over the world, homeless people are taking the future into their own (3) _ By selling “street papers” they no longer need to beg for a (4) _
The concept of the street paper is (5) _ It is sold by homeless and ex-homeless people who buy it at a (6) _ price of 30 p and sell it to the public for 70 p, keeping 40 p for themselves If they have no money, then they can get the first ten copies on (7) _ and pay for them later Every paper seller receives training and is given a special (8) _ badge The paper itself (9) _ articles of general and social interest, film and book (10) _, cartoons and the (11) _ celebrity interview Advertising and sales (12) _ most of the income, and all profits go (13) _ into helping homeless people
The Big Issue is the street paper of the British homeless It was set up in 1991 and (14) _
then it has helped hundreds of people to get (15) _ the streets and back into society
5 Fill in each blank with one suitable word to complete this passage
Trang 3In these days of high unemployment, it is often difficult (1) young people to find a job If they are lucky (2) to be asked to go for an interview, they may find (3) there are at least 20 other applicants for the (4) If a company is thinking of offering (5) a job, they will ask you for at least one reference from either your previous employer (6) someone who knows you well (7) taking
up your job, you may have to sign a contract You will probably have to do some training, (8) help you to do the job more successfully Once you have decided that this is your chosen career, you will then have to work (9) to try and get promotion, which usually brings more responsibility and more money! If you are unlucky, you may be made redundant, and not be able to find (10) job It is also a good idea to pay some money into a pension scheme, which will help you to look after yourself and your family when you are retired Finally, good luck!
6 Do you want to take part in the battle to save the world’s wildlife? Animal Watch is the book which will (1) you in the fight for survival that (2) many of our endangered animals and show how they struggle on the (3) of extinction
As you enjoy the book’s 250 pages and over 150 colour photographs, you will have the (4) of knowing that part of your purchase money is being used to (5) animals (6) from the comfort of your armchair, you will be able to observe the world’s animals close-up and explore their habitats You will also discover the terrible results of human (7) for land, flesh and skins
Animal Watch is packed with fascinating facts Did you know that polar bears cover their black noses (8) their (9) so they can hunt their prey in the snow without being seen, for example? Or that (10) each orang-utan which is captured, one has to die? This superb (11) has so (12) Britain’s leading wildlife charity that it has been chosen as Book of the Year, a (13) awarded to books which are considered to have made a major contribution to wildlife conservation You will find Animal Watch at a special low ( 14) price at all good bookshops, but hurry while (15) last
Trang 47 Maybe you recycle cans, glass, and paper Do you know that nature recycles, too ? One of the things nature (1) _ is water Water goes from oceans, lakes, and rivers into the air Water falls from the air as (2) _ or snow Rain and snow eventually find their way back to the oceans Nature’s recycling program for water is (3) _ the water cycle
The water cycle has four stages: storage, evaporation, precipitation, and runoff Water on Earth gets stored (4) _ oceans, lakes, rivers, ice, and even underground Water goes from storage into the atmosphere by a process called evaporation When water evaporates, it changes from a liquid (5) _ a gas, called water vapor Water vapor goes up into (6) _ atmosphere Water returns to the Earth as precipitation in rain or snow by changing into drops of water (7) _ the air gets cold enough Clouds are collections (8) _ water droplets Most precipitation falls into the oceans and goes right back into storage
Water that falls on land always flows from (9) _ places to lower ones This flow is called runoff Water from land flows into streams Streams join together to make (10) _ and eventually the water flows into storage in the oceans Then the water cycle starts all over again
8 Fill in each blank with one suitable word to complete this passage.
I finished university six month (1) _, I’ve got a degree in business administration I enjoyed the course very much (2) _ I realize I should have studied a lot harder! A few of
my friends have (3) _ got full-time jobs but most, me, are still waiting (4) _ something suitable to turn up Meanwhile, I make sure that I keep myself busy I look through the job advertisements (5) _ the newspapers every day and I also ask all the people I know to tell me if they hear of any vacancies (6) _ they work What I am looking for is something challenging and I would certainly be happy to move to another city or even work abroad for a while The (7) _ is not so important at this stage , provided I earn enough to live on , because I don’t want to continue (8) _ to depend on my parents , although they are (9) _ generous to me
At the moment, I’m working in a nearby restaurant two evenings (10) _ week, washing
up and generally helping out, which brings a little money The other people working there are very friendly, and many of them are in the same (11) _ as me, so we have lots of to talk (12) _
9 Passover is in late March or early April This festival is celebrated in Israel and by all Jewish
people On this festival, people celebrate freedom from slavery Passover is also an ancient spring festival On the first and second nights of Passover, Jewish families eat special meal called the Seder Easter is a joyful festival which is celebrated in many countries It happens at around the same time as Passover On Easter day (Easter Sunday), young children receive chocolate or sugar eggs as long as they are good In many countries, people crowd the streets to watch colorful parades
Questions:
1.Where is Passover celebrated?
2.Who is it celebrated by?
3.When does Easter happen ?
4.What do children get on Easter Sunday?
10 England is not a large country No town in England is very far from the sea, and many
English families spend their summer holidays at the seaside There are no high mountains in England, no very long rivers, and no very large forests The English countryside between the
Trang 5towns is like a carpet of many colours In spring summer, the fields, meadows and forests are light green and dark green, red blue, yellow and white with flowers
1.Is England a large country?
2.Where do many English people spend their summer holidays?
3.What does the English countryside look like ?
4.How are the garden in spring?
11 Hanoi is a really interesting city There are many things that a tourist can do there There are
several museums which tourists can visit The History museum is on Pham Ngu Lao street and the War museum is on Dien Bien Phu street Tourists can see stories about Vietnam's past in both museums The War museum is full of old weapons and tourists can take photos of them It's also possible to organize a tour and tourists can hire a small bus or a taxi and go to several villages nearby There is a village where you can see people making noodles and another where they make silk Lastly there is Snake village, where tourists can see live snakes
1.Are there many museums in Ha Noi ?
2.Where can tourists see stories about Vietnam's past ?
3.What can they see in the War museum ?
4.Is there anything special in Snake village ? If yes, What is it ?
12 Christel Thames is an English woman She was born in England in 1971 She studied foreign
language at Oxford University In 1977 she came to Vietnam to teach English She likes
travelling, swimming and she is also interested in learning Vietnamese So now she can speak German and Vietnamese At the moment, she is working for an English Centre in Hanoi She works very hard she likes her job very much
1.When was Christel Thames born ?
2.What did she do at Oxford University ?
3.What's her job in Vietnam ?
4.What does she like ?
5 Where is she working now ?
13 One of the reasons why so many children start smoking is that they see the adults smoking
They think that it is a "grown-up" thing to do They smoke in order to impress their friends and also because they don't really believe that cigarettes will do them any harm Quite reasonably, they are not impressed when adults warn them about the danger of smoking If smoking is so dangerous why do so many adults do it ?
1.What do so many children see ?
2.Why do children smoke ?
3.Do you think smoking is useful for your health ?
4.Smoking causes lung and throat cancer, doesn't it ?
14 I was (1) ………… up by my uncle and aunt and grew up on a small farm in the west of
England I think it was better (2) …… living in a city, because every day I ran about in the (3)
……… air (4) ………… I went to school, all I did was play on the farm all day Both my aunt and uncle worked with the animals, and although they worked very hard, they always (5)
………… interesting things to me They didn’t have much money, but they got along (6)
………… with everyone, and we didn’t have any of the (7) ………… of living in the city I always felt happy on the farm There was no noise (8) ……… pollution, and (9)…………was really peaceful That’s probably (10) ………… I became a farmer when I was older
Trang 615 A nurse who saved a man from a burning house while on her (1) …………to work has been awarded a medal for bravery Sheila McDonald (2) ………… clouds of black smoke (3)
………… from a roof of a house in Manchester She went to investigate and quickly (4)
………… that the house was (5) ………… fire
She knocked on the front door but there was no reply Then she walked around the house looking
in all of the windows (6) ………… she peered into the living- room window, she saw disabled pensioner Graham Summers asleep in an armchair She tapped on the window but couldn’t (7)
………… him up So she smashed her way (8) ………… the window, lifted Mr Summers into his wheelchair and pushed him to safety through the (9) ………… black smoke
At the award ceremony Mr Summers was full of praise for Ms McDonald, but she said, ‘I don’t really (10) ………… it an act of bravery – I just did what anyone would have done.’
16.Avonton is a small town It lies between two rivers, the River Avon and the River Lee There are two factories in Avonton The jeans factory is near the railway station The shoe factory is opposite the cinema The main shopping street is called Market Street There are a lot of shops on this street and a big shopping centre on one side Opposite the shopping centre is a pub On the corner there is a café called
The Half Moon A lot of young people go to The Half Moon after school Most of the teenagers in
Avonton go to the secondary school The school is at the end of Northway Avenue There’s a park near the school with a football pitch in the middle The leisure centre is next to the park and opposite the school Behind the leisure centre there is a tennis court
A lot of people work in Avonton, but some people travel 100 kilometers every day to work in shops and offices in Birmingham
1 Which two products do they make in Avonton?
2 What is a popular place for young people to go in town?
3 What sports can people do outside in Avonton?
4 Why do some people go to Birmingham every day?
17 Tropical rain forests are found in Amazon region of south America, central America, Africa,
and South and Southeast Asia Rain forests are very important to the world’s climate The Amazon rain forest alone receives about 30 to 40 % of the total rainfall on the earth and products about the same percentage of the world’s oxygen Some scientists believe that the decreasing size of rain forests will affect the climate on the earth, making it uncomfortable or even dangerous for life Saving our rain forests is an international problem One country, or even a few countries can not solve the problem alone The nations of the world must work together to find a solution before it is too late
1.Where are tropical rain forests found ?
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3.How much percent of the world’s oxygen does Amazon rain forests product ?
4 What does scientists think about the decreasing size of rain foreset ?
5 Is saving our rain forests only a national problem ?
18 Read the following paragraph, then answer the questions below:
One of the strongest earthquakes in the 20th century happened in Anchorage, Alaska, on March
24th 1964, at about 6 o’clock in the evening When the earthquake struck that evening, many families were sitting down to eat dinner People in the city suddenly found themselves in the dark because most of the lights in the city went out when the earthquake occurred Many people
died instantly when high buildings collapsed and sent tons of brick and concrete crashing into
the streets
When will the next earthquake occur ? No one really knows for sure The animals have often
helped people to predict earthquakes shortly before they happen Some animals, such as catfish, snakes, monkeys and rodents, seem to know a great deal more than humans when an earthquake will occur In recent years, scientists have developed many extremely sensitive instruments Perhaps someday the instruments will give us a sufficiently early warning so that we can be
waiting calmly in a safe place when the next earthquake strikes
( Notes: instantly (adv): ngay lập tức, concrete (n): bê tông, rodent (n): loài gặm nhấm catfish (n): cá trê, sensitive (a): tinh nhạy, sufficiently (adv): đủ )
1 When did the strongest earthquakes happen in Anchorage ?
2 What were people doing when the earthquake struck ?
3 The animals used to help us to predict earthquakes shortly, didn’t they ?
4 Name some animals which have us to predict earthquakes
5 Who have developed the extremely sensitive instruments to warn earthquakes ?
19 Getting friends and family to pose for photos is hard enough, but how would you cope with
a rabbit, an owl or a butterfly that simply (1) to keep still? Simon King, wildlife film-maker and photographer, says you don't need any formal (2) to get started "The whole idea is that photographing wildlife should be fun" Simon offers the following (3)
Specialise from the start You're more likely to get good result sooner if you (4) on one type of wildlife - insects for instance - (5) than just going off to the woods or park with your camera and snapping whatever you see Pick something that isn't hard to photograph Choosing an animal that's hard to (6) ., or will run away if it sees you (7) unnecessary problems How about flowers, or a group of birds?
Search second-hand camera shops and local papers for quality (8) You don't need to (9) a fortune - Simon started with just a second-hand camera that cost around $30 But you will need a single lens reflex camera Remember it’s the whole photograph that counts, not just the subject (10) you’re composing a picture and try to be as artistic as possible
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8 A instruments B equipment C material D tools
20 As a young girl, Oseola McCarty dreamed of becoming a nurse However, her family duty
stood as a(n) (1) to educational goals McCarty left school after completing the sixth Since her family was one of washerwomen, McCarty followed (2) their footsteps She (3) other people's clothes for over seventy years
Due to good work and saving habits, McCarty, a washerwoman, (4) a great deal of money She made a (5) of $150,000 - a large portion of her life savings - to the University of Southern Mississippi to help needy students She was 88 years old and had never married She did not have any children She did not own a car From this simple and (6) life, she was able to impress the world with a significant (7) act
Though she was unable to complete her own education, it was her (8) that her gift would make (9) possible for many others in (10) need to do so Now, with McCarty's support, specifically African American students have an opportunity to fulfill their dreams of a college education
7 A helpful B charitable C useful D remarkable
8 A generosity B experience C responsibility D intention
10 A economical B financial C healthy D fashionable
21 CONCORDE, the world’s fastest and most graceful (1) plane, will soon be 25 years
old It first flew on 2 March 1969, from Toulouse in France
Concorde was developed by both France and Britain From 1956 these two countries had a (2) of a supersonic passenger plane In 1962 they started to work together on the (3) The plane cost over £1.5 billion to develop It is the most (4) plane in the history of (5) It was given over 5,000 hours of testing
Concorde flies at twice the speed of sound This means that it takes only 3 hours 25 minutes to fly between London and New York, compared with 7 – 8 hours in other passenger jets Because
of the five-hour time (6) between the USA and Britain, it is possible to travel west on Concorde and arrive in New York before you leave London! You can (7) the 10.30 am flight from London, Heathrow and start work in New York an hour earlier!
Trang 9Concorde is much used by business people and film stars But its oldest passenger was Mrs Ethel Lee from Leicestershire in England She was 99 years old when she (8) from Heathrow on 24 February 1985
Each Concorde is built at a (9) of £55 million Twenty have been built so far Air France and British Airways (10) the most They each have seven planes
1 A transportation B carriage C conveyance D passenger
4 A tested B tried C investigated D
experimented
6 A separation B division C expansion D difference
10 A own B mortgage C hire D master
22 I went to Australia on a student program last year and I like to (1) _you about it I was
very (2) _when I knew I was going to Australia because I had never been there before I didn’t think about the problems of speaking English (3) _I met my host family At first I couldn’t communicate with them because my English was so bad All the five years I had been learning English wasn’t much used at all (4) _we didn’t have real practice at school Even though my grammar was good, my pronunciation wasn’t My problem is (5) _ ‘l’ and ‘r’ For example, Australian people often asked “What do you eat in Vietnam?” I wanted to tell them that we eat rice, but they didn’t understand when I said “We eat lice”…
23 Today, supermarkets are found in almost every large city in the world But the first
supermarket (1) _opened only fifty years ago It was opened in New York by a man named Michael Cullen
A supermarket is different (2) _other types of stores in several ways In supermarkets, goods are placed on open shelves The (3) choose what they want and take them to the checkout counter This means that fewer shop assistants are needed than in other stores The way products are displayed is another difference between supermarkets and many other types of stores; (4) example, in supermarkets, there is usually a display of small inexpensive items just in front of the checkout counter: candies, chocolates, magazines, cheap foods and so on
Most customers (5) go to a supermarket buy goods from a shopping list They know exactly what they need to buy They do the shopping according to a plan
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24 Today, computer companies sell many different programs for computers First, there are
programs for doing math problems (1) _, there are programs for scientific studies Third, some programs are like fancy typewriters They are often used by writers and business people Other (2) _are made for courses in schools and universities And finally, there are programs for fun They include word games and puzzles for children and adults
There are many wonderful new computer programs, but there are other reasons to like (3) _ Some people like the way computers hum and sing when they (4) _ It is
a happy sound, like the sounds of toy and childhood Computers also have lights and pretty pictures And computers even seem to have personalities That may sound strange, but computers seem to have feelings Sometimes they seem happy, sometimes they seem angry It is easy (5) _they are like people
5 A to think B thinking C for thinking D that thought
25 Jeans are very popular with (1) people all over the world Some people say that
jeans are the “uniform” of youth But they haven’t always been popular The story of jeans (2) almost two hundred years ago People in Genoa, Italy made pants The cloth made
in genoa was (3) “jeanos” The pants were called “jeans” In 1850, a saleman in California began selling pants made of canvas His name was Levi Strauss Because they were so strong, “Levi’s pants” became (4) with gold miners, farmers and cowboys Six years later Levis began making his pants with blue cotton cloth called denim Soon after, factory (5) in the US and Europe began wearing jeans Young people usually didn’t wear them
26 Planet earth is part of a system of planets and their moons, as well as numerou s asteroids and
comets which (1) _around a huge star we call the Sun The Sun itself (2) _of gas Nuclear reactions inside its core (3) _the heat and light that make life on the Earth (4) The Earth is the third of four small terrestrial (Earth like) planets that orbit close to the (5) _ Further out in our Solar System are four huge gas planets, while distant Pluto, (6) _planet, is made (7) _rock and ice Our Earth is one of the ten planets that orbit the Sun- a huge, burning-hot star in the center of our Solar System The Solar System and all the stars in the (8) _are part of our galaxy-the Milky Way, which (9) as many as 200 billions stars Beyond our galaxy (10) _millions more galaxies They all add together to make up the Universe
2 A consists B remains C includes D maintains
3 A produce B product C production D productive