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1 Hãy đọc đoạn văn sau và chọn câu trả lời tốt nhất trong số A, B, C và D.

CUBA

Here is a wonderful opportunity at a (1) _ cost to visit the truly remarkable island of Cuba We have (2) _ rooms at some of the finest hotels for (3) _

of 7 and 14 nights You may (4) _ your time between relaxing and exploring this beautiful country by taking advantage of our extensive excursion programme

The (5) _ of such a small country is amazing and, as it is set in the warm waters of the Carribean, it is (6) _ to have one of the most pleasant climates in the world Cuba, being so small, is not only an ideal country to (7) _, but is also a place where visitors can relax and (8) _ in exotic surroundings Not only has nature (9) _ Cuba with a magnificent (10) _ and some fine sandy beaches, but there are also extensive (11) _ near them Most beaches are close to important (12) _ such as the national parks with their (13) _ wildlife, flora and fauna Because the south of the island is blessed with being the driest (14) _ in the country, most hotels are situated here Rain is however (15) _ in the north from December to July

1 A cheap B moderate C bargain D small

2 A reserved B registered C required D retained

3 A weeks B lengths C periods D times

4 A divide B pass C extend D part

5 A division B diversity C diversion D divergence

6 A suggested B hoped C reputed D credited

7 A travel B wander C trip D tour

8 A unwind B uncoil C unburden D unroll

9 A enhanced B endowed C endured D enlightened

10 A beach B shore C coast D edge

11 A facilities B activities C pursuits D sports

12 A situations B sites C districts D localities

13 A huge B abundant C great D many

14 A province B suburb C region D community

15 A unusual B interminable C inevitable D unfortunate

BASKETBALL

In the spring of 1891, a young Canadian named James Naismith (1) _ the staff

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of the International YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts, where he was instructed to devise an (2) _ game that did not (3) _ bodily contact, would not (4) _ in damage to the gym and in which every player had a (5) to get in on the action The game he invented was basketball - or basket ball as it was (6) _ until about 1912 Naismith hung peach baskets at (7) _ end of the gym and used a soccer ball to play with The first game, in December 1891, was played (8) _ two teams of nine men each and was not exactly a classic The final (9) _ was 1-0 (10) _ an off-season recreation, basketball took (11) _ in

a big way, largely because it was cheap and easy to (12) _ up Oddly, although peach baskets were soon (13) _ by nets, until 1912 it didn’t (14) _ to anyone to cut a hole in the bottom of them Until then it was necessary (15) _ someone to climb a ladder and retrieve the ball after each score

1 A enrolled B joined C entered D became

2 A inside B internal C indoor D interior

3 A contain B consist C belong D involve

5 A chance B possibility C challenge D part

6 A named B spoken C called D referred

7 A opposite B both C either D double

8 A against B among C from D between

13 A replaced B swapped C exchanged D removed

14 A think B realize C suggest D occur

ACUPUNCTURE

Acupuncture is a Chinese method of treating illnesses by inserting needles into certain points of the body The idea is that this restores the natural (1) _ of energy, which

is disturbed when a person is ill The origins of this therapy have been traced (2) _ over five thousand years, but it only began to be (3) _ in the West in the 1970s

In 1971, James Reston, a well-(4) _ journalist from the New York Times, was

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visiting China when- he developed appendicitis He was operated (5) _ a hospital

in Peking, where the doctors used acupuncture to (6) _ his pain Reston was surprised at how (7) _ it was, and wrote about it in an article for the newspaper Soon afterwards, Chairman Mao Tse-tung invited a group of (8) _ Western doctors over to China to witness for themselves that acupuncture (9) _ They were accompanied (10) _ television crews, and soon viewers in the West were watching operations being (11) _ out on patients with acupuncture needle sticking out of them The patients felt (12) _ pain

The Western experts were a (13) _ embarrassed at what they saw/because they had (14) _ ridiculed idea that patients could be treated with needles But now they were (15) _ to admit that it actually worked, and acupuncture became a popular form of therapy

1 A scale B balance C mirror D weight

3 A admitted B accepted C taken D held

4 A famous B heard C celebrated D known

6 A release B repair C relieve D retain

7 A influential B effective C practical D used

8 A distinguished B impressive C distinct D related

11 A acted B brought C performed D carried

13 A little B tiny C quite D rather

14 A early B before C previously D anciently

15 A had B forced C pushed D insisted

Medical science has made enormous advances in the twentieth century Most of the great “killer” diseases have been (1) _, and almost every day a new drug appears

on the market But the medical profession is (2) _ a crisis of confidence Surveys (3) _ that less than 40% of people really trust their family doctors People are (4) _ away from conventional medicine to look for alternative (5) _ of treatment

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The main reason for this is that conventional medicine has (6) _ to satisfy the needs of the (7) _ of people In spite of the apparent progress made by medical science, we are actually less (8) _ than our parents or grandparents

Medical students are taught that diseases are (9) _ by germs, viruses and toxins Therefore treatment must (10) _ on attacking these things The minds and the emotions are not thought to play any (11) _ in the disease process But people who practise ‘natural’ medicine (12) _ with this principle, and try to treat the whole person They believe that personality and lifestyle are important when considering

a patient’s (13) _ health

Some conventional doctors are beginning to (14) _ that there is a lot of truth in these ideas, and believe that natural medicine can be a valuable aid Others (15) _ regard it as a dangerous threat to their profession

2 A experiencing B holding C bearing D living

3, A indicate B lead C describe D point

4 A growing B taking C turning D coming

8 A healthy B nutritious C fine D wholesome

9 A caused B made C brought D involved

10 A aim B function C concentrate D try

12 A reject B dislike C object D disagree

13 A normal B typical C common D general

14 A recognize B observe C view D know

SEASONAL ADVICE

If you are about to graduate from school or college this summer and feel in need of a little advice about what’s important (1) _ life, you could do a lot worse than consider the words of (2) _ that were read out on my last day at school

Do not expect to understand the value of your youth until it has (3) _ But you can be sure that thirty years from now you’ll (4) _ back on life and (5) _

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just how good things were Try not to worry(6) _ the future - or at least be aware that worrying never really helps to (7) _ anything Real troubles will always sneak

up and (8) _ you by surprise But remember it doesn’t do any harm to do something that (9) _ you every so often

Do not lie and cheat - especially in love - and do not (10) _ up with people who deceive you Do not let opportunities pass you by, as the time to do things simply runs(11) _ Today is almost certainly more important than tomorrow

It helps to be kind (12) _ neighbours and colleagues - it’s nice to know they’ll (13) _ you when you’re not around Friends come and go, but there are a precious (14) _ that you should try and (15) _ on to Without quality friends, quality time is harder to come by

2 A knowledge B learning C opinion D wisdom

3 A gone B been C lasted D spent

5 A remind B rethink C recall D reappear

7 A triumph B succeed C solve D deal

8 A get B happen C appear D take

9 A dislikes B scares C fears D minds

13 A remark B care C wish D miss

14 A some B little C several D few

Australia Day, which is a national -public holiday, is (1) _ on January 26th, in the middle of the Australian summer It commemorates the (2) _ of Sydney in 1788

Australia Day is a (3) _ day, and many families go out for a picnic Some people go to the beach, where they go surfing or sunbathe, but the (4) _ of Sydney(5) _ for The Rocks, the oldest (6) _ of Sydney and the site of the first colonial settlement The Rocks, which (7) _ Sydney Harbour, is packed on

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this day Parades with brass (8) _ march through the narrow (9) _ and hundreds of small boats(10) _ part in races in the harbour

Wherever people go, it is (11) _ to have a barbecue and drink beer The traditional (12) _ is ‘Pavlova’, a sweet cake of meringue with fruit on the top, and

‘damper’, a bread made with flour, water, and sugar and cooked in the fire

The festivities in Sydney (13) _ with a huge firework(14) _ The yellows, blues and greens light up the night sky and fall like shooting stars into the water (15) _ It’s a memorable sight

1 A performed B enjoyed C held D celebrated

2 A achievement B foundation C beginning D creation

3 A family B household C domestic D familiar

4 A tenants B neighbours C visitors D residents

6 A part B place C region D section

7 A glimpses B views C overlooks D observes

8 A groups B bands C orchestras D musicians

9 A avenues B ways C roads D streets

11 A ordinary B regular C general D usual

12 A course B food C meal D plate

13 A stop B complete C end D halt

14 A exhibition B demonstration C show D display

15 A below B under C down D underneath

STREET PAPERS

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 30p and sell it to the public for 70p, keeping 40p 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

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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

3 A heads B shoulders C hands D mouths

5 A easy B straight C plain D simple

8 A character B personality C manner D identity

9 A consists B contains C keeps D gets

10 A stories B reviews C opinions D views

11 A sometimes B often C occasional D seldom

12 A give B provide C show D offer

SAVE MONEY ON THE BOOK THAT AIMS TO SAVE ANIMALS

Do you want to take part in the battle to save the world’s wildlife? Animal Watch is a 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 enjoyed 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

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without being seen, for example? Or that (10) _ each orangutan 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) _ at all good bookshops, but hurry while (15) _ last

1 A combine B involve C bring D lead

2 A meets B opposes C forces D faces

4 A satisfaction B enjoyment C virtue D value

5 A enable B help C allow D assist

6 A preserve B conserve C revive D survive

7 A greed B interest C care D concern

11 A publicity B periodical C publication D reference

12 A imposed B impressed C persuaded D admired

13 A symbol B title C trademark D nickname

14 A beginning B preparatory C original D introductory

15 A stores B stocks C goods D funds

An American professor who has studied the Mayas has come up with a new theory about the sudden end of their empire (1) _ to Professor Richard Hansen, an archaeologist at the University of California, the (2) _ of the Mayan civilization in Central America was (3) _ about by the Mayas themselves

“Their object was to display their (4) _ and power by making their buildings and decoration as beautiful as possible This (5) _ using large quantities of lime, which they put on the walls to make them smooth Unfortunately, the creation of lime is a process which requires intense heat, and they therefore (6) _ to cut down huge numbers of trees This affected the quality of the soil, and it became almost impossible to farm”

Professor Hansen, who has (7) _ returned from an excavation in the El

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Mirador region of northern Guatemala, (8) _ a meeting of archaeologists in Philadelphia that the Mayas, having (9) _ this mistake in the 3rd century, repeated

it 600 years later, at which time it proved fatal Increasing food (10) _ among the Mayas created a Central American equivalent of the Peloponnesian War which’ ravaged (11) _ Greece However, (12) _ the Greek civil war, which only (13) _ for 27 years, the Mayan wars (14) _ on for many centuries and left many

of their great cities and temples in (15) _

1 A Referring B Relating C According D Respecting

2 A collapse B drop C crash D stop

4 A wealth B fortune C salary D cash

5 A depended B needed C requested D involved

6 A obliged B forced C must D had

8 A explained B suggested C claimed D told

10 A lack B shortages C droughts D failures

11 A antique B old C past D ancient

12 A unless B apart C without D unlike

13 A stayed B spent C longed D lasted

15 A injuries B damages C spoils D ruins

DOGS’ MISERY IN SMALL HOUSE

A seventy-year-old widow Mrs Francis Lovell, pleaded guilty yesterday to causing unnecessary suffering to the dogs she kept in her small three- roomed house in the village

of Wheatley near Oxford

The court was told that Mrs Lovell’s neighbours repeatedly complained to her for more than six months about the (1) _ in which the dogs were kept The dogs often (2) _ all night long Despite these complaints, she (3) _ to do anything about the problem Finally, one of the neighbours who was unable to (4) _ up with the noise any longer, called the police

The police (5) _ in touch with the RSPCA* who sent one of their inspectors to call on Mrs Lovell The widow claimed that she had “only a few pets’’, and that she (6)

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_ - after them very well At first she tried to (7) _ the inspector from entering her house However, he (8) _ on seeing the dogs for himself It (9) _ out that she had forty-four dogs, most of them poodles, and that she never let them out of the house

According to the inspector, John Carey, the dogs were all suffering from neglect, malnutrition and the (10) _ of being kept all day in a very small house Seventeen

of them were in such a (11) _ state that they had to be destroyed

The lawyer defending Mrs Lovell said that she had never intended any (12) _

to the animals

“My (13) _ is a lonely old woman whose only companions were her dogs She was afraid that if she let them out of the house, something bad would (14) _ to them Her only (15) _ of income is a very small pension, most of which she used

in order to purchase food for them” he said

* Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

1 A states B conditions C situations D positions

2 A cried B barked C sounded D called

3 A denied B resisted C disagreed D refused

7 A avoid B prevent C escape D refuse

8 A insisted B commanded C emphasized D impressed

9 A showed B proved C turned D found

10 A results B returns C effects D affects

13 A client B customer C patient D passenger

14 A occur B succeed C happen D come

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