Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the blanks.. Read the following passage and mark the letter A,
Trang 1I Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct answer to each of the blanks
When the weather is cold, it is not very much fun to (1) a bus People have to
stand at a bus-stop for minutes or even hours They talk about the bus and (2) _
about the weather Most of them feel cold Some have to drink coffee to stay warm
Traveling by bus (3) _ pollution, but people often would rather drive their cars Many
people are not used to the bus schedules, and they do not like to wait
On the other hand, many people have been (4) _ the bus every day for many years They
are used to it They say the bus has been coming on time every day, and they have never
been late for work In (5) , they do not need a parking place in all that time Buses
are very convenient when you are used to them
II Read the following passage and mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks
A trend that has emerged recently is the sharing of childcare (1) between husband and
wife Young couples will try to arrange their work schedules so that they work opposite hours or
shifts in order that one parent is always home with the children Since childcare is expensive, this
saves money for the young couple trying to establish themselves and provide a secure environment
for the family Husband and wife may also share household chores Some fathers are just as capable
as mothers at cooking dinner, changing and bathing the baby, and doing the laundry
In some cases, the woman’s salary is for family (2) and the father becomes the
“househusband." These cases are still fairly rare One positive trend, however, is that fathers seem
to be spending more time with their children In a recent survey, 41% of the children sampled said
they spend equal time with their mothers and fathers “This is one of our most significant cultural
changes,” says Dr Leon Hoffman, who co-directs the Parent Child Center at the New York
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Trang 2Psychoanalytic Society In practice, for over 30 years, Hoffman has found "a very dramatic
difference in the involvement of the father in everything from care-taking to general decision (3)
around kids' lives.”
Another factor has recently been added to the childcare formula The number of people who work
from home nearly full-time rose 23% from the last decade The (4) _ of technology -
computers, faxes, teleconferencing - has made it easier for at-home workers to be constantly in
touch Will this new flexibility in the workforce bring a positive change for the (5) of
children? Only time will tell
III Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct word or phases that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 1 to 5
People have always dreamt of living forever Although we all know this will never happen, we will
want to live as long as possible
(1) , there are advantages and disadvantages of a long life.In the first place, people who live longer
can spend more time with their family and friends Secondly, (2) have busy working lives look
forward to a long, relaxing life, when they can do the things they‘ve never had time for. (3) , there
are some serious disadvantages Firstly, many people become ill and consequently have to spend time
in hospital or become burden (4) the children and friends Many of them find this dependence
annoying or embarrassing In addition to this, (5) the fewer friends they seem to have because old
friends die or become and it’s often difficult to make new friends
To sum up, living to a very old age is worthwhile for those who stay healthy enough to remain
independent and enjoy life
C the old people get D the older people get
IV Read the following passage and choose A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of
the questions
Tyler Perry
Trang 3Perry had a rough childhood He was physically and sexually abused growing up, got kicked out of
high school, and tried to commit suicide _(1) _once as a preteen and again at 22 At 23 he move
to Atlanta and took _(2) _ odd jobs as he started working on his stage career
In 1992 he wrote, produced, and starred in his first theater _(3) _, I Know I’ve Been Changed,
somewhat informed by his difficult upbringing Perry put all his savings into the show and it failed
miserably; the run lasted just one weekend and only 30 people came to watch He kept up with the
production, working more odd jobs and often slept in his car to get by Six years later, Perry finally
_(4) _ through when, on its seventh run, the show became a success He‘s since gone on to have
an extremely successful career _(5) _ a director, writer, and actor In fact, Perry was named Forbes’
highest paid man in the field
V Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct word or phrase that best first each of the numbered blank from 1 to 5
American folk music originated with (1) _ people at a time when the rural population was isolated
and music was not (2) spread by radio, records, or music video It was (3) _by oral
traditional and is noted for its energy ,humor, and emotional impact The major source of aerly
American folk songs was music from the Bristish Isles , but songs from Africa as songs of the American
Indians have significant part in its heritage Later settler from other countries also contributed songs
In the nineteenth century, composer Steven Foster wrote some of the most enduringly popular of all
American songs ,(4) soon became part of the folk tradition Beginning in the 1930s , Woody
Guthrie gained great popularity by adapting melodies and lyrics and supplying new ones as well In
the 1950s and 1960s , singer – composers such as Peter Seeger , Bob Dylan , Joan Baez continued this
tradition by „urban’ folk music Many of these songs deal (5) _important social issue, such as
racial intergration and the war in Vietnam
VI Read the following passage and circle the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct word for each of the blanks
When you read something in a foreign language, you frequently come across words you do not fully
Trang 4strategy you adopt depends very much upon the degree of accuracy you require and the time at your
disposal
If you are the sort of person who tends to turn to the dictionary frequently, it is (2) remembering
that every dictionary has its limitations Each definition is only an approximation and one builds up an
accurate picture of the meaning of a word only after meeting it in a (3) of contexts It is also
important to recognize the special dangers of dictionaries that translate from English into your native
language and vice versa If you must use a dictionary, it is usually far safer to consult an
English-English dictionary
In most exams you are not permitted to use a dictionary (4) you are allowed to use one, it is
very time-consuming to look up words, and time in exams is usually limited You are, therefore , forced
to guess the meaning of unfamiliar words
When you come across unknown words in an exam text, it is very easy to panic However, if you
develop efficient techniques for guessing the meaning, you will overcome a number of possible
problems and help yourself to understand far more of the text than you at first thought likely
Two strategies which may help you guess the meaning of a word are: using contextual clues, both
within the sentence and outside, and making use of clues (5) from the formation of the word
VII Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 1 to 5
We know what happens when we don't have water - we die We use water, other animals use it, plants
use it but the world never loses it Basically, the (1) _ of water on, above and within the planet
never changes
Our use of it is part of an immense (2) _, known simply enough as the water cycle The cycle
can happen because water is one of the few substances that exists naturally, and at temperatures which
people can tolerate, as a liquid, a gas and a solid
We all know something about the water cycle; it is part of our daily scene Water (3) _ from
lakes and oceans and from the leaves of plants From there it forms clouds which come back to earth
(4) _ rain, ice or snow That water soaks into the ground or runs off And the cycle continues
with rivers running into the sea, plants transpiring and so on Animals like us use it on the way through
the cycle
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in the number of people on earth and the development of technology, we are having a dramatic impact
on the way the water cycle behaves and on the quality of the water itself
VIII Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 1 to 5
Easter is a holiday in late March or early April, the first Sunday after the first full moon after 21 March
Many people (1) _it with their family or have a short holiday/ vacation It is also an important
Christian festival Easter Sunday, the day of the Resurrection, is the end of Lent (2) the
most important date in the Christian year Many people who do not go to church at other times go on
Easter Sunday It was once (3) _for people to wear new clothes to church on this day Women
(4) _new hats, called Easter bonnets Today, people sometimes make elaborately decorated
Easter bonnets for fun A few people send Easter cards with religious symbols on them or pictures of
small chickens, lambs, rabbits and spring flowers, all traditionally associated (5) _Easter
IX Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 1 to 5
Early writing and Alphabets
When people first began to write, they did not use an alphabet Instead, they drew small pictures to (1)
_ the objects they were writing about This was very slow because there was a different picture
for any word
The Ancient Egyptians had a system of picture writing that was described hieroglyphics The meaning
of this writing was forgotten for a very long time but in 1799 some scientists (2) _ a stone near
Alexandria, in Egypt The stone had been there for (3) _ a thousand years It had both Greek
and hieroglyphics on it and researchers were finally able to understand what the hieroglyphics meant
An alphabet is quite different from picture writing It (4) _ of letters or symbols that represent
a sound and each sound is just part of one word The Phoenicians, who lived about 3,000 years ago,
developed the modern alphabets It was later improved by the Roman’s and this alphabet is now used
(5) _ throughout the world
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