Đáp án: A
Dịch: Tôi biết bạn đang bận rộn, nhưng khi thời hạn của bạn kết thúc, tôi sẽ bắt đầu công việc của mình.
Đáp án: A
Dịch: Tôi biết bạn đang bận rộn, nhưng khi thời hạn của bạn kết thúc, tôi sẽ bắt đầu công việc của mình.
Read the passage below and choose the best option A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
Passage 1:
New Orleans, in Louisiana, is known as the most unique city in the United States with distinctive architecture, cross-cultural heritage and annual music festivals.
However, due to its location along the Mississippi River with lakes on the other side, and nearly half of the city below sea level, the city faces the danger of flooding. So, a levee system and drainage canals were built to protect the city.
Early in the morning of August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina, the most destructive natural disaster in the history of New Orleans, struck the city. The storm brought strong winds and heavy rains for several days. As a result, water from the river and lakes rose, breaking the levees and poured directly into the city. Soon 80 percent of the city was under the water. People scrambled to rooftops for safety, desperate for food and drinking water. The winds were so strong that even beds in Hyatt Hotel were seen flying out of the hotel windows. The loss was tremendous. Most of the major roads and bridges were destroyed, and houses collapsed. Nearly 2,000 people were killed. After the storm, several natural grounds for the breeding and migrating of different species of animals and birds were permanently lost.
Question 1: New Orleans is famous for ___________.
A. its modern architecture C. its Mississippi River
B. its cross-cultural heritage D. its location
Question 2: Which statement is NOT correct about New Orleans?
A. It lies between the Mississippi River and lakes.
B. One of its attractions is its annual music festivals
C. The city is surrounded by water.
D. Most of the city is below sea level.
Question 3: Which one is NOT mentioned as being damaged by Hurricane Katrina?
A. Distinctive architecture B. The levee system C. Major roads D. Houses
Question 4: The word ‘tremendous' means ___________.
A.puzzling B. huge C. unique D. legendary
Question 5: The word ‘permanently' is similar to ___________.
A. temporarily B. partially C. forever D. rarely
Passage 2:
How can scientists predict earthquakes? Earthquakes are not scattered anywhere but happen in certain areas. They happen in places where pieces of the earth’s surface meet. For example, earthquakes often occur on the west-coast of North and South America, around the Mediterranean Sea, and along the Pacific coast of Asia.
Another way to predict earthquakes is to look for changes in the earth’s surface, like a sudden drop of water level in the ground. Some people say animals can predict earthquakes. Before earthquakes people have seen chickens sitting in trees, fish jumping out of the water, snake leaving their holes and other animals acting strangely.
After an earthquake happens, people can die from lack of food, water and medical supplies. The amount of destruction caused by an earthquake depend on types of building, soil conditions and population. Of the 6000 earthquakes on the earth each year, only about fifteen cause great damage and many deaths.
Question 1: Earthquakes happen in certain areas where _______________.
A. the population is large B. pieces of the earth’s surface meet
C. the soil conditions are stable D. many buildings are built
Question 2: Earthquakes often happen along ________________.
A. the east-coast of North America B. the east-coast of South America
C. the Pacific coast of Asia D. the coast of Australia
Question 3: Looking for ____________ can help predict earthquakes.
A. changes in the earth’s surface B. water beneath the earth’s surface
C. drops of water D. water currents
Question 4: After an earthquake, as a result of _________ people may die.
A. lack of food B. lack of friendship
C. lack of information D. lack of knowledge
Question 5: The passage mainly discusses ______________.
A. the damage caused by earthquakes B. how strong earthquakes are
C. strange animal behaviors D. how to predict earthquakes
Read the following passage and choose the best answers.
Question 8
A. attraction
B. place
C. sights
D. area
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best option to answer each of the following questions. *
Exercise 8. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Nowadays, everybody knows Apples and (106) ____ everybody knows that the company was founded by Steve Jobs, an American inventor and entrepreneur. He is (107) ____ recognized as a pioneer in the field of microcomputer revolution. He helped design the first Macintosh computer, (108) ____ a small computer graphics company into Pixar, the company behind Toy Story and The Monster Inc.
His countercultural lifestyle and philosophy was a product of the time and place of his
(109) ____. Jobs was adopted and raised in San Francisco Bay Area during the 1960s. In 1972, Jobs attended Reed College from which he (110) ____ in next to no time. Jobs cofounded Apple in 1976 in order to sell Apple I personal computer. At that moment, he might (111) ____ imagine that only a year later the company tasted impressive victory with Apple II, one of the first highly successful (112) ____ personal computers. (113) ____, in 1985, following a long power struggle, Jobs was forced out of Apple. After leaving Apple, Jobs took (114) ____ of its members with him to found NeXT, a computer development company which was then bought by Apple. The purchase (115) ____ Jobs to become the company's CEO once again.
Steve Jobs died in 2011 after battling with pancreatic cancer (116) ____ nearly a decade. Millions first learned of Job's death on a (117) ____ which had been invented by himself.
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 questions.
The word "obscurity" could best be replaced by __________
A. qualification
B. tolerance
C. disappearance
D. influence
Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it.
I have twin brothers, Tim and Tom. They are very similar and a lot of people don’t know which is which. They both have blond hair and blue eyes, and they always wear jeans and T-shirts. They like doing the same things, too. For example, they both like jazz and they’re crazy about football. They go to a football match once a week. Tim doesn’t like dancing or discos and Tom doesn’t like them, either. Although they’re twins, they’re not exactly the same at everything. Tim works hard at school because he wants to go to university, but Tom is a bit lazy. Our mother is often away from home because of her job, so we all work together in the house. Most of the time it’s fine, but sometimes we fight a bit!
1 What does the word 'similar' in 1 mean?
a. the same in some ways b. completely the same
c.completely different d. liked by many people
2 Tim and Tom............
a. are the author's twin brother b. have blond hair and blue eyes
c. always wear jeans and T-shirts d. all are correct
3 What does the word ' them' in line 6 refer to?
a. things b. jazz
c. jeans and T-shirts c. dancing or discos
4 The passage is written about the author's..............
a. brothers b. pen pals
c. cousins d.a và c
1 What does the word 'similar' in 1 mean?
a. the same in some ways b. completely the same
c.completely different d. liked by many people
2 Tim and Tom............
a. are the author's twin brother b. have blond hair and blue eyes
c. always wear jeans and T-shirts d. all are correct
3 What does the word ' them' in line 6 refer to?
a. things b. jazz
c. jeans and T-shirts c. dancing or discos
4 The passage is written about the author's..............
a. brothers b. pen pals
c. cousins d.a và c
5.Which of the following is not True
a.tom is hard-working
b.tom is a bit lazy
c.their mother is often away from home
d.time doesn't like dancing or discos but tom likes them
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.
Read the following passage and choose the best answers.
Question
A. attraction
B. impression
C. population
D. people
Read the passage below then pick out ONE best option (A, B, C or D . to complete each of the following sentences:
The small family farms often offer bed and breakfast accommodation to tourists ______.
A. to show their friendship
B. because they want to have more tourists to their farms
C. in order to improve their earnings
D. so that the tourists will return in their farm the next time