I. Read the following text and answer the questions by choosing the option A, B, C or D.

If you do not already have a hobby or if you are looking at trying something new, there are a couple things to keep in mind. 

Find something that is progressively (1)__________  challenging but does not have such a huge learning curve that it (2)__________  be years before you see any progress.

It is a good idea (3)__________  on something that you have some natural ability at. If you are scared (4)__________   heights you would not try rock climbing and if you don’t like (5)__________   outside you probably would not take up mountain biking. Take (6)__________  account your fitness level, finances, education and passion when (7)__________   a hobby.

Take into consideration the level of stress that the hobby (8)__________   . One of my (9)__________    is playing Texas Hold’em which has great qualities (see 15 Things Texas Hold’em Taught Me About Leadership) but it is a very high stress game. I have to balance that hobby (10)__________   another one that has a lower level of stress.

1. A. many B. more C. much D. most

2. A. will B. should C. would D. could

3. A. focus B. focusing C. focused D. to focus

4. A. in B. at C. of D. with 

5. A. to be B. be C. been D. being

6. A. into B. onto C. over D. after 

7. A. choose B. to choose C. choosing D. chose

8. A. have B. has C. having D. to have

9. A. hobbies B. hobby C. works D. work

10. A. to B. under C. with D. of

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Read the text and answer the following questions by choosing the best option A, B, C, or D.

                                       How Do You Celebrate?

New Year’s Day

       New Year is one of the most popular festivals in the world, even though it is celebrated at different times and in different ways. In many western countries, people get together with family and friends on December 31st to eat, drink, and dance as they wait for January 1st. Some of the biggest parties are held on New Year’s Eve. In many countries, crowds gather in the centre of town to welcome the new year at midnight with fireworks.

      For many Asian countries like China, Taiwan, and Vietnam, the New Year is based on lunar calendar. The date changes year to year, but usually falls between January 21st to February 21st. It is traditionally seen as a time for family reunions, with people travelling across the country and from overseas. Many people wear red clothes, as it is thought to be a lucky colour. They also give “lucky money” in red envelopes to friends and family, and set off firecrackers to scare away bad luck.

      What's common among these celebrations is the meaning of the new year; it is a time to say goodbye to the past and to think about new beginnings. For example, in Japan, people organize bonenkai parties ("year forgetting parties"), which are dedicated to leaving the old year's worries and troubles behind. In many countries, people make New Year's resolutions - promises to themselves to make changes in their lives over the coming year, such as to lose weight, stop smoking, or learn a new skill.

Carnival

In late February or early March, some countries celebrate a special festival called Carnival. Carnival is thought to have originated in Italy or Greece, and was held just before Lent, the 40-day period before Easter. People dressed in costumes, wore colourful masks, ate, drank, and danced all night. This tradition spread to France, Spain, Portugal, and later to Brazil and the United States.

       Now, two of the biggest Carnival celebrations take place in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, and New Orleans in the United States. There are grand parades where people wear flashy costumes and dance and sing in the streets. In New Orleans, Carnival is known as Mardi Gras. Many roads and shops are shut down for the celebrations which can last for up to three weeks. Millions of visitors travel from around the world to join the party, and many more watch the event on television.

1. Which is NOT true about New Year’s Day all over the world?

A. It is celebrated in the same ways at the same time country to country

B. It is one of the most popular festivals worldwide

C. New Year’s Day celebration is based on both lunar and solar calendar

D. It’s an occasion for people to gather with their beloved ones

2. Where do Western people gather to welcome the new year with fireworks?

A. In the city centre                     B. At the church                                     

C. At home                                  D. Along the river banks

3. The phrase "bad luck" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _____.

A. big hit       B. misfortune          C. godsend             D. triumph

4. Why do a majority of Asian people wear red in the New Year’s day?

A. Because it is matched with other decorations like firecrackers

B. Because it is thought to scare away bad luck

C. Because it is believed to be a lucky colour

D. Because it makes people look more cheerful in the new year

5. What is the common meaning of the new year celebrations?

A. The New Year’s celebration is the time to say goodbye to friends and family

B. The New Year’s celebration is the time for people all over the world have bonenkai parties

C. The New Year’s celebration is the time to welcome new beginnings and let the past behind

D. The New Year’s celebration is the chance for people to lose weight, stop smoking and learn a new skill

6. What is 'Lent'?

A. a period of 40 days before Christmas

B. a period of 20 days after Christmas

C. a period of 40 days before Easter

D. a period of 20 days after Easter

7. What did people NOT do in Carnival?

A. danced all night                                               B. wore colourful masks

C. dressed in frightening costumes                     D. ate and drank

8. Where are the biggest Carnivals held nowadays?

A. Spain and the US                   B. Brazil and the US

C. France and Brazil                   D. Portugal and Spain

VII. Read the following text and answer the questions by choosing the option A, B or C.

How to train your dog to play basketball

      Start by getting your dog to fetch a ball and bring it to you. If your dog can’t do that, you should stop now. Your dog will probably not make a great basketball player.

     Instead of taking the ball directly from the dog, hold a box or container at ground level and make the dog drop the ball into the box. Give the dog a treat every time she correctly drops the ball in the container.

     All good dog tricks should be learned in small steps. Every time the dog brings the ball back to you, raise the box up off the ground just a little bit more. Soon the dog will have to stand on her hind legs to reach it. Don’t forget to reward the dog every time.  Once the dog has learned to drop the ball in the container, try using a basketball hoop instead of a box. To begin with, keep the hoop low to the ground. Then gradually raise the height. Reward the dog with a treat each time she gets a basket. Pretty soon your dog will start jumping to reach the hoop and a basketball star will be born!

1. What is the first step in training your dog to play basketball?

A. Teach the dog to jump                                                      

B. teach the dog to bring a ball to you

C. Teach the dog to stand on her legs

2. What do you do whenever the dog do correctly what you tell her?

A. Give her a treat                                                             

B. Reward her with a treat

C. A and B are correct.

3. When the dog can drop the ball in the container, what do you do next?

A. Hold a box or container at ground level

B. Raise the box up off the ground instead a box.

C. Try using a basketball hoop instead of a box.

4. To be a good dog trainer, what should you do?

A. Speak to the dog loudly                                                

B. Teach the dog when she is young

C. Do it in small steps and usually reward the dog

5. How do you get the dog to jump up to the basketball bet?

A. Put a reward in basket.

B. Start with the basket low to the ground and keep raising it in small steps.

C. Clap your hands

IV. Read the following text and answer the questions by choosing the option A, B, C or D.

        Mercury is the smallest planet in our solar system. It's just a little bigger than Earth's moon. It is the closest planet to the sun, but it's actually not the hottest. Venus is hotter.

        Along with Venus, Earth, and Mars, Mercury is one of the rocky planets. It has a solid surface that is covered with craters. It has a thin atmosphere, and it doesn't have any moons. Mercury likes to keep things simple.

        This small planet spins around slowly compared to Earth, so one day lasts a long time. Mercury takes 59 Earth days to make one full rotation. A year on Mercury goes by fast. Because it's the closest planet to the sun, it doesn't take very long to go all the way around. It completes one revolution around the sun in just 88 Earth days. If you lived on Mercury, you'd have a birthday every three month!

        A day on Mercury is not like a day here on Earth. For us, the sun rises and sets each and every day. Because Mercury has a slow spin and short year, it takes a long time for the sun to rise and set there. Mercury only has one sunrise every 180 Earth days! Isn't that weird?

(Source: https://spaceplace.nasa.gov)

1.     What does the passage mainly discuss?

        A. Days on Mercury                                    B. What Mercury is like

        C. Sunrise on Mercury                                                                  D. Length of a year on Mercury

2.     According to the passage, Mercury _____________.

        A. is the nearest to the Sun                         B. doesn't have atmosphere

        C. the hottest planet                                    D. has many moons

3.     The word "It" in paragraph 2 refers to _____________.

        A. Earth                    B. Mercury                C. Venus                   D. Mars

4.     The word "spins" in paragraph 3 can be best replaced by _____________.

        A. comes                   B. arrives                   C. appears                 D. moves

5.     It can be inferred from the passage that a year on Mercury _____________.

        A. has 59 days                                            B. much longer than that on Earth

        C. has 88 days                                             D. has only 180 days

6.     How often does the sunrise on Mercury?

        A. The same as on Earth.                            B. Every 3 months.

        C. Every 180 days.                                      D. Sun never sets.

E. WRITING 
 Write the second sentence so that it has the same meaning to the first one. 
1. They will provide 5G in certain areas of the City, won’t they? 
Will 5G ------------------------------------------------------------------------
2. Beck had difficulty in understanding her daughter’s text messages. 
Beck found it 
3. Video conferencing technology allows people in remote places to hold face-to-face 
meetings. 
Video conferencing technology lets__________________________________ 
4. The first time that I created an email account is still unforgettable. 
I still remember__________________________________________________ 
5. Making a video call without the network is impossible. 
It’s____________________________________________________________ 
6. Face-to-face communication is better than texting. 
Texting isn’t____________________________________________________ 
7. Could you please confirm the date and time of the meeting? 
Would you______________________________________________________ 
8. The teacher made me stay in after school and do extra work. 
I______________________________________________________________ 
9. ‘Why don’t we give Jean a video call?’ Albert said. 
Albert suggested_________________________________________________ 
10. My mother does her shopping at about this time every week. 
This time next week my mother_____________________________________ 

II. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions that follow.

    Write your answer (A, B, C, or D) in the space given on the right. (5 pts)

Choosing the right career is very important. Most of us spend a great part of our lives at our jobs. For that reason, we should try to find out what our talents are and how we can use them. We can do this through aptitude tests, interviews with specialists and study of books in our field of interest. There are many careers open to catch of us. Perhaps we like science, then we might prepare ourselves to be chemists, physicists or biologists. Maybe our interests take us into the business world and  such work as accounting, personnel management or public relations. Many people find their place in government service, teaching, newspaper work, medicine, engineering. These and many other fields offer fascinating careers to persons with talent and training.

1.       It is important to find the right career because _____                                                                                          

A. It’s very easy to lose the job.                B. Most of us  spend a great part of our lives at our jobs.

C. We need money.                                  D. It’s difficult to find a job.

2.       We can find the right career by _____                                                  

A. asking for some useful advice.             B. finding out what our talents are and how we can use them.

C. travelling wherever we can.                 D. learning some foreign languages.

3.       We can find out what our talents are and how we use through _____

A. interviews with specialists.                   B. all are correct.

C. aptitude tests.                                      D. study of books in our field of interest.

4.       Careers found in the scientific world are _____                                                  

A. Biologists, chemists, physicists.           B. Physicists, biologists, accountants.

C. Businessmen, teachers, doctors.         D. Chemists, mathematicians, c.

5.       The theme of the passage is _____                                                  

A. Jobs in the society nowadays.              B. good jobs.

C. unemployment.                                    D. How  to find a right job nowadays.

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 from 22 to 28.

The Internet started out as a limited network called the ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network). It was a network of computers that allowed communication even if computer became non-functioning. It was the academic and scientific community that adopted Internet, using a protocol called TCP/IP. TCP/IP allows a number of different network computers to be connected together. This is called the Internet. The Internet allows the creation the World Wide Web or the Web for short. The Web consists of Internet sites that allow data to be shared by others. Aside from making the Web possible, the Internet also makes e-mail, chat rom and file-sharing and telephoning possible. It even allows people to watch media and play games.

The Web can be read in a browser. A browser is simply a software program that uses HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) data transmission. This will allow you to view Web pages. HTTP let you browser read the text, graphics, animation, video and music that are on the Web page. It also enables you to click on a link on the page using the mouse. The links on a Web page that guide you to go from one Web page to another are called hyperlinks. A Web page usually contains many hyperlinks so that you can “browse” the Internet. It is much like reading a book. You can go from page to page and get new information. One example of a browser is Internet Explorer. In the address box of your browser, you can type in an address called a URL for “uniform resource locator”.

To be able to use the Internet, you must have a computer with an Internet connection and software that lets you view that Web pages. Internet connection is called a dial-up connection. It needs the use of your telephone to connect your computer to an Internet service. A faster type of connection is called broadband. This requires a cable or some other equipment. If you turn on the computer with a broadband connection, it connects you the Internet at a time.

Adapted from http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPANET

According to paragraph 1, which of the following is true of the Web?

A. It consists of sites on which information can be enjoyed by others.

B. It allows data to be shared but not for media or games. 

C. It makes the receiving and sending of e-mail possible. 

D. It is limited to a certain number of computers connected to the Internet.

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 from 22 to 28.

The Internet started out as a limited network called the ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network). It was a network of computers that allowed communication even if computer became non-functioning. It was the academic and scientific community that adopted Internet, using a protocol called TCP/IP. TCP/IP allows a number of different network computers to be connected together. This is called the Internet. The Internet allows the creation the World Wide Web or the Web for short. The Web consists of Internet sites that allow data to be shared by others. Aside from making the Web possible, the Internet also makes e-mail, chat rom and file-sharing and telephoning possible. It even allows people to watch media and play games.

The Web can be read in a browser. A browser is simply a software program that uses HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) data transmission. This will allow you to view Web pages. HTTP let you browser read the text, graphics, animation, video and music that are on the Web page. It also enables you to click on a link on the page using the mouse. The links on a Web page that guide you to go from one Web page to another are called hyperlinks. A Web page usually contains many hyperlinks so that you can “browse” the Internet. It is much like reading a book. You can go from page to page and get new information. One example of a browser is Internet Explorer. In the address box of your browser, you can type in an address called a URL for “uniform resource locator”.

To be able to use the Internet, you must have a computer with an Internet connection and software that lets you view that Web pages. Internet connection is called a dial-up connection. It needs the use of your telephone to connect your computer to an Internet service. A faster type of connection is called broadband. This requires a cable or some other equipment. If you turn on the computer with a broadband connection, it connects you the Internet at a time.

Adapted from http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPANE

According to paragraph 1, which of the following is true of the Web?

A. It consists of sites on which information can be enjoyed by others.

B. It allows data to be shared but not for media or games.

C. It makes the receiving and sending of e-mail possible.

D. It is limited to a certain number of computers connected to the Internet.

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 from 22 to 28.

The Internet started out as a limited network called the ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network). It was a network of computers that allowed communication even if computer became non-functioning. It was the academic and scientific community that adopted Internet, using a protocol called TCP/IP. TCP/IP allows a number of different network computers to be connected together. This is called the Internet. The Internet allows the creation the World Wide Web or the Web for short. The Web consists of Internet sites that allow data to be shared by others. Aside from making the Web possible, the Internet also makes e-mail, chat rom and file-sharing and telephoning possible. It even allows people to watch media and play games.

The Web can be read in a browser. A browser is simply a software program that uses HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) data transmission. This will allow you to view Web pages. HTTP let you browser read the text, graphics, animation, video and music that are on the Web page. It also enables you to click on a link on the page using the mouse. The links on a Web page that guide you to go from one Web page to another are called hyperlinks. A Web page usually contains many hyperlinks so that you can “browse” the Internet. It is much like reading a book. You can go from page to page and get new information. One example of a browser is Internet Explorer. In the address box of your browser, you can type in an address called a URL for “uniform resource locator”.

To be able to use the Internet, you must have a computer with an Internet connection and software that lets you view that Web pages. Internet connection is called a dial-up connection. It needs the use of your telephone to connect your computer to an Internet service. A faster type of connection is called broadband. This requires a cable or some other equipment. If you turn on the computer with a broadband connection, it connects you the Internet at a time.

Adapted from http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPANE

All of the following are true of the Web page EXCEPT ______.

A. each Web page has its own Internet site

B. the Web cannot be read without software

C. every Web page has a uniform resource locater

D. Web pages contain hyperlinks that bring you to other pages