IV. READING (3 marks)

     A. Fill in each blank with one suitable word from the box (1 mark)

volunteer              to                with            since            helping

In the United States, almost everyone, at one time or another, has been a volunteer.

According ______(1) US government statistics, about one-fifth of the American population does

___________(2) work each year. Americans have had the tradition of volunteering and _________(3) one another __________(4) the early days of the country

    B. Read the passage and answer the questions. (2 marks)

Headache is a very common disease in the USA. Every year, about fifty million people have to go to the doctor because of headache. The symptoms of a headache are various. People can see black dots or bright spots in front of their eyes. They may also have pains only on one side of the head. Sometimes when the pain goes away, the head is sore. People have headaches when they work too hard or they are too nervous about something. Medicine can help cure the disease but people usually have to do more than taking tablets. They can prevent headaches by changing their diets or their lifestyle or simply by going to bed.

*Questions:

1. Why is headache a common disease in the USA ?_______________________________

2. What can people see when they have headaches ? _______________________________

3.Can people have pains on only one side of the head ? ____________________________

4. How can they prevent headaches ?____________________________________________

III. Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition.

16. It took a long time for the British economy to recover ………………the effects of the war.

17. Jennifer has looked ………………her new dictionary for several days but she hasn’t found it yet.

18. This report goes ………………the causes of rising unemployment rate and offers some solutions.

19. The players were substituted because they failed to live ………………to their coach’s expectations.

20. Seeing the heavy traffic jam from a distance, Eric turned ………………and took an alternate rout.

21. Phong was putting ………………his shoes while chewing some bread – he was late for school again.

22. When university students come to the city to start the new school year, the rent will go ……………….

23. The prices have gone ………………rising recently despite the government’s efforts to bring them down.

24. Lots of houses along this street will be pulled ………………soon to make way for the new metro project.

25. City dwellers are more likely to suffer ………………stress and anxiety than people who live in the countryside.

Fill in each blank in the following letter with a suitable word in the box. During the weekend I traveled ……………………..(1) air for the first time in my life. I generally travel by train or bus. It is both …………………..(2) and safer. But this was the short journey. At the beginning I did not feel very happy. This feeling …………………..(3) last long. The trip was very exciting. I was soon high up in the sky among the clouds. The view of mountains,………………………(4) and rivers was interesting and unusual. I ………………….…(5) my short and comfortable journey very much.

III. Fill in the blank with a suitable word. GIẢI THÍCH ĐÁP ÁN LUÔN VỚI Ạ

      Isn’t it amazing how much time we spend (1)      about food? “Have you ever eaten ...?” “What did you have for lunch?” and so on. And when you travel from one country to another, you find that people have quite different (2)                             about food. People often feel that what they eat is normal, and that what other people eat is strange or silly.

      In most parts of Asia, for example, no (3)               is complete without rice. In England, people (4)       potatoes every day. In the Middle East, bread is the main part of every meal. Eating, like so many things we do, becomes a (5)     which is difficult to change. Americans like to drink a lot of orange juice and coffee. The English (6)           tea four or five times every day. Australians drink large amount of beer and the French drink (7)                      every day.

      The sort of meat people like to eat also differs from one country to another. Horse (8)                   is thought to be delicious in France. In Hong Kong, some people enjoy eating snakes. New Zealanders eat sheep, but they never eat goat meat. The Japanese don’t like to eat sheep meat because of its smell, but they enjoy raw fish.

      So it (9)             that although eating is a topic that we can talk about for hours, there is very little (10)                    sense in what we say about it. People everywhere enjoy eating what they have always been earing, and there is very little we can do to change our eating habits.

IV. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.

Television first appeared some fifty years ago in the 1950s. Since then, it has been one of the most (26)________ sources of entertainment for both the old and the young. Television offers (27)__________ for children, world news, music and many other (28) _______. If someone is interested in sports, for example, he can just choose the right sports (29)______. There he can enjoy a broadcast of an international football match while it is actually happening. Television is also a very useful way for companies to advertise their products. It is not too hard for us to see why there is a TV set in almost every home today. And, engineers are developing interactive TV which allows communication (30) _______ viewers and producers.

26.

A. cheap               

B. popular                  

C. expensive               

D. kind

27.

A. news                

B. sports                     

C. cartoons                 

D. plays

28.

A. programs         

B. channels                 

C. reports                   

D. sets

29.

A. athletes            

B. time                       

C. studio                    

D. channel

30. A. with                 

B. among                    

C. between                 

D. like

* Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition.
1. It took a long time for the British economy to recover ………………the effects of the war.
2. Jennifer has looked ………………her new dictionary for several days but she hasn’t found it yet.
3. This report goes ………………the causes of rising unemployment rate and offers some solutions.
4. The players were substituted because they failed to live ………………to their coach’s expectations.
5. Seeing the heavy traffic jam from a distance, Eric turned ………………and took an alternate rout.
6. Phong was putting ………………his shoes while chewing some bread – he was late for school again.
7. When university students come to the city to start the new school year, the rent will go ……………….
8. The prices have gone ………………rising recently despite the government’s efforts to bring them down.
9. Lots of houses along this street will be pulled ………………soon to make way for the new metro project.
10. City dwellers are more likely to suffer ………………stress and anxiety than people who live in the countryside.

* Choose one suitable word or phrase to fill each blank to complete the following passage.
The Internet has emerged as a medium for marketing and advertising since 1994. The Internet is (1)……………………from conventional advertising media in several respects. First, consumers can (2)……………………information and get purchases and payments all through the Internet. No (3) ……………………medium can accomplish these marketing functions. Second, users can initiate a shopping process by visiting a web site and then clicking on hyper – linked text for (4) ……………………information. Third, it has the capacity for multimedia content. The multimedia nature of the Internet is suitable (5) ……………………high impact advertising.
1. A. differ B. difference C. different D. differently
2. A. call on B. meet C. turn on D. get
3. A. some B. other C. others D. any
4. A. more B. many C. most D. the most
5. A. on B. of C. for D. at

* Choose one suitable word or phrase to fill each blank to complete the following passage.
The Internet has emerged as a medium for marketing and advertising since 1994. The Internet is (1)……………………from conventional advertising media in several respects. First, consumers can (2)……………………information and get purchases and payments all through the Internet. No (3) ……………………medium can accomplish these marketing functions. Second, users can initiate a shopping process by visiting a web site and then clicking on hyper – linked text for (4) ……………………information. Third, it has the capacity for multimedia content. The multimedia nature of the Internet is suitable (5) ……………………high impact advertising.
1. A. differ B. difference C. different D. differently
2. A. call on B. meet C. turn on D. get
3. A. some B. other C. others D. any
4. A. more B. many C. most D. the most
5. A. on B. of C. for D. at

* Choose one suitable word or phrase to fill each blank to complete the following passage.
The Internet has emerged as a medium for marketing and advertising since 1994. The Internet is (1)……………………from conventional advertising media in several respects. First, consumers can (2)……………………information and get purchases and payments all through the Internet. No (3) ……………………medium can accomplish these marketing functions. Second, users can initiate a shopping process by visiting a web site and then clicking on hyper – linked text for (4) ……………………information. Third, it has the capacity for multimedia content. The multimedia nature of the Internet is suitable (5) ……………………high impact advertising.
1. A. differ B. difference C. different D. differently
2. A. call on B. meet C. turn on D. get
3. A. some B. other C. others D. any
4. A. more B. many C. most D. the most
5. A. on B. of C. for D. at