VII. Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) that fits the blank in the following passage. (2.0 points)

        Nowadays, Facebook is the most popular (1) _____________ media which helps to connect people. Not only adults but also teenagers (2) _____________ using Facebook. There are many ways to communicate on Facebook. You can post messages to the public or to your friends. If you want a private conversation, you can send a direct message to a friend and start (3) _____________. If you want to meet new people with same interests, you can join in Facebook groups or Facebook pages.

        When friends and family members move to a different place or even different country, Facebook can help you keep (4) _____________. In addition to communicating directly through posting and messaging, you can play games with them, making them seem closer (5) _____________ the distance.

        Facebook can also help reduce or eliminate the (6) _____________ to meet new people. For example, if you feel (7) _____________ about asking someone in class about a homework assignment, you may feel more comfortable sending (8) _____________ to that person on Facebook. That way, you can think over what you write and can avoid any embarrassment in (9) ____________ meeting. That's the reason why shy people spend (10) _____________ time on Facebook than sociable people.

1. A. social            B. society             C. sociable            D. socialize

2. A. will               B. is                      C. are                    D. were

3. A. chatted          B. chatting            C. chat                           D. chats

4. A. from touch    B. in touch            C. to touch            D. touching

5. A. in spite          B. despite             C. although           D. however

6. A. barriers                  B. connection                 C. breakdown                 D. communication

7. A. nervously     B. nervous            C. happy               D. happily

8. A. snail mail      B. meeting            C. telepathy          D. messages

9. A. cyber world  B. face-to-face                C. head-to-toe                 D. internet

10. A. less             B. fewer                C. few                            D. more

VIII. Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) that fits the blank in the following passage. (2.0 points).

It’s Sunday morning. The Browns are sitting in (1) ______ living room. They are talking about the (2) ______ this evening. David likes beef and Susan does, too. He says that beef is good for children. Their father, Mr. Brown, prefer chicken (3) ______ beef. He asks his wife to buy (4) ______ for him. But Helen, their youngest daughter, doesn’t want any meat. She would (5) ______ cakes and sweets. Mrs. Brown doesn’t like beef. She doesn’t like chicken, either. She likes fish, vegetables and fruit. She says that fish and vegetables (6) ______ good for old men and everybody (7) ______ to eat fruit. At last they decide to go out (8) ______ dinner (9) ______ Mrs. Brown says that she can’t cook so (10) ______ food for everybody in the family.

1. A. his                                          B. their                          C. an                          D. a

2.  A. movie                                   B. lunch                         C. dinner                    D. party

3. A. than                                       B. to                              C. more                      D. better

4.  A. little                                      B. some                         C. any                        D. none

5.  A. like                                       B. likes                          C. have                      D. has

6.  A. is                                           B. have                          C. are                         D. do

7.  A. need                                     B. needs                        C. should                   D. have

8.  A. to                                          B. of                              C. with                       D. for

9.  A. because                                B. but                            C. so                          D. and

10.  A. many                                  B. little                          C. much                     D. lots of

VII. Read the following passage and choose the best option for each numbered blank.

      Breakfast is the (1) ______ important meal of the day. It provides the nutrients your body needs for good health, the calories it needs for (2) ______ and helps to maintain your blood sugar level. Studies have shown that people who don’t have breakfast have a low blood sugar level and are often slow, tired, hungry and (3) ______ to concentrate. Surprisingly, breakfast actually plays a part in weight control. It's easier to (4) ______ weight if you eat in the morning rather than later in the day. Dividing the day’s calories (5) ______ three meals helps take off weight more efficiently than (6) ______ breakfast and having two larger meals a day does.

1.   A. healthy                   B. tasty                        C. main                        D. most

2.   A. strenght                  B. power                     C. energy                     D. effort

3.   A. able                         B. enable                     C. unable                     D. capable

4.   A. lose                         B. put                          C. gain                         D. drop

5.   A. in                            B. into                         C. up                           D. for

6.   A. skipping                  B. making                    C. buying                    D. serving

IV. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

     English is the most important in the world today. A very large (21)______ of people understand and use English in many countries of the world.

   Indeed English is a very useful language. If we speak English we can go to any place or country we like. We shall not find it hard to (22) _______people understand what we want to say.

English also helps us to learn all kinds of subjects. Hundreds of books are published in English every day in many countries to teach people many useful things. The English language has, (23)_______, helped to spread ideas and knowledge to all the corners of the world. There is no subject that cannot be taught in English.

As English is used so much everywhere in the world, it has helped to make the countries in the world friendlier. The leaders of the world use English (24) _____one another. The English language has also helped to spread better understanding and friendship among countries of the world.

Lastly, a person who knows English is respected by people. It is for all these (25) ____that I want to learn English.

21. A. few                   B. deal                         C. amount                   D. number

22. A. get                    B. let                           C. persuade                 D. make

23. A. however           B. therefore                 C. athough                  D. otherwise

24. A. understand       B. understanding        C. to understand         D. understood

25. A. reasons             B. causes                     C. effects                    D. results

III.Read the following passage and then choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best completes each blank.  (2pts)

“My home is in the air – I do an enormous amount of traveling. It is a fast life and (1) ______ of work, but I like it and that is the only way (2) ______ me. Everything is tiring – music, traveling – but what can I do? I am not (3) ______ to complaining. It is hard to imagine now (4) ______ I will ever be very long in one place. My home town is on the Caspian Sea. There is sea, wind, sun and (5) ______ (many tourists and hotels. I have my own flat with four or five rooms, but I am seldom there. If I am there for a day or two I prefer to (6)  ______ with my mother and grandmother. They live in a small house, (7) ______ it is very comfortable and my mother cooks for me. I like good, simple food.

I have no wife, no brothers or sisters and my father (8)______  when I was seven. He was an engineer and I don’t (9)______  him very well. He liked music very much and wanted me to (10) ______ a musician.”

1.         A. most                                   B. full                C. complete                        D. more

2.         A. for                                      B. to                   C. in                                     D. by

3.         A. wanted                              B. taken             C. used                                D. known

4.         A. and                                     B. so                  C. while                               D. that

5.         A. far                                      B. too                 C. much                               D. more

6.         A. stay                                    B. go                  C. do                                    D. spend

7.         A. but                                     B. since             C. even                                D. which

8.         A. killed                                 B. gone              C. passed                            D. died

9.         A. know                                 B. remember     C. remind                            D. see

10.       A. become                             B. turn               C. develop                          D. grow

I. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

      The word jeans (1)________ from a kind of material that was made in Europe. It is a strong material and it does not (2)________ out easily. In the 1960s, many universities and college (3)________ wore jeans. Designers made different styles of jeans to match the 1960s’ fashions; embroidered jeans, painted jeans and so on. In the 1970s more and more people started wearing jeans because they became (4)________. In the 1980s jeans finally became (5)________ fashion clothing when famous designers started (6)________ their own styles of jeans, with their own labels on them. Sales of jeans always go up and up because jeans have never been out of fashion.

Question 1.   A. gets         B. goes          C. arrives              D. comes

Question 2.   A. go            B. wear          C. call                   D. come

Question 3.   A. teenagers B. pupils       C. students           D. youngster

Question 4.   A. higher      B. costlier      C. longer               D. cheaper

Question 5.   A. low           B. high           C. up                    D. old

Question 6.   A. doing       B. getting       C. making             D. buying

II. Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence. 

Question 7. We are worried that rivers and canals are becoming more and more ___________. (pollute)

Question 8. TV ____________ are advertisements in which goods and services are promoted. (commerce)

Question 9. It is __________that some people poach fish in the Nhieu Loc Canal. (disappoint)

Question 10. Christmas is ____________ celebrated in many countries. (joy)

Question 11. Here is tomorrow’s weather ____________. Ho Chi Minh City will be sunny, and ... (cast)

Question 12. My sister is wearing a T-shirt of the latest model. She always dresses ____________. (fashion)

III. Use the correct tense or form of the verb given in each sentence. 

Question 13. Unless she ____________ the flowers regularly, they will wither. (water)

Question 14. We all expect that Anh Vien ____________ the most outstanding athlete in this SEA GAMES. (become)

Question 15. He ____________ five comic books since last Monday. (read)

Question 16. The teacher suggested ____________ these units carefully. (revise)

Good luck các em!

Part 1: Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage. (0.25/each) Two of the most important holidays in the United States are Independence Day and Thanksgiving Day. The fourth of July marks the American declaration of independence from Britain. Most towns, big or small, celebrate the fourth of July with parades and fireworks. Families (25)……………..with barbecues or picnics. Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in fall, on the fourth Thursday in November. It is a day (26)……………. people give thanks to the harvest. Most families (27)…………. a large dinner with roast turkey. (28)………… Independence Day and Thanksgiving Day are national holidays.

25. A. celebrating B. celebration C. celebrated D. celebrate

26. A. where B. which C. when D. in which

27. A. have B. buy C. help D. take

28. A. Besides B. Both C. Either D. Nor

IV. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage. (1,5 pt)

     The word jeans (1)________ from a kind of material that was made in Europe. It is a strong material and it does not (2)________ out easily. In the 1960s, many university and college (3)________ wore jeans. Designers made different styles of jeans to match the 1960s’ fashions; embroidered jeans, painted jeans and so on. In the 1970s more and more people started wearing jeans because they became (4)________. In the 1980s jeans finally became (5)________ fashion clothing when famous designers started (6)________ their own styles of jeans, with their own labels on them. Sales of jeans always go up and up because jeans have never been out of fashion.

                   1.A. gets            B. goes             C. arrives         D. comes

                   2.A. go             B. wear            C. call                       D. come

                   3.A. teenagers  B. pupils          C. students       D. youngster

                   4.A. higher       B. costlier        C. longer                    D. cheaper

                   5.A. low           B. high             C. up                        D. old

                   6.A. doing        B. getting         C. making        D. buying

V.Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best answer to each of the questions

FOOTPRINTS ON THE MOON

     Long ago a lot of people thought the moon was a god. Other people thought it was just a light in the sky. And others thought it was a big ball of cheese.

     The telescopes were made. And men saw that the moon was really another world. They wondered what it was like. They dreamed of going there.

     On July 20,1969, that dream came true. Two American men landed on the moon. Their names were Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin. The first thing the men found was that the moon is covered with dust. The dust is so thick that the men left footprints where they walked. Those were the first marks a living thing had ever made on the moon. And they could stay there for years and years. There is no wind or rain to wipe them off.

     The two men walked on the moon for hours. They picked up rocks to bring back to earth for study. They dug up dirt to bring back. They set up machines to find out things people wanted to know. Then they climbed back into their moon landing craft.

     Next day, the landing craft roared as the two men took off from the moon. They joined Michael Collins in the spaceship that waited for them above the moon. Then they were off on their trip back to earth. Behind them they left the plains and tall mountains of the moon. They left the machines they had set up. And they left footprints that may last forever.

1. This story tells ___________

          A. about the first men to walk on the moon.

          B. how men found footprints on the moon.

          C. what the men brought back from their trip to the moon.

          D. about the mountains on the moon

2.  A telescope ___________

          A. makes the moon brighter.

          B. turns the moon into another world.

          C. makes many of men’s dreams come true.

          D. helps people see the moon more clearly.

3.The men brought rocks and dirt from the moon because ___________

          A. they wanted something to show they were there.

          B. people wanted to use them to learn about the moon.

          C. they wanted to keep them as souvenirs.

          D. they might sell them to scientists.

4.When the men returned to earth, they        ___________

          A. left their machines on the moon.    B. destroyed the machines.

          C. carried the machines with them.     D. hid the machines.

5.The next people who go to the moon likely could ___________

          A. find that the machines have disappeared.

          B. leave the first set of footprints on the moon.

          C. find the places where Armstrong and Aldrin walked.

          D. find that dust wiped off the two men’s footprints.

I. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage. (lpt)

In my opinion, it is important to have a day to celebrate for our parents. Children will have a special day to express their feelings, memories (25)________ love for their parents. We have (26)________ opportunity to enhance family traditions. Members of families can have a chance to get together, to know one another and to help one another. On that day, children should give their parents flowers, send them cards, or bring them a special cake and serve them the food (27)________they like best. I believe the idea will be supported and the day will (28)________ nationwide . Everybody loves and wants their parents to be happy.

                  25. A. because B. but C. so D. and

26. A. a B. an C. the D. once 

27. A. where B. who C. whom D. that

28. A. be celebrated   B. held C. be done D. take

II. Read the following passage and answer the questions. (1pt)

The large movement of earth under the water causes a very large and powerful tsunami. The tsunami was called the Asian Tsunami in most of the world. It was called the Boxing Day Tsunami in England, Australia, South Africa and Canada because it happened on the holiday they call Boxing Day. The tsunami caused a lot of damage to countries such as Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and Sri Lanka.

Waves as high as 30m killed many people and damaged or destroyed a lot of buildings and other properties. Over 225,000 people died or were not found after the Tsunami. The wave traveled as far away as South Africa (8000km) where as many as 8 people died because of high water caused by the wave. Because of how much damage was caused and the number of people the earthquake affected, over $ 7 billion was donated to help the survivors and rebuild the areas damaged.

29. Why was the tsunami called the Boxing Day Tsunami in England? 

A. Because it happened when people were boxing. B. Because it happened when people were making boxes.    

C. Because it happened on Boxing Day. D. Because it destroyed a lot of boxes.  

30. How high were the waves? 

A. Thirteen meters     B. Eighteen meters   C. Thirty meters D. Two hundred and twenty-five 

meters

In most of the world, what do they call the tsunami?

the Boxing Day     B. the Asian Tsunami         C. Waves                   D.survivors

Some people in South Africa were killed by__________

A. high water               B.buildings                     C. other properties.    D. the earthquake