Fill in each numbered space with ONE appropriate word.

Mark Twain is a famous American writer. His real (1)______was Samuel Longhorn Clemens and " Mark Twain" was (2)____ pen- name. Samuel Clemens was born in a

small (3)_______ on the Mississippi river in the USA. The boy (4)_____many friends

at school and when he became a writer, he described them in his stories. (5)________

Samuel was twelve, his father died and the boy began to work and learned the (6)____

of a printer. Samuel always (7)______to be a sailor and when he was twenty, he found work on a river boat. After some time he (8)___ the boat and went to live in California.

Here he began to write short stories (9)___the name of Mark Twain. He sent (10)____

to newspapers. The readers liked his stories very much.

Fill in each numbered space with ONE appropriate word.

Mark Twain is a famous American writer. His real (1)______was Samuel Longhorn Clemens and " Mark Twain" was (2)____ pen- name. Samuel Clemens was born in a

small (3)_______ on the Mississippi river in the USA. The boy (4)_____many friends

at school and when he became a writer, he described them in his stories. (5)________

Samuel was twelve, his father died and the boy began to work and learned the (6)____

of a printer. Samuel always (7)______to be a sailor and when he was twenty, he found work on a river boat. After some time he (8)___ the boat and went to live in California.

Here he began to write short stories (9)___the name of Mark Twain. He sent (10)____

to newspapers. The readers liked his stories very much.

III/  Read the following passage then answer the questions. Write your answers on the answer sheet.

      Mark Twain was a famous American writer. His real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens and “Mark Twain” was his pen name. He was born in a small town on the Missouri River in the USA. The boy had many friends at school and when he became a writer, he described them in his stories.

      When he was twelve, his father died and the boy began to work and learned the profession of a printer. He always wanted to be a sailor and when he was twenty, he found work on a river boat. Then he left the boat and lived in California. Here he began writing short stories under the name of Mark Twain. He sent them to newspapers. The readers liked his stories very much. His best novel “The Adventure of Tom Sawyer “ was published in 1876.

Question 21. Who was Mark Twain?

Question 22. Where was he born?

Question 23. How old was he when his father died?

Question 24. Did the readers like his stories very much?

Question 25. When was his best novel published?

IV/  Choose the word that best fits the blank space in the following passage. Write the letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet.

      If you are (26) ______ to someone’s house for dinner in the United States, you should (27) ______ a gift, such as a bunch of flowers or a box of chocolates. If you give your host a wrapped (28) ______, he or she may open it in front of you. Opening a present m front of the gift-giver is considered (29) ______. It shows that the host is excited about receiving the gift and wants to show his/her appreciation to you immediately. (30) ______ the host doesn’t like it, he or she will tell a “white lie” and say how much they like the gift to prevent the guest from feeling bad.

Question 26.   A. called               B. invited              C. calling                        D. inviting

Question 27.   A. take                  B. give                  C. bring                        D. make

Question 28.   A. gift                    B. gifts                  C. flower                        D. flowers

Question 29.   A. funny                B. sad                    C. rude                        D. polite

Question 30.   A. Although          B. But                    C. Because                        D. So

V/ (1,0 point) Fill in each gap of the following sentences with ONE suitable word. Write it on your answer sheet.

Question 31. It often rains heavily ____________ summer.

Question 32. It took me 2 hours to ____________ the letter to my best friend.

Question 33. Mrs Phuong always prides ____________ on her appearance.

Question 34. Would you ____________ lending me your pen?

Question 35. She arrived in Singapore ____________ Tuesday morning.

VI/ ) Rearrange these words or phrases into meaningful sentences. The first one has been done for you as an example. Write your answers on the answer sheet.

Example:         O. in/live / Hung Yen. / I

                        => I live in Hung Yen.

Question 36. journey / The / home village / my / is / to / interesting. / very

 => ________________________________________________________

Question 37. Mr Ba / young. / used to / when / go swimming / was / he

 => ________________________________________________________

Question 38. interested / playing / in / is / football. / My friend

 => ________________________________________________________

Question 39. tired / he / now / because / Nam / is / stayed up / last night / late

 => ________________________________________________________

Question 40. I / enough money, / had / If / buy / I / would / this book.

 => ________________________________________________________

VII/  Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it. Write your answers on the answer sheet.

Question 41. “Let’s go out for dinner” Mary said.

     => Mary suggested      

Question 42. John is too young to understand the question.

      => John is not       

Question 43. The last time I heard from my sister was 5 months ago.

      => I haven’t       

Question 44. Nobody in the factory works more carefully than Mr Thanh.

      => Mr Thanh is the       

Question 45. The box was so heavy that my son couldn’t carry it.

          => It was         

Find a suitable word to complete the following passage. (10 x 0,2 = 2pts)

Mark twain is a famous American writer. His ……...(61)…….. was Samuel Longhorn Clemens and “ Mark Twain” was ……...(62)…….. pen-name. Samuel Clemens was born in a small town……...(63)……. the Mississippi river in the USA. The boy ……...(64)……. many friends at school and when he became a writer, he described them in his stories. ……...(65)…….. Samuel was twelve, his after father died and the boy began to work and learned the ……...(66)…….. of a printer. Samuel always ……...(67)…….. to be a sailor and when he was he was twenty he found work on a river boat. After some time he ……...(68)…….. the boat and went to live in California. Here he began to write short ……...(69)…….. under the name of Mark Twain. He sent ……...(70)…….. to newspaper. The reader liked his stories very much.

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase (1p)

              Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known to most people as Mark Twain, was born (….1…) 1835 in a town near Hannibal, Mo. He spent his boyhood in Hannibal, (…2…) is on the Mississippi River. When he grew up, he became (…..3…..) river pilot.  Later, he went and worked as a reporter in Virginia City, Nev. From then on Clemens used Mark Twain as his pen name. Mark Twain died in (…..4…..) when he was seventy five years old.

1. a. in                    b. at                     c. on                                d. for

2. a. which                        b. that                   c. who                    d. when

3. a. an                           b. the                    c. a                       d. no article                               

4. a. 1910                    b. 1901                        c. 1900                   d.1835

XI. Fill in each blank with a suitable word to complete the following passage.(20 points)

People have always dreamt of living forever. Although we all know this will never (1)….., we still want to live as long as possible. Naturally, there are advantages and disadvantages of a long life. In the first place, people who live longer can (2)……. more time with their family and friends. Secondly, people who have busy working (3)…… look forward to a long, relaxing life, (4)….. they can do the things they^’ve never had time for.

            On the other hand, there are some serious disadvantages. Firstly, many people become ill and consequently have to so end time in (5)….. or become burden to their children and friends. Many of them find this (6)….. annoying or embarassing. In addition to this, the older people get, the (7)….. friends they seem to have because old friends (8)…… or become ill and it^’s often difficult to make new friends.

            To sum up, living(9)……. a very old age is worthwhile for those who stay (10)….. enough to remain independent and enjoy life.

C. Read the passage and fill one suitable word in each blank. (1 point) Everyone is becoming aware that the environment is a (0) .... serious.... issue. However, we have not done (1) .......... to deal with this problem because we seem to wait for governments to (2) ........... actions. In my opinion, individuals can do many things to help (3) .......... the problem. To begin (4) .........., we can be more responsible in the (5) .......... we dispose of waste. We should not throw rubbish into lakes and (6) ........... . Moreover, we also need to (7) .......... the water we use. Fresh water (8) ..........drinking is running out in many (9) .......... of the world. Finally, I think that if we use (10) ........... transport more we can reduce air pollution in cities.

Fill in each blank with one suitable word to complete the following passage.

Jack London the famous American writer, was (1) in San Francisco in 1876. When he was young, he (2) to sell newspapers, work at a hotel and on a ship (3) money. He was a student at a university for only a year. He had to leave it (4) he was too poor to pay for the university. In (5) years 1905 to 1909 Jack London (6) his best stories and novels. These books were about working people (7) came to find gold in Alaska, a cold country in the North.