XI. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in each space.  (20 points)

Almost all people have a (1) _____________of examinations. Examinations, (2)______________, are a part of our lives and all school in Viet Nam have examinations. Examinations were first (3)_____________ in China about three thousand years ago. Scholars had (4)_____________ memorise long passages (5)_____________ from several books. Those who did well in examination (6)_................. allowed to enter the government service. Nowadays, the main (7)___________ of examination is to test (8)_______________ well a person understands the subjects which have been (9)_____________ . They are also used to find out how well student perform (10)_____________ pressure.

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IX. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in each space.  (2,0 pts)

It (1)___ estimated that about 500 million people who use the Internet computer network around the world. Most people use the Internet to (2)____ information or (3) ____entertainment. A new study, however, says that almost 10% of internet users are using it so often (4) ___ it is seriously harming (5) ___ lives.  The study says these people may find it difficult to stop using the Internet (6) ___ they have become addicted. Someone (7) ___ is addicted finds it extremely difficult to stop an activity. According to Mr. Green, a psychologist, 30% internet users say that they use the internet to escape (8) ___ problems or emotions. The study (9) ___ shows that having discussions (10) ___ strangers in internet areas called “chat room” is one of the most addictive activities.

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IX. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in each space.  (20 points)

         If the teacher (1) _____________a question, you (2)____________ expected to give an answer. If you do not understand the question, you should (3)_________your hand and ask the teacher to repeat the question. If you do not know the answer, it is all right to tell the teacher that you do not know. Then he (4)_____________ she knows what you need to learn.

        There is no excuse for not (5)_____________ your homework. If you are absent, you should call your (6)_______________ or someone who is in your class and ask for the assignment. It is your responsibility (7)_____________ find out what assignments you have missed. It is not (8)______________ teacher’s responsibility to remind you of missed assignments.

        You must not be absent on a test day. If you are seriously ill, call and let the teacher know you will not be there for the test. (9)______________ your teacher allows make-up tests, you should take the test within one or two days after returning to class. Serious illness is the (10)_____________ reason for missing a test.

Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in each space. Write your answer in the numbered bow below. 0 is an example (20 pts)

IX. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in each space.  (2.0 points)

When Linh was younger, she liked to go to school (1) __________ than anything. She used to study every day and even tried harder when preparing for exams. In class, she listened attentively (2) __________ lectures and (3) ___________ her teachers’ questions perfectly. That was why she often performed well in exams and appeared in the list of “Top 10 Students” of the school. She was much (4) ___________ at learning languages than any (5) __________ subjects. At the age of fifteen, she could (6) ___________ two foreign languages, English and French, quite fluently. Her dream (7) __________ to become a successful diplomat. Unfortunately, her father died in a car accident when she was a first-year student at university. She had to quit school to help her mother (8) __________ care of her family. Nevertheless, she continued studying by (9) __________ and tried her best to graduate (10) ___________ the Institute of International Relations at the age of 30. She is now the director in the Department of Foreign Affairs. She says “the more I try, the more I see the meaning of life”.

Part 4. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in each space. (5 pts)

Have you ever had a really boring job? When I 1. __________ a student, I did lots of different jobs during the summer vacation, ranging 2. __________ picking fruit to working for a furniture removal company. Fruit picking is hard work, but 3. __________ least you are outside and have the company of other pickers. Probably the least pleasant job 4. __________ I had was working in the fridge of a butcher's shop where I had to sort pieces of chickens. But 5. __________ a doubt, the prize for the 6. __________ boring job has to go to the one I had working for a sports equipment company.

My task was to put six table tennis balls into boxes. They left me in a room with a huge container of thousands of balls. I was stuck out 7. __________ sight at the back of the storeroom without even a radio for company. A day in the room felt 8. __________ a month. There is one funny thing I remember: there were supposed 9. __________ be two speeds of ball: one fast and one that was slower for 10. __________ experienced players. The thing was, they were actually the same ball, they just went into different boxes!

Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space. English has developed as a (1) ______ language for a range of reasons, many of them historical, rather (2)_______ anything intrinsic in the language itself. The enormous irregularities in the English (3)________ of spelling, for example, may often be seen by a newcomer as a disincentive. Miliions, however, are undeterred. One of the strongest incentives for learning the (4)________ is the use to which it can immediately be put, socially, economically and culturally From education and the creative economy to IT and advanced engineering, industries in the UK (5)________ hugely from using the English language. But it also helps economies overseas to prosper. English language (6)_________ provide life-changing oppotunities, and promote prosperity and security around the world. Research in countries in the Middle East (7)_______ North Africa suggests that the need to the scope of domestic industry and also attract more inward investment (8) ________ multinationals is fuelling the fast-growing (9)________ for improved English education. It is also clear that reducing unemployment as a means of securing political stability (10) ________ an imperative for many of these countries.

Read the text below and think of the word which best fits space .Use only one word in each space .The first one has been done for you. Write your answers in the table below. (2,0ms)                         

I (0)............. several good friends but I suppose that my best (1)............. is Ellen. We have been friends with each other (2)............. we were very young because she used to live next door to me. We were in the (3)............. class at school. She has always been much more clever than me at all subjects. I don’t mind (4).............. she often help me with my homework! Anyway, I have always been better at sport than she is. I beat her at tennis and she didn’t like that. In fact, she hates (5)..................  at anything and gets very annoyed if she does. That is the only thing that I don’t like about her. Otherwise, she has a great sense of (6) ................. and she always makes me laugh. We get on very well (7).................. although we have arguments about silly little things sometimes. Ellen and her family moved to another district last year but I (8).................. see her a lot. We’re planning to go on a (9)................around Europe next summer. I’m really looking forward to it because I think we’ll (10)............. a lot of fun and see exciting places.

Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space.

LEARNING VOCABULARY

Do you (1)________ hours trying to memorize lists of words? Do you look (2) ________ in a dictionary the meaning of every word you don't know? If  so, you may not be  doing yourself a favor. Research suggests that the (3) ________ way of building your vocabulary is by seeing words (4) ________ context and the obvious way to do that is to read as  often as you (5) ________. Regular exposure to written English, say 15 minutes every day, will be much (6) ________ useful than working really hard (7) ________ the evening once a week. This is (8) ________ the brain remembers information best when (9) ________ is associated with other information. The more you enjoy reading the more you will read. Pop songs (as long  as  they are in English) and TV programs will help in the same way. Who says that learning can’t (10) ________ fun?