I. Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank.

Almost all people have a fear of examinations. Examinations, (1) …………, are a part of our lives and all schools in Vietnam have examinations.

Examinations were first (2) …………in China about three thousand years ago. Scholars had to memorize long passages taken from several books. Those who did well in the examination (3) …………to enter the government service.

Nowadays, the main (4) …………of examination is to test how well a person understands the subjects which have been taught. They are also used to find how well the students perform (5) …………pressure.

21.    A. however                    B. although                C. therefore               D. also

22.    A. played                        B. made                      C. held                       D. gained

23.    A. allowed                      B. were allowed        C. have allowed        D. allowing

24.    A. part                             B. idea                        C. content                  D. purpose

25.    A. under                        B. above                    C. within                    D. inside

I. Rewrite the following sentences:

26. David failed the exam because of his laziness.

Because David ___________________

27. They haven’t cleaned up the street for five months.

It’s ___________________

28.We have donated books and clothes for ten years.

We began ___________________

29. Why don’t you start to run and see if that helps you to lose weight?

You should ___________________

30. It is very noisy in the city but we enjoy living there.

Although ___________________

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

Almost all people have a fear of examinations. Examinations, (1) …………, are a part of our lives and all schools in Vietnam have examinations. 

Examinations were first (2) …………in China about three thousand years ago. Scholars had to memorize long passages taken from several books. Those who did well in the examination (3) …………to enter the government service. 

Nowadays, the main (4) …………of examination is to test how well a person understands the subjects which have been taught. They are also used to find how well the students perform (5) …………pressure. 

A. however B. although C. therefore D. also 

A. played B. made C. held D. gained 

A. allowed B. were allowed C. have allowed D. allowing 

A. part B. idea C. content D. purpose 

A. under B. above C. within D. inside 

B. Read the passage, then choose the one best answer  - a, b, c or d.

Personal computers, or PCs, are an important part of our everyday lives. Many people cannot imagine life without them. One of the most important people in making these machines work is Bill Gates. Bill Gates was born in 1955 in Washington State. He grew up in a rich family. His parents sent him to a private school. There he met his business partner, Paul Allen. When they were in eighth grade, they were writing programs for business computers and making more.

In 1973, Gates was accepted at Harvard University. His parents were happy. They thought he would get over his obsession with computers and become a lawyer like his father. Two years later, Gates dropped out of Harvard to work on a computer program with his friend Allen. They worked eighteen hours a day in a dormitory room at Harvard. They were writing the program that would run one of the first personal computers. In 1975, they created a company called Microsoft to sell their product.

Allen became ill with cancer and left Microsoft in 1983. He recovered a few years later and started his own company. Meanwhile, Microsoft became a giant company. By 1990, at the age of thirty-four, Gates was the youngest billionaire in the history of the United States. He was the "King of Software". He achieved his success with a lot of hard work. For more than ten years, he worked sixteen-hour days, seven days a week. He had a dream and the will to succeed. By 1997, he was the richest man in the United States.
1. According to the writer,    
    a. people cannot live without personal computers.
    b. computers play an important part of our lives.
    c. Bill Gates invented personal computers.
    d. Bill Gates is the most important people in computer science.
2. The words “dropped out” of in line 8-9 mean?     
    a. graduated from           b.  got over                      c. took part in       d. stopped taking class at
3. According to the passage,  
    a. Bill Gate's parents wanted him to become a computer programmer.
    b. Bill Gates and Paul Allen created Microsoft because they want to sell their program for personal computers.

    c. Alien left Microsoft because he wanted to start his own company.

    d. Bill Gates met his business partner at Harvard.
4. How old was Bill Gates when he became the richest man in the United States?

    a. 34                                 b. 51                                 c. 42                                d. 44

5. Which of the following is not mentioned in the text?

    a. In a few years, Microsoft became a very large company.

    b. Bill Gates and Paul Allen first wrote programs for business computers when they were about fifteen.

    c. Bill Gates earned his success by working very hard.

    d. Bill Gates is the richest man in the United States.        

Read the passage and the questions or unfinished sentences. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet that you think fits best.

Computers have led to a greater change in our society in recent decades than any other force and are likely to continue to do so until the next century. The industry surrounding computers is growing quickly, providing employment for many but meanwhile making others redundant. Jobs that computers can do much more reliably, faster and cheaper are lost. The redeployment of labour and the prospect of increased leisure are causing social upheavals which require new ideas and significant changes of attitude.

It is pointed out in the passage that the introduction of computers into daily life __________________.

A. has definitely solved the problem of unemployment

B. has brought a lot of benefits but has also created some serious problems

C. has led to an improvement in working conditions

D. can be regarded as the greatest technical achievement of the age

Read the passage about media then answer the questions
Email is a short word for electronic mail. You create texts and send them over a network of computers. The first emails go back to the 1960s. The invention has greatly changed our lives and emails have become a popular means of communication.
Emails offer users a lot of advantages. First of all, they are really easy to use. You can organize your daily correspondence, send and receive electronic messages and save them on computers. Second, emails are also very fast. They are delivered at once around the world. It is believed that no other form of written communication is as fast as an email. Last but not least, emails do not use paper. They are environmentally friendly, which helps save a lot of trees from being cut down. So you find emails really useful? Have you ever sent or received an email? Send one to your best friend and wait for nice things to come.
1. What does email mean?
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2. When did the first email appear?
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3. How many benefits of emails are mentioned in the reading?
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4. According to the writer, is Email the fastest way to communicate?
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5. Are they environmentally friendly, which helps save a lot of trees from being cut down?
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I.       Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it.

Every nation and every country has its own customs and traditions. In Britain traditions play a more important part in the life of the people than in other countries. Englishmen are proud of their traditions and carefully keep them up.

It has been the law for about 300 years that all theaters are closed on Sundays. No letters are delivered; only a few Sunday papers are published.

To this day an English family prefers a house with a garden to a flat in a modern house with central heating. English people like gardens. Sometimes the garden in front of the house is a little square covered with cement painted green in imitation of grass and a box of flowers.

Holidays are especially rich in old traditions and are different in Scotland, Ireland, Wales and England. Christmas is a great English national holiday, and in Scotland it is not kept, except by clerks in banks, all shops and factories are working.

26. What is the best title for the passage?

      a. Traditions and Customs in Great Britain          b. The Importance of Traditions and Customs

      c. Traditional Life vs. Modern Life                      d. Englishmen’s Hobbies

27. How important are traditions in Britain?

      a. It is slightly important.                                      b. It is more important than in other countries.

      c. It is rather important.                                        d. It is somewhat important.

28. In Great Britain, _____.

a.    only a few papers are published                      

b.   a garden in front of the house is a little square covered with cement painted garden in imitation of grass and a box of flowers

c.    all shops and factories are working at Christmas

d.   traditions are preserved

29. The word it in the last paragraph refers to _____.

      a. Christmas                  b. a national holiday        c. old traditions               d. England

30. Which of the following is not true?

      a. In Great Britain all theatres are closed on Sundays.

      b. In Great Britain a postman doesn’t work on Sundays.

      c. English families like a house with garden better than a modern flat.

      d. In Scotland Christmas is a great national holiday.

Read the following passage and choose the option (A, B, C or D) that best answers each of the question below.

Antonio lives in the city of Valencia in Spain. Every year he goes to La Tomatina Festival in Bunol, a town near Valencia. The festival is on the last Wednesday in August, when everyone comes into the main square to throw tomatoes at each other. Before the fun begins, people cover the shop windows with plastic. Antonio always wears his oldest clothes so he doesn’t get his best clothes dirty. He also always puts his camera in a plastic bag to keep it clean. In the morning trucks arrive in the main square, the Plaza del Pueblo, bringing more than 100,000 kilos of tomatoes. The fight begins at 11 o’clock and always last for two hours. At exactly 1 o’clock everyone stops. They never throw tomatoes after 1 o’clock. They then usually spend the rest of the day cleaning themselves and the town! In the evening, Antonio usually watches the fireworks, eats the local food and sometimes joins in the dancing.

(Adapted from KET Objective, Cambridge University Press)

41. Where does Antonio come from?

A. Valencia.        B. La Tomania.        C. Bunol.        D. Plaza del Pueblo.

42. When does the La Tomatina Festival take place?

A. At the beginning of August            B. At the end of August

C. At the middle of August                D. All are correct

43. Why does Antonio want to wear his oldest clothes to the festival?

A. He doesn’t have new clothes.            B. He loves his old clothes.

C. He doesn’t get his new clothes dirty.        D. He doesn’t like his newest clothes.

44. How long does it take people to throw tomatoes at each other during this Festival?

A. 2 hours.        B. 10 hours.            C. 11 hours.        D. A day.

45. What does NOT Antonio do in this evening?

A. watch fireworks.    B. eat local food.        C. join the dancing.    D. watch TV

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

The quality of the air we (1) ___________ is important because it affects our health and the length of our lives. Air pollution is a big problem in many of our cities and a lot of this is caused by motor vehicles. There are six main pollutants in the (2)___________ and four of these are produced in large quantities by motor engines. The gases that are (3)___________ into the air are affected by  sunlight and turned into ozone at ground level. Unlike the ozone that is high in the atmosphere and protects us from radiation. The ozone on the ground is a health (4)___________.

         Many countries have (5)___________the level of lead pollution by banning the use of metal in (6)___________. In other countries, its use is very strictly controlled. We have to (7)___________or get rid of the three other harmful gases produced by the 630 million vehicles worldwide- a(n) (8)___________that is likely to double in the next twenty to thirty years.

             Concern about the environment has led to the invention of a device known as “the three way catalytic converter”, so-called because of the three poisonous gases it (9)___________ to produce. More efficient engines reduce the formation of these gases and the converter reduces them still further. Harmful gases in engine exhausts are burned up by passing them over a metal catalyst which (10)___________ up the reaction. The catalyst is rather expensive, but what price do we put on good health?

1. A. inhale                     B. breathe             C. breath                        D. respire

2. A. environment           B. surroundings    C. ozone                         D. atmosphere

3. A. unconfined             B. delivered          C. liberated                    D. released

4. A. peril                       B. risk                            C. exposure                    D. danger

5. A. hacked                   B. chopped           C. cut                             D. sliced

6. A. petrol                     B. coal                            C. grease                        D. energy

7. A. reduce                    B. shrink               C. condense                    D. ease

8. A. form                       B. shape               C. figure                         D. amount

9. A. assists                    B. facilitates          C. aids                                     D. helps

10. A. speeds                  B. rates                 C. paces                         D. accelerates

* Read the passage and then choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to each question below.
The use of computer and the internet allows people to work at home instead of traveling to work. For example, a journalist who lives in a remote part of the world still gets in his articles on time for the next day’s newspapers. The internet allows businesses to communicate with customers and workers in any
parts of the world for the cost of a local telephone call. This means it’s inexpensive to communicate.
Email allows users to send documents, pictures and other data from one part of the world to another in at least 5 minutes. The internet is providing a lot of new business opportunities. Some businesses are advertising their products on the internet. People can use the internet to do shopping. This saves a lot of
time. It is possible to use the internet for education- students may connect with their teachers from home to send or receive e. mail or talk their problems through ‘ on – line’ rather than attend a class.
1. The use of computer and the Internet allows people ………………….
A. not to work

B. to travel to work

C. to work at home

D. to stay at home and rest
2. The internet is …………………to communicate with people around the world.
A. a cheap way

B. a difficult way

C. an expensive way

D. an inconvenient way
3. Through the Internet, businesses can ………………….
A. buy goods from each other

B. send their products to customers
C. advertise and sell their products

D. all are correct
4. It takes …………………to do the shopping on the Internet.
A. less time

B. more time

C. a little time

D. a lot of time
5. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The Internet can be used for education.
B. Email can be used to advertise new products.
C. Thanks to the Internet, people do not need to go to work.
D. Students nowadays spend more time going online than attending school.