Read the passage and choose the best answer to the question.

AN EXCITING TRIP

I have just received a letter from my brother, Tim. He is in Australia. He has been there for six months. Tim is an engineer. He is working for a big firm and he has already visited a great number of different places in Australia. He has just bought an Australian car and has gone to Alice Springs, a small town in the center of Australia. He will soon visit Darwin. From there he will fly to Perth. My brother has never been abroad before, so he is finding this trip very exciting.

Whom was this passage written about?

A. Tim

B. Tim’s brother or sister

C. an engineer

D. Darwin

16) Tom ( be) …………….to HN twice .He loves it very much 17) My sister (work ) ……………………for an enterprise for two years .That was after college 18) I (move)……………… to HN in 2001 .I (be ) ………….there a long time now 19) It was so cold today that I (wear)…………… a sweater at school 20) So far this month there (be )……………………. three robberies in this street 21) When I was young I (meet )…………..him three times 22) In the past few years ,it (become )………….. more and more difficult to get into university 23) I (feel )………………better since I ( live) ……………….here 24) Since I (be ) ……………………in this city I ( not see)…………… him

Read the passage below and decide whether the statements are TRUE or FALSE?

Nguyen Tri Hieu, 48, from HCM City has donated blood 71 times. However, he has set a goal of donating blood up to 100 times or until his health no longer allows him to.

“My mother died due to lack of blood for a transfusion when I was 20 years old. My family got together in an effort to donate blood to help her. We even bought blood from other donors, but it was not enough,” he recalled.

“I wasn't just my mother at that time, many patients were in desperate need of blood transfusions but the resources simply weren't there and they had to leave this world before their time.” said Hieu.

A few years after his mother passed away, Hieu decided to register to donate blood. Since the first time in 1997, Hieu has donated blood for 71 times, offering up the life-giving resource once every three months.

“There have been many times when I've donated blood to people in need of urgent transfusions. Once, when I was working, my friend at the blood bank called me to help a child at the Heart Institute. My boss immediately told me to go to the hospital.”

“I remembered all the times I've donated blood like that because if did not hurry, the patient’s life would be at risk," he said.

Hieu is also a registered organ donor. "I feel like I can give something, I don't need to keep it," he said. "I feel like I can give away anything, I should not keep it, how can I do it when someone might need it.”

Hieu was one of 100 donors who were honoured at a ceremony on Thursday for

Question: He always tries to help patient with urgent need of transfusion.

A. True

B. False

Read the passage below and decide whether the statements are TRUE or FALSE?

Nguyen Tri Hieu, 48, from HCM City has donated blood 71 times. However, he has set a goal of donating blood up to 100 times or until his health no longer allows him to.

“My mother died due to lack of blood for a transfusion when I was 20 years old. My family got together in an effort to donate blood to help her. We even bought blood from other donors, but it was not enough,” he recalled.

“I wasn't just my mother at that time, many patients were in desperate need of blood transfusions but the resources simply weren't there and they had to leave this world before their time.” said Hieu.

A few years after his mother passed away, Hieu decided to register to donate blood. Since the first time in 1997, Hieu has donated blood for 71 times, offering up the life-giving resource once every three months.

“There have been many times when I've donated blood to people in need of urgent transfusions. Once, when I was working, my friend at the blood bank called me to help a child at the Heart Institute. My boss immediately told me to go to the hospital.”

“I remembered all the times I've donated blood like that because if did not hurry, the patient’s life would be at risk," he said.

Hieu is also a registered organ donor. "I feel like I can give something, I don't need to keep it," he said. "I feel like I can give away anything, I should not keep it, how can I do it when someone might need it.”

Hieu was one of 100 donors who were honoured at a ceremony on Thursday for

Question: He has never registered to be an organ donor.

A. True

B. False

II. Read the passage and choose the best answer.

Gary Smith yesterday celebrated his twentieth birthday, but he's lucky to be alive. In March this year, he was climbing Ben Nevis, Britain's highest mountain, when he lost his way and spent sixteen hours in sub-zero temperatures.

"My friends laughed at me for having so much survival equipment, but it saved my life."

On the first night, the weather was so bad that it tore his new mountain tent to pieces, so he moved into a Youth Hostel. He left the hostel at 10.00 the next morning but that afternoon he was in trouble. "I fell off a rock and broke my left leg. I couldn't move."

Mountain rescue team went out to look for Gary, and found him at 9.00 the next morning. A helicopter took him to hospital, where he needed several operations. "Next time, I'll go with my friends, not on my own!" he joked.

1. Howald was Gary when he went climbing?

A. 16. B.19. C. 20. D.22.

2. How long did he spend on the mountain?

A. 10 hours. B. 16 hours.

C. 1 night. D. 2 nights.

3. Which of the following sentences is true?

A. He didn't take many things with him on his trip.

B. He spent the first night in his new mountain tent.

C. He went climbing alone.

D. In spite of his broken leg, his climbing trip was a great success.

4. Which of the following groups of adjectives best describe Gary?

A. Lost, alone, injured.

B. Hot, terrible, lucky.

C. Broken, alive, bad.

D. Bad, alone, lucky.

5. All the following sentences sound reasonable EXCEPT

A. If he hadn't fallen off a rock, he wouldn't have broken his leg.

B. If the Mountain rescue teams hadn't found him, he would have died.

C. If he hadn't been operated on, he wouldn't have been able to walk again.

D. If it hadn't been so cold on the mountain, he wouldn't have lost his way.

17. I would have been on time if I hadn’t stopped at the post office

a. I was on time even tough I stopped at the post office

b.I wasn’t on time because I stopped at the post office

c. I didn’t stop at the post office, but I was late.

D. all of the above

18. I have still got the camera because no one has claimed it

a. because it hasn’t been claimed

b. because of not claiming on it

c. because of no claim has been made on it

d. because it has been claimed by no one

20. Although he was seriously ill, he was determined to finish his work. In spite of ____________

a. the serious ill, he was determined to finish his work

b.be ill seriously, he was determined to finish his work

c.his serious ill,he wasdetermined to finish hiswork

d.he wasill seriously,he wasdetermined to finish his work

21. Although they were very poor, the children seemed happy.

a. The children seemed happy because they were very poor

b.The children were very poor,so they seemed happy

c.Despite their poverty, the children seemed happy

d.he children seemes happy whether they were poor /rich

22. Because of his bad leg, he walked slowly.

a. Because his leg was bad, he walked slowly

b. Because his bad leg, he walked slowly

c. If his leg was bad, he walked slowly

d. Although his leg was bad, he walked slowly

23. I got to class on time _________ I had missed my bus.

a. even though b. nevertheless c. because d. despite

I.WORD FORMS:
1 I'll make.............. for the meeting tonight. (arrange)
2. There was still no.............on what to do next. ( agree)
3. Ho Chi Minh is an important...........center. ( commerce)
4. Alexander Graham Bell .............demonstrated his invention. ( success)
5.I'll ask my personal.............to deal with this(assist)
6............,I lost my keys on the way home. ( lucky)
7. He is one of the famous.............(invent)
8. Each of my friends has ...........characters. ( difference)
9. Telephone is a device transmitting..............over a long distance. (speak)
10. There was a big............. after World War II. ( emigrate)
11. Jack often tells funny stories. Everybody likes his sense of his............ (humorous)
12. People in my country are very warm and.............. (friend)
13. I'm...........sorry for the delay. ( extreme)
14. She looks more...............than her sister. (beauty)
15.................., she got enough grades to pass the final exam. ( lucky)
16. Your order is ready for............. ( deliver)
17. Michael Faraday made a lot of............... in the field of electricity. (invent)
18. There was an ...............of paintings at the Art Gallery. ( exhibit)
19. He was............... in demonstrating his invention. ( succeed)
20. L.A. Hill is a............. writer. (humor)
21. Each of my friends has a..................character. ( difference)
22. Nowadays, the internet plays an important role in activities............. ( commerce)
23. She is a ..........singer (beauty)
24. Everybody works.............in the library. ( quiet)
25. My parents enjoy the..........of the countryside (peaceful)
26. Nga felt.........upset about losing her job. ( extreme)
27.............., the barber cut my hair beautifully. (lucky)
28.................,we missed the train and got lost in New York. (fortune)
29. After his parents died, he was sent to the................(orphan)
30. The river is too............ for children to swim. (danger)