Read the passage and mark the letter A , B , C or D to answer the questions from 1 - 7

PANDEMIC DISEASES

Diseases are a natural part of life on earth . If there were no diseases , the population would grow too quickly , and there would not be enough food or other resources , so in a way , diseases are natural ways of keeping the Earth in balance . But sometimes they spread very quickly and kill large numbers of people . For example , in 1918 , an outbreak of the flu spread across the world , killing over 25 million people in only six months . Such terrible outbreaks of a diseases are called pandemics

Pandemics happen when a disease changes in a way that our bodies are not prepared to fight . In 1918 , a new type of flu virus appeared . Our bodies had no way to fight this new flu virus , and so it spread very quickly and killed large numbers of people . While there have been many different pandemic diseases throughout history , all of them have a new thing in common . First , all pandemic diseases spread from one person to another very easily .

Second , while they may kill many people , they generally do not kill people very quickly . A good example of this would be the Marburg virus . The Marburg virus is an extremely infectious disease . In addition , it is deadly . About 70 - 80 % of all people who get the Marburg virus died from the disease . However , the Marburg virus has not become a pandemic because most people die within three days of getting the disease . This means that the virus does not have enough time to spread a large number of people . The flu virus of 1918 , on the other hand , generally took about a week to ten days to kill its victims , so it had more time to spread .

While we may never be able to completely stop pandemics , we can make them less common . Doctors carefully monitor new diseases that they fear could become pandemics . For example , in 2002 , and 2003 , doctors carefully watched SARS . Their health warnings may have prevented SARS from becoming a pandemic .

Question 1 : According to paragraph 1 , how are diseases a natural part of life on Earth ?

A. They prevent pandemics B. They help control the population

C. They led the world grow quickly D. They kill too many people

Question 2 : Based on the information in the passage the term " pandemics " can be explained as .............................................

A. diseases with no cure

B. a deadly kind of flu

C. diseases that spread quickly and kill large numbers of people

D. new disease like SARS or the Marburg virus

Question 3 : According to the passage , all of the following are true of the 1918 flu pandemic EXCEPT that ...............................................

A. it involved a new kind of flu virus B. it killed over 25 million people

C. it was the last pandemic in history D. it took a little over a week to kill ít victims

Question 4 : The word " it " in the passage refers to .......................

A. disease B. flu virus C. pandemics D. bodies

Question 5 : Which of the following is mentioned as a common feature of all pandemic diseases ?

A. They spread from people to people very quickly

B. It kill many people very quickly

C. They do not kill people very quickly

D. They kill all the victims

Question 6 : The word " monitor " in the passage is closest is meaning to ........................

A. fight B. prevent C. watch D. avoid

Question 7 : The author mentions SARS in order to .............................

A. give an example of a highly dangerous disease

B. suggest that SARS will never become a pandemic

C. give an example of the successful prevention of a pandemic

D. suggest that there may be a new pandemic soon .

VII. Fill in each numbered space with ONE appropriate word. Write your answer in the numbered space given. (10pts)

“I love you”

On 3^rd May 2000, millions of people around the world were (1) ______ an e-mail called “I love you”. The e-mail included a document called “Love letter for you”. When people opened this document, a (2) ______ destroyed hundreds of vital documents on their computer. The virus then sent a (3) ______ of itself to everybody in the e-mail address book. The virus infected millions of computer systems across the world. Even computers in the White House in the USA were affected by the crash. The virus eventually caused about 10 billion dollars of (4) ______ .

The person (5) ______ created the virus was probably a brilliant 23-year-old computer student from the Philippines (6) ______ Onel de Guzman. He has never admitted his guilt, but detectives know that the virus came from his computer. Onel de Guzman was not charged with any crime because in May 2000 the Philippines did not have any laws (7) ______ computer crime.

Onel de Guzman did not finish his studies at computer school. He now lives with his sister and (8) ______ his time watching TV programs he likes, reading books about computers and playing video games. (9) ______ the future, he wants to write more software- but this time, only games for mobile phones and hand-held (10) ______. Governments and companies around the world will surely be delighted!

VII. Fill in each numbered space with ONE appropriate word. Write your answer in the numbered space given. (10pts)

“I love you”

On 3^rd May 2000, millions of people around the world were (1) ______ an e-mail called “I love you”. The e-mail included a document called “Love letter for you”. When people opened this document, a (2) ______ destroyed hundreds of vital documents on their computer. The virus then sent a (3) ______ of itself to everybody in the e-mail address book. The virus infected millions of computer systems across the world. Even computers in the White House in the USA were affected by the crash. The virus eventually caused about 10 billion dollars of (4) ______ .

The person (5) ______ created the virus was probably a brilliant 23-year-old computer student from the Philippines (6) ______ Onel de Guzman. He has never admitted his guilt, but detectives know that the virus came from his computer. Onel de Guzman was not charged with any crime because in May 2000 the Philippines did not have any laws (7) ______ computer crime.

Onel de Guzman did not finish his studies at computer school. He now lives with his sister and (8) ______ his time watching TV programs he likes, reading books about computers and playing video games. (9) ______ the future, he wants to write more software- but this time, only games for mobile phones and hand-held (10) ______. Governments and companies around the world will surely be delighted!

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 33 to 37. 

Wild birds are affected by a large number of flu viruses, just as the humans and other animals are, but they are normally exclusive to birds. If the viruses manage to mutate, they can to jump the species barrier and infect human beings. The first case (34) _____ someone died was in Hong Kong in 1997.

There are the several different forms of bird flu, ranging from mild to very (35) _____ infections, which spreading rapidly and kill many of the birds they infect. It is spread by wild birds-ducks, in particular – which carry the virus, but aren't killed by it. They can spread the virus to farm birds through (36) _____ contact or by the contaminating water supplies.

World Health Organization officials have attributed the spread of bird flu to human contact with the droppings of infected birds and (37) _____ sanitation. There was no evidence at first that the virus spread from person to person, though there has been a case of this happening being investigated by scientists.

Điền vào số (33)

A. victim    

B. casualty   

C. sufferer   

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

Computers are now an important part of human life. Without them, the modern world will stop: nobody will be able to travel, work, shop, watch TV, get money, or send messages.

However, together with computers come viruses - a kind of computer program. They move from one computer to another and damage the memory or other parts of the computer. Some viruses are difficult to stop; they can damage millions of computers in a very short time. The first virus called Brain appeared in 1986. In 1987, a more dangerous virus called Jerusalem appeared. It stayed in the computer and did nothing until the date was Friday 13th when it started to damage the computer's memory.

By the late 1990s, most computers were part of the e-mail and Internet systems. This meant virus programs could do a lot of destruction very quickly. The Melissa virus, for example, could move from one computer to another by e-mail - it automatically sent itself to every other email address in the address book.

In an effort to fight against viruses, programmers wrote antivirus software. Virus programmers are getting better all the time, but so is the antivirus software. However, a virus is always spread before a remedy takes action. People believe that one day a computer virus will bring the whole world to a stop for a few hours, which may paralyze many nations' government systems and cost the lives of many people who are traveling in a plane or undergoing an important operation.

42. The first virus appeared _________.

A.In 1986 B. In 1987 C. In 1990 D. On Friday 13th

43. Computer viruses became extremely dangerous _________.

A.on Friday 13th

B. when the first virus called Brain was created

C. when computers were connected to e-mail and Internet systems

D. in 1987

44. Which statement is TRUE about computer viruses?

A.The Melissa virus is part of the Internet system.

B. The virus Jerusalem is harmless because it did nothing.

C. A computer virus can kill people.

D. computer virus is a program.

45. A “remedy" (paragraph 4) refers to __________.

A.viruses B. programmers C. medicine D. antivirus software

46. The word "which" in the last paragraph refers to __________.

A.a computer virus created by people B. a computer virus

C. a few hours' stoppage caused by people D. the stoppage of the whole world caused by a computer virus

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

    There has been an outbreak of avian influenza, better known as bird flu in Asia recently. The first (1) _____ died two weeks ago in Vietnam and there have been the cases reported since in Thailand, and there are some suspected cases in Cambodia as well as.

    Wild birds are affected by a large number of flu viruses, just as the humans and other animals are, but they are normally exclusive to birds. If the viruses manage to mutate, they can to jump the species barrier and infect human beings. The first case (2) _____ someone died was in Hong Kong in 1997.

    There are the several different forms of bird flu, ranging from mild to very (3) _____ infections, which spreading rapidly and kill many of the birds they infect. It is spread by wild birds-ducks, in particular – which carry the virus, but aren't killed by it. They can spread the virus to farm birds through (4) _____ contact or by the contaminating water supplies.

          World Health Organization officials have attributed the spread of bird flu to human contact with the droppings of infected birds and (5) _____ sanitation. There was no evidence at first that the virus spread from person to person, though there has been a case of this happening being investigated by scientists.

Điền ô số 1

A. victim

B. casualty

C. sufferer

D. infector

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

    There has been an outbreak of avian influenza, better known as bird flu in Asia recently. The first (1) _____ died two weeks ago in Vietnam and there have been the cases reported since in Thailand, and there are some suspected cases in Cambodia as well as.

    Wild birds are affected by a large number of flu viruses, just as the humans and other animals are, but they are normally exclusive to birds. If the viruses manage to mutate, they can to jump the species barrier and infect human beings. The first case (2) _____ someone died was in Hong Kong in 1997.

    There are the several different forms of bird flu, ranging from mild to very (3) _____ infections, which spreading rapidly and kill many of the birds they infect. It is spread by wild birds-ducks, in particular – which carry the virus, but aren't killed by it. They can spread the virus to farm birds through (4) _____ contact or by the contaminating water supplies.

    World Health Organization officials have attributed the spread of bird flu to human contact with the droppings of infected birds and (5) _____ sanitation. There was no evidence at first that the virus spread from person to person, though there has been a case of this happening being investigated by scientists.

Điền ô số 2

A. where

B. when

C. which

D. why

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

    There has been an outbreak of avian influenza, better known as bird flu in Asia recently. The first (1) _____ died two weeks ago in Vietnam and there have been the cases reported since in Thailand, and there are some suspected cases in Cambodia as well as.

    Wild birds are affected by a large number of flu viruses, just as the humans and other animals are, but they are normally exclusive to birds. If the viruses manage to mutate, they can to jump the species barrier and infect human beings. The first case (2) _____ someone died was in Hong Kong in 1997.

    There are the several different forms of bird flu, ranging from mild to very (3) _____ infections, which spreading rapidly and kill many of the birds they infect. It is spread by wild birds-ducks, in particular – which carry the virus, but aren't killed by it. They can spread the virus to farm birds through (4) _____ contact or by the contaminating water supplies.

    World Health Organization officials have attributed the spread of bird flu to human contact with the droppings of infected birds and (5) _____ sanitation. There was no evidence at first that the virus spread from person to person, though there has been a case of this happening being investigated by scientists.

Điền ô số 4

A. direct

B. straight

C. immediate

D. square

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

    There has been an outbreak of avian influenza, better known as bird flu in Asia recently. The first (1) _____ died two weeks ago in Vietnam and there have been the cases reported since in Thailand, and there are some suspected cases in Cambodia as well as.

    Wild birds are affected by a large number of flu viruses, just as the humans and other animals are, but they are normally exclusive to birds. If the viruses manage to mutate, they can to jump the species barrier and infect human beings. The first case (2) _____ someone died was in Hong Kong in 1997.

    There are the several different forms of bird flu, ranging from mild to very (3) _____ infections, which spreading rapidly and kill many of the birds they infect. It is spread by wild birds-ducks, in particular – which carry the virus, but aren't killed by it. They can spread the virus to farm birds through (4) _____ contact or by the contaminating water supplies.

    World Health Organization officials have attributed the spread of bird flu to human contact with the droppings of infected birds and (5) _____ sanitation. There was no evidence at first that the virus spread from person to person, though there has been a case of this happening being investigated by scientists.

Điền ô số 3

A. strict

B. severe

C. serious

D. heavy

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

    There has been an outbreak of avian influenza, better known as bird flu in Asia recently. The first (1) _____ died two weeks ago in Vietnam and there have been the cases reported since in Thailand, and there are some suspected cases in Cambodia as well as.

    Wild birds are affected by a large number of flu viruses, just as the humans and other animals are, but they are normally exclusive to birds. If the viruses manage to mutate, they can to jump the species barrier and infect human beings. The first case (2) _____ someone died was in Hong Kong in 1997.

    There are the several different forms of bird flu, ranging from mild to very (3) _____ infections, which spreading rapidly and kill many of the birds they infect. It is spread by wild birds-ducks, in particular – which carry the virus, but aren't killed by it. They can spread the virus to farm birds through (4) _____ contact or by the contaminating water supplies.

    World Health Organization officials have attributed the spread of bird flu to human contact with the droppings of infected birds and (5) _____ sanitation. There was no evidence at first that the virus spread from person to person, though there has been a case of this happening being investigated by scientists.

Điền ô số 5

A. awful

B. bad

C. terrible

D. poor