Scouting began in England in 1907. The Boy Scouts of America started three years later. Today, there are Boy Scout programmes in more than 140 countries. In the United States alone, there are over 4 million Scouts. Boy Scouts learn useful skills while having fun. Scouts swim and play sports, go camping and hiking, and learn how to survive in the outdoors. They also learn how to protect the environment. Other Scout activities include making arts and crafts, learning first aid, and learning how to use computers or fix cars. Scouts often do community service and volunteer work. Scouts learn teamwork by working together.

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1. Scouting began in the United States in            .

            A. 1907                      B. 1910                      C. 1917                      D. 1920

2. There are over 4 million Scouts in                     .

            A. England                B. the USA                C. the world              D. North America

3. Scouts learn many skills except .

            A. swimming             B. collecting              C. going camping     D. playing sports

4. Scouts activities include many except              .

            A. learning how to make cars                     B. making arts and crafts

            C. learning first aid                                      D. learning how to use computers

5. Scouts learn teamwork by           .           .

            A. working one by one                    B. working alone

            C. working all year round               D. working in groups

Read the following passage and give the best choice:

Scouting began in England in 1907. The Boy Scouts of America started three years later.Today, there are Boy Scout programmes in more than 140 countries. In the United States alone, there are over 4 million Scouts. Boy Scouts learn useful skills while having fun. Scouts swim and play sports, go camping and hiking, and learn how to survive in the outdoors. They also learn how to protect the environment. Other Scout activities include making arts and crafts, learning first aid, and learning how to use computers or fix cars. Scouts often do community service and volunteer work. Scouts learn teamwork by working together.

1. Scouting began in the United States in .

A. 1907 B. 1910 C. 1917 D. 1920

2. There are over 4 million Scouts in .

A.England B.the USA C.the world D.North America

3. Scouts learn how to proctect ____________.

A. food B. forest C. environment D. children

4. Scouts learn teamwork by .__________ .

A.working one by one B.working alone

C.working all year round D.working together

2. Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.

            Scouting began in England in 1970. The Boy Scouts of America started three years later. Today, there are Boy Scout programs in more than 140 countries. In the United States alone, there are over 4 million Scouts. Boy Scouts learn useful skills while having fun. Scouts swim and play sports, go camping and hiking, and learn how to survive in the outdoors. They also learn how to protect the environment. Other Scout activities include making art and craft, learning first aid, and learning how to use computers or fix cars. Scouts often do community service and volunteer work. Scouts learn teamwork by working together.

Question 29: How many Scouts are there in America?  

 A. 450 million                B. over 4 million           C. about 450 million       D. under 450 million

Question 30: Boy Scouts find Scouting_____________ when they learn skills   

A. bored                          B. enjoyable                  C. tired                             D. exhausted

Question 31: Scouts learn many skills except______________.   

A. swimming                  B. collecting things       C. going camping             D. playing sports

Question 32:  The word “together” in line 6 is closest in meaning to_____________.   

A. one by one.                B. alone.                        C. in groups.                    D. all members

IV. WRITING: (2,0 pts)

1. Reorder the words to make meaningful sentences.

Question 33:  lived / uncle / in / My / Berlin / 1990 / in / ./   

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Question 34:  work/ done/ you/ ever/ Have / volunteer/ any / ?/  

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Question 35:  study/ didn’t / he/ so/ the / history /,/ He / failed / exam/ hard/ . /

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Question 36:  been/ a/ I/ of/ volunteers/in/ Asia/ have / member/ left/ since / I/ university/./  

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IV. Reading Comprehension:

1. Read the passage, and decide whether the statements that follow are True of False:

The Boy Scouts is a worldwide organization for young people. It teaches them to be good citizens and prepares them for the responsibilities of adulthood. Scouting began in England in 1907. The Boy Scouts o America (BSA) started three years later. Today, there are Boy Scout programs in more than 140 countries. In the United State alone, there are over 5 million Scouts.

1. This organization teaches every boy to be good citizens . …………

2. Scouting started in England 102 years ago. . …………

3. There are over 5 million Scouts in more than 140 countries today. . …………

4. The Boy Scouts is a youth organization. . …………

2. Choose the word of phrase that best fits the blank space in the following passage:

I’m (1) _______________ to hear you had an (2) _______________ Christmas vacation. I (3) _______________ my first report few days ago. I got good grades (4) _______________ English, but my math result (5) _______________ poor. My math teacher asked me to spend more time on it. I must study (6) _______________ for the next semester.

1. A. please B. pleasant C. pleasure D. please

2 .A. enjoy B. enjoyable C. enjoyed D. happily

3. A. receive B. easily C. received D. will receive

4. A. at B. in C. so D. for

5. A. is B. was C. will be D. seems

6. A. hardly B. lazily C. good D. harder

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Like the Y va Y , the Boy scouts of America BSA is a youth ... It builds character,and encourages good citizenship and persinal fitness

Scouting began in ... in 1970. Two year later , an American businessman , william boyce, got lost in london. A boy helped him and explanined that was a scout . This meeting led to the scouts Associationm..... The Atlantic in 1910

Although scouting is mainly for boys , there are organization similar to the BSA which girls cann join. The girl Guides Association and the coeducatonal camp Fire Boy and Girls bothe of which .. in 1910 are two such group .. 1994 there were 5,400,000 scouts in America

A organize B organization C organizations D organizes

A Viet Nam B American C England D France

A To cross B to crossing C cross D crossing

A started B to start C starting D start

A on B in C by D at

4. In the United States today there are more than half a million criminals serving time in prison. Most prisoners are male high-school dropouts between the ages of 18 and 19. Even more shocking in the fact that the number and rate of imprisonment has more than doubled over the past twenty years, and the recidivism - that is, the rate for rearrest - is more than 60 percent.

Although the stated goal of most prison systems, on both federal and state levels, is to rehabiliatate the inmates and reintagrate them into society, the systems themselves do not support such a result. Prisons are usually geographically or psychologically isolated and terribly overcrowded. Even in the more enlightened prisons, only one-third of the inmates have vocational training opportunities or work release options.

If prisons are indeed to achieve the goal of rehabilitating offenders, then the prisons themselves will have to change. First, they will have to be smaller, housing no more than five hundred prisoners. Second, they will have to be built in or near population centers with community resources available for gradual reintegration into society. Finally, prison programs must be restructured to include work release and vocational and academic training that promises carry over into the inmate’s life after release. Models for such collaborative efforts between the criminal justice system and the community already exist in several hundred half-way houses throughout the country. 

1. What is the author’s main point?

A. Prisons must be restructured if they are to accomplish the goal of rehabilitation.

B. Models for community collaboration have been successful.

C. Most of the criminals serving time in prison are high-school dropouts.

D. The criminal justice system must establish a better goal.

2. According to the author, how many prisoners are offered training or work release?

A. None                      B. 33.33 percent                      C. 50 percent                           D. 60 percent

3. The author mentions all the following as necessary to prison reform EXCEPT

A. newer buildings                                                      C. vocational   training                                   

B. smaller institutions                                                 D.collaboration with the community

4. The word “recidicism” in line 4 refers to

A. all people who are imprisoned                               C. people who drop out of high school

B. people who return to prison after release               D. people who have been in prison for a long time

5. The paragraph following this passage most probably discusses

A. the goals of most state and federal prisons                       

B. the cost of prison reform

C. examples of models for community collaboration

D. problems with the current criminal justice system

Like the Y & Y, the boy Scouts of America (BSA) is a youth (1) ___________. It builds character, and encourages good

citizenship and personal fitness.

Scouting began in English in 1997. Two years later an American businessman, William Boyce, got (2) ____________ in London. A boy helped him and explained that he was a (3) ____________. This meeting (4) ____________ to the Scouts Association crossing the Atlantic in 1910.

(5) __________ scouting is mainly for boys, there are organizations similar to the BSA which girls can join. The Girl Guides Association and the coeducational Camp Fire Boys and Girls, both of (6) ____________started in 1910, are two such groups.

In 1994, there are 5,400,00 scouts in (7) ___________. Now scouting is popular worldwide. The Scouting Association has more than 25 million members, making it the largest voluntary youth organization in the world.

Although each nation’s scouting program differs slightly, the three (8) ____________, established in 1907, are the same in the 21st century.  

1. A. participation B. organization C. application D. association

2. A. undressed B. married C. lost D. dressed

3. A. boy B. scout C. pioneer D. child

4. A. met B. fed C. let D. led

5. A. Although B. Because C. As D. Since

6. A. them B. whom C. which D. that

7. A. America B. England C. Atlantic D. American

8. A. organizations B. groups C. programs D. aims

In the United States of America, the nationnal language is(1)........... Enlish.Four hundred years old, some English people came to North America to live and they brought(2)................. language to this country.

Now in the USA, people(3)..........English. Most of the words are the(4).......... in America and British English, but the America say some English words not as people(5)................ in England. Canada is(6)........... to the North of the United States of America. It is the larger(7)............ the United States. In Canada, many people(8)............. English because they also came from England many years(9)............ But in some parts of Canada, people speak(10)......... because they came from France

1. A. also B. like C. as D. not

2. A. French B. English C. Chinese D. Canadian

3. A. British B. American C. Russian D. Chinese

4. A. various B. similar C. same D. like

5. A. do B. say C. talk D. speak

6 A. lies B. situated C. at D. in

7 A. than B. as C. more D. less

8 A. say B. tell C. talk D. speak

9 A. ago B. later C. there D. here

10 A. Frace B. French C. Russian D. Italian

Câu 3 : Read the paragraph .

Choose true or false ,then answer the questions:(3,5)

The White house is in Washington ,D.C.It is the office and home of the

president of the United States of America. The building is over 200 years old. There are 132 rooms ,35 bathrooms and 6 floors in the building .The president’s

home is in the East Wing.In the west Wing ,there are offices.It has also got a huge

garden with lots of trees and flowers.

The White House is near a lot of museums like the Smithsonian and monuments

like the Washington Memorial and the Lincoln Memorial. The US Capitol,another

famous building ,is a short bus ride

Task 1: Write true (T) and false (F) information for 1-4 : (1m)

19. …… It ‘s only the home of the president of the United States.

A.T B.F

20. …… The White House is in the USA.

A.T B.F

21. …… There is a huge garden.

A.T B.F

22. ……. There is a gym in the White House.

A.T B.F