Read the following passage, and decide if these statements are true (T) or false (F).

Once upon a time there was a young girl called Cinderella. Cinderella was living happily with her family when her mother died. Her father married an evil widow with two daughters. Cinderella’s stepmother and two stepsisters mistreated her. She had to wear old clothes and work hard while the sisters wore fancy clothes and had fun. A good witch helped Cinderella. She turned Cinderella’s old dress into a beautiful gown. Cinderella went to a party and a handsome prince politely invited her to dance with him. He fell in love with her and wanted to find out who she was. Cinderella left the party in a hurry and didn’t tell the prince her name. but she left a glass slipper, and the prince used that to find her. They got married and lived happily ever after.

Question: Cinderella was living happily with her family when her mother died.

A. True

B. False

23-28) Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in the following passage:

(23)___________ I was young, I (24) ________ dreamed of a famous scientist. When I was at school, I decided (25) ___________ engineering, and then became a millionaire by inventing a wonderful new product (26) ________ would make the world a better place. Unfortunately, I wasn’t very good ( 27) _________ technical subjects. Any time I operate any kind of equipment, (28) __________ terrible happens.

23/ A. while B. When C. As D. Although

24/ A. rarely B. seldom C. hardly D. atways

25/ A. to study B. study C. studying D. studied

26/ A. who B. which C. whom D. what

27/ A. in B. at C. on D. about

28/ A. something B. nothing C. thing D. many things

(29-32) Read the dialogue and then decide whether the statements that follow are true or false. Write True or False in your answersheet:

Marie was born in Poland in 1876. She learnt to read when she was 4 years old. She was intelligent and had an excellent memory. She finished high school when she was only 15 years old. When she grew up, Marie went to Paris to study Mathematics and chemistry at the university. She won the Nobel Prize for physics in 1903 and 8 years later she received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Marie Curie died in 1934

____ 29/ She finished high school in 1891

____ 30/ She studied Mathematics and chemistry at the university in Paris.

____ 31/ She won the Nobel Prize for physics when she was 28.

____ 32/ Marie Curie died in 1943

(33-36) Rewrite the sentences so that they are nearest in meaning to the sentence printed before them.

33/ Mary’s sister doesn’t cook as well as her mother.

Mary’smother is better__________________________________________________

34/ Singapore has reputation for its cleanliness.

 Singapore is _________________________________________________________

35/ Do you take pride in being a student of Hoang Van Thu High School?

 Are you ____________________________________________________________

36/ The new toy is exciting to the baby.

The baby is ___________________________________________________________

Read the following passage, and decide if these statements are true (T) or false (F).

Once upon a time there was a young girl called Cinderella. Cinderella was living happily with her family when her mother died. Her father married an evil widow with two daughters. Cinderella’s stepmother and two stepsisters mistreated her. She had to wear old clothes and work hard while the sisters wore fancy clothes and had fun. A good witch helped Cinderella. She turned Cinderella’s old dress into a beautiful gown. Cinderella went to a party and a handsome prince politely invited her to dance with him. He fell in love with her and wanted to find out who she was. Cinderella left the party in a hurry and didn’t tell the prince her name. but she left a glass slipper, and the prince used that to find her. They got married and lived happily ever after.

Question: The prince got married to the girl who fitted the left glass slipper.

A. True

B. False

Read the following passage, and decide if these statements are true (T) or false (F).

Once upon a time there was a young girl called Cinderella. Cinderella was living happily with her family when her mother died. Her father married an evil widow with two daughters. Cinderella’s stepmother and two stepsisters mistreated her. She had to wear old clothes and work hard while the sisters wore fancy clothes and had fun. A good witch helped Cinderella. She turned Cinderella’s old dress into a beautiful gown. Cinderella went to a party and a handsome prince politely invited her to dance with him. He fell in love with her and wanted to find out who she was. Cinderella left the party in a hurry and didn’t tell the prince her name. but she left a glass slipper, and the prince used that to find her. They got married and lived happily ever after.

Question: Her stepmother and two stepsisters were very kind to her.

A. True

B. False

Read the following passage, and decide if these statements are true (T) or false (F).

Once upon a time there was a young girl called Cinderella. Cinderella was living happily with her family when her mother died. Her father married an evil widow with two daughters. Cinderella’s stepmother and two stepsisters mistreated her. She had to wear old clothes and work hard while the sisters wore fancy clothes and had fun. A good witch helped Cinderella. She turned Cinderella’s old dress into a beautiful gown. Cinderella went to a party and a handsome prince politely invited her to dance with him. He fell in love with her and wanted to find out who she was. Cinderella left the party in a hurry and didn’t tell the prince her name. but she left a glass slipper, and the prince used that to find her. They got married and lived happily ever after.

Question: Her father married a kind woman.

A. True

B. False

V. READING COMPREHENSION (2.5 pts)

@. Read the passage and decide whether the statements that follow are True or False ( 1pt)

Marie was born in Poland in 1876. She learnt to read when she was 4 years old. She was intelligent and hard an excellent memory. She finished high school when she was 15 years old. When she grew up, Marie went to Paris to study Mathematics and Chemistry at the University. She won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903 and 8 years later she received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Marie Curie died in 1934.

1.She finished high school in 1891

2. She studied Mathematics and Chemistry at the University in Paris.

3. She won the Nobel Prize for Physics when she was 28.

4. Marie Curie died in 1943.

19. She ______ a teddy bear, but she doesn't have one now. 

A. used to have         B. used to having      C. was use to having  D. was used to have

20. When we were in Da Nang, we spent a lot of time  __________  around and looking at the ancient temples, bridges and houses.

A. wander            B. wandering              C. wandered                   D. wanders

21. On children Festival, the zoo is always   __________ with people mainly children.

A. packed             B. had               C. contained                   D. scored

22. You should take your shoes  __________  when you go into the temples.

A. up              B. in                    C. off                      D. on

23. When the doctor came in, he went  __________   all my test results and gave me a prescription.

A. out           B. over                 C. in                       D. of

24.  The woman asked ________ get lunch at school. 

A. can the children                                      B. whether the children could

C. if the children can                                              D. could the children

THE NIGHT BEFORE

Jane lay awake. She had...................preparing for the next day ....................a long time and now she couldn't sleep. Her team..................playing the local champions at water polo in the final and Jane was the captain. She..........................feeling the pressure.

She turned over and remembered how she..........................learned to swim. Her father had taught her. They.....................go to the local pool every day after school and her father ....................to show her what to do. She hadn't liked the water at first, but she soon .................used to it. She learned quickly and joined the water polo team. She had ................their youngest member!

She quickly got used to scoring goals and................................under pressure, but tomorrow was different. It was the biggest match of her life. She closed her eyes again and tried to get to sleep. "I .....................used to have problems sleeping", she thought to herself. "But then again, I didn't .................to be the captain of the team". She watched the lock change slowly and knew that it was going to be a long night.