Question 1: (10 points) Read the following passage and decide which answer (from A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. Write your answer in the space provided.

                                                                POSTCADS

Today, people like to send postcards (1)   _ their friends and family. These postcards often have pictures  of  beaches,  mountains  or  castles  on  them  and  you  (2)                  write  a  message  on  the

 and the  pictures  on  them  are  often  (5)   than  people‟s  own  photos.  Somebody  sent  the  first

their newspapers then.

Your anwers:

I.                    READTHE FOLLOWING PASSAGE AND DECIDE WHICH OPTION A, B, C OR D BEST FITS EACH SPACE.

AS OLD AS YOU FEEL

It might after all be true that you are only as old as you feel. A British clinic is carrying out new high-tech tests to calculate the "real" biological age of patients (36) __________________________ on the rate ofphysical deterioration. Information on every (37)__________ of a patient's health, fitness, lifestyle and family medical history is (38) ________________ into a computer to work out whether they are older or younger than their calendar age suggests.The availability and increasing accuracy of the tests has (39) ___________one leading British gerontologist to call for biological age to be used to determine when workers should retire (40) _____________________ that if an employee's biological or "real" age is shown, for example, to be 55 when he reaches his 65th birthday, he should be (41)   to work for another decade. Apparently most employers only take into (42)______________ a person's calendar years, and the two may differ considerably. Some of those prepared to pay a substantial sum of money for the examinations will be able to smugly walk away with medical (43)                                                  showing that they really are as young as they feel, giving them the confidence to act and dress as if they were younger. Dr Lynette Yong, resident doctor at the clinic where the tests are offered claims that the purpose of these tests will be to motivate people to (44) _________their health. The concept of "real" age is set to be come big (45) _______  in the USA with books and websites helping people work out whether their body is older or younger than their years. Others firmly believe that looks will always be the best indicator of age.

Question 36. A. prospect        B. arranged                  C. based                      D. established

Question 37. A. attitude          B. position                    C. decided                   D. aspect

Question 38. A. planned                          B. provided                  C. supplied                   D. fed

Question 39. A. prodded                              B. prompted                 C. projected                 D. provoked

Question 40. A. argues            B. discusses                 C. enquires                   D. debates

Question 41 A. incited                             B. encouraged              C. supported                D. promoted

Question 42. A. detail             B. account                    C. interest                     D. importance

Question 43. A. evidence        B. grounds                   C. signs                        D. demonstration

Question 44. A. increase         B. gain                         C. improve                   D. progress

Question 45. A. pursuit                                 B. concern                   C. trade                        D. business

Read the passage and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space

PART IV. Choose the answer A, B, C or D which best fits the space in each of the following sentences.

1. ___________ saying was so important that I asked everyone to stop talking and listen.

A. What the woman was B. That the woman was

C. The woman was D. When was the woman

2. -“Do you mind if I takeaseat?” -“___________.”

A. Yes, I don’t  mind B. No, do as you please

C. No I  mind D. Yes, do as you please

3. As the two teams left the football ground,the100,000___________ gave them a standing ovation.

A. bystanders B. spectators C. viewers D. audiences 

4. My parents lent me the money. ___________, I couldn’t have afforded thetrip.

A. However B. Therefore C. Only if D. Otherwise

5. It is interesting to take___________ a new hobby such as collecting stamps or going fishing.

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

6. Jack made me___________ him next week.

A. promise calling B. to promise calling C. to promise to call D. promise to call

7. “I passed the TOEFL test, Mom.” -“___________.”

A. All right B. Thank you C. Well done D. Good luck

8. The bad weather caused serious damage to the crop. If only it___________ warmer.

A. was B. were C. has been D. had been

9. - “Eric is really upset about losing his job.”-“Well, ___________ once myself, I can understand.”

A. Having been fired B. Fired C. Having fired D. Being fired

10. ___________ you, I’d think twice about that decision. I could be a bad move.

A. Were I B. Should I be C. If I am D. If I had been

11. The teacher asked a difficult question, but finally Ted___________ good answer.

A. put up with B. keep pace with C. made way for D. came  up with

12. Not only___________ to speak to him, but she also vowed never to see him again.

A. she refused B. did she refuse C. she did refuse D. when she refused

13. The judge___________ the pedestrian for the accident.

A. accused B. charged C. caught D. blamed

14. She had to borrow her sister’s car because hers was___________ .

A. out of work B. out of order C. on duty D. off work

15. We should participate in the movement___________ to conserve the natural environment.

A. to organize B. organizing C. which organized D. organized

16. His brother refuses to even listen to anyone else’s point of view. He is very___________.

A. open-minded B. kind-hearted C. narrow-minded D. absent-minded

17. There is___________ in my bedroom.

A. a square wooden old table B. an old square wooden table

C. a wooden old square table D. an old wooden square table

18. “I am sorry. I  broke the vase”. -“___________.”

A. OK. Go ahead B. Yes, certainly

C. Don’t worry. Things break D. I’d rather not.

19. One’s finger prints are___________ other person.

A. different from B. different from any

C. differ from any D. different from those of any

20. He is very happy because he passed his exam with___________ colours.

A. flying B. failing C. imagining D.  changing

IX. Read the passage and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space

Dear Minh,
Hi. I'm your exchange student (1)________ England. My name is George and I'm 12 years old. I (2)________ with my parents and my two sisters in Bournemouth, a town on the south coast of England.
I am a student at Lidborough School. It's small (3)________ it is very clean and nice. My best (4)________ is probably computer studies and my worst is maths. What about you? What are your (5)________ subjects at school?
I am really looking forward (6)_______ visiting you in Viet Nam and meeting your family. What kind of (7)________ do you go to? What's your school like? Please write soon and send me a (8)________ of your school.
Best wishes,
George Kelp

• For questions 1–8, read the text and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each gap.

Standardized shopping malls have become the new Main Streets of the USA according to one (1) ……….….……. on the subject. Along with antibiotics and personal computers, the shopping mall has been (2) ……….….……. as one of the top 50 wonders that have revolutionized the lives of people today. But shopping malls didn’t just happen out of the blue. The mall was originally (3) ……….….……. of as a community center where people would (4) ……….….……. for shopping, cultural activity, and social interaction. It is safe to (5) ……….….……. that the mall has achieved and surpassed those early expectations. The first enclosed mall was developed in a suburb of Minneapolis in 1956 and was designed to get the shopper out of the harsh weather. The phenomenal growth and development of shopping centers were a natural (6) ……….….……. of the migration of the population out from the cities and (7) ……….….……. the growth of the use of the automobile. The success and impact of the shopping mall may have something to do with their potential to (8) ……….….……. community life.

1, A. scholar     B. master     C. body     D. authority

2, A. put forward     B. set up     C. picked up     D. brought out

3, A. imagined     B. devised     C. conceived     D. formulated

4, A. cluster     B. converge     C. group     D. rally

5, A. say      B. tell      C. speak      D. remark

6, A. sequel      B. upshot     C. follow-up      D. consequence

7, A. corresponded      B. paralleled      C. correlated      D. equated

8, A. raise      B. magnify      C. enhance      D. heighten

Read the passage and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space

Exercise 7: Read the passage and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space. 

I would like to live in one of the (96) ………… modern houses in the world. It will produce all the energy it needs from the (97) ………… energy, the wind energy, but not from gas, or oil. There will be modern electronic (98) ………… in the kitchen such as a smart refrigerator, a dishwasher, a microwave oven, and so on. The house will also have a hi-tech TV that helps us to watch TV programmes from space. A home robot will be able to do all of (99) …………, so our life will become more comfortable than ever (100) …………

96. A. more B. almost C. much D. most

97. A. solar B. sunny C. sun D. cloudy

98. A. tools B. appliances C. machines D. equip

99. A. the homework B. the housework C. homework D. housework

100. A. after B. until C. then D. before

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

I live in a house near the sea. It is an old house, about 100 years old and  (15)________very small. There are two bedrooms upstairs and a bathroom. The kitchen is (16)________the ground and there is a living- room where there is a lovely old fire place. There is a garden (17)________the house. The garden goes down to the beach and in spring and summer, (18 )________flowers everywhere. I live alone with my dog, John, but we have a lot of visitors. My friends often stay with me.

I love my house for (10)________reasons. Maybe I like fresh air here.

15.A. it’s B. it C. there’s D. they’re

16.A. between B. in C. on D. next to

17.A. in B. besides C. next D. in front of

18.A. there is B. there are C. they are D. those are

19.A. much           B. a little C. many D. a lot