Read the passage, and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each question.

Recently, we made a trip to visit Dong Ho village with a desire to meet the old artisan – Nguyen Huu Sam. Just when we arrived villagers at the dyke in the village and talked with the villagers about the artisan, they immediately told us about him.

The old house owned by the artisan is situated in a long alley of the village. On the walls of the house there are many folk paintings in different genres, from daily life paintings to landscape paintings shown in a set of “four seasons”.

Mr. Sam told us about his past. When he was three years old, he was instructed in the craft of making Dong Ho paintings by his father. At five, he could help his father apply the Dong Ho paintings, and learn how to print the paper with proper colours. At seven, he was able to draw with a pen and make the most difficult samples. Years went by and the soul of Dong Ho folk paintings has kept seashell powder paint to the poonah-paper.

In the 1940s, this craft flourished. At that time, he was assigned by his parents to take the paintings to the market for sale. Mr. Sam said that 17 families in the village have been engaged in making Dong Ho paintings.

Artisan Sam has always been devoted to the making of Dong Ho paintings and has waited for opportunities to restore this traditional craft. In 1967, when the local authorities assigned him to restore the traditional genre of Dong Ho folk paintings, he gathered 50 villagers with professional skills and collected hundreds of woodblocks to establish the Dong Ho Painting Cooperative. Thanks to his efforts, such famous painting as "Rat's wedding", “Rooster”, “Scene of jealousy” and “Writing verses about precious flowers" have been revived. Dong Ho paintings have been available in many parts of the world such as Japan, France, Germany, Singapore and the United States.

The themes of Dong Ho paintings are about ………..

A. landscapes

B. weddings

C. various aspects of life

D. animals and flowers

1. How much sugar do you want to put ……………... your coffee?*

A. on

B. in

C. at

D. to

2. We get ………... the bus every morning ……….. seven and go to work.*

A. on - at

B. at - on

C. in - at

D. at - in

3. He stopped ……………. two years ago.*

A. to smoke

B. smoking

C. smoked

D. all A, B, C are correct

4. I often go ………….. at the weekend.*

A. dancing

B. dance

C. danced

D. all A, B, C are correct

5. I'm busy at the moment. ………………….. on the computer.*

A. I work

B. I’m working

C. I’m work

D. I working

6. Jack didn't receive much formal ……………….*

A. school

B. schooling

C. schooldays

D. schoolgirl

7. In England most of children go …………... at the age of five.*

A. school

B. to some schools

C. to the school

D. to school

8. My teammate ……………… the answer to the question.*

A. is know

B. know

C. knows

D. knowing

I.       Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it.

The business of tennis clothes has grown astoundingly in the past few years. Over $250 million is spent annually on the trappings of tennis. Apparently everyone wants to look like a pro, even though 20% of the clientele has never even played the game.

Manufacturers pay the stars lucrative fees for wearing their brands of clothes and wielding their racquets on center court. Chris Evert-Lloyd, for example, is rumored to have signed a five-year contract for $5 million with Ellesse, a producer of fancy, expensive tennis wear. John McEnroe gets a reported $600,000 for playing with a Dunlop racquet, $330,000 for sporting Tacchini clothes, and $100,000 for tying his Nike tennis shoes. Obviously, in a bad year, these stars make more as fashion models than as athletes.

Not only tennis players get free clothing, but also all the people involved in the game - the referees, linespeople, ball boys and girls - are living advertisements for tennis wear producers. Where, traditionally, conservative white clothing was required for the entire tennis coterie, changing times have seen a new vogue in tennis outfits. Flamboyant colors, designers’ nameplates, geometric figures, and bold lines distinguish the new tennis togs from their predecessors.

- clientele (n): khách hàng                                           - lucrative (adj): (tiền thù lao,...) hậu hĩnh

26. What can be understood from this reading?

      a. Tennis clothing appeals to everyone.

b. Tennis stars can get huge sums for wearing a manufacturer’s brands of clothes and wielding his or her racquets.

c. The price of tennis racquets has remained stable.

d. Bright colors tempt people to buy tennis wear.

27. What is the writer trying to do?

      a. Explain why the cost of tennis clothes has risen.

      b. Defend tennis wear manufacturers from complaints about their high prices.

      c. Describe the means of advertising expensive tennis clothes.

      d. Describe the new tennis clothing.

28. What is the best title for the passage?

      a. The Tennis Stars                                                 b. Big Business in Tennis Wear

      c. The High Cost of Playing Tennis                       d. Tennis Stars’ Flamboyant Clothes

29. It is stated that John McEnroe _____.

      a. wears flamboyant clothing on the court

      b. may be earning over $1 million for using tennis products

      c. make more as fashion models than as athletes

      d. has had a bad year in tennis competitions

30. Which of the following is true?

      a. Tennis clothing is only bought by the well-to-do.

      b. Those who wear expensive tennis clothes play tennis.

      c. Tennis clothing appeals to fashion models.

      d. The coloration of tennis wear has changed.

​Recently, we made a trip to visit Dong Ho village with a desire to meet the old artisan – Nguyen Huu Sam. Just when we arrived villagers at the dyke in the village and talked with the villagers about the artisan, they immediately told us about him.

Mr. Sam told us about his past. When he was three years old, he was instructed in the craft of making Dong Ho paintings by his father. At five, he could help his father apply the Dong Ho paintings, and learn how to print the paper with proper colours. At seven, he was able to draw with a pen and make the most difficult samples. Years went by and the soul of Dong Ho folk paintings has kept seashell powder paint to the poonah-paper.

​In the 1940s, this craft flourished. At that time, he was assigned by his parents to take the paintings to the market for sale. Mr. Sam said that 17 families in the village have been engaged in making Dong Ho paintings.

​Artisan Sam has always been devoted to the making of Dong Ho paintings and has waited for opportunities to restore this traditional craft. In 1967, when the local authorities assigned him to restore the traditional genre of Dong Ho folk paintings, he gathered 50 villagers with professional skills and collected hundreds of woodblocks to establish the Dong Ho Painting Cooperative. Thanks to his efforts, such famous painting as "Rat's wedding", “Rooster”, “Scene of jealousy” and “Writing verses about precious flowers" have been revived. Dong Ho paintings have been available in many parts of the world such as Japan, France, Germany, Singapore and the United States.

36.​The themes of Dong Ho paintings are about ​​.

​A. landscapes​B. weddings​C. various aspects of life​D.animals and flowers

37.​In order to make Dong Ho paintings, we need seashell powder paint, the poonah-paper and ​​.

​A. proper colours​B. water​C. markets​D. woodblocks

38.​From paragraph 3, we can infer that when Mr. Sam was very young, he mostly helped his parents by ​​

​A.applying the woodblocks with proper paints and pressing them on sheets of paper​

​B.applying seashell powder to make various paints for painting making​

​C.drawing with a pen and using proper paints to make many copies of paintings​

​D.collecting and taking the paintings to the market for sale

39.​All of the following can be inferred about the artisan - Mr. Sam – EXCEPT that ​​.

​A.he is popular in the village​

​B.he could paint when he was three

​C.he keeps a collection of Dong Ho paintings in his house​

​D.the local authorities tried to revive the traditional genre

40.​In the writer's opinions, the future of Dong Ho paintings is ​​. ​

​A.international​B.concerning​C.optimistic​​D.negative

Over the past 600 years, English has grown from a language of few speakers to become the dominant language of international communication. English as we know it today emerged around 1350, after having incorporated many elements of French that were introduced following the Norman invasion of 1030. Until the 1600s, English was, for the most part, spoken only in England and had not extended even as far as Wales, Scotland, or Ireland. However, during the course of the next two centuries, English began to spread around the globe as a result of exploration, trade (including slave trade), colonization, and missionary work. Thus, small enclaves of English speakers became established and grew in various parts of the world. As these communities proliferated, English gradually became the primary language of international business, banking, and diplomacy.

     Today there are more than 700 million English users in the world, and over half of these are non native speakers, constituting the largest number of non-native users than any other language in the world.

9.  What is the main topic of this passage?

     A. The number of non-native users of English

     B. The French influence on the English language

     C. The expansion of English as an international language

     D. The number of users of English

10.  The word “it” in line 2 refers to _________.

     A. English                 B. Speaker            C. French              D. Communication

11. Approximately when did English begin to be used beyond England?

     A. In 1066                 B. Around 1350   C. Before 1600     D. After the 1600s

12.     According to the passage, all of the following contributed to the spread of English around the world EXCEPT                  .

     A. the slave trade                                    B. the Norman invasion

     C. missionaries                                       D. colonization

13.     The word “enclaves” in the passage could best be replaced by which of the following?

     A. communities                   B. organizations    C. regions             D. countries

II. Give the correct forms of the verbs in brackets using the past simple or past perfect.

1. Mr. Brown (come) ______________ home as soon as he (finish) ______________ his work.

2. I (live) ______________ in Texas for 4 years before I (move) ______________ California.

3. When Mr. Smith (wake) ______________ yesterday morning, breakfast (already be) ______________ ready.

4. Before I (get) ______________ promotion, I (work) ______________ very hard.

5. Yesterday, my mother (pick) ___________ me up from school before we (go) ____________ shopping together.

6. Our grandparent (tell) ____________ us that he (serve) ____________ in the army in 1945.

7. After having dinner with my boyfriend, I (go) ______________ home.

8. Yesterday (be) ______________ the first time Jane (perform) ______________ in front of such large audience.

9. Peter (admit) _____________ he (break) _____________ my favorite vase the day before.

10. What ______________ (you/do) before you (come) ______________ there?

11. Yesterday I (feel) ____________ nervous as I (not prepare) ____________ my presentation carefully.

12. ______________ (Peter/ come) to see you after he (finish) ______________ his work?

13. Mary (prepare) ______________the meal before she (invite) ______________ her new neighbor to have lunch with her.

14. Before I (buy) ______________ a car, I (travel) ______________ by bus for nearly 5 years.

15. As soon as Jane (see) ______________ Jim, she (storm) ______________ out of the room.

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Ex1: Fill in the blanks with the PAST form of the verbs:

   Benjamin Franklin ..... was born .....  (be born) in Boston in 1706. He .................. (be) the fifteenth of the seventeen children of the poor candlemaker. He .............. (go) to school only one year. He .................. (begin) to work when he was twelve. At the age of fourteen he ................... (decide) to be a write. He .................. (copy) the great stories of famous writers and later he .............. (become) the best known writer in his time.

   When he ............. (be) seventeen, he ............... (leave) Boston and ................ (arrive) in Philadelphia with only a few pennies in his pocket. He ................. (get) a job as a publisher of a newspaper and ............. (retire) from bisiness as a very rich man at forty-two. Then he .................. (spend) the next forty years for his government. He .................. (play) an important role in the founding of the USA.

   Franklin ..................... (be) also an important scientist and inventor. He .............. (draw) electricity from a cloud on a kite string. He ............. (write) one of the first text books on electricity. He ........... (invent) a simple lightning rod and many other practical tools. He ............... (make) a study of water and .............. (discover) many principles of hydrodynamics. He even ............... (invent)  bifocal glasses when he was seventy-eight and .............. (need) them himself.

  Franklin .................. (do) all these things and many more because he ............. (believe) he ............. (can).