Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word(s) for each of the blanks from 38 to 42

The United States has many different types of families. While most American families are traditional, (38) _____ a father, mother and one or more children, 22 percent of all American families in 1998 were headed by one parent, usually a woman. In a few families in the United States, there are no children. These childish couples may believe that they would not make good parents; they may want freedom from the (39) _____ of childbearing; or, perhaps they (40) _____ physically able to have children. Other families in the United States have one adult (41) _____ a stepparent. A stepmother or stepfather is a person who joins a family by marrying a father or mother.

Americans tolerate and accept these different types of families. In the United States, people have the right to privacy and Americans do not believe in telling other Americans what type of family group they must belong to. They respect each other’s (42) _____ regarding family groups. Families are very important to Americans.

Điền vào ô 38

A. consisting 

B. consisting of 

C. consist of 

D. including of

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word(s) for each of the blanks from 38 to 42

The United States has many different types of families. While most American families are traditional, (38) _____ a father, mother and one or more children, 22 percent of all American families in 1998 were headed by one parent, usually a woman. In a few families in the United States, there are no children. These childish couples may believe that they would not make good parents; they may want freedom from the (39) _____ of childbearing; or, perhaps they (40) _____ physically able to have children. Other families in the United States have one adult (41) _____ a stepparent. A stepmother or stepfather is a person who joins a family by marrying a father or mother.

Americans tolerate and accept these different types of families. In the United States, people have the right to privacy and Americans do not believe in telling other Americans what type of family group they must belong to. They respect each other’s (42) _____ regarding family groups. Families are very important to Americans.

Điền vào ô 40

A. couldn’t 

B. weren’t 

C. are not 

D. can’t

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word(s) for each of the blanks from 38 to 42

The United States has many different types of families. While most American families are traditional, (38) _____ a father, mother and one or more children, 22 percent of all American families in 1998 were headed by one parent, usually a woman. In a few families in the United States, there are no children. These childish couples may believe that they would not make good parents; they may want freedom from the (39) _____ of childbearing; or, perhaps they (40) _____ physically able to have children. Other families in the United States have one adult (41) _____ a stepparent. A stepmother or stepfather is a person who joins a family by marrying a father or mother.

Americans tolerate and accept these different types of families. In the United States, people have the right to privacy and Americans do not believe in telling other Americans what type of family group they must belong to. They respect each other’s (42) _____ regarding family groups. Families are very important to Americans.

Điền vào ô 39

A. respond 

B. responsibilities 

C. responsible 

D. responsibility 

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word(s) for each of the blanks from 38 to 42

The United States has many different types of families. While most American families are traditional, (38) _____ a father, mother and one or more children, 22 percent of all American families in 1998 were headed by one parent, usually a woman. In a few families in the United States, there are no children. These childish couples may believe that they would not make good parents; they may want freedom from the (39) _____ of childbearing; or, perhaps they (40) _____ physically able to have children. Other families in the United States have one adult (41) _____ a stepparent. A stepmother or stepfather is a person who joins a family by marrying a father or mother.

Americans tolerate and accept these different types of families. In the United States, people have the right to privacy and Americans do not believe in telling other Americans what type of family group they must belong to. They respect each other’s (42) _____ regarding family groups. Families are very important to Americans.

Điền vào ô 41

A. whom 

B. which is 

C. who is 

D. is

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word(s) for each of the blanks from 38 to 42

The United States has many different types of families. While most American families are traditional, (38) _____ a father, mother and one or more children, 22 percent of all American families in 1998 were headed by one parent, usually a woman. In a few families in the United States, there are no children. These childish couples may believe that they would not make good parents; they may want freedom from the (39) _____ of childbearing; or, perhaps they (40) _____ physically able to have children. Other families in the United States have one adult (41) _____ a stepparent. A stepmother or stepfather is a person who joins a family by marrying a father or mother.

Americans tolerate and accept these different types of families. In the United States, people have the right to privacy and Americans do not believe in telling other Americans what type of family group they must belong to. They respect each other’s (42) _____ regarding family groups. Families are very important to Americans.

Điền vào ô 42

A. ideal 

B. choices 

C. feeling 

D. chance

1. Read the following text and answer the questions below.

German wine and beer festivals are great occasions not only to enjoy a variety of wines and beers, but they also provide an opportunity to observe local traditions, sample local foods, as well as to mingle amongst a nice cross-section of people. For connoisseurs of wine and beer, spring and summer are fantastic times to be in Germany. From Berlin to the Rhineland, there is a great choice of wine and beer festivals to attend, depending on whether you prefer to conduct your wine - tasting in one of the small towns along the Mosel or in Rudesheim on the Rhine or at wine festivals in the larger towns like Stuttgart, Hamburg, Mainz, Frankfurt or Aachen. And then there are the almighty giant beer festivals, such as Munich Oktoberfest, to keep you merry as well. There are over 1,000 wine and beer events across Germany during the year.

1. What can people do in German wine and beer festivals?

2. When is the best time to be in Germany?

3. How can you choose festivals to attend?

4. Where are the wine festivals held?

5. What is the name of the giant beer festival?

6. How many wine and beer events are there in Germany every year?

2. Find one mistake in each of the following sentences and correct them.

1. New Year's Day celebrations varies widely across different cultures.

2. Some child receive gifts on New Year's Day in some countries.

3. This is a popular holiday in Japan, where everyone celebrate his or her birthday.

4. New Year's Eve is a public holiday in many places around the world including in Australia, Canada, United Kingdom and the United States.

5. Schools, post offices and government offices are closed at countries where New Year's Day is a public holiday.

6. New Year's Day mark the start of a new year according to the Gregorian calendar. It is a relatively modern practice.

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

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 25 to 29.

The United States has many different types of families. (25) ______ most American families are traditional, consisting of a father, a mother and one or more children, 22 percent of all American families in 1998 were headed by one parent, usually a woman. In a few families in the United States, there are no children. These (26) ___________ couples may believe that they would not make good parents; they may want freedom from responsibilities of childbearing; or, perhaps they are not (27) _______ able to have children. Other families in the United States have one adult who is a stepparent. A stepmother or stepfather is a person who joins a family by marrying a father or a mother.

Americans (28) ___________ and accept these different types of families. In the United States people have right to privacy and Americans do not believe in telling other Americans (29) ______ type of family group they must belong to. They respect each other’s choices regarding family groups. Families are very important to Americans.

Điền vào ô 27

A. physically

B. mentally

C. spiritually

D. regularly