n the 1960s and 70s, many new fashions developed and teenagers began creating fashion trends of their own. Women wore short skirts. Men wore flowery shirts and denim jeans were popular (81) _____ everybody. These days, the media, TV, magazines and the Internet influence teenagers most. Most teenagers spend seven hours a day listening to (82)_______ or watching pop videos and TV shows. Trends in music, like hip-hop and rap, have a big influence (83) __________ what teenagers wear. 
Another influence for young people is (84) ________ their friends are wearing. Kids copy their friends. I remember when a kid at my daughter’s school first wore Uggs – those big soft boots. In two weeks, half the kids in the school were wearing them! I asked my daughter about this recently and she admitted she hadn’t even liked the boots very (85) _________! She had worn them because her friends had! 
The last big thing that has an effect on teenage fashion is money. Celebrities can afford to buy cutting-edge designs but no matter how much teenagers save up, they don’t have the (86) ______ to buy them! Fortunately, most high street stores follow the fashion shows and produce the latest fashions at affordable prices. The material isn’t as good and the clothes aren’t as well made but you don’t have to pay a fortune for them. And they allow young people to express themselves through their clothes, on a very limited budget. _____ (87) fact, if you shop _______ (88), you can stock (89) _______ on some very fashionable clothes at cheaper prices!
Wear what you like. Don’t dress to please other people. Have your own (90) __________.

Read the passage and answer the questions

During World War I, many women had jobs and their clothes needed to be more practical. They began wearing shorter skirts and bared their legs. Soon they began wearing trousers. The lively, outrageous flapper style of the 1920s included lower waistline, long necklaces and short hair. Men's suit become looser and were worn with a long tie.

During the 1960s women wore miniskirts and Jeans and T-shirts become popular with both sexes. Women's shoes appeared in many colors and styles, including sandals and platforms (=shoes with a thick sole and high hell). Since then fashions have continued to change rapidly and young people, especiakly are quick to wear the latest styles.

1. Can Medieval costume be the title of the passage?

2. When did women wear Jeans?

3. Why did women begin wearing trousers?

4. Does the word "suits" in the first paragraph mean fashions?

5. Are young people quick to wear the latest style?

Read the passage below and fill  each blank with one suitable word. (2.0 points)

Part 1:

            Most students, in their own countries have had little opportunity to practise using English. When foreign learners first have the ( 1 ) ………. to speak to an English-speaking person they may have a shock: they often ( 2 ) ………… great difficulty in understanding. I’ll just mention three of the possible reasons for this.

            First, it seems to students that English people speak very quickly. ( 3 ) ………, they speak with a variety of accents. Third, different styles of speech are used. For all of these reasons ( 4 ) ……….. will have difficulty, mainly because they lack everyday practice in listening to English people speaking English.

            ( 5 ) ………….. can a student do then to overcome these difficulties? Obviously, attend English classes and if a language laboratory is available, use it as ( 6 ) ………… as possible. He should listen to programs in English on the radio and TV. Perhaps, most important of ( 7 ) ……………… , he should take every opportunity to meet and speak with native English-speaking people.

            In addition, the student probably has difficulty in speaking English fluently. The advice here will seem ( 8 ) ………. to follow but it’s necessary. Firstly, he must simplify what he wants to say so that he can express himself reasonably and clearly. Secondly, he must try to think in English, ( 9 ) ………… translate from his mother tongue. This will only begin to take place when his use of English become automatic; using a language laboratory ( 10 ) ………. listening to as much English as possible will help.

II. Fill in each blank with one suitable word to complete this passage. (1.0 p)

THE IMPORTANCE OF WATER.

Water kills thousands of people and _____________(1)  many acres of crops every year, but water also gives life to all living things in the world.             

Without water, life would be unthinkable. We ___________(2) have water to grow our food, feed the birds and animals ____________(3)  our homes, grow forests and produce electricity. We use waterways__________ (4) carry our goods of trade. Even the human body, which is seventy parts of one hundred of water itself, ___________(5)  exist for long without water.  

          Ever ___________(6) the earth began, large quantities of water have been used by living things. Yet for every drop of water that is taken from one place, another drop is put back from somewhere else. 

          Nature has a very clever __________(7)  of carrying water from cloud to land and sea and back to cloud. No water has been lost. 

         But nature does not put water where and when we need it. _________(8)  some men are drowning, others in another part of the world are dying of thirst. Thus, people all _________(9)  the world are trying to bring water to places where it is scarce, to control its flow in times of floods and to make greater __________(10) of it.   

III. Read the following passage carefully and fill in each gap with one suitable word.

         New Year is one of the most important (1) _______ in the United States. On New Year’s Eve, most people go to the parties. At twelve o’clock (2) _______ night, everyone says “Happy New Year” and they (3) _______ their friends and relatives good luck. New Year’s parties usually last a long (4) _______ . Many people don’t go home (5) _______ next morning. Another holiday, Halloween, is mainly for children. On this holiday, children (6) _______ as witches, ghosts or others. Most children go (7) _______ house to house asking for candy or fruit. If people at the house don’t give (8)_______candy, the children will (9)_______a trick on them. But this hardly ever happens. Almost people give them (10)_______or fruit.

IV. Reading. 1. Read the passage and fill in each gap with ONE suitable word. (1 m)

Now teenagers spend a lot of their free time using the internet. They (a)_______ using social networking sites to keep in touch (b)_______ their friends, write blogs or upload photos. They also follow famous people on the internet. Teenagers don’t usually use their real names online, but have a username. They use this on their profile pages (c)_______ show their pictures, interests and other details. Some people don’t like social networking (d)_______ they think teenagers are wasting too much time on it. But the use of social networking is still increasing.

III. Read the passage and fill in the each blank with ONE suitable word

EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTION

There are different kinds of negative and harmful effects of air pollution. Air pollution (1)………………. global warming in a great scale. The global warming (2)………….. to the increase of temperatures worldwide, the increase in sea levels and the melting of icebergs. It (3)……………… all species on the earth. The effects of air pollution are very (4)………………. for health. It causes different kinds of diseases like heart attack, cancer, etc. Every year millions of people of all over the world die due to direct or (5)………………. effects of air pollution. Acid rain is another effect of air pollution. Acid rain can cause great damage to human, animals and crops. Air pollution (6)…………….. the wild life. Humans and animals face a lot of serious effects due to air pollution. Toxic chemicals present in the air can force wildlife species to (7)……………. to new place and change their habitat. The toxic pollutants over the surface of the water can also affect sea animals. It is right time to (8)………………. our environment. To create a better place to live, we have to stop the air pollution. 

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.

Fashions have always changed with time. No (1)________ Roman girls worried about having the latest hairstyle and boys in Ancient Egypt wanted to have sandals that were cool and not the sensible ones their mothers preferred.

Look (2)________over recent times, there seem to be two main differences in the way fashions have changed compared to earlier time. Firstly, (3)________ more people have a choice of clothes available to them. There are few places in the world where the trainers, the caps or the T-shirts of teenagers do not change from one year to the next. Secondly, styles are (4) ________within a much shorter time than they used to be. For instance, in the 1960s, (5) ________ had the same low waists and narrow skirts as forty years before.

In the early years of the 21st century, the shops are full of long skirts and colored scarves like the ones in fashion only thirty years before. Soon, we will find that the really fashionable people look no different from the rest of us, because it is only ten years since their clothes were in fashion before!

Điền vào số 3

A. far

B. some

C. even

D. much

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.

Fashions have always changed with time. No (1)________ Roman girls worried about having the latest hairstyle and boys in Ancient Egypt wanted to have sandals that were cool and not the sensible ones their mothers preferred.

Look (2)________over recent times, there seem to be two main differences in the way fashions have changed compared to earlier time. Firstly, (3)________ more people have a choice of clothes available to them. There are few places in the world where the trainers, the caps or the T-shirts of teenagers do not change from one year to the next. Secondly, styles are (4) ________within a much shorter time than they used to be. For instance, in the 1960s, (5) ________ had the same low waists and narrow skirts as forty years before.

In the early years of the 21st century, the shops are full of long skirts and colored scarves like the ones in fashion only thirty years before. Soon, we will find that the really fashionable people look no different from the rest of us, because it is only ten years since their clothes were in fashion before!

Điền vào số 4

A. exchanged

B. returned

C. repeated

D. accepted