Although the world’s energy resources have taken many millions of years to produce, we are quickly beginning to…..(1) These supplies. Recently a UN committee reported that the world’s oil and gas supplies would last about 100 years if used carefully. The report stated that…..(2)….. would be enough oil and gas for a century only if the present demand could be controlled. If the demand continued to ..(3)…., the report said that fuel supplies would…..(4)….for less than forty years. According to the report, governments must now take steps to control the amounts of fossil fuel which are used.

Question 20: A waiter in a restaurant is talking to a customer who has just finished his meal there.             - Waiter: “Here’s your bill, sir.”    ~   Customer: “ __________ ”

         A. What do you have?                                           B. Can I pay by credit card?         

         C. You’re welcome                                                D. Don’t mention it.

Question 21: Ken and Tom are high-school students. They are discussing where their study group will  meet.

         Ken: "Where is our study group going to meet next weekend?"   Tom: “ ___________”

         A. Studying in a group is great fun.                       B. We are too busy on weekdays.

         C. Why don’t you look at the atlas?                      D. The library would be best.

Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Question 22: Cultural diffusion can be classified into four different types:  expansion, relocation, hierarchical, and contagious.  A. divided              B. put                            C. delivered                      D. spread

Question 23:Poor Farmer Chevez labors sixteen hours a day and never has time for a vacation. He deserves better! Everyone should have at least one day a week for rest and relaxation.                   

         A. plays                             B. eats                           C. works                            D. unions

Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Question 24: "Be quick! We must speed up if we don’t want to miss the flight."

         A. turn down                    B. slow down               C. look up                         D. put forward

25. When he passes the entrance exam, his parents will be walking on the air.

A. feeling extremely airy                                                 B. extremely happy

C. extremely light                                                            D. feeling extremely unhappy

Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

Question 26: People think that she was attacked by the terrorists last year.

A.    She is thought to be attacked by the terrorists last year.

B.     She is thought to attack by the terrorists last year.

C.     She is thought to have been attacked by the terrorists last year.

D.    She is thought to have attacked by the terrorists last year.

Question 27: "You had better see a doctor if the sore throat does not clear up," she said to me.

         A. She reminded me of seeing a doctor if the sore throat did not clear up.

         B. She ordered me to see a doctor if the sore throat did not clear up.

         C. She insisted that I see a doctor unless the sore throat did not clear up.

         D. She suggested that I see a doctor if the sore throat did not clear up.

Question 28: No one has ever seen the old man again since then.
A. The old man has not been seen again by anyone since then. B.  The old man has never seen anyone since then.
C. The old man was not seen by anyone since then.  D. The old man has not been seen again since then.

Choose the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.

Question 29: She tried very hard to pass the driving test. She could hardly pass it.

         A. Because she didn‘t try hard to pass the driving test, she could pass it.

         B. Despite being able to pass the driving test, she didn‘t pass it.

         C. Although she did her best, she could hardly pass the driving test.

         D. She tried very hard, so she passed the driving test satisfactorily.

Question 30: We didn‘t want to spend a lot of money. We stayed in a cheap hotel.

         A. So as not to spend a lot of money, we stayed in a cheap hotel.

         B. In spite of spending a lot of money, we stayed in a cheap hotel.

         C. We stayed in a cheap hotel, but we had to spend a lot of money.

         D. We didn‘t stay in a cheap hotel as we had a lot of money to spend.

Question 31: “Don’t forget to submit your assignments by Friday,” said the teacher to the students.

A.  The teacher reminded the students to submit their assignments by Friday.

B.  The teacher allowed the students to submit their assignments by Friday.

C.  The teacher ordered the students to submit their assignments by Friday.

D.  The teacher encouraged the students to submit their assignments by Friday.

Question 32: He didn’t eat anything but small pieces of bread and butter.

A.  He ate small pieces of bread and butter but didn’t like them.

B.  He only ate some small pieces of bread and butter.

C.  He didn’t eat anything, not even the bread and butter.

D.  He didn’t touch the bread and butter, but he ate other things.

Question 33: Sometimes what is best for society is not always good for an individual living in that society.

A.From time to time, there is a conflict between the benefits of a society and an individual living in that society.

B.  Individuals not always seek for the best of the society they live in.

C.  It is impossible for individuals to accept the rules of the society they live in.

D.  What is best for individuals is always suitable for the society they live in.

Question 34: I had no sooner got to know my neighbors than they moved away.

A.  Soon after I got to know my new neighbors, I stopped having contact with them.

B.  If my new neighbors had stayed longer, I would have got to know them better.

C.  Once I had got used to my new neighbors, they moved somewhere else.

D.  Hardly had I become acquainted with my new neighbors when they went somewhere else to live.

Question 35: “No, no, you really must stay with us! said the children.

A.  The children denied my staying with them.

B.  The children refused to let me stay with them.

C.  The children didn’t agree to let stay with them.

D.  The children insisted on my staying with them.

Question 36: “I will come back early. I really will!”. She said.

A. She promised to come back early.                         B. She reminded me to come back early.

C. She refused to come back early.                            D. She offered to come back early.

Question 37: Friendly though she may seem, she’s not to be trusted.

A.  However friendly she seems, she’s not to be trusted,

B.  She’s too friendly to be trusted.

C.  However she seems friendly, she’s not to be trusted,

D.  She may have friends, but she’s not to be trusted.

Question 38: If I hadn’t had so much work to do I would have gone to the movies.

A.  Because I had to do so much work I couldn’t go to the movies.

B.  I would go to the movies when I had done so much work.

C.  A lot of work couldn’t prevent me from going to the movies.

D.  I never go to the movies if I have work to do.

Question 39: “If I were you, I would marry him”, she said to me.

A.  She said to me that if I were you, I would marry him.

B.  She said to me that she will marry him if she is me.

C.  She suggested to marry him if she were me.

D.  She advised me to marry him.

Question 40: I couldn’t have run my business successfully without my father’s money.

A.  Had it not been for my father’s money, I couldn’t have run my business successfully.

B.  I could have run my business successfully without my father’s money.

C.  If I could run my business successfully, my father would give me his money.

D.  If I couldn’t have run my business successfully, I would have had my father’s money.

Question 41: The film bears little resemblance to the original novel.

A.  The film and the original novel resemble in many ways.

B.  The film is very similar to the original novel.

C.  The film and the original novel differ in some ways.

D.  The film is completely different from the original novel.

Question 42: No one has sent me that letter.

A. I haven’t been sent that letter.                               B. I wasn’t sent that letter.

C. That letter hasn’t been sent me.                             D. That letter has sent to me by no one.

Question 43: “Why don’t you have your room repainted?” said Bob to Linda.

A.    Bob suggested having Linda’s room repainted.

B.  Bob asked Linda why she didn’t repaint her room.

C.  Bob suggested that Linda should have her room repainted.

D.  Bob suggested that Linda should repaint her room.

Complete the sentences with the verbs "be" or "have in the correct form 1. The workers demand to .......... their say in the industrial dispute. 2. Since when havent you .......... in touch with your parents? 3. You may use my computer. I ............. nothing against it. 4. We do know how it is to be on the dole. We have ........ our hard time. 5. Every since he admitted having been a secret agent, he's ............ on everybody's lips. 6. What' worrying you Cindy? What ........... on your mind?

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1. "Why didn't I have my name on the record?" the customer asked→ The customer wondered
2. "What are you cooking for breakfast, mommy?" Kate asked. →Kate asked her mother
3. "How long have you planned to study in Australia?" my roommate asked→ My roommate asked me
4. "What will you buy for your girlfriend on her birthday?" Tom asked me→Tom asked me.
5. "Which way do you want to go to the beach? Mary asked tis. →Mary asked us
6. "When was your little boy born?" said the nurse to Mrs. Bingley. →The nurse asked Mrs. Bingley
7. "When is the first day of your holiday, Peter?" Martha neked. →Martha asked
8. "How many jobs have you had since 20007" the interviewer asked Mr. Simpson. →The interviewer asked frightene
9. "Why didn't you report the incident to the police? the officer asked the →The officer wanted to know
10. "Where is the best place to buy souvenirs?" I said to Nam, → I asked
11. "Where is my umbrella?" she asked. →She asked
12. "How is the test?" Martin asked us. →Martin asked us
13. "Where have you been?" the mother asked her daughter. →The mother asked her daughter
14. "Which dress do you like best?" she asked her boyfriend. →She asked her boyfriend
15. "What are they doing now?" she asked. →She wanted to know
16. "How do you know that?" she asked me. →She asked me
17. "When can I see you again?" she asked me. →She asked me
18. "Where did they live?" he asked. →He wanted to know
19. "Who knows the answer?" the teacher asked. →The teacher wanted to know
20. "Why didn't they help me?" she asked. →She wondered.

Complete the dialogue. Then, in pairs, take turns to be the waiter and the customer.

Customer: Hello. (1) (Ask for a table.) .............

Waiter: Of course. Follow me. Here you are.

Customer: Thank you. (2) (Ask to see the menu.).......

Here it is. Can I get you anything to drink while you decide? Customer: (3) (Ask for two drinks, one for you and one for your friend.) Waiter: Are you ready to order? Customer: Yes. (4) (Ask for two dishes, one for you and one for your friend.) Waiter: Is everything OK with your meal? Customer: (5) (Say one dish is fine but make a complaint about the other.) Would you like any desserts or coffee? Waiter: Customer: (6) (Say no and ask for the bill.) Waiter: Certainly. How would you like to pay? (7) (Tell the waiter how you would like to pay.)

I have had just about enough of being treated like a second-class citizen, simply because I happened to be that put-upon member of society-a customer. The more I go into shops and hotels, banks and post offices, railway stations, airports and the like, the more I’m convinced that things are being run only to suit the firm, the system, or the union. There seems to be a new motto for so–called “service” organizations – Staff Before Service.

How often, for example, have you queued for what seems like hours at the Post Office or the supermarket because there weren’t enough staff on duty to man all the service grills or checkout counters? Surely in these days of high unemployment it must be possible to recruit cashiers or counter staff. Yet supermarkets, hinting darkly at higher prices, claim that unshrouding all their cash registers at any one time would increase overheads. And the Post Office says we cannot expect all their service grills to be occupied “at times when demand is low.”

It’s the same with hotels. Because waiters and kitchen staff must finish when it suits them, dining rooms close earlier or menu choice is curtailed. As for us guests (and how the meaning of that word has been whittled away), we just have to put up with it. There’s also the nonsense of so many friendly hotel night porters having been phased out in the interests of “efficiency” (i.e. profits) and replaced by coin-eating machines which dispense everything from larger to laxatives. Not to mention the creeping menace of the tea–making kit in your room: a kettle with assortment of teabags, plastic milk cartons and limp sugar. Who wants to wake up to a raw teabag? I don't, especially when I am paying for “service”.

Can it he halted, this erosion of service, this growing attitude that the customer is always a nuisance? I fervently hope so because it’s happening, sadly, in all walks of life.

Our only hope if to hammer home our indignation whenever and wherever we can and, if all else fails, resurrect that other, older slogan-and Take Our elsewhere.

8. The writer feels that nowadays a customer is

9. According to the writer, long queues at counters are caused by

10. Service organizations claim that keeping the checkout counters manned would result in

word form:
1) ____________may lead to some problems. ( understand).
2) Most companies have ______________ their production lines. ( computer).
3) The bicycle can be folded into a compact shape, it is called a ____________. (collapse).
viết lại câu:
1) His parents made him study hard for his exam.
=> He was________________
2) " What you have cooked is the best in the world!", John said to you.
=> John congratulated ________________
3) Without the invention of the telephone, we cannot talk to each other so easily whenever we want.
=> If the telephone_________________
4) She last wore that dress at her sister's wedding.
=> She hasn't_____________
5) Nam said to me, " Do your grandparents still live in Nha Trang now?"
=> Nam asked________________
6) Although his leg was broken, he managed to get out of the car .
=> In spite of_______________

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 35 to 42.

Social networks

Business applications

Social networks connect people at low cost; this can be beneficial for entrepreneurs and small businesses looking to expand their contact base. These networks often act as a customer relationship management tool for companies selling products and services. Companies can also use social networks for advertising in the form of banners and text ads. Since businesses operate globally, social networks can make it easier to keep in touch with contacts around the world.

Medical applications

Social networks are beginning to be adopted by healthcare professionals as a means to manage institutional knowledge, disseminate peer to peer knowledge and to highlight individual physicians and institutions. The advantage of using a dedicated medical social networking site is that all the members are screened against the state licensing board list of practitioners. The role of social networks is especially of interest to pharmaceutical companies who spend approximately “32 percent of their marketing dollars” attempting to influence the opinion leaders of social networks.

Languages, nationalities and academia

Various social networking sites have sprung up catering to different languages and countries. The popular site Facebook has been cloned for various countries and languages and some specializing in connecting students and faculty.

Social networks for social good

Several websites are beginning to tap into the power of the social networking model for social good. Such models may be highly successful for connecting otherwise fragmented industries and small organizations without the resources to reach a broader audience with interested and passionate users. Users benefit by interacting with a like-minded community and finding a channel for their energy and giving.

Business model

Few social networks currently charge money for membership. In part, this may be because social networking is a relatively new service, and the value of using them has not been firmly established in customers' minds. Companies such as MySpace and Facebook sell online advertising on their site. Hence, they are seeking large memberships, and charging for membership would be counter productive. Some believe that the deeper information that the sites have on each user will allow much better targeted advertising than any other site can currently provide. Sites are also seeking other ways to make money, such as by creating an online marketplace or by selling professional information and social connections to businesses.

Privacy issues

On large social networking services, there have been growing concerns about users giving out too much personal information and the threat of sexual predators. Users of these services need to be aware of data theft or viruses. However, large services, such as MySpace, often work with law enforcement to try to prevent such incidents. In addition, there is a perceived privacy threat in relation to placing too much personal information in the hands of large corporations or governmental bodies, allowing a profile to be produced on an individual's behavior on which decisions, detrimental to an individual, may be taken.

Investigations

Social network services are increasingly being used in legal and criminal investigations. Information posted on sites such as MySpace and Facebook, has been used by police, probation, and university officials to prosecute users of said sites. In some situations, content posted on MySpace has been used in court.

According to the text, social networks

A. are about friendships

B. are being used by businesses for marketing 

C. can damage business reputations

D. advertise on business web sites