VI. Read the following passage and choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

It is important to __ (1) ___well, especially when you are studying. If you are at primary school, you may not go home for lunch and have a cooked meal of meat or fish and vegetables. A chicken and lettuce sandwich, with some __ (2) ___fruit would be light __ (3) ___ healthy lunch. Many people around the world eat plain, boiled two or three times a day. Pupils and students often don’t eat __ (4) ___ when they are revising for an exam – they eat chocolate and drink a lot of black coffee! And by the way, doctors say everybody should start the day with healthy breakfast.

Question 33: A. have                      B. has             C. eat                         D.eats

Question 34: A. fresh                     B. fried          C. boiled                   D.steam

Question 35: A. because                B. but             C. therefore               D. so

Question 36: A. good                      B. bad            C. quick                     D. well

IV. READING

 * 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 the numbered blanks.

We don’t only choose clothes to make us look (1)___. We use them to tell the world (2)____ our personality. The clothes we wear and our appearance as a whole  give other people useful information about what we think and (3)____ we feel. If we feel cheerful, we usually wear colorful clothes and if we feel depressed we sometimes (4)_____ on dark clothes. But why do teenagers ( 5)_____black so frequently? It is because they feel miserable in any way? This is unlikely to be the case. It is probably just because it is (6)___ to wear black, and young people are real fans of fashion.

Question 1. A. attracting      B. attractively C. attractive D. attraction

Question 2. A. about      B. of C. to D. from

Question 3. A. when      B. what C. how D. which

Question 4. A. put                 B. take C. get D. set

Question 5. A. wear      B. make C. take            D. hate   

Question 6. A. convenient   B. fashionable C. impressive          D. beautiful

IV. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, c or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

BEFORE THE INTERVIEW

You should (21)__________ as much as possible about the job and the (22)__________. Before the interview, you have to send a letter of application and your resumes to the company to express your interest in the job and (23)__________that you may be the most suitable candidate for the position.

When you come to the interview, remember (24)__________with you your school certificates and letter of recommendation from your teachers or your previous employers. (25)__________you may note down your qualifications and (26)__________ that can relate to the job and prepare for the questions that are often asked during the interview. Make sure you know where the interview is and (27)__________there. Be on time or a few minutes early. Don't forget to dress neatly and (27)__________.

21. A. find in                     B. find out                      C. look at                          D. run out

22. A. vacancy                 B. career                        C. profession           D. place.

23. A. showing                 B. to show                       C. shown                D. show

24. A. to bring                  B. bringing                     C. brought             D. bring

25. A. Although               B. And                                        C. However                                D. In addition

26. A. ability                     B. character                     C. experience                  D. knowledge

27. A. how to get              B. how getting                           C. way getting            D. to get

28. A. usually                   B. informally                   C. modestly                     D. formally.

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.

When you game online, be careful when you make friends” with strangers. What should you do? Firstly, remember that it is (23)……………to lie online and some of these “online friends” maybe adults (24)……………..want to harm you. Secondly, never give your personal information such as your full name or your hometown. Thirdly, only play online games when you have (25)………..antivirus software. In addition, tell your parents what games you are playing and what you love (26)………….them. In short, just like in the real world, you need to be careful when (27)……………with strangers.

23 .A. simple             B. difficult                  C. happy                      D. easy

24 .A. what                 B. who                         C. whom                     D. whose

25 .A. updated            B. update                     C. updating                 D. updates

26 .A. in                     B. to                            C. about                      D. with

27 .A. to play             B. played                     C. play                        D. playing

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.

     Dear Mr. Thompson,

     I would like to apologize to you (23) …………….. in your class during the exam yesterday. I am so sorry that I looked in my textbook while I was taking the test. I feel terrible about (24) ……………. on the test. I know that this is not an acceptable excuse, but I did not have enough time to study for the test because I had a basketball game the night before it. I was so tired that, (25) …………, I took a shower and went to bed (26) ……………. When I woke up, I remembered the test and tried to study. However, I managed to do that for only fifteen minutes.                                                                 

     Still, there is no justification for cheating, and I will accept (27) …………… you give me without any complaint. I will also do my best to work hard in your class and to be as good a student as possible for the remainder of the semester.

     Sincerely,

     Peter Wilson

23. A. with the action     B. for my actions      C. by my action             D. at the action

24. A. completing          B. researching           C. practicing       D. cheating

25. A. the moment I arrived home            B. momentarily arriving at my home

      C. to arrive in a moment at my home         D. I arrived home in a moment

26. A. apparently           B. decisively          C. immediately           D. dramatically

27. A. whoever punishes                                 B. whatever punishment

      C. whichever punishes                               D. however punished

• 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.

                                                                                        SMARTPHONES - A NECCESITY

Smartphones have spread beyond the boardroom and keeping a close eye on what's new is Mike Lazaridis, chief executive of RIM, the company that makes the BlackBerry smartphone. His device may no longer be quite as trendy as it once was but it is still (21) .................. − particularly for Argentinian milk farmers. Mr. Lazaridis says: "I like the way it's being used by the farmers so they are always up to date. Milk is a (22) .................. item, so delivery and production standards are incredibly important." He is reminded of the company's early days: "This is where we started in 1987, with a wireless vertical data business for the Swedish lumber (23) .................., and then on to fire brigades, ambulances, and garbage trucks."

    While the BlackBerry was quick to (24) .................. itself as the accessory of choice for business professionals such as Wall Street traders, the cheaper price (25) .................. and new, more colorful handsets now (26) .................. offer have opened it up to a much wider market. Mr. Lazaridis says: "It was obvious that business people and self-employed professionals would buy the BlackBerry, but we were not expecting the (27) .................. we had from ordinary consumers."

    The greatest challenge for RIM, however, could lie in an economic (28) ..................., when individuals and companies alike may see devices like the BlackBerry as luxuries they can (29) .................. without. The company has to make its product indispensable to the lifestyles of consumers or prove that they bring a real (30) .................. on investment for business users.

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21, A. constructive     B. functional     C. active     D. operative

22, A. perishable     B. short-lived     C. decaying     D. destructible

23, A. manufacturers     B. enterprise     C. commerce     D. industry

24, A. install     B. establish     C. create     D. demonstrate

25, A. designs     B. programmes     C. plans     D. systems

26, A. at            B. on             C. for            D. under

27, A. return     B. retort     C. reply     D. response

28, A. downturn     B. tall     C. decrease     D. drop

29, A. make      B. carry      C. do      D. stay

30, A. return      B. gain      C. interest      D. profit

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.

                                     Erosion in America

Erosion of America's farmland by wind and water has been a problem since settlers first put the prairies and grasslands under the plow in the nineteenth century. By the 1930s, (1) .  .  .  .   .  .  .  282 million acres of farmland (2).   .   .   .   .    .  by erosion. After 40 years of (3). . . . . . . efforts, soil erosion has accelerated due to new demands (4) . . . . . . . . .on the land by heavy crop pollution. In the years ahead, soil erosion and the pollution problems it causes are likely to replace petroleum scarcity as the nation's most critical nation resource problem.

            1.

            A. more than                                    

            B. more   

            C. less     

            D. than

                2.

                 A. damaged                                 

                 B. damaging                               

                 C. were damaged                        

                 D. damages

                 3.

                 A. conserve                                 

                 B. conservation                           

                 C. conserving                              

                 D. conservations

                 4.

                 A.  placing                                

                 B.  places                                  

                 C. which placed                          

                 D. placed

Read the following passage and choose the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks:

Brazil’s most popular and festive holiday is Carnival. In fact, many people (25) _______ Carnival one of the world’s biggest celebrations. Each spring, on the Saturday before Ash Wednesday, the streets of Brazil’s (26) ________ city, Rio de Janeiro, come alive with parties, festivals and glamorous dances.

The Samba School Parade is the highlight of the (27) ________ event. About 3000 performers, in colourful costumes embellished with feathers, beads and thousands of sequin dance down the parade route into the Sambadrome - a dance stadium (28) ________ for the event. Judges award a prize to the most spectacular group of dancers.

Câu 25: _TH_

A. believe B. regard C. consider D. hope

Câu 26: _TH_

A. the largest B. largest C. larger D. most large

Câu 27: _TH_

A. four days B. four-day C. fouth day D. four-days

Câu 28: _TH_

A. built B. build C. to build D. building