V. Read the passage about Disney Channel and choose the best option (A, B or C) to each space to complete the passage. (1pt)

Disney Channel is one of the most (1)…………….channels for children. There are millions of viewers watching this channel every year all over the world. Disney’s  (3)………………..are both entertaining and (4) ……………For example, the series “Hannah Montana”, they are not only (5)………………but they also teach children lessons about family and friendship.

1. A. boring B. expensive C. popular D. funny

2. A. channel B. character C. programmes D. programme

3. A. educational B. funny C. boring D. delicious

4. A. historic B. long C. funny D. beautiful

 Read the passage and choose the correct answer to each of the following questions from 11 to 14

Advertisements are very important in the modem world. Often the T-shirt or jeans show the name of the company that made them. This is a popular form of advertising. A special picture or symbol, called logo, is sometimes used.

You see logos on many different products. The idea of a logo is that whenever you see it, you think of that product or company.

Many people like to buy a product because it is made by a certain company. Some people only buy a product that is made by a famous company. People wear clothes and carry bags that have a famous label to show that they are fashionable and have good taste.

It is very common to see advertisements on TV and hear them on the radio. Most advertisements are only a few seconds long but very attractive. Sometimes, the advertiser uses a slogan because it is easy to say and easy to remember.

  The idea of advertisements is to try to make you buy the product. They sometimes show rich and famous people using that product. The message is, if you want to feel rich and famous, then buy this product.       

15. A logo is a............... .    

    A. company's name          B. special company C. type of product               D. company symbol

16. A popular form of advertising is to............... .

          A. wear jeans              B. use logo                      C. watch TV            D. use different products

17. A good slogan is............... .

 A. easy to remember             B. useful to produce         C. simple to make                      D. easy to buy

18. The main purpose of an advertisement is to............... .

      A. sell you something you do not want          B. make you feel rich and famous

      C.   make you buy the product                         D. pay the TV station

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

19.What a pity ! I can’t do this exercise.

         A. I wish I can do this exercise                                      B. I wish I could do this exercise

         C. I wish I can’t do this exercise                                    D. I wish I couldn’t do this exercise

 20."Where have you been?" the mother asked her daughter.
        => The mother asked her daughter _____________.

    A. where had she been                               B. where she had been

    C. where has she been                                  D. where she has been

21.They spent a lot of money on food and clothes.

A. A lot of money on food were spent   A lot of money was spent on food and clothes

C. A lot of money were spent on food and clothes   Money was spent a lot on food and clothes

22.  He suggested that ……… .

A. we should go to the movies                             B. we go to the movies

C. we went to the movies                                     D. we went seeing the movies

Choose the sentence that is correctly built from the words given in each of the following questions

23.would / holiday / you / like / to the / summer / with / spend / us ?

A. Would you like to spend holiday summer with us?

B. Would you like to spend with us summer holiday ?

C. Would you like to spend summer holiday with us?

D. Would you like spend to summer holiday with us ?

24. now / studies / he / to / every / night / used / he / dance / but.

A. He used to dance every night, but now he studies.

B. Now he used to dance every night, but he studies.

C. He used to studies every night, but now he dance.

D. He studies, but now he used to dance every night.

II. Vocabulary and Grammar. (Choose the best answer)

5.I wish Susan...............harder for her examination.

A. will work                            B. worked                   C. has worked            D. works

6.. The ‘ao dai’ is the...............dress of Vietnamese women.

A. beautiful                             B. traditional               C. casual                     D. baggy

7. There are.............different ways to learn English well.

            A. much                      B. many                       C. more                       D. any

8. He thinks that ………….on the Internet is a waste of time

            A. chat                        B. chatter                    C. chatting                  D. to chat

9. His lecture was so.............that nobody wanted to hear.

            A. boring                     B. bore                        C. boringly                  D. bored

10. If you want to improve your English, we......................help you.

            A. should                    B. can be                     C. can’t                       D. can

11. Have you ........................gone skiing ?

            A. ever                        B. for                           C. just                          D. already

12. Ben writes very quickly . He’s ...........................finished his essay.

            A. already                   B. been                        C. for                           D. yet

13. Our friends ......................meet us  at the airport tonight.

            A. are                          B. are going to            C. will be to                D. go to

14. I was born in Scotland but I ..................in England.

            A. grew up                  B. raised                      C. brought up              D. rose

15. I wish I …………get goods grades in my exam .

            A. would                     B. will                         C. can                          D. would have

16. Exams are never enjoyable,........................?

            A. are there                 B. aren’t there             C. are they                   D. aren’t they

17. This student is very…………………..There are many mistakes in his test.

            A. care                        B. careless                    C. careful                    D. cared

18. He told me he …………………..leave the city the following day.

            A. will have to            B. has to                      C. have to                    D. would have to

19. Don’t worry about Tom and me. We can look after.......

            A. myself                    B. himself                    C. ourselves                 D. themselves

20. She hopes she can talk to people……………………the world.

            A. through                   B. on                          C. from all over            D. over all      

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 42 to 48

Today, there are 600 million cars in the world. They may seem like a lot. However, there are over 7 million people on our planet. Most of the world’s population uses public transportation to get around. The number of people using public transportation continues to rise. Subway systems worldwide carry 155 million passengers each day. That’s more than 30 times the number carried by all the world’s airplanes. Every day in Tokyo passengers take more than 40 million rides on public transportation.

Yet many people see public transportation as ‘a depressing experience’, says author Taras Gresco. They say it is slow, crowded, or too expensive. In fact, Gresco says, it is actually ‘faster, more comfortable and cheaper’ than driving a car.Like millions of people, Taras Gresco is a ‘straphanger’ - a person who rides public transportation. In his book straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile, Gresco describe the benefits of public transportation. Firstly, it is better for the environment. When people use public transportation, they use less fuel. Twenty people on one bus use much less fuel than 20 people in 20 cars. Fewer cars mean less pollution and cleaner air.

Using public transportation can be good for your health in other ways. It can even help you lose weight. In one study, a group of people took public transportation every day for six months. Each day they walked to a bus stop or train station. In six months, each person lost an average of six pounds - almost three kilograms. Taking public transportation has another benefit, says Gresco. It helps people become part of their community. When you are alone in your car, you don’t talk to anyone. One Tokyo straphanger told Gresco, “To use public transport is to know how to cooperate with other people,’ It teaches you ‘how to behave in a public space’. So, public transportation is more than a way to get to work or school. It can help lead to cleaner cities. It may also lead to a healthier and more cooperative world population.

Which of the following can be the best title of the reading passage?

A. Public Transportation _ We all Benefit 

B. Public transportation - to Save the Environment 

C. Public Transportation - a way to Loose Weight. 

D. public transportation - Cleaner - Cities

Read the passage below and choose the best option A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions

Passage 1:

New Orleans, in Louisiana, is known as the most unique city in the United States with distinctive architecture, cross-cultural heritage and annual music festivals.

However, due to its location along the Mississippi River with lakes on the other side, and nearly half of the city below sea level, the city faces the danger of flooding. So, a levee system and drainage canals were built to protect the city.

Early in the morning of August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina, the most destructive natural disaster in the history of New Orleans, struck the city. The storm brought strong winds and heavy rains for several days. As a result, water from the river and lakes rose, breaking the levees and poured directly into the city. Soon 80 percent of the city was under the water. People scrambled to rooftops for safety, desperate for food and drinking water. The winds were so strong that even beds in Hyatt Hotel were seen flying out of the hotel windows. The loss was tremendous. Most of the major roads and bridges were destroyed, and houses collapsed. Nearly 2,000 people were killed. After the storm, several natural grounds for the breeding and migrating of different species of animals and birds were permanently lost.

Question 1: New Orleans is famous for ___________.

A.  its modern architecture                     C. its Mississippi River

B. its cross-cultural heritage                    D. its location

Question 2: Which statement is NOT correct about New Orleans?

A. It lies between the Mississippi River and lakes.

B. One of its attractions is its annual music festivals

C. The city is surrounded by water.

D. Most of the city is below sea level.

Question 3: Which one is NOT mentioned as being damaged by Hurricane Katrina?

A. Distinctive architecture         B. The levee system      C. Major roads        D. Houses

Question 4: The word ‘tremendous' means ___________.

A.puzzling                       B. huge                 C. unique                   D. legendary

Question 5: The word ‘permanently' is similar to ___________.

A.  temporarily            B.  partially                  C.  forever         D.  rarely

Passage 2:

        How can scientists predict earthquakes? Earthquakes are not scattered anywhere but happen in certain areas. They happen in places where pieces of the earth’s surface meet. For example, earthquakes often occur on the west-coast of North and South America, around the Mediterranean Sea, and along the Pacific coast of Asia.

Another way to predict earthquakes is to look for changes in the earth’s surface, like a sudden drop of water level in the ground. Some people say animals can predict earthquakes. Before earthquakes people have seen chickens sitting in trees, fish jumping out of the water, snake leaving their holes and other animals acting strangely.

After an earthquake happens, people can die from lack of food, water and medical supplies. The amount of destruction caused by an earthquake depend on types of building, soil conditions and population. Of the 6000 earthquakes on the earth each year, only about fifteen cause great damage and many deaths.

Question 1:  Earthquakes happen in certain areas where _______________.

A. the population is large             B. pieces of the earth’s surface meet

C. the soil conditions are stable      D. many buildings are built

Question 2: Earthquakes often happen along ________________.

A. the east-coast of North America          B. the east-coast of South America

C. the Pacific coast of Asia             D. the coast of Australia

Question 3: Looking for ____________ can help predict earthquakes.

A. changes in the earth’s surface        B. water beneath the earth’s surface

C. drops of water                     D. water currents

Question 4: After an earthquake, as a result of _________ people may die.

A. lack of food                              B. lack of friendship

C. lack of information              D. lack of knowledge

Question 5: The passage mainly discusses ______________.

A. the damage caused by earthquakes B. how strong earthquakes are

C. strange animal behaviors                         D. how to predict earthquakes

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 42 to 48

Today, there are 600 million cars in the world. They may seem like a lot. However, there are over 7 million people on our planet. Most of the world’s population uses public transportation to get around. The number of people using public transportation continues to rise. Subway systems worldwide carry 155 million passengers each day. That’s more than 30 times the number carried by all the world’s airplanes. Every day in Tokyo passengers take more than 40 million rides on public transportation.

Yet many people see public transportation as ‘a depressing experience’, says author Taras Gresco. They say it is slow, crowded, or too expensive. In fact, Gresco says, it is actually ‘faster, more comfortable and cheaper’ than driving a car.Like millions of people, Taras Gresco is a ‘straphanger’ - a person who rides public transportation. In his book straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile, Gresco describe the benefits of public transportation. Firstly, it is better for the environment. When people use public transportation, they use less fuel. Twenty people on one bus use much less fuel than 20 people in 20 cars. Fewer cars mean less pollution and cleaner air.

Using public transportation can be good for your health in other ways. It can even help you lose weight. In one study, a group of people took public transportation every day for six months. Each day they walked to a bus stop or train station. In six months, each person lost an average of six pounds - almost three kilograms. Taking public transportation has another benefit, says Gresco. It helps people become part of their community. When you are alone in your car, you don’t talk to anyone. One Tokyo straphanger told Gresco, “To use public transport is to know how to cooperate with other people,’ It teaches you ‘how to behave in a public space’. So, public transportation is more than a way to get to work or school. It can help lead to cleaner cities. It may also lead to a healthier and more cooperative world population.

Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage as the one that benefits from the public transportation?

A. the bus rider

B. the environment

C. the car driver

D. the city

VI. Read the passage and choose the best option to answer to each of the following questions: (1.0p)

ANIMATION

The theory of the animated cartoon was introduced before the invention of the cinema by half a century. When working to create conversation pieces for Victorian shops, people discovered the principle of persistence of vision. If drawings of stages of an action were shown in fast succession, the human eye would perceive them as a continuous movement.

One of the first commercially successful devices, invented by the Belgian Joseph Plateau in 1832, was the phenakistoscope, a spinning cardboard disk that created the illusion of movement when viewed in a mirror. In 1834, William Horner invented the zoetrope, a rotating drum lined by a band of pictures. The Frenchman Emile Reynaud in 1876 adapted the principle into a form that could be projected before a theatrical audience. Reynaud became not only animation’s first entrepreneur but also the first artist to give personality and warmth to his animated characters.

1. What is the passage mainly about ?

A. Early history of animation B. the reason why animation is popular

C. The invention of Jeseph Plateau D. The first animation’s entrepreneur

2. When was the theory of animation developed ?

A. after the introduction of the cinema B. in 1832

C. about 50 years before the invention of the cinema D. in 1876

3. What happens to human eyes when pictures of the stages of an action were shown in fast succession ?

A. They will find the pictures move vivid B. They can not see the pictures

C. they will perceive the pictures as normal

D. They will see the pictures as a continuous movement

4. what is a phenakistoscope ?

A. a popular form of entertainment B. a spinning cardboard disk

C. a rotating drum lined by a band of pictures D. a collection of Victorian drawings

5. Who is NOT MENTIONED as an inventor of an animation- making device ?

A. Victoria B. William Horner C. Emile Reynaud D. Jeseph Plateau

READING 2

I/Read the following passage and choose the option (A, B, C or D) that best answers each question.

Monash University is a public university located in Melbourne, Australia. It was established in 1958 by an Act of the State Parliament of Victoriandis the second oldest university in the State of Victoria. The university was named after the prominent Australian general Sir John Monash. This was the first time in Australia that a university had been named after a person, rather than a city or state. IT was originally intended to have an emphasis on science and technology. However, it quickly expanded beyond this. In its early years, it offered undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in engineering, medicine, science, arts, economics and politics, education and law. Initially, it was best known for its strong research capacity in the sciences and for its innovative teaching in law and medicine.

(Adapted from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monash_University)

1. Monash University was named after _____.

A. a city                

B. a state                

C. a man                

D. a woman

2. Monash University is _____.

A. over 100 years old                                

B. 50 years old

C. about 60 years old                        

D. over 70 years old

3. The university originally focused on _____.

A. engineering and science                        

B. science and technology

C. law and education                                

D. economic and politics

4. The university was famous for its _____.

A. research capacity in sciences                

B. innovative teaching in law and medicine

C. postgraduate degrees                        

D. both A and B

5. Monash University is the _____.

A. oldest city in Australia                        

B. second oldest university in Australia

C. second oldest university in the state of Victoria

D. oldest university in Victoria

II/Read the passage and then decide whether the sentences are True (A) or False (B).

Vietnamese cuisine is unique. It balances five tastes: spice, sour, bitter, salt and sweet. According to Vietnamese tradition, each of the tastes corresponds with an organ of the body. Cooks also try to include five types of nutrients – powder, water, minerals, protein and fat, as well as five colors – white, green, yellow, red and black – in each dish. Therefore, the dishes are balanced and colorful, attractive to both the eye and the tongue. There is also a balance between “heating” and “cooling”. Duck meat, for example, is considered cool, and is thus served in summer with ginger, which is considered warm. Chicken, on the other hand, is a warm food, so it’s usually eaten in the winter, and served with a sour sauce, which is considered cool.

(Source: http://epicureandcultrure.com/vietnamese-cuisine-french-influence/)

1. Which number is important in Vietnamese cuisine?

A. Three                B. Four                C. Five                D. Six

2. Duck meat is often eaten with ginger because it is …..

A. delicious                B. warm                C. cool                        D. hot

3. In winter, Vietnamese people usually eat chicken with sour sauce because chicken is considered …..

A. cool                        B. warm                C. nutritious                D. good

4. Which colour is NOT usually include in Vietnamese food

A. Black                B. Red                        C. Blue                D. Yellow

5. Why do cooks include different tastes, colours and nutrients in Vietnamese food?

A. To make it pleasing to the eye.                B. To make it good for health

C. To make it attractive to the tongue                D. All of the above.

Part 6: Read the passage and choose the best answer to each of the following questions. Write your answer A, B, C or D in the answer box below. (1.75p):

My school library is in a very large building. There are enough chairs and desk for hundreds of students. There are three librarians in the library. They are always ready to help students to find books. There are a lot of large bookshelves. On the shelves are books of various subjects and newspaper and magazines. There are also reference books and dictionaries for different languages. The library opens at ten past seven in the monring and closes at four in the afternoon. It opens from Monday through Friday.

29. what is the writer mainly talking about in the passage above ?

A. His/ her school library                    B. His/ her school

C. His/ her books                                D. His/ her favourite subjects.

30. How are the librarians in the library ?

A. hard- working              B. lazy            C. helpful          D. beautiful

31. How many days a week does the library open?

A. 4 days                B. 5 days                  C. 6 days                      D. 7 days

32. According to the passage, which of the following statement is NOT TRUE ?

A. There are a lot of books in the library.              B. The school library is very large

C. Hundreds of students go to the library to read books     D. There are no books for different laguages.

33. What does the pronoun “They” in the fourth sentence of the passage mean?

A. Magazines        B. Reference books          C. Librarians               D. Newspapers

Exercise 12.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 following questions.

In the future, people will build houses on the moon. The best place for houses in a moon town will be underground. Underground houses will be safe, and the temperatures will not be very high during daytime and not very low at night.

Moon homes may be balloons with oxygen, and people will wear oxygen masks when they are away from home because the moon has no air around it. The house might have beds, tables, and chairs, so people will sleep, eat, and work in their home. Moon-house building will be easy.

96. In a moon town, what is the best place for house?

A. a balloon               B. on the ground                C. underground              D. in the air

97. Which of the following is true?

A. The people on the moon will not leave their homes.

B. The people on the moon will wear oxygen masks when they leave their homes.

C. The moon homes are very hot during daytime.

D. The temperatures will be very high during daytime and very low at night.

98. Why do people need oxygen when they stay on the moon?

A. Because the moon is too large.

B. Because the moon houses are full of air.

C. Because people sleep, eat, and work outside their houses.

D. Because the moon has no air.

99. How comfortable are the houses on the moon?

A. They have furniture for people to sleep, eat, or work.

B. They have many balloons.

C. They don't have any furniture.

D. They have all kinds of furniture.

100.In the writer's opinion, will people build houses on the moon?

A. No, they can't.                            B. They might not do it.

C. Of course, they will.                   D. People only think so.