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

Visual pollution has a greater effect on people than you may think. I remember when I went to a big city, I was really scared because so much graffiti on the buildings’ wall. Then I looked up, I saw  a lot of power lines over my head. Although they were not dangerous, I still felt unsafe since I thought they might fall down.  These things prevented me from enjoying the beautiful sights of the city.

            I also remember the time when I was a student at a university. Once I was so busy with my assignments that I did not tidy my room for two weeks. Looking at the messy room caused me so much stress that I did not want to study. Then I decided to clean the room and put my things in their proper places. I also bought a small plant and placed it in a corner of the room. These simple actions increased my motivation and helped me to focus on my lessons.

41. How did the author feel when she saw the power lines?

A. She was really scared.                                       

B. She felt unsafe.

C. She felt it was very dangerous.                        

D. She felt it wasn’t dangerous.

42. Why did she have that feeling?

A. Because she thought she might fall down.      

B. Because she thought they might fall down.

C. Because she thought she might be dangerous.

D. Because she thought it prevented her from enjoying the beautiful sights.

43. What was she busy with?

A. Enjoying the beautiful sights of the city.        

B. Being a student at a university.

C. Her exercises and projects at the university.

D. Tidying her room for 2 weeks.

44. What happened when she looked at the messy room?

A. She didn’t want to tidy it.                                  

B. She was very stress.

C. She started to clean the room.               

D. She put her thing in the proper places.

45. What did she feel after the room was tidied?

A. She was motivated to buy a small plant.         

B. She was motivated to tidy the room again.

C. She could concentrate on her studying.

D. She felt motivated to concentrate on tidying the room.

Read the following passage and then choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best completes each blank. 

There’s much more water than land on the ….(36)… of the earth. The seas and oceans cover nearly four-fifth of the whole world, and only one-fifth of land. If you traveled over the earth in different directions, you would have to spend much more of your time …(37)… on water than on roads or railways. We sometimes forget that for every mile of land there is four miles of water. There’s so much water in the surface of our earth that we ....(38)… to use two words to describe. We use the word SEAS .....(39)... those parts of water surface which has only few hundreds of mile, the word OCEANS to describe the huge area of water which are thousands of miles wide and very deep.

Câu 36:                                  A. cover                    B. surface                 C. outer       D. outside

Câu 37:                                  A. to move                B. move                    C. moved     D. moving

Câu 38:                                  A. must                     B. should                  C. have        D. would

Câu 39:                                  A. describing             B. describes              C. describe   D. to describe

C/ Read the following passage and choose the option (A, B, C, D) to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks. (1.0pt)

Australia is a country (21) ………………… the Southern Hemisphere which comprises the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and many smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Neighbouring counties (22)……………….. Indonesia, East Timor, and Papua New Guinea to the north, the Solomon, Vanuatu, and New Caledonia to the northeast, and New Zealand to the Southeast. Australia (23)……………………… six states, and two major mainland territories. The (24)…………………… city of Australia ia Canberra. With a population of over 380,000, it’s Australia’s largest island city and  the eighth  largest Ausralian city overall.

Question 21. A. to                 B. on                  C. in                    D. at

Question 22. A. include                 B. contain                 C. come                     D. conclude

Question 23. A. gets                    B. takes                    C. has                        D. begins

Question 24. A. urban               B. capital               C. rural                  D. suburb

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

I.         Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it.

According to the census of 1800, the United States of America contained 5,308,483 persons. In the same year the British Islands contained upwards of fifteen million; the French Republic, more than twenty-seven million. Nearly one-fifth of American people were black slaves; the true political population consisted of four and a half million free whites, or less than one million able-bodied males, on whose shoulders fell the burden of a continent. Even after two centuries of struggle the land still untamed; forests covered every portion, except here and there a strip of cultivated soil; the minerals lay undisturbed in their rocky beds, and more than two-thirds of the people clung to the seaboard within fifty miles of tidewater, where alone the wants of civilized life could be supplied.

26. In the United States of America in 1800 _____.

      a. one out of every twenty-five Americans was a black slave

      b. one out of every four Americans was a black slave

      c. two out of every three Americans were black slaves

      d. one out of every five Americans was a black slave

27. What is the true political population in America in 1800?

      a. About four-fifths of the population.                  b. About one-fifth of the population.

      c. 5,308,483.                                                         d. Less than one million

28. Which of the following is not true?

      a. About one-fifth of American people were black slaves in 1800.

      b. Two-thirds of the American people live on the seaboard.

      c. In 1800, the land was still untamed.

      d. In 1800, strips of cultivated land were everywhere.

29. In the context of the paragraph, the word “untamed” means _____.

      a. calm                          b. dangerous                    c. uncultivable                 d. bad

30. How long had the struggle to tame the American continent been going on in 1800?

      a. About two hundred years.                                 b. A little more than a century.

      c. About fifty years.                                              d. Since 1750.

I.       Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it.

After the Revolutionary War people in America were able to get news of European fashions. Fashion plates (= pictures) and dolls showing the latest fashions were sent to the US, and American women began wearing large hoop skirts. Some people thought that heavy hoops and corsets were bad for the health, and encouraged women to wear looser clothes. Amelia Bloomer designed light frilled trousers, called bloomers, but many people laughed at them. Though bloomers were not popular, there was a fashion for smaller, lighter skirts. American men also followed fashion and began wearing long trousers (or pants) instead of breeches.

26. When did American women begin to wear large hoop skirts?

      a. After the Revolutionary War

      b. After fashions plates and dolls showing the latest fashion

      c. After buying fashion plates and dolls

      d. After some people encouraged women to wear looser clothes

27. What can be the best title of the passage?

      a. The American Clothing After Revolution War

      b. The American Cloths After Revolution War

      c. The Influence of the European Fashions

      d. The History of Bloomers

28. In the context of the passage, the word “encouraged” means _____.

      a. suggested that someone did something

      b. helped someone do something

      c. gave someone hope

      d. helped so that someone continue doing something

29. The word “them” in sentence 5 refers to _____.

      a. hoops and corsets                                                b. bloomers                       

      c. some American people                                       d. American women

30. Which of the following is not true?

      a. Some people persuaded women not to wear heavy hoops and corsets.

      b. Amelia Bloomer was the one who designed frilled trousers.

      c. Americans liked wearing large hoop skirts.

      d. American men used to wear breeches.

I.       Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it.

After the Revolutionary War people in America were able to get news of European fashions. Fashion plates (= pictures) and dolls showing the latest fashions were sent to the US, and American women began wearing large hoop skirts. Some people thought that heavy hoops and corsets were bad for the health, and encouraged women to wear looser clothes. Amelia Bloomer designed light frilled trousers, called bloomers, but many people laughed at them. Though bloomers were not popular, there was a fashion for smaller, lighter skirts. American men also followed fashion and began wearing long trousers (or pants) instead of breeches.

26. When did American women begin to wear large hoop skirts?

      a. After the Revolutionary War

      b. After fashions plates and dolls showing the latest fashion

      c. After buying fashion plates and dolls

      d. After some people encouraged women to wear looser clothes

27. What can be the best title of the passage?

      a. The American Clothing After Revolution War

      b. The American Cloths After Revolution War

      c. The Influence of the European Fashions

      d. The History of Bloomers

28. In the context of the passage, the word “encouraged” means _____.

      a. suggested that someone did something

      b. helped someone do something

      c. gave someone hope

      d. helped so that someone continue doing something

29. The word “them” in sentence 5 refers to _____.

      a. hoops and corsets                                                b. bloomers                       

      c. some American people                                       d. American women

30. Which of the following is not true?

      a. Some people persuaded women not to wear heavy hoops and corsets.

      b. Amelia Bloomer was the one who designed frilled trousers.

      c. Americans liked wearing large hoop skirts.

      d. American men used to wear breeches.

VI/ Read the following passage and choose the option (A, B, C, D) to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks. (1.0pt)

A/ We are slowly destroying the earth. The seas and rivers (21)……………….. too dirty to swim in. here ia so much smoke in the air that it is (22) ……………………….. to live in many of the world’scities. In one well – known city, for example, poisonous gases (23) …………………….. cars pollute the air so much that traffic policemen have to wear oxygen masks. We must act now before it is too late (24) ………………….. anything about it.

Question 21. A. were                B. is               C. are                D. was

Question 22. A. healthy                  B. unhealthy                  C. healthful                D. healthily

Question 23. A. on                      B. at                    C. from                       D. in

Question 24. A. to do                   B. do                    C. doing                   D. did

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

Read the following passage and choose the option (A, B, C or D) that best answers each of the questionsbelow.Christmas Day is a holiday in many, but not all, countries. Many homes have Christmas trees and otherdecorations in the weeks leading to Christmas Day. Some workplaces hold Christmas parties prior toDecember 25th. Festive activities include exchanging presents, singing Christmas songs, going to parties.It's a special time when children get presents from family, friends and Santa Claus, or Father Christmas.Christmas cards are also given or sent out prior to Christmas Day. For some, Christmas is an exclusive familyaffair, while others invite friends to a Christmas buffet or pot luck meal.Christmas Day is a public holiday in many countries worldwide, including Australia, Canada, the UnitedKingdom and the United Slates, Government offices, educational institutions, many businesses and postoffices are closed on this day. If you plan to travel with public transport, check with the local transportauthority on schedule changes.Images of Santa Glaus, also known as bather Christmas, snowmen, reindeer, and candy canes are seenin cards, posters, signs and other printed or marketing material associated wilh the Christmas celebrations,images of baby Jesus, the Christmas star, and other symbols associated with the religious meaning ofChristmas are also seen during Christmas Eve and Christmas Day,Other common decorations associated with Christmas are holly and ivy ‐ both arc associated withPagan festivals as it was customary to decorate with greenery for these festivals.

(Adapted from Time and date)

41. What is the passage mainly about?A. The preparation before Christmas day in some English speaking countries,B. The symbols of Christmas in some English speaking countries.C. The general information about Christmas in some English speaking countries.D. The reasons why Christmas is popular in some English speaking countries.42. According to the passage, what is NOT one example of festive activities is:A. Holding Christmas prior to December 25thB. Giving presents to each otherC. Singing Christmas songsD. Going to parties43. What should people do if they want to travel with public transport?A. They should cheek with government offices and educational institutions.B. They should check with the local transport authority on schedule changes.C. They should cheek with many businesses and post offices.D. They should check with the public transport drivers before Christmas Day.44. What is another name for Santa Claus?A. Father ChristmasB. SnowmenC. ReindeerD. Candy canes45. According to the passage, what are the symbols of Christmas?A. Father Christmas, snowmen, reindeer, candy canes, cards, and posters.B. Father Christmas, snowmen, signs, and baby Jesus.C. Santa Claus, baby Jesus, and the Christmas star.D. Santa Claus, snowmen, posters, baby Jesus, and the Christmas star.