VI/ Read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space

Last week I went to an International Food Festival taking place in Hai Phong. Because the festival only (1)________place for one day, hundreds of people crowded into it. It was the biggest food festival I had ever seen. There (2)________thirty countries participating in the festival. They brought with them traditional food specialities which reflected their unique national (3)________. I was really impressed (4)________the Cobb salad. It is an American garden salad made form chopped salad greens, tomato, bacon, chicken breast, hard-boiled eggs, avocado, cheese, and red-wine vinaigrette. (5)________the salad requires quite a few ingredients, it is quick to make. The American chef at the festival (6)________me the way to make the salad and it took me only 15 minutes to complete. How amazing! The next day I made Cobb salad (7)________my mum for lunch, and she loved it right away. (8)________good dish is steak pie, a traditional British meat pie made from stewing steak and beef gravy, enclosed in a pastry shell. Unfortunately, I did not have (9)________ time to listen to the chef give instructions on how to make this dish. However, I tried it and it was brilliant. Next year (10)________there is another food festival, I will definitely join in

1. A. ran B. took C. went D. found

2. A. are B. is C. was D. were

3. A. cooking B. food C. foods D. cuisine

4. A. by B. at C. in D. on

A. But B. Although C. Because D. So

6. A. said B. asked C. gave D. showed

7. A. for B. with C. together D. like

8. A. One B. Another C. Second D. Next

9. A. little B. many C. enough D. few

10. A. while B if C. as D. because

I. Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space.

For each question, mark the correct letter A. B, C or D on your answer sheet.

                                                                                    CHOCOLATE

When the Spanish explorer Cortez reached Mexico in the sixteenth century, he found the people there using a drink they (56) ........... chocolate. It tasted quite strong (57) ........... it had pepper in it. To (58) ........... it tastes better, the Spanish added sugar to it. When chocolate first came to Europe in the seventeenth century, people started to drink it with milk, (59) ........... of water. Nowadays, tones of chocolate and cocoa are (60) ........... to factories, where they are turned (61) ........... any popular sweets and cakes.

(62) ........... chocolate and cocoa come from the fruit of the cacao tree. Cacao trees (63) ...........       only be grown in hot countries, as they need a warm climate. Cacao is an American plant, (64) ........... still grows wild in the northern part of South America. Countries in Central and South America were the first to grow it, but today Africa (65) ........... the world with the most chocolate.

Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in the following passage: (1,5pts)

Last week, Nam and his classmates (1)_________ a medical check-up at the school (2) _________ First, they (3)_________ in their medical records in the waiting room and gave the records to Miss Lan, a nurse there. Some minutes later, Miss Nga began to call them, one by one, to come into the checking room and (4)_________ their temperature, measured them and weighed them. When she finished her work, she asked them to wait and brought their medical records (5)_________ Doctor Lam. (6)_________ Doctor Lam called them in, one by one.

PART 2 - Reading

Passage 1 Read the text below. For questions 69 to 73, choose the best answer (a, b, c or d).

‘Heavier than air flying machines are impossible,’ said the well-known scientist Lord Kelvin in 1895. Thomas Watson, the chairman of IBM in 1943, was wrong too when he said that he thought there would be a world market for only five or so computers. Predictions can, of course, be wrong, and it is very difficult to predict what the world will be like in 100, 50, or even 20 years from now. But this is something that scientists and politicians often do. They do so because they invent things and make decisions that shape the future of the world that we live in. In the past they didn’t have to think too much about the impact that their decisions had on the natural world. But that is now changing. An increasing number of people believe that we should live within the rules set by nature. In other words, they think that in a world of fixed and limited resources, what is used today will not be there for our children. We must therefore look at each human activity and try to change it or create alternatives if it is not sustainable. The rules for this are set by nature, not by man.

69 What was Lord Kelvin suggesting?

a) It is difficult to make accurate predictions.

b) It would be possible for people to fly.

c) It would be impossible for people to fly.

d) There would only be a few computers.

70 Which of the following statements is true (according to the text)?

a) Lord Kelvin and Thomas Watson were good friends.

b) The world does not have unlimited natural resources.

c) Our children will not make predictions about the future.

d) It is easy to predict what the world will be like 20 years from now.

71 ‘shape’ (line 8) is closest in meaning to:

a) do

b) create

c) look at

d) move

72 The article suggests we should live in a _____ way.

a) selfish

b) sustainable

c) predictable

d) scientific

73 Choose the best title for the article.

a) Predictions and more predictions!

b) Politicians and scientists

c) A sustainable future for our children

d) New inventions

Passage 2 Read the text below. For questions 74 to 78, choose the best answer (a, b, c or d)

     Many hotel chains and tour operators say that they take their environmental commitments seriously, but often they do not respect their social and economic responsibilities to the local community. So is it possible for travellers to help improve the lives of locals and still have a good holiday? The charity, Tourism Concern, thinks so. It has pioneered the concept of the fair-trade holiday. The philosophy behind fair-trade travel is to make sure that local people get a fair share of the income from tourism. The objectives are simple: employing local people wherever possible; offering fair wages and treatment; showing cultural respect; involving communities in deciding how tourism is developed; and making sure that visitors have minimal environmental impact. Although there is currently no official fair-trade accreditation for holidays, the Association of Independent Tour Operators has worked hard to produce responsible tourism guidelines for its members. Some new companies, operated as much by principles as profits, offer a fantastic range of holidays for responsible and adventurous travellers.

74 Tourism Concern…

a) helps tourists who have had bad holidays.

b) is a philosophy.

c) is a charity and fair-trade organisation.

d) has a chain of hotels.

75 Which of the following is NOT one of Tourism Concern’s objectives?

a) Good pay for local people.

b) Showing respect for local cultures.

c) Saving tourists money.

d) Protecting the local environment.

76 According to the text, fair-trade travel is all about…

a) making money for charity.

b) money from tourism going to local people.

c) travellers getting a good deal.

d) a great cultural experience.

77 According to the text, there are _____ companies that are operated on principles as well as profits.

a) a few

b) no

c) some old

d) many

78 Choose the most appropriate title for the article.

a) Holidays from heaven

b) Cheap adventure holidays

c) Fair-trade holidays

d) Great holiday deals

Passage 3 Read the text below. For questions 79 to 84, choose the best answer (a, b, c or d).

Standards of spelling and grammar among an entire generation of English-speaking university students are now so poor that there is ‘a degree of crisis’ in their written use of the language, the publisher of a new dictionary has warned. Its research revealed that students have only a limited grasp of the most basic rules of spelling, punctuation and meaning, blamed in part on an increasing dependence on ‘automatic tools’ such as computer spellcheckers and unprecedented access to rapid communication using email and the Internet. The problem is not confined to the US, but applies also to students in Australia, Canada and Britain. Students were regularly found to be producing incomplete or rambling, poorly connected sentences, mixing metaphors ‘with gusto’ and overusing dull, devalued words such as ‘interesting’ and ‘good’. Overall they were unclear about appropriate punctuation, especially the use of commas, and failed to understand the basic rules of subject/verb agreement and the difference between ‘there’, ‘their’ and ‘they’re’. Kathy Rooney, editor-in-chief of the dictionary, said, ‘We need to be very concerned at the extent of the problems with basic spelling and usage that our research has revealed. This has significant implications for the future, especially for young people. We thought it would be useful to get in touch with teachers and academics to find out what problems their students were having with their writing and what extra help they might need from a dictionary. The results were quite shocking. We are sure that the use of computers has played a part. People rely increasingly on automatic tools such as spellcheckers that are much more passive than going to a dictionary and looking something up. That can lull them into a false sense of security.’ Beth Marshall, an English professor, said, ‘The type of student we’re getting now is very different from what we were seeing 10 years ago and it is often worrying to find out how little students know. There are as many as 800 commonly misspelled words, particularly pairs of words that are pronounced similarly but spelled differently and that have different meanings – for example, “faze” and “phase”, and “pray” and “prey”.’

79 ‘grasp’ (line 4) is closest in meaning to:

a) ability

b) use

c) understanding

d) skill

80 We can infer from the style of the text that this article was printed in a…

a) newspaper.

b) dictionary.

c) novel.

d) guidebook.

81 Kathy Rooney carried out research to see…

a) if students could spell certain words.

b) how widespread the use of computers is.

c) if academics were in touch with their students.

d) how dictionaries can help students.

82 them (line 22) refers to:

a) spellcheckers

b) computers

c) people

d) dictionaries

83 According to Beth Marshall, students today…

a) spell 800 words incorrectly on average.

b) like using spellcheckers.

c) mispronounce and misspell words.

d) are not as knowledgeable as they were in the past.

84 Choose the best title for the article.

a) Standards of spelling and grammar

b) Dictionaries of the future

c) Students don’t know their ‘there’ from their ‘they’re’

d) Automatic tools

Read the text and questions below. For each question, circle the letter you choose - A, B, C/ D. ROCK AND ROLL Rock and Roll came from jazz and blues during the 1950s. One of the first rock and roll songs was Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock." One of, the first very famous rock and roll singers was Elvis Presley. Others were Buddy Holly and Chuck Berry. Now, almost every country has many Rock and roll bands and singers. Sometimes performers call their music by different names, like "rap" or "punk". They sing and play mixtures of rock and roll and talking or other sounds. "Rap" and "punk" both came from rock and roll, or "rock music." Some fans who like rock music think classical music is boring. Many fans play rock music very loudly. They forgot about the people who enjoy soft music. Loud music can make these people nervous. Many fans also like to dance to rock and roll. When rock and roll was new, people had only records to play the music at home. After that we used cassette tapes and records. Now, we listen to music on compact discs. Most modern band and singers use companies to make videos of their songs. With videos, fans can see the performers at the same time they listen to the music. Making a recording and the video that goes with it is very expensive. 1. Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock" was one of the first ................. A. rock and roll songs B. rap songs C. blues songs D. jazz songs 2. "Rap" is a mixture of ……………….. A. Rock and roll B. jazz and blues. C. talking or other sounds D. rock and roll and talking 3. Which of the following isn't mentioned in the passage? A. Many fans like their rock music loud. B. Anyone who enjoys soft music dislikes rock music. C. Some rock and roll fans think classical music is boring. D. Many rock and roll fans like to dance to the music. 4. The first rock and roll fans listened to "Rock Around the Clock" on a ……….. A. video B. compact disc C. cassette D. record 5. Rock and roll began over ................years ago. A. forty B. twenty-five C. fifty D. one hundred

I.  Read the text below and select the best option for each blank. Write your answers (A, B, C, or D) in the box provided. (10 marks)

Earthquakes

An earthquake is a trembling of the earth’s surface and is caused by natural (1) ______ within the earth itself. About a million earthquakes are (2)______ each year, but the vast (3)______ are small and cause little or no (4)______. (5)______ the energy of a large earthquake can be 10,000 times more powerful than that of the first atomic bomb. The terrible earthquake that (6)______ the cities of Tokyo and Yokohama in Japan in 1923 caused an estimate of 142,807 deaths. Even (7)______ disastrous was an earthquake in China when about 655,000 people died.

Most earthquakes (8)______ under the ocean bed. Many of these are harmless, but sometimes tidal waves are set up on the (9)______. The waves are not high in the middle of the ocean, but they travel quickly, and may be huge as they rush up a shallow shore. Such devastating walls of water can (10)______ widespread destruction.

1.   A. resources B. strength C. forces D. powers

2.   A. shown B. caught C. studied D. recorded

3.   A. area B. majority C. number D. amount

4.   A. hurt B. injury C. damage D. pain  

5.   A. Although B. Yet C. Therefore D. Similarly

6.   A. destroyed B. covered C. threatened D. affected

7.   A. more B. if C. though D. so

8.   A. stay B. occur C. come D. attack

9.   A. ground B. air C. mountain D. surface

10. A. stop B. cause C. influence D. change

II. Read the passage below and choose the answer that best expresses the meaning of the words in bold type.  Write your answer (A, B, C or D) in the box provided. (5 marks)

No one really likes going to the doctor, even though it is the sensible thing to do when feeling ill. Most people tend to postpone making an appointment in the hope that things will get better in a day or two. Yet a common cold or mild case of the flu can sometimes be discussed with a doctor over the telephone. Bed rest and a lot of liquids may be the best treatment. However, the sooner a person reports any abnormal conditions to a doctor, the sooner he or she can intervene and treat the problem. Any illness that lasts longer than a day or includes a fever should be looked at. Early treatment may impede the progress of an illness and curtail its spread to other family members. It is always best to contact a doctor. Doctors should decide whether their patients need appointments.  

1. When people postpone something, they

A. announce it publicly. B. put it off until later.

C. remember to do it. D. refuse to do it later.

2. A lot of liquids means

A. taking a lot of medicine. B. doing a lot of exercise.

C. eating a lot of food. D. drinking a lot of water.

3. An abnormal condition is one that is

A. very common. B. illegal. 

C. not normal. D. expensive to treat.

4. When people impede the progress of something, they

A. blow it up. B. improve it. C. slow it down D. change it.

5. When people curtail something, they

A. spread it quickly. B. give it away.

C. cut it short or reduce it. D. move it about.

Read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C, or D fits each space.

People in many countries grow fresh water fish from eggs. They move the small fish into lakes and rivers. The fish live and (1) ________there. People go (2) ________in these lakes and rivers. They enjoy catching fish because fish is also good food. Now the Japanese grow salt water fish. Most of them are yellow tail fish. Workers grow the fish from eggs. Every time they feed the fish, they play (3) ________of piano music. The fish (4) ________that piano music means food. When the fish are small, the Japanese put them into the ocean near the land. The fish find some of their (5) ________food. Workers also feed them. They play the same piano music. The fish (6) ________know the music. They swim toward it and (7) ________the food. In (8) ________months the fish are large. The Japanese play the same music. The fish swim toward it and the workers (9) ________them. The Japanese get about 15 percent of their seafood (10) ________farms in the ocean.

1. a. bred b. born c. grow d. develop

2. a. enjoying b. fishing c. shopping d. catching

3. a. songs b. films c. tapes d. lots

4. a. think b. recognize c. realize d. learn

5. a. own b. private c. self d. individual

6. a. recently b. mostly c. nearly d. already

7. a. see b. find c. bite d. hold

8. a. few b. a few c. couple d. many

9. a. grasp b. catch c. seize d. hold

10. a. on b. of c. from d.in

VI. Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each question;

Brazil, the largest country in South America and the fifth largest country in the world, is located in the eastern half of South America. The people of Brazil are famous for their outgoing, friendly, and fun-loving nature. Brazilian women are considered to be among the best dressed in the world. Brazil is a federal republic with 23 states. The capital city is Brasilia. Portuguese is the official language and it is spoken with a distinct Brazilian accent. Brazil has population of over 138 million, which is made of people of many different races and ethnic groups. A number of industrial products are produced in Brazil, including cars, chemicals, ships, machines, and military weapons. Mining is also an important industry. Agriculture is another important industry. Many crops are exported including coffee (Brazil is the largest coffee grower in the world), cotton, soybeans, sugar, cocoa, rice, corn and fruit.

1. Who are considered to be among the best dressed in the world?

A. Brazilian men                     B. Brazilians                C. Americans              D. Brazilian women

2. How are the people of Brazil?

A. Outgoing, famous, and natural.                 B. Outgoing, friendly, and natural.

C. Outgoing, friendly, and fun-loving.           D. Famous, friendly, and fun-loving.

3. The word “rice” in line 11 is closest in meaning to            .

A. a kind of vegetables           B. a kind of grains      C. a kind of meat          D. a kind of drinks

4. What is the most significant agricultural product in Brazil?

A. cocoa                                  B. coffee                     C. corn                        D. cotton

VII. Choose one suitable word which best fits each gap of the passage.(3 points)

            Music is an art that puts sounds together in a way that people like or find (1) …….. Most music includes people (2) …….. their voice or (3) …… musical instruments, such as a piano, a guitar, or drums. People can enjoy music by (4) ……. to it. They can go to the (5) …….to hear musicians perform. Classical music is usually (6) ………in concert halls, but sometimes huge ( 7) ……… are organized in which it is performed outside, in a field or a stadium, like pop festivals. People can listen to music on CDs, computers, Ipods, televisions, radios, cassettes/recordplayers and even (8) …… People can learn to play a musical instrument such as the piano, the guitar, the bass, the trumpet, the drums, or the flute. Anyone can make up his or her own (9) ….. of music. It is not difficult to (10) …… simple  songs  or melodies, but it is easier for those who can play an instrument themselves.

1.      A. interest                  B. interesting               C.interested                D. interests

2.      A. saying                   B. thinking                  C. singing                    D. telling

3.      A. playing                  B. singing                    C. doing                      D. making

4.      A. writing                  B. typing                     C. listening                  D. chatting

5.      A. concerts                B. plays                       C. dramas                    D. movies

6.      A. done                      B. performed               C. read                                    D. made

7.      A. songs                     B. meetings                 C. festivals                  D. classes

8.      A. books                    B. mobiles                   C. songs                      D. poems

9.      A. piece                     B. unit                         C. part                         D. lesson

10.  A. do                                     B. compose                 C. say                          D. make          

VIII. Fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word. (3 points)

                                                CHRISTMAS IN ENGLAND

            In England, children get their presents (1) ............ Christmas Eve, the 24^th of December. Father Christmas comes at (2) ........when everyone is asleep. His (3) ........... can fly and takeshim from house to house to ( 4) ........all the gifts. They land on the roofs of the houses and then Father Christmas (5) .......down the chimney to leave the presents (6) .........the Christmas tree. In the morning of Christmas Day, the 25^th of December, children usually get up very early to unwrap their (7) .......... Then they have plenty of time to play with their new toys. Christmas dinner is served (8) ......... the early afternoon. Most people eat turkey, sprouts and loads of other vegetables, not forgetting Christmas(9) .......... The 26^th of December is called Boxing Day. It has not always been a holiday. People used to go back to work on that day where their bosses gave them little Christmas presents in small boxes. That is (10) .......... the day is called Boxing Day.

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