Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Vietnamese rocker and songwriter Tran Lap, leader of the country’s ________most famous rock band in the last two decades, died of cancer at the age of 42 ________ last month.

A. no article/ the 

B. no article/ no article 

C. a/ the 

D. the/ no article

X. Read the passage and choose the best option for each space.

               The last two decades have seen enormous changes in the way people’s (1) _________ are affected by IT. Twenty years ago, few people had access to a computer whilst today (2) _________ people use them at work, home or school and use of e-mail and the Internet is an everyday event.

            These developments have brought many (3) _________ to our lives. E-mail makes communication much easier and more immediate. This has numerous benefits for business, commerce, and education. The World Wide Web means that information on every conceivable subject is now (4) _________ to us. Clearly, for many people this has made life much easier and more convenient.

            However, not all the effects of the new technology have been beneficial. Many people feel that the (5) _________ use of e-mail is destroying traditional forms of communication such

as letter writing, telephone and face -to –face conversation. With ever increasing use of information technology these (6) _________ elements are likely to increase in the future.

            In addition, the huge size of the Web means it is almost (7) _________  to control and regulate. This has led to many concerns regarding children (8) _________ unsuitable websites. Yet perhaps the biggest threat to IT in years to come will be the computer (9) _________ more sophisticated or more destructive strains are almost inevitable.

            In conclusion, developments in IT have brought many benefits, (10) _________ I believe developments relating to new technology in the future are likely to produce many negative effects that will need to be addressed very carefully.

1.   A. live                               B. lives                        C. living                      D. life

2.   A. most                             B. most of                   C. most of the D. almost

3.   A. services             B. uses                        C. benefits                    D. effects

4.   A. free                               B. convenient  C. unused                    D. available

5.   A. widespread                   B. immediate   C. particular                D. continued

6.   A. positive                         B. negative                  C. careless                   D. trivial

7.   A. possible                        B. impractical  C. likely                       D. impossible

8.   A. accessing                      B. approaching            C. entering                  D. getting

9.   A. disease              B. program                  C. virus                       D. software

10. A. so                                  B. moreover                C. therefore                 D. yet

VIII.       Choose the correct answer A, B, c or D to fill each blank in the following passage.

                Coin collecting is one of the most popular hobbies in the world. Most coin (1)…………. enjoy trying to have a complete set of a country’s coins. Some people collect coins for pleasure; (2)                              collect coins in order to sell them later. From coins, we can also (3)……………. something about certain famous people and events in a country’s (4)______. Many beginning collector go to the bank and buy coins. Then they (5)                 coins for their collection.

1.A. collectors               B. collecting                                  C. collected                                   D. collections

2.A. another                  B. other                                          C. others                                        D. the other

3.A. teach                      B. learn                                          C. give                                            D. offer

4.A. history                   B. nature                                       C. science                                      D. geography

5.A. look                        B. see                                             C. watch                                        D. find

IX. Read the article and then decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).

                After school Susan goes home to do her model-making. She loves making models. She started about a year ago. She needs about two weeks to make a model. Then she puts it on the shelf in her bedroom. She has about twenty models now. She thinks she will need to get another shelf soon. Last term she tried to start a club for model-making at school but the teachers and other children weren’t interested. She thinks she has a lot of fun anyway.

                                                                                                                                                                              True       False

1.Susan makes models when she stays at school.                                                                                        o            o

2.She has made her models for about one year.                                                                                           o            o

3.It takes her two weeks to make two models.                                                                                              o            o

4.She will need another shelf for her models soon.                                                                                       o            o

5.Susan tried to start a club for model making and the teachers

 and other children were interested in it very much.                               

III. Choose the best answer.

1. How about ______________ a picnic in the park?

A. have                     B. having                               C. to have                  D. has

2. ______________ are two bookshelves in the book store.

A. This                      B. Then                                  C. There                                 D. We

3. My school is ______________ than your school.

A. bigger       B. big                                     C. biggest                  D. more big

4. Be careful! The tree ______________.

A. is falling               B. fall                                      C. are falling                          D. falls

5. I live ______________ a town house in the city.

A. on                         B. at                                        C. of                                       D. in

6. My friend is ______________. He loves playing football and basketball.

A. serious     B. shy                                     C. sporty                                D. lovely

7. How many _____________ do we need to go camping in the mountain?

A. sleeping bags     B. sun scream                        C. plaster                                D. desert

8. James likes _____________ fireworks on New Year Eve.

A. watch                   B. watches                             C. watched                            D. watching

I/ Choose the best answer

1. Thanks to the summer camp in England, my English __________ a lot.

     A. improved                                  B. have improved                 C. improves                    D. has improved

2. The country’s ____________ language is Spanish.

     A. officially                                   B. official                            C. office                           D. speaker

3. Many International students find it hard to understand their Australian friends who speak with a strong ____.

     A. dialect                           B. accent                              C. slang                            D. language

4. Lan wants to study overseas in an________country such asNew Zealand, England, Australia, and the us.

     A. English-spoken             B. English-speaking            C. speaking English        D. spoken English

5. English is spoken by far more people who use it as a foreign or        language than those who use it as a mother tongue.

6. The Canadians are native ___________________ of English.

     A. speakers                          B. spoke                              C. speaking                   D. speaker

7. English is an _____________________  language of France.

     A. official                            B. unofficial                         C. office                       D. officing

VIII/ Read the following passage on commuting, and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 61 to 70.

After two decades of growing student enrollments and economic prosperity , business schools in the United States have started to face harder times. Only Harvard’s MBA School has shown a substantial increase in enrollments in recent years. Both Princeton and Stanford have seen decreases in their enrollments. Since 1990, the number of people receiving Masters in Business Administration (MBA) degrees, has dropped about 3 percent to 75,000, and the trend of lower enrollment rates is expected to continue.

There are two factors causing this decrease in students seeking an MBA degree. The first one is that many graduates of four-year colleges are finding that an MBA degree does not guarantee a plush job on Wall Street or in other financial districts of major American cities . Many of the entry-level management jobs are for students graduating with Master of Arts degrees in English and the humanities as well as those holding MBA degrees. Students have asked the question, “ Is an MBA degree really what I need to be best prepared for getting a good job?” The second major factor has been the cutting of American payrolls and the lower number of entry-level jobs being offered. Business needs are changing , and MBA schools are struggling to meet the new demands.

The phrase “two decades” in the first paragraph refers to a period of_________. 

A. 100 years

B.10 years

C.50 years

D. 20 years