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

  My husband and I had a problem about our holiday last year. I wanted to have a lazy seaside holiday because I was tired and needed to relax. I loved lying in the sun, drinking iced beer and reading a good book. But Robert liked  busy cultural holidays. He liked visiting art galleries. He hated sunbathing because he always went red, not brown. The travel agent tried to help us and suggested Greece. I said I love to sail to a quiet island, but of course Robert said he’d like to stay in Athens. It was easy to decide what to do,  we flew to Athens together, Robert stayed there and I traveled to the island of Kos!

27. Why did the author want to have a lazy seaside holiday?

A. She liked a busy holiday        

B. She was tired and needed to relax          

C. She always went red, not brown                               

28. The author liked  _____ .                                           

A.  sunbathing                             B. visiting museum’s                                  C. art galleries

29. What does the word ‘island’ in line 5 mean?

A. a piece of land with water all around it          

B. a high piece of land that is not as high as a mountain                  

C. a big area of salty water

30. Which of the following is not true?

A. Robert liked lazy seaside holidays

B. Robert wanted to stay in Athens    

C. Robert’s wife loved to sail to a quiet island             

31. Kos is _____ .

A. a city in Greece                      B. an island                        C. a place which has many island

32. What is the passage written about?

A. a problem about the holiday  B. a trip to Greece              C. a busy cultural holiday 

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

  My husband and I had a problem about our holiday last year. I wanted to have a lazy seaside holiday because I was tired and needed to relax. I loved lying in the sun, drinking iced beer and reading a good book. But Robert liked  busy cultural holidays. He liked visiting art galleries. He hated sunbathing because he always went red, not brown. The travel agent tried to help us and suggested Greece. I said I love to sail to a quiet island, but of course Robert said he’d like to stay in Athens. It was easy to decide what to do,  we flew to Athens together, Robert stayed there and I traveled to the island of Kos!

27. Why did the author want to have a lazy seaside holiday?

A. She liked a busy holiday        

B. She was tired and needed to relax          

C. She always went red, not brown                               

28. The author liked  _____ .                                           

A.  sunbathing                             B. visiting museum’s                                  C. art galleries

29. What does the word ‘island’ in line 5 mean?

A. a piece of land with water all around it          

B. a high piece of land that is not as high as a mountain                  

C. a big area of salty water

30. Which of the following is not true?

A. Robert liked lazy seaside holidays

B. Robert wanted to stay in Athens    

C. Robert’s wife loved to sail to a quiet island             

31. Kos is _____ .

A. a city in Greece                      B. an island                        C. a place which has many island

32. What is the passage written about?

A. a problem about the holiday  B. a trip to Greece              C. a busy cultural holiday 

Read the passage and choose the best answer

Question: Before Jean's father passed away, her mother used to _______.

A. be a housewife

B. support the family alone

C. work outside the home

D. work as a secretary

IV. Read the passage and choose the best answer for each question below (1 point)

There was once a large, fat woman who had a small thin husband. He had a job in a big company and was given his weekly wages every Friday evening. As soon as he got home, his wife often made him give her all his money, and then she gave him back only enough to buy his lunch in the office every day. One day the small man came home very excited. He hurried into the living room. His wife was listening to the radio and eating chocolate. "You will never guess what happened to me today, dear", he said. He waited for a few seconds and then added. "I won 10 thousand pounds on the lottery". "That's wonderful", said his wife delightedly. But then she thought for a few seconds and asked angrily, “But wait a moment! How could you afford to buy that ticket?"

1. How often did the wife get money from her husband?

    A. Every day                 B. Twice a week             C. Every week

2. What did she give her husband some money for?

    A. To buy lottery tickets            B. As his pocket money  C. For his lunch every day     

3. How much did the man win?

    A. $10 000                               B. £10 000                      C. 10 000p   

4. Why did the wife get angry?     - Because her husband....................

    A. won the lottery                   B. missed his lunch           C. had some money of his own

5. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE about the passage?

    A. The wife felt sorry for her husband         

    B. The wife is a mean woman                    

    C. The husband won the lottery one day

Keys:

VII. Read the passage and choose the best answer for each question below (1 point)

There was once a large, fat woman who had a small thin husband. He had a job in a big company and was given his weekly wages every Friday evening. As soon as he got home, his wife often made him give her all his money, and then she gave him back only enough to buy his lunch in the office every day. One day the small man came home very excited. He hurried into the living room. His wife was listening to the radio and eating chocolate. "You will never guess what happened to me today, dear", he said. He waited for a few seconds and then added. "I won 10 thousand pounds on the lottery". "That's wonderful", said his wife delightedly. But then she thought for a few seconds and asked angrily, “But wait a moment! How could you afford to buy that ticket?"

1. How often did the wife get money from her husband?

    A. Every day                            B. Twice a week                 C. Every week

2. What did she give her husband some money for?

    A. To buy lottery tickets     B. As his pocket money       C. For his lunch every day       

3. How much did the man win?

    A. $10 000                         B. £10 000                         C. 10 000p     

4. Why did the wife get angry?     - Because her husband....................

    A. won the lottery            B. missed his lunch                C. had some money of his own

5. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE about the passage?

    A. The wife felt sorry for her husband     

    B. The wife is a mean woman                            

    C. The husband won the lottery one day

Read the passage and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each of the following questions.

Passage 1:

            SAINT DAVID’S DAY

Saint David is the patron saint of Wales. St. David was a Christian holy man and teacher. Saint David’s Day is celebrated on the first day of March every year, in remembrance of the anniversary of his death in the year 589. In 2014, Saint David’s Day falls on a Saturday.

Wales is part of the United Kingdom. It is a country with a long and interesting history. Welsh people have their own language (Cymraeg), customs and traditions. Saint David’s Day is an important festival for Welsh people. Saint David’s Day has been an important national day in Wales for many centuries. Leeks and daffodils are Welsh national symbols. On Saint David’s Day, it is traditional for Welsh people to pin a leek or a daffodil to their coasts or jackets. Many girls in Wales dress up in traditional Welsh national costumes on the day. Concerts and parades to celebrate Saint David’s Day are held in Cardiff (the Welsh capital city) and also lots of other towns and cities. The flag of St. David is flown throughout Wales. Many people in Wales go to poetry readings or attend special church services.

1. On which day is Saint David’s Day celebrated?

A. May 1^st                  B. March 1^st               C. March 3^rd              D. the date changes yearly

2. How long has Saint David’s Day been celebrated as an important national day in Wales?

A. for tens of years                                       C. for a hundred year

B. for hundreds of years                              D. for some of years

3. Which city is the capital of Wales?

A. London                 B. Belfast                   C. Cardiff                   D. Edinburgh

4. What are the Welsh national symbols?

A. the leek and the potato                           C. the daffodil and the thistle

B. the leek and the thistle                           D. the daffodil and the leek

5. How do people celebrate Saint David’s Day in towns and cities?

A. with concerts and parades                     C. with fireworks displays and parties

B. with carnivals and fiestas                      D. with readings and services

. Read the passage below and choose the best answer from the four options marked A, B, C or D. Identify your answers by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet.

Last Sunday was definitely not a good day for me. It all started when I got into my car and it refused to start. I immediately realized that I had left the lights on and the battery had gone flat. I telephoned my friend George and he came round and helped me start the car. I then drove into town to see a friend. I had arranged to meet him at six thirty, but by the time I got there, it was ten past seven and my friend was not there. I waited for him for an hour despite the freezing weather, but he didn’t come. When I returned to my car, I saw that someone had broken into it, probably looking for the radio. Luckily, I never leave the radio in the car! There was nothing I could do but get into my car and drive home. Later I spoke with my friend and discovered that he had waited for only half an hour and left. He didn’t even apologise for not waiting for me longer!

1. Why wasn’t the writer’s car started?

A. Because the lights had gone wrong. B. Because the battery had gone flat.

C. Because it hadn’t been serviced. D. Because the battery had been stolen.

2. What was the weather like when the writer waited for his friend?

A. cold B. hot C. rainy D. foggy

3. In the writer’s opinion, what did the thief want to steal?

A. money B. camera C. radio D. wallet

4. What time did the writer’s friend leave after waiting for him?

A. 6.30 B. 7.00 C. 7.10 D. 7.30

5. Which of the following sentences is NOT true?

A. A friend of the writer’s helped him start the car.

B. A friend of the writer’s lived in town.

C. The writer had waited his friend until 7.30.

D. The writer apologised for not waiting his friend for any longer.

Giúp mk vs!!!

VIII.  Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer A, B, C or D by circling the letter you choose. 

More than two hundred years ago, the term “environmental pollution” was quite strange to people. They lived healthily, drank (1) ______ water, and breathed fresh air. In those days, industry was not well-developed. Nowadays, the (2) ___ is quite different. The world today is faced with many (3) _____ threats. The most dangerous threat of all is war, and after the threat of war is (4) _____. People all over the world are worried about things that are happening to the environment. Actually it is man that is (5) _______ the surroundings with many kinds of wastes from the devices that make human lives more comfortable and convenient. Everybody knows that cars emit dangerous gases that cause poisonous (6) ____ and cancer, but no one wants to travel on foot or bicycles. Manufactures know that (7) _____ from factories make water  and (8) ______ polluted, but they do not want to spend a lot of their money on (9) _____ the wastes safely. (10) ______ rubbish is bad for our health, but no one wants to spend time burying it. Is it worth talking a lot about pollution?

1. A. fresh    B. pure    C. clean    D. boiled    

2. A. situation B. case      C. circumstance D. both A & C

3. A. chief B. significant C. major    D. main      

4. A. contamination B. pollution C. dirtying  D. both A & B

5. A. poisoning B. destroying C. dirtying D. contaminating

6. A. steam B. vapor    C. air        D. moisture  

7. A. wastes  B. junks    C. garbage D. litters  

8. A. land B. ground      C. soil    D. earth     

9. A. solving B. dealing  C. processing D. treating    

10. A. Throwing B. Scattering C. Distributing D. Pouring  

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

Elvis Presley

Do you love rock and roll music? A man named Elvis Presley helped create this kind of music. Elvis was born in Mississippi, but he was raised in Memphis Tennessee. He liked to sing growing up but never really did much of it. When he graduated from high school, he got a job driving a truck.

One day in 1953, Elvis went to the Sun record Company. He wanted to record a song for his mother. The president of the company hear Elvis sing, and he was impressed. He offered a recording contract to Elvis. Fans across a recording country loved his singing as well. Another company named RCA signed a recording contract with Elvis. By 1959, he had sold 21 million records. He was the world’s most famous entertainer of his time.

36. Elvis Presley contributed to creating _____.

A. a kind of music                                                B. a hairstyle

C. musical instrument                                           D. a means of transport

37. His first job after finishing school is _____.

A. a singer                                                   B. truck driver

C. a guitarist                                                          D. with a record company

38. The first record of Elvis is for _____.

A. the president of the Sun Record Company                

B. his fans

C. the president of RCA                             

D. his mother

39. After six years since his first song, Elvis could sell _____.

A. more than 20 million records                           

B. nearly 20 million records

C. hundreds of records                               

D. thousands of records

40. Which of the following is NOT a fact about Elvis Presley?

A. He enjoyed singing

B. He grew up in Tennessee

C. He did a lot of singing when he was at high school

D. The president of a record company was impressed with his signing