In 1823, the patron saint of children, Saint Nicholas appeared in a poem called A visit from Saint Nicholas. The character in the poem was a fat jolly man who wore a red suit and gave children presents on Christmas Eve. The poem, which was written by Clement Clark moore, an American professor, became popular in the USA. Santa Claus is based on the description of Saint Nicholas in this poem.

1. Who wrote the poem A visit from Saint Nicholas?

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2. Is Santa Claus based on the description of Saint Nicholas in the poem?

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3. What does a fat jolly man who wore a red suit do on Christmas Eve?

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4. Did the poem become popular in the USA?

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C. READING IV. Read the passage and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space One of the first novels in the history of literature was written in England (31)______ 1719. It was Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. Daniel Defoe was born (32)______ London in the family of a rich man. When Daniel was a schoolboy, he began to write stories. After (33)________ school, he worked in his father's shop and (34)________ articles for newspapers. Defoe visited many countries and met many people. That helped him (35)________ in his writings. In 1719, when Defoe was sixty years old, he wrote the novel Robinson Crusoe which (36)______ him famous. Defoe used in his book a true story about a sailor who (37)______ on an island for four years. Robinson Crusoe in Defoe's novel lived on an island for twenty-eight years. People liked (38)_____ novel in England and in many other countries, Daniel Defoe wrote other books. (39)_____ his novel Robinson Crusoe was the (40)______ famous. Defoe was not a rich man when he died in 1731. 31.A. at B. in C. from D. of 32.A. at B. from C. in D. on 33.A. leaving B. staying C. going D. coming 34.A. sold B. wrote C. read D. bought 35.A. few B. much C. plenty D. many 36.A. made B. did C. brought D. let 37.A. came B. lived C. visited D. went 38.A. a B. an C. the D. X 

IV. Read the passage and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space One of the first novels in the history of literature was written in England (31)______ 1719. It was Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. Daniel Defoe was born (32)______ London in the family of a rich man. When Daniel was a schoolboy, he began to write stories. After (33)________ school, he worked in his father's shop and (34)________ articles for newspapers. Defoe visited many countries and met many people. That helped him (35)________ in his writings. In 1719, when Defoe was sixty years old, he wrote the novel Robinson Crusoe which (36)______ him famous. Defoe used in his book a true story about a sailor who (37)______ on an island for four years. Robinson Crusoe in Defoe's novel lived on an island for twenty-eight years. People liked (38)_____ novel in England and in many other countries, Daniel Defoe wrote other books. (39)_____ his novel Robinson Crusoe was the (40)______ famous. Defoe was not a rich man when he died in 1731. 31.A. at B. in C. from D. of 32.A. at B. from C. in D. on 33.A. leaving B. staying C. going D. coming 34.A. sold B. wrote C. read D. bought 35.A. few B. much C. plenty D. many 36.A. made B. did C. brought D. let 37.A. came B. lived C. visited D. went 38.A. a B. an C. the D. X 39.A. And B. Because C. So D. However 40.A. much B. most C. very D. best

bài 1 : change passive voice

1. lan is going to invite her friends to her birthday party

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2. she teacher us grammar and writing

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3. the police have just caught the thief

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bài 2 : choose the best answer

1 ................................ was the letter written ?

A. after B. only whom C. by whom D. by which

2. they said that the film ...............soon

A . would have been shown b . would show c. would be shown d. had shown

3. she doesn't type ..............................as her friends

a. quicklier b. more quickly c. mots quickly d. so quickly

4. she asked me ........................

a. where it is b. where was it c. where it was d. where is it

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 question.

  Rachel Carson was bom in 1907 in Springsdale, Pennsylvania. She studied biology in college and zoology at Johns Hopkins University, where she received her master’s degree in 1933. In 1936, she was hired by the US Fish and Wildlife Service, where she worked most of her life.

  Carson’s first book, Under the Sea Wind, was published in 1941. It received excellent reviews, but sales were poor until it was reissued in 1952. In that year, she published The Sea Around Us, which provided a fascinating look beneath the ocean’s surface, emphasizing human history as well as geology and marine biology. Her imagery and language had a poetic quality. Carson consulted no less than 1, 000 printed sources. She had voluminous correspondence and frequent discussions with experts in the field. However, she always realized the limitations of her non-technical readers.

          In 1962, Carson published Silence Spring, a book that sparked considerable controversy. It proved how much harm was done by the uncontrolled, reckless use of insecticides. She detailed how they poison the food supply of animals, kill birds, and contaminate human food. At that time, spokesmen for the chemical industry mounted personal attacks against Carson and issued propaganda to indicate that her findings were flawed. However, her work was vindicated by a 1963 report of the President’s Science Advisory Committee.

Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word “flawed”?

A. offensive

B. logical

C. deceptive

D. faulty

One of the films shown last week at the South by Southwest film festival in Austin, Texas was “9 Rides,” the story of a depressed limo driver in Los Angeles and the various people who ride with him one dark night.

“We were shooting at four or five in the morning and there was nobody outside and it was real cool,” Director Mathew Cherry said. “It added to the loneliness and the overall aesthetic of the movie.”

Working with a small budget, Cherry decided to take advantage of the 4K resolution of Apple’s iPhone 6S to make his film which features a number of characters, but takes place entirely inside a car. He used several iPhones mounted in and on the vehicle.

This is not the first movie shot on an iPhone. Last year, critics praised the film “Tangerine,” which was shot on an iPhone 5S.

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 43 to 50.

Born in 1830 in rural Amherst, Massachusetts, Emily Dickinson spent her entire life in the household of her parents. Between 1858 and 1862, it was later discovered, she wrote like a person possessed, often producing a poem a day. It was also during this period that her life was transformed into the myth of Amherst.

Withdrawing more and more, keeping to her room sometimes even refusing to see visitors who called, she began to dress only in white - a habit that added to her reputation as an eccentric.

In their determination to read Dickinson's life in terms of a traditional romantic plot, biographers have missed the unique pattern of her life - her struggle to create a female life not yet imagined by the culture in which she lived. Dickinson was not the innocent, lovelorn and emotionally fragile girl sentimentalized by the Dickinson myth and popularized by William Luce’s 1976 play, The BeIle of Amherst. Her decision to shut the door on Amherst society in the 1950's transformed her house into a kind of magical realm in which she was free to engage her poetic genius. Her seclusion was not the result of a failed love affairs but rather a part of a more general pattern of renunciation through which she, in her quest for self – sovereignty, carried on an argument with the Puritan fathers, attacking with wit and irony their cheerless Calvinist doctrine, their stern patriarchal God, and their rigid notions of "true womanhood."

It can be inferred from the passage that Emily Dickinson lived in a society that was characterized by _______.

A. strong Puritan beliefs

B. equality of men and women

C. the encouragement of nonconformity

D. the appreciation of poetic creativity