Read the text and answer the following questions

A tiny school is soon to celebrate its 100 birthday - against all expectations. Five years ago, it seemed certain to close but parents and other villagers fought the local education authority and raised fun to keep it open. It is now ending its first term as a school run by the village community and the villagers are justly proud of their achievement.

They were furious when education chiefs tried to make them send the village children to other schools further away because the number of pupils at the village school is small. The villagers started a huge campaign to raise money. They collected enough to hire a teacher and begin to help with school cleaning, lunch supervision and lessons. Now the school is doing well and it seems as if it will continue to run in the future.

What effects would the closure of the school have had on the village children?

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When did the parents get the money they needed to keep the school open?

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What was the villagers’ reaction to the decision of closing the school?

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What phrase is used in the passage to show that it was surprising that the school reached its 100^th birthday?

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Why does the writer think the school will not be closed?

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A tiny village school is soon to celebrate its 110 birthday - against all expectations. Five years ago it seemed certain to close but parents and other villagers fought the local education authority and raised funds to keep it (1)_______. It is now ending its first term as a school (2)_____by the village community and the villagers are just proud of their achievement.

They were furious when education chiefs tried to make them send the village children to other schools further away because the number of pupils at the village school was too (3)_____. The villagers started a huge campaign to (4) _____money. They collected enough to hire a teacher and begin to help with school cleaning, lunch supervision and lessons. Now the school is doing well and it seems (5)____ it will continue to run in the future.

Điền vào số 4

A. rise

B. raise

C. pay

D. deal

A tiny village school is soon to celebrate its 110 birthday - against all expectations. Five years ago it seemed certain to close but parents and other villagers fought the local education authority and raised funds to keep it (1)_______. It is now ending its first term as a school (2)_____by the village community and the villagers are just proud of their achievement.

They were furious when education chiefs tried to make them send the village children to other schools further away because the number of pupils at the village school was too (3)_____. The villagers started a huge campaign to (4) _____money. They collected enough to hire a teacher and begin to help with school cleaning, lunch supervision and lessons. Now the school is doing well and it seems (5)____ it will continue to run in the future.

Điền vào số 2

A. run

B. running

C. has run

D. to run

A tiny village school is soon to celebrate its 110 birthday - against all expectations. Five years ago it seemed certain to close but parents and other villagers fought the local education authority and raised funds to keep it (1)_______. It is now ending its first term as a school (2)_____by the village community and the villagers are just proud of their achievement.

They were furious when education chiefs tried to make them send the village children to other schools further away because the number of pupils at the village school was too (3)_____. The villagers started a huge campaign to (4) _____money. They collected enough to hire a teacher and begin to help with school cleaning, lunch supervision and lessons. Now the school is doing well and it seems (5)____ it will continue to run in the future.

Điền vào số 5

A. in case

B. even though

C. as if

D. if only

A tiny village school is soon to celebrate its 110 birthday - against all expectations. Five years ago it seemed certain to close but parents and other villagers fought the local education authority and raised funds to keep it (1)_______. It is now ending its first term as a school (2)_____by the village community and the villagers are just proud of their achievement.

They were furious when education chiefs tried to make them send the village children to other schools further away because the number of pupils at the village school was too (3)_____. The villagers started a huge campaign to (4) _____money. They collected enough to hire a teacher and begin to help with school cleaning, lunch supervision and lessons. Now the school is doing well and it seems (5)____ it will continue to run in the future.

Điền vào số 3

A. little

B. less

C. few

D. small

A tiny village school is soon to celebrate its 110 birthday - against all expectations. Five years ago it seemed certain to close but parents and other villagers fought the local education authority and raised funds to keep it (1)_______. It is now ending its first term as a school (2)_____by the village community and the villagers are just proud of their achievement.

They were furious when education chiefs tried to make them send the village children to other schools further away because the number of pupils at the village school was too (3)_____. The villagers started a huge campaign to (4) _____money. They collected enough to hire a teacher and begin to help with school cleaning, lunch supervision and lessons. Now the school is doing well and it seems (5)____ it will continue to run in the future.

Điền vào số 1

A. open

B. opened

C. to opening

D. for opening

II. Read the text and answer the questions
I started learning English when I was only five years old at my parents' insistence. Back then, I thought it was a Waste of time but now in college being able to speak and understand English is helping me study better. Firstly, because of the supremacy of English - Speaking countries in science and technology, lots of science books and scientific study are published in English. Being a biology student, I’m glad to have English as my second language. Secondly, English is the “official” language of the Internet. More than half of the content on the Internet is written in English. If I didn’t understand English, I wouldn’t be able to use all these information for research and reference. Finally, researches show that learning a new language has improved problem solving skills and memory, Bilingual people like me tend to perform better academically.
1. What is the writer’s job?
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2. Why does the writer feel happy when he/ she was a bilingual person?
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3. Do you like living in the country where people speak English? Why?/ Why not ?
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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.

Whales are the largest animals in the world, and the gentlest creatures we know. Although the whale is very huge, it is not hindered at all by its size when it is in the water. Whales have tails that end like flippers. With just a gentle flick, it can propel itself forward. The skin of a whale is so smooth that it does not create any friction that can slow the whale down. A whale’s breathing hole is located on the top of its head, so it can breathe without having to completely push its head out of the water. Whales are protected from the cold seawater by body fat that is called blubber.

Whales live in the ocean but, in terms of behaviours, they are more similar to humans than fish.

They live in family groups and they even travel in groups when they have to migrate from cooler to warmer waters. The young stay with their parents for as long as fifteen years. Whales are known not to desert the ill or injured members; instead, they cradle them.

When whales are in danger, there are people who go to great lengths to help them. One such case occurred in 1988, when three young whales were trapped in the sea. It was close to winter and the sea had begun to freeze over. Whales are mammals that require oxygen from the air, so the frozen ice was a great danger to them. All they had then was a tiny hole in the ice for them to breathe through. Volunteers from all over soon turned up to help these creatures. They cut holes in the ice to provide more breathing holes for the whales. These holes would also serve as guides for the whales so that they could swim to warmer waters.

Which of the following best describes the main idea of this passage?

A. Some remarkable similarities of whales to humans.

B. Whales as the only animals to live in warm water.

C. Whales as the largest, gentlest but vulnerable creatures.

D. Successful attempts to rescue whales all over the world.