III.Read the text and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each of the gaps. (Đọc và chọn đáp án đúng)

The Globe Theatre

Visiting the theatre in London 400 years (1)___________ was very different from visiting a modern theatre. The building was round, (2)___________ was no roof, people got cold and wet (3)___________ the weather was bad. The queen loved (4)___________ to the Globe Theatre, by the River Thames to see the plays of William Shakespeare. All the actors at that time (5)___________ men. The visitors ate, talked to (6)___________ friends, walked about during the show and (7)___________ people even threw things at the actors.

Today it is still possible (8)___________ visit the Globe Theatre. A new theatre stands in the same place (9)___________ the river. You can enjoy a Shakespeare there or just learn (10)___________ life in the seventeenth century.

1.A. after                          B. since      C. for                             D. ago

2.A. there                          B. here      C. it                                D. the

3.A. that                            B. if           C. so                               D. the

4.A. go                             B. going     C. went                          D. gone

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

6.A. those                         B. his         C. her                             D. their

7.A. any                            B. every    C. some                          D. no

8.A. to                               B. on        C. of                               D. at

9.A. near                          B. at          C. next                          D. on

10.A. in                              B. to          C. for                             D. about

Visiting the theatre in London 400 years (1)______ was very different from visiting a modern theatre. The building was round, and (2)______ was no roof, people got cold and wet (3)______ the weather was bad. The queen loved (4)______ to the Globe Theatre, by the river Thames to see the plays of William Shakespeare. All the actors at that time are (5)______ men. The visitors ate, talked to (6)______ friends, walked about during the show and (7)______ people even threw things at the actors. Today it is still possible (8)______ visit the Globe Theatre. A new theatre stands in the same place (9)______ the river. You can enjoy a Shakespeare there or just learn (10)______ life in the seventeenth century.

1. A. after            B. since                C. for                D. ago        

2. A. there            B. here                C. it                D. the

3. A. that            B. if                C. it                D. after

4. A. go                B. going            C. went                D. gone

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

6. A. those            B. his                C. her                D. their 

7. A. any            B. every            C. some                D. no

8. A. to                B. on                C. of                D. at

9. A. near            B. at                C. next                D. on

10. A. in            B. to                C. for                D. about

Exercise 12: Read the passage, and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each question
Unlike life in the countryside which is often considered to be simple and traditional, life in the
city is modern and complicated. People, from different regions, move to the cities in the hope of having a better life for them and their children. The inhabitants in city work as secretaries, businessmen, teachers, government workers, factory workers and even street vendors or construction workers. The high cost of living requires city dwellers, especially someone with low income, to work harder or to take a part-time job. For many people, an ordinary day starts as usual by getting up in the early morning to do exercise in public parks, preparing for a full day of working and studying, then travelling along crowed boulevards or narrow streets filled with motor scooters and returning home after a busy day. They usually live in large houses, or high-rise apartment blocks or even in a small rental room equipped with modern facilities, like the Internet, telephone, television, and so on. Industrialization and modernization as well as global integration have big impact on lifestyle in the cities. The most noticeable impact is the Western style of clothes. The "ao dai” - Vietnamese traditional clothes big are no longer regularly worn in Vietnamese women's daily life. Instead, jeans, T-shirts and fashionable clothes are widely preferred.
1. The most important reason why people move to the city is that............
A. to look for a complicated life
B. to take part-time job
C. to have busy day
D. to look for a better life
2. According to the passage, the city life can offer city dwellers all of the following things EXCEPT......
A. the Internet
B. friendly communication with neighbours
C. a variety of jobs in different fields
D. modern facilities
3. We can infer from the passage that .
A. there is a big gap between the rich and the poor in the city
B. people do morning exercise in public parks because they have much free time
C. people leave the countryside because life there is simple
D. most of the urban dwellers have low income
4. Industrialization and modernization may lead to .
A. the fact that women no longer wear ao dai
B. the disappearance of Western-styled clothes
C. some changes in lifestyles
D. global integration
5. The word "impact" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to .
A. force
B. action
C. situation
D. effect

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

Early writing and Alphabets

When people first began to write, they did not use an alphabet. Instead, they drew small pictures to (31) _______ the objects they were writing about. This was very slow because there was a different picture for any word.

The Ancient Egyptians had a system of picture writing that was described hieroglyphics. The meaning of this writing was forgotten for a very long time but in 1799 some scientists (32) _______ a stone near Alexandria, in Egypt. The stone had been there for (33) _______ a thousand years. It had both Greek and hieroglyphics on it and researchers were finally able to understand what the hieroglyphics meant.

An alphabet is quite different from picture writing. It (34) _______ of letters or symbols that represent a sound and each sound is just part of one word. The Phoenicians, who lived about 3,000 years ago, developed the modern alphabets. It was later improved by the Roman’s and this alphabet is now used (35) _______ throughout the world.

Điền câu 35

A. broadly

B. widely

C. deeply

D. hugely

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

Early writing and Alphabets

When people first began to write, they did not use an alphabet. Instead, they drew small pictures to (31) _______ the objects they were writing about. This was very slow because there was a different picture for any word.

The Ancient Egyptians had a system of picture writing that was described hieroglyphics. The meaning of this writing was forgotten for a very long time but in 1799 some scientists (32) _______ a stone near Alexandria, in Egypt. The stone had been there for (33) _______ a thousand years. It had both Greek and hieroglyphics on it and researchers were finally able to understand what the hieroglyphics meant.

An alphabet is quite different from picture writing. It (34) _______ of letters or symbols that represent a sound and each sound is just part of one word. The Phoenicians, who lived about 3,000 years ago, developed the modern alphabets. It was later improved by the Roman’s and this alphabet is now used (35) _______ throughout the world.

Điền câu 31

A. notice

B. show

C. appear

D. mark

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

Early writing and Alphabets

When people first began to write, they did not use an alphabet. Instead, they drew small pictures to (31) _______ the objects they were writing about. This was very slow because there was a different picture for any word.

The Ancient Egyptians had a system of picture writing that was described hieroglyphics. The meaning of this writing was forgotten for a very long time but in 1799 some scientists (32) _______ a stone near Alexandria, in Egypt. The stone had been there for (33) _______ a thousand years. It had both Greek and hieroglyphics on it and researchers were finally able to understand what the hieroglyphics meant.

An alphabet is quite different from picture writing. It (34) _______ of letters or symbols that represent a sound and each sound is just part of one word. The Phoenicians, who lived about 3,000 years ago, developed the modern alphabets. It was later improved by the Roman’s and this alphabet is now used (35) _______ throughout the world.

Điền câu 33

A. quite

B. more

C. over

D. already

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

Early writing and Alphabets

When people first began to write, they did not use an alphabet. Instead, they drew small pictures to (31) _______ the objects they were writing about. This was very slow because there was a different picture for any word.

The Ancient Egyptians had a system of picture writing that was described hieroglyphics. The meaning of this writing was forgotten for a very long time but in 1799 some scientists (32) _______ a stone near Alexandria, in Egypt. The stone had been there for (33) _______ a thousand years. It had both Greek and hieroglyphics on it and researchers were finally able to understand what the hieroglyphics meant.

An alphabet is quite different from picture writing. It (34) _______ of letters or symbols that represent a sound and each sound is just part of one word. The Phoenicians, who lived about 3,000 years ago, developed the modern alphabets. It was later improved by the Roman’s and this alphabet is now used (35) _______ throughout the world.

Điền câu 32

A. discovered

B. realized

C. delivered

D. invented

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

Early writing and Alphabets

When people first began to write, they did not use an alphabet. Instead, they drew small pictures to (31) _______ the objects they were writing about. This was very slow because there was a different picture for any word.

The Ancient Egyptians had a system of picture writing that was described hieroglyphics. The meaning of this writing was forgotten for a very long time but in 1799 some scientists (32) _______ a stone near Alexandria, in Egypt. The stone had been there for (33) _______ a thousand years. It had both Greek and hieroglyphics on it and researchers were finally able to understand what the hieroglyphics meant.

An alphabet is quite different from picture writing. It (34) _______ of letters or symbols that represent a sound and each sound is just part of one word. The Phoenicians, who lived about 3,000 years ago, developed the modern alphabets. It was later improved by the Roman’s and this alphabet is now used (35) _______ throughout the world.

Điền câu 34

A. consistsof

B. includes

C. contains

D. involves

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that

best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

Early writing and Alphabets

When people first began to write, they did not use an alphabet. Instead, they drew small pictures to (31) _______ the objects they were writing about. This was very slow because there was a different picture for every word.

            The Ancient Egyptians had a (32) _______of picture writing that was called hieroglyphics. The meaning of this writing was forgotten for a very long time but in 1799 some scientists (33) _______ a stone near Alexandria, in Egypt. The stone had been there for over a thousand years. It had both Greek and hieroglyphics on it and researchers were finally able to understand what the hieroglyphics meant.

          An alphabet is quite different from picture writing. It (34) _______of letters or symbols that represent a sound and each sound is just part of one word. The Phoenicians, who lived about
3,000 years ago, developed the modern alphabets. It was later improved by the Roman's and this alphabet is now used (35) _______ throughout the world.
Question 31

A. notice

B. show

C. appear

D. mark