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 numbered blank.

Solar  energy  is  a  long  lasting  source  of  energy,  and  it can (26) almost anywhere. To generate solar energy, we only need solar cell sand (27) ! Solar cells can easily be   installed on house (28) , so we don’t need any new space. Compared toother renewable sources, they also possess many advantages: wind and water power rely on turbines which(29) noisy, expensive and which take up large space. Solar cells are totally silent  and(30) . As they have no moving parts, they require little maintenance and have a long life time

Question 23:

A. be used 

B. is used

C. be using 

D. to be used

Question 24:

A. the earth

B. the planet 

C. the sun 

D. the moon

Question 25: 

A. yards

B. roofs 

C. gardens 

D. door

Question 26: 

A. is 

B. be 

C. are 

D. was

Question 27: 

A. polluted 

B. polluting 

C. non-polluted 

D. non-polluting

Read the following passage, then choose the correct answer to questions 31 -

Devastating floods along the coast have left many people homeless. People are asked to help by donating food, clothes, furniture, and other supplies to the Assistance Fund. Donations of bottled water are especially needed, since the floods have disrupted the local water supply. In addition, volunteers are needed to travel to the flooded area to help distribute the donations.

Question 28: What does this notice concern?

A. Help for flood victims  

B. Safety precaution   

C. Dangerous roads

D. Warning about weather

Question 29: What kind of supplies is NOT mentioned?

A. Furniture

B. Clothing

C. Food.

D. Medicine

Question 30: In addition to supplies, what is needed?

A. Volunteers

B. New bridges

C. Places to stay

D. Teacher

Question 31: “Devastating floods” in line 1 refer to those that .

A. Happen suddenly

B. are very short

C. last for a long time 

D. cause a lot of damage

Question 32: The word “donating” in line 2 is closest in meaning to____________.

A. Selling         B. buying     C. giving D.taking

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.

Solar energy does not create any (1) ________ and is widely used by many countries. It is (2) ________ source of power because the sun will continue to produce sunlight all the years. Solar panels which are required to harness this energy can be used (3)________ a long time and require little or no maintenance. (4) ________ , solar energy proves to be ineffective in colder regions which don’t receive good sunlight. (5) ________ cannot be used during night and not all the light from the sun can be trapped by solar panels. Solar energy advantages are much more than its disadvantages (6) ________ make it as a viable source of producing alternative energy.
1. A. pollute​ B. pollution​ C. pollutedly​ D. polluted

2. A. renewable​ B. dangerous​ C. expensive​ D. ineffective

3. A. of​ B. for​ ​C. at​​ D. with

4. A. Therefore​ B. However​ C. So​​ D. Although

5. A. It​​ B. Its​ C. She​ D. He

6. A. who​ B. when​ C. which​ D. whom

IV. 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.

BEFORE THE INTERVIEW

You should (21)__________ as much as possible about the job and the (22)__________. Before the interview, you have to send a letter of application and your resumes to the company to express your interest in the job and (23)__________that you may be the most suitable candidate for the position.

When you come to the interview, remember (24)__________with you your school certificates and letter of recommendation from your teachers or your previous employers. (25)__________you may note down your qualifications and (26)__________ that can relate to the job and prepare for the questions that are often asked during the interview. Make sure you know where the interview is and (27)__________there. Be on time or a few minutes early. Don't forget to dress neatly and (27)__________.

21. A. find in                     B. find out                      C. look at                          D. run out

22. A. vacancy                 B. career                        C. profession           D. place.

23. A. showing                 B. to show                       C. shown                D. show

24. A. to bring                  B. bringing                     C. brought             D. bring

25. A. Although               B. And                                        C. However                                D. In addition

26. A. ability                     B. character                     C. experience                  D. knowledge

27. A. how to get              B. how getting                           C. way getting            D. to get

28. A. usually                   B. informally                   C. modestly                     D. formally.

Exercise 8. 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.

Nowadays, everybody knows Apples and (106) ____ everybody knows that the company was founded by Steve Jobs, an American inventor and entrepreneur. He is (107) ____ recognized as a pioneer in the field of microcomputer revolution. He helped design the first Macintosh computer, (108) ____ a small computer graphics company into Pixar, the company behind Toy Story and The Monster Inc.

His countercultural lifestyle and philosophy was a product of the time and place of his

(109) ____. Jobs was adopted and raised in San Francisco Bay Area during the 1960s. In 1972, Jobs attended Reed College from which he (110) ____ in next to no time. Jobs cofounded Apple in 1976 in order to sell Apple I personal computer. At that moment, he might (111) ____ imagine that only a year later the company tasted impressive victory with Apple II, one of the first highly successful (112) ____ personal computers. (113) ____, in 1985, following a long power struggle, Jobs was forced out of Apple. After leaving Apple, Jobs took (114) ____ of its members with him to found NeXT, a computer development company which was then bought by Apple. The purchase (115) ____ Jobs to become the company's CEO once again.

Steve Jobs died in 2011 after battling with pancreatic cancer (116) ____ nearly a decade. Millions first learned of Job's death on a (117) ____ which had been invented by himself.

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.

            HEALTH DETECTOR

           Scientist Hayat Sindi’s device is the sire of a postage stamp, and it costs just a penny. But it could (23) _________ millions of lives. In many parts of the world, doctors and nurses work with no (24) ________ or clean water. They have to send health tests to labs and wait weeks for results. But this little piece of paper could change that. It contains tiny holes that are filled with chemicals. These chemicals are able (25) _______ health problems. A person places a single drop of blood on the paper. The chemicals in the paper change (26) ________ the blood and indicate (27) _______ or not the person has an illness.

23. A. build                             B. keep                        C. start                        D. save

24. A. electric                          B. electrical                 C. electrician               D. electricity

25. A. detect                           B. detecting                C. to detect                 D. to detecting

26. A. although                       B. because                   C. due to                     D. in spite of

27. A. as if                              B. either                      C. neither                    D. whether

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

           Mercury is the smallest member of the sun's family. It is only 3.100 miles across. It is also the sun's swiftest planet. Its yearly journey round the sun is only 85 days.

           Mercury always keeps one side towards the sun. On this side it is always day, on the other side always night. We only see the lighted side.

           Mercury appears to us like a yellowish orange star. The nearest planet to the sun, it is always seen near the sun, either just before sunrise or soon after sunset. People sometimes call mercury the morning star or evening star. Mercury is half the size of the earth. Because it is much lighter, it has much less gravity. If you can visit Mercury in a spaceship, you will find it a strange world. Its low gravity makes you feel very light. If your weight on earth is 100 pounds, your weight on Mercury is only 27 pounds. Looking at the sun from Mercury, you can see that it's much more brilliant than it is seen from the earth. And the yellow centre of the sun appears three times bigger from Mercury. On its lighted side, Mercury's temperature is about 300 degrees centigrade. But the dark side is extremely cold, but 150 degrees below zero so mercury is probably the coldest as well as the hottest of the planets.

28. The word “swiftest” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _______.

A. fastest                    B. coldest                  C. hottest                  D. biggest

29. We cannot see the dark side of Mercury because_______.

A. it moves very fast

B. it always appears just before sunrise or soon after sunset

C. it always keeps one side towards the sun

D. it is too far for us to see

30. When can we see Mercury? - We can see it_______.

A. just before the sunset                              B. just before sunrise

C. after the sunset                                        D. both A and C are correct

31. Why do we weigh much on the earth than on Mercury? - Because_______.

A. Mercury is nearer to the sun                B. Mercury has got less gravity than the earth

C. Mercury is much hotter                       D. none are correct.

32. Why does the sun look bigger when it is seen from Mercury? - Because_______.

A. Mercury is the smallest planet of the sun

B. Mercury is nearer to the sun

C. Mercury is a light planet

D. It only takes Mercury 88 days to move round the sun.

• 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.

                                                                                        SMARTPHONES - A NECCESITY

Smartphones have spread beyond the boardroom and keeping a close eye on what's new is Mike Lazaridis, chief executive of RIM, the company that makes the BlackBerry smartphone. His device may no longer be quite as trendy as it once was but it is still (21) .................. − particularly for Argentinian milk farmers. Mr. Lazaridis says: "I like the way it's being used by the farmers so they are always up to date. Milk is a (22) .................. item, so delivery and production standards are incredibly important." He is reminded of the company's early days: "This is where we started in 1987, with a wireless vertical data business for the Swedish lumber (23) .................., and then on to fire brigades, ambulances, and garbage trucks."

    While the BlackBerry was quick to (24) .................. itself as the accessory of choice for business professionals such as Wall Street traders, the cheaper price (25) .................. and new, more colorful handsets now (26) .................. offer have opened it up to a much wider market. Mr. Lazaridis says: "It was obvious that business people and self-employed professionals would buy the BlackBerry, but we were not expecting the (27) .................. we had from ordinary consumers."

    The greatest challenge for RIM, however, could lie in an economic (28) ..................., when individuals and companies alike may see devices like the BlackBerry as luxuries they can (29) .................. without. The company has to make its product indispensable to the lifestyles of consumers or prove that they bring a real (30) .................. on investment for business users.

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21, A. constructive     B. functional     C. active     D. operative

22, A. perishable     B. short-lived     C. decaying     D. destructible

23, A. manufacturers     B. enterprise     C. commerce     D. industry

24, A. install     B. establish     C. create     D. demonstrate

25, A. designs     B. programmes     C. plans     D. systems

26, A. at            B. on             C. for            D. under

27, A. return     B. retort     C. reply     D. response

28, A. downturn     B. tall     C. decrease     D. drop

29, A. make      B. carry      C. do      D. stay

30, A. return      B. gain      C. interest      D. profit

Exercise 6A. 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.

Artists who…………(1) pictures on the pavement with chalk used to be a common sight of London, but there………(2) only a few left now. Sometimes the pictures are very good. This is proved by the fact that one of the ………….(3) favourite tricks is to draw a five-pound note and see a lot of people trying to ………………..(4) it up. The police usually treat pavement artists kindly and there is nothing in the law against drawing on the pavement……………….(5) the artist is so good that he gets a large……………..(6) around him and this prevents other people from passing freely along the street.

Exercise 6B - 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.

        The Temple of Literature was (1) ___________ in 1070 under Ly Thanh Tong’s dynasty. The temple is divided into five courtyards. The first courtyard stretches (2) ___________ the main gate to Dai Trung gate. The second stands out with Khue Van Cac Pavilion. The third courtyard is (3)___________ doctor names were listed on stone tablets above tortoise backs. There are a total of 82 tombstones, with names and places of birth of 1307 doctors. The fourth courtyard is dedicated to Confucius and his 72 honoured students, as (4) ___________ as Chu Van An – a famous teacher known for his devotion to teaching. The last and also furthest courtyard is Thai Hoc house, which used to be the Imperial Academy (QuocTuGiam) – the first (5) ___________ of Vietnam. Thai Hoc house holds a small (6) ___________ of old time costumes for students and mandarins.

Exercise 6A. 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.

Artists who…………(1) pictures on the pavement with chalk used to be a common sight of London, but there………(2) only a few left now. Sometimes the pictures are very good. This is proved by the fact that one of the ………….(3) favourite tricks is to draw a five-pound note and see a lot of people trying to ………………..(4) it up. The police usually treat pavement artists kindly and there is nothing in the law against drawing on the pavement……………….(5) the artist is so good that he gets a large……………..(6) around him and this prevents other people from passing freely along the street.

Exercise 6B - 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.

        The Temple of Literature was (1) ___________ in 1070 under Ly Thanh Tong’s dynasty. The temple is divided into five courtyards. The first courtyard stretches (2) ___________ the main gate to Dai Trung gate. The second stands out with Khue Van Cac Pavilion. The third courtyard is (3)___________ doctor names were listed on stone tablets above tortoise backs. There are a total of 82 tombstones, with names and places of birth of 1307 doctors. The fourth courtyard is dedicated to Confucius and his 72 honoured students, as (4) ___________ as Chu Van An – a famous teacher known for his devotion to teaching. The last and also furthest courtyard is Thai Hoc house, which used to be the Imperial Academy (QuocTuGiam) – the first (5) ___________ of Vietnam. Thai Hoc house holds a small (6) ___________ of old time costumes for students and mandarins.