and II. Read the passage carefully and then choose the best answer. (1.5pts)

      Percy Lebaron Spencer (1894 – 1970) was an American engineer and inventor. Like several great inventors, Dr. Percy Spencer made his most famous discovery by accident. He was testing a new piece of radar technology called “magnetron” in a laboratory in 1946 when the candy bar in his pocket started to cook. This interested him, so he put some corn next to the magnetron – and that cooked too! The next day Dr. Spencer and his colleague placed an egg near the magnetron. Dr. Spencer’s curious colleague took a step closer to check the egg – just in time for it to explode and cover his face! After a short time, the company weighed over 350 kilos! Finally in 1966 technology became advanced enough to produce microwaves for everyday domestic use. By then they were much smaller and easier to control. Nowadays you can see microwave ovens all over the world. They are here to stay.

1.Dr. Spencer discovered that………………..

A. a new piece was called “magnetron”     B. a candy bar could cook his pocket

C. magnetron could cook food              D. invention often happened by accident

2.The first microwave was invented  in………………..

A.1946                       B.1947                       C.1966                       D.1970

3.Which of the following is NOT true, according to the passage?

A. Dr. Percy Spencer was a radar expert.

B. His colleague had a minor accident in the experiment.

C. The first microwave was hardly convenient to use.

D. Microwave ovens are now part of our life.

4.The phrase “by accident” in the passage mostly means....................

A. on purpose           B. by the way            C. not controlled      D. not planned

5. Percy Lebaron Spencer died at the age of………………..

A.70                            B.75                            C. 76                           D.86

6.What could be the best title for the article?

A. The Uses of Microwave Ovens                     B. The History of Microwave Ovens

C. The Story of Dr. Percy Spencer                    D. The inventions of Dr. Percy Spencer

I. Choose a suitable word from the box to fill in each gap to complete the passage. (1.5pts)

On Saturday morning, a mudslide (1)………........down the Ngan Pho River near the small village of Huong Son District, Ha Tinh Province. Authorities have (2)………......eight dead, eight injured, and as many as 108 people (3)……….......... The two-square-kilometre path of the mudslide also (4)………...........about 50 homes. A local resident (5)………..........that the mudslide was caused by ground which has been made (6)………..............by heavy rainfall.

III. Find out one error/mistake (from A, B, C, or D) in each sentence below.(1.0pt)

1.By the time we got to the cinema, the film started

    A                       B       C                                   D

2.If you are the president, what would you do to help the environment?

                A                           B                      C                            D

3.I prefer to do a nine-to-five job to working shifts.

                   A              B                C      D

4.He asked me what I preferred video conferencing to face-to-face meetings.

            A             B            C                                       D

5.Teenagers often use abbreviations when text.

          A                   B            C                      D

II. Circle the best word/phrase (A, B, C, or D) to complete the sentences below. (2.0pts)

1.Water................is the contamination of bodies of water such as lakes, rivers, oceans and groundwater

2. This animal, the………..…..is a symbol of Australia.

3. In summer, children often take part in a local or international…………....

4. I think there are more……………..disasters now than there used to be.

5. Debris…………..collapsed buildings was scattered across the whole area.

6. If we……………..soon, the pollution will get much worse.

7.If the teacher were here now, we’d ask him the difference…………….”science” and “technology”.

8. Dr. Nelson: In the future, students won’t go to school like now.

    Duong:……………………..

9. The man told his friend that he saw a UFO……………………

10. Ha asked me which planet………….the largest planet in the Solar System.