Thomas Edison was born on February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio. When he was at school, his teacher considered him to be a slow student. Because hearing problems, Edison had difficulty in following the lessons. But with only three months of formal education he became one of the greatest inventors and industrial leaders in history. Edison's most famous invention was the electric light bulb. He also invented the phonograph, and made improvements to the telegraph, telephone and motion picture technology.

       Edison had a special life. He married twice with five children. He loved books had excellent memory and always showed curiosity about science. Although he had hearing problems, he refused to have an operation for his deafness. He said that silence helped him concentrate. He always worked very hard and often had only four hours of sleep every day. He used to say "Genius was I percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration". When he died on October 18, 1931, he was still working on new ideas.

1.When was Thomas Edison born?

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2. Did he have difficulty in hearing?

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3. What was Edison's most famous invention?

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4. How long did he use to work every day?

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6.These baskets are _____________________________ from strips of bamboo. (WEAVE)

7.These _______live mainly on farming and making incenses when crops are over.( VILAGE)

8.It’s a______________place where anyone can borrow books and take them home to read.(EDUCATE)

9. There are so many places of_____________ in Ha Noi that I am not sure I can see them all.

( INTERESTING )              

10. Sydney, located in the state of New South Wales, Australia , is a city of national and _____________ diversity. ( CULTURE )

Question X.  Read the passage. Then answer the questions.

    On Sunday, Ba invited Liz to join his family on a day trip to his own village about 60 km to the north of Ha Noi. The village lies near the foot of a mountain and by a river. Many people go there on weekends to have a rest after a hard working week.

    The journey to the village is very interesting. People have the chance to travel between the green paddy fields and cross a small bamboo forest before they reach a big old banyan tree at the entrance to the village.

     Liz met Ba’s family at his house early in the morning; and after two hours traveling by bus, they reached the big old tree. Everyone felt tired and hungry, so they sat down under the tree and had a snack

1.     Where is Ba’s village ?

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2.     Do many people like going there for their weekends?                                                   

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3.     How did Ba and his family get to the village?

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4.     Where is the banyan tree ?

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5.     How did they feel after two hours traveling by bus?

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viết đoạn văn nói lên ý nghĩa của cách đặt tên nhân vật trong văn bản " Lặng lẽ Sa Pa " 

Câu 13: Điện trở suất là điện trở của một dây dẫn hình trụ có:

A.Chiều dài 1 m tiết diện đều 1m² .                         B. Chiều dài 1m tiết diện đều 1cm² .

C. Chiều dài 1m tiết diện đều 1mm² .                      D. Chiều dài 1mm tiết diện đều 1mm²

những diễn biến ở kỳ giữa của nguyên phân ( NST xếp thành 1 hàng trên mặt phẳng xích đạo của thoi phân bào ) 

Question III. Complete the following sentences using the given words.

1.I / not see / Jane / for three years.

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2.My father / usually / go / work / bus.

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3.Mr.Cuong / enjoy / read / newspapers / every morning.

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Question II. Rearrange the word or phrase in the right order to have meaningful sentences.

1.has / since / He / the / played / piano / 2015 / .

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2.wishes / well / she / could speak / English / She /.

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3.have time/ Nam / didn’t / got up /for / late, / he /  breakfast ./ so /

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Question VII. Read the passage and answer the questions below.

           Bill Gates was born in 1955 in Washington State. He grew up in a rich family. His parents sent him to a private school. There he met his business partner, Paul Allen. When they were in eighth grade, they were writing programs for business computers and making more.

          In 1973, Gates was accepted at Harvard University. His parents were happy. They thought he would get over his obsession with computers and become a lawyer like his father. Two years later, Gates dropped out of Harvard to work on a computer program with his friend Allen. They worked eighteen hours a day in a dormitory room at Harvard. They were writing the program that would run one of the first personal computers. In 1975, they created a company called Microsoft to sell their product.

     Allen became ill with cancer and left Microsoft in 1983. He recovered a few years later and started his own company. Meanwhile, Microsoft became a giant company. By 1990, at the age of thirty-four, Gates was the youngest billionaire in the history of the USA.

1.Where was Bill Gates born ?

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2.Was Bill Gates the youngest billionaire in the history of the USA at the age of 34 ?

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3.When was Gates accepted at Harvard University ?

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4.Why did Bill Gates and Paul Allen create Microsoft in 1975 ?

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