• In this extract from My family and other animals, the writer and naturalist Gerald Durrell recall his idyllic childhood on the island of Corfu. For questions 1-8, read the text and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each gap.

Gradually the magic of the island settled over the US as gently and clingingly as pollen. Those days were (1) ____________ each with a tranquility, a timelessness, about it, so that you (2) ____________ it would never end. But then the dark skin of night would (3) ____________ and there would be a fresh day waiting for us, glossy and colorful as a child’s transfer, and with the same (4) ____________ of unreality. In the morning, when I woke, the bedroom shutters were luminous and barred with gold from the rising sun. The (5) ____________ morning air was full of the scent of charcoal from the kitchen fire, full of eager cock-crows, the distant (6) ____________ of dogs, and the unsteady, melancholy (7) ____________ of the goat-bells as the flocks were driven out to pasture. We ate breakfast, a leisurely and silent (8) ____________ out in the garden, under the small tangerine trees.

1,     A. compatible    B. idyllic    C. spotless      D. picturesque

2,     A. wanted      B. yearned     C. wished       D. aspired

3,     A. hang back     B. draw in     C. peel off     D. spring up

4,     A. stain     B. shield     C. fleck     D. tinge

5,     A. heady   B. strong   C. infectious     D. robust

6,     A. bleat     B. yap      C. screech        D. purr

7,     A. song     B. hum      C. tune     D. buzz

8,     A. contest      B. incident     C. episode      D. affair

Bài 1: Hoàn thành đoạn hội thoại sau bằng cách điền đúng dạng từ

My cousin, Peter (have)……….a dog. It (be)………..an intelligent pet with a short tail and big black eyes. Its name (be)………..Kiki and it (like)………..eating pork. However, it (never/ bite)………..anyone; sometimes it (bark)………..when strange guests visit. To be honest, it (be)………..very friendly. It (not/ like)………..eating fruits, but it (often/ play)………..with them. When the weather (become)………..bad, it (just/ sleep)………..in his cage all day. Peter (play)……….with Kiki every day after school. There (be)………..many people on the road, so Peter (not/ let)……….the dog runs into the road. He (often/ take)………..Kiki to a large field to enjoy the peace there. Kiki (sometimes/ be)………..naughty, but Peter loves it very much.

❏ For question 1\(-\)6, read the three texts below and decide which answer (A, B, C, or, D) best fits each gap.

Stop anyone in the street and ask them to name a scientist, and the chances are they’ll think of Albert Einstein. His face is used to advertise products with intellectual (1) .... from computers to encyclopedias. Most people know little of what Einstein did, except that he developed some mysterious theories under the heading ‘relativity’, which are famous for being incomprehensible, and for coming up with bizarre predictions that (2) .... counter to everyday experience. Einstein was part of a gigantic (3) .... forward in scientific thinking, an intellectual revolution that (4) .... the birth of twentieth-century science. Physicists and mathematicians were trying to create a new, more rational description of the universe by studying relationships between matter and the forces of nature. Einstein (5) .... his profound and far-reaching contributions simply by looking again at the nature of the fundamentals: time, space, matter, and energy. Previous descriptions had depended on Isaac Newton’s view of a universe in which stars and planets moved in an absolute framework of space and time. Einstein (6) .... this notion, saying that time and space were not absolute but relative.

1, A. suppositions  B. connotations  C. assumptions  D. inferences

2, A. drive  B. fall  C. flow  D. run

3, A. flight  B. leap  C. dive  D. vault

4, A. ushered  B. notified  C. heralded  D. declared

5, A. gave  B. laid  C. offered  D. made

6, A. overthrew   B.  overtook  C. overwhelmed  D. overran

I, Multiple-choice:

1, Melodi is an avid artist whose favorite hobbies are _________ and sculpture.

A. using paint         B. to paint         C. painting         D. paint

2, Increasing the number of ferry crossings to the island from the mainland had the _________ effect of attracting more visitors.

A. desirable         B. desired         C. desirability         D. undesired

3, Such a tremendous noise was _________ in the banqueting-hall that there was little danger of their being overheard.

A. happening         B. going on         C. continuing         D. turning out

4, When the area was cleared for mining, the animals that had lived there were _________.

A. driven out         B. putting out         C. continuing         D. gotten out

5, As soon as the problem at work blew up, he instantly thought about how he could come out of it looking good. He is such a ____________ person.

A. self-evident         B. self-conscious         C. self-centred         D. selfless

6, When will it ____________ us that climate change poses one of the greatest risks to the survival of our planet?

A. see that         B. considered         C. know that         D. dawn on

7, Rock and roll in the 1950s was primarily a youth cult, but its lasting importance ____________  in the seismic impact.

A. stood         B. stayed         C. held        D. lay

8, His face is used to advertise products with intellectual ____________  from computers to encyclopedias.

A. suppositions         B. connotations         C. assumptions        D. inferences

9, My two cousins were so excited at the start of the war, they ran downtown and ________ up immediately.

A. wrote         B. signed        C. drew        D. brought

10, Mathew is increasingly required to present internally to his colleagues ____________ externally to the major shareholders.

A. let alone         B. not to mention        C. besides        D. alongside

+ For questions 1 - 8, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in.

                                                        Rhino farming

The South African White Rhino could become extinct in the wild in the next two decades. They were (1) ________________ extinct once before, at the end of the nineteenth century, but were brought back from the brink of extinction by successful conservation efforts. The rhino is hunted for its horn, and poaching is by far the (2)________________ threat to its existence. In many Asian countries, powdered rhino horn is believed to treat anything from fevers to cancer, although there is (3) ________________ scientific evidence whatsoever to support these claims. Now there are calls to manage rhinos under farmed conditions and legalize the trade in one of the (4)  ________________ valuable animal products on earth. There are plenty of supporters who are only (5) ________________ eager to adopt this method of sustainable use, which involves sedating rhinos and then removing their horns, a practice not nearly (6)  ________________ inhumane as killing such truly magnificent creatures for their horns. The (7) ________________, like a nail, grows back so that it would be theoretically (8) ________________ to 'harvest.' rhino horn several times from a single animal. But is it ethically correct to use this creature to support a market in quack medicine?

+ Now read this extract from a text about China's Tea History and complete 1-6 with the most appropriate word from the list.

(empire /plantations /popularity / rapidly/ became/ preparationg/ roundwork)

The (1) .......  of tea in China continued to grow (2) .......  from the 4th through the 8th century. No longer merely used for its medicinal properties, tea became valued for everyday pleasure and refreshment. Tea (3) ....... spread throughout China, tea merchants (4) .......  rich and expensive, elegant tea wares became the banner for the wealth and status of their owners.

The Chinese (5) ....... tightly controlled the (6) ....... and cultivation of the crop. It was even specified that only young women, presumably because of their purity, were to handle the tea leaves. These young female handlers were not to eat garlic, onions, or strong spices in case the odor on their fingertips might contaminate the precious tea leaves.