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Read the passage and choose the best answer :  In Stone Age people wore clothes made of fur and leather 1 ………….. Fur, leather, grass, wool and cotton 3 ……… the materials that people at

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I Read the passage and choose the best answer :

 In Stone Age people wore clothes made of fur and leather (1) ………… from animal skins or woven grasses Then (2) ………… the Bronze Age, people learned to weave clothes on looms Clothes made of wool and cotton came into existence Fur, leather, grass, wool and cotton (3) ……… the materials that people at that time could get from the nature In the 20th century with the (4) ……… of science and (5) ………, people made their clothes from synthetic materials (6) ………… nylon or acrylic

D by

D were

3 A develop B developed C developing

D development

4 A technology B education C fashion

D designers

D such

 Singapore is an island country of about three million people It’s a beautiful (1) ………… with lots of parks and opens spaces It’s also a very (2)

……… city Most people (3) ……… in high-rise flats in different parts of island The business district is very modern with lots of high new

office buildings Singapore also has some nice older sections In Chinatown, there are rows of old

short houses The government buildings in Singapore are very beautiful and date (4) …… the

colonial days

Singapore is famous for (5) ………… shops and restaurants There are many good shopping centers Most of the (6) ……… are duty free

Singapore’s restaurant sell Chinese, Indian, Malay and European food, and the prices are quite reasonable

D village

D clean

D lived

D of

D its

D goods

 Áo Tứ Thân is (1) ……… one of Vietnam’s enduring relics, having been worn widely by (2) ……… centuries before the Áo Dài As Vietnam

expanded southward, Áo Tứ Thân was the gradually became associated

specifically with northern women Áo Tứ Thân was the (3) ……… of peasant women, which explains why it was often made with plain fabric in dark colors, expect when it was to be worn at special occasions such as festivals (4)

………… weddings Regardless of its many different forms, the basic Áo Tứ Thân consists (5) ……… : A flowing outer tunic reaching almost the floor, a long skirt, worn under the tunic and Yếm, an ancient bodice worn as an undergarment by women A silk sash (6) ……… is tied at the waist as a belt Áo Tứ Thân is modern-day Vietnam (worn almost exclusively in

northern-related festivals) tends to be extremely colorful , using different hues throughout the dress, from the tunic to the bodice and the skirt

1 A mentioned B considered C symbolized

D described

D woman

D blouse

D so

D at

D which

 An increasing number of people are now going on a(n) (1) ………… to Egypt Last year, for example, one and half million (2) ……… visit Egypt The population of Egypt is about fifty million and the (3) …… is Cairo, a busy city of just under nine million people Although the (4) ……… is hot and dry and most country is desert, the average (5) ………… From October to March

is not too high The most (6) …… sights are the Pyramid of Giza However,

it is also pleasant to visit Alexandria, Port Said and several other places, and do

as much (7) ……… as possible in the time available A (8) ……… to Luxor is

an unforgettable experience, and there are frequent flights there from Cairo

D exclusion

2 A voyagers B tourist C passengers

D explores

D principal

4 A temperature B climate C condition

D position

5 A weather B comparison C climate

D temperature

D requested

7 A viewing B inspecting C sightseeing

D looking

8 A picnic B trip C guide

D entertainment

 Many people think that the teachers give students too (1) ……… homework That say it is (2) ……… for children to work at home (3) ……… their free time Moreover, they argue that most teachers do not properly have to repeat tasks which they have already done (4) …… school

Recently in Greece many parents complained (5) ………… the difficult homework which the teachers give to their children Most people agree that homework is unfair A student who can do his homework in a quiet and

comfortable room is in (6) ………… better position than a student who does his homework in a small, noisy room with television (7) ………… Some parents help their children (8) ……… their homework Other parents take

no interest at their children’s homework

It is important, however, that teachers talk to parents about homework

A teacher should suggest suitable tasks for parents (9) ………… with their children Parents are often better (10) …… teacher their own children

D less

2 A necessary B necessity C unnecessary

D unnecessarily

D within

D from

D about

D few

D with

D with

D does

D with

 All of us use energy every day – for transportation, cooking, (1)

………… and cooling rooms, manufacturing, lighting and entertainment The choices we make about (2) ………… we use energy – turning machines off when we’re not using them or choosing to buy (3) …………

appliances – impact our environment and our lives

There are many things we can do to use less energy and use it more wisely Two main ways to

(4) ………… energy are energy conservation and energy efficiency Turning lights off when you leave the room and (5) ………… aluminum cans are both ways of conserving energy Energy efficiency is the use of technology that

requires less energy (6) ……… the same function A compact fluorescent light bulb that uses less energy than an ordinary bulb to produce the same (7)

………… of light is an example of energy efficiency

1 A lighting B heating C hotting

D airing

D which

3 A efficient B efficiency C efficiently

D effective

D save

5 A reusing B returning C recycling

D redoing

6 A perform B to perform C performing

D to performing

D source

 Air pollution is a cause of ill health in (1) ………… In many countries, there are laws limiting the amount of smoke that factories can produce

Although there isn’t (2) ……… on the (3) ………… of smoke in the

atmosphere, doctors have proved that air pollution causes lung diseases

The gar from the exhausts of car have also (4) ………… air pollution in (5)

………… cities The (6) ………… in petrol produces a poisonous gas that often collects in busy street surrounded by high buildings Children (7)

………… live in areas where there is a lot of lead in the atmosphere can’t think

as (8) ……… as other children and are clumsy when they use their hands There are other long-term effects of pollution If the gases in the atmosphere continue (9) ………… increase, the earth’s climate may become warmer A lot

of ice near the Poles may (10) ………… and may cause serious floods

D person

2 A enough information B enough informative C information enough

D informatively

D affects

4 A increasing B increased C decreasing

D decreased

D steel

D steel

D whom

D intelligent

9 A along B down C toward

D to

D flow

 If you are an environmentalist, plastic is a word you tend to say with a sneer

or snarl It becomes a symbol of our wasteful, throw-away society But there seems little (1) ………… it is here to say, and the truth is, of course, that plastics have brought enormous (2) ………… even environmental ones It is not really the plastics themselves that are the environmental (3) ………… - it is the way

society chooses to use and (4) ……… them

Almost all the 50 or so different kinds of modern plastic are made from oil, gas or coal – non-renewable natural (5) ………… We (6) ……… well over three million tons of the stuff in Britain each year and, sooner and later, most of it is thrown away A high (7) ………… of our annual consumption is

in the (8) ……… of packaging and this (9) ………… about seven per cent by weight of our domestic (10) ………… Almost all of it could be

recycled, but very little of it is, though the plastic recycling (11)

……… is growing fast

The plastics themselves are extremely energy-rich – they have a higher calorific (12) ………… than coal and one (13) ……… of “recovery” strongly (14) ………… by the plastic manufactures is the (15) ……… of waste plastic into a fuel

1 A evidence B concern C doubt

D likelihood

2 A pleasures B benefits C savings

D profits

3 A poison B disaster C disadvantage

D evil

D abuse

5 A resources B processes C products

D fuels

D consume

7 A percentage B amount C per cent

D rate

D type

D constitutes

10 A refuse B goods C requirements

D rubbish

11 A manufacture B plant C factory

D industry

12 A degree B value C demand

D effect

13 A measure B mechanism C method

D medium

14 A desired B argued C favored

D presented

15 A conversion B melting C change

D replacement

 Television first (1) ……… some fifty years ago in the 1950s Since then, it has been one of the most popular sources of (2) ……… for both the old and the young Television can actually satisfy almost all kinds of taste

It (3) ……… cartoons for children, world news, music and many other programs If someone is interested in sports, (4) …………., he can tune in to a sports channel There he can enjoy a (5) ……… broadcast of an

international football match Television is also a very useful way for companies

to (6) ……… their products

It’s not (7) ……… hard for us to see why there is a TV set in almost every home today And, engineers are developing interactive TV which allows

to communicate (8) ……… viewers and producers

1 A appears B appeared C has appeared

D was appeared

2 A entertain B entertaining C entertainment

D entertainer

3 A offers B responds C invents

D explores

4 A as a result B therefore C however

D for example

D life

6 A advertise B produce C develop

D interact

D very

D between

 WATER

There’s much more water than land on the (31) _ of the earth The seas and oceans cover nearly (32) _ of the whole world, and only one-fifth of (33) _ land If you traveled over the earth in different directions, you would have to spend (34) _ more of your time (35) _ on water that on roads or railways

We sometimes forget that for every mile of land (36) _ four miles of water

There’s so much water in the surface of our earth that we (37) _ to use two words to describe We use the word SEAS (38) _ those parts of water surface which (39) _ only few hundreds of mile, the word OCEANS to describe the huge area of water (40) _ are thousands of miles wide and very deep

1 A cover B surface C outer D outside

2 A four-fives B four-fifth C four fifths D fourth-fifths

are

moving

6 A there are B there is C there has D have

8 A describing B describes C describe D to describe

 DROUGHT IN THE UNITED STATES

The Southwestern States of the United States suffered one of the worst

droughts in their history from 1931 to 1938 The drought (1) the entire country Few food crops could be grown Food became (2) , and prices went up (3) the nation Hundreds of families in the Dust Bowl region had to be moved to farms in other areas with the help of the federal

government In 1944, drought brought great damage to (4) all Latin America The drought moved to Australia and then to Europe, (5) it continued throughout the summer of 1945 From 1950 to 1954 in the

United States, the South and Southwest suffered a (6) drought Hundreds of cattle ranchers had to ship their cattle to other regions because (7) lands had no grass The federal government again (8) an emergency drought-relief program It offered farmers (9) credit and seed grains (10) low prices

1 A pushed B incurred C occurred D

affected

2 A scarce B mystified C hidden D

uncommon

3 A over B throughout C all D across

factually

7 A pasture B culture C moisture D manure

8 A carried B conducted C convened D

conformed

9 A emergency B crisis C tension D

disaster

 DRUGS Drugs are one of the (1) profession’s most valuable tools Doctors prescribe drugs to (2) or prevent many diseases Every year,

penicillin and other (3) drugs save the lives of countless victims of pneumonia and other dangerous infectious diseases Vaccines prevent attacks

by such diseases as (4) , polio, and smallpox The use of these and many other drugs (5) helped millions of people live longer, healthier lives than would (6) have been possible

Almost all our most important drugs, however, were unknown before the 1900’s For example, the sulfa drugs and antibiotics did not come into use (7) the late 1930’s and early 1940’s Before that time, about 25 percent

of all pneumonia victims in the United States died of the disease The new drugs quickly reduced the (8) rate from pneumonia to less than 5 percent Polio vaccine was introduced in 1955 At that time, polio struck about 30,000 to 50,000 Americans each year (9) 1960, the use of the vaccine has reduced the number of new polio cases to about 3,000 a year In

1900, most Americans did not live (10) the age of 47 Today, Americans live an average of more than 70 years, in great part because of the use of modern drugs

medic

treat

3 A germ-killing B helping C saving D rescuing

hiccups

did

otherwise

upon

termination

Prior

through

 The Great Pyramid of Giza, a monument of wisdom and prophecy, was built as a tomb for Pharaoh Cheops in 2720 B.C (1) its antiquity, certain (2) of its construction make it one of the truly great wonders

of the world The four sides of the pyramid are (3) almost on exactly true north, south, east and west – an incredible engineering feat The ancient Egyptians were sun worshippers and great astronomers, so computations for the Great Pyramid were (4) on astronomical observations

Explorations and detailed examinations on the base of the structure (5) many intersecting lines Further scientific (6) indicates that these (7) a type of time line of events – past, present, and future

Many of the events have been interpreted and found to (8) with known facts of the past Others are prophesied for future generations and are presently under (9)

Was this superstructure made by ordinary beings, or (10) built

by a race far superior to any known today?

Despite

properties

fathomed

founded

reset

text

forward

coincide

9 A inspection B introduction C recommendation D investigation

one

 Most ghost stories are (1) in mysterious, old houses or castles The ghosts themselves whose (2) wander the earth at night, are usually the victims of some horrible crimes This

is not always the case as the following story (3)

When my friend, Paul, was a schoolboy, he often used to chat to Mr Scott, an elderly gentlemen living on his own Mr Scott was a keen gardener He would always be looking after his lawn or his flowers and Paul was (4) the habit of saying a few words to him over the fence

One summer’s evening, as Paul was on his way home from school, he saw, as (5) , Mr Scott in his garden The old man was busily weeding his flowerbeds When he saw Paul, he invited him into the garden with a

(6) of his hand Slowly, they strolled all around, admiring the various flowers Then, to Paul’s surprise, Mr Scott bent down and picked a

(7) of his finest dahlias ‘Here boy,’ he said ‘Give these to your mother.’

No sooner had he arrived home than he (8) the flowers to his mother He then told her that they were with Mr Scott’s compliments His mother’s face went red with anger ‘You wicked boy!’ she shouted ‘How (9) you say such a thing! I (10) into his daughter in the supermarket this morning She told me that the poor old chap had passed away

in

his sleep last Friday.

programmed

phantoms

3 A points B indicates C states D shows

2 A frequent B common C often D usual

8 A submitted B turned C presented D

demonstrated

knocked

 FLOODS IN DORCHESTER

_(1) six o’clock yesterday evening, the River Thames burst its banks

and flooded a wide area By nine o’clock the floods had reached the town of

Dorchester The main street was soon _ (2) three feet of water Water

engines arrived quickly to pump away the water, but heavy rain made their job

very _ (3)

Mrs Rose Willow, a _ (4) nearly 80 years old, and living alone in her

cottage, was trapped upstairs for three hours _ (5), rescue workers were

able to rescue her with ladder and a small _ (6) “My cat, Tibbles, stayed

with me all the time,” said Mrs Willow “She _(7) me a lot She sat with

me, so I didn’t feel afraid ”

The rain has finally stopped, the river level is falling and the weather

forecast is good, _(8) the floods have done a great deal of damage

“Luckily, nobody was drowned (die in water) or injured,” Chief Rescue Office

Hawkins _ (9) reporters, “but it will take a long time to _ (10)

the mess ”

 December 25 is Christmas Christmas is both a national holiday and a

religious holiday Christmas remember (1) ………of Jesus Christ on

Christmas Many non-Christians celebrate it, too

The Christmas season starts after Thanksgiving, in (2) ………… November

Christmas is a time for giving presents to friends, family and poor people