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Question 1. SUPPLY EACH BLANK WITH ONE SUITABLE WORD: Many tourists who visit Central America find (1)______ surprising to learn that the Mayas still live there. (2)______ it is true that their ancient civilization came to an end when their country was (3)______ over by the Spanish conquistadors, the Mayan people carried (4)______ living in the area. Today there are an estimated 1.2 million Mayas (5)______ live in southern Mexico, and many other areas of Central America states have large Mayan populations as (6)______. Many of their stories and art forms have remained (7)______ over time, and today, women weave clothing and carpets that have signs and symbols that are the same as (8)______ found in ancient temples. The different patterns and symbols on these brightly coloured (9)______ not only look attractive, (10)______ can also communicate important information such as marital (11)______. Even though the majority of the Mayas are now Catholics, many of the festivals that they (12)_______ part in are a mixture of the old rituals that their ancestors (13)______ to practise and more modern Christian elements. It was perhaps the Mayas' ability to (14)_______ and change that made it possible for them to survive to the (15)______ day. Question 2. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word Most people agree that pop music started in the US in the 1950s and it developed from black American music. When it started, it was especially for young people. In many countries, they liked listening to it and dancing to it because it was exciting and it was a (1)……of rebelling against their parents’ generation. Many parents strongly disapproved (2)……it. They disliked the way many pops stars (3)…… and acted. They thought the music was rubbish (4)……the group couldn’t sing or play their instruments properly. They said that pop music wouldn’t (5)……for long. Today, attitudes are different. Many of today’s parents are people who loved pop music when they were young and still (6)…… . As a result of this, pop music is no longer for the young. In addition, some of the stars (7)……career began a long time ago and who are now middle-aged are just as popular today as they were then. Their original (8) ……still love them, perhaps because they remind them of when they were young. At the same time, new generations of young people buy their records and go to their concerts. (9)……pop music was not just a brief fashion. All these years later, it is more (10) …… than ever. Question 3. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word. CIGARETTE SMOKING Some people still think that cigarette smoking is (38) _________ to their health. Scientific research shows that smoking can cause (39) _________ kinds of diseases. In fact, many people who smoke get lung cancer. Doctors believe that it may also cause lung cancer in people who (40) _________ not smoke. Non-smokers often breathe in the smoke (41) _________ other people s’ cigarettes. This is second-hand smoking. People are becoming aware of the danger of second-hand smoke. As a result, they have passed laws that prohibit people from smoking in many public places. Besides, many governments tend to raise taxes on cigarettes so as to discourage people from smoking. With all the concerted efforts made by the authority (42) _________ non-smokers, we can (43) _________forward to a world without smoking. Question 4.Fill in each space in the following passage with one suitable word. Miss Darby was one of those people who never threw anything away. “You never know when you might need it” was (1)________ of her favourite sayings. She lived (2)________ herself in a large Victorian house across the road from us. (3)___________ I never went to her house, I knew it was full of antique furniture, Persian carpets and so on. In every room, there were dozens of paintings so that her house was (4)_______an art gallery. I remember my father (5)___________ that she was a “Straffordshire Darby” but I (6)_______no idea of what he meant. I (7)________ out years later that the Darby family had made their money from coal-mining in Straffordshire. We used to make (8)______ stories about her. My sister, Alice, (9)__________was a romantic girl, told us that Miss Darby once had a lover, but he walked out one day and she (10)____________saw him again! Question 5. Everyone wants to reduce pollution. But pollution problem is ______(81) complicated as it is serious. It is complicated ______(82) much pollution is caused by things that benefit people. For example, exhaust ______(83) automobiles causes a large percentage of all air pollution. But automobiles ______ (84) transportation for millions of people. Factories discharge much of the material ______(85) pollutes the air and water, but factories give employment to a large ______(86) of people. Too much fertilizer or pesticide can ruin soil, but fertilizers and pesticide ______ (87) important aids to the growing of crops. Thus, to end ______ (88) greatly reduces pollution immediately, people would have to ______ (89) using many things that benefit them. Most people do not want to do that, of course. But pollution can ______ (90) gradually reduced in several ways. Question 6.: Read the text carefully and fill in each gap with a suitable word. Write your answers in the box. (10) I am learning English because I am studying law and when I finish my couse. I 1 like to work for a big company, or possibibly, I will continue my 2 in Britain or in the USA. To do 3 of these things, it is important to reach a certain 4 of English. Another reason is 5 I want to communicate with foreign people because nowadays, countries are becoming closer and closer. You need to be 6 to speak aforeign language if you want to travel 7 any problems. My sister who lives in England, say that life is very different there and the weather is not so good. Later this year, I am going to visit England and stay with my sister for two months. I hope to 8 my level of English. I am certainly looking 9 to spendingthe summer in England. After studying at college for six weeks I will be going on holiday with my sister. We plan to hire a car and visit the south west of the country. 10 I have heard, is very interesting with lovely countryside. Question 7. (10 pts) Fill in each number space with one appropriate word. I arrived in London at (1) …………. The railway station was big, black and dark. I didn’t know the way to my hotel, (2) ……………. I asked a porter. I not (3) ………… spoke English very carefully, but very clearly as (4) ……… . The porter, however, could not (5) ………… me. I repeated (6) …………… question several times and at last he understood. He answered me, but he spoke (7) ………… slowly nor clearly. “I am a foreigner”, I said. Then he spoke (8) ……………… , but I could not understand him. My teacher (9) …………… spoke English like that! The porter and I looked at (10) ………… other and smiled. Question 8 complete the passage below by using a suitable word to fill each blank. (15 points) (1) the United State of America, the national language (2) also English. Four hundred years ago, some English (3) sailed to North America to live there, and they brought the English (4) to this new country. Now in the United State of America people speak America (5) Most of the words are the same in American and British English, (6) the American people say some English words differently from those from England. Canada is (7) the North of the United States of America. In Canada many people speak English (8) they also came (9) England many years ago. But in some parts of Canada they speak French. The people (10) in these parts came from France. Question 9: Put one suitable word in each space. Enery is one of the (1) that many people are interested in. It is not an unfamiliar word. It is heard, said, discussed day after day. It is close to everyone’s (2) life. You turn on the lamp and it is (3) that gives you light.You turn on a TV and it is energy that gives you pictures and sound. You ride a motocycle and it is energy that gives you (4) You cook your meals and it is energy that gives you heat to boil rice. The problem is that the demand for energy is rising and that the price of energy is getting(5) and higher. The supply of energy on earth is limited. It cannot provide us all forever. The (6) of energy in the future is inevitable.Therefor, saving energy is a must if we want to (7) to live in a safe and sound world. If we save energy, the(8) will be less polluted and our health will be better and we will live a more meaningful life and more happily. Perhaps the best(9) to the problem of energy is a source of clean energy coming from the sun:solar energy. This kind of energy is easily available, free, and inexhaustible.Furthermore, it does not cause(10) Question 10 ,1: Fill each of the numbered blanks one suitable word Much of our waste, especially waste…… factories, electric power stations, the chemical industry and heavy industry, is ………dangerous. Fish die in the lakes, rivers, ……….seas; forest trees die ,…….Much of this dangerous waste goes … the air and is carried by the …… for great distancces The earth is our home. We must take care of it , for ………and for the next generations. This means keeping our environment clean. The important of this task is pointed…… by ecologists, the scientists………study the relation between living things and the environment. However, each of …….must do everything possible to keep the land air and water clean 10,2. People are always interested in the weather …… it affects their lives so …… At a personal level, a shower of rain may determine whether we go …… a pinic or …….at home and read a book … Weather determines what sort of clothing we ……for the day and what sort of food we will eat. People in ancient times believed that weather was cotrolled by the gods. Today, scientists called meteorologists make a detailed study of weather and are able to …… weather conditions. On the basis of scientific informaton they are …….to predict weather conditions and so save money ad even lives Question 11 Read the passage and choose a suitable word to fill in the gap (10 points) My son is a secondary school student. He goes to school five days a (66) …… and studies many subjects at school. Last week I went (67)………… an end of semester meeting with his form teacher and she gave me his (68)……………card. I was shocked to know that he worked excellently (69) ………….Maths English, physics, Chemistry but he had poor results with the other (70) …………. such as history, geography. I found out that he is clever (71)……… lazy. He doesn’t like to learn his lessons (72)……….heart. His final result was only satisfactory. The form-teacher advised me to talk some sense into him when I (73)…………home. I came home and told him (74) …………his result. He only smiled and said that was all he could do with Geography (75)……….History. Oh! What can I do? Question 12 : Fill in each numbered blank in the passage with ONE suitable word to complete its meaning : For the first ten years, girls and boys grow at almost exactly the same rate. Then ( 1 )… suddenly start to grow more quickly than boys. As a result, girls at the age of thirteen are taller, …( 2 )…, and stronger than boys. At about the age of fourteen, the average girl starts to grow…( 3 )…rapidly and the average boy catches up and then surpasses( vượt trội ) her. Unlike girls, boys do not stop growing when they are fifteen or sixteen. They keep growing, …( 4 )…more slowly, until they are about twenty. Then they begin to shrink( lùi lại ) , very slowly but surely.Their weight, however,usually goes on ( 5 )… until they are in their forties. To keep fit, they must cut the fats from their diet as well as exercise. In addition, adolescents undergo ( trải qua thời thanh niên) changes in facial appearance. The lower half of his or her face changes its…( 6 )….The jaw( quai hàm ) becomes longer and juts out more. As a result, the chin ( cằm )becomes much more pointed ,and the mouth becomes…( 7 )….At the same time the nose also becomes slightly longer. In other…( 8 )…, the “baby-face” look disappears.These changes are all part of growing up. Question 13 : (20 marks) Read the text and think of the word which best fits each space : We moved into our new house (1)………… a warm September day.It was not really a new house .It was a hundred and four years (2)…………………,but it was new to us .The house had running (3)…………….,gas ,and electricity,but for (4)…………… reason there was no electric light in the kitchen .We had not noticed this shortage (5) ………………we had first looked over the house .It was something quite unexpected: a house with electricity but (6)……………a kitchen light .It was especially puzzling because our(7)………………….was a large room ,perhaps(8)………………largest in the house.I telephoned for an ……………… He came and fixed it for us .And he charged $50 for (10) ……… the job. Question 14 Fill a suitable word in each blank to complete the passage. (10p) Many thousands of children have……(1)…… in their homes.As a result some children die. The most common accidents are with……(2)… and hot water. Small children often touch pots of……(3)…… water on the stove. The pots fall over and the hot water falls on the children and… (4)…… them. Some children like to ……(5)…… with fire. They enjoy striking matches or throwing things on fire to make it burn brightly. If the fire gets too big, it gets out of…(6)…… Then the house……(7)…… fire. It is very …(8)…… to play with matches. When a child strikes a match, the flame soon burn near his……(9)… Then he……(10) …… the match on the floor.Many houses catch fire in this way. Question 15 The first Olympic Games were in Greece in 776 BC. (1)___________________ was only one event. People ran a race the length of the (2)__________________. The Games (3)___________________one day. Slowly people added more (4)____________________. The Games were only for (5)___________________. And women could not even watch them. Only Greeks (6)___________________. They came (7)____________________all parts of the Greek world. The time of the Games was a time of peace, and the government (8)__________________everyone travel safely. Kings competed (9)__________________ common people. The winners became (10)___________________heroes. Question 16 . Fill each gap in the passage with a suitable word. ( 10 points) Lakes in North Many rivers and lakes around the world are polluted. The discharge of 1…………………… materials by factories and households 2…………………… pollution to rivers and lakes. The Rhine River in Europe and the Great Lakes in North America are good examples of a river and lakes that are polluted. Their 3…………………… cannot be drunk. The 4…………………… thing is happening to the sea. In one instance, certain factories in Japan dumped industrial waste 5…………………… the sea. Many people suffered 6…………………… lead or mercury poisoning after eating fish 7…………………… in such polluted waters. Pollution in certain areas of the sea is now reaching dangerous levels. Many ships discharge their waste 8…………………… and unwanted engine oil into the sea. These wastes 9…………………… lead and mercury which are poisonous. Sometimes, accidents to oil tankers can cause oil to be discharged into the sea and 10…………………… the beach. Question 17 (10pts): KEEPING FIT Bodies are made to move ! They are not designed for sitting around in front of the television or reading magazines. Keeping fit doesn’t (1) you have to be a super - athlete, and even a little exercise can give you a lot of fun. When you are fit and healthy, you’ll find you look better and feel better, you’ll (2) more energy and self - confidence. Every time you move, you are exercising. The human body is designed to bend, stretch, run, jump and climb. The (3) it does, the stronger and fitter it will be. Best of all, (4) is fun. It’s what your body likes doing most - keeping on the move. Physical exercise is not only good (5) your body. People who take regular exercise are usually happier, more relaxed and more alert (6) people who sit around all day. Try an experiment next time when you’re (7) a bad mood, go for a walk or play a ball game in the park. See how (8) better you feel after an hour. A sense of achievement is yet another benefit of exercise. People feel good (9) themselves when they know they have improved their fitness. People who exercise regularly will (10) you that they have more energy to enjoy life. So have a go. You’ll soon see and feel the benefits ! Question 18 I. Cloze test: Fill in each gap with ONE suitable word. Water is our life source . It makes up 70 percent (1) …… …………………our bodies, and the average person actually spends 18 months of his life in the bath (2) ……… …………….shower. But we are only now learning (3) ………… ……………to look after water. Acid rain has polluted as many as 18,000 lakes and our seas and our rivers are (4) …………… … ……… with waste products. It is now very expensive to try to repair the damage (5)…………… ………….has been done .We have some hope for the future, though, because new (6)……… ……………… of water have been discovered. People living the Sahara Desert have (7) …………… …………fish swimming in deep undergrowth steams. Scientists also believe (8)…………… … ………is a huge lake beneath London. If we have learnt anything from our mistakes, we will try to keep these new areas of water clean Question 19.Air ___________ (52) can make people ___________ (53). Consequently, some countries pass ____________ (54) to control the quantity of ___________ (55) in the air. Air pollution causes particular damage to the body by harming the ___________ (56). _____________ (57) should not be used in petrol because it is bad for children’s _____________ (58) and makes them clumsy in using their hands. Poisonous gas from ____________ (59) collects in those parts of cities where there are tall buildings. Pollution can also have an influence on the earth’s ____________ (60). The ice may melt near the North and South Poles, resulting in very bad ____________ (61). Question 20. Fill in the gaps with the most suitable prepositions to complete the letter. Dear Mr Markham, Thank you very much for your letter (1) 14 th March. Naturally I am delighted, and very excited at the prospect of my holiday (2) Britain. I would like to take my holiday (3) 15 th June (4) 5 th July, which I believe is the time (5) the Wimbledon tennis championships, and I would be very grateful if you could arrange (6) me to see some of the matches. I would also like to see some test cricket. There will be no football then, but perhaps I could spend a day (7) the races at Ascot, too. The places I would like to visit are the university towns (8) Oxford and Cambridge, where I would like to see one of Shakespeare's plays, and if possible I would really love to visit an old English village (9) a typical country pub. I am very grateful to you and the company (10) giving me this opportunity of a lifetime. Yours sincerely, Joseph Degama Question 21 . Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space. Who are the best drivers? Which drivers are the safest on the (1) ? According to a recent survey, young and inexperienced drivers are the most likely to have an (2) . Older drivers are more careful. Gender makes a difference, too. Young men have (3) worst accidents records of all. They are (4) aggressive than older (5) . They also choose faster (6) with bigger engines. One of the most interesting facts in the survey (7) the passengers have an effect on the (8) . When young male drivers have their friends in their car, their driving becomes worse . When their wife or their girlfriend is in the car, however, their driving is (9) . But the opposite is true for women. Their driving is more (10) when their husband or boyfriend is in the car. Question 22: Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only ONE word in each space. The first one has been done for you (0). (10 points) Everyone is becoming aware that the environment is a (0) serious issue. However, we have not done (1) to deal with this problem because we seem to wait for governments to (2) actions. In my opinion, individuals can do many things to help (3) the problem. To begin (4) , we can be more responsible in the (5) we dispose of waste. We should not throw rubbish into lakes and (6) . Moreover, we also need to (7) the water we use. Fresh water (8) drinking is running out in many (9) of the world. Finally, I think that if we use (10) transport more we can reduce air pollution in cities. Question 23: Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in each space. (15 points) LOST AND FOUND My father considered (0) himself to be a lucky man. He wasn’t rich or famous, but he was lucky. (1) he lost anything, he was usually (2) to find it again. (3) such example was a fountain pen, a present from my mother on (4) … wedding anniversary. We had had a family day out in the mountains. My brother, (5) was about ten years old at the time, and I enjoyed going to a lake where you could hire a boat and row out across the water. (6) had once been a village in the valley, but the valley had been flooded in order (7) create a reservoir for a city many miles away. When the water was clear, you could still make out the top of the church spire and the walls of houses. (8) we were returning home that night, my father discovered that he had lost his treasured fountain pen. About two weeks later, he announced that in spite (9) the gloomy weather, we were going back to the lake for the day. We were surprised, but said nothing. We set (10) about nine in the morning, and as (11) as we arrived at the lake, we headed (12) the spot where we had had our picnic on the previous occasion. As we were deciding whether to hire a boat for the afternoon or (13) , my father gave a shout. There, lying on the ground, was a pen. There was (14) doubt at all in my mind that (15) was the pen he had lost two weeks beforehand. Question 24: Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in each space. (15 points) FAMILY LIFE In a big family like mine you have a (1) ………… of arguments. (2) ………… weekend, for example, we have been trying to decide on our summer holiday. (3) ………… is amazing how difficult this kind of decision can be when you have to consider so (4) ………… different ideas. It can be hard enough for two people to agree, but (5) ………… are eight of us! My mum wants to go to the mountains, but (6) ………… else does. (7) ………… three of my brothers want to go to the beach, but that’s the (8) ………… place my dad refuses to go. (9) ………… of my parents wants to go abroad – (10) ………… say it’s too expensive. Unfortunately, my sister Sonya wants to go to Disney World. Dad says fine, so long as she pays for (11) ………… . Of course, my older sister wants to go away with her friends, but Mum says she is too young to go on holiday on her (12) ……… And me? I’ll go anywhere. (13) ………… I’d really like is if (14) ………… could just agree with each (15) ………… on something for once. : Question 25 Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in each space. (15 points) Computers Recent years have seen the appearance of different (1) of communication. More and (2) people have a computer (3) home and they use it to play games, find information (4) the Net and also to communicate. You can send e-mails, write your own blog and (5) … to other people. It is amazing how easily you can communicate (6) someone on the other side of the world. It has brought happiness (7) reassurance to many, knowing that a friend or member of their family is only a click of the mouse away. Some people say it has become (8) aid in education and even brought more equality, as most children become computer literate. But it has also (9) concern. Who takes the responsibility of making (10) that the Net doesn’t give false facts? (11) there enough protection from fraud and misinformation? Do young people rely too much (12) computers for their entertainment? (13) it destroy our creativity? The experts (14) now trying to find answers to these (15) Question 1. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word: 1. IT 6. WELL 11. STATUS 2. ALTHOUGH/ 7. UNCHANGED 12. TAKE [...]... problem 2 daily 3 energy 4 movement 5 higher 6 shortage 7 continue 8 environment 9 solution 10 pollution Question 13 : (20 marks) Read the text and think of the word which best fits each space : 1 on 2 old 3,water 4.some 5,when 6.not /without 7.kitchen 8 the 9 electrician 10 doing /completing Question 14/ (10p) 1 accidents 2 fire 3 hot 4 burns 5 play 6 controls 7 catches 8 dangerous 9 fingers 10 drops Question... mean 2 have 3.more 6 competed 7 from 8 let 9 with 10 national 4 same 5 into 9 contain / have 10 onto 4 exercise 5 for 6 than 7 in 8 much 9 about 10 tell Question 18 1.of 5.which / that 2.or 6 sources 3.how 7 found 4.polluted 8 there Question 19.52-pollution 53—ill 54-laws 55-smoke 56-lungs 57-Lead 58-brains/health59-lead/exhausts 60-climate 61-floods Question 21 (one point for each correct answer) 1 2... it / this / that Question 24.1 lot 2 This 3 It 4 many 5 there 6 nobody/no-one 7 All 8 one/only 9 Neither 10 they 11 herself/it 12.own 13 What 14 everybody/everyone/we 15 other Question 25 (15 points) (one point for each correct answer) 1 means 7 and 12.on 13 Does 2 more 8 an 14 are 3 at 4 on 9 caused 15 questions 5 talk 10 sure 6 with 11 Is 10 dangerous . points) Computers Recent years have seen the appearance of different ( 1) of communication. More and ( 2) people have a computer ( 3) home and they use it to play games, find information ( 4) the. Question 19.Air ___________ (5 2) can make people ___________ (5 3). Consequently, some countries pass ____________ (5 4) to control the quantity of ___________ (5 5) in the air. Air pollution causes. weather conditions and so save money ad even lives Question 11 Read the passage and choose a suitable word to fill in the gap (10 points) My son is a secondary school student. He goes to school