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1 Hãy đọc đoạn văn sau và chọn câu trả lời tốt nhất trong số A, B, C và D.

(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 Fire engines arrived quickly to pump away the water, but heavy rain made the job very (3) _

Mrs Rose Willow, a (4) _ nearly 80 years old, and living alone in her cottage, trapped upstairs (5) _ three hours Finally, firemen were able to rescue her with ladders and a small (6) _ “My cat, Tibbies, 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 (9) _ or injured.” Chief Fire Office Hawkins (10) _ reporters, “but it will take a long time to clear up the mess.”

3 A easy B difficult C quick D clean

7 A worried B frightened C bored D helped

Many parents believe that they should begin to teach their children to read when they are (1) _ more than toddlers This is fine if the child shows a real interest but (2) _ a child could be counter-productive if she isn’t ready Wise parents will have a (3) _ attitude and take the lead from their child What they should provide is a selection of (4) _ toys, books, and other activities Nowadays there is plenty of good (5) _ available for young children, and of course, seeing plenty of books in use about the house will also (6) them to read - Of course, books are no longer the only (7) _ of stories and information There is also a huge range of videos, which can

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(8) _ and extend the pleasure a child finds in a book and are (9) _ valuable

in helping to increase vocabulary and concentration Television gets a bad (10) _

as far as children are concerned, mainly because too many spend too much time watching programmes not intended for their age group

1 A scarcely B rarely C slightly D really

2 A insisting B forcing C making D starting

3 A cheerful B contended C relaxed D hopeful

4 A bright B thrilling C energetic D stimulating

5 A material B sense C produce D amusement

6 A provoke B encourage C provide D attract

7 A source B site C style D basis

8 A uphold B found C reinforce D assist

9 A properly B worthily C perfectly D equally

10 A review B press C criticism D result

Why do people like to chew gum? Some people say they like the taste (1) _ say they can think better if they chew gum Some people chew it when they have some boring work to (2) _ Others chew gum when they are nervous

Gum is a (3) of several things For many years gum companies made gum from chicle Chicle is a natural gum from a tree in Mexico and Central America Now companies use plastic and rubber made from petroleum (4) _ of chicle

Gum must be soft (5) _ you can chew it A softener keeps it soft The gum company makes the softener from vegetable oil A sweetener makes the gum sweet The sweetener is usually sugar Then the company (6) _ the flavour

Thomas Adams made the first gum from chicle in 1836 (7) _, chewing gum was not new The Greeks chewed gum from a tree (8) _ 2,000 years ago Mayan Indians in Mexico chewed chicle Indians in the Northeastern United States taught Europeans to chew gum from a tree there

People first made bubble gum in 1928 Children like to (9) _ bubble with bubble gum Some university students do (10) _

1 A The other B Others C The others D Other

3 A mixture B roll C fix D connection

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4 A aside B apart C inside D instead

The table tennis match was very enjoyable before someone lit a cigarette and ruined the evening After (1) _ smoking, they let the cigarette fall on the wooden floor Unfortunately, they dropped it without putting it out but (2) _ paid any attention

to it Even the woman (3) _ next to the man with the cigarette did not notice Soon, however, there was (4) _ smoke Suddenly flames (5) _ up into the air Someone immediately ran out of the room (6) _ the fire brigade Two or three men got some buckets of water (7) _ the fire, but it was useless Everyone in the large hut (8) _ very frightened The next moment people rushed towards the main doors Before the next brigade arrived, the whole building was on fire On (9) _ the burning building, one of the firemen succeeded in (10) _ an old woman

1 A finish B finishing C finished D finishes

2 A someone B anyone C no one D anybody

3 A she was B was C who was D she

4 A a lot of B many C a few D little

5 A shoot B shoots C shot D shooting

6 A phone B phoning C to phone D for phoning

7 A to put out B they put out C putting out D put out

9 A enter B entering C entered D he entered

10 A he rescued B rescue C rescues D rescuing

There is now increasing concern about the world’s energy (1) _, particularly about those involving fossil (2) _ In less than a hundred years we shall probably (3) _ all the present (4) _ of oil and gas The world’s coal (5) _ should last longer but, once used, these cannot be(6) _ It is important, therefore, that we should develop such (7) _ sources of energy as solar energy and nuclear

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energy as well water and wind (8) _ (classed as (9) _ energy) Until these energy (10) _ are widely used, it is important for the developed countries to reduce energy consumption as much as possible

1 A possessions B resources C goods D materials

2 A fuels B powers C forms D energies

3 A end B complete C total D exhaust

4 A findings B productions C amounts D sources

5 A reserves B stores C mines D contents

6 A updated B repeated C renewed D produced

7 A traditional B alternative C revolutionary D surprising

8 A force B strength C power D motion

9 A repeatable B continual C renewable D continuous

10 A goods B supplies C provisions D materials

It was a Monday morning in the office and, as usual everyone was busy sorting through their mail before starting work The other staff had (1) _ that Nicky, one

of the computer operators, had been (2) _ rather miserable recently and they wondered what might have happened to make her so (3) _ Suddenly Nicky accidentally (4) _ over a cup of coffee As she was clearing up the mess, the girl sitting next to her happened to glance at Nicky’s right hand There was a large swelling at the (5) _ “What on earth have you (6) _ to yourself? Does it (7) _?’’ asked the girl “Yes it does I think I’ve (8) _ it using the computer,” replied Nicky “I think you’d better go and let the doctor (9) _ it,” said the girl

“Let’s hope there’s no permanent (10) _ to your hand.”

1 A recognized B realized C noticed D identified

2 A appearing B seeming C pretending D looking

3 A sick B bored C uninterested D depressed

8 A injured B ruined C spoiled D destroyed

9 A check B inspect C examine D investigate

10 A pain B destruction C damage D suffering

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Speech is one of the most important (1) _ communicating It consists of far more than just making noises To talk and also to (2) _ by other people, we have

to speak a language, that is, we have to use combinations of (3) _ that everyone agrees to stand for a particular object or idea Communication would be impossible if everyone made up their own language

Learning a language properly is very (4) _ The basic (5) _ of English

is not very large, and not only about 2,000 words are needed to speak it quite (6) _ But the more idea you can (7) _ the more precise you can be about their exact meaning

Words are the (8) _ thing we use in communicating what we want to say The way we (9) _ the words is also very important Our tone of voice can express many emotions and (10) _ whether we are pleased or angry, for instance

2 A be examined B be talked C be understood D be spoken

3 A sounds B languages C systems D talks

4 A important B expensive C simple D easy

5 A word B vocabulary C grammar D structure

A lot of people like to play their records as loudly as possible The (1) _ is that the rest of the family and the neighbours often complain (2) _ they don’t like the music One (3) _ to this problem is to wear headphones, but headphones are usually uncomfortable.’ An armchair which has a record-player system built into it has just been (4) _ by a British engineer, Stephen Court

The armchair looks like an ordinary armchair with a high back However, each of the two sides of the chair has three loudspeakers inside to reproduce middle and high sounds Low sounds are reproduced by a pair of loudspeakers in a hollow (5) _ under the seat Anyone who sits in the chair hears sounds coming from all around his/her head

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Because we cannot tell the exact (6) from which low sounds come, it doesn’t (7) _ that they come from underneath or behind It is the higher sounds coming from the sides of the chair that create a stereo effect

These sounds travel only a few inches to reach the listener’s ears (8) _, it takes only a little power to make the music sound very loud Only a small amount of sound leaks out from behind the chair into the room to (9) _ others Most of the sound is (10) _ by the listener

1 A conclusion B impact C sequence D result

3 A way B answer C conclusion D settlement

4 A drawn B discovered C imagined D designed

6 A destination B reason C source D departure

8 A Surprisingly B Strangely C Consequently D Eventually

9 A disappoint B dismiss C deter D disturb

10 A integrated B absorbed C admitted D accommodated

Death is not necessarily a failure of energy on the part of the Life Force People with

no (1) _ try to make things which will last forever, and even want to live forever themselves But the (2) _ man knows very well that it is a waste of labor to make

a machine that will last ten years, because it will probably be superseded in half that time

by an improved machine (3) _ the same purpose He also knows that if somebody were to convince us that our dream of personal immortality is no dream but a hard (4) _ such a shriek of despair would go up (5) _ the human race as no other conceivable horror could provoke We (6) voluntarily, knowing that it is time for

us to be scrapped, to be remanufactured We must all be born again, and yet again and again No man is willing to make a serious effort to keep alive The (7) _ he sees death approach, he gets into bed and sends for a doctor He knows very (8) _ at the back of his conscience that he is rather a poor job and (9) _ be remanufactured He knows that his (10) _ will make room for a birth Adapted from A Treatise on Parents and Children by George Bernard Shaw

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1 A luck B time C imagination D hope

2 A intelligent B lazy C friendly D ridiculous

3 A answer B answers C answering D answered

4 A choice B situation C memory D fact

9 A ought to be B was to C might have been D can be

10 A health B death C decision D condition

THE PERFECT PARTNER

A long and happy (1) _ is something that many people wish for, but finding the right partner is (2) _ more difficult than you might imagine A friend of mine, Susan, had not been very successful in her attempt to find the perfect partner, and she was beginning to lose heart and feel rather(3) _ One day she happened to hear someone (4) _ about a computer dating agency which could help you to find the ideal partner Susan immediately (5) _ an appointment to see someone at the agency, then waited to see (6) _ would happen The agency arranged a meeting with a “suitable” partner at the local railway station a week later, although I (7) _ her not to go My friend arrived a few minutes early but could see no one who matched the (8) _ of the man in the photograph she had been sent She noticed a man waiting under the station clock and (9) _ a bunch of flowers, but there was no one else around Suddenly the man started chatting to her and, after a while, asked her if she would like to go and have a coffee Not until much later did they come to the conclusion that they had both been waiting for each other! When they had both (10) _ from the shock, they decided that the computer had been right after all!

1 A honeymoon B wedding C marriage D engagement

3 A depressed B ashamed C embarrassed D bored

4 A mentioning B telling C talking D relating

7 A advised B urged C suggested D whispered

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8 A look B appearance C gesture D manner

9 A fetching B wearing C carrying D holding

10 A returned B recovered C reviewed D realized

Dear Mum and Dad,

This is just a quick letter to let you know that I’m fine We’re all working quite hard because the exams are only a few weeks away, but our teacher (1) _ he thinks we’ll do well (My landlady’s not so sure - she keeps (2) _ me I should stop (3) _ so much TV and do a bit more reading)

Anyway, we had a wonderful time at half term I went off to Paris for a few days with some of the others from the school, and we went on a guided (4) _ of the city We saw most of the famous (5) _ like the Louvre, where they have an amazing (6) _ of paintings, and the Eiffel Tower Then we went down to the South of France

by train It was so fast - the whole (7) _ was only about four hours We spent (8) _ time in Nice and in Cannes as well, and we all really enjoyed it On our last day

we went to a small island (9) _ the lie des Pelerins, and we saw the castle where they used to keep the “Man in the Iron Mask” All in all, we had a great time and the weather was really good as well The only thing I felt (10) _ about was that we didn’t have enough time to spare to go swimming - maybe next time

Anyway, I must go now as I’ve got to do a bit of homework for tomorrow Will you write soon?

Love, Janie

1 A says B tells C speaks D talks

2 A saying B telling C speaking D talking

3 A watch B watched C to watch D watching

4 A trip B visit C tour D excursion

5 A shows B sights C views D looks

6 A set B group C gallery D collection

7 A voyage B travel C drive D journey

8 A a little B little C few D a few

9 A spoken B said C called D told

10 A sorry B apologetic C displeased D regretful

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HOOKED ON THE NET

The latest addiction to trap thousands of people is the Internet, which has been (1) _ for broken relationships, job losses, financial ruin, and even one suicide Psychologists now recognize Internet Addiction Syndrome (IAS) as a new illness that could (2) _ serious problems and ruin many lives Special help groups have been set up to (3) _ sufferers help and support

Psychologists have described many worrying examples, including one man who took his own life after (4) _ more than £14.000 to feed his addiction, and a teenager who had to receive psychiatric treatment for his 12-hour-a-day (5) _ “This illness

is not fake, and it must be taken seriously,” said an expert in behavioural addiction at Nottingham Trent University “These are not sad people with serious personality (6) _, they are people who were fine before they found the Internet.”

IAS is similar to other problems like gambling, smoking and drinking: addicts have dreams about the Internet; they need to use it first thing in the morning; they (7) _

to their partners about how much time they spend online; they wish they could cut down, but are unable to do so A recent study found that many users spend up to 40 hours a week on the Internet; (8) _ they felt guilty, they became depressed if they were made to stop using it

Almost anyone can be at risk Some of the addicts are teenagers who are already (9) _ on computer games and who (10) _ it very difficult to resist the games

on the Internet Surprisingly, however, psychologists say that most victims are middle-aged housewives who have never used a computer before

1 A blamed B faulted C mistaken D accused

3 A offer B suggest C recommend D advise

4 A gaining B lending C winning D borrowing

5 A habit B custom C manner D routine

6 A mistakes B errors C faults D defects

7 A betray B deceive C cheat D lie

8 A although B despite C unless D without

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9 A taken B addicted C tied D hooked

BODY AND MIND

People have tried for over 2000 years to find a relationship (1) _ people’s physical features and their character, and even though there is a complete (2) _ of evidence for such an idea, it is still popular

The Ancient Greeks were interested in the idea of human personality although they did not link it with outward appearance Later, during the Renaissance, some writers (3) _ that there was a direct connection between a person s character and their face, and they called this new science would (4) _ you know a great deal about a person simply by analysing their face Kings and princes were interested in the science, as they thought it might (5) _ them to be better judges of character, and they believed that these new skills would (6) _ it more difficult for dishonest courtiers to (7) _ them in

Despite the fact that nobody takes these theories seriously nowadays, scientists are still interested in the basic idea They have shown that there is a link between a person’s character and their build

Extroverts and other confident, outgoing people are usually short and thick set, and in contrast, people who are (8) _ and reserved tend to be (9) _ and thin There

is some scientific basis to this theory because glands have such an important effect on both a person’s build and their moods, so it is not (10) _ to find a link between them

2 A lack B shortage C failure D need

3 A claimed B told C pretended D related

8 A conceited B arrogant C proud D shy

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