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

THE QUEEN OF THE CHANNEL

Some time ago, Alison Streeter swam the Channel-the stretch of water between Britain and France-for the 29th time When she reached France she wasn’t (1) _ tired, so she turned round and swam (2) _ back again ‘‘It was Friday night I thought, I’ve got the weekend to get (3) _ it and the weather is good I’ll do it,” she says This was her fifth return trip

Since the first Channel swim in 1875, only 478 swimmers have (4) _ to do it Only one (5) _ ten attempts to swim the 34 kilometres succeeds, but Alison has never failed For many swimmers, to do it (6) _ once would be enough, but to keep going back and doing special,’’ says Alison, almost (7) _ the achievement “I didn’t really want to do another swim Then someone (8) _ me to have a go at a two-way crossing The thought of being the first British swimmer to do that was quite exciting.”

During a swim, she (9) _ on regular drinks of tea mixed with a carbohydrate powder A red light-stick is attached to her back (10) _ she can be seen by the boat accompanying her “In the (11) _ days I used to be almost asleep (12) _ she says “I would try to calculate the number of (13) _ I was doing per hour Now I just empty my mind and time (14) _ really quickly.”

Her best time one-way is 8 hours 48 minutes Soon, she intends to swim the Channel for the 32nd time, (15) _ her the world record holder

1 A heavily B considerably C particularly D distinctly

2 A straight B in brief C shortly D right there

3 A round B over C out of D through to

4 A succeeded B managed C achieved D fulfilled

6 A plainly B just C purely D alone

7 A refusing B neglecting C rejecting D dismissing

8 A insisted B suggested C proposed D persuaded

9 A keeps B lasts C exists D runs

10 A so that B on account of C as far as D in case

11 A initial B early C original D starting

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12 A at times B over and over C by and by D in stages

13 A turns B strokes C twists D pulls

14 A flows B spends C goes D proceeds

15 A putting B setting C getting D making

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

PRESS PHOTOGRAPHERS

Good press photographers must have an “eye” for news, just as journalists must have a

“nose” for a good story They must be able to interpret a story and decide rapidly how they can take (1) _ of the best opportunities to take pictures The most difficult part of a press photographer’s job is that he or she has to be able to (2) _ a complicated situation with just one photograph They rarely have second (3) _ and must be able to take the required (4) _ very quickly Indeed, speed is essential - if the photographs are not ready for the printing deadline, they are very unlikely to be of any (5) _

Most press photographers begin work with a local newspaper There, the (6) _

is mostly for material of regional interest Photographers may be expected to photograph

a lot of exciting events but to (7) _ the enthusiasm to put “something special” into every picture

There is (8) _ competition among those who want to move from local to national newspapers Here, the work is much more centred on news The photographer must work (9) _ greater pressure and (10) _ more responsibility Only (11) _ reliable, talented and resourceful photographers (12) _ this difficult move The work is tough and can be dangerous On an overseas assignment, photographers may have to (13) _ unfamiliar food and accommodation, physical and mental stress, and (14) _ difficulty in transporting the pictures from an isolated area to get them to the newspaper (15) _ They also have to beat the competition from other publications

1 A profit B benefit C gain D advantage

2 A draw up B put out C sum up D turn out

3 A chances B occasions C possibilities D moments

4 A image B shot C scene D illustration

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5 A role B gain C employment D use

6 A demand B task C obligation D duty

7 A hold oh B keep up C carry on D stay up

8 A firm B forceful C strict D strong

10 A take B support C perform D fetch

11 A sharply B largely C highly D fully

13 A struggle for B get by C cope with D stand up

14 A extreme B plentiful C far D grand

15 A on time B by the time C for a time D with time

THE LONDON TO BRIGHTON CAR RUN

The first London to Brighton run took place on November 14th 1896 It was organized to celebrate the (1) _ of a law which made it easier for cars in Britain to

be driven on the roads Before then, the law (2) _ a driver and an engineer in the car and a man walking in front of the vehicle with a red flag (3) _ of its approach Since then, this annual run has become one of the most popular events on the British motoring calendar, (4) _ crowds of over one million lining the route Only the (5) _ oldest cars, constructed during the ten years between 1895 and 1905, are allowed to (6) _ in it Lovingly polished by their drivers, who are dressed in the clothing of the (7) _ the cars leave Hyde Park in London at 7.30 am and arrive, (8) _, in Brighton some three hours later

The 60-mile run is not a race - there’s an official coffee stop on the (9) _ and the cars are restricted to an average speed of only 30kph The only (10) _ for finishing is a medal, which is awarded to everyone who (11) _ Brighton before 4pm The run traditionally (12) _ participants from all four (13) _ of the world, including Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia Since the youngest car is nearly a hundred years old, some of them (14) _ down of course But for the owners of the 400-plus vehicles, it’s simply being there that (15) _ the greatest pleasure

1 A electing B passing C setting D appointing

2 A forced B needed C obliged D required

3 A announcing B warning C declaring D forecasting

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4 A with B having C including D along

5 A quite B certainly C very D surely

6 A involve B take part C get engaged D include

7 A while B spell C phase D period

8 A hopefully B intentionally C ambitiously D purposely

9 A direction B way C path D process

10 A earning B profit C reward D credit

11 A gets B meets C attains D reaches

12 A appeals B engages C attracts D catches

13 A edges B tips C limits D corners

15 A lets B fetches C brings D results

THE HOUSE THAT TIME FORGOT

To the passer-by, number 7 Blyth Grove, in Worksop, looks just like any other fairly old house in Britain But (1) _ inside and you go back into a vanished world, (2) _ William Straw’s house is exactly as his parents left it when they died in the 1930s

William Straw, who died in 1990, lived in the house with his brother Walter after their parents’ deaths They lived (3) _ a strict routine, never married and had no (4) _ friends They had no social life and callers were never (5) _ into the house

Their parents had a successful grocery shop and the family moved into the house in

1923, immediately spending £70 - a huge (6) _ in those days - on (7) _ redecoration Their father died in 1932 and their mother in 1939, when William, then a history lecturer at London University, returned to Worksop He (8) _ his job and set up house with Walter, who had been (9) _ the shop since their father’s death (10) _, the two cut themselves off from the rest of the world

Nothing that their parents had owned was ever moved or (11) away Towards the end

of their lives, it seems that they became (12) _ of the value of what they had done, because they began to put (13) _ on various pictures and items of furniture, explaining where they (14) _ came from Today, the house is open to the public, and visitors quickly (15) _ that it is the closest they are ever likely to come to time

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3 A based on B according to C along with D as from

4 A close B deep C familiar D warm

5 A greeted B requested C invited D offered

6 A quantity B wealth C fund D sum

7 A absolute B whole C throughout D total

8 A gave up B finished off C ended with D got out

9 A leading B commanding C running D conducting

10 A Ever since B At the moment C From then on D That time

11 A removed B thrown C done D dismissed

12 A clear B aware C thoughtful D wise

13 A certificates B posters C messages D labels

14 A originally B at the earliest C from the start D sooner

15 A catch B regard C distinguish D realize

WHAT TEENAGERS DO WITH THEIR MONEY

Thirteen-year-olds do not spend as much money as their parents suspect - at least not according to the findings of a (1) _ survey, Money and Change The survey (2) _ three hundred teenagers, 13-17 years old, from (3) _ Britain

By the time they (4) _ their teens, most children see their weekly allowance rise dramatically to an amazing national average of £ 5.14 Two thirds think they get (5) _ money, but most expect to have to do something to get it

Although they have more cash, worry about debt is (6) _ among teenagers Therefore, the (7) _ of children (8) _ an effort to save for the future

Greater access to cash (9) _ teenagers does -not, however mean that they are more irresponsible (10) _ a result The economic recession seems to have encouraged (11) _ attitudes to money, even in the case of children at their ages Instead of wasting what pocket (12) _ they have on sweets or magazines, the 13-year-olds who took (13) _ in the survey seem to (14) _ to the situation by saving more than half (15) _ cash

1 A late B recent C latest D fresh

2 A included B contained C counted D enclosed

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3 A entire B all over C complete D the whole

5 A acceptable B adequate C satisfactory D enough

6 A gaining B heightening C increasing D building

7 A most B maximum C many D majority

9 A among B through C between D along

11 A aware B knowing C helpful D cautious

12 A cash B money C change D savings

13 A part B place C share D piece

14 A reply B answer C respond D return

BECOMING A NURSE: THE INTERVIEW

The reality of an interview is never as bad as your fears For some (1) _ people imagine the interviewer is going to jump on every tiny mistake they (2) _ In truth, the interviewer is as (3) _ for the meeting to go as well as you are It is what (4) _ his or her job enjoyable

The secret of a good interview is preparing for it What you wear is always important

as it creates the first impression So (5) _ neatly, but comfortably Make (6) _ that you can deal with anything you are (7) _ Prepare for questions that are certain to come up, for example: Why do you want to become a nurse? What is the most important (8) _ a good nurse should have? Apart from nursing, what other careers have you (9) _ ? What are your interests and hobbies?

Answer the questions fully and precisely (10) _, if one of your interests is reading, be prepared to (11) _ about the sort of books you like (12) _, do not learn all your questions off (13) _ heart The interviewer wants to meet a human (14) _, not a robot Remember, the interviewer is genuinely interested in you, so the more you relax and are yourself, the more (15) _ you are to succeed

1 A reason B, idea C explanation D excuse

3 A keen B wanting C interested D delighted

4 A does B causes C happens D makes

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5 A dress B wear C put on D have on

6 A evident B sure C definite D clear

7 A requested B questioned C enquired D asked

8 A character B quality C nature D point

9 A thought B regarded C considered D wondered

10 A For instance B That is C Such as D Let’s say

12 A However B Although C Despite D Therefore

14 A character B being C somebody D nature

15 A easy B possible C likely D probable

THE FOUR MINUTE MILE

It is the nature of athletic records that they are broken and their place is taken by others Yet in many sports (1) _, there is a mark which is not (2) _ in itself, but which becomes a legend as athletes (3) _ to break it The most (4) _ of these is the attempt to run the mile in (5) _ than four minutes

In 1945, the mile record was (6) _ to 4 minutes, 1.5 seconds And there, for nine years, it stuck Then, in 1954, a medical student (7) _ Roger Bannister decided to try and break the record He had been (8) _ for this day since running the mile in 4 minutes, 2 seconds the (9) _ year

Two other runners set the pace for him, and (10) _ 250 yards to go he burst ahead for the finish He wrote (11) _ : “My body had exhausted all its energy, but

it (12) _ on running just the same Those (13) _ few seconds seemed never-ending I could see the line of the finishing tape I jumped like a man making a desperate attempt to save himself from danger ”

Bannister’s time was 3 minutes, 59.4 seconds (14) _ this record has been broken on many (15) _ since, Bannister’s achievement will never be forgotten

1 A happenings B events C games D matches

2 A central B major C significant D considerable

3 A try B try on C try out D try for

4 A known B public C noticeable D famous

5 A smaller B less C lower D under

6 A broken down B lessened C decreased D brought down

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7 A entitled B called C nicknamed D known

8 A trying B studying C running D training

9 A early B previous C past D former

11 A afterwards B then C next D after

12 A went B continued C ran D got

13 A last B late C latest D later

14 A But B In spite of C However D Although

15 A times B time C occasions D incidents

TRAFFIC LIGHTS

The first traffic signal was invented by a railway signalling engineer It was installed (1) _ the Houses of Parliament in 1868 It (2) _ like any railway signal of the time, and was operated by gas (3) _, it exploded and killed a policeman, and the accident (4) _ further development until cars became common

(5) _ traffic lights are an American invention Red-green (6) _ were installed in Cleveland in 1914 Three-colour signals, operated (7) _ hand from a tower in the (8) _ of the street, were installed in New York in 1918 The (9) _ lights of this type to (10) in Britain were in London, on the junction between St James’s street and Piccadilly in 1925 Automatic signals were installed

(11) _ year later

In the past, traffic lights were (12) _ In New York, some lights had a statue on top In Los Angeles the lights did not just (13) _ silently, but would ring bells to (14) _ the sleeping motorists of the 1930s These are gone and have been (15) _ by standard models which are universally adopted

1 A outside B out C out of D outdoors

2 A resembled B looked C showed D seemed

3 A However B Therefore C Although D Despite

4 A forbade B disappointed C avoided D discouraged

5 A New B Recent C Modern D Late

6 A methods B ways C systems D means

8 A middle B heart C focus D halfway

9 A original B primary C first D early

10 A show B appear C happen D become

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11 A a B in the C in a D the

12 A various B particular C rare D special

13 A change B alter C vary D move

14 A rise B raise C wake D get up

15 A reproduced B replaced C removed D remained

THE BEST STONE IN THE WORLD

In 1769 George and Eleanor Coade bought a factory manufacturing artificial stone in south-east London on a (1) _ at Pedlar’s Acre, south (2) _ the river The family were (3) _ running a successful factory in the south-west of England Within a year of moving (4) _ the capital, George Coade died, leaving his wife and daughter to (5) _ on the business The Coade Stone they perfected (6) _ to become the most permanent stone ever made The product developed by the factory’s former (7) _, Richard Holt, was a kind of baked clay The two women (8) _ with his recipe, and (9) _ in creating a new kind of stone which was almost a hundred percent weatherproof

The advantage of Coade Stone is that while natural stone slowly breaks down and erodes away, Coade Stone seems to be (10) _ to survive in all weather conditions for many years The National Gallery, the Royal Opera House and Buckingham Palace (11) _ display their original ornaments made of Coade Stone (12) _ mother and daughter were clever businesswomen They (13) _ only the top artists

of the day to model their stone into statues and other ornaments After the deaths of Eleanor Coade and her daughter the factory survived for twenty years, but in 1840 it (14) _ closed With it went the Coade Stone recipe which was (15) _, and has never been rediscovered

1 A territory B place C ground D plot

7 A landlord B possessor C owner D tenant

8 A experimented B tried C experienced D tested

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9 A managed B succeeded C achieved D completed

10 A capable B possible C able D good

13 A employed B worked C staffed D teamed

14 A lastly B at last C in the end D finally

15: A missing B disappeared C lost D left

A lot of people are familiar with the story of Brave Gelert, the dog that faithfully defended the prince’s son, but which was then killed while it was fast (1) _ through a terrible misunderstanding (2) _ only a few people know that story is really a pack of lies Let me explain

About a hundred or so years ago there was a hotel owner in Wales who was (3) _ up with business being so bad His hotel was stuck in the middle of nowhere and hardly (4) _ came to stay: Then, one day, he had an idea A famous prince called Llewellyn had lived in the area (5) _ the Middle Ages and had been (6) _ of dogs This is (7) _ surprising as hunting was extremely popular at that time So what he did was to (8) _ up a story of the brave and faithful Gelert

and how he had been killed by his (9) _ master

Of course, people would be far more (10) _ to believe the story if there was something they could see (11) _, one day, the hotel keeper went to the top of a high hill and built a sort of monument from the stones he found (12) _ around A friend of his, who was, (13) _, an accountant helped him to construct it The

“legend” soon caught (14) _ and developed a life of its own Afterwards, people came from far and wide to see the spot where the hound was buried (15) _ to say, business became very good for the hotel owner!

1 A sleepy B sleepless C sleeping D asleep

3 A fed B called C looked D tied

4 A no one B everyone C anyone D someone

6 A keen B crazy C fond D interested

7 A really B barely C strangely D hardly

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