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READING 1.Topic: Saving energy

There are three (1) _ forms of fossil fuels: coal, oil and natural gas All three were formed many hundreds of millions of years ago before the time of the dinosaurs – therefore we call them fossil fuels Fossil fuels (2) _ millions of years to make But they are not unlimited We are using (3) _ the fuels that were made more than 300 million years ago They are not renewable like solar power, wind power, hydro power or biomass Once they are gone they are gone So, it’s best not to (4) _ fossil fuels We can save fossil fuels by conserving energy One simple way to do this is to turn off appliances, TVs and radios that we are not using We can also turn off lights when no one is in the room Another way is to go by bike or walk instead of (5) _ cars or motorbikes

2.Topic: The Environment

Our environment is in trouble People and industries are (1) _ the air, rivers, lakes and seas There are many things you can do to help the environment Here are a few

Cars: The burning of petroleum is one of the biggest sources of carbon monoxide (CO) that

causes (2) _ warming CO thins the ozone layer, which protects us from the sunrays So try to walk, cycle, or use public transportation

Energy: The biggest use of home energy is for heating and cooling homes It costs a lot of

money So turn the heat (3) _, especially at night Replace regular light bulbs with low energy light bulbs, which use (4) _ energy

Water: Showers use a lot of water Buying a special “low-flow” shower (5) _ or taking

shorter showers can cut this use in half

Question 1 A pollute B. polluted C. pollution D. polluting

3 Topic: The Environment

If you wander on the streets of Ha Noi, the capital of Viet Nam, you may be surprised that most people are wearing (1) _, hiding their faces This is because of serious air (2) _ in this city Between March 1 and 4, 2016, the air quality index of Ha Noi, as measured by the US Embassy in

Ha Noi was over 350 At this level, air pollution can cause lots of respiratory (3) _, especially

to children and the elderly The major cause of air pollution in Ha Noi is traffic Due to the increasing number of motorcycles and cars in the last decade, the emission of chemical exhausts has (4) _ on a constant rise Another reason is urban construction, including road upgrading projects and residential buildings People have to live with the dust and dirt throughout the city Environmental experts have warned that if the city continues to develop its economy with (5) _ regard to the environment, the consequence will be tragic

Question 2 A pollute B. polluted C. pollution D. polluting

Question 3 A diseases B. problem C. sickness D. illness

4 Topic: Celebrations

The meaning of Mid-Autumn Day is rather different from that in China, though the Vietnamese also (1) _ it by eating mooncakes In Viet Nam the Mid-Autumn Festival is the happiest day for children, during which parents buy their children various kinds of (2) _ and snacks There are also various activities held to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival in Viet Nam The main activities include (3) _ the God of Earth, and carrying carp-shaped lanterns Usually a worshipping platform is set up in the yard during Mid-Autumn night, on which mooncakes, fruits, and snacks are laid Later family members sit together to eat the food while appreciating the moon It's also a (4) _ for the Vietnamese to light lanterns during the Mid-Autumn night It is thought that if people walk at night with a/an (5) _ lantern in hand, they will be safe from the carp spirit Now, children hold various kinds of paper lanterns and play in the moonlight, while eating mooncakes during the evening of Mid-Autumn Day

Question 1 A celebrated B. celebrate C. celebrates D. will celebrate

Question 3 A worshipping B. worship C. to pray D. pray

5 Topic: Natural disasters

Natural disasters result from natural (1) _ of the earth However, in the last five decades,

human activities have contributed to increasing the number of natural disasters More landslides have occurred as a result of (2) _ Because there are fewer trees in the forest, the soil becomes loosened and more easily to be flushed down Industrialization and (3) _ contribute to global warming, leading to more intense disasters of all kinds, including hurricanes and tsunami It is

more difficult (4) _ exact prediction of climate patterns such as El Niño and La Niña.

According to the Office of US Foreign Disaster Assistance, the total natural disasters reported each year have been steadily increasing in recent decades In 1980, there were only about 100 hydro-meteorological disasters reported per year but that number has risen to over 300 a year since 2000

If humans (5) action, natural disasters will become more tragic and we won’t be able to cope with the anger of Mother Nature

Question 1 A processes B. process C. change D. results

Question 2 A soil

pollution B. water pollution C. air pollution D. deforestation

Question 3 A urbanization B. urban C. rural D. ruralization

Question 5 A take B. will take C. don’t take D. won’t take

6 Topic: Learning a foreign language

I started learning English when I was 14 years old after five years of studying Russian In the beginning I encountered some (1) _ learning the language, but I tried my best to overcome them Firstly, my English (2) _ was affected by the way I spoke Russian To solve this problem, I practised by listening to tapes in English every day I played the tape, stopped after each sentence, and repeated the sentence several times At school, I joined an English speaking club which was (3) _ by a teacher from Britain She understood my difficulty and helped me very much in improving my pronunciation Secondly, I (4) _ it really hard to learn English vocabulary In Russian, the way you write the word is the way you pronounce it However, English spelling is often different from its pronunciation To get over this difficulty I started using the dictionary Whenever I learnt a new word, I looked it up carefully in the dictionary Then I tried to remember the way to read and write the word After that, I wrote the word down several ways in a notebook Gradually, I got (5) _ to the spelling system of the language Now I’m confident that

my English has become much better

Question 1 A problem B. trouble C. benefits D. difficulties

Question 2 A pronunciation B. grammar C. spelling D. vocabulary

Question 3 A organise B. organised C. organising D. organises

Question 5 A use B. using C. used D. to use

7 Topic: Life on other planets

Hi We are from Neptune, the eighth planet from the Sun in the Solar System Our planet

is named (1) _ the Roman god of the sea The climate here is very unfriendly, with

a temperature of around -300 degrees Celsius, and the (2) _ are very strong Actually, we have

a lot of storms here Everything is freezing on the surface of Neptune, so of course we don’t have liquid water To be able to survive here, we have to build all of our cities (3) _ a hundred kilometres beneath the surface Luckily, we don’t have Neptune-quakes!

Our life here is very different from your life on Earth Because it’s extremely dark underground, we have a very good lighting system on round the clock Every day

we need only three hours for sleep, four hours for work, and the rest of the day we (4) on our leisure activities So life is relaxing Most of us like travelling to new cities for new experiences Although we are smaller than you in size, we can move very fast In fact, we have wings, so we can fly Thus, we (5) _ heavy traffic like on your Earth We don’t breathe oxygen either, but we live on hydrogen

Question 3 A underground B underwater C on the land D. by the sea

Question 5 A are sufferring B. will suffer C suffer D. don’t suffer

8 Topic: A trip to the countryside

India is a land of villages, so the (1) _ of its population lives on agriculture An Indian farmer is normally very hard-working He gets up at the crack of dawn and takes his plough and his buffaloes to the field He works ceaselessly until noon when his wife or children bring him lunch Finishing his meal under the shade of a tree, he resumes his farming Often, he sings a song

to break the monotony of his (2) _ Only when it gets dark does he return home At the door of his humble cottage, he is greeted by his kids Then he takes a rest while smoking his hookah This

is probably his happiest moment of the day as he is now the lord of his kingdom After having dinner with his family, he visits his fellow farmers with (3) _ he will spend an hour or two laughing and talking

That is a typical day in the life of an Indian farmer His life is full of (4) _ Despite his hard work, he lives a life of extreme poverty because his crops are at the mercy of rain Natural disasters take away the fruits of his labor However, it is just one side of the story As a diligent farmer, he enjoys fresh air and sunshine every day He gets fresh food and pure milk, (5) _ are comparatively rare in big cities Moreover, the villagers are usually sympathetic and hospitable, which makes him, an ordinary farmer, a happy man

Question 2 A hard work B. work hard C. hard

working D. working hard

Question 4 A happy B. happiness C. difficulties D. difficulty

9 Topic: Clothing

The word "kimono", which literally means a "thing to wear" (ki "wear" and mono "thing"), has been used (1) _ the Japanese's full-length robes

Kimonos are T-shaped, straight-lined robes with long wide sleeves Kimonos are wrapped around the body, always with the left front over the right It is not unusual for a Japanese person (2) _ wears a kimono for the first time to wear the fronts the wrong way round, and it is also not unusual for an older, more informed Japanese person to try to switch their kimono fronts around, horrified that the young person is dressed as a corpse That is because the positions of the two fronts are switched when dressing the dead for burial In addition to the rule “left over right”, kimonos are secured by a sash called an obi, which is tied at the back Kimonos are generally (3) _ with traditional footwear

Today, kimonos are most often worn by women and men on very special and formal (4) _ such as weddings or ceremonies A few older women and even fewer men still wear the kimono on

a daily basis (5) _ sumo wrestlers are often seen in the kimono because they are required to dress traditionally whenever appearing in public

Question 2 A whose B. which C. who D. whom

Question 5 A amature B traditional C. profession D. professional

10 Topic: A visit from a pen pal

Tokyo is Japan's (1) _ and the world's most populous city Today it is home for more than 15.1 million people The most popular public transportation in Tokyo is train and (2) _ About

40 million people travel by train and subway daily Tokyo offers many choices of shopping, entertainment, culture and dining to its (3) _ Tourists can learn about the city’s history in historic districts like Asakusa They can also visit excellent museums, historic temples and gardens Tokyo also has a number of attractive (4) _ spaces in the city centre and its outskirts Harajuku,

a neighbourhood in Shibuya, is known internationally for its young fashion and cosplay Tokyo Disneyland is another famous (5) _ of Tokyo

Question 3 A visitors B. people C. children D. tourist

11 Topic: The media

The internet, a computer-based global information (1) _, is composed of many interconnected computer networks Each network may link tens, hundreds, or even thousands of computers, enabling (2) _ to share information with one another and to share computational resources such as powerful supercomputers and databases of information The internet has made it possible for people all over the world to (3) _ with one another effectively and inexpensively The internet has brought new opportunities to government, business, and education Governments use the internet for internal (4) _, distribution of information and automated tax processing In addition to offering goods and services online to customers, businesses use the internet to interactwith other businesses Many individuals use the internet for communicating through electronic mail, for news and research information, shopping, paying bills, and (5) _ banking Educational institutions us the internet for research and to deliver courses materials to students

Question 3 A communicate B. talk C chat D. share

Question 4 A communication B comunicate C comunicated D comunicating

12 Topic: Saving energy

The more waste we (1) _, the more disposal trucks, labor and dump space are needed All these cost money That’s why we must learn to use (2) _, and to reuse and recycle so that less waste is produced Recyclable wastes include paper, glass, plastic and metals When you go shopping, do not buy over-packaged (3) _ If you have to buy heavily packaged products, do not throw (4) _ the packaging, use it for another purpose For example, paper bags can be used for carring other things, or for making displays If the packaging can not be reused, try to sell it for (5) _ The more paper we use, the more trees have to be cut down That’s why we should reduce and recycle paper to save forests

Question 1 A to produce B. producing C. produced D. produce

Question 5 A reusing B. recycling C. reducing D. repairing

READING COMPREHENSION

MULTIPLE CHOICE

READING 1

To do well at school, college or university, you usually need to do well in exams “All students hate exams” may be a generalization, but it is fairly true one Certainly, all of the students I’ve known disliked doing exams None of them thought that the exam system was fair To do well

in an exam, you simply had to be able to predict the questions which would be asked This was the case as regards two students in my class at college Both of them were exceptionally bright, but in the final year “exam”, neither of them got a grade In fact, they both got Cs The exam had tested

us on questions which had come up the previous year They had both assumed that the same questions wouldn’t come up again, and hadn’t prepared for them

Question 1: Students need to do well in exams

A in order to do well at school B because they need to do well at school

C so that to do well at school D therefore they have to do well at school

Question 2: The statement “All students hate exams” is _

A extremely true B completely true

C quite true D very true

Question 3: Which of the following sentences is not true?

A All of the students the writer has known thought that the exam system was unfair

B To do well in an exam, you simply had the ability to predict the questions which would

be asked

C None of the students the writer has known disliked doing exams

D “All students hate exams” is fairly true generalization

Question 4: Why did the two students in the writer’s class get C grades in the final exam?

A Because the exam was very difficult

B Because they didn’t prepare for the questions that had come up the previous year

C Because they were dull students

D Because the questions weren’t in their lesson

Question 5: The writer’s main purpose of writing the passage is to

A describe the importance of exams

B discuss how exams effect on the students

C explain the equality in examinations

D criticize the exam system

READING 2

Every year people in many countries learn English Some of them are young children Others are teenagers Many are adults Some learn at school Others study by themselves A few learn English just by hearing the language in film, on television, in the office or among their friends Most people must work hard to learn English Why do these all people learn English? It is not difficult to answer this question Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one

of their subjects Many adults learn English because it is useful for their work Teenagers often learn English for their higher studies because some of their books are in English at the college or university Other people learn English because they want to read newspapers or magazines in English

Question 1: According to the writer English is learned by _.

Question 2: Most people learn English by

C working hard on the lesson D speaking English to their friends

Question 3: Where do many boys and girls learn English?

Question 4: Teenagers learn English because _

A It’s useful for their higher studies B it’s one of their subjects

C They want to master it D A and C are correct

Question 5: Why do many adults learn English?  Because _.

A they want to see movies in English B they need it for their job

C they are forced to learn D it’s not difficult to learn.

READING 3

More than two hundred years ago, the term “environmental pollution” was quite strange to people They lived healthy, drank pure water, and breathed fresh air Nowadays, the situation is quite different People all over the world are worried about things that are happening to the environment Actually it is man that is destroying the surroundings with many kinds of wastes Everybody knows that motorbikes and cars emit dangerous gases that cause poisonous air and cancer, but no one wants to travel on foot or by bicycle Manufactures know that wastes from factories make water and soil polluted, but they do not want to spend a lot of their money on treating the wastes safely Scattering rubbish is bad for our health, but no one wants to spend time burying it Is it worth talking a lot about pollution?

Question 1: More than two hundred years ago _

A the environment was polluted as much as it is today

B people knew nothing about environmental pollution

C air was polluted badly

D people was faced with pollution

Question 2: In former days, people

A led a healthy life B lived in the polluted environment

C were worried about pollution D drank contaminated water

Question 3: Nowadays, many people are concerned about _

A the destruction of the poisonous air B the polluted water

C the wastes from the factories D the pollution of the environment

Question 4: Everybody knows that cars emit dangerous gases _

A so they do not travel by car

B so they prefer travelling by bicycle

C but they still prefer traveling by car

D and they enjoy traveling on foot

Question 5: Factory owners _

A know nothing about pollution

B have no awareness of pollution

C treat wastes from their factories safely

D do not want to spend money on treating the wastes safely

READING 4

It is estimated that about 200 million people who use the Internet computer network around the world The Internet allows people to work at home instead of traveling to work The Internet allows businesses to communicate with customers and workers in many parts of the world for the cost of a local telephone call Email allows users to send documents, pictures and other data from one part of the world to another in at least 5 minutes People can use the Internet to do shopping This saves a lot of time It is possible to use the Internet for education – students may connect with their teachers from home to send or receive email or talk their problems through “on line” rather than attend a class

Question 1: The Internet allows people _

A to stay at home and rest B not to work

Question 2: To a business, the Internet is _ to communicate with customers

C an inconvenient way D a difficult way

Question 3: Email can be used to send _

Question 4: It takes _ to do the shopping on the Internet

Question 5: To use the Internet for education is _

READING 5

The large movement of earth under the sea causes a very large and powerful tsunami The tsunami was called the Asian Tsunami in most of the world It was called the Boxing Day Tsunami

in England, Australia, South Africa and Canada because it happened on the holiday they called Boxing Day The tsunami caused a lot of damage to countries such as Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and Sri Lanka Wave as high as 30m killed many people and damaged or destroyed a lot

of buildings and other properties Over 225, 000 people died or were not found after the tsunami The wave traveled as far away as South Africa (8000km) where as many as people died because of high water caused by the wave Because of how much damage was caused and the

number of people the earthquake affected, over $ 7 billion was donated to help the survivors and

rebuild the areas damaged

Question 1: Which of the following is not true?

A A lot of money was raise to help the people.

B Many people died because of the high waves.

C The tsunami caused a lot of damage to Indonesia.

D Only in Asia the tsunami was called Asia Tsunami.

Question 2: Why was the tsunami called the Boxing Day Tsunami in England?

A Because it happened on Boxing Day.

B Because it happened when people were collecting boxes.

C Because it destroyed a lot of boxes.

D Because it happened when people were boxing.

Question 3: What does the word “survivors” in the last line mean?

A houses that aren’t destroyed B offices that are being built

C people that are dead D people that are left alive

Question 4: What were some people in South Africa killed by?

Question 5: How high were the waves?