Đọc đoạn văn và chọn phương án trả lời đúng (ứng với A, B, c hoặc D) cho mỗi câu sau.

    I was born in Newcastle, a city in the North East of England. Newcastle is on the bank of the River Tyne. It is quite big, with a population of about 200,000 people. There is a cathedral and a university. There are five bridges over the River Tyne, which link Newcastle to the next town, Gateshead, where there is one of the biggest shopping centers in the world.
    A few years ago, the main industries were shipbuilding and coal mining, but now the chemical and soap industries are important.
     I moved to London ten years ago but I often return to Newcastle. I miss the people, who are very friendly, and I miss the beautiful countryside near the city, where there are so many hills and streams.
     People who are born near the River Tyne have a special name. They are called “Goodies”. I am very pleased to be called a “Geordies”.

What are the main industries in Newcastle now?

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the passage below

Sometimes people forget how we depend __________ (1) nature and environment surrounding us. We spend mindlessly __________ (2) resources given by nature and believe that they are unlimited. Over the last millennia the population on the planet grew immensely and our needs increase with every year. We achieved great breakthrough in industry __________ (3) other fields of production. But this growth resulted in poor environmental conditions. It seems that every achievement and advancement only __________ (4) damage to nature.

We __________ (5) natural resources thoughtlessly for many years. Once we exhausted one resource we started to use up another alternative. Have you ever thought what our life will be when coal and oil will come to the end? Plug-in hybrid vehicles are good solutions for the fuel crisis to come.

Choose the best answer from A, B, C, or D to fill in each numbered blank in the following passage.

NEW HUNT FOR LIFE IN SPACE

     British space scientists are planning to join the Americans in the race to find evidence of life on (1)______ planets. Alan Penny and his team at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory have designed a telescope that is 40 times more powerful than Hubble. Known as ‘Darwin’, his telescope could tell if planets 50 (2)______ years away have any kind of life on them. Two days (3)______, NASA scientists had shown proof that one of Jupiter’s moons could support life, Penny announced that his telescope may be included in a European Space Agency mission. The Darwin project, with a (4)______ of 500 million, is on a shortlist of two proposals. If approved it will probably be (5)______ around 2015, its destination somewhere between Mars and Jupiter. The blueprint is actually for five telescopes positioned 50 meters apart in space, slowly circling a (6) ______processing station. The combined data from these telescopes would build up a full picture of a planet, picking out faint images that have never been seen before. Darwin would not be able to take detailed photographs of the planets it (7)______, but Penny believes a second-generation telescope could be sent up to do this. He claims it is worthwhile mapping the universe around our (8)______ galaxy, even though these planets lie (9)______ our reach for the moment. Hie European Space Agency will make its decision (10)______ Darwin within three years.

3.__________

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to answer these following questions

Nature gave us all necessary resources to live and prosper. Now it is in danger and needs our help. What else we can do to protect environment? First of all this decisions must be made on governmental level and provide legal limitations for industries that emit a lot of greenhouse gases. We must unite together in order to protect the place we live in. People are an integral part of nature, we are dependent of it as we cannot imagine our life without nature. So why to destroy environment and bite the hand that feeds you? We must stop deforestation and plant trees on cut down areas. Trees are natural filter of air that absorb carbon dioxide and produce oxygen. Cutting down trees we deprive animals of their natural environment and the soil begin to grow in erosion. Planting trees will save birds and other animals.

We often make forced choices that are advertised on TV. Manufacturers try to rise their profits and sell more products. Sometimes we have so many unnecessary things we do not use. Imagine that you are moving your house, what are the necessary items you may need to live, only several bags. In reality the matter is opposite. There are a lot of things we do not use. People have to reconsider their views of life and promote healthy and ecologically friendly lifestyle. It is up to us to change situation for better and leave good legacy for generations to come.

What do the writer take moving house as an example for?

Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

Earth Hour is an annual global campaign that encourages people and businesses around the world to switch off electricity at the same time for one hour at the end of March. Organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Earth Hour started in Australia in 2007 when 2.2 million people in the city of Sydney turned off all non-essential lights for 60 minutes. Since then it has grown to a massive global event. In 2013, more than 7,000 cities and towns worldwide participated in this campaign. Every year landmarks and well-known buildings around the world such as the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge, the Petronas Towers in Malaysia, the UK Parliament, Buckingham Palace, and the Empire State Building take part and “go dark” for Earth Hour. Therefore, Earth Hour has been a symbolic event to make people think about the problems of climate change and show their commitment to protect the planet.

The word “non-essential” in the second sentence can be best replaced by __________.

Đọc kỹ đoạn văn sau và chọn phương án đúng (ứng với A, B, c hoặc D) cho mỗi chỗ trống.
    Alice is 18 years old (1) ______she comes from England. She is now in Hanoi and studying Vietnamese. She came to Hanoi in July so she (2) ______there for six months. Alice says she likes Hanoi very much. She likes (3) ______ shopping and cycling around the town. Next month she will go to Ho Chi Minh city (4) ______a friend of hers. Alice hopes she (5) ______ many letters from England.

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Read the passage below carefully, and then choose the best answer:

"Conservation conflicts arise when natural-resource shortages develop in the face of steadily increasing demands from a growing human population. Controversy frequently surrounds how a resource should be used, or allocated, and for whom. For example, a river may supply water for agricultural irrigation, habitat for fish, and water-generated electricity for a factory. Farmers, fishers, and industry leaders vie for unrestricted access to this river, but such freedom could destroy the resource, and conservation method sare necessary to protect the river for future use.
Conflicts worsen when a natural resource crosses political boundaries. For example, the headwaters, or source, of a major river may be located in a different country than the country through which the river flows. There is no guarantee that the river source will be protected to accommodate resource needs downstream. In addition, the way in which one natural resource is managed has a direct effect upon other natural resources. Cutting down a forest near a river, for instance, increases erosion, the wearing away of topsoil, and can lead to flooding. Eroded soil and silt cloud the river and adversely affect many organisms such as fish and important aquatic plants that require clean, clear freshwater for survival."

10/ What is the passage above mainly about?

Choose the word or phrase that best fits each space in the following passage. 
    (41)______ every town in Britain has a public library, funded by the local authority, where local people may borrow books (42)______ of charge. Most libraries divide their books (43)______ two main sections, lending, and reference. The lending section normally offers a good (44) ______ of fiction and non-fiction, while the reference section contains encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, etc. Books from the lending section can be borrowed, usually for a period of two or three weeks, while books in the reference section may normally be (45)______  only in the library. Libraries are usually open daily from Monday to Friday, including some evenings, as well as on Saturday mornings.
     Other (46)______ besides books usually include a selection of newspapers and magazines, desks for private reading and study, a children’s book section, access (47) ______ current catalogs, and many other (48)______ of information by means of a computer terminal; a coin-(49)______ photocopier, music scores, records, audio-cassettes and videos that may be borrowed. Most libraries also (50) ______ exhibitions of local interest, for example, paintings by local artists or displays about local history. Many libraries also contain a local tourist information desk.
     Borrowers are normally allowed to. have up to ten or even more books out at any one time. A system of (51 )______ operates when books are not returned by the end of the borrowing (52)______. People living in the rural areas can use a mobile library, a van that (53)______ these areas regularly with a selection of books from the local library.
    (54) ______ public libraries, there are several important private libraries in Britain. Many of them are in London, such as the London Library. (55)______  belong to famous universities.

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Read the text below and select the best option for each blank. Write your answers (A, B, C, or D) in the box provided. 
    Here are some ways to help you to get a good night’s sleep. Firstly, don’t try too hard to (1)…………. asleep because this will make you anxious and keep you awake. Secondly, don’t go to bed until you (2)………….sleepy. Sitting in bed awake just (3)…………. you awake. If you cannot sleep (4) ………….you go to bed, get up and do something relaxing for a while until you feel sleepy. (5)…………. a boring book, watching TV or writing a letter can all help to relax you. You shouldn’t keep (6)…………. the clock, either. If you know how much sleep you have lost, you will become worried and less able to sleep. Turning the clock around (7)…………. you cannot see it is better. Lastly, it is a good (8)…………. to exercise during the day. A 20-minute walk (9)………… the morning will (10) ………….you feel sleepier at bedtime.

10___________

Read the following passage and decide which options A, B, C, or D best fits each space.
UNICEF means the United Nations Children’s Fund. It serves children in (41)______ all over the world. It helps children of (42)______ races, nationalities, religions, and political systems in more than 140 worldwide countries. The (43)______ of UNICEF is to help provide a better life for children and their mothers.
UNICEF (44) ______ both long-term assistance and emergency. UNICEF was (45) ______ in 1946 to help bring food and medicine to children who suffered during World War II in Europe. It began (46)______ a temporary agency, but became a permanent part of the United Nations in 1953 (47)______ the need for its services around the world. UNICEF’s primary concern is to help governments of developing countries improve the (48)______  of life for almost one billion children. UNICEF’s main office is in the United Nations, New York City, (49)______ it also has more than 40 offices and 100 programs worldwide. In 1965, UNICEF won the Nobel Peace Prize (50) ______  its work helping children and building brighter futures.

47__________

Choose the best answer from A, B, C, or D to fill in each numbered blank in the following passage.

NEW HUNT FOR LIFE IN SPACE

     British space scientists are planning to join the Americans in the race to find evidence of life on (1)______ planets. Alan Penny and his team at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory have designed a telescope that is 40 times more powerful than Hubble. Known as ‘Darwin’, his telescope could tell if planets 50 (2)______ years away have any kind of life on them. Two days (3)______, NASA scientists had shown proof that one of Jupiter’s moons could support life, Penny announced that his telescope may be included in a European Space Agency mission. The Darwin project, with a (4)______ of 500 million, is on a shortlist of two proposals. If approved it will probably be (5)______ around 2015, its destination somewhere between Mars and Jupiter. The blueprint is actually for five telescopes positioned 50 meters apart in space, slowly circling a (6) ______processing station. The combined data from these telescopes would build up a full picture of a planet, picking out faint images that have never been seen before. Darwin would not be able to take detailed photographs of the planets it (7)______, but Penny believes a second-generation telescope could be sent up to do this. He claims it is worthwhile mapping the universe around our (8)______ galaxy, even though these planets lie (9)______ our reach for the moment. Hie European Space Agency will make its decision (10)______ Darwin within three years.

4___________

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that best fits each of the numbered blanks: 

LEARNING HOW TO LEARN

There is usually one important subject missing from most school timetables. Very few students are (41) ________ how to organize their learning and how to (42) ________ the best use of their time. Let's take some simple (43) ________. Do you know how to (44) ________ up words in a dictionary, and do you understand all of the (45)________ the dictionary contains? Can you take notes quickly and can you understand them (46) ________ ? For some reasons, many schools give learners no (47) ________ with these matters. Teachers ask students to memorize pages from books, but don't explain (48) ________ to do it. Learning by heart can be useful but it is important to have a genuine (49) ________ of a subject. You can (50) ________ a lot of time memorizing books, without understanding anything about the subject.

(44)...................

Choose the best answer from A, B, C, or D to fill in each numbered blank in the following passage.

NEW HUNT FOR LIFE IN SPACE

     British space scientists are planning to join the Americans in the race to find evidence of life on (1)______ planets. Alan Penny and his team at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory have designed a telescope that is 40 times more powerful than Hubble. Known as ‘Darwin’, his telescope could tell if planets 50 (2)______ years away have any kind of life on them. Two days (3)______, NASA scientists had shown proof that one of Jupiter’s moons could support life, Penny announced that his telescope may be included in a European Space Agency mission. The Darwin project, with a (4)______ of 500 million, is on a shortlist of two proposals. If approved it will probably be (5)______ around 2015, its destination somewhere between Mars and Jupiter. The blueprint is actually for five telescopes positioned 50 meters apart in space, slowly circling a (6) ______processing station. The combined data from these telescopes would build up a full picture of a planet, picking out faint images that have never been seen before. Darwin would not be able to take detailed photographs of the planets it (7)______, but Penny believes a second-generation telescope could be sent up to do this. He claims it is worthwhile mapping the universe around our (8)______ galaxy, even though these planets lie (9)______ our reach for the moment. Hie European Space Agency will make its decision (10)______ Darwin within three years.

7__________

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that best fits each of the numbered blanks: 

LEARNING HOW TO LEARN

There is usually one important subject missing from most school timetables. Very few students are (41) ________ how to organize their learning and how to (42) ________ the best use of their time. Let's take some simple (43) ________. Do you know how to (44) ________ up words in a dictionary, and do you understand all of the (45)________ the dictionary contains? Can you take notes quickly and can you understand them (46) ________ ? For some reasons, many schools give learners no (47) ________ with these matters. Teachers ask students to memorize pages from books, but don't explain (48) ________ to do it. Learning by heart can be useful but it is important to have a genuine (49) ________ of a subject. You can (50) ________ a lot of time memorizing books, without understanding anything about the subject.

(42).................

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions

Tourism will always have an impact on the places visited. Sometimes the impact is good, but often it is negative. For example, if lots of people visit one place, then this can damage the environment. The question is - how can we minimize the problems without preventing people from travelling and visiting places?

The main aim of ecotourism is to reduce the negative impact that tourism has on the environment and local people. The idea is to encourage tourists to think about what they do when they visit a place.

It's great to talk about protecting the environment, but how do you actually do this? There are a number of key points. Tourists shouldn't drop litter, they should stay on the paths, they shouldn't interfere with wildlife and they should respect local customs and traditions.

Some people see ecotourism as a contradiction. They say that any tourism needs infrastructure - roads, airports and hotels. The more tourists that visit a place, the more of these are needed and, by building more of these, you can't avoid damaging the environment.

But, of course, things aren't so black and white. Living in a place of natural beauty doesn't mean that you shouldn't benefit from things like better roads. As long as the improvements benefit the local people and not just the tourists, and the local communities are consulted on plans and changes, then is there really a problem?

In 2002 the United Nations celebrated the "International Year of Ecotourism". Over the past twenty years, more and more people have started taking eco-holidays. In countries such as Ecuador, Nepal, Costa Rica and Kenya, ecotourism represents a significant proportion of the tourist industry.

According to the passage, which of the following is not mentioned as an activity to protect the environment?

Read the passage below and choose the best answer:

Conservation, sustainable use and protection of natural resources including plants, animals, mineral deposits, soils, clean water, clean air, and fossil fuels such as coal, petroleum, and natural gas. Natural resources are grouped into two categories, renewable and nonrenewable.

A renewable resource is one that may be replaced over time by natural processes, such as fish populations or natural vegetation, or is inexhaustible, such as solar energy. The goal of renewable resource conservation is to ensure that such resources are not consumed faster than they are formed.

Nonrenewable resources are those in limited supply that cannot be replaced or can be replaced only over extremely long period of time. Nonrenewable resources include fossil fuels and mineral deposits, such as metal ore and gold ore. Conservation activities for nonrenewable resources focus on maintaining an adequate supply of these resources well into the future.

Natural resources are conserved for their biological, economic, and recreational values, like their natural beauty and importance to local cultures. For example, tropical rain forests are protected for their important role in both global ecology and the economic livelihood of the local culture; a coral reef may be protected for its recreational value for scuba divers; and a scenic river may be protected for its natural beauty.

The goal of renewable resource conservation is to ensure that such resources are consumed faster than they are formed.

Read the text below and select the best option for each blank. Write your answers (A, B, C, or D) in the box provided. 
    Here are some ways to help you to get a good night’s sleep. Firstly, don’t try too hard to (1)…………. asleep because this will make you anxious and keep you awake. Secondly, don’t go to bed until you (2)………….sleepy. Sitting in bed awake just (3)…………. you awake. If you cannot sleep (4) ………….you go to bed, get up and do something relaxing for a while until you feel sleepy. (5)…………. a boring book, watching TV or writing a letter can all help to relax you. You shouldn’t keep (6)…………. the clock, either. If you know how much sleep you have lost, you will become worried and less able to sleep. Turning the clock around (7)…………. you cannot see it is better. Lastly, it is a good (8)…………. to exercise during the day. A 20-minute walk (9)………… the morning will (10) ………….you feel sleepier at bedtime.

5__________

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best answer to each of the questions:

One of the most urgent environmental problems in the world today is the shortage of clean water. Having clean drinking water is a basic human right. However, acid rain, industrial pollution and garbage have made many sources of water undrinkable. Lakes, reservoirs and even entire seas have become vast pools of poison. Lake Baikal in Russia is one of the largest lakes in the world. It contains a rich variety of animals and plants, including 1,300 rare species that do not exist anywhere else in the world. Yet, they are being destroyed by the massive volumes of industrial effluent which pour into the lake every day. Even though laws have been made, the government do not have the power to enforce them. Most industries simply ignore the regulations. The Mediterranean Sea occupies 1% of the world's water surface, but it is the dumping ground for 50% of all marine pollution. Almost 16 countries regularly throw industrial wastes a few miles off shore. Water is free to everyone. A few years ago people thought that the supply of clean water in the world was limitless. Today, many water supplies have been ruined by pollution and sewage. Clean water is now scarce, and we are at last beginning to respect this precious source. We should do something now.

How many countries throw industrial wastes into the Mediterranean Sea regularly?

Choose the word or phrase that best fits each space in the following passage. 
    (41)______ every town in Britain has a public library, funded by the local authority, where local people may borrow books (42)______ of charge. Most libraries divide their books (43)______ two main sections, lending, and reference. The lending section normally offers a good (44) ______ of fiction and non-fiction, while the reference section contains encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, etc. Books from the lending section can be borrowed, usually for a period of two or three weeks, while books in the reference section may normally be (45)______  only in the library. Libraries are usually open daily from Monday to Friday, including some evenings, as well as on Saturday mornings.
     Other (46)______ besides books usually include a selection of newspapers and magazines, desks for private reading and study, a children’s book section, access (47) ______ current catalogs, and many other (48)______ of information by means of a computer terminal; a coin-(49)______ photocopier, music scores, records, audio-cassettes and videos that may be borrowed. Most libraries also (50) ______ exhibitions of local interest, for example, paintings by local artists or displays about local history. Many libraries also contain a local tourist information desk.
     Borrowers are normally allowed to. have up to ten or even more books out at any one time. A system of (51 )______ operates when books are not returned by the end of the borrowing (52)______. People living in the rural areas can use a mobile library, a van that (53)______ these areas regularly with a selection of books from the local library.
    (54) ______ public libraries, there are several important private libraries in Britain. Many of them are in London, such as the London Library. (55)______  belong to famous universities.

44_________

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that best fits each of the numbered blanks: 

LEARNING HOW TO LEARN

There is usually one important subject missing from most school timetables. Very few students are (41) ________ how to organize their learning and how to (42) ________ the best use of their time. Let's take some simple (43) ________. Do you know how to (44) ________ up words in a dictionary, and do you understand all of the (45)________ the dictionary contains? Can you take notes quickly and can you understand them (46) ________ ? For some reasons, many schools give learners no (47) ________ with these matters. Teachers ask students to memorize pages from books, but don't explain (48) ________ to do it. Learning by heart can be useful but it is important to have a genuine (49) ________ of a subject. You can (50) ________ a lot of time memorizing books, without understanding anything about the subject.

(46)....................

Choose the suitable word to fill in each blank. 

Research has shown that over half the children in Britain who take their lunches to school do not eat (1)_____ in the middle of the day. In Britain schools have to (2)_____ meals at lunchtime. Children can (3)_____ to bring their own food or have lunch at the school canteen.
One shocking (4)_____ of this research is that school meals are much healthier than lunches prepared by parents. There are strict (5)_____ for the preparation of school meals, which have to include one (6)_____of fruit and one of the vegetables, as well meat, a dairy item and starchy food like bread or pasta. Lunchboxes (7) _____by researchers contained sweet drinks, crisps, and chocolate bars. Children (8) _____twice as much sugar as they should at lunchtime.
Research has shown that over half the children in Britain who take their own lunches to school do not eat (1)_____ in the middle of the day. In Britain schools have to (2)_____ meals at lunchtime. Children can (3)_____ to bring their own food or have lunch at the school canteen.
One shocking (4)_____ of this research is that school meals are much healthier than lunches prepared by parents. There are strict (5)_____ for the preparation of school meals, which have to include one (6)_____of fruit and one of vegetables, as well meat, a dairy item and starchy food like bread or pasta. Lunchboxes (7) _____by researchers contained sweet drinks, crisps and chocolates bars. Children (8) _____twice as much sugar as they should at lunchtime. 
The research will provide a better (9)_____ why the percentage of overweight students in Britain has (10)_____  in the last decade. Unfortunately, the government cannot (11)_____ parents, but it can remind them of the (12)_____  value of milk, fruit, and vegetables. Small changes in their children’s diet can (13) _____ their future health. Children can easily develop bad eating (14 )_____ at this age, and parents are the only ones who can (15)_____ it.

15________