Read the letter and choose the best option( A, B, C or D) to complete ench gap from 33 to 37:
Dear Rob,

How are you? What have you been up to? Sorry I haven't written to you (33) ages, but I've been really busy recently with end-of-term exams. You know what it's like! I've also been rehearsing for the Christmas show, which starts next week.

Guess what I'm in hospital. Don't panic. I'm not seriously ill. I tell off (34) ___________I was playing tennis and broke my arm. Anyway, I'm only in for a day or two. Luckily my injury won't stop me (35) ____________ in the show.

The family are all fine. Mom's been working really (36) ____________. She doesn't get home till late. Dad's bought a new car-well, I say "new", but actually it's about ten years old. Christ has got a new computer and spends (37)____________ of the time playing computer games.

(37)......................

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word that best fits each of the numbered blanks

Ecotourism is booming and many tour operators say this is helpful to nature. Every year, millions of people visit protected (1) ____ areas to observe rare species. However, a new report casts doubt (2) ____ this form of tourism. The report, (3) ____ in the journal "Trends in Ecology and Evolution", suggests that ecotourism damages more than (4) ____ nature. Researchers believe tourists disrupt animals in their natural (5) ____. They point to a recent (6) ____ in Costa Rica where turtles had problems laying their eggs because of the many tourists who had gathered (7) ____  the beach to watch them.

The report says that ecotourism is (8) ____ animals bolder. A human presence makes animals tamer and less (9) ____ about other animals. This could put them at (10) ____ of being attacked by their natural predators, so more of them will be killed. The report says that when animals interact with humans, "they may let down their guard”. The report also says it is essential, “to develop a more comprehensive understanding of how different species in different situations respond to human visitation, and under what precise conditions human exposure might put them at risk".

(1) ___________

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.

1________

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. of why the percentage of
    The research will provide a better (9)_____ overweight students in Britain has (10)_____  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.

2________

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."

2/ What does “supply” in line 4 mean?

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.

2__________

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 people have to reconsider?

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

Sometimes people forget how we depend __________ (6) nature and environment surrounding us. We spend mindlessly __________ (7) 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 __________ (8) other fields of production. But this growth resulted in poor environmental conditions. It seems that every achievement and advancement only __________ (9) damage to nature.

We __________ (10) 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.

We __________ (10) natural resources thoughtlessly for many years. 

Read the passage and choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the blanks: 
EARTHQUAKES

Every year there are over 150,000 earthquakes around the world. Many are very small and people don't notice them. Others, like the ones in Haiti in 2010 or Japan in 2011, cause term damage and can (25)____________whole towns and cities.

Scientists study the Earth and know (26)_____________earthquakes are likely to happen. Some countries  have  a  much (27)___________risk  than  others.  Japan  has  on  average  1,500 earthquakes every year. In Britain there are 140. The earthquakes in Britain are usually very small and don't cause damage to people's houses. In Japan there are much bigger earthquakes, and many modern buildings are specially built (28)__________they don't get damaged.

One biggest problem with earthquakes is that we don't know when they are going to happen. Scientists can't (29)___________us the date or the time. If we could predict earthquakes, we could (30)___________for them and we could save lives by moving people away from the earthquake area.

In the future things may be different, however. In the 1970s, scientists noticed something (31)___________about the behavior of animals. In the winter of 1974 lots of snakes woke up from their winter sleep and came out into the cold. Then there were (32)___________ earthquakes in the north of China. In January the following year, people around the city of Haicheng noticed that lots of farm animals such as cows and horses were nervous and refused to go into buildings at night. In February there was a large earthquake in that area. (Extracted from Solutions 2nd Pre-intermediate Testbook, Oxford University Press)

(28)...................

Read the following passage and circle the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 26-30:
My village is about 50 kilometers (26) ………………. the city center. It is a very beautiful and (27)……………. place where people grow flowers and vegetables only. The village is very famous for its pretty rose (28) …………….. picturesque scenery. The air is quite fresh; however, the smell of roses sometimes makes people feel cool. In spring, my village looks (29)………………a carpet with plenty of colors. Tourists come to visit it so often. Nowadays, with electricity, it doesn't take the (30) ………………… much time to water the roses. And even at night, people can walk along the path and enjoy the fresh smell of the flowers.

(29).........................

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.

5________

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)_____  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.

9._________

Read the following passage carefully, and then select the best option A, B, C or D to complete it:

"Conservation, sustainable use and protection of (1) _______ resources including plants, animals, mineral deposits, soils, clean (2) _______, clean air, and fossil fuels such as coal, petroleum, and natural gas. Natural (3) _______ are grouped into two categories, renewable and nonrenewable. A (4) _______ resource is one that may be replaced over time by natural processes, (5) _______ fish populations or natural vegetation, or is inexhaustible, such as (6) _______ energy. The goal of renewable resource conservation is to ensure (7) _______ such resources are not consumed faster than they are (8) _______. Nonrenewable resources are those in limited supply that cannot be replaced (9) ______ can be replaced only over extremely long (10) _______ of time. Nonrenewable resources include fossil fuels and mineral deposits, such as (11) _______ ore and gold ore. Conservation activities for nonrenewable resources focus (12) _______ maintaining an adequate supply of these resources well into the future. Natural resources are conserved for their biological, economic, and recreational values, (13)_______ their natural beauty and importance to local cultures. (14) _______, 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 (15) _______ for its recreational value for scuba divers; and a scenic river may be protected for its natural beauty...."

15. a coral reef may be (15) _______ for its recreational value for scuba divers; and a scenic river may be protected for its natural beauty.

Read the text and decide which answer best fits each space given. 

THE BAT

    The bat may seem like an ordinary creature, but in fact, it is an amazing animal. The bat has wings and is the only animal (1)________ of true flight. There are many (2)________ species of bat. In Britain (3) ________there are fourteen types of bat, which ranges in sizes from a few inches to (4) ________feet in wingspan.
    Bats are nocturnal animals (5)________ become active only at dusk. Many species (6) ________on a “radar” system to find their way around. The bat emits squeaks and then measures the echoes to “see” how far away from any (7) ________.
     The (8)________ of bats survive on a diet of insects while others eat fruit. There are two species which eat fish and there are even some bats which eat meat! Some vampire bats take blood (9)________ their sleeping victims. These bats may carry the deadly disease rabies.
     Bats are sociable creatures and form large colonies. Most bats (10)________  throughout the winter months. Many people are afraid of bats without even seeing one. Perhaps if we learn more about these wonderful creatures, we will no longer fear them.

6.__________

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 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.

4__________

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.

Earth Hour is held to raise awareness about __________.

Read the text and decide which answer best fits each space given. 

THE BAT

    The bat may seem like an ordinary creature, but in fact, it is an amazing animal. The bat has wings and is the only animal (1)________ of true flight. There are many (2)________ species of bat. In Britain (3) ________there are fourteen types of bat, which ranges in sizes from a few inches to (4) ________feet in wingspan.
    Bats are nocturnal animals (5)________ become active only at dusk. Many species (6) ________on a “radar” system to find their way around. The bat emits squeaks and then measures the echoes to “see” how far away from any (7) ________.
     The (8)________ of bats survive on a diet of insects while others eat fruit. There are two species which eat fish and there are even some bats which eat meat! Some vampire bats take blood (9)________ their sleeping victims. These bats may carry the deadly disease rabies.
     Bats are sociable creatures and form large colonies. Most bats (10)________  throughout the winter months. Many people are afraid of bats without even seeing one. Perhaps if we learn more about these wonderful creatures, we will no longer fear them.

4.__________

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.

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.

A renewable source can be replaced over time or can last forever

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.

8_________