After almost a day, they blasted off. They docked with Collins in (10)                    around the moon. All three then flew back to the Earth.

Read the text carefully, then decide whether the following statements are True or False

LEARNING ENGLISH

      It is not easy for adult students of English to improve their accent. Unlike children, who are flexible, adults often find it hard to change the way they speak. This is why even the top, or smartest adult students have difficulty with pronunciation. There are several things that an international student can do to improve his or her pronunciation.

      One method is to sign up for a pronunciation class. Studying pronunciation can help students to understand the rules of English, but in order to practice speaking, students often need to be exposed to English outside the classroom as well. This is why many students say that studying in an English-speaking country greatly affects their English. Living with native speakers can help students to learn newvocabulary as well as improve their accents. International students can alsolearn important cultural information. This can help to prevent misunderstandings that can occur when people from different cultures live together.

1.   Adult students of English cannot improve their accents because they are                                                                                                                               _ slow to change.

2.   Most young students are able to change their pronunciation easily.                                                                                                                         ____

3.   Attending a pronunciation class can be very helpful to adult learners who                                                                                                                             _________ have problems with their pronunciation.

4.   All that they need to improve their pronunciation is to practice more outside                                                                                                                        _________ the classroom.

5.   To avoid misunderstandings about cultures, students should live with native                                                                                                                          _________ speakers.

Read the passage carefully, then decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F)

      Canada is the world’s second largest country. Its population is not very large, however. About 25 million people live in Canada – less than half the population of Britain or France and only one thirtieth of the population of India. Canada is in North America and its capital is Ottawa. It is a rich country with a lot of natural resources. In southern Canada the land is very good for farming and Canada exports a lot of wheat. In the north there are magnificent forests. In the west there are some very high mountains called the Rockies. Canada also has many minerals such as petroleum, gas, copper and zinc. Canada was the first settled by French pioneers. In the eighteenth century there were wars between Britain and French, Canada came under British rule. Since 1931 Canada has been an independent member of the British Commonwealth. English and French are both official language in Canada.

1.   Canada is a densely populated country.                                                                                                                 _______

Read the text, and fill in the blanks with the suitable words.

      City is often (1)                as a large and a highly populated area. (2)                , city life is living in a large populated, technologically advanced area. (3)                       to World Health Organization, 54% of the world’s population lived in urban areas by 2014. A city is technologically (4)               advanced and complex than the countryside. Therefore, there are many advantages in living in a city. Technology (5)                      our lives easy in a City. Cities have many facilities like high-quality hospitals, educational institutes, banks, shops (6)                                  other business institutes. This makes our life easy as we (7)                             access the facilities provided by these institutes and organizations without delay. Moreover, many employment opportunities are available in the City as many major business institutes, factories are (8)                        here. City life also gives us access to developed infrastructure facilities, like water, electricity, telecommunication and transportation facilities.

      (9)                         , we can also notice a difference in the behavior of the people living in the city. City dwellers tend to be (10)                    , ambitious and distant compared to the village folk.

Fill in each blank in the passage with the correct word from the box. There are some extra words.

      Ha Noi’s Old Quarter was established hundreds of years ago on the east side of the ancient Thang Long citadel. In the old days, the Old Quarter, a system of narrow streets, alleys and houses, was (1)                  to several guilds such as bronze casting, forging, jewelry making, wood carving, silk and clothes trading. Small, beautifully styled houses built along with a (2)                          local culture. Streets in the Old Quarter still have names describing their original goods or craft, for example, Hang Bac or “Silver Street”. The ground-floor shops of the (3)                              here now sell handicrafts, fine arts, and food. But the quarter also has a number of pagodas, temples, (4)                      relics, and festivals dedicated to the founders of some the local crafts. Now, many guild streets, like Hang Quat street, don’t make fans anymore, but they are remembered as craft streets The architecture and lifestyle of the local people reflect typical (5)                    of traditional guild streets in Ha Noi.

Read the passage and fill in the blanks with the suitable words.

THE BEATLES

      In the 1960s, The Beatles were probably the (1)                         famous pop group in the whole world. Since then, there have (2)               a great many groups that have achieved enormous fame, so it is perhaps difficult now to imagine how sensational The Beatles were at the time. They were four boys from the north of (3)            and none of them had any training in music. They started by performing and recording songs (4)             black Americans and they had some success with these songs, then they (5)          writing their own songs and that was when they became really popular. The Beatles changed pop music. They were the first (6)                           group to achieve great success from songs they had written themselves. After that it became common for groups and singers to write their own (7)                  . The Beatles did not have a long career. Their first hit record was in 1963 and they split up (8)                                  1970. They stopped doing live performances in 1966 because it had become too dangerous for them their fans were so excited (9)             they surrounded them and tried to take their clothes as souvenirs! However, today some of their songs remain as (10)                as they were when they first came out. Throughout the world, many people can sing part of a Beatles song if you ask them.

Read the passage, and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D.

      Fabrizio from Venice: Of course, there’s a lot to see in Venice. It’s one of the most famous cities in the world. First of all, there are the canals. We don’t have cars in Venice so you have to travel everywhere by canal. The most famous place in Venice is the square. St. Mark’s Square with St. Mark’s Cathedral. And there are lots of museums and palaces, and beautiful bridges, too.

      Yumi from Kyoto: For me, Kyoto is the most beautiful city in Japan. It’s also the oldest city. It has many old traditional buildings, and beautiful palaces, temples and gardens. The most famous temple is the Golden Pavilion. There are also very good markets, and also really good shops, and some beautiful modern buildings, too.

      Murat from Istanbul: I think Istanbul is maybe the most beautiful city in the world, but of course I come from Istanbul! The city is built on hills around the Bosphoros, and so there arebeautiful views across the water. From the water, you can see mosques – the most famous is called the Blue Mosque – and palaces and bridges. Istanbul also has a very famous market called the Grand Bazaar. But these days we also have many modern shopping centres and modern buildings and hotels. It’s really a fantastic city.

      Claudia from Rio de Janeiro: Rio is one of the most exciting cities in South America ... first of course we have our famous beach, the Copacabana, and there are many mountains around Rio – the most famous is the Sugar Plum Mountain where you can see a big statue of Christ, and of course we have our famous stadium... the Macarana stadium, maybe the most famous football stadium in the world ... it’s really a great place.

      Marina from St. Petersburg: You’ll really love St. Petersburg because there are so many things to see. The most famous is the Winter Palace, where the Tsars lived, and the Hermitage Museum which is a fantastic art gallery, and we have a very beautiful river too, the River Neva, and of course churches and cathedrals. There is so much to see!

1.   The place(s) that Fabrizio recommends coming to in Venice most must be             .

Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only one word in each space.

      Australia is a huge country and it has a lot of different kinds of (1)                          . In the past, the Aboriginal people of Australia ate animals like crocodiles and some insects like the witchetty grub. Aboriginal Australians travelled around the Australian countryside, or ‘bush’, to find food.

      When the first British and Irish people moved to Australia in the 1830s, they brought sheep and cows from Europe. They also brought traditional Englishand Irish recipes. Many of these (2)                               , like fish and chips and (3)                            pies, are still popular today. They also created new Australian recipes such as the pavlova (a fruit dessert - named after a Russian dancer) and damper (a bread cooked in the bush).

      After 1945, a lot of people came to live in Australia from countries like Italy, Germany, Greece, Thailand and India. They brought recipes with them and Australians began to eat and drink different things. People started to drink (4)                     coffee and eat Mediterranean and Asian food.

      A lot of modern Australians love (5)                               with fresh food. They often cook food on (6)                                 in their gardens or on the beach. Today more people also eat (7)                              food like kangaroo and (8)                            . Mark Olive, an Aboriginal chef, has a popular TV (9)                  programme about traditional; (10)                        food. There are always new recipes to try in Australia!

Read the passage, and fill in the blank with the suitable word.

            Around 60 kilometers southwest of Ha Noi, Perfume Pagoda is one of the largest (1)                               sites in Huong Son Commune, My Duc District. It comprises a complex of pagodas and Buddhist shrines (2)                                               into the limestone cliffs of Perfume Mount, spreading alongside the (3)                                           up to the peak. The complex’s center is Inner Temple, right inside Huong Tich Cavern. Huge numbers of pilgrims flock to the site (4)                                             Perfume Pagoda Festival, which begins in the middle of the (5)                              lunar month and (6)                                     until the middle of the third one (or from February to April) in order to (7)                                   for happiness and prosperity in the coming year. Also, it is a very popular opportunity for young (8)                             to meet and for numerous romances to be (9)                                           . On this special occasion, a wide range of traditional cultural activities is incorporated. Perfume Pagoda is not only a religious site, but a great sight-seeing (10)                            in Viet Nam as well.

Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

      It is just simple and ordinary as its (1)                 . No noisy sound from engines, no obscure smoke and no spending too much for commuting. From a long time ago, Vietnamese people have thought of the rickshaw as a (2)                 means of transportation when going out. It is not only close-knit to Vietnamese but also connected strongly with the foreigners (3)                      all of them were attracted by this unique means at the first time visiting Viet Nam.

      The rickshaw has existed for a long time in Vietnamese life, and become quite necessary as the (4)                in a body. Not only the Vietnamese feel (5)              to rickshaw, foreigners are also impressed by this unique vehicle. They will be fond of sitting on the rickshaw for a (6)                     tour around Sword Lake or a round on the streets to (7)                dreamy and peaceful photos in the ancient citadel.

      Traveling in a rickshaw is the time for peacefully (8)                 windy sunset and bright sunrises on the beach of Nha Trang or Da Nang or elsewhere. How pleasant it is for you to enjoy a relaxing feeling on the short (9)                trip.

Fill each blank with a suitable word to complete the following passage.

      You can do a few things to make homework less (1)                              . First, be sure you understand the assignment. Write it (2)                   in your notebook or day planner if you need to, and don’t be afraid to ask questions about what is expected. It is much easier to take a minute to ask the teacher during or after class than to (3)                  to remember later that night! If you want, you can also ask how long the particular homework assignment should take to
complete so you can plan your time.

      Second, use any extra time you have at school to work on your homework. Many schools have libraries that are (4)                   designed to allow students to study or get homework done. The more work you can get done in school, the (5)                       you will have to do at that night.

      Third, pace yourself. If you don't finish your homework (6)                         school, think about how much you have left and what else is going on that day, and then plan your time. Most (7)                         students have between 1 and 3 hours of homework a night. If it is a heavy homework day, you will need to devote more time to homework.

      No one is (8)                     to understand everything, and maybe you need some help. The first place to turn for help is your teacher. But what if you don't feel comfortable with your teacher? If you are in a big enough school, there may be other teachers who teach the same subject. Speak to other teachers directly and you may be in luck. Sometimes it just helps to have someone (9)                                   something in a different way. (10)                        , you might also be able to get some help from another student. If there is someone you like who is a good
student, think about asking that person if you can study together.

Fill each blank with a suitable word in the box.

      Cyberbullying is the (1)               of technology to annoy, threaten, embarrass or target (2)                                 person. Online threats and aggressive,                             or rude texts, posts, or messages all count. So does (3)                           personal information, pictures, or videos designed to hurt or embarrass someone else. (4)          comments often focus on things like a person’s gender, religion race, or physical differences.

            Online bullying can be particularly damaging and upsetting (5)                               it is usually anonymous or (6)                       to find. People can suffer (7)                         a 24/7 basis – every time they (8)                  their cellphone or computer.

      The first thing (9)                                     to solve the problem is to tell an adult you trust. You also can talk to your school counselor or a trusted teacher or family member. Ignoring bullies is the best way to take away their power, but it isn’t always easy to do – in the real world (10)              online.

Read the passage, and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each question.

      Do you ever think about what schools will be like in the future? Many people think that students will study most regular classes such as maths, science and history online. Students will probably be able to these subjects anywhere using a computer. What will happen if students have problem with a subject? They might connect with a teacher through live videoconferencing. Expert teachers from learning centres will give students help wherever they live.

      Students will still take classes in a school, too. Schools will become places for learning social skills. Teachers will guide students in learning how to work together in getting along with each other. They will help students with group projects both in and out of the classroom.

      Volunteer work and working at local businesses will teach students important life skills about the world they live in. This will help students become an important part of their communities.Some experts say it will take five years for changes to begin in schools. Some say it will take longer. Most people agree, though, that computers will change education the way TVs and telephones changed life for people all over the world years before.

1.   What is the main idea of the passage?

Read the passage and choose each phrase to fill in the blanks.

      London has a population of about 7,000,000. It lies on the River Thames, (1)         nearly 2,000 years ago. From about 1800 until World War Two, London was the biggest city in the world, but now there are many cities (2)              .

      London is famous for many things. Tourists come from all over the world to visit its historic buildings, such as Buckingham Palace, (3)                           , and the House of Parliament, (4)                                    and hear the famous clock, Big Ben. They also come to visit its theatres, its museums, and its many shops, suchas Harrods, (5)                 . And of course they want to ride on the big wheel next to the river.

      Like many big cities, London has problems with traffic and pollution. Over 1,000,000 people a day use the London Underground, but there are still too many cars on the streets. The air isn’t clean, but it is cleaner than it was 100 years ago.

      For me, the best thing about London is the parks. There are five in the city centre. But my children’s favorite place is Hamleys, (6)             toy shop in the world.