Nobody called the phone, ………………..?

Choose the correct answers to complete the passage.

No writer in American literature is (1) __________ or more loved than Samuel Longhorn Clements. Born in Missouri in 1835, he grew (2) __________ on the bank of the Mississippi river and later adopted the pen name Mark Twain. The (3) __________ environment inspired the two novels which made him famous, "Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn" and "Life on the Mississippi", told of his adventures on the river boats of that period.
Mark Twain's life as a writer started during the Civil War. At that time he (4) __________ as a newspaper man in Nevada and California. His short story "The celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" was an immediate (5) __________ and his new career began.

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No one knows anything about his background, do they?

=> Nothing _________________________________________.

No cars in the world are more expensive than Japanese cars.

=> Japanese cars _________________________________

She worked hard. She passed her exam.

→ She worked ..........................................

My sister can speak both English and Spanish perfectly.

Rewrite the following sentences without changing their meaning. Use the given word(s) if any.

My parents do not let me hang around with bad people for fear that I will get into drugs. (PERMITTED)

→ I am.............................

My grandfather is 80 and his_________is not very good. (HEAR)

She studied enough hard, so she passed the exam easily

Mr. Hung lived in the country when he was a child. 

=> Mr. Hung used ______________________.

Đọc đoạn văn sau và chọn câu trả lời đúng cho các câu hỏi. 

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? More than two hundred years ago …

More than two hundred years ago …

Read the passage and choose the best answer. 

Modern life is impossible without travelling. The fastest way of travelling is by air. With a modern airliner you can travel in one day to places which it took a month or more to get to a hundred years ago. 

Travelling by train is slower than by air, but it has its advantages. You can see the country you are travelling through. Modern trains have comfortable seats and dining cars. They make even the longest journey enjoyable. 

Some people prefer to travel by sea when it is possible. There are large liners and river boats. You can visit many other countries and different places. Travelling by sea is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday. 

Many people like to travel by car. You can make your own timetable. You can travel three or four hundred miles or only fifty or one hundred miles a day, just as you like. You can stop wherever you wish - where there is something interesting to see, at a good restaurant where you can enjoy a good meal, or at a hotel to spend the night. That is why travelling by car is popular for pleasure trips, while people usually take a train or a plane when they are travelling on business. 

From the passage we know the fastest way of travelling is ______.

Read the passage and write the answer True or False. (2,5 points)

Modem cinema audiences expect to see plenty of thrilling scenes in actions films. These scenes, which are known as “stunts”, are usually performed by stuntmen who are specially trained to do dangerous things safely. Anyone can crash a car, but if you are shooting a film, you have to be extremely precise, sometimes stopping right in front of the camera and the film crew.

At an early stage of the production, an expert stuntman is called in to work out the action scenes and form a team. He is the only person who can go against the wishes of the director although he will usually only do this in the interests of safety.

Many famous actors like to do the dangerous parts themselves, which produces better shots, since stuntmen don’t have to work in for the actors. Actors like to become involved in all the important aspects of the characters they are playing, but without the recent progress in safety equipment, insurance companies would never let them take the risk. To do their own stunts, actors need to be good athletes, but they must also be sensible and know their limits. If they were to be hurt, the film would come to a sudden halt.

1. “Stunts” are risky and breath-taking scenes in action films.

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

   Millions of people are using cellphones today. In many places, it is actually considered unusual not to use one. In many countries, cellphones are very popular with young people. They find that the phones are more than a means of communication - having a mobile phone shows that they are cool and connected.

   The explosion in mobile phone use around the world has made some health professionals worried. Some doctors are concerned that in the future many people may suffer health problems from the use of mobile phones. In England, there has been a serious debate about this issue. Mobile phone companies are worried about the negative publicity of such ideas. They say that there is no proof that mobile phones are bad for your health.

   On the other hand, medical studies have shown changes in the brain cells of some people who use mobile phones. Signs of change in the tissues of the brain and head can be detected with modern scanning equipment. In one case, a traveling salesman had to retire at young age because of serious memory loss. He couldn't remember even simple tasks. He would often forget the name of his own son. This man used to talk on his mobile phone for about six hours a day, every day of his working week, for a couple of years. His family doctor blamed his mobile phone use, but his employer's doctor didn't agree.

   What is it that makes mobile phones potentially harmful? The answer is radiation. High-tech machines can detect very small amounts of radiation from mobile phones. Mobile phone companies agree that there is some radiation, but they say the amount is too small to worry about.

   As the discussion about their safety continues, it appears that it's best to use mobile phones less often. Use your regular phone if you want to talk for a long time. Use your mobile phone only when you really need it. Mobile phones can be very useful and convenient, especially in emergencies. In the future, mobile phones may have a warning label that says they are bad for your health. So for now, it's wise not to use your mobile phone too often.

Question: The word “they” in paragraph 2 refers to _______.

Mike, _______, will you switch off that television!

Chọn từ đồng nghĩa với từ gạch chân:

Michael's leg is better now. He is relieved that he can play football again.

Many teachers have worked to change their traditional classrooms into an environment _________ students can use the latest technology for their learning process.

Rewrite sentences without changing the meaning

Question: Many species of flora and fauna are on the verge of extinction.

Choose the word which best fits each gap.

Many human activities over the last 200 years have been responsible (1) ________ polluting the air and damaging people’s health. Automobile engines and power plants burn combustible (2) ________ like gasoline and coal and allow toxic gases and smoke to escape into the air. Some pollutants destroy the ozone layer, which is the thin blanket of gases that (3) ________ Earth from the Sun’s dangerous ultraviolet rays. Other pollutants contribute to (4) ________ warming by adding to the planet’s natural greenhouse effect. Still others create acid rain, a phenomenon that has disastrous (5) ________ on lake and forest habitats. Air pollution is not limited to industrial areas. Depending on the direction of the wind and its force, air pollutants may (6) ________ spread to other countries very far from the source of the pollution. Big cities like Los Angeles and Mexico City are often covered by smog, a fog that occurs (7) ________ air pollution. In 1952, the City of London, England, was enveloped by smog so thick that people on the streets had to feel their way around by (8) ________ the walls of buildings!

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Read the passage and choose the correct answer to each question.

      We will probably never know who first sold a beef inside a bun, but there are lots of contenders for having invented something similar.

      Genghis Khan and his army of Mongol horsemen used to snack on raw beef which they kept underneath their saddles. They also ground meat from lamb or mutton. This was fast food for busy warriors on horseback at that time. When theMongols invaded Russia, the snack became known as “Steak Tartare”. In the 17thand 18th centuries trade between Germany and Russia gave rise to the “Tartare steak”, while the “Hamburg steak” became popular with German sailors along the New York City harbor.

      It’s speculated that the first “Hamburger steak” was served at Delmonico’s Restaurant in New York City in 1834, but not in a bun. In 1885 Charlie “Hamburger” Nagreen served flattened meatballs between two slices of bread. As late as 1904 Fletcher Davis of Athens, Texas, attracted much attention when he sold his hamburgers at the St. Louis World’s Fair. Davis’s claim to having originated the hamburger has been supported by both McDonalds and Dairy Queen.

      Brothers Frank and Charles Menches may also have made a major contribution to hamburger history: they sold ground pork sandwiches at the Erie Country Fair in New York, but one day in 1885, they were forced to use chopped beef because their butcher had run out of pork. They mixed in some coffee and brown sugar to beef p the taste and sold their “Hamburger Sandwiches”. The name “Hamburger” came from Hamburg, New York, the location of the fair.

1.   What was the Menches’ contribution to hamburger history?

London is the capital of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's great cosmopolitan cities. The city has more than 50 ethnic communities of 10,000 or more people. Its population is more than 8 millions. About 70 different national cuisines are available

London has a great number of important buildings, including world-famous museums, theatres concert halls airports, railway stations and palaces. There are places that you must see when you are in the city, such as the Tower Bridge and the Tower of London.

The Tower Bridge on the river Thames is drawbridge. It means that it can be opened. Near the Tower Bridge, you can see The Tower of London. It was a prison, palace of execution and now it's a showcase for the Crown Jewels.

Another interesting place is the St. Paul's Cathedral, which is located in the center of the city. St. Paul's Cathedral is the place of many important events, for example, the Royal wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana. But you can't forget about Buckingham Palace which is the official London residence of the Queen and the Royal Family.

One of the most well known galleries is the National Gallery, which has one of the greatest collections of European painting in the world. The paintings of the National gallery were painted from 1250 to 1900, the collections includes work by Botticelli, Leonardo Da Vinci, Rembrandt, Turner, Cezanne and Van Gogh. If you are tired, go and relax at Hyde Park. You want to have some fun? Visit the Madame Tussauds wax museum or the room of Sherlock Holmes at 21 Baker Street.

How many ethnic communities in London?

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

Son Doong Cave

Located in the limestone mountains of Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park. Son Doong Cave was first found in 1991 by Ho Khanh, a local man. In 2009, the cave was explored and published by a group of scientists from British Cave Research Association.

Son Doong Cave was formed from 2 to 5 million years ago, when the river flowed through the limestone mountain area and was buried. The water eroded limestone and created an underground tunnel. In soft limestone areas, the collapse of tunnel ceiling formed large holes which became giant domes afterward. The cave is about 200m high, 200m wide and at least 8 5km long. Especially, Son Doong consists of two entrances, which is unique among explored caves in Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park. Exploring the cave, visitors were surprised with spectacular scenery of numerous stalactites of which some giant stalagmites are more than 70 metres high. Deep inside the cave exists a grandiose tropical jungle called “Garden of Eden" by the explorers. The jungle is home to a diversifiedsystem of fauna and flora. Besides, the cave possesses a 2.5-kilometre underground river. Not far from the “Garden of Eden” lies an enormous “pearl collection” consisting of tens of thousands of small stone pieces in dry ponds, contributing to magnificent beauty of the cave.

The reason why Son Doong Cave was formed is that ………..

Choose the correct answers to complete the passage.       

      Living in Vietnam today (1)_________greatly from the lifestyle of 100 years ago. People in the past mainly worked in agriculture (2)_______today there are significantly less people working in this sector of the economy. These days, (3)________, people are more likely to be employed in manufacturing and tourism than in the rice fields. Moreover, Vietnam, which was (4)______ agrarian, is transforming into an entirely different country. While agriculture is still an important component of the Vietnamese economy, other enterprises are (5)_________an increasing amount of economic activity.  However, along with the differences, similarities also exist. The people of Vietnam have retained many of the characteristics of their (6) _________. The Vietnamese people areas friendly today as they were in the past. This is best exemplified in the way they welcome foreigners (7)________their unique country. Moreover, the resilience and determination  of the people of Vietnam has not changed. The Vietnamese work (8) ________and happily owards the development of their country.

            Living in Vietnam today (1)_________greatly from the lifestyle of 100 years ago.

Lack of sanitation in restaurants are a major cause of disease in some areas of the country.

Kelly and Tim persuaded me _________ the party.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 26 to 30.

Just as people have altered their skin’s color to (26)______ wealth and beauty, some cultures around the globe marked their skin to indicate cultural identity or community status. Tattooing, for example, has been carried out for thousands of years. Leaders in places including ancient Egypt, Peru and Britain wore tattoos to mark their status, or their bravery.

In Japan, tattooing has been practiced since around the fifth century B.C. The government made tattooing illegal in 1870 and (27)______ there are no laws against it, tattoos are still strongly associated with criminals – particularly the yakuza, or Japanese mafia,(28)______ are known for their full-body tattoos. The complex design of a yakuza member’s tattoo usually includes symbols of character (29)______ that wearer wants to have.

Not (30)_____ skin markings are permanent, though. In countries such as Morocco and India, women decorate their skin with colorful henna designs for celebrations such as weddings and important religious holidays. The henna coloring, which comes from a plant, fades and disappears over time

Just as people have altered their skin’s color to (26)______ wealth and beauty, some cultures around the globe marked their skin to indicate cultural identity or community status

(Adapted from Reading Explorer 3 by Nancy Douglas)

Tom is saving his pocket money that buy a new robot.

            A               B                      C              D

John has not had his hair cut for over six months.

=> It is _______________________________________.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following exchanges.

John and Mary are talking about what to do after class.

- John: “__________”

- Mary: “Yes, I’d love to.”

John acted effectively in a charitable program.

=> John was _________________________________.

Rewrite the sentence

Jean cloth is made of cotton.

=> Cotton ________.

Chuyển các câu sau sang thể phủ định và nghi vấn

Jane was at school yesterday.

(-)________________________________

(?)_______________________________

It wasn't until last week that the Agriculture Minister admitted defeat.

=> Only until ___________________________.

It was my fault to keep you waiting so long. I (inform) ______ you in advance.

It was an interesting film!

=> What _______________________!

Sửa lỗi sai: It was 7^th May 1954 that we won the Dien Bien Phu victory.

Read the passage and choose the best answer.

It is very important to have healthy teeth. Good teeth help us to chew our food. They also help us to look nice. How does a tooth go bad? The decay begins in a little crack in the enamel covering of the tooth. This happens after germs and bits of food have collected there then the decay slowly spreads inside the tooth. Eventually, poison goes into the blood, and we may feel quite ill.

How can we keep our teeth healthy? Firstly, we ought to visit our dentist twice a year. He can fill the small holes in our teeth before they destroy the teeth. He can examine our teeth to check that they are growing in the right way. Unfortunately, many people wait until they have toothache before they see a dentist. Secondly, we should brush our teeth with a toothbrush and fluoride toothpaste at least twice a day-once after breakfast and once before we go to bed. We can also use wooden toothpicks to clean between our teeth after a meal. Thirdly, we should eat food that is good for our teeth and our body: milk, cheese, fish, brown bread, potatoes, red rice, raw vegetables and fresh fruit. Chocolate, sweets, biscuits and cakes are bad, especially when we eat them between meals. They are harmful because they stick to our teeth and cause decay.

Good teeth help us to _________.

Independent ______ plan their learning and set their own goals. 

In ______, students can study a work sector like applied business, design, health, or tourism.

In my opinion, I think that this book is more interested than the other one.