TAI LIEU ON THI TIENG ANH THAC sỹ (CO ĐAP AN)

ĐỀ CƯƠNG ÔN THI TUYỂN SINH ĐÀO TẠO THẠC SĨ
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
(Dùng cho các chuyên ngành không chuyên tiếng Anh)
PHẦN I: ĐỌC HIỂU:
Bài 1/1: Chọn từ thích hợp để điền vào chỗ trống trong câu (mỗi từ chỉ được sử
dụng một lần, có từ khơng được sử dụng ):
Worth
satellites
normally
journals
milk
pile
homeless
message
Normal
exactly
throat
feed
spread
fair
rights
fact
1. Barbara has a sore throat . She can hardly talk.
2. Many famous people have written journals . They are very interesting to read.
3. I don’t understand exactly what you mean.
4. Saudi Arabia cannot grow enough food to feed its population.
5. It is a fact that the Earth is round.
6. Peter spread his papers all over the table and then put them in order.
Bài 1/2: Chọn từ thích hợp để điền vào chỗ trống trong câu (mỗi từ chỉ được sử
dụng một lần, có từ khơng được sử dụng ):
blow

for
homeless
through
damaged normally
beautiful
worth
provision
drought
flood
terribly
overpopulated
injured
pollute
cars
summer
1. Factories and cars pollute the air.
2. Fall, winter, spring and summer are the four seasons.
3. Tom’s car hit a tree, and he was badly injured.
4. Some countries are overpopulated. They have too many people.
5. The heavy rains in the mountains caused a bad flood along the river.
6. There is a drought when it doesn’t rain for a long time.
7. The provision of food for hungry people is very important.
8. Ann’s new diamond ring is worth $5,000.
9. Each class normally has fifteen students, but this semester there are only twelve.
10.Paul had an accident last night. His car was damaged but no one was hurt.
Bài 1/3: Chọn từ thích hợp để điền vào chỗ trống trong câu (mỗi từ chỉ được sử
dụng một lần, có từ khơng được sử dụng ):
Noisily mountainous injuries
ashamed
friendly

possessions refusal
destruction
flight
entertainment
encouraged
impression
1. Television is one of the cheapest forms of entertainment.
2. He fell off his motor- bike, but his injuries were not serious.
3. The family managed to get out of the burning house, but they lost nearly all their
possessions
4. I was annoyed at his refusal to co- operate.
5.Sally came in so noisily that she woke everyone up.
6.He said “good evening” in a most friendly way.
7. Her boss encouraged her to work hard.
8. Martin was very ashamed of what he had done.
9. This organization is very concerned about the destruction of the rain forests
10 The country is very mountainous so travelling by road is difficult.
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Bài 1/4: Chọn từ thích hợp để điền vào chỗ trống trong câu (mỗi từ chỉ được sử
dụng một lần, có từ khơng được sử dụng ):
imprisoned homeless confused
satisfaction invention worldwide satisfied
scientists worthless industrial confusing approval
1. The satellites have given us worldwide communications.
2. Scientific knowledge has been developed through the work of many scientists.
3. With the invention of the computer, office workers can save a lot of their time.
4. There are many industrial cities in our country.
5. The instructions were so confusing that I have done it all wrong.

6. The committee was not really satisfied with the financial inspection.
7. The urban developer submitted his plan to the City Committee for approval.
8. He was imprisoned for a year.
9. The thief replaced the diamond with a worthless stone.
10.Thousands of people have been made homeless by the war.
Bài 1/5: Chọn từ thích hợp để điền vào chỗ trống trong câu (mỗi từ chỉ được sử
dụng một lần, có từ khơng được sử dụng ):
harmless
speedy
strengthen wide applicants
musicians
poisonous
behaviour
reliable
warmth
criminal
1. There were over fifty musicians in the orchestra.
2.Jim always does what he says; he’s a very reliable person.
3. Alexander knows which mushrooms are poisonous, so ask him before you pick them.
4. The company is very efficient and gives a speedy service.
5. The warmth of the fire was very welcome after our long walk.
6. John’s behaviour improved at his new school.
7. Work is going on to strengthen the bridge, which carries a great deal of traffic.
8. That large dog is perfectly harmless and has never been known to attack anyone.
9. We have decided to interview only the best six applicants for the job.
10. No one with a recent criminal record will be considered for this job.
Bài 1/6: Chọn từ thích hợp để điền vào chỗ trống trong câu (mỗi từ chỉ được sử
dụng một lần, có từ khơng được sử dụng ):
advertisement
outlived

different
overslept action
disadvantage
surprisingly

attractions differentiate
sociable
additives

1. They were so alike. It was sometimes impossible to differentiate between them.
2. He has many friends because he is so sociable.
3. I overslept this morning, and was late for school.
4. A holiday in America can be surprisingly cheap.
5. My grandfather outlived my grandmother by five years.
6. We must take action before things get worse.
7. Are all those additives they put in food really necessary?
8. Unfortunately, you‘ll be at a disadvantage if you can’t drive.
9. I saw an advertisement for the job in our local newspaper.
10. I only had a day to visit all the tourist attractions.
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Bài 1/7: Chọn từ thích hợp để điền vào chỗ trống trong câu (mỗi từ chỉ được sử
dụng một lần, có từ khơng được sử dụng ):
savings
successful

liar
eventually

freedom
inconsistent
childhood
proof
economical
threaten

ridiculous

1.Although the police suspected him of the crime, since they had no definite proof that
he was involved, they could not arrest him.
2. I spent my childhood in the country.
3. After hours of going from one hotel to another, we eventually found one which
was not fully booked.
4. The trouble with Mr. Brown is that he’s so inconsistent .One minute he goes mad
when you come late; the next he says nothing. You never know where you are.
5. You can’t wear those trousers, Sally. They’re far too tight. You look ridiculous in
them.
6. It is much more economical to buy that car.
7. After 15 years in prison John was given his freedom .
8. If you threaten me I will simply inform the police
9.When Bill and Jane retire, they are planning to spend all their savings on a
Mediterranean holiday.
10. Don’t believe any word Tim says. He is a terrible liar .
Bài 1/8: Chọn từ thích hợp để điền vào chỗ trống trong câu (mỗi từ chỉ được sử
dụng một lần, có từ khơng được sử dụng ):
helpful
begin
uncomfortable

proud
retirement
similarity
endless

homeless belief
comparison

industrial
of

1. I write endless letters of application, but got no reply.
2.In comparison with most other countries, Britain has a very high rate of heart attack.
3.These old people have saved a lot of money for their retirement.
4. The industrial area of the city is not very attractive.
5. Many homeless families have to live in hostels.
6. He was very proud of the work he had done.
7. He doesn’t agree with the belief that there is life on other planets.
8. There is a great similarity between Hari and his twin brother.
9. These shoes look quite smart but they are terribly uncomfortable.
10. It’s a nice shop and the assistants are all polite and very helpful .
Bài 1/9: Chọn từ thích hợp để điền vào chỗ trống trong câu (mỗi từ chỉ được sử
dụng một lần, có từ không được sử dụng ):
terrified
arrival
politician
expectation
refuse criminal

poems

employer

misunderstood
reason
unfortunately

1. I’d love to come to your party, but unfortunately , I have to go somewhere else.
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2.
3.
4.
5.

John Jameson is a famous criminal who stole five million pounds from a bank.
Churchill was not only a famous politician but also a respected historian.
He has very high expectation of his only son.
Roy was dismissed after being told by his employer that he must leave in a month’s
time.
6. He regularly writes poems for our newspaper.
7. The anival of the new guest caused trouble to my aunt.
8. Sorry about the mistakes. I misunderstood the instructions you gave me.
9. Many people still refuse to believe that smoking is harmful.
10.My wife is terried of spiders.
Bài 1/10: Chọn từ thích hợp để điền vào chỗ trống trong câu (mỗi từ chỉ được sử
dụng một lần, có từ khơng được sử dụng ):
disappeared
death

works
shouted

sleeplessness
riding

warm
perfectly

noise
sleep

trial

1. He suffered from constant sleeplessness.
2. I understand perfectly what you are saying.
3. The dealth of the Hollywood actor, Jimmy Halton, was announced last night.
4. The fans shouted when their teams scored a goal.
5. How can I sleep when you are making so much noise ?
6. After a trial of three weeks, Jones was found not guilty of murder.
7. The noise got fainter as the car disappeared into the distance.
8. It was cold and we had to walk quickly to keep warm.
9. One truth of riding a bicycle is that it’s cheap.
10. Because of road works , traffic was restricted to one lane in each direction.
Bài 2/1: Đọc các bài đọc dưới đây và trả lời các câu hỏi kèm theo:
I. English is the native or official language on one-fifth of the land area of the world. It
is spoken in North America, Great Britain, Australia, and New Zealand. In South Africa
and India it is one of the official languages.
More people study English than any other language. In many countries, the textbooks in
universities are in English. Many university classes are taught in English even though

the native language is not English.
English is the language of international communication. It is the language of
international business, research, and science. More than three-fourths of the world's
mail is written in English. More than three-fifths of the world’s radio stations use
English. More than half of the scientific and research journals are in English. Most
other languages have borrowed many English words.
Questions:
1. Where , according to the text, is English used as the native language?
-> In North America, Great Britain, Australia, and New Zealand.
2. Why is it necessary for students in many countries to know English?
-> Beacause the textbooks in universities are in English, and many university classes
are taught in English.
3. How many mails in the world are written in English?
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-> More than three-fourths of the world’s mail.
4. Is English important in science? How do you know?
-> Yes, it is. More than half of the scientific and research journals are in English.
5. What language have most of the languages in the world borrowed?
-> English.
II.“ What time is it ?” “ I don’t have enough time.” “Is it time to go yet ?” “Hurry up !
We’re going to be late.”
We talk about time every day. We measure it by the second, minute, hour, day, week,
month, year, and century. But what is time ? No one can say exactly what it is. It is one
of the greatest mysteries of our lives.
We don’t know exactly what time is, but our ability to measure it is very important. It
makes our way of life possible. All the members of a group have to measure time in the
same way.
Time lets us put things in a definite order. We know that breakfast comes before

lunch. The reading class is after the writing class. Children can’t play until school is
over. Time enables us to organize our lives.
The earliest people saw changes around them. They saw day and night, the changes of
the moon, and the seasons. They started measuring their lives by these changes.
Then people started inventing clocks. The Chinese invented a water clock in the
eleventh century, but the Egyptians had them long before that. As water dripped from
one container to another, it measured the passing time.
Questions:
1.Why is time a mystery ?
-> Because no one can say exactly what it is.
2.How do we measure time ?
-> By the second, minute, hour, day,week, month, year, and cetury.
3.Why is our ability to measure time important ?
-> Because it makes our way of life possible.
4.How does time enable us to organize our lives ?
-> Time lets us put things in a definite order.
III.
When the early settlers, especially the English, arrived in the New World, the hardships
and dangers awaiting them were totally unexpected. Had it not been for some friendly
Indians, the colonists never would have survived the terrible winters. They knew
nothing about planting crops, hunting animals, building sod houses, or making clothing
from animal skins. Life in England had been much simpler, and this new life was not
like what the Spanish explorers had reported.
Questions:
1. What faced the early settlers when they arrived in the New World ?
-> Hardships and dangers.
2. What were the Indians like ?
-> They were friendly.
3. Could the early colonists survive the terrible winters ?
-> Yes, they could.

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4. What did the Indians teach them ?
-> Planting crops, hunting animals, buiding sod houses, or making clothing from
animal skins.
5. Where were the early settlers from ?
-> England.
IV.
In 1920, after some thirty-nine years of problems with disease, high costs, and politics,
the Panama Canal was officially opened, finally linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
by allowing ships to pass through the fifty-mile canal zone instead of travelling some
seven thousand miles around Cape Horn. It takes a ship approximately eight hours to
complete the trip through the canal and costs an average of fifteen thousand dollars,
one-tenth of what it would cost an average ship to round the Horn. More than fifteen
thousand ships pass through its locks each year.
Questions:
1. When was the Panama Canal officially opened ?
-> In 1920.
2. In what year was construction probably begun on the canal ?
-> In 1881.
3. How long is the canal zone ?
-> 50 miles.
4. On the average, how much would it cost a ship to travel around Cape Horn ?
-> 150,000 USD.
5. How many ships travel through the Panama Canal annually ?
-> More than fifteen thousand ships.
V.
Clocks as we know them were probably developed by very religious people in
Europe in the thirteenth century. They needed to know the exact time so they could

pray at the right times. By the 1700s, people had clocks and watches that were
accurate to the minute. Some clocks were beautiful. They had very complicated
moving parts. Some had figures of people or animals that moved on the hour or
quarter hour. Others played music. The movement of the parts is beautiful to watch
when you open these clocks.
Questions:
1. Who developed clocks?
-> Very religious people.
2. Why did they develop clocks?
-> Because they needed to know the exact time so they could pray at the right times.
3. When did people have very accurate clocks?
-> By the 1700s.
4. Describe some kinds of clocks at that time.
-> Some clocks were beautiful. They had very complicated moving parts. Some had
figures of people or animals that moved on the hour or quarter hour. Others played
music.
5. What can you see when you open these clocks?
-> The beautiful movement of the parts.
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Bài 2/2: Đọc các bài đọc dưới đây và trả lời các câu hỏi kèm theo:
I.
Mahomed comes from Tripoli, a large port north of Beirut. He has a married sister who
lives in Australia. Nine months ago Mahomed and his parents came to Australia to live
with his sister. “We are homesick for Lebanon all the time. But it was terrible with the
war there. Shooting in the streets all the time. There was no work, nothing. We just
stayed at home all the time. Two friends of mine from school were killed. And my
brother. He was killed, too. He was twenty-four years old. He went to the shop and was
shot in the street. Just like that. It was terrible”. Mahomed has a brother-in-law who

works in Beirut. He was able to give the family money for air fares to Australia.
Questions :
1. Why did they decide to move to Australia ?
-> Because it was terrible with the war in Lebanon.
2. What happened to Mahomed’s brother and friends ?
-> They were killed.
3. Who paid for their flight to Australia ?
-> Mohamed’s brother-in-law.
II.
Yesterday afternoon Frank Hawkins was telling me about his experiences as a young
man. Frank is now the head of a very large business company, but as a boy he used to
work in a small shop. It was his job to repair bicycles and at that time he used to work
fourteen hours a day. He saved money for years and in 1938 he bought a small workshop of him own. During the war Frank used to make spare parts for aeroplanes. At that
time he had two helpers. At the end of the war, the small work-shop became a large
factory which employed seven hundred and twenty-eight people. Frank smiled when he
remembered his hard early years and the long road to success. He was still smiling
when the door opened and his wife came in. She wanted him to repair their son’s
bicycle.
Questions:
1. What did Frank Hawkins tell me?
-> About his experience as a young man.
2. What does Frank do? What did he use to do?
-> Frank is now the head of a very large business company ,but as a boy he used to
work in a small shop.
3. Did he work hard as a boy? What did he buy in 1938?
-> Yes, he did. He bought a small work-shop.
4. Why did Frank feel happy when remembering his hard early years?
-> Because it was a long road to success.
III. Read the article below. For questions 1-5, you are to choose one best
answer, (a), (b), (c), or (d), to each question. Then put a cross on the

letter that corresponds to your answer you have chosen.
Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in the nineteenth century, and
later came to the United States. Several members of his family did a great deal to
encourage him in the field of science. His father was most instrumental by supervising
his work with the deaf. While he dealt with the deaf and investigated the science of
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acoustics, his studies eventually led to the invention of the multiple telegraph and his
greatest invention-the telephone. The last quarter century of his life was dedicated to
advances in aviation.
1.What was considered to be Alexander Graham Bell’s greatest invention
a. multiple telegraph
b. telephone
c. aviation
d. acoustics
2.To what did Bell dedicate the last of his life ?
a. acoustical science
b. aviation
c. adventure
d. architecture
3.What can we conclude about Alexander Graham Bell ?
a. He worked very hard, but never achieved success.
b. He spent so many years working in aviation because he wanted to be a pilot.
c. He dedicated his life to the science and the well-being of mankind.
d. He worked with the deaf so that he could invent the telephone.
4.Which of the following statements is not true ?
a. Bell was born in the eighteenth century.
b. Bell worked with the deaf.
c. Bell experimented with the science of acoustics.

d. Bell invented a multiple telegraph.
5. How many years did Hell dedicate to aviation ?
a.100
b.25
c.35
d.50
Bài 2/3: Đọc các bài đọc dưới đây và trả lời các câu hỏi kèm theo:
I.
WATER
Water is necessary for sustaining life in plants and animals. Men have always been
interested in the nature of water. At one time, water was considered an element. Most
water is derived from ocean directly or indirectly. Water which New Yorkers use does
not come from Hudson River. Water used in New York homes comes from large
reservoirs. Water in these reservoirs is purified. However, absolutely pure water is
probably unknown. Lake water is relatively pure, especially in the mountainous regions.
Most people think spring water is pure. However, water which comes from spring
sometimes contains large amounts of two types of salt. Therefore, water in your springs
should be analyzed.
1. What is the importance of water?
-> Water is neccesary for sustaining life in plants and animals.
2. How is water which New Yorkers use?
-> It is purified.
3. Is there absolutely pure water in the world?
-> No, there isn’t .
4. What should people do to spring water?
-> They should analyzed.

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II.
Because writing has become so important in our culture, we sometimes think of it as
more real than speech. A little thought, however, will show why speech is primary and
writing secondary to language. Human beings have been writing ( as far as we can tell
from surviving evidence ) for at least 5,000 years, but they have been talking for much
longer, doubtless ever since there have been human beings.
When writing did develop, it was derived from and represented speech, although
imperfectly. Even today there are spoken languages that have no written form.
Furthermore, we all learn to talk well before we learn to write: any human child who is
not severely handicapped physically or mentally will learn to talk; a normal human
being can not be prevented from doing so. On the other hand, it takes a special effort to
learn to write: in the past many intelligent and useful members of society did not
acquire the skill, and even today many who speak languages with writing systems never
learn to read or write, while some who learn the rudiments of those skills do so only
imperfectly.
To affirm the primacy of speech over writing is not, however, to say that the latter is
of little importance. One advantage writing has over speech is that it is more permanent
and make possible the records that any civilization must have. Thus, if speaking makes
us human writing makes us civilized.
Questions :
1. What is more real than speech ?
-> Writing.
2. How long have human beings had speech ?
-> Since there have been human being.
3. Do all spoken languages in the world have their written forms ?
-> No.
4. Can a normal human being learn to write without trying ?
-> No.
III.
One year Miss Wyatt decided to have a holiday in Italy. She did not speak much Italian,

but wherever she went, she was fortune enough to find people who knew enough
English to be able to understand what she wanted, until one day she decided to have
lunch in a charming little restaurant in a village in the south of Italy.
She had seen some nice mushrooms in the market of another village nearby and
thought they would taste very good, so when the waiter came to take her order, she
inquired whether she could have some mushrooms for her meal, but she had great
difficulty in explaining to him because she did not know the Italian word for
mushrooms. At last she took out a pencil and drew a picture of a mushroom. The
waiter’s face brightened at once, and he hastened out to the kitchen. A minute later he
returned, carrying an umbrella.
Questions :
1. Why did Miss Wyatt’s poor knowledge of Italian not interfere with her enjoyment of
her holiday most of the time ?
-> Because she could find people whoknew enough English to be able to understand
what she wanted.
2. Where did she have trouble in making herself understood ?
-> In a little restaurant in a village in the south of Italy.
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3. Why did she think she would like some mushrooms ?
-> Because she thought they would taste very good.
4. How did she try to show the waiter what she wanted ?
-> By drawing a picture of a mushroom.
5. Why did he bring her an umbrella ?
-> Because he mis-understood her picture.
Bài 2/4: Đọc các bài đọc dưới đây và trả lời các câu hỏi kèm theo:
I.
Louis Braille was born in France in 1809. His father had a small business. He made
shoes and other things from leather. Louis liked to help his father in the store even when

he was very small. One day when Louis was three years old, he was cutting some
leather. Suddenly the knife slipped and hit him in the eye. Louis soon became
completely blind.
When he was ten years old, he entered the National Institute for the Blind in Paris.
One day his class went to visit a special exhibit by a captain in the army. One thing in
the exhibit was very interesting for Louis. It showed messages in code. Armies send
messages in secret codes so no one else can read them. The captain wrote this code in
raised letters on very thick paper.
Louis thought a lot about this code. Then he decided to write in the same way so blind
people could “read” with their fingers. It is very difficult to feel the differences between
raised letters. Instead of letters, Louis used a “cell” of six dots. He arranged the dots
with two dots across and three down.
There are 63 possible arrangements of the dots in the Braille system. Each
arrangement stands for one letter, punctuation mark, or number. He also used his system
to write music. Louis Braille invented this system when he was only fifteen years old.
Blind people can also write Braille. They use a special kind of pen to make the dots.
Questions :
1. What was Louis Braille’s place of birth?
-> France.
2. How did he become blind?
-> The knife slipped and hit in the eye.
3. What gave him the idea for the Braille system?
-> The message in code in an exhibit.
4. How old was he when he invented the Braille system?
-> He was 15 years old.
5. Are there raised letters in the Braille system?
-> No, there aren’t.
II.
THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT
Scientists say that something very serious is happening to the Earth. It will begin to

get warmer in the 1990s. There will be major changes in climate during the next
century. Coastal waters will have a higher temperature. This will have a serious effect
on agriculture. In northern areas, the growing season will be ten days longer by the year
2000. However, in warmer areas, it will be too dry. The amount of water could decrease
by fifty percent. This would cause a large decrease in agricultural production.
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World temperatures could increase two degrees centigrade by the year 2040.
However, the increase could be three times as great in the Arctic and Antarctic regions.
This would cause the ice sheets to melt and raise the level of the oceans by one or two
metres. Many coastal cities would be under water.
Why is this happening ? There is too much carbon dioxide (CO2 ) in the air. When
oil, gas, and coal burn, they create large amounts of carbon dioxide. We send five
billion tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every year. This amount will double
in fifty years. This carbon dioxide lets sunlights enter the earth’s atmosphere and heat
the earth. However, it does not let as much heat leave the atmosphere and enter space. It
is like a blanket. The heat can pass from the sun through the blanket to warm the earth.
The heat stays there and can not escape through the blanket again.
Scientists call this greenhouse effect. A greenhouse is a building for growing plants. It
is made of glass or clear plastic.
QUESTIONS
1. What is a greenhouse ?
-> A greenhouse is a building for growing plants. It’s is made of glass or clear plastic.
2. What causes the greenhouse effect ?
-> Too much carbon dioxide acts like a blanket, preventing the heat from escaping.
3. Why do scientists call this the greenhouse effect ?
-> Because this has an effect like that of a greenhouse .
4. What changes will this effect make in the earth’s climate ?
 Coastal waters will have a higher temperature.

 In northern areas, the growing season will be ten days longer.
 In warmer areas, it will be too dry.
5. What would the temperature in the Arctic and Antarctic regions be in the year 2040?
-> The temperature time will increase by 6 degrees.
Bài 2/5: Đọc các bài đọc dưới đây và trả lời các câu hỏi kèm theo:
I.
The controversy surrounding the relationships between and roles of men and women is,
perhaps, one of the features of the second half of the twentieth century in Western
societies. In the United States of America, for example, both sexes are, more or less
aggressively, demanding freedom from the constraints of traditional attitudes towards
the roles of the sexes and marriage. The impact of this can be seen in the rising divorce
rate, falling birth rate and the increasing number of couples living together without a
marriage license.
It is perhaps interesting to speculate on the future roles of men and women. In
developed countries, if the advent of the silicon chip leads to mass unemployment and a
revolutionized attitude towards work and leisure, what will be the effect on, for
example, women who at present express their equality with men primarily through their
work; if oil, coal and gas run out and alternative energy sources can not take up the
slack in domestic supplies, what effect will this have on the roles of men and women in
domestic life ? In developing societies, how will increasing exposure to Western society
( through the media and travel ) and improved technology affect the role of women ?
One can obviously guess at the answers, but what do you think or hope will happen ?

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Questions :
1. What is one of the features of the 20th century in the Western societies ?
-> The controversy surrounding the relationships between and roles of the man and
women.

2. Are American men and women still happy with their traditional role in the family ?
-> No, they aren’t.
3. How can women express their equality with men ?
-> Through their work.
4. How are developing countries exposed to Western societies ?
-> Through the media and travel.
II.
In societies where people tend to live together in extended family groups, - consisting of
grandparents, great uncles and aunts, parents, aunts and uncles, children and cousins,
for example - care of both young and old is the natural function of the group. The State
is only needed when the efficiency of the group breaks down, because of illness or
poverty, for example. In Britain, however, people tend to live in nuclear family groups (
parents and children only ), with the result that the care of the old is a social problem
and the State needs to intervene. What is more, if the relationship between husband and
wife breaks down, the children are immediately at risk, and State intervention may be
necessary for them too. Where parents do care for their children, however, they usually
take their responsibilities very seriously.
The British population is already one of the oldest in Europe, and it is slowly getting
older. In 1990 the median age in Britain was thirty-six but it will rise to forty-one by
2020. At the end of the 1990s the number of pensioners will begin to rise rapidly, and
the workforce will shrink. One result will be that by 2020 there will be twice as many
people aged eighty-five or over as in 1990. A disproportionate number of the old,
incidentally, choose to retire to the south coast and East Anglia, creating regional
imbalances.
Questions :
1. What is an extended family ?
-> It is a big family consiting of grandparents,great uncles and aunts, parents, aunts
and uncles, children and cousins.
2. What is a nuclear family ?
-> A nuclear family is a small one with only parents and children.

3. Who takes care of the young and old in an extended family ?
-> The whole family.
4.What is a possible consequence if the relationship between the husband and the wife
breaks down?
-> Their children are immediately at risk.
Bài 2/6: Đọc các bài đọc dưới đây và trả lời các câu hỏi kèm theo:
I.
During the teenage years, many people can at times be difficult to talk to. They often
seem to dislike being questioned. They may seem unwilling to talk about their work in
school. This is a normal development at this age, though it can be very hard for parents
to understand. It is part of becoming independent of teenagers trying to be adult while
they are still growing up. Young people are usually more willing to talk if they believe
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that questions are asked out of real interest and not because people are trying to check
up on them.
Parents should do their best to talk to their sons or daughters about schoolwork and
future plans but should not push them to talk if they don’t want to. Parents should also
watch for the danger signs: some young people in trying to be adult may experiment
with sex, drugs, alcohol or smoking. Parents need to watch for any signs of unusual
behaviour which may be connected with these and get help if necessary.
QUESTIONS :
1. Why do adults sometimes find teenagers difficult to talk to ?
-> Because it is part of becoming independent of teenages trying to be adult.
2. When can you expect young people to be more talkative than usual ?
-> When they believe that questions are asked out of real interest.
3. Why may some teenagers experiment with drinking and smoking ?
-> Because they are trying to be adult.
4. What should parents do if they notice any signs of their children’s unusual

behaviour?
-> They should get help.
II.
A. Đọc bài sau đây và các câu phía dưới. Câu nào có nội dung đúng với bài đọc thì
ghi là T (true), câu nào sai ghi F (false).
I knew it was going to be a bad day when, on the way to the airport the taxi-driver
told me he was lost.
I had booked my flight over the telephone, so when we finally arrived, I had to rush
to the reservation desk to pay for my ticket. The woman at the desk told me that my
name was not on the passenger list. It took fifteen minutes for her to realize that she had
spelled my name incorrectly. She gave me the ticket and told me I'd better check in my
luggage quickly or I'd miss my flight.
I was the last person to get on the plane.
I found my seat and discovered that I was sitting next to a four-year-old boy who had
a cold. I sat down and wondered if anything else could go wrong.
I hate flying, especially take-off, but the plane took off and everything seemed to be
all right. Then, a few minutes later, there was a funny noise and everything started to
shake.
I looked out of the window and- oh my God- there was smoke coming out of the
wing. All I could think was 'The engine is on fire. We are going to crash, I am too young
to die'.
Almost immediately, the captain spoke to un in a very calm voice "Ladies and
gentlemen. This is your captain speaking. We are having a slight technical problem with
one of our engines. There is no need to panic. We will have to return to the airport.
Please remain seated and keep your seat belts fastened."
A few minutes later, we were coming in to land. The pilot made a perfect landing on
the runway. It was over. We were safe. That day, I decided not to fly again. I caught
another taxi and went home. But as I closed the front door, I looked down at my case.
Somehow I had picked up the wrong suitcase.
Questions :

(F)1. There was nothing wrong with her on the way to the airport.
(T)2. She was in a great hurry at the airport.
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(T)3. It took her about fifteen minutes to get her ticket.
(F)4. She was happy to sit next to a four-year-old boy who had a cold.
(F)5. A few minutes after the plane had taken off, its engine was on fire.
(T)6. The plane had to come back to the airport.
(T)7. The pilot was very good at his job.
(T)8. The suitcase she brought home wasn't hers.
III.
Mahatma Gandhi was born in 1869, and was sent to England in 1888 where he studied
law. When he graduated he took a job in South Africa where he first began to struggle
against injustice. The South Africans looked down upon non- Europeans, and the black,
white and Indian people were kept separate. Gandhi developed his policy of nonviolent passive resistance to authority, and was imprisoned several times.
In 1914 he went back to India. He believed that the end of British colonial rule was
inevitable, and he struggled for independence.
Gandhi was so against violence that once he decided to fast unless the fighting stopped.
He spent several periods in prison, but always looked forward to an end to British rule,
and to a united India where Hindus and Moslems could live together in peace.
Questions:
1. When did Gandhi’s struggle against injustice begin ?
-> When he was working in South Africa.
2. What policy did he set up for his struggle ?
-> His policy of non-violent resistance.
3. What was an example of his anti-violence viewpoint ?
-> Once he decided to fast .
4. Did he want the Hindus and the Moslems to live separately ?
-> No,he did’t.

IV.
The human race is spread all over the world, from the polar regions to the tropics. The
people of which it is made up eat different kinds of food, partly according to the kind of
food which their countries produced. Thus, in India, people live chiefly on different
kinds of grain, eggs, milk, or sometimes fish and meat.
In Europe, people eat more flesh and less grain. In the Arctic regions ,where no grain
and fruits are produced, the Eskimo and other races live almost entirely on flesh ,
especially fat. The man of one race is able to eat the food of another race, if they are
brought into the country inhabited by the latter. But as a rule, they still prefer their own
food, at least for a time. In warm climates flesh and fat are not much needed, but in the
Arctic regions they seem to be very necessary for keeping up the heat of the body.
Questions:
1. What kind of food do they eat in Europe?
-> People eat more flesh, and less grain.
2. Why are flesh and fat needed in the Arctic regions?
-> Because they seem to be very necessary for keeping up the heat of the body.
3. What does the word “latter” refer to?
-> Another race.

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Bài 2/7: Đọc các bài đọc dưới đây và trả lời các câu hỏi kèm theo:
I.
Jack was a young sailor. He lived in England, but he was often away with his ship.
One summer he came back from a long voyage and found new neighbours near his
mother’s house. They had a pretty daughter, and Jack soon loved her very much.
He said to her, “ My next voyage will begin in a few days’ time, Gloria. I love you,
and I’ll marry you when I come back. I’ll think about you all the time, and I’ll write to
you and send you a present from every port.”

Jack’s first port was Freetown in Africa, and he sent Gloria a parrot from there. It
spoke five languages.
When Jack’s ship reached Australia, there was a letter from Gloria. It said, “ Thank
you for the parrot, Jack. It tasted much better than a chicken.”
Questions :
1. Where did Gloria live?
> She lived next to Jack’s parents’house.
2. Where did Jack send Gloria the parrot from?
> Freetown in Afica.
3. Who could speak five languages?
> The parrot.
4. What did Gloria do to the parrot?
> She ate.
II.
SECONDHAND SMOKE
Most people know that cigarette smoking is harmful to their health. Scientific research
shows that it causes many kinds of diseases. In fact, many people who smoke get lung
cancer. However, Edward Gilson has lung cancer, and he has never smoked cigarettes.
He lives with his wife, Evelyn, who has smoked about a pack of cigarettes a day
throughout their marriage. The Gilsons have been married for 35 years.
No one knows for sure why Mr. Gilson has lung cancer. Nevertheless, doctors
believe that secondhand smoke may cause lung cancer in people who do not smoke.
Nonsmokers often breathe in the smoke from other people’s cigarettes. This is
secondhand smoke. Edward Wilson has been breathing this type of smoke for 35 years.
Now he is dying of lung cancer. However, he is not alone. The US. Environmental
Protection Agency reports that about fifty-three thousand people die in the United
States each year as a result of exposure to secondhand smoke.
The smoke that comes from a lit cigarette contains many different poisonous
chemicals. In the past, scientists did not think that these chemicals could harm a
nonsmoker’s health. Recently, though, scientists changed their opinion after they

studied a large group of nonsmokers. They discovered that even nonsmokers had
unhealthy amounts of these toxic chemicals in their bodies. As a matter of fact, almost
all of us breathe tobacco smoke at times, whether we realize it or not. For example, we
can not avoid secondhand smoke in restaurants, hotels, and other public places. Even
though many public places have nonsmoking areas, smoke flows in from the areas
where smoking is permitted.
It is even harder for children to avoid secondhand smoke. In the United States, nine
million children under the age of five live in homes with at least one smoker. Research
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shows that these children are sick more often than children who live in homes where no
one smokes. The damaging effects of secondhand smoke on children also continue as
they grow up. The children of smokers are more than twice as likely to develop lung
cancer when they are adults as children of nonsmokers. The risk is even higher for
children who live in homes where both parents smoke.
People are becoming very aware of the danger of secondhand smoke. As a result, they
have passed laws that prohibit people from smoking in many public places. Currently,
45 states in the United States have laws that restrict, or limit, smoking. The most wellknown law forbids people to smoke on short domestic airline flights, i.e., flights within
the country.
After smoking for most of her life, Evelyn Gilson has finally quit. She feels that if
more people know about the dangers of secondhand smoke, they will stop, too. Her
decision comes too late to help her husband. However, there is still time to protect the
health of others, especially children, who live with smokers.
Questions:
1. What may be a reason why Edward Wilson has lung cancer ?
-> Probably he has been breathing secondhand smoke from his wife’s smoking during
their marriage.
2. What is secondhand smoke ?
-> It’s smoke from other people’s cigarette smoking.

3. Why might secondhand smoke harm nonsmokers ?
-> Because it contains many different poisonous chemicals.
4. What are some laws that prohibit smoking in certain places ?
-> The laws that limit or retrict smoking or even prohibit smoking in domestic flights.
5. What is the main idea of this passage ?
-> It’s about the damaging effects of secondhand smoke.
Bài 2/8: Đọc các bài đọc dưới đây và trả lời các câu hỏi kèm theo:
I.
The general opinion abroad is that London has fog or rain or both, everyday of the
year, but on the day that I arrived it was fine and warm, there was a bright sun and
a cloudless sky. The next day it was just as beautiful; there was a slight wind that
gently moved the leaves on the trees, and you could smell the spring in the air.
“Life is grand”, I thought as I walked in Kensington Gardens. It was a straight road
and I found the way quite easily. When I got my first sight of the Gardens the
beauty of it nearly took my breath away. The trees were just bursting into leaf,
fresh and green and lovely, and there were beds of spring flowers, red and yellow
and blue, in the beautiful, smooth grass under the trees.
Questions :
1. What is the weather like in London according to general opinion ?
> It has fog or rain or both every of the year.
2. What was the weather like when the writer visited London ?
> There was a bright sun and a cloudless sky.
3. What season did the writer feel in London ?
> Spring.
4. What was his feeling when he first saw the Gardens ?
> It nearly took his breath away.
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II.

There are people whose immortality begins from the moment of their death.
Hemingway is one of them. He was a great man. The whole of his creative work was a
long struggle, for Hemingway, the man and the writer, had many enemies. Perhaps his
great enemy was war. He hated it with all his heart, with his whole body, in which 28
bullets had left their traces.
Hemingway hated those who made business of war. In an introduction to his novel “A
Farewell To Arms”, Hemingway said that wars started by people who profited from
them, and he suggested that those warlike people should be shot on the very first day of
war, by sentence of the people. Hemingway hated fascism. He never surrendered. He
fought against it with the pen and the sword.
Questions :
1. What type of people did Hemingway belong to?
> He belonged to those people whose death.
2. Why was his creative work a long struggle?
> Because she had many enemies.
3. Who started wars, according to Hemingway?
> People who profited from war.
4. How did he fight against fascism?
> With his pen and his sward.
III.
A World Health Organization team investigating the deadly SARS virus says it is
possible there is more than one cause of the illness. The group, which is meeting with
experts in southern China, says it has found evidence that both the bacteria chlamydia
and the coronavirus could be sources of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.
Chlamydia is normally transmitted sexually, and the coronavirus is commonly found in
animals. Scientists believe SARS originated in China's Guangdong province, and are
racing to find its cause so they can develop a cure.
On Friday, China issued a public apology for the way it handled early information about
the epidemic. The head of the Chinese Center for Disease Control, Li Leming, admitted
there was poor communication between China's medical departments and mass media

in providing timely information about the disease.
SARS has claimed at least 85 lives worldwide, about half of them in China. More than
2500 people are infected in 18 countries. On Saturday, Hong Kong reports 39 new cases
of SARS and three more deaths from the disease.
Malaysia said on Saturday that a man who died six days ago was probably the country's
first known victim of SARS. Malaysian officials say the 64-year-old man, who died in a
Kuala Lumpur hospital on Sunday, last visited China and Singapore last month.
Taiwan, Indonesia and the Philippines are among 14 places where suspected cases have
been reported, but do not appear in WHO statistics. Because the disease is being carried
around the world by travelers, many governments are advising citizens against visiting
affected areas. In the Asia-Pacific region in particular, governments are imposing strict
quarantines and urging citizens to wear face masks.
Questions:
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1. According to WHO experts, what could be the sources of SARS ?
The bacteria chlamydia and the coronavirus.
2. Where was SARS believed to come from ?
The China’s Guangdong province.
3. How many Chinese people died of SARS ?
About 40 to 45 people.
4. Where did the first Malaysian victim travel before his death ?
China and Singapore.

5. What did the Asian-Pacific governments advise their citizens to do ?
To wear face masks.

Bài 2/9: Đọc các bài đọc dưới đây và trả lời các câu hỏi kèm theo:
I.
A tiny village school is soon to celebrate its 110 th birthday . Five years ago it seemed
certain to close but parents and other villagers fought the local education authority
and raised funds to keep it open. It is now ending its first term as a school run by
the village community and the villagers are proud of their achievement.
They were furious when education chiefs tried to make them send the village children
to other schools further away because the number of pupils at the village was too
small. The villagers started a huge campaign to raise money. They collected
enough to hire a teacher and begin to help with school cleaning, lunch supervision
and lessons. Now the school is doing well and it seems as if it will continue to run
in the future.
Questions :
1.What effect would the closure of the school have had on the village children ?
-> They would have gone to other schools further away.
2.Where did the parents get the money they needed to keep the school open ?
-> From a huge campaign to raise money.
3.When did the village school first open ?
-> 110 years ago.
4.What was the reason for the intended closure of the school ?
-> The number of pupils at the village was too small.
5.Why does the writer think the school will not now be closed ?
-> Because now it’s doing very well.
II.
If you were to stop people in the street and ask them to name a ship that had been
sunk, it is likely that nearly all of them would say the Titanic. For the sinking of the
Titanic was, if not the most tragic, certainly the most famous sea disaster in the history

of ocean travel.
The Titanic was built as a luxury liner, intended to be the fastest in the world, and a
great deal of publicity had surrounded it. The last point probably explains why so many
important people from all walks of life were on the boat when it went down.
The Titanic was on its maiden voyage to America in 1912 when it struck an iceberg
and sank. Of its 2,300 passengers, more than two-thirds were drown. Because the
Titanic was thought to be virtually unsinkable, no one was prepared for the tragedy.
There was total panic as very few of the passengers had bothered to learn the necessary
drill in the event of trouble. There was severe shortage of lifeboats. The one point of
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calm was to be found in the ballroom when the band carried on playing right to the very
end.
Questions :
1.What do many people think about the sinking of the Titanic?
-> It’s the most famous sea disaster in the history of ocean travel.
2.Why did the Titanic sink ?
-> Because it stuck an iceberg.
3.Where was it going at that time ?
-> To America.
4.Where was there seemingly no panic when the ship went down ?
-> In the ballroom.
5.Why were there so many important people on the Titanic on its first voyage ?
-> Because the Titanic was built as a luxury liner, intended to be the fastest in the
world, and much publicity had surronded it.
III.
Recently the World Health Organization announced that the disease of smallpox had
almost been wiped out in most parts of the world, thanks to widespread vaccination.
Most people are vaccinated at least once in their lives and if they wish to travel from

one country to another they must be able to show a certificate proving that they have
had a recent vaccination. In this way the disease has been prevented from spreading and
today one seldom hears of it at all.
This is mainly due to the remarkable discovery made by a country doctor, Edward
Jenner, in about 1798 when he published an account of his experiments in a new
method called “vaccination” ( from the Latin word “vacca” meaning a cow ). Jenner
discovered that people who worked with cattle, like milkmaids and cowmen, were often
infected with a harmless disease called cowpox which they caught from the cattle; but
these people never seemed to get smallpox. So he experimented by making a scratch on
the arms of healthy people infecting them with cowpox, and though their arms became
sore for a day or two, they soon healed and none of these people ever got smallpox.
Soon the news of the wonderful discovery spread abroad and people rushed to their
doctors to be vaccinated. In America, at Gibraltar, in Spain, Egypt and China the simple
scratch of the arm was performed on thousands of people, and the terrible smallpox
began to disappear.
Questions:
1. In what two ways do most countries guard against the spread of smallpox ?
> First, most people are vaccinated at least once in their lives, and second, they
must prove that they have had a recent vaccination if they wish to travel from
one country to another.
2. Who was Edward Jenner ?
> A country doctor.
3. What is the Latin word for a “cow” ?
> Vacca.
4. What harmless disease were cowmen and milkmaids often infected with ?
> Coupox.
5. How successful has vaccination against smallpox been ?
> The terrible smallpox began to disappear.
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Bài 2/10: Đọc các bài đọc dưới đây và trả lời các câu hỏi kèm theo:
I.
Experiments have proved that children can be instructed in swimming at a very
early age. At a swimming pool in Los Angeles, children become expert at holding their
breath under water even before they can walk. Babies of two months old do not appear
to be reluctant to enter the water. It is not long before they are so accustomed to
swimming that they can pick up weights from the floor of the pool. A game that is very
popular with these young swimmers is the underwater tricycle race. Tricycles are lined
up on the floor of the pool seven feet under water. The children compete against each
other to reach the other end of the pool. Many pedal their tricycles but most of them
prefer to push or drag them. Some children can cover the whole length of the pool
without coming up for breath even once. Whether they will ever become future
Olympic champions, only time will tell. Meanwhile, they should encourage those
among us who can not swim five yards before they are gasping for air.
Questions :
1. At what age can children be taught to swim ?
> At a very early age.
2. Are children of two months old willing to enter the water ?
> Yes, they are.
3. What popular game do these young swimmers play ?
> The underwater tricycle race.
4. How do most children in the game reach the other end of the pool?
> They push or drag their tricycles.
II.
Environmental pollution is a term that refers to all the ways by which man pollutes
his surroundings. Man dirties the air with gases and smoke, poisons the water with
chemicals and other substances, and damages the soil with too many fertilizers and
pesticides. Man also pollutes his surroundings in various other ways. Besides, people
ruin natural beauty by junk and litter on the land and in the water. They operate

machines and motor vehicles that fill the air with disturbing noise.
Environmental pollution is one of the most serious problems facing mankind today.
Air, water, and soil are necessary to the survival of all living things. Badly polluted air
can cause illness and even death. Polluted water kills fish and other marine life.
Pollution of soil reduces the amount of land that is available for growing food.
Environmental pollution also brings ugliness to man’s naturally beautiful world.
Questions :
1. What does the term ‘environmental pollution’ refer to ?
> All the way by which man pollutes his surroundings.
2. How does man damage the soil ?
> With too many fertilizes and pesticides.
3. To what are air, water, and soil necessary ?
> To the survival of all living things.
4. What is one consequence of water pollution ?
> It will kill fish and other marine die.
III.
The Nobel Prizes, awarded annually for distinguished work in chemistry, physics,
physiology or medicine, literature and international peace were made available by a
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fund bequeathed for that purpose by Swedish philanthropist, Alfred Bernhard Nobel.
The prizes, awarded since 1901, are administered by the Nobel Foundation in
Stockholm. In 1969, a prize for economics endowed by the Central Bank of Sweden
was added. Candidates for the prizes must be nominated in writing by a qualified
authority in the field of competition. Candidates are judged by Swedish and Norwegian
academies and institutes on the basis of their contribution to mankind. The awards are
usually presented in Stockholm on December 10, with the King of Sweden officiating,
an appropriate tribute to Alfred Nobel on the anniversary of his death. Each prize
includes a gold medal, a diploma and a cash award of about one million dollars.

Questions:
1. Which organization administers the Nobel Prizes ?
> The Nobel Foundation.
2. When were the Nobel Prizes first awarded ?
> In 1901.
3. On what basis are candidates judged for the prizes ?
> On the basis of their contribution to mankind.
4. Why are the awards presented on December 10 ?
> Because this is an appropriate tribute to Alfred Nobel on the anniversary of his
death.
Bài 3/1: Đọc bài đọc dưới đây và tìm một từ thích hợp để điền vào chỗ trống:
A.
Greenland is the largest island in the world. It covers over 2,000,000 (two million)
square kilometers. Most of it lies inside the Arctic Circle, and a huge sheet of ice
covers 85% (85 percent) of it. Imagine that a map of Greenland is on top of a map of
Europe. Greenland speads from London to the middle of the Sahara Desert.
The ice sheet is more than 1.6 kilometers thick, and it never melts. There is probably
only rock under the ice, but no one knows for sure. Along the sea coast, mountains rise
from the sea. There are a few low trees in the southwest, but no forests. Which covers
everything in winter, but in summer very low plants cover the ground between the sea
and the ice sheet.
Norwegian Vikings were the first Europeans to see the island in A.D. 875, but no one
visited it until 982. Three years later a few Vikings went to live there. In 1261 the
people in Greenland decided to join Norway. Norway and Denmark united in 1380.
This union ended in 1814, and Greenland stayed with Denmark. Greenland is fifty times
larger than Denmark, but it is still a part of this small country.
B.There was once a large, fat women who had a small, thin husband. He had a job in
a big company and was given his weekly wages every Friday evening. As soon as he
got home on Fridays, his wife used to make him give her all money , and then she
used to give him back only enough to buy his lunch in the office every day.

One day this small man came home very excited. He hurried into the living-room.
His wife was listening to the radio and eating chocolates there.
“You’ll never guess what happened to me today, dear,” he said.
He waited for a few seconds and then added, “I won ten thousand pounds on the lottery
!”
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“That’s wonderful !” said his wife delightedly. But then she thought for a few seconds
and added angrily, “But wait a moment ! How could you afford to buy the ticket ?”
Bài 3/2: Đọc bài đọc dưới đây và tìm một từ thích hợp để điền vào chỗ trống:
In developing countries, where three-fourths of the world’s population live, sixty
percent of the people who can’t read and write are women. Being illiterate doesn’t
mean that they are not intelligent. It does mean it is difficult for them to change
their lives. They produce more than half of the food. In Africa, eighty percent of all
agricultural work is done by women. There are many programs to help poor
countries develop their agriculture. However, for years, these programs provided
money and training for men.
International organizations and programs run by developed countries are starting to
help women, as well as men, improve their agricultural production. Governments
have already issued some laws affecting women because of the UNO Decade for
Women. The UNO report will affect the changes now happening in the family and
society.
Bài 3/3: Đọc bài đọc dưới đây và tìm một từ thích hợp để điền vào chỗ trống:
Once my uncle applied for a post in Camford University, It was a very good post and
there were hundreds of candidates who applied for it. The Dean and the committee
interviewed all the candidates and as a result of this interview only two remained,
my uncle and a Mr. Adams, a self-confident young fellow. As the committee
couldn’t decide which of the two to take, each candidate was to give a lecture in the
college lecture hall. My uncle worked day and night at the lecture almost without

eating or sleeping . Adams didn’t seem to do any work. He ate like a horse and slept
like a log.
Bài 3/4: Đọc bài đọc dưới đây và tìm một từ thích hợp để điền vào chỗ trống:
In 1847, Michael Moore, a poverty-stricken seventeen-year-old farm worker left
Ireland for America. What the future held in store for him, he did not know.
However, he did know that it could not be any worse than the past. He had grown
up during the Great Famine in Ireland and had known what it was to be very hungry.
He had seen his mother die of typhus a month before; his father had died a year
after Michael was born. There was nothing now to keep him in Ireland and so, on a
bright June morning, he stepped on board a ship bound for America. In years to
come he would remember this moment.
Bài 3/5: Đọc bài đọc dưới đây và tìm một từ thích hợp để điền vào chỗ trống:
John Bradley was surprised to find a letter left for him on his desk when he arrived at
work. Before reading it, he hung up his coat and took out his glasses.
“Dear Mr. Bradley,” he read, “ we are sorry to tell you that your services are no longer
required here ” He couldn’t believe it. After working for the company for 30 years, he
had been made redundant, one Monday morning without being warned in any way at
all. There was no point in continousing the letter. The ending was obvious. “Thank you
for your loyalty and dedication over the years, and we hope you will enjoy having
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more time to spend”. The company wanted him to go away quietly and enjoy his
premature retirement. He was 52. How he could manage to find another job at his age?
He knew that firms were not interested in employing people over 45, let alone over
fifty. Could he still afford to send his daughters to their expensive school? He sat back
in his chair and looked out of the window, wondering what to do next. He decided to
leave the office as soon as possible. He did not want anyone to see him while he left so
sadly . So he put on his coat and for the last time closed the office door behind him and
left the building.

Out in the street, it had begun to rain. He had forgotten to bring his umbrella that
morning, so he turned up his overcoat collar and walked towards the station to catch
his train home. He didn’t know what to say to his wife. The thought of bringing the
news to her made him feel sick.
Bài 3/6: Đọc bài đọc dưới đây và tìm một từ thích hợp để điền vào chỗ trống:
Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa was born in Yugoslavia on August 27th 1910. She grew up with her
brother and sister in a very happy family , and attended the government school near her
home untill she was eighteen. At that time, some missionaries from Yugoslavia were
working in Calcutta, and they often wrote to the school about their work. She decided
to join them.
When she finished school, she went first to Ireland and after that to India, where she
began to train for the religious life. After training, she was sent to Calcutta, where she
taught geography at a high school and eventually became Principal.
However, although she loved teaching, in 1946 Mother Teresa left the school and
went to work in the slums of Calcutta. She did some nursing training in Patna, and then
began her work helping the poor and comforting the dying in the streets of the city.
Gradually, others came to help her, and her work spread to other parts of India.
Mother Teresa was a well-known figure. Dressed in her white and blue sari, she was
photographed all over the world, as she travelled to open new schools and hospitals in
many countries. In 1979, she was awarded the Nobel Prize – a small tribute to the
lifetime of love and service she has given to the poor. She died on September 5, 1997,
to the greatest grief of the whole world.
Bài 3/7: Đọc bài đọc dưới đây và tìm một từ thích hợp để điền vào chỗ trống:
HOW TELEVISION WAS INVENTED
Television owes its origins to many inventors. But it was the single-minded
determination of an amateur inventor, John Logie Baird, that led to the first live
television broadcast.
Born in Scotland in 1888 and educated in Glasgow, John Logie Baird earned a living
as a razor-blade salesman. In the 1890s Guliedmo Marconi showed that sound could

be sent by radio waves. Baird became convinced that a similar system could transmit a
picture. He spent most of his spare time working on his ideas in his tiny workshop
without any commercial support. He decided to use his small earnings to continue his
research. In 1924, Baird successfully transmitted the general outline of a figure more
than 3 metres. He continued to experiment and on October 25, 1925 transmitted a
recognizable image of a doll. He ran downstairs to the office on the ground floor and
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persuaded one of the office boys to come upstairs. The boy became the first living
image transmitted by television.
Overnight, Baird became famous and the money which he needed to continue his
research was at once made available. In 1927 he made a transmission from London to
Glasgow and in 1928 he made another from London to New York. He continued
experimenting and spent his last years exploring the possibility of colour television.
Bài 3/8: Đọc bài đọc dưới đây và tìm một từ thích hợp để điền vào chỗ trống:
In the thirteenth- century Wales there was a handsome young prince called
Llewellyn. He was very fond of hunting and used to go out to
the forests and
mountains with his favourite hunting dog whose name was Gelert. One day, however,
he left Gelert at home to guard his baby son who was only a few months old . In the
evening when the prince returned from hunting he saw that his house was
in a
terrible mess. The furniture had been knocked over and there was blood on the walls.
He could not find his baby son. Then he saw his dog Gelert running towards him,
covered with blood. The prince thought that the dog had attacked and killed his son.
He became violently angry, drew his sword and killed the dog with one blow.
However, when he looked around his house more carefully he found his son lying
under a chair, alive very well. Then he saw the dead body of a huge wolf. He realized
that Gelert had saved his son’s life by fighting the wolf. The prince was horrified with

the mistake he had made and when he buried the dog he built an enormous pile of
stones to mark the spot, which can still be seen today. He never went hunting again.
Bài 3/9: Đọc bài đọc dưới đây và tìm một từ thích hợp để điền vào chỗ trống:
A Frenchman, an Englishman and an American were boasting about how fast the
trains go in their countries. The Frenchman said, “In my country the trains go so fast
that the telegraph posts by the line look like a fence.” The Englishman said, “In
England the trains go so fast that we have to put water on the wheels to cool them
because they get hot and would melt.”
The American said,” That’s nothing. You must come to America to see how fast the
trains go there. I was once leaving on a trip and my wife came with me to the
platform to see me off. I got into the train and was standing at the window of my
compartment. I had to take leave of my wife as the train was just starting so I leant
out of the window to give her a kiss. But the train went off at a speed that instead
I kissed a cow in a field six miles down the line.”
Bài 3/10: Đọc bài đọc dưới đây và tìm một từ thích hợp để điền vào chỗ trống:
When Silence is Golden
Thomas Alva Edison was one of the greatest inventers of his time. He invented
so much that it is difficult to say which of his inventions is the greatest.
One day , while working at his office in Boston, Edison made his first patented
invention -- an electro-magnetic device.
A story was told that he wanted to ask 3,000 dollars for his invention, but he
was prepared to sell it for 2,000. He went to a meeting of businessmen who were
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interested in his invention, but when he was asked to name the price, he became very
nervous and was quite unable to speak. “We shan’t pay you a big price,” said one of
the businessmen; we have already decided how much we will pay you – 40,000
dollars.”
PHẦN II: VIẾT

Bài 1/1: Viết các câu sau dùng từ , cụm từ cho sẵn:
Ví dụ: I/ try/ find/ better car/ you
I’ll try to find a better car for you.
1. I’ve / looking / job / three weeks / haven’t / yet
-> I’ve been looking for a job for three weeks, but I haven’t found one yet.
2. father / told / not / go / far
-> My father told me not to go far.
3. what / man / wearing / you saw
 What was the man wearing when you saw him?
4. they / go / countryside / honeymoon
> They will go to the countryside for their honeymoon.
5. they / prepare / special dinner / today
> They’re going to prepare a special dinner today.
6. concert hall / so crowded / saw / heard / nothing
> The concert hall was so crowded that we saw or heard nothing.
7. Elvis / died / 42 / sudden
> Elvis died suddenly at the age of 42.
8. not tell / new job / got / recently
-> Why didn’t you tell me about the new job that you got recently?
9. going to / new friends / meet / hostel
-> We’re going to meet our new friends at the hostel.
10. She sings / now / than / she used to
-> She now sings more beautifully than she used to.
Bài 1/2: Viết các câu sau dùng từ , cụm từ cho sẵn:
1. They / must / an end / this discussion
-> They must put an end to this discussion.
2. The teacher / the class / four groups / last week
-> The teacher divided the class into four groups last week.
3 . they / already / homework / when / come
-> They had already completed their homework when I came.

4. I / not interested / find / new / job
-> I’m not interested in finding a new job.
5. she / used / stay / uncle / when / child
-> She used to stay with her uncle when she was a child.
6.it / important / that / she / see / doctor / now
> It’s important that she should see a doctor now.
7.how long /it/ usually take you / do / homework?
> How long does it usually take you to do your homework?
5. if you / stay up late /you / be / tired / tomorrow.
> If you stay up late, you will be tired tomorrow.
Bài 1/3: Viết các câu sau dùng từ , cụm từ cho sẵn:
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