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I. GRAMMAR AIID V

Choose the best answer to com
sentences.
l. Do you mind
mea
way home?
A.
B. to
C.
D. bought
2. I cannot visit him because I don't know where
A. does he
B. he
c. did he
D. he will live
3.Mary took a lot

to show the trip to her friends.
A. photos
B. sights
C. cards
D. sites
4. If you want to
the course, you must pass the written exam.
A. apply
B. learn
C. study
D. attend
5. All the holiday vouchers
used up since last week.
A. have
B. has been
C. are
D. was
6. You don't use the lnternet very
A. are you
B. haven't
C. don't
D. do you
7.He thinks that
on the Internet is a waste of time.
A. chat
B. chatting
C. chater
D. to chat
8. He told me that he wasn't
about the next meeting.

A. excite
B. exciting
C. excitement
D. excited
9. Everyone must take part in
deforestation.
A.
B. to prevent
C. preventing
D. prevented
10. There is a football match
6 pm and Spm.
A. at
B. between
C. from
D. after
,)
11. A: "How often do you go to school?',
B:"
A. I go there early
B. Every day, except Sunday
C. I don't think so
D. I go there by bus
12. How about
to the exhibition ?
A.
B.go
C. goes
D. to go
13. Your sister works in a foreign company,

she?
A.
B. doesn't
C.
D. didn't
14. If he
hard today, will he have a holiday tomorrow?
A.
B. will work
C.
D.would worked
)'
15. A: "What's your name?"
A. I'm fine thank you
B. I'm Hellen
C. I'M sorry
D. I will go
16. They are
about 640 km of the sea.
A. separated
B. separate
C. separately
D. separating
17. The children like to
nice clothes when they go out.
A. in
B. off
C. into
D. on

buy

buy

live
of_

been

buying

lives

live

often,_?
you

you

prevent

going
isn't

wasn't

works

worked

B:"


18. I haven't seen much ofy o
A. last meet
B.
mgb
19. The man
we
o

A.

where

I

B.

three months ago.
C. have
D. have last met
the headmaster.
If,O * . which
D. whose

last

20. I wish this exam

as
UY
A. is
B.
C. will be
D. would
21. Ifyou are selfish, you
the lives of m any people.
A. would endanger
B. will endanger
C. were endanger
D. are endanger
22. How often do you play tennis?
A. I play it very well.
B. I play it with my friends.
C. I play it at a sport centre nearby.
D. I play it twice a week.
23.The boy was greatly proud
hi s success at school.

A.

-B.

on

_
of-

at

C.
D. in
24. He wrote his article on the website last night,
?
A. doesn't he
B. didn't
C. did he
D. hasn't he
25. Are all the students used
their summer vacation in the countryside?
A. to
B. spend
C. to spending D. spending
26. When will Mr. Ba retire? He began
for the company thirty years ago.
A. to
B.working
C.
D. to working
27 .If Ba were rich, he
around th e world.
A.
B. traveled
C. could
D. must travel
28. They are still playing on the field
it is raining heavily.
A. though
B. because

C. but
D. despite
29.The girl wishes she
in Nha Trang for the festival next week.
A. will stay
B. could stay
C. is
D. can stay
30. On the way to school, Long often stops
a newspaper.
A. to buy
B.
C.
D. bought
31. The cooker
is displayed at Nguyen Kim Supermarket looks modern.
A. why
B. who
C. which
D. whose
32. _"Let's go to Vung Tau on the weekend.
A. That's a fine day
B. That's a good trip
C. Yes, please
D. Yes, let's
33. _ "Thank you very much
A. Are you
B. you,re welcome
C. IIot
D. Nothing

34. Ho chi Minh city will
temperatures between 25oc and 30oc tomorrow.
A. experience B. a1Trve
C. achieve
D. occur
35. He looks
today than yesterday.
A.
B.
C. better
D. goodly
36. He
to give up smoking since last week.
A. was
B. have
C. has tried
D. tried.
37. He enjoys
in the rain.
A.
B.
C. to walk
D. walking.

he

spend

work
travel

work

travel

staying

buy

all

worried?

_
good

_

trying
_
walk

- well
tried
walks

buying


38. I haven't seen John

A. since
B. for
39. I have
books of
A. no
B. not
40. We are tired
the

A.by

s6
OD UC
oAO
H

B. of

D. much
.

at

41. Important matches often take

D. before

,}
a
with

D. for

weekends.

A. care
B.up
C. place
D. part in
42.He
watch TV in the evening.
A. often don't B. don't often C. doesn't often D. often doesn't

_driver.
A. careful

43. Bob is a

He always gets an accident.
B.
C.
D. carelessly
44. While he was painting the ceiling, he
down.
A. falls
B. was
C. fell
D. fallen
45.Let me drive now. You
since early morning.

A. drove
B. have
C. was
D. have been driving
46. Are you used
with chopsticks?
A. to
B. to ate
C. to eat
D. eating
47. A shop which sells books is a
A. newsagent's
B. stationer's
C. library
D. bookshop
48. I'm afraid of
home alone at night.
A. to stay
B. stay at
C. staying at
D. staying
49. Her
include swimming and reading.
A. interesting B.
C. interested D. interest
50. Ask him
in. Don't keep him standing at the door.
A. to
B.
C. coming

D. came
you work hard, you'll fail the exam.
A.
B.
C. Because
D. Unless
you, I would forget to buy that car.
52.If
A.
B. have
C. was
D. were
police
53. The
blamed the mother
neglecting her child.
A. to
B. for
C. with
D. of
54. There is
water in the cup.
A. many
B. few
C. a few
D. much
55. He failed the exam
he was lazy.
A. unless
B. if

C. because
D. while
56. Mrs Lan,
children leam very well, teaches us English.
A. whom
B. who
C. who's
D. whose
57.1
New York three times this year.
A. have been
B. was
C. were
D. had been
))
_aa
58. "You can borrow my book."
A. There's nothing to
B. You can such that again!
C. No
D. Thanks tons.
59. IVIr. Brown is very rich.
work hard for a living.

good

careless

falling

drove

eating
at

interests

come

51.

I

If

come

While

am

been

_to

way!

it!

He_

driving


8.C

A, mustn't

1,.

C. can't
D. doesn't have to
60. Tom asked Susan
SO
her new hat.
,
A. wants
C. to want
D. will want
*
A0
61. It's a nice day. Does
for a walk?
A. to go
B
c'go'
D. to going
62."What can I do for you?" A. No need to help.
B. Thank you.
C. Thanks, I'm just looking.

D. Sorry for not buying anything.
63. We didn't go anylvhere yesterday
the rain.
A. in spite of
B. though
C. Because
D. Because of
64. He was
the middle of the room.

if

standing

A.

at

in

between

B.
C.
D. of
65. - "Excuse me. Could you tell me the way to Cenfral Station?,,
,,
-aa
A. Sure. Just go along this
B. oh no. This way will take us nowhere.

There is no way you can do
D. Thafs it! Thanks for your instructionl
66. The
helped us last week is a doctor.
A.
B.
C.
D. whose
..
67.Lan: "What's your hobby,
Hoa:
A. Well, I like collecting stamps
B. Oh, with computers
C. Well, I want stamps
D. Oh, on the phone
68. We
we left school.
A. don't
B. haven,t
C. hasn,t met
D. didn't meet
69. People
physical
take
exercise can live longer.
A. whom
B. whose
C. which
D. who
70. Are you interested in

football?
A. play
B. to play
C. playing
D. played
Tl.Iwearahat
I do not want to be sick.
A.
B.
C. because
D. so
72. We should
the lights when leaving our room.
A. turn
B. tuming
C. tum on
D. turning on
73. He
his homework for 2 hours.
A. have
B. has
C. has
D. did
74. Everyone should
and environment.
A.
B.
C.
D. wash
75. We were

that you won the first prize.
A.
B.
C.
D. amazement
76. If
in arLarc4people from othei areas will offer help.
A.
B. will happen C. happening D. would happen
77. She'd love
to the party with me.
A. going
B. to going
C. goes
D. to go
78. Elephants in this zoo
twice a day.
A. are
B. are feeding C. are fed
D. is fed
79.Mary opened her book

street.

it.
whom
Hoa?"

man
who

_since

meet

met

but

and

off
off
-_
did
do
_forests
reduce
prevent
very
amaze
amazed
a.disaster
happens
_
feed

which

_

done
protect

amazing


t{
i. x

A. care
80.

B.

Tom's sister's

A. When's

B.

N

t.

'

sal

I

D. careless

DUC

UO OAO T

S

D. Where's

81. I have had some liking for
D. didn't I
B. haven't
did r
A. have I
up late tonight.
82. He'd rather
D. not stay
B. doesn't
C.
A. stay
83. John: "I think we should collect plastic bags to reduce garbage."

stay

not

Jane:'o

stayed

)'

B. I'd prefer you didn't
D. Thanks a lot
C. That's a good idea
is my Math teacher?
84. Do you know the man
D. whose
B. whom
C. which
A. who
of the UFOs
85. There is a lot of evidence for people to believe the
D. existence
B. imagination C. life
A. truth
she saw his schoolbag in her room
86. Nam asked his sister
D. whether
B. so
C. what
A. unless
87. You don't have to do more exercises, _?
D. haven't you
B. don't you
C. have you
A. do you
20t1.

88. It snowed in
D. of
C. at
B. in
A. on
up all night
89. John was tired
D.bv
B. with
C. of
A. for
that we can't go out.
90. The weather is
B. cold enough C. such a cold D. so cold
A. too cold
you.
91. When he comes, I
B. would phone C. will phone D. am going to phone
A. phone
92. I enjoyed the football match. It was quite
D. excitedly
C. to
B.
A.
),
.(c
93. Peter: "Thanks a lot for your wonderful gift." - Mary
B. Please
A. You are welcome
D. Thank you

C. Welcomed
))
Jenifer: "
94. Mary: " How do you get to work?"
B. About two kilometers
A. It is very far
D. I was taken there.
C. I walh of course
fine tomolrow, we'llgo to the beach.
95. If it
D. be
B. is
C. was
A. will
he was born.
96. The man went back to the town
D. who
B. where
C. that
A. which
your
help,
in
my
work.
I
wouldn't
succeed
97. If there
D. weren't

B. wouldn't be C. were
A. wasn't
I lived far from my family were the saddest ones.
98. The days
D. when
B. where
C. that
A. which
in that factory since last year.
99. My father

A. I'm sorry

excited

be

exciting

excited


A. is working B. was
100. Thang has applied for a
A. career
B.

l0l.

C. worked

company.
ob
you?

you let me

D. has worked
D. task

A. Will

B.S
May
D. Must
102. They
Ho Chi
year.
A. visit
B. will visit
C. have visited D. visited
103. He asked me if I
to school by bicycle at 6.55 am every day.
A. am going
B.go
C. was going D. went
the morning, there is a crowd of people jogging in the park.
A.
B.
C. On
D. At

105. The article wasn't posted by Jimhello on Tuesday,
?
A.didn't
B. wasn't
C. was it
D. did it
106. She was not sicky
she was absent from school.
A. since
B. so
C. because
D. but
107. You were able to see a uFO,
?
A. aren't
B. don't
C. didn't
D. weren't you
108. If Mr. John were rich, he
travel around the world.
A. would
B. will
C. can
D. mav
109. " I love Pop music."
A. So do
B. No, I
C. Yes, I like
D. Neither do I
put the book on the table is my brother.

I10. The
A.
B.
C.
D. who
1 I 1. I didn't go to the party yesterday
I was busy.
A.
B.
C.
D. because
I
it was so cold, he went out without an overcoat.
A.
B.
C.
D. Because
113. My children are fond of
books.
A. to read
B. read
C.
D. being read
114. Eamest Hemingway was a famous
A.
B.
D. writing
C.
I15. The
we visited last weekend was built in 1805.

A. what
B. which
C. where
D. it
116. Smoking is
to our health.
A. harm
B. harmful
C.
D. harming
I17. Who drive more
men or women?
A.
B.
C.
D. as carelessly
118. We worked very hard yesterday. It was a
A.
B.
C.
D. tiringly
I 19. All of us were
that he came first. He hasn't been work ing hard so far.
A.
B. to surprise C.
D. to be surprised
120. I telephoned the station to make
of the time of the train.
B. true
A. sure

C. real
D. right
121 . If Peter doesn't
hard, he will fail the exams.
104.

In

For

it

it

you

l.

you

you

I
man
which

where

it
whose

although

so

however

Although

Since

If

won't

reading

write
museum

writer

writor

harmless

careful
tired

surprising

carefully careless
_day.
tiring
tire

surprised


A. studies
l22.Haven't you
A. to pay
123. The
A. mute

B. study

D. had studied

yet?

B.pay

'J

D. be paid

t

cannot

B. dumb

l24.If she were a nice girl, I think, she

D. deaf

',:, .:'i'

us.

help
C. helped
D. helps
125. Don't make a noise.The babies
in the bad room.
A. were sleeping B. is sleeping C. was sleeping D. are sleeping
picnic next week.
l26.My class will go_a
B. with
D. to
A. on
C. in
127. When we cirme here yesterday she_
her housework in the kitchen.
B. did
A. has done
C. was doing D. is doing
128. They have had enough money and they
a new school next year.
A. build

B. will build
D.are going to build
C. built
in this school before 2010, then she retried.
l29.Her mother
C. works
D. was working.
A. had worked B. worked
130. My only problem is getting my parents'_
to go on an excursion.
A. permit
B. permitted C. permission D. permitting
A. would

help

131. Marie Curie was

B. will

Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
A. awarded B. taken
D. made
C. given
132. - Mary: "How often do you go swimming, Linda? "
il
- Linda: "
A. I guess I'm OK
B. Once a week
C. About one hour

D. Last night
133. What would Ann do if she
the Miss World?
A. would be
B. will be
C. were
D. is
134. My father asked us
too much time playing computer games
A. not to spending
B. did not spend
C. not to spend
D. to not spent
too late at night.
135. I advised her
A. not
B. to not
D. no staying
C. not to
you
136. Eating an apple a day
lose your weight.
A. to
B.
D. helped
C.
137.I am
in learning Maths.
A.
B. interesting C. interested D. to interest

138. He
the second place in the Idol contest.
A. won
B. did
C. make
D. took
139. The concert was
at the beginning.
A. excited
B. exciting
C. excite
D. be excited
140. I do
work every Sunday morning at the Happy Mind Charity Centre
A. volunteers B. volunteer C. voluntarily D. volunteering
141. While we
in the park yesterday, we met a famous pop star.
A. walked
B. walk
C. are walking D. were walking

stay

help
really
interest

a

stay

can
helping

stay

help


142. Blood is pumped through the
B. he
A.

brain

143. The machine
A. sees

B.s

36C
viohoT

d

bring oxygen to all parts ofthe body.
estive D. skeletal
bigger and heavier.
D. takes
ks

mg.
to
My sister
UY
. walk
A. walks
B. is walkin b
145. In my company, the director usually
or ganizing meetings and conferences.
C. takes
A. makes
B. gets
144.

D. walked
the re sponsibility for

D. becomes

English is very essential.
D. learner
B.
C. leam
A.
147. -"L've decided to repaint this room."
-"What
it?
B. you are going to paint
A. you will paint

D. will you paint
C. are you going to paint
Ann now.
148. A letter
C. is being written D. wrote
B. writes
A. is
out and we were left in the darkness.
149. Suddenlythe li
D. gave
C.
B.
A.
atching the film last night.
150. He was
D.with
C.
A.
B.

146. Nowadays,

learning
colour

learnt

writing

put

turned
interested
on
in

went
at

II. READING
Choose the best answer from the four options (marked A, B, C or D) to complete
each of the numbered blanks in the following passages.
Every day of the year throughout the world about twenty millions paper bags and
aper requires a lot of wood pulp and the
newspaper are thrown away. (1)
had plans to recycle waste
work of millions of workers. Many countries
paper to
money and labors. In countries where there is the
the public, paper mills recycle as much as 60%o of the waste paper. For every ton
(5)__--newsprint, twelve trees can be saved. The more people save, the more trees
are preserved.
D. To making
B M aking
C Made
l. A. Make
D. have
C has
2. A. are
B were
D. saved

B save
C saving
3. A. saves
D. cooperated
B cooperating
C cooperation
4. A. cooperate
D. at
C in
B for
5. A. of

(3)_

(2)-

(4)-of

Christmas cookies and
Christmas is my favorite holiday. I enjoy (1)
friends. I love seeing
planning parties. I like sending cards and hearing (2)
children open their gifts on Christmas morning. Most of all, I love one special custom
that we have in our family. On the night before Christmas
- we dress in warm clothing and
At each house, we
house in our neighborhood.
go from house (3)-old
(4)_-Chistmas songs. Then we go to a hospital or a home for elderly people and

x.H.

we sing there. We want to let
home and drink hot chocolate by (
1. A. bake
B. baking
2. A. of
B. with
3. A. by
B. to
4. A. shout
B. cry
5. A. fireworks
B. fireplace

about them. Afterward, we come

C. sing
C. light

D
D
D
D

baked

by

and
speak
D. firecrackers

Mr. Brown and some voluntary conservationists are on a very dirfy beach now.
Today they are ready to make the beach a clean and beautiful place again. After listening
to Mr. Browns instructions, they are divided (1
three groups. Group 1 needs to
walk along the shore. Group 2 should check the sand, (2
group 3 has to check
among the rocks. Garbage must be put into plastic bags, and the bags will be (3)
by Mr. Jones. He will take the bags to the garbage dump . Each member will be given a
map to find the right place. They won' t eat the picnic lunch provided by Mrs. Smith until
the whole area is clean.
are eager to work hard so as (5
this spoiled

(4)_

area.

I A. in
2 A. or
3

4
5

A. selected
A. Them all

A. to refresh

B .to
C. into
B . and
C. because
B . chosen
C. collected
B. They all
C. All them
B. refreshing C. refreshed
D. to

D. onto
D. though
D. elected
D. All they
refreshing

Te1evisionisoneofman'smost(1)-meanSofcommunication.Itbrings
eventsandsoundS(2)-aroundthewor1dintomillionsofhomes.Ap.''on*ith

(3)

a television set can sit in his house and watch the president making a
or
visit a foreign country . He can see a war being (4)
*atch rtut.r-en try
(5)
about peace . Through television, home viewers can see and learn about

people places and things all over the world. TV even takes its viewers out of the world.

_

*d

It brings them coverage of American's astronauts as the astronauts explore outer space.
1.A. importance B. important c. unimportance D. unimportant
- 2.A. from
B. at
C. in
D. to
3.A speak
B. speaking
C. speech
D. spoken
4.A fight
B. find
C. found
D. fought
5.A bring

B. brought

C. bringing

D. to bring

Every day, in homes all over the world, people waste huge amounts of energy and
water. Hong Kong is estimated to waste about $5 billion worth of energy ayear. This is

due to their bad habits. For example, leaving lights, air-conditioners and televisions on
when no one is in the room (1)_
for wasteful energy consumption. Using too
much water, or not (2
dripping taps, also contributes to the problem. Most
people do not realize (3
saving energy in the home will actually save them
money. If people use (4
energy, gas and electricity bills will become lower.


consumption inthe home are very simple.
Most of the ways we can use to
ld appliances when they are not in use.
The most obvious one is (5
o
D. cares
provides
B.
explains
o0uc
D. breaking
fixing
B.
closing
,ior^o
D. that
whether
B.
3.A which

D. less
. more
B.
].U
lower
$
D. break up
C. break down
B. turn on
5.A tum off

l.A

2.4

4.4

1791 in
Michael Faraday, the great English physicist was born (1
When he was 14,
London. His family was very poor and he didn't leam
he had a good chance to read books. He used to
he worked in a bookshop
go to some talks about science. One day Michael went to a talk by Humphry Davy,
England's greatest scientist of the time. He liked his talks very much, and few months
in
latei he became Davy's laboratory assistant. Like Davy, he became
it and at last he saw that electricity
electricity. He spent a lot of time
could be made by a machine. He died in 1867.

D. since
C in
B. at
1.A. on
D. most
C more
B. many
2. L. much
D. and
C when
B. where
3. A. that
D. interest
C interesting
B. interested
4. A. interest
D. studied
C study
B. studying
5. A. to study

(2)-

(3)_

(a)-

(5)-

you

went to Australia on a student program last year and I like to (1)
when I knew I was going to Australia because I had never
about it. I was very (2)
I met
been there before. I didn't think about the problems of speaking English (3)
my host family. At first I couldn't communicate with them because my English was so
we
bad. All the five years I had been leaming English wasn't much used at all (4)
didn't have real practice at school. Even though my grammar was good, my pronunciation
and'r'. For example, Australian people often asked
wasn,t. My problem is (5)
,,What do-ytu eat in Vietnam?" I wanted to tell them that we eat rice, but they didn't
understand when I said "We eat lice".
D. speak
C. talk
B tell
1. A.
D. excite
C. excited
B excites
2. A.
D. while
C. when
B until
3. A.
D. so
C. because
4. A. although B even
D. tell ulg
C. reading

5. A. pronouncing B speaking

I

_

-_

_'l'

say
exciting
after

l)_the

city center. It is a very beautiful
place where people grow flowers and vegetables only. It's very famous
and (2)_
however,lhe smell of
fo. itr p."tfy ror"s and pictureique The air is quite (3)
the roses makes people feel cool. In spring, my village looks like a carpet with plenty of
Torrirtr come to visit it so often. Nowadays, with electricity, it doesn't
(4) _.
time to water the roses. And even at night, people can
(5)_
i"t. tt*
"itt.g*s
-;
the path and enj oy the fresh smell of the flowers.

walk along

My village is about 50 kilometers

(


l. A. on
2.
3.
4.
5.

A. peace
A. dirty
A. colors
A. many

B
B
B
B
B

for
p
fresh
co
any

o

t

D
D
D
D
D

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since
quite

hot
styles

few

The leading causes of (1
in many developing countries are now heart
disease, cancer, accident, flu, pneumonia etc. Moreover cigarettes, alcohol, physical
inactivity and overeating also add to the causes of several of these killing diseases.

Medicinehaslitt1ehe1ptooffer,however,topersonS(2)-cannotridofhabits

(3)

harmful to their health. Surgery is the only
o offer any chance of survival for
people with lung cancer.
Although psychiatrists tried to stop people
drinking, they haven't been
very successful. Neither have doctors. How then can our health improved? The answer is
simple, though perhaps not very pleasing. Ordinary persons can do it
They
are able to make good advances in the prevention of diseases.
I . A. die
B. died
C. death
D dead
2 . A. who
B. whose
C. which
D when
3 . A. means
B. way
C. road
D path
4 .A.of
B. from
C. with
D for
5 . A. yourself
B. itself
C. themselves
D theirselves

(4)

(5)_.

Thousands of people in Britain have a new hobby
line dancing. In almost
(r )
you
town,
will find clubs and classes for this new activity.
dancing
is
easy
to leam. If you have two feet and can walk, then you can do
'Line
it!'Fiona Lever, ateacher (2)
'You don't need a partner because you dance
(3) in groups. It's the (3)
way to make new friends. In my classes, there are
young and old people. The boys like it because they can make a lot of noise with their
feet (4)
the dances!'
When (5)
line dancing begin? Most people think it started about fifteen
years ago when American country music became famous in Britain
l. A.
B.
C.
D. any

2. A.
B.
C.
D. have said
3. A.
B.
C.
D. well
4. A.
B.
C.
D. from
5. A.
B.
C.
D. does

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all
say
best
among
have

some
says
better
across
is

every
saying
good
during
did

Not many people have seen an offer. These animals live (l)
rivers and
make their homes from small pieces of wood. They usually come (2)
of their
homes at night. Otters are very good in the water and can swim at more than 10 kilometres
an hour. They have thick brown hair and this keeps them warrn in the water. An otter can
close (3
ears and nose. This means otters can stay under water for several
minutes.


Twenty years ago, th
the rivers was so dirty that
(1
to eat. But today there is lot
A
l. A. at
B.
i oior^o
2. A. away
B.
3. A. the
B.

4. A. few
B. liule
5. A. after
B. because

otters in Great Britain. The water in
d ied and the otters couldn't find anything
(5)
the rivers are clean again.
. next
D. over
. out
D. in
C . its
D. them
C . any
D. much
C . when
D. although

(l)-very

The world around us
colourful. The place will be very durl if
there. was no colour. People like to surround with colourful things.
Many years ago,
people
make themselves as colourful as the things thJy saw. irrly aia ttris
by
patterns on their bodies and painting themsefes.

when they leamed to make cloth to cover theiibodies, they tried to find ways and
means of colouring it brightly. In time, they discovered the method of dyeing
their clothes.
People knew how to dye their clothes even before they knew (a)____to read or
write. During that times, men
to male ay., ro
tt.ir colours
from what they could find around them.
l.A . was
B. were
C. is
D. are
2,A . wanted
B. want
C. have wanted
D. were wanting
3.A . make
B. making
C. made
D. have made
4.4 . what
B. which
C. how
D. where
5.A , not knew
B. haven't known C. didn't know
D. don't know

(2)-to
(3)_

(S)-how

I come from Switzerland. I (r)

ttffit

to London six months ago to leam English.

I haven't met many English people yet, only my teachers. I started (Zi_nngfsh
at
school in switzerland when I was eleveq so I have leamt it tor n"*lyGnldrs.
At first
(3)--London, I couldn't understand anlthing, but now my rnitistr is improved.
I
have just taken an exam. If I pass, I will move into the next class. t'ir
1+;_tooay
because my parents will come tomorrow to stay (5)
me for a ferv haven't seen them for a long time. They have neverbeen to England and they can't speak

English.

l. A. come
2. A.leam
3. A. in
4. A. excite
5. A. by

B. came

B. leamed
B. at
B. exciting
B. with

C. am coming
C. to leam
C. on
C. excited
C. near

D. comes
D. leaming
D. from
D. excitement
D. of

I

have always wanted to go fishing. Last summer, I went on a trip to Taiwan.
the last day of my vacation, I went fishing on a beautiful lake.
(1)-unfortunately, I didn't catch (2)_
fish, and I got b-ored. I decided to go
(3).-'
when I stood up, my wallet was out of my locket and into the water. It
my money, my passport, my plane tickets- .r".ytiri.rg. I (4)_
into
!ad_a]l
the lake to look for it, but I didn't find any.thing. The next
to leave

-o."i"g, i *".rt't

"bl.


the hotel. I had no money to pay the b
what did I do? I called my boss and
->
such a terrible experience.
1. A. at
B on
,\
2. A. any
B a
3. A. swim
B s wam
4. A. J ump
B J ump 1ng
5. A.

x

ticket or passport to go home. So
some money. I have never had

t
5
GI

;^ ^ ,^

I

vi oho Ho

B for

C

o

C. to jump
C. after

D. during
D. some
D. to swim
D. jumped
D. to

In Viet Nam, the family meal is very important. It is one part (1)_
a
happy family, especially when people become busier with their work. Dinner is when
family (2)
share a meal and talk together after a hard day. Therefore, dinner
is not simply (3)_
as a meal because it is also an opportunity for feeling and
sympathy, sharing and care. In many Vietnamese families, the wife (4)
what other family members's fovourite dishes are. Then, she tries to make those dishes as
frequently as she can, or at least (5

l.A. with
B. on
2. A. activities
B. guests
3. A. understand B. understanding
4. A. knows
B. know
5. A. at
B. in

special occasions.

of

C.
D. for
C.
D. hosts
C. to be understand D. understood
C. is knowing D. knew
C.
D. about

members

on

Peter's uncle lived in the cor.rntry. Once Peter ( l)_______to stay with him
for a few weeks. Wherever they went for a walk or for a drive in the car and they passed
somebody, his uncle waved. Peter was very (2

and said, 'Uncle George,
you know everybody here. Where did you meet them all?'
"I don't know all these people," said his uncle.
Peter.
"Then why do you wave to them?", (3
"Well, Peter," answered his uncle, "when I wave to someone and he knows me, he
is pleased. He continues his joumey with a happier heart. But when I wave to someone
and he doesn't know me, he is surprised and says to (4)
'Who is that man?
Why did he wave to me?'. So he has something to think about during the rest of his
journey, and that makes his joumey seem shorter. So I (5
ev erybody
happy."
l.A. go
B goes
C. went
D. gone
2. A. surprise
B surprisingly
C. surprising
D. surprised
3. A. asked
B said
C. invited
D. suggested
4. A. himself
B him
C. he
D. his
5. A. do

B give
C. make
D. bring
The MeadowParkZoo, which (1)

large numbers

three months ago, is already attracting

of visitors. The new zoo is quite small, compared with other similar

(2)-.Youwon,tfindanylargeanddangerousarrimalssuchaslionsortigers

in cages. Instead, there is a children's zoo, where children can handle little animals like


rabbits and (3)
rides on a camel or an elephant. The
zoo had a working farm, too,
and chickens.
Lots of children from cities
qCro$gnd
happens (4)
a farm.
It's important (5)
ves where their milk and eggs come
from.
1. A. opened
B. opens
. operung

D. open
2. A. attractions
B. parties
C. schools
D. events
3. A. hippos
B. mice
C. crocodiles
D. bears
4. A. across
B. in
c.up
D. for
5. A. for
B. at
C. of
D. up

Many p*.ts are (1)
about the effects of television, especially on their
children. Firstly, there are a lot ofviolent films (2)
leadto ciimes.-secondly,
(3)
is bad for children. They see many advertisements on sweets, ice cream,
urd
toys. Then of course, they want to go out and (4)
them.
Besides, sitting in front
_
-easily

of a television set all the time is bad for their'.V.r.
About
one third of the children
(5)glasses. Finally, watching television is not creative. It is very
important for
children- to do something creative and athletic, such as playing some musical
instruments
painting, and playing football.
l. A. worry
B.
C worried
D to worry
2. A. who
B.
C which
D what
3. A. advertise
B. advertisement C advertiser
D adverti slng
4. A. sell
B.
C create
D spend
5. A. takes
B.
C applies
D wears

worrying
whom

buy
does
My best friend
_{.*y (1)--

on a TV quiz show a few nights ago. It was
very exciting. We all knew that she would be on, so all our friends met at heiparents,
house to watch it. Her parents videoed it too, of course. The programme (2)
at half past seven. We screamed and clapped when we saw linny. Stre
tootea gr%t She
sat in the chair in the middle of the studio while the presert..
her some
questions. The questions got harder and harder as they increased ir*otr.
. She would win
a million pounds. By this time, Jerry,
a thousand pounds. That was
definitely hers, whatever happened. She unswerea the next question correctly,
was worth five thousand pounds. I didn't know the answer, but she did
know! she had her thousand pounds, and we were very proud of her.
l.A. to appear B. appears C. appearing D. appeared
2.A.
B.
c.
D. was starting
3.A.
B.
C.
D. spoke
4.A.

B. is winning C. had
D. his won
5.A. which
B. what
C. who
D. whom

(j)_

(4)_

(5)-

started
asked
win

(l

started
said

starts
told
won

Louis Braille was born in France in 1809. His father had a small business. He
shoes and other things from leather. Louis liked to help his father in the store

even when he was very small. One
leather; suddenly the knife slipped
When he was ten Years old,
One day his class went to visit a
in the exhibition was very
messages in secret codes so no one
code in raised letters on very thick paper.

was 3 years old, he was cutting some
eye. He soon became (2)
Institute for the blind in Paris.
by a captain in the army. One thing
messages in code. Armies sent

-

them. The caPtain

(

this

)

write in the same way so the
Louis thought a lot about this code' Then he decided to
- differences
It is very difficult to feel the
blind could "read" with their (5)
used a "cell " of six dots. So the blind can

between raised letters. Instead of letters, Louis
read and write even write music by Braille'
D. do
C. made
B. make
1. A. did
D. mute
C. deaf
B. blind
2. A. dumb
D. exhibiting
C. exhibited
B. exhibit
3. A. exhibition
D. writing
C. wrote
B. write
4. A. have written
D. mouths
C. fingers
B. eyes
5. A. ears

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Read the following passage and choose the best answer
to all local high
This is the fifteenttiy.ut oiou annual competition, which is open
or orchestra' we'd like you
school students. whether you pluy or sing, alone or in a band

like to hear you. our competition
to enter. crassical, rock or-any ottt.r kind of music, we'd
of culture in front of a large
takes place from rvray ro* to tvtay 20th in the central House
audience and ajury of seven.
the one they have
competitors may perform any piece of their-choice, including
of 20 minutes' The winner is
composed themseives, provided it dles not exceed the limit
The runner-up
given a time in a recording studio without charge and a TV appearance'
in the competition, telephone
has an instrument of his/her choice. If you are interested
Mary Brown on 09844112322.
1. The competition has been held
B. ten
A.
2.The cornpetition is held every
B. month
A. week
3. How long does the competition last?

five

times.
C.

D. twentY

C. year

D. fifteen years

fourteen

C. On May
B. 10 daYs
4. What does the pronoun "they" in line 6 refer to?

A.20

minutes

competition
C. the winner

A. the

10th

D. fifteen

B. the competitors
D' the audiences

5. Which sentence is NOT true?
A. Competitors can play the song they have written'
B. The winner gets free use of a recording studio'
C. ComPetitors can PlaY as a group'
D. All students can iake part in the competition, except local ones'

Years


Visitors to London are often s
amount of green, open space in it. It
would be an exaggeration to su oo
walk in London but it is easy to get
away from the streets and to fi nd
er London. Much of the parkland
was originally preserved by the
their sport of hunting. These parks
are still called "Royal parks', but
to the public. People walk and go
horse-riding in Hyde park. There i s
d swimming in the lake called the
Serpentine. And everywhere there are seats and deckchairs
to sit on.
St James Park, Green park, Hyde Park andKensington
Gardens are linkedto gether.
They form 313 hevtares ofopen parkland in the heart
oflondon.
Entrance to the parks is free and you may walk on
the grass and lie down to rest on
it - weather permifting.
1. Which of these parks is not linked to the
others ?
A. Green
B. Regent,s park
C. Hyde

D. Kensington Gardens
2. Some parks are still called,,Royal parks,,becalse
A. they still belong to the Royal Famil
v.
B. the members of the Royal Famil y take care of them.
C. they used to be prese rved for the kings' hunting.
D. people often see the members of the Royal Famil y there.
3. Which of the following is NOT true ?
A. People can ride horses in Hyde park.
B. You don't have to pay for entrance to the parks.
C. People cannot sit or lie on the grass in the parks.
D. The parks in London a.e open io .r.ryorr".
.
4. The pronoun "they', in line 5 refeis to
A. visitors
B. streets
C. Royal Parks D. seats
5. Most of the important parks are situated
A. in the centre of London
B. far from London
C.outside London
D. on the outskirts of London

park
Park

_

.independently.
for many Americans, a parent's most important task is to teach their children live

From
an early age, most chil'never steep

with their parents.
American parents help their kids to become self-reliant
by making them do things such
aswashing, cleaning, and cooking for themselves from
the time thfy are very small. To
help to develop their children's confidence, American paxents
always show respect for
them and let them voice their opinions on family issues.
Many Vietnamese parents think their most important role
is to protect their children and
provide them with ahappy and wealthy childhood. Babies
often,1.il;itir;;-p*ro,
many children do not get to sleep in their own beds until
they n"m, p.irr".y ,"t'*r.
while many children in rural areas have to work to contriLute to tL
no*rt old expenses,
most children in urban areas do not have to do anything
but study. In both u.ta, ana.*ut
areas, parents seldom ask for their children's opinions
bifore making fu-ily ;h;i;"r.

*a


before they get married. Een then, many
Children do not move out of th

parents still want the couple to
the same house.
st important task ofparents?
1. According to many Ameri
A. To teach their children
v.
B. To protect their chil
and wealthy childhood.
C. To provide their children
D. To give their children advice.
2. Which activity is NOT of the things American parents make their kids do to help them
become self-reliant?
D. doing homework
C.
B.
A.
3. When do Vietnamese children move out of their parent's home?
A. Before making family choices. B. After they finish school.
D. After they get married.
C. Before they get
4. Which of the following sentences is TRUE?
A. American children often sleep with their parents.
B. American parents don't let their children voice their opinions on family issues.
C. American children start a truly independent life right before they finish school.

washing

cleaning

cooking

married.

D. Viefiramese parents rarely ask for their children's opinions before making family choices.
5. The word "voice" in the passage mostly means
B. produce a sound
A. agree with one's
D. give opinions
C. open the

ideas
mouth

Once there were lots of pandas in the mountains of Westem China. Today they are
becoming extinct. The reason is they cannot find enough food. Pandas eat bamboo leaves.
They do not like another food. The bamboo grows very slowly. It can take ten years for
a bamboo to grow from a seed to a big plant. Some types ofbamboo have seeds only once
every 60 years. Pandas must wait many years for their food to grow. While the bamboo
is growing, pandas do not have enough leaves to eat. Farmers are using more and more
of the land on the mountain side to grow food for man. The farmers cut down the bamboo.
Bamboo leaves become less plentiful. Pandas cannot find enough food to eat. They starve
1979
and die. China and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) are trying to save the pandas.
they began to set up special parks where pandas can live. One such park is the Wolong
Reserve in Sichuan. The Wolong Reserve has the highest number of pandas in the world.
Scientists come here to study the pandas' eating and mating habits. By leaming more
about the pandas' habits, scientists can save them from extinction.
l. What is the main food of pandas?
B. Bamboo roots
A. Young bamboo

D. Bamboo leaves
C. Bamboo
grow
into a big plant?
2. How long does it take a bamboo to
D. 10 months
C. a
B, a
A, 60
3.Why do farmers cut bamboo trees?
B. To make pandas starve and die
A. To get
D. To drive pandas away
C. To get food for
4. What do scientists do to save pandas from extinction?

It

trees
trees

years

century

farmland
pandas

decade

A. They study about pan
B. They only set up
C. Theyplant bamboo

forthem.

D. They put them in b
5. What does the pronoun
A. Special
B.

2

parks

I

U

yStl

C. Farmers

D. Bambootrees

The thing I liked most when I was small was the change of seasons. spring
,
sullmer , aufumn and winter I could see them all come and go and each one was
completely different. Now in the city, you can buy summer flowers in winter

and eat the
same. vegetables all the year round. whereas, in the country, I could
only eat things at
certail times of the year, for example, strawberries in June and turlips in winter. I live
my childhood with the seasons.
We also made most of our food and would never eat frozen or tinned food.
Everything
was fresh, so it must be better than the type of food I am taking now in
the city. cit!
people.may think people in the country miss a lot of things abouttodem
life. In fact , in
my opinion they miss a lot more than people in the country, they miss real life
l. What did the writer like most about living in the country ?
A. Flowers in
B. Leaves in autumn
C. The wild animals and plants D. the change of seasons
2.What does the word.. them,' in line two refer to ?
A. Four
B. Winter and autumn
C. Countryside
D. plants
3. In the countyside which season can we buy strawberries ?
A.
B.
C.
D. Winter
4. 'il/hy did the writer never eat tinned food when living in the country ?
A. Because it was
B. Because it was contained
C. Because it was very

D. Because it wasn,t fresh
5. Which of the following sentences is NOT true?
A. People in the city can grow vegetables all year round
B. In the countryside tumips are grown in winter
C. The writer often eats frozen and tinned food now
D. Many city people think they live better than those in the country

-

spring

seasons
people

Spring

Summer

Autumn

frozen
fat

I have twin brothers, Tim and Tom. They are very similar and a lot of
_
ireople don,t
know which is which.

They both have blond hai. *d blrr" eyes, and they alwuys wear
jeals-and T-shirts. They like doing the same things, too. For

eiample, they both iikeiurz
and they're crazy about football. They go to a football match onci u *""k Tim
doesn,t
like dancing or discos and rom doesn't like them, eitrer. Although they,re twins, they're
not exactly the same at everything. Tim works hard at school because tre wants to go to
university, but Tom is a bit lazy. our mother is often away from home because of her job,
so we all work together in the house. Most of the time it'i fine, but sometimes we
hght a
bit!
l. What does the word .similar, in line I mean?


y the same
by many people

A. the same in some ways
C completely different
2. Tim and Tom
A. are the author's twin

S6
clAo 080
oAo

blond hair and blue eyes
jeans
and T
correct
C. always wear
3. What does the word 'them' in

A. things
Jaru
D. dancing or discos
C. jeans and
4. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Tim is hard-working.
B. Tom is a bit lazy.
C. Their mother is often away from home.
D. Tim doesn't like dancing or discos but Tom likes them.
.
5. The passage is written about the author's
pen
D. A & C
B.
C.
A.

T-shirts

brothers

pals

_

cousins

Smoking causes lung cancer, which is the number one cancer among men. Ninety
percent ofthe people who get lung cancer die. Smoking is also the leading cause of mouth
cancer, tongue cancer, and throat cancer.Many smokers have heart disease and

pneumonia. Smoking causes one million early deaths in the world every year.
Smokers not only harm themselves but also harm others. Smokers breathe smoke
out into the air. They breathe it out on their children and their wives or husbands. Children
whose parents smoke have more breathing and lung problems than other children. Women
who are married to smokers are more likely to have lung cancer than those married to
non-smokers.
We are all aware that smoking is bad. So why do people smoke?
1. The number one cancer among men is
A. tongue cancer B. throat cancer C. lung cancer D. mouth cancer
Z.The main cause of mouth cancer, tongue cancer and throat cancer is
D. smoking
B. overeating C.
A.
3. Every year, smoking causes about one million
B. killing diseases
A. cancer patients
D. injured men
C. early deaths
4. The word "it" in the passage refers to
D. breath
B.
C.
A.
5. Who are more likely to have lung cancer and lung problems?
B. People who live with smokers.
A. People who live in the
C. People who live with non-smokers. D. People who live in the country.

breathing

drinking

cancer

smoke

air

city

Dear Angela,
I was horrified when I found out that my l2-year-old daughter had been arrested
for stealing some make-up from a high street chemist's. This happened because she had
been frightened by some older children from her school. She was so frightened that she


started crying -which is what
ofthe shop assistant. The police were
called and she was given a tell-o
Since this terriffing
afraid to go out on her own and cries
all the time. My husband doesn,t
He says that she shouldn,t have
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stolen in the first place and was
to
Now it is over she must learn to
live with it. But I feel a failure as a
afraid that my child will turn to crime
later on in life.

Yours sincerely,
Ashamed
1. V/hy has Ashamed written this letter?
A' to describe her
B. to prove how naughty her daughter is
C.-to explain a
D. to defend her dauihtlr,s actions
2. Who do you think Angela is?
A. the writer's husband
B. the writer's daughter
C' the writer's old
D. an advise colunrir inamagazine
3.Why did Ashamed,s daughter steal things?
A' She was frightened by her friends. B. Her schoolmates urged her to do so.
c. she was attracted by the make -up.D. she wanted to wearLake-up.
4. How did Ashamed's daughter feel afterwards?
A. She was
B. She was angry.
c. she wanted to turn to
D. She felt she was unlucky.
5. what is the husband's auitude towards this incident?
A. He is
B. He is not worried.
C. He is
D. He thinks she should leam to steal.

daughter
problem

husband

boyfriend

frightened.
crime.
cold.
terrified.

Ted Robinson has been worried all the week. Last Tuesday
he received a letter
from the local police. In the letter he was asked to call at the station.
Ted wondered why
he was wanted by the police, but he went to the station yesterday,
and now he is not
worried any more. At the station he was told by a smiling police-man
that his bicycle had
been found. Five years ago, the policeman told him, the bicycle
was picked up in a small
village four hundred mile s away. It's now being sent to his home
by train. Ted was most
surprised when he heard the news. He was amused too, because
he never expected the
bicycle to be found. It was stolen twenty years ago when Ted was
a boy of fifteen.
1. Ted was worried because
A. he received a letter
B. he went to the police station yesterday
C. the police would catch him
D. he didn't know why the police wanted him
2. The police who talked to Ted was

A. pleasant
B. worried
C. surprised
D. small
3. Why was Ted very surprised when he heard the news?
A. Because his bicycle was stolen 20 years ago.
B. Recause his bicycle was found when he was a boy of fifteen.
c. Because he thought he would never find the bicycle.


train.
D. Because the bicycle was
4. When was Ted's bicycle found?
t
SO
years ago
Last
Tuesday
A.
()
slAoD
C. Twenty years ago
I
5. Which of the following
A. The police asked Ted to go
news 5 days ago.
B. The policeman told Ted the
C. Ted is no longer anxious now.
D. Ted is 35 years old now.

I was bom in Newcastle, a city in the North East of England. Newcastle is on the
bank of the River Tyne. It is quite big, with a population of about 200,000 people. There
is a cathedral and a university. There are five bridges over the River Tyr., which link
Newcastle to the next town, Gateshead, where there is one of the biggest shopping centers
in the world. A few years ago, the main industries were shipbuilding and coalmining, but
now the chemical and soap industries are important.
I moved to Londonl., y.urr ago but I often return to Newcastle. I miss the people,
who are very friendly, and I miss the beautiful countryside near the city, where there are
so many hills and streams.
1. The writer was born
A. in Newcastle near the North East of England
B. in a town in the North East of England
C. in a clty near Newcastle
D. in Newcastle, a city in the North East of England
2. Newcastle city has a PoPulation of
B. less than 200,000 PeoPle
A. 200,000 people
D. about 200,000 PeoPle
C. more than 200,000 PeoPle
3. What link Newcastle to the next town?
D. a shopping center
B. Gateshead c. Five
A. One
4. What are the main industries in Newcastle now?
B. coalmining
A. shipbuilding
D. chemical and soap industry
C. soap industry
5. What does the writer miss?
B. the beautiful countries

A. the people
D. the people and the beautiful countries
C. the hills and the streams

bridge

bridges

Many peole continue to skip breakfast despite ist being most important meal of the day.
Busy people often rush out the door in the mornings with out giving their bodies the
fuel theyneedto handle a long day atwork. They end up feeling tired by the afternoon
and resort to the office snack machine or biscuit tin.
Loysa Hourigan, from Nutrition Australi4 said that catching up on food at lunch time
did noiprovie the body with enough sustenance to keep it going for the rest of the day.
.,Even iiyou have had lunch, you won't have as much food as you need. Your brain gets
depleted of glucose and you feel tires." Ms Hourigan said.


According to Ms Hourigan, who
and cereals provide endurance. Milk,
enggs and baked beans provide
people to alert. Rolled oats are also
an excellent endurance food.
s0
ODUC
1. According to the passage, peopl
A. have breakfast B. ski p
eat snacks D. not have breakfast
2. The word o'fuel" in line 2 means
A. food

B. meal
C. nutrition
D. energy
3. Ms Hourigan said that if we did not have breakfast, we would feel tired because
A. our brain ran out of glucose
B. our brain was full of glucose
C. there was no oxygen in our brain
D. we did not have lunch
4. According to Ms Hourigan, which of the following is NOT
mentioned as andurance foods?
A. rolled oats
B. cereals
C. wholegrain bread D. bananas
5. Loysa Hourigan might work as
A. teacher
B. nutritionist C. writer
D. businnesswoman
It is estimated that about 200 million people who use the Internet
computer network
around the world. The Internet allows people to work at home
instead oi traveling to
work' The Internet allows businesses to communicate with customers
and workers in any
part of the world for the coast of a local telephone call. E.mail
allows ,;;;;;;;;;e
documents, picfures and other data from one part of the world
to another in at least 5
minutes. People can use the Internet to do shopping. This save
a lot of time. It is possible
to use the Internet for education students *uy

with their teachers from home to
"o*ect
send or receive e.mail or talk their problems through
"on-line" rather than attend a class.
l. How maxy people are estimated to use the Internet around the world?
A. about 200 million
B. over 200 million
C. About 200 billion
D.20 million
2.The lnternet allows people
A. to stay at home and rest
B. not to work
C. to travel to work
D. to work at home
3. To a business, the Internet is
to communicate with customers.
A. a cheap way
B. a very expensive way
C. an inconvenient way
D. a difficult way
4. E.mail can be used to send
A. documents B. information C. data
D. all are correct
5. To use the Internet for education is
A. impossible
B. possible C. inconvenient D. difficult
English is my
lother tongue. Besides, I can speak French and Spanish. I studied
the.two languages when I was at high school. Now, I am still learning
Spanish at the

University. As for me, mastering a foreign language is not easy. at.r
studying a
language, practice is very necessary and useful. rra-velling to
the country where the target
language is spoken is very helpful, but if you cannot ,p"ut the
language well enough you
will certainly have troubles. I also frequently go to the movies, watch television,
unjlirt.r,
to the radio in the language I am trying to learn. Reading is another good
way to learn.

1

t,

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Books are good, but I personally think
getting some knowledge of the I
vocabulary should be mastered first.
1. How many languages can the wri

A.1

and magazines are better. However,
important thing. Grammar and

D.4

8.2

2. The writer has leamt SPanish
University D. B and C
B. at high school
A. in
3. Travelling may cause troubles
A. 1'ou cannot speak the language well enough'
B. you can speak the language well enough.
C. you can speak the language bad enough.
D.you can communicate in the target language.
4. Some useful way s to practice your target language are
A. listening to the radio and watc hing TV in the language
B. reading books in the language
C. seeing films in the language
D. all is correct
5. According to the writer, what should be mastered first?
B' Vocabulary and grammar
A.
D. Reading skill
C. Writing

Spain

if

Vocabulary
skill

primary school

Chantal's parents didn't have much money, so they sent her to a state
were so many
when she was five. She enjoyed her reading and writing lessons, but there
pupils in the class that the teacher found it difficult to control them'
^when
money
chantal was eleven, her father got a better job and decided to spend some
girl wore dark
on her education. He sent her to an expensive private school where the
green uniforms and did two hours' homework every evening'
passed all
chantal liked her new school and did well. Because she studied hard, she
was an
her exams and went to university at eighteen. She chose history course and
to her old
excellent student. In the end she iecided to become a teacher and retumed
primary school to teach.
Wt j, did Chantal's parents send her to a state primary school?
B. Because it was near her house
A, Because they were
D. Because it was expensive
C. Because ttrey rueA
2. What was her teachers'problem at the primary school?
B. Low salary
A. Large
D' Disobedient pupils
C. Stri;t head
3. What was an important event for Chantal when she was eleven?
B. Getting better education
A. Passing thi

D' Going to university
C, Leaving her
4. In her private school, the girl wore
B. different clothes
A. the same clothes
D. cheap clothes
C. colourful clothes
than the private school'
5. It can be infened from the passage that the state school is

i.

poor
it

class
master

exams
home

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A.

better

equipped B.

|.

better
CT

* ll. c

D.

more expensive

so-

Routines save time and
ebsP
without thinking, that's why
they are so important in the morning
sn't active. Here's Jo talking about
her moming routine.
'Oh yes. I always do exactly the
s. I wake up at seven o'clock every
moming, but I don't get up at quarter past seven. I switch on the radio
and listen to the
news. Then I go to the lo o and I brush my teeth. I have a shower
and dry my hair. Then I
choose my clothes and I get dressed. I don't eat anything for bre akfast.
Ijust have a cup
ofcoffee. Then I go to work. Yes, it's always the same.'
..Routines are very useful but they also make you uncreative. so sometimes it,s a
good idea to break your routines. Get out ofbed on the opposite

side. Listen to a different
radio station. Take a different route to work. Eat somithing different for
breakfast.
Change your routine. You never know, it could change your life.

l.

This passage is mainly concemed with
A. changes in our lives.
B. Jo's timetable.
C. our usual ways of doing things. D. our daily activities.
2. According to the passage, routines are useful because
A. we can do them in the moming. B. they save time and energy
C. we all have them in our
D. they make a habit of never thinking.
3. The word'loo, in line 6 can be best replaced with
A.
B. toilet
C. sink
D. balcony
4. What is the main disadvantage of routines?
A. Routines make us do the same things day after day.
B. Routines make you think before doing.
C. Routines may change our life.
D. Routines make us create things or have new ideas
5. Which of the sentences is TRUE?
A. We shouldn't break our routines,
B. Routines make our brain creative.
C. Our lives could be changed if we change our routines
D. People who have routines are unable to think.

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lives.

bedroom

III. WRITING
choose the letter A, B, c, or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in
meanin gto
each of the following questions.
."Would you like to go out for a meal? ..Joe asked Jane.
A. Joe asked Jane to go out for a meal.
B. Joe asked Jane if she felt like going out for a meal.
C. Joe invited Jane going out for a meal.
D. Joe asked Jane whether she liked the meal.
2.Ann stopped to buy vegetables at this store.
I


A. Annie stopped at this
B. Annie stopped buying
C. Annie no longer buYs
D. Annie stopped at this
3.

to buy vegetables.

I don't like playing badminton very much.
A. I'm not very fond on playing badminton.

B. I'm not very interesting in playing badminton.
C. I'm not very keen on playing badminton.

D. Playing badminton doesn't interest me at all.
4. Kay isn't quite as tall as her sister.
A. Kay's sister is shorter than her.
B. Kay is much taller than her sister.
C. Kay's sister is slightly shorter than her
D. Kay is slightly shorter than her sister.
5. I'm watching a live football match for the first time'
A. It's the first time I watch a live football match'
B. I never watch a live football match before'
c. I have never watched a live football match before.
D. I had never watched a live football match before'
6. I've never eaten this food before.
A .It's the first time I've eaten this food.
B. It's the most tasty food I've eaten.
C. I've never eaten such a good food before'
D. The food is so good that I've never eaten before'
7. We couldn't go out because the weather was so bad'
A .It was so bad a weather that we couldn't go out'
B. It was such a bad weather that we couldn't go out'
C. It was so bad weather that we couldn't go out'
D. It was such bad weather that we couldn't go out'
8. John said, "You'd better not lend them any money, Daisy'"
A. John said Daisy not to lend them any money.
B. John said to Daisy not lend them any money.
C. John advised Daisy should not to lend them any money'
D. John advised Daisy not to lend them any money'
9. Six years ago we started writing to each other

A. We've been writing to each other for six years'
B. We've been writing to each other since six years'
C. We're used to write to each other for six years'
D. We used to write to each other for six years'
10. I haven't stayed in a hotel for years.
A. It's years since I staY in a hotel.
B. It's years since I stayed in a hotel.
C. I haven't stayed in a hotel years ago.