20 bài tiếng anh đọc hiểu ôn thi công chức thuế năm 2020 có đáp án

20 bài tiếng Anh đọc hiểu ôn thi
Công chức thuế năm 2020 có đáp án
Bài 1:

A Welsh Festival

Wales has a population of about three million. English is the main language and only twenty per cent
speak both Welsh and English. Every year (1)……... August there is a Welsh-speaking festival. It (2)……....
place in a different town each ear so everyone has the chance for it to be near them.
Local people (3)……….. years making plans for when the festival will be in (4)……….. town.
Each festival is (5)………. by about 160,000 people. They travel not only from nearby towns and villages
(6)………. also from the rest of the British Isles and (7)………. from abroad.
There are concerts, plays and (8)………… to find the best singers, poets, writers, and so on. Shops sell
Welsh music, book, pictures and clothes as (9)………… as food and drink. The festival provides a chance
for Welsh-speaking people to be together for a whole week, with (10)………. Welsh language all around
them.
1. A. on

B. by

C. in

2. A. takes

B. finds

C. has

3. A. pass

B. put

C. spend

4. A. our
5. A. arrived

B. attended

D. makes
D. do

B. their

C. his

C. joined

D. come

6. A. but

B. and

7. A. just

B. hardly

D. at

C. since

D. its
D. however

C. quite

D. even

8. A. tests

B. examinations

C. competitions D. races

9. A. long

B. far

C. good

D. well

10. A. one

B. A

C. the

D. some

Bài 2: LITTLE CAT, LITTLE CAT, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?


When Bo the cat decided to explore a furniture van, she had a bigger adventure than she expected.
She was discovered (1)_________ the driver, after has had completed a (2)_________ of over 500 kilometres.
It was (3)_________ end of a long day. The driver and the cat were both hungry! He gave her some milk and
started making enquiries. He telephoned his last (4)_________, but they had not lost a cat.
It was getting late, so he took Bo home for the night and (5)_________ morning delivered her to an animal
hospital.
The cat’s owner (6)_________ done some detective work too. After (7)_________ everywhere for the cat, he
suddenly remembered the furniture van (8)_________ had made a delivery to a neighbor. Fortunately, he
(9)_________ the name of the company. He called their office and in short time Bo was (10)_________ safely.
1. A. of

B. from

C. at

2. A. trip

B. visit

C. Tour

3. A. an

B. some

D. by
D. travel

C. the

4. A. shoppers

B. buyers

5. A. next

B. following

6. A. has

B. is

C. had

7. A. seeing

B. looking

C. finding

8. A. what

B. this

9. A. called

B. remembered C. saw

10. A. given

B. brought

Bài 3: PERSONAL SPACE

D. any

C. callers
C. tomorrow

D. customers

D. other
D. was

C. it

D. searching
D. which

D. reminded
C. returned

D. taken


More and more people live in large cities these days and this means that it is becoming more and more
difficult to find space and time for ourselves. But for many people, personal privacy is more important.
In many houses, a few minutes in the bath room is all the privacy that is (1)_________ .

Teenagers especially need their own personal space at home where they can feel relaxed and private,
But of course, not all teenagers are (2)_________ enough to have a room of their own.
Where space is short, they often have to (3)_________ a bedroom with a brother or sister. It’s a good
(4)_________ for them to have a special area or corner of the room to (5)_________ their own. It’s especially
important for young people to have some where to (6)_________ their personal things. This may or may
not be a tidy place and it is not a good ideas for parents to try to tell teenagers how to (7)_________ their
space as this is (8)_________ to lead to arguments. Parents can, however, (9)_________ sure that there are
enough storage spaces such as shelves, cupboards and boxes. This will (10)_________ the teenager to keep
their space tidy if they want to. V O V

1. A. confident

B. available

2. A. dizzy
3. A. separate

B. early
B. SHARE

C. general

d. average

C. LUCKY

D. happy

C. divide

D. join

4. A. sense

B. opinion

5. A. mind

B. call

C. say

6. A. belong

B. save

C. support

7. A. organize

B. repair

C. operate

D. review

8. A. really

B. quickly

C. actually

D. likely

9. A. find

B. Make

C. get

10. A. afford

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B. let

C. IDEA

D. thought
d. tell

C. ALLOW

D. KEEP

D. put
D. set

PONY EXPRESS

Before 1860 there was no quick way of getting mail between the east and the west of the United States.


There were no railways at that (1)_________ and most mail was sent by coach. It usually (2)_________ at
least 25 days for coaches to (3)_________ the coast.
So in 1860 it (4)_________ decided to send mail BY ‘Pony Express’, which was much faster, Riders
(5)_________ very fast horses were placed along the route. They were at (6)_________ distances from each
other and the mail was handed from one rider to the next,
Riders were all (7)_________ to travel between twenty and thirty kilometers (8)_________ day on very bad
roads.
At each stop two minutes were (9)_________ for exchanging the mail bags, but riders were often held up
by awful weather (10)_________ closed the roads. With the invention of the telegraph in 1861, the demand
for Pony Express disappeared.
1. A. time

B. date

C. age

2. A. spent

B. lasted

3. A. get

D. season
C. took

D. passed

B. arrive

C. come

D.

reach
4. A. had

B. was

C. has

5. A. for

B. off

C. with

6. A. like

D. behind

B. equal

7. A. wished

B. wanted

8. A. A

B. one

9. A. let

B. allowed

10. A. which

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D. is

B. where

C. what

C. same

D. level

C. expected

D. hoped

C. some

D. any
C. done

D. made

D. when

SAN FRANCISCO

San Francisco lies on the coast of Northern California. The earliest Europeans to discover the
(1)_________ were led by a Spanish explorer (2)_________ name was Gaspar de Portolá.
He first saw it in 1769. Surprisingly, (3)_________ San Francisco Bay is a wonderful natural harbour, it was
discovered by land (4)_________ than by sea.


In 1849, people (5)_________ in San Francisco in their thousands (6)_________ to find gold. However, it was
not the men looking for the gold that got rich. The richest people (7)_________ their money from owning
banks and law firms and they built themselves large houses on one of the hills. This was (8)_________ as
Nob Hill.
Nowadays, tourists are (9)_________ to San Francisco because there they can see famous places like
Chinatown and the Golden Gate Bridge. Many even (10)_________ the short boat trip to the island of
Alcatraz to see the former prison.
1. A. area

B. part

2. A. who

C. space

B. whose

3. A. if

D. position

C. what

B. unless

D. which
C. although

D.

despite
4. A. except FOR

B. instead OF

5. A. reached

C. apart from

B. arrived

6. A. wondering

B. hoping

7. A. did

D. rather

C. entered

D. approached

C. considering D. depending
B. became

C. made

D. brought
8. A. told
C. named
9. A. interested

B. called
after

D. known as
B. attracted

10. A. take

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khơng có gt ( my cat is called mina)

B. spend

C. pleased
C. go

D. excited
D. travel

THE ESCALATOR

An American, Charles D. Seeberger, invented moving stairs to transport people in the 1890s. He
(1)_________ this invention an escalator (2)_________ the name from the Latin word ‘scala’ (3)_________
means ‘ladder’. Escalators move people up and down short (4)_________. Lifts do the same,
but only move (5)_________ small number of people. If an escalator breaks down. It can still be (6)_________
as ordinary stairs. An escalator can move (7)_________ 8,000 and 9,600 people an hours, and it (8)_________
not need a person to operate it.


Towards the end of the nineteenth century, cities were (9)_________ more crowded and the first escalators
were built at railway station and in big department (10)_________ so that people could move about more
quickly. Today we see escalators everywhere.
1. A. announced

B. called

C. translated

2. A. fetching

B. lending

C. taking

3. A. what

B. whose

C. who

4. A. distances

B. directions

B. a

6. A. walked

B. made

7. A. from

B. between

8. A. is

D. lengths
C. some

C. used
B. has

D. any
D. changed

C. to

D. above

C. did

D. does
D.developing

9. A. coming

B. becoming

C. continuing

10. A. stores

B. shops

C. places

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D. carrying
D. which

C. measurements

5. A. the

D. explained

D. houses

TOBACCO

For thousands of years tobacco was (1)__________ by the American Indians with no oil – effect. In the 16th
century it was (2)__________ to Europe. This early tobacco was mixed with soil and rather dirty. It was
chewed or smoked in pipes only by men; women thought it was smelly and (3)__________.
It was first (4)__________ in America in the 17th century on slave plantations. In the 18th new technology
refined tobacco and the first cigarettes (5)__________ produced.
By the 1880s huge factories were producing cigarettes which were clean and (6)__________ to smoke.
Chain – smoking and inhaling became possible and by the middle of the 20th century tobacco addicts
men and women. Nowadays cigarette smoking (7)__________ banned in many places, especially
(8)__________ the USA.
But until 1820 tobacco was America’s (9)__________ exports, and still today their tobacco industry
(10)__________ over $4.2 billion a year.
1. A. used

B. using

C. to use

D. use


2. A. bring

B. brought

C. brings

3. A. disgust

B. disgusted

C. disgusting

4. A. grow

B. growing

C. grows

5. A. is
6. A. eases

B. are

7. A. are

D. grown

B. main

10. A. makes

B. making

D. were

C. ease

D. easily

B. was

C. is

D. were

C. for

D. in

B. on

9. A. secondly

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D. disgustedly

C. was

B. EASY

8. A. at

D. bringing

C. firstly
C. made

D. thirdly
D. make

TOM CRUISE

Tom Cruise is one of the most successful actors in cinema history. However, life hasn't always been that
easy for him. As a young boy, Tom was shy and had (1)__________ in finding friends, although he really
enjoyed (2)__________ part in school plays.
(3)__________ he had finished High School, Tom went to New York to look for work. He found employment
as a porter, and at the same time he (4)__________ drama classes. In 1980, the film director Franco
Zeffirelli (5)__________ Tom his first part in a film.
Ten years later, he had become (6)__________ successful that he was one of the highest - paid actors in
Hollywood, (7)__________ millions of dollars for (8)__________ film.
Today, Tom (9)__________ appears in films and is as (10)__________ as ever with his thousands of fans from
all around the world. Waste
1. A. worry

B. problem

C. fear

D. difficulty

2. A. making

B. holding

C. taking

D. finding

3. A. While
4. A. prepared
5. A. suggested

B. During

C. after

B. waited
B. offered

6. A. so

B. such

7. A. paying

B. earning

D. Until
C. attended

C. tried

D. happened

D. advised

C. too
C. winning

D. very
D. reaching


8. A. another
9. A. yet

B. all

C. each

B. ever

10. A. popular

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D. some

C. already

B. favourite

D. still

C. preferred

D. approved

WATER
There is much more water than land on the (1)__________ of the earth. The seas and oceans nearly

(2)__________ of the whole world, and only one-fifth of (3)____cần động từ______ land. If you traveled over
the earth in different directions, you would have to spend (4)__________ more of your time (5)__________ on
water than on roads or railways. We sometimes forget that for every mile of land (6)__________ four miles
of water.
There is much water on the surface of our earth that we (7)__________ to use two words to describe. We
use the word SEAS (8)__________ those parts of water surface which (9) __________ only a few hundreds of
mile, the word OCEANS to describe the huge area of water ……10……… are thousands of miles wide and
very deep.
1. A. cover
2. A. four-fives

B. surface
B. four-fifth

3. A. it is

6. A. there are

B. much
B. move
B. there is

7. A. must

8. A. describing
9. A. is

B. should
B. describes
B. ARE

10. A. that’s

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C. four-fifths

D. outside
D. fourth-fifths

B. it

4. A. many
5. A. to move

C. outer

B. WHICH

C. its
C. few
C. moved
C. there has
C. have

C. describe
C. has
C. where

D. them are
D. two

D. moving spend
D. have
D. would
D. to describe
D. will be
D. whose

WILLIAM THE HERO

Brave William Baldock, who is six years old, is a hero after helping his mother when she fell downstairs.
William quickly rang (1)__________ an ambulance when he discovered his mother had broken her leg. In
spite of being frightened, he (2)__________ the emergency services what had happened and answered all
the questions they asked him.


He also telephoned his father (3)__________ work, and then his grandmother, to explain what he had
(4)__________ While waiting for (5)__________ people to come, William looked after his 18-month-old sister.
When ambulance man Steve Lyn went to the house, he was amazed: ‘It’s (6)__________ that a young boy of
six knew the right number to (7)__________, and was able to give us the correct information.
(8)__________ of William’s quick thinking, we were able to (9)__________ there immediately.’
Mrs. Baldock left hospital yesterday, very (10)__________ to both William and the ambulance service.
1. A. to

B. off

2. A. said to

B. talked with

3. A. in

B. at

4. A. done

C. for

B. fine

7. A. put

D. told

C. on

B. every

6. A. pleased

B. set

8. A. Since

B. because

9. A. manage

B. find

10. A. agreeable

B. happy

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C. spoke to

B. made

5. A. these

D. with
D. by

C. acted
C. each
C. clever
C. dial

D. worked

D. this
D. great

D. hit

C. As

D. Although

C. get

D. go

C. grateful

D. approving

NEW OPPORTUNITIES WITH AN OPEN UNIVERSITY DEGREE

Like any other universities, the Open University can give you a degree. However, you don’t have to (1)
___________ working to study. It can also open up a whole variety (2) ___________ interest.
If you have (3) ___________ studied before, you will enjoy the special, new pleasure of (4) ___________ your
knowledge. You will make friends of (5) ___________ kinds. You may also (6) ___________ that your
qualification provides new career opportunities.
You don’t actually (7) ___________ to the Open University for lectures, but study at home, using television,
radio and computer software. You can (8) ___________ one class a month if you wish at an Open University
center. Of course, there are exams to take, as is (9) ___________ university.


If you (10) ___________ like to know more, all you have to do is complete the form below. It could be the
start of a wonderful new period in your life.
1. A. stop

B. end

2. A. of

B. from

3. A. ever

C. leave

D. break
C. for

B. always

C. often

D. in
D. never

4. A. growing B. changing

C. adding

D. increasing

5. A. all

B. each

C. both

D. every

6. A. suggest

B. find

7. A. join

B. enter

8. A. give

C. arrive
B. attend

9. A. any

B. some

10. A. did

B. will

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C. wish

D. want

D. go

C. learn

D. study

C. many

D. most
C. would

D. can

FRANKENSTEIN

Most people, when they are asked who Frankenstein was, will reply, "A monster." This is not really
(1)__________. The monster, both in Mary Shelley's book and in the (2)__________, has no name! It is
(3)__________ known as "the monster" or "the Frankenstein monster". Frankenstein was the
(4)__________ of the doctor who created it. In the (5)__________ book, the monster was kind and quite gentle
when he was first created. He wanted friends and (6)__________.Soon, however, people began to persecute
him because his (7)__________ was so frightening. The monster then changed into the
(8)__________ creature that we know from the movies. Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein in 1818, at the
age of twenty-one. She wrote the novel to teach two lessons that people shouldn't (9)__________ other
people badly because they are different, and that sometimes we may create something that can (10)
__________ us.
1. A. correct

B. true

2. A. movies

B. pictures

C. actual

D. real

C. photos

D.

scenes
3. A. simple

B. also

4. A. picture

B. name

5. A. original

B. first

C. simply
C. call
C. early

D. only
D. recall

D. former


6. A. like

B. favorite

C. priority

7. A. face

B. looking

C. appearance

8. A. terrible

B. bad

9. A. treat

B. behave

C. handle

10. A. damage

B. destroy

C. spoil

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C. devil

D. love
D. vision
D. practical
D. deal
D. worsen

HENRY FORD

Henry Ford was born (0)_ a farm in Michigan in 1863 but he did not like farming. When he was fifteen he
began to work as a mechanic and in 1893 he built his first car. After he (1)__________ driven it 1,500
kilometers, he sold it and built two bigger cars. Then, in 1903, he (2)__________ the Ford Motor Company.
By (3) __________ strong but light steel, he built cheap cars for (4)__________ people to buy. In 1908, he built
the first Ford Model ‘T’, (5)__________ sold for $825. He was soon selling 100 cars (6)__________ day. By
1927, the Ford Motor Company was (7) __________ $700 million. Early Ford cars were simple and cheap,
but (8)__________ things simple sometimes (9)__________ less choice. ‘You (10)__________ have any color you
like,’ said Henry Ford of the Model T, ‘as long as it’s black.’
1. A. is

B. was

C. had

D.has

2. A. raised

B. started

3. A. putting

B. operating

4. A. usual

B. ordinary

C general

5. A. where

B. which

C. who

D.what

6. A. a

B. some

C. the

D.one

7. A. rich

B. worth

C. expensive

D.dear

C. led

D.appeared

C. using

D.managing

D.typical

8. A. remaining

B. staying

9. A. meant

C. keeping

D.holding

B. decided

C. planned

B. ought

C. need

D.intended
10. A. will

Bài 14:

RUNNING SHOES

D. can


Running is now very popular both as a sport and as a way of keeping fit. Even if you only run a short
(1)__________ once or twice a week, you (2)__________ to make sure you wear good shoes. (3)__________is a lot
of choice nowadays in running shoes. First of all, decide how (4)__________ you want to (5)__________ on
your shoes.
Then find a pair which fits you well. Be prepared to (6)__________ different sizes in different types of shoe.
Women’s shoes are made narrower (7)__________ men’s and, although most women will find a woman’s
shoe which suits them, there is no (8)__________ why woman can’t wear a man’s shoe. The same is true for
a man - (9)__________ a woman’s shoe fits you better, then wear it. Take your time in the shop. If you
(10)__________ a mistake and buy the wrong shoes, your feet will let you know.
1. A. distance

B. path

2. A. would

B. should

3. A. It

C. line

D. length
C. need

B. there

4. A. far

D. must
C. This

B. long

D. That

C. many

D. much
5. A. spend

B. buy

C. charge

D. pay

6. A. experiment

B. ask

C. try

D. look

7. A. as

B. like

8. A. fact

B. reason

C. than

D. from
C. knowledge

D.

choice
9. A. since

B. because

10. A. do

B. make

C. so

D. if
C. cause

D. decide

Bài 15.

SUPER HERO

A superhero is a fictional character with special powers. (1)__________ the first Superman story was
written in the USA in 1938, superheroes have (2)__________ in various comic books around the world. But
more recently they have (3)_____linking V_____ better known (ADJ) as film characters.
(4)__________ superhero powers vary widely, superhuman strength and the ability to fly are common.
(5)__________ superheroes do not have special powers but have (6)__________ other important abilities. In


order to protect friends and family, a superhero’s identity is normally (7)__________ secret, which often
means superheroes have a complicated double life. (8)__________ have been successful superheroes in
countries other than the USA. Examples (9)__________ Cybersix from Argentina and the heroes of AK
comics from Egypt. Japan is the only country that has created as many superhero characters as the USA.
However, most Japanese superheroes are short-lived. While American entertainment companies
reinvent superheroes, (10)__________ they will stay popular, Japanese companies frequently introduce
new characters.
1. A. until

B. since

C. from

D. before

2. A. shown

B. entered

C. come

3. A. become

B. returned

C. changed

D.

4. A. because

B. if

C. although

D. so

5. A. Each

B. Some

6. A. made

B. increased

C. prepared

7. A. held

B. put

C. kept

8. A. these

B. that

9. A consist

B. involve

C. contain

D.

B. requiring

C. needing

D.

D. appeared

grown
C. Another

D. Both
D.

developed
C. there

D. got
D. those

include
10. A. hoping
asking

Bài 16.

THE GRAND CANYON

The Grand Canyon in the United States was created by the River Colorado. People visit the Grand Canyon
Park to go walking and running but (1)__________ to look at the view. It is a wonderful view made
(2)__________ better by the Skywalk. The distance (3)__________ the Skywalk to the bottom of the Grand
Canyon is 1219 metres. It is a platform (4)__________ walls and floor are built of glass (5)__________ that you
can see the beautiful rocks of the canyon. Up to 120 people are allowed to stand on it at the same
(6)__________. It opened in 2007 and since (7)__________ thousands of people have used it. You have to

(8)__________ special covers over your shoes to (9)__________ scratching the glass beneath your feet.
Walking onto the Skywalk makes you (10)__________ like a bird floating high up in the air.
1. A. hugely

B. mainly chủ yếu

2. A. already

B. such

3. A. from

B. through

C. greatly

C. more

D.completely
D. even

C. by

D. for

4. A. who

B. where

C. whose

5. A. therefore

B. although

C. so

6. A. day

B. period

C. hour

7. A. then

B. there

8. A. take

B. wear

D. which
D. because
D. time

C. that

D. this

C. dress

D.change

9. A. avoid

B. keep

C. hold

D. let

10. A. believe

B. wish

C. consider

D. feel

Bài 17.

THE TIGER

In 1973, when the tiger appeared to be facing extinction, the World Wide Fund for Nature and the Indian
Government agreed to set (1)__________ “Operation Tiger”-a campaign to save this threatened creature.
They started by creating nine special parks (2)__________ that tigers could live in safety. The first was at
Ranthambhore, a region (3)__________ was quickly turning into a desert (4)__________ too much of the grass
was being eaten by the local people’s cattle. At the time there were just fourteen tigers left there. The

government had to clear twelve small villages, which meant moving nearly 1,000 people and 10,000
cattle so the land (5)__________ be handed back to nature.
Today, Ranthambhore is a very different place, with grass tall (6)__________ for tigers to hide in, and there
are now at least forty of them (7)__________ the park, wandering freely about. Other animals have also
benefited. For example (INSTANT), there are many (8)__________ deer and monkeys than before. The
people (9)__________ were moved are now living in better conditions.
They live in new villages away (10)__________ the tiger park, with schools, temples and fresh water
supplies. There are now sixteen such tiger parks in India and the animal’s future looks a little safer.
1. A. in

B. down

C. up

D. on


2. A. for

B. order

3. A. in which B. with which
4. A. because

C. such
C. for which

B. although

D. so

D. which

C. despite

D. but

5. A. can

B. could

C. will

D. might

6. A. much

B. enough

C. too

D. so

7. A. near

B. outside

C. within

D. leaving

8. A. fewer

B. more

C. better

D. less

9. A. that

B. which

C. whose

D. by who

10. A. off

B. to

Bài 18.

C. far

D. from

NOISY COWS

A farmer in the French Alps is being (1)__________ to court because his cows are too noisy. (2)__________ say
the cowbells on his herd at a village near the town of Annecy are keeping them (3)__________ at night.

Hugh Schofield reports from Paris:
Michel Deronzier grazes his herd of 70 dairy (4)__________ on fields just outside the village of Villaz, in the
pastoral bliss of a French Alpine mountainside. Several of the animals (5)__________ cowbells - not for
decoration, he insists, but for the very (6)__________ reason that they can be more easily (7)__________ if
they stray.
But several of Monsieur Deronzier's neighbours have had enough. They say that the constant chiming of
the cowbells is stopping them (8)__________, and now one of them has (9)__________ a suit at the courts
demanding that the herd be (10)__________ away.
1.

A. sent

B. taken

C. carried

2.

A. residents

B. neighbors

3.

A. awake

4.

A. cattle

B. stock

C. livestock

5.

A. carry

B. have

C. wear

6.

A. real

B. practical

C. inhabitants

B. alert

D. brought
D. dwellers

C. wakened

D. waking
D. farm animals
D. put

C. realistic

D. practicable


7.

A. spotted

B. localized

8.

A. sleeping

B. being asleep C. getting sleep

9.

A. summed up

B. brought

10.

A. held

Bài 19.

B. stored

C. located

D. recognized
D. being sleepy

C. summoned
C. kept

D. filed
D. done

WHY DOES ENGLISH BECOME AN INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE

Why does English (1)________ an international language meanwhile Chinese is used by more than
(2)________ of the world ? There are some (3)________ causes.
In the nineteen century Great Britain became (4)________ after the Industrial Revolution. The English
Empire (5)________ many other countries and made them as their colonies.
English was (6)________ used there. Gradually, those countries spoke English as their native language or
second language.
After the World War II, the United State, one of the English – speaking (7)________, become the most
powerful and so then more people speak English. English Grammar is rather easy and simple compared
(8)________ other languages. However, English learners, even the native speakers, sometimes have
trouble with English (9)________ That can be overcome. A lot of (10)________ methods are available to help
them.
1. A. be
2. A. fifth- one

B. become

B. first – fifth

3. A. main

C. get
C. one – fifth

D. have
D. one – five

B. mean

C. uneasy

D.

B. powerless

C. powerful

D. powerfully

unreasonable
4. A. power
5. A. hit
6. A. rarely

B. took

C. kept

D. conquered

B. officially

C. friendly

D.

7. A. states

B. distances

C. countries

D. cities

8. A. with

B. from

hardly
C. in

D. on


9. A. dictation

B. written

C. spoken

D.

spelling
10. A. teaching

Bài 20:

B. cooking

C. writing

D. doing

ART FACTORIES

Several years ago an old factory on the edge of Paris was turned into an exhibition centre. This helped
many artists (1)__________ had found it too expensive to work in the centre of Paris,
and so for the (2)__________ few years painters, musicians, actors and other people (3)__________ had space
to work and perform.
For the past + khoảng TG : + HTHT
The people behind the idea now (4)__________ to change the use of other old buildings (5)__________ the
same reasons. Sometimes the use of the buildings can only (6)__________ for a short period of time, a year
for example, (7)__________ the opportunity is always worth it for the young artists. On one occasion a
businessman lent an old building (8)__________ the organizers for two years, and in that time the artists
were (9)__________ to put on concerts, art exhibitions and fashion shows to (10)__________ the local people.
1. A. which

B. some

C. who

D. those

2. A. other

B. past

C. late

D. remaining

3. A. have

B. must

C. would

D. had

4. A. think

B. like

5. A. with

B. by

C. beyond

6. A. take

B. be

C. seem

7. A. but

D. want

B. so

8. A. for

B. IN

9. A. suitable

B. able

10. A. attract

C. go

B. bring

D. for
D. have

C. because
C. to
C. better
C. provide

1. A Welsh Festival

D. since
D. from
D. successful
D. enjoy


Wales has a population of about three million. English is the main language and only twenty per cent
speak both Welsh and English. Every year (1)……... August there is a Welsh-speaking festival. It
(2)…….... place in a different town each ear so everyone has the chance for it to be near them.
Local people (3)……….. years making plans for when the festival will be in (4)……….. town.
Each festival is (5)………. by about 160,000 people. They travel not only from nearby towns and
villages (6)………. also from the rest of the British Isles and (7)………. from abroad.
There are concerts, plays and (8)………… to find the best singers, poets, writers, and so on. Shops
sell Welsh music, book, pictures and clothes as (9)………… as food and drink. The festival provides
a chance for Welsh-speaking people to be together for a whole week, with (10)………. Welsh
language all around them.
1. A. on
B. by
C. in
D. at Tháng dùng IN
2. A. takes
B. finds

C. has
D. makes
Take place: xảy ra
3. A. pass
B. put
C. spend
D. do
Spend + thời gian + ving
4. A. our
B. their
C. his
D. its
5. A. arrived
B. attended (tham dự) C. joined D. come
6. A. but
B. and
C. since
D. however
7. A. just
B. hardly
C. quite
D. even (thậm chí)
8. A. tests
B. examinations C. competitions (cuộc thi đấu) D. races
9. A. long
B. far
C. good
D. well (as well as: cũng như)
10. A. one
B. A

C. the (xác định) D. some

2. LITTLE CAT, LITTLE CAT, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?


When Bo the cat decided to explore a furniture van, she had a bigger adventure than she expected.
She was discovered (1)_________ the driver, after has had completed a (2)_________ of over 500
kilometres.
It was (3)_________ end of a long day. The driver and the cat were both hungry! He gave her some
milk and started making enquiries. He telephoned his last (4)_________, but they had not lost a cat.
It was getting late, so he took Bo home for the night and (5)_________ morning delivered her to an
animal hospital.
The cat’s owner (6)_________ done some detective work too. After (7)_________ everywhere for
the cat, he suddenly remembered the furniture van (8)_________ had made a delivery to a neighbor.
Fortunately, he (9)_________ the name of the company. He called their office and in short time Bo
was (10)_________ safely.
1. A. of
B. from
C. at
D. by
2. A. trip
B. visit
C. Tour
D. travel
3. A. an
B. some
C. the
D. any
4. A. shoppers
B. buyers

C. callers
D. customers
5. A. next
B. following
C. tomorrow
D. other
6. A. HAS
B. is
C. had trước sau D. was
7. A. seeing
B. looking
C. finding
D. searching + for
8. A. what
B. this
C. it
D. which
9. A. called
B. remembered
C. saw
D. reminded
10. A. given
B. brought
C. returned
D. taken
3. PERSONAL SPACE
More and more people live in large cities these days and this means that it is becoming more and
more difficult to find space and time for ourselves. But for many people, personal privacy is more
important. In many houses, a few minutes in the bath room is all the privacy that is (1)_________ .
Teenagers especially need their own personal space at home where they can feel relaxed and private,

But of course, not all teenagers are (2)_________ enough to have a room of their own.
Where space is short, they often have to (3)_________ a bedroom with a brother or sister. It’s a
good (4)_________ for them to have a special area or corner of the room to (5)_________ their own.
It’s especially important for young people to have some where to (6)_________ their personal
things. This may or may not be a tidy place and it is not a good ideas for parents to try to tell
teenagers how to (7)_________ their space as this is (8)_________ to lead to arguments. Parents
can, however, (9)_________ sure that there are enough storage spaces such as shelves, cupboards
and boxes. This will (10)_________ the teenager to keep their space tidy if they want to. V O V
1. A. confident

B. available

C. general

d. average


2. A. dizzy
3. A. separate FROM
4. A. sense
5. A. mind
6. A. belong
7. A. organize
8. A. really
9. A. find
10. A. afford

B. early
B. SHARE
B. opinion

B. call
B. save
B. repair
B. quickly
B. Make
B. let

C. LUCKY
D. happy
C. divide INTO D. join
C. IDEA
D. thought
C. say
d. tell + người
C. support
D. KEEP
C. operate
D. review
C. actually
D. likely
C. get
D. put
C. ALLOW
D. set

4. PONY EXPRESS
Before 1860 there was no quick way of getting mail between the east and the west of the United
States.
There were no railways at that (1)_________ and most mail was sent by coach. It usually
(2)_________ at least 25 days for coaches to (3)_________ the coast.

So in 1860 it (4)_________ decided to send mail BY ‘Pony Express’, which was much faster, Riders
(5)_________ very fast horses were placed along the route. They were at (6)_________ distances
from each other and the mail was handed from one rider to the next,
Riders were all (7)_________ to travel between twenty and thirty kilometers (8)_________ day on
very bad roads.
At each stop two minutes were (9)_________ for exchanging the mail bags, but riders were often
held up by awful weather (10)_________ closed the roads. With the invention of the telegraph in
1861, the demand for Pony Express disappeared.
1. A. time
B. date
C. age
D. season
2. A. spent
B. lasted
C. took
D. passed
3. A. get
B. arrive
C. come
D. reach
4. A. had
B. was
C. has
D. is
5. A. for
B. off
C. with
D. behind
6. A. like
B. equal

C. same
D. level
7. A. wished
B. wanted
C. expected
D. hoped
8. A. A
B. one
C. some
D. any
9. A. let
B. allowed
C. done
D. made
10. A. which
B. where
C. what
D. when

5. SAN FRANCISCO


San Francisco lies on the coast of Northern California. The earliest Europeans to discover the
(1)_________ were led by a Spanish explorer (2)_________ name was Gaspar de Portolá.
He first saw it in 1769. Surprisingly, (3)_________ San Francisco Bay is a wonderful natural
harbour, it was discovered by land (4)_________ than by sea.
In 1849, people (5)_________ in San Francisco in their thousands (6)_________ to find gold.
However, it was not the men looking for the gold that got rich. The richest people (7)_________
their money from owning banks and law firms and they built themselves large houses on one of the
hills. This was (8)_________ as Nob Hill.

Nowadays, tourists are (9)_________ to San Francisco because there they can see famous places
like Chinatown and the Golden Gate Bridge. Many even (10)_________ the short boat trip to the
island of Alcatraz to see the former prison.
1. A. area
B. part
C. space
D. position
2. A. who
B. whose
C. what
D. which
3. A. if
B. unless
C. although
D. despite
4. A. except FOR
B. instead OF
C. apart
from D. rather
5. A. reached
B. arrived
C. entered
D. approached
6. A. wondering
B. hoping
C. considering
D. depending
7. A. did
B. became
C. made

D. brought
8. A. told
B. called
khơng có gt ( my cat is called mina)
C. named after
D. known as
9. A. interested
B. attracted
C. pleased
D. excited
10. A. take
B. spend
C. go
D. travel
6. THE ESCALATOR
An American, Charles D. Seeberger, invented moving stairs to transport people in the 1890s. He
(1)_________ this invention an escalator (2)_________ the name from the Latin word ‘scala’
(3)_________ means ‘ladder’. Escalators move people up and down short (4)_________. Lifts do
the same,
but only move (5)_________ small number of people. If an escalator breaks down. It can still be
(6)_________ as ordinary stairs. An escalator can move (7)_________ 8,000 and 9,600 people an
hours, and it (8)_________ not need a person to operate it.
Towards the end of the nineteenth century, cities were (9)_________ more crowded and the first
escalators were built at railway station and in big department (10)_________ so that people could
move about more quickly. Today we see escalators everywhere.
1. A. announced
B. called
C. translated
D. explained
2. A. fetching

B. lending
C. taking
D. carrying
3. A. what
B. whose
C. who
D. which


4. A. distances
5. A. the
6. A. walked
7. A. from
8. A. is
9. A. coming
10. A. stores

B. directions
B. a
B. made
B. between
B. has
B. becoming
B. shops

C. measurements
C. some
C. used
C. to
C. did

C. continuing
C. places

D. lengths
D. any
D. changed
D. above
D. does
D.developing
D. houses

7. TOBACCO
For thousands of years tobacco was (1)__________ by the American Indians with no oil – effect. In
the 16th century it was (2)__________ to Europe. This early tobacco was mixed with soil and rather
dirty. It was chewed or smoked in pipes only by men; women thought it was smelly and
(3)__________.
It was first (4)__________ in America in the 17th century on slave plantations. In the 18th new
technology refined tobacco and the first cigarettes (5)__________ produced.
By the 1880s huge factories were producing cigarettes which were clean and (6)__________ to
smoke. Chain – smoking and inhaling became possible and by the middle of the 20th century
tobacco addicts men and women. Nowadays cigarette smoking (7)__________ banned in many
places, especially (8)__________ the USA.
But until 1820 tobacco was America’s (9)__________ exports, and still today their tobacco
industry (10)__________ over $4.2 billion a year.
1. A. used
B. using
C. to use
D. use
2. A. bring
B. brought

C. brings
D. bringing
3. A. disgust
B. disgusted
C. disgusting
D. disgustedly
4. A. grow
B. growing
C. grows
D. grown
5. A. is
B. are
C. was
D. were
6. A. eases
B. EASY
C. ease
D. easily
7. A. are
B. was
C. is
D. were
8. A. at
B. on
C. for
D. in
9. A. secondly
B. main
C. firstly
D. thirdly

10. A. makes
B. making
C. made
D. make
8. TOM CRUISE
Tom Cruise is one of the most successful actors in cinema history. However, life hasn't always been
that easy for him. As a young boy, Tom was shy and had (1)__________ in finding friends, although
he really enjoyed (2)__________ part in school plays.


(3)__________ he had finished High School, Tom went to New York to look for work. He found
employment as a porter, and at the same time he (4)__________ drama classes. In 1980, the film
director Franco Zeffirelli (5)__________ Tom his first part in a film.
Ten years later, he had become (6)__________ successful that he was one of the highest - paid
actors in Hollywood, (7)__________ millions of dollars for (8)__________ film.
Today, Tom (9)__________ appears in films and is as (10)__________ as ever with his thousands of
fans from all around the world. Waste
1. A. worry
B. problem
C. fear
D. difficulty
2. A. making
B. holding
C. taking
D. finding
3. A. While
B. During
C. after
D. Until
4. A. prepared

B. waited
C. attended
D. happened
5. A. suggested
B. offered
C. tried
D. advised
6. A. so
B. such
C. too
D. very
7. A. paying
B. earning
C. winning
D. reaching
8. A. another
B. all
C. each
D. some
9. A. yet
B. ever
C. already
D. still
10. A. popular
B. favourite
C. preferred
D. approved
9. WATER
There is much more water than land on the (1)__________ of the earth. The seas and
oceans nearly (2)__________ of the whole world, and only one-fifth of (3)____cần động từ______

land. If you traveled over the earth in different directions, you would have to spend (4)__________
more of your time (5)__________ on water than on roads or railways. We sometimes forget that for
every mile of land (6)__________ four miles of water.
There is much water on the surface of our earth that we (7)__________ to use two words to describe.
We use the word SEAS (8)__________ those parts of water surface which (9) __________ only a
few hundreds of mile, the word OCEANS to describe the huge area of water ……10……… are
thousands of miles wide and very deep.

1. A. cover
B. surface bề mặt
C. outer
D. outside
2. A. four-fives
B. four-fifth
C. four-fifths 4/5
D. fourth-fifths
3. A. it is
B. it
C. its
D. them are ( land số ít)
4. A. many
B. much + time C. few
D. two
5. A. to move
B. move
C. moved
D. moving spend + time + Ving
6. A. there are+ N số nhiều B. there is
C. there has
D. have

7. A. must
B. should
C. have
D. would (ACD + nguyên mẫu)
8. A. describing

B. describes

C. describe

D. to describe


9. A. is
10. A. that’s

B. ARE
B. WHICH

C. has
C. where

D. will be
D. whose

10. WILLIAM THE HERO
Brave William Baldock, who is six years old, is a hero after helping his mother when she fell
downstairs. William quickly rang (1)__________ an ambulance when he discovered his mother had
broken her leg. In spite of being frightened, he (2)__________ the emergency services what had
happened and answered all the questions they asked him.

He also telephoned his father (3)__________ work, and then his grandmother, to explain what he
had (4)__________ While waiting for (5)__________ people to come, William looked after his 18month-old sister.
When ambulance man Steve Lyn went to the house, he was amazed: ‘It’s (6)__________ that a
young boy of six knew the right number to (7)__________, and was able to give us the correct
information.
(8)__________ of William’s quick thinking, we were able to (9)__________ there immediately.’
Mrs. Baldock left hospital yesterday, very (10)__________ to both William and the ambulance
service.
1. A. to
B. off
C. for
D. with
2. A. said to
B. talked with
C. spoke to
D. told
said to người
said that + câu
3. A. in
B. at work: tại chỗ làm
C. on
D. by
4. A. done
B. made
C. acted
D. worked
5. A. these + số nhiều
B. every
C. each
D. this

6. A. pleased
B. fine
C. clever dùng cho người
D. great
7. A. put
B. set
C. dial quay số
D. hit
8. A. Since
B. because C. As
D. Although
9. A. manage
B. find
C. get
D. go
10. A. agreeable
B. happy
C. grateful + to : biết ơn ai
D. approving
11. NEW OPPORTUNITIES WITH AN OPEN UNIVERSITY DEGREE
Like any other universities, the Open University can give you a degree. However, you don’t have to
(1) ___________ working to study. It can also open up a whole variety (2) ___________ interest.
If you have (3) ___________ studied before, you will enjoy the special, new pleasure of (4)
___________ your knowledge. You will make friends of (5) ___________ kinds. You may also (6)
___________ that your qualification provides new career opportunities.


You don’t actually (7) ___________ to the Open University for lectures, but study at home, using
television, radio and computer software. You can (8) ___________ one class a month if you wish at
an Open University center. Of course, there are exams to take, as is (9) ___________ university.

If you (10) ___________ like to know more, all you have to do is complete the form below. It could
be the start of a wonderful new period in your life.
1. A. stop
B. end
C. leave
D. break
2. A. of
B. from
C. for
D. in
3. A. ever
B. always
C. often
D. never
4. A. growing
B. changing
C. adding
D. increasing
5. A. all
B. each
C. both
D. every
6. A. suggest
B. find
C. wish
D. want
7. A. join
B. enter
C. arrive
D. go

8. A. give
B. attend
C. learn
D. study
9. A. any
B. some
C. many
D. most
10. A. did
B. will
C. would
D. can
12. FRANKENSTEIN
Most people, when they are asked who Frankenstein was, will reply, "A monster." This is not really
(1)__________. The monster, both in Mary Shelley's book and in the (2)__________, has no name!
It is (3)__________ known as "the monster" or "the Frankenstein monster". Frankenstein was the
(4)__________ of the doctor who created it. In the (5)__________ book, the monster was kind and
quite gentle when he was first created. He wanted friends and (6)__________.Soon, however, people
began to persecute him because his (7)__________ was so frightening. The monster then changed
into the (8)__________ creature that we know from the movies. Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein
in 1818, at the age of twenty-one. She wrote the novel to teach two lessons that people shouldn't
(9)__________ other people badly because they are different, and that sometimes we may create
something that can (10) __________ us.
1. A. correct
B. true
C. actual
D. real
2. A. movies
B. pictures
C. photos

D. scenes
3. A. simple
B. also
C. simply
D. only
4. A. picture
B. name
C. call
D. recall
5. A. original
B. first
C. early
D. former
6. A. like
B. favorite
C. priority
D. love
7. A. face
B. looking
C. appearance
D. vision
8. A. terrible
B. bad
C. devil
D. practical
9. A. treat
B. behave
C. handle
D. deal