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VOLUNTARY SERVICE OVERSEAS VSO
VSO is a registered charity dedicated to assisting in developing countries. More specifically, selects and places volunteers in response to overseas requests. This work makes it distinctive among other charities and organizations in the UK. It sends people, not money, to that its services are, in effect, entirely complementary to the efforts being made by agencies like Oxfam, Christian Aid and Save the Children Fund with whom it often works directly.
VSO tries to respond to request from overseas which ask for volunteers. Its bias is firmly towards the poorest members on the community and it takes great care to avoid undermining job opportunities for local people. Both staff and volunteers also play a special attention to women's role in development projects. This is because women's role in child-rearing, in education and community cohesion are essential in any healthy process of change.
Over the past 38 years, more than 21,000 volunteers have worked abroad with VSO. There are now over 1,900 volunteers working in 59 of the less developed countries in Africa, Asia, the Pacific and the Caribbean.
The application of each volunteer is carefully considered in order to select and interview candidates against each job request from the field, to seek the person with the right blend of skills and personality.
VSO, the work
VSO volunteers do not go to developing countries as visiting experts with all the answers. It is always a process of sharing and learning. The aim is that when the volunteer returns home, there exists a community with a stronger sense of independence and self-reliance... and a volunteer with a new understanding and appreciation of life and people everywhere. The range of jobs required of VSO is wide-reflecting the needs of any society in the modern world.
0Câu 1
VSO is different from other charities and organization from UK because it________.
A. is a registered body.
B.sends volunteers to help abroad.
C. Recruits volunteers to work in Britain.
D. sends financial aid to developing countries.
Câu 2
Requests from overseas most likely to be dealt with are those which__________.
A. need help and advice for health care.
B.require volunteers to work with local inhabitants.
C. require help and advice for health care.
D. specifically ask for female staff and volunteers.
Câu 3
According to those who work for VSO, who plays the most important part in bringing about change?
A. staff who recruit volunteers
B.
women in local communities
C. volunteers from abroad
D. charitable organizations
Câu 4
What happens when VSO wants to appoint new volunteers?
A. They refer applications to countries requesting volunteers.
B.They match all applicants to jobs very carefully.
C. They give preference to applicants living abroad.
D. They give each applicants several interviews.
Câu 5
The volunteers chosen to go out to a developing country____________.
A. must have experience of working overseas.
B.must leave the country before it becomes independent.
C. will gain more knowledge about the world we live in.
D. will quickly become an expert in the field.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Choose the correct option a,b,c or d to complete this passage.
Playing a musical instrument is a great hobby to have. I started playing the piano when I was five years old and still really enjoy it now: it’s a perfect way to relax and it cheers me up when I’m feeling down. When I lived at home with my parents, we had a lovely reddish brown piano in the house and I had piano lessons every week. However, when I went to university, I had to leave my family, my home and my piano (46)……....
I missed (47)……… the piano so much that I spent all the money I got for my eighteenth birthday (48)……… a brand new electric piano. It was quite difficult getting it from the music shop to my house: I had to take a friend with me to get it into a taxi and then carry it to the door. I am very glad I bought it though. I was (49)…….. to play whenever I wanted, using headphones so that I wouldn’t disturb my flatmates. When I was studying or writing an essay, I used to take a break to play something (50)……. It really helped ease my frustration! When I was feeling a bit homesick, playing the music that I learned on my old piano made me feel better.
0Câu 41
What does the word "earn" in the first paragraph mean?
A. pick
B.sell
C. get
D. lose
Câu 42
What color are the blueberries before they are ready to be picked?
A. green
B.brown
C. red
D. blue
Câu 43
Where do the blueberry pickers work?
A. in a bam
B.in a field
C. in a forest
D. near a stream
Câu 44
What happens to blueberries after they are picked?
A. They are put into boxes.
B.Farmers plant them.
C. They need sun and rain.
D. They become sweet and ripe.
Câu 45
Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?
A. Fating Blueberries
B.How to Cook with Blueberries
C. All About Blueberries
D. All About Strawberries
A.
B.
C.
D.

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There are many different kinds of sports that are undertaken by a wide variety of different people. Some people do sport for their career and other people purely do sport for enjoyment and recreation. Some sports, like cricket, require the use of a lot of equipment, while others need very little in order to successfully play a game in that sport. Some people use public playing fields to play sport for free, while other sports such as squash, tennis, badminton and table tennis are usually paid for on an hourly basis in the comfort of a local leisure centre.
Most sports are played with a round object often known as a ball. Some sports use more than one ball and snooker is one of the unique sports that make use of a number of balls while being played. The game itself is often controlled by an impartial individual known as an umpire in cricket and a referee in sports like football and rugby. Most sports have a duration of not more than a few hours, however some athletic tournaments can last for up to a week and a game of cricket can be five days in duration before a winner is announced.
Some people prefer to watch sport. This can either be done by going to a stadium, a local leisure centre, park or on the television. It is often cheaper to watch sport from the comfort of a person’s home than to visit the stadium or a special event. Some sports, such as football and cricket, are really popular in the United Kingdom but not in the USA. In the USA people often play basketball and baseball. However, most countries put aside time to compete in world sporting events such as the football world cup or the Olympics, which occur every four years.
0Câu 46
Choose the correct option A, B, C or D to complete this passage.
A. certain
B.unknown
C. estimated
D. approximate
Câu 47
Choose the correct option A, B, C or D to complete this passage.
A. injuring
B.enriching
C. spoiling
D. ruining
Câu 48
Choose the correct option A, B, C or D to complete this passage.
A.
B.results
C. excuses
D. pretexts
Câu 49
Choose the correct option A, B, C or D to complete this passage.
A. consumption
B.employment
C. need
D. usage
Câu 50
Choose the correct option A, B, C or D to complete this passage.
A. from
B.during
C. for
D. by
A.
B.
C.
D.

Read the passage below and choose the best answer to each question.
In an early survey conducted in 1888, a billion and a half people inhabited the earth. Now, the population is about six billion and is growing fast. Even though the rate of growth has begun to slow down, most people believe the population size may be eight billion during the next several years.
If we examine the amount of land available for this ever increasing population, we begin to see the problem. Not all land is useful to us because it cannot produce food. We can cut out about one fifth of it because it is covered by snow and ice. Then we can cut out another fifth because it is desert. Another fifth is mountains. The other fifth does not have enough soil for crops to grow because it is bare rock. Obviously, with so little land to support us, we should take great care not to reduce it any more or with the rapidly growing population we may sooner or later lack food to eat and place to live in.
0Câu 34
What is the main topic of the passage?
A. The world's population and the shortage of cultivated land.
B.The necessity of reducing the rate of birth.
C. The shortage of cultivated land.
D. The growth of the world's population.
Câu 35
The world's population ______ at present.
A. is still growing
B.is decreasing rapidly
C. stands at about eight billion
D. has stopped growing
Câu 36
According to the passage, we ______.
A. can cultivate on all land.
B.are not influenced by the land reduction.
C. can grow crops on bare rock.
D. should protect land.
Câu 37
Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word 'bare' in the second paragraph?
A. hard
B.empty
C. treeless
D.
Câu 38
Which of the following sentences is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Only one fifth of the world's land is being cultivated.
B.
C. Most of the world's land are uncultivated.
D. There has been a dramatic reduction of the birth rate.
A.
B.
C.
D.

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Between the Revolutionary period and the World War I, the United States post office was set out to improve transportation of the post office mails. From those early days to the present, the post office has helped develop and subsidize every new mode of transportation in the United States. Transportation has been the most important element in mail delivery. Even when the general public had still suspected of the security of a now means of transportation, the post office experimented with inventions that, offered potential for moving the mail faster, occasionally suffering embarrassment., ridicule, or even abuse in the process. As mail delivery evolved from foot to horseback, stagecoach, steamboat, railroad, automobile, and airplane, with intermediate and overlapping use of balloons, and helicopters, post office mail contracts ensured the income necessary to build the great highways, rail lines, and airways that eventually spanned the continent. By the turn of the 19th century, the U.S. Post Office had purchased a number of stagecoaches for operation on the nation’s better post roads - a post road being any road on which the mail travels - and continued to encourage new designs to improve passenger comfort and carry mail more safely.
0Câu 39
Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in the following passage.
A. proceeding
B.process
C. procedure
D. progress
Câu 40
Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in the following passage.
A. underpopulation
B.population
C. overpopulation
D. popularity
Câu 41
Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in the following passage.
A. one
B.barely
C. only
D. single
Câu 42
Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in the following passage.
A. encourage
B.suggest
C. insist
D. persuade
Câu 43
Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in the following passage.
A. improved
B.invested
C. impressed
D. increased
Câu 44
Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.“You have just got a promotion, haven’t you? Congratulations!” Peter said to his friend.
A. Peter asked his friend on getting a promotion.
B.Peter congratulated his friend on getting a promotion.
C. Peter dream of getting promotion.
D. Peter told his friend if his friend getting a promotion.
Câu 45
Simon was ill, so he didn’t go to the party.
A. If Simon hadn’t been ill, he would have gone to the party.
B.If Simon weren’t ill, he would go to the party.
C. If Simon were ill, he would go to the party.
D. If Simon isn’t ill, he will go to the party.
Câu 46
“If I catch the plane, I’ll be home by five,” he said.
A. He said if he caught the plane, he would be home by five.
B.He said if he catches the plane, he will be home by five.
C. He said if he caught the plane, he will be home by five.
D. He said if I caught the plane, I would be home by five.
Câu 47
If you don’t get up early, you will be late for school.
A. Unless you get up early, you will be late for school.
B.If you get up early, you will be late for school.
C. Unless you don’t get up early, you will be late for school.
D. If you got up early, you would be late for school.
Câu 48
“Why don’t we go to the cinema?” he said.
A. He advised us to go to the cinema.
B.He offered to go to the cinema.
C. He asked why we didn’t go to the cinema.
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.

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The nuclear family, consisting of a mother, father, and their children may be more an American ideal than an American reality. Of course, the so-called traditional American family was always more varied than we had been led to believe, reflecting the very different racial, ethnic, class, and religious customs among different American groups.
The most recent government statistics reveal that only about one third of all current American families fit the traditional mold and another third consists of married couples who either have no children or have none still living at home. Of the final one third, about 20 percent of the total number of American households is single people, usually women over sixty-five years of age. A small percentage, about 3 percent of the total, consists of unmarried people who choose to live together; and the rest, about 7 percent, are single, usually divorced parents, with at least one child.
0Câu 41
With what topic is the passage mainly concerned?
A. The current American family
B.The nuclear family
C. the traditional American family
D. The ideal family
Câu 42
The writer implies that ........................ .
A. the ideal American is the best structure
B.fewer married couples are having children
C. racial, ethnic, and religious groups have preserved the traditional family structure
D. there has always been a wide variety of family arrangements in the U.S
Câu 43
Who generally constitutes a one-person household?
A. A divorced woman
B.A single woman in her late sixties
C. A single man in his twenties
D.
Câu 44
According to the passage, married couples whose children have grown or who have no children represent .............................. .
A. 7 percent of households
B.20 percent of households
C. 3 percent of households
D. 33,3 percent of households
Câu 45
The word current in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ...................
A. now
B.contemporary
C. present
D. modern
A.
B.
C.
D.

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Direct attacks on illiteracy take two main forms, adult education and the establishment of public schools with compulsory attendance for children. In many countries, there are certain programs which have been instituted to fight adult illiteracy; and universal public education has almost eliminated illiteracy among the young. Soldiers have been appointed effectively as instructors for the public.
Throughout most of history most people have been illiterate. In former society, the ability to read and write was of value only to the clergy and aristocracy. The first known reference to “literate laymen” did not appear until the end of the 14th century. Illiteracy was not seen as a problem until after the invention of printing in the 15th century. The first significant decline in illiteracy came with the Reformation, when translation of the Bible into the vernacular became widespread and Protestant converts were taught to read it. Revolutionary political movements from the 18th to the 20th century generally included an attack on illiteracy as one of their goals, with the former Soviet Union, China, and Cuba being among the most successful in the 20th century.
0Câu 1
According to the passage, the anti-illiteracy programs are for ___________.
A. both adults and children
B.children
C.
D. adults
Câu 2
In former society, ___________.
A. everybody had the ability to read and write
B.everybody was literate
C. everybody was illiterate
D. the clergy and aristocracy was not illiterate
Câu 3
In the 14th century, ___________.
A. laymen began to learn how to read and write.
B.only clergy could read and write.
C. everybody began to go to school.
D. only royal members could read and write.
Câu 4
Choose the word which has the closest meaning to the word “decline” in the paragraph 2.
A. decrease
B.improvement
C. growth
D. figure
Câu 5
According to the passage, which did not influence the problems of illiteracy?
A. Revolutionary political movements
B.The Reformation
C. Translation of The Bible
D. The primitive society
A.
B.
C.
D.

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HA GIANG — It was 5pm and darkness was quickly approaching in the mountainous district of Vi Xuyen in northern Ha Giang Province. Lang Thi Huyet, a 24-year-old Tay ethnic minority woman, hurried to finish her working day so she could rush to her anti-illiteracy class in Thuan Hoa commune beginning at 7pm.
The topic in class that night was the question of why the illiteracy rate among local women was so high. That night, Huyet and her classmates learned that poverty, large families and a priority to send boys to school instead of girls were the reasons for the inequality.
The classes are organised and structured according to the needs of the people. The class teaches them what they want to know and what they consider most important. "For instance, if they want to plant corn, we will show them how to read and write the word corn, and then show them the best way to plant it, and then teach them the many kinds of corn," said Ta Van Tuan, AAV’s senior programme officer. "By doing this, teachers do not have a set cirriculum but instead base their lessons on what the people need."
She added that there were many difficulties, one of which was the fact that curricula hadn’t been compiled and the classroom was shared with the primary school. "However, it was all made worthwhile because my students, the youngest of whom is 15 and the oldest 50, are all so fond of their studies and they are all serious about learning how to read and write," she smiled.
0Câu 6
The word “hurried” in paragraph 1 means………………
A. hastened
B.patient
C. tired
D. busy
Câu 7
Which of the following sentences is NOT true about the reasons of high illiteracy rate among local women?
A. Some families think schooling is not important
B.Some families have too many children
C. Some families are too poor
D. Some families prefer boys to girls
Câu 8
The main idea of paragraph 3 is ……………………….
A. kinds of corn
B.what the students want to study
C. the method of arranging class
D. how to plan corn
Câu 9
According to the teacher, one of the difficulties in teaching this class is ………………….
A. it is too crowded
B.young and old people don’t have books to study
C. the students do not have their own classroom
D. the students do not like studying
Câu 10
Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. Huyet - a volunteer in the fight against illiteracy.
B.How people in Ha Giang struggle against illiteracy?
C. How to form the classes for illiterate people?
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Choose A, B, C, or D to complete the text.
The United Nations, ……… defines illiteracy as the inability to read and write a simple message in any language, has conducted a number of surveys on world ………... In the first survey in 1957 at least 44% of the world's population was found to be illiterate. A 1978 study showed the ………… to have dropped to 32.5%, by 1990 illiterate worldwide had dropped ……… about 27%, and by 1998 to 16%. …………, a study by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEFT) published in 1998 ……… that the world illiteracy rate ……….. in the 21st century because only a quarter of the world's children got schooling by the end of the 20th century. The highest illiteracy rates were …………. in the less developed nations of Africa, Asia, and South America; the lowest in Australia, Japan, North America. Using the UN definition of illiteracy, the United States and Canada have an overall illiteracy rate of about 10%. In certain disadvantaged areas,…….., such as the rural South in the United States, the illiteracy rate is ……… higher.
0Câu 11
Choose A, B, C, or D to complete the text.
A. that
B.what
C. which
D.
Câu 12
Choose A, B, C, or D to complete the text.
A. illiterately
B.illiterates
C. illiteracy
D. illiterate
Câu 13
Choose A, B, C, or D to complete the text.
A. maths
B.figure
C. increase
D. rate
Câu 14
Choose A, B, C, or D to complete the text.
A. from
B.for
C. to
D. with
Câu 15
Choose A, B, C, or D to complete the text.
A. But
B.For
C. Therefore
D. However
Câu 16
Choose A, B, C, or D to complete the text.
A. predicting
B.predicted
C. predicts
D. have predicted
Câu 17
Choose A, B, C, or D to complete the text.
A. would increase
B.increasing
C. increase
D. increased
Câu 18
Choose A, B, C, or D to complete the text.
A. founded
B.founding
C.
D. found
Câu 19
Choose A, B, C, or D to complete the text.
A. despite
B.but
C. although
D. however
Câu 20
Choose A, B, C, or D to complete the text.
A. fewer
B.more
C. as
D. much
A.
B.
C.
D.

Choose the best answer to complete the following passage.
Do you and your friends act in a caring way towards one another, do you respect (41)… and do they respect you, but most of all do you value the relationship and love spending time together? Friendship is more than just hanging out together at lunch and gossiping (42)… other people. True friendship is when two people have mutual respect for one another, and really care about each other’s feelings and dreams. You need to be able (43)… honest with your friends. (44)… there is ever a time where you feel that you cannot tell them the truth, for fear that they will be mad or will not understand, then they are not true friends. Friends share with each other important things (45)… they would not share with others. Friends also care about each other, stick up for one another and enjoy spending time together.
0Câu 41
A. them
B.they
C. him
D. he
Câu 42
A. over
B.about
C. of
D. on
Câu 43
A. being
B.are
C. to be
D. be
Câu 44
A. Although
B.If
C. Because
D. Unless
Câu 45
A. that
B.what
C. who
D. whom
A.
B.
C.
D.