Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The environment is everything around us, both natural and made by man. A major problem in the world today is the destruction of the natural environment. This is a complicated problem.
We burn fuels, and this causes air pollution. We throw away plastic bags, containing toys and other objects. Unlike paper and wood, they will exist long in the environment. We have made thousands of new chemicals. Factories that make or use chemicals always have chemical wastes. These are often poisonous, and they also stay in the environment.
Since 1945, several countries have been testing nuclear bombs in the air and underground. The explosions in the air cause nuclear fallout. The fallout causes cancer and kills animals and people. Nuclear power plants that make electricity also produce dangerous wastes and have accidents that can be very disastrous.
What is the main idea of the passage?




A.The dangerous wastes from factories.
B.The consequences of air pollution.
C.The causes of environmental destruction.
D.The definition of the environment.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in the following question.




A.language
B.pollute
C.happy
D.danger

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
It was very cold. ______, they went for a walk in the park.




A.Although
B.Because
C.However
D.Since

Choose A, B, C, or D that best completes the sentence.
We are going out to eat ____ we finish taking the test.




A.after
B.so
C.but
D.and

Choose A, B, C, or D that best completes the sentence.
I want a new house. It ____ have a swimming pool, but it ____ have a nice garden.




A.needn’t / must
B.should not / could
C.may not / shall
D.cannot / ought to

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closet in meaning to each of the following questions:
They are going to build a new bridge in the area.




A.A new bridge is built by them in the area.
B.A new bridge is going to build by them in the area.
C.A new bridge is going to be built in the area.
D.A new bridge has been built in the area.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks:
Earthquakes: Ninety percent of earthquakes occur around the Pacific Rim, which is known as the “Ring of Fire”. In 1995, a huge earthquakes (25) ______ the city of Kobe in Japan. A large number of people were killed when homes, office blocks and highways collapsed.
Tidal waves: Tidal waves are the (26) ______ of abrupt shift in the underwater movement of the Earth. In the 1960s, a huge tidal wave hit Anchorage, Alaska. The tidal wave travelled (27) ______ Alaska to California!
Typhoons: When a tropical storm (28) ______ 120 kilometres per hour, it is called a hurricane in North and South America, a cyclone in Australia, and a typhoon in Asia. The word “typhoon” comes from Chinese: tai means “big” and feng means “wind”, so the word “typhoon” means “big wind”.
Volcanoes: We can usually predict (29) ______ a volcano will erupt. Mount Pinatubo, which is a volcano in the Philippines, erupted in 1991. It was the world’s largest volcanic eruptionin more than 50 years. Hundreds of people died, but thousands were saved (30) ______ scientists had warned them about eruption.
Tornadoes: Tornadoes are funnel-shaped storms which pass overland (31) ______ a thunderstorm. They can suck up anything that is in their path. In Italy 1981, a tornado lifted a baby, who was (32) ______ in its baby carriage, into the air and put it down safely 100 meters away!
(Extract from English 9, p.78, 79 – Giáo dục Publishing House)
(28)




A.develops
B.reaches
C.sets
D.uses

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks:
Earthquakes: Ninety percent of earthquakes occur around the Pacific Rim, which is known as the “Ring of Fire”. In 1995, a huge earthquakes (25) ______ the city of Kobe in Japan. A large number of people were killed when homes, office blocks and highways collapsed.
Tidal waves: Tidal waves are the (26) ______ of abrupt shift in the underwater movement of the Earth. In the 1960s, a huge tidal wave hit Anchorage, Alaska. The tidal wave travelled (27) ______ Alaska to California!
Typhoons: When a tropical storm (28) ______ 120 kilometres per hour, it is called a hurricane in North and South America, a cyclone in Australia, and a typhoon in Asia. The word “typhoon” comes from Chinese: tai means “big” and feng means “wind”, so the word “typhoon” means “big wind”.
Volcanoes: We can usually predict (29) ______ a volcano will erupt. Mount Pinatubo, which is a volcano in the Philippines, erupted in 1991. It was the world’s largest volcanic eruptionin more than 50 years. Hundreds of people died, but thousands were saved (30) ______ scientists had warned them about eruption.
Tornadoes: Tornadoes are funnel-shaped storms which pass overland (31) ______ a thunderstorm. They can suck up anything that is in their path. In Italy 1981, a tornado lifted a baby, who was (32) ______ in its baby carriage, into the air and put it down safely 100 meters away!
(Extract from English 9, p.78, 79 – Giáo dục Publishing House)
(26)




A.cause
B.purpose
C.reason
D.result

_____ of bananas are cheap today.




A.Bunches
B.Blocks
C.Heads
D.Packages

We_____ natural resources or they will run out some day in the future.




A.had to better economize
B.had better economize
C.had to economize bette
D.had better to economize