VII. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. During my last couple of years as a student here at Union High, I have noticed that there is nothing to do during our occasional free periods. Hanging around in the hallways or in the library with friends isn't productive or relaxing. The student body council noticed this as well and brought it to the attention of Mr. Swanson and the rest of the faculty. A meeting to discuss the issue occurred last Friday, February 10th, in the all-school meeting room.The faculty not only agreed that there wasn't much to do during these free periods, but also seemed determined to find a solution. The student body council and the faculty talked about different ideas for a long time. The faculty had noticed that some students don't like using their free periods for studying. Instead, they spend their time disrupting the students who want to study by being noisy in the library. By the end of the meeting, the faculty had decided to put a pool table and a ping pong table in our student lobby at the start of next semester.I know some people will be concerned about getting their work done with these potential distractions, but I believe this will help us all in enjoying our time at school. I agree that it's important to complete our work but it is just as important to enjoy ourselves and to relax with our friends. School is already such a stressful place. It makes many students feel worried and anxious. We want our school to be a friendly place so that students want to come every day. Students should remember that this change will make the library a lot quieter. Because of this, the students who want to study will be able to do so in peace.To all the students at Union High, I sincerely hope that you enjoy the new additions to our lobby. Hopefully, they will make our free periods a lot more relaxing. If you happen to have one of the same free periods as I do, then please challenge me to a game of pool!
Câu 1: What is the text mostly about?


A. Another choice for free periods at Union High


B. A chance to study in peace at Union High library


C. How students at Union High spend their free periods


D. A meeting at Union High about its new facilities
Câu 2: What is the meeting on February 10th about?


A. Students hanging around freely during free periods.


B. Ineffective time at the Union High library.


C. Finding a solution to spending free periods effectively.


D. Maintaining disciplines at Union High school.
Câu 3: In paragraph 2, the word disrupting is closest in meaning to                    .


A. fighting                   


B. insulting                  


C. corrupting               


D. interrupting
Câu 4: In paragraph 4, the word they refers to                     .


A. faculty members   


B. some students  


C. students' parents     


D. council members
Câu 5: According to the author, new facilities ____________ .


A. make the school a stressful place   


B. make students worried


C. bring anxiety to students' parents   


D. make students relaxed during free periods

A.
B.
C.
D.

VI. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct response to each of the foIlowing exchanges.
Câu 1: ~ Nam: "Would you like to register for an online course on extensive reading?" ~ Lan: "                       "


A. Online courses are really popular these days.


B. Yes, I'd love to. How can I register?


C. We should improve our extensive reading.


D. Extensive reading courses are available online.
Câu 2: ~ Lan: What do you think about lifelong learning? ~ Nam: "                         "


A. I am thinking about lifelong learning.


B. Do you like lifelong learning?


C. Lifelong learning helps us to improve our job prospects.


D. What is the definition of lifelong learning, do you think?

A.
B.
C.
D.

V. Mark the letter A , B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Câu 1: If I hadn't stayed up so late last night, I                so tired this morning.


A. wouldn’t feel    


B. felt                          


C. didn't feel     


D. wouldn't have felt
Câu 2: I                   in terrible trouble right now if you hadn't helped me. 


A. am                         


B. will be         


C. would be       


D. would have been
Câu 3: If I had a computer, I                     the assignment last night.


A. finished                   


B. have finished      


C. would have finished 


D. had finished
Câu 4: If you                    harder, you'd have passed the exam.


A. had studied   


B. have studied    


C. studied                    


D. study
Câu 5: If you had lots of money, what                     ?


A. do you do          


B. will you do       


C. would you do   


D. have you done
Câu 6: I'd                   out with you if I weren't so tired.


A. go                           


B. went                        


C. had gone      


D. will go
Câu 7: I'm sure your parents would have been happier if you                 harder before that important exam.


A. work                       


B. worked                   


C. have worked    


D. had worked

A.
B.
C.
D.

IV. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Câu 1: Those students who fail the National High School Exams may want to retake them the following year.


A. pass                        


B. fall                          


C. sit                            


D. take
Câu 2: Thanks to lifelong learning, people's level of awareness has improved significantly.


A. has increased     


B. has declined       


C. has gone up     


D. has bettered
Câu 3: The teacher is going to a conference next week, so our presentation will be put off.


A. delayed                   


B. deferred                  


C. carried out            


D. cancelled

A.
B.
C.
D.

II. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that dfffers from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.
Câu 1:


A. authentic                 


B. ultimate                   


C. graduate                  


D. personal
Câu 2:


A. compulsory             


B. voluntary               


C. initiative                  


D. investigate
Câu 3:


A. optional                  


B. primary                   


C. selective                  


D. national
Câu 4:


A. unchangeable                     


B. adjustable               


C. emotional                


D. privilege
Câu 5:


A. reluctant                  


B. different                  


C. flexible                   


D. willingly

A.
B.
C.
D.

IX. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
Câu 1: He's just so flexible. He'll adapt to any situation.


A. Flexible as he is, he cannot adapt to any situation.


B. He's too flexible to adapt to any situation.


C. He's enough flexible to adapt to any situation.


D. He's so flexible that he'll adapt to any situation.
Câu 2: I find it very challenging. It requires a lot of concentration and determination.


A. I find it very challenging, so it requires a lot of concentration and determination.


B. I find it very challenging, yet it requires a lot of concentration and determination.


C. I find it very challenging, for it requires a lot of concentration and determination.


D. I find it very challenging, though it requires a lot of concentration and determination.
Câu 3: I judge by the car he drives. I'd say he's got a pretty good job.


A. Because I judge by the car he drives, I'd say he’s got a pretty good job.


B. When I judge by the car he drives, I'd say he's got a pretty good job.


C. Unless I judge by the car he drives, I'd say he's got a pretty good job.


D. Judging by the car he drives, I'd say he's got a pretty good job.
Câu 4: You gave us timely warning. We were unaware of the danger.


A. But for your timely warning, we would have been unaware of the danger.


B. Because of your timely warning, we would have been unaware of the danger.


C. Despite your timely warning, we would have been unaware of the danger.


D. Instead of your timely warning, we would have been unaware of the danger.
Câu 5: I didn't understand his instructions. I asked him to repeat what he had said.  


A. I didn't understand his instructions because I asked him to repeat what he had said.


B. I didn't understand his instructions, and I asked him to repeat what he had said.


C. I didn't understand his instructions, for I asked him to repeat what he had said.


D. I didn't understand his instructions, so I asked him to repeat what he had said.

A.
B.
C.
D.

Task 1. 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 questions 1 – 5.            Newspapers and television news programs always seem to report about the bad things happening in society. However, there is a place where readers can find some good news. That place is the website called HappyNews. The man behind HappyNews is Byron Reese. Reese set up HappyNews because he thought other news sources were giving people an unbalanced view of the world. Reese said about HappyNews, “The news media gives you a distorted view of the world by exaggerating bad news, misery, and despair. We’re trying to balance out the scale.”            Not everyone agrees with Reese’s view, though. Many people think that news sources have a responsibility to provide news that is helpful to people. People need to know about issues or problems in today’s society. Then they are better able to make informed decisions about things that affect their daily lives. Reese said that HappyNews is not trying to stop people from learning about issues or problems. HappyNews is just trying to provide a balanced picture of today’s world.          By the end of its first month online, HappyNews had more than 70,000 unique readers. About 60 percent of those readers were women. Something else unique makes HappyNews different from any of  the other news or information websites that are on the Internet. Unlike many other websites, HappyNews gets fan mail from its readers on a daily basis.
Câu 1: Which of the following is the best title for this passage?


A. “Byron Reese Tells People How to Be Happy” 


B. “Good News for a Change”


C. “Newspapers vs. Online News” 


D. “Why Women Like HappyNews”
Câu 2: How is HappyNews different than other news sources?


A. All of the stories are written by Reese.     


B. HappyNews does not exaggerate its stories.


C. Its stories are not about bad things.          


D. The website only has stories about women.
Câu 3: The word “they” in paragraph 2 refers to                    .


A. sources                   


B. problems                             


C. people                     


D. issues
Câu 4: Why might some people NOT like HappyNews?


A. It doesn’t tell them about important issues or problems.


B. Reese’s stories are about misery and despair.


C. Some sources give a balanced view.


D. The stories are from around the world.
Câu 5: What does “exaggerating” mean in this reading?


A. improving               


B. explaining                           


C. editing                    


D. worsening

A.
B.
C.
D.

Task 3. 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 questions 11 – 15.            The word robot first appeared in a 1921 stage play by Czech writer Karel Capek. In the play, a man makes a machine that can think, which he calls a robot and which ends up killing its owner. In the 1940s, the American science fiction writer Isaac Asimov wrote a series of stories about robots and invented the term robotics, the science of robots. Meanwhile, in the real world, the first robots were developed by an engineer, Joseph F. Engelberger, and an inventor, George C. Devol. Together they started Unimation, a manufacturing company that produces the first real robot in 1961, called the Unimate. Robots of this type were installed at a General Motors automobile plant and proved to be a success. They worked reliably and saved money for General Motors, so other companies were soon acquiring robots as well.             These industrial robots were nothing like the terrifying creatures that can often be seen in science fiction films. In fact, these robots looked and behaved nothing like humans. They were simply pieces of computer-controlled machinery, with metal “arms” or “hands”. Since they were made of metal, they  could perform certain jobs that were difficult or dangerous for humans, particularly jobs that involve high heat. And since robots were tireless and never got hungry, sleepy, or distracted, they were useful for tasks that would be tiring or boring for humans. Industrial robots have been improved over the years, and today they are used in many factories around the world. Though the use of robots has meant the loss of some     jobs, at the same time other jobs have been created in the design, development, and production of the robots.Rise of the Robots, Silicon Valley Entrepreneur, Martin Ford, 1988.
Câu 1: What is Unimation?


A. It’s the name of a robot inventor          


B. It’s the name of a robot


C. It’s a robot making program                    


D. It’s the producer of the first robot
Câu 2: What can be said about Karel Capek?


A. He was the first to create the word “robot”.    


B. He is an American writer.


C. He made a robot.              


D. He made a robot in order to kill a person.
Câu 3: Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a characteristic of robots?


A. They don’t need food.     


B. They are not distracted.


C. They are tiring.           


D. They can do jobs involving high heat.
Câu 4: What are industrial robots like?


A. They behave like humans.      


B. They controlled machinery.


C. They look like humans.    


D. They are computer-controlled machines.
Câu 5: When did the word “robot” appear?


A. in the 1920s 


B. in the 19th century      


C. in the 40s         


D. in the 60s

A.
B.
C.
D.

Task 6. 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 questions 26 – 30.            Sometimes you know things about people the first time you see them, for example, that you want to be friends with them or that you don’t trust them. But perhaps this kind of intuition isn’t as hard to  explain as it may seem. For instance, people give out their body language signals all the time. The way you hold your body, head and arms tells people about your mood. If you hold your arms tightly at your sides, or fold them across your chest, people will generally feel that you are being defensive. Holding  your head to one side shows interest in the other, while an easy, open posture indicates that you are self- confident. All this affects the way you feel about someone.         Also, a stranger may remind you of a meeting with someone. This may be because of something as simple as the fact that he or she is physically similar to someone who treated you well or badly. Your feelings about a stranger could be influenced by a smell in the air that brings to mind a place where you were happy as a child. Since even a single word can bring back a memory such as that, you may never realize it is happening.
Câu 1: What does the word “open” in the passage most closely mean?


A. unlimited                


B. enlarged                  


C. relaxed                    


D. not shut
Câu 2: What influences your impression of a person you meet in the first time?


A. familiarity               


B. intuition                  


C. feeling                    


D. knowledge
Câu 3: What one feels about a stranger may be influenced by something that                  .


A. revives one’s past memories         


B. points to one’s childhood


C. strengthen one’s past behaviors 


D. reminds one of one’s past treatment
Câu 4: What does the second paragraph discuss?


A. Meaning of signals one implies toward a stranger


B. Factors that cause people to act differently


C. How people usually behave to a stranger


D. Factors that may influence one’s feeling about a stranger
Câu 5: Intuition described in the passage can be explained by means of                  .  


A. signals                    


B. languages                


C. behaviors                


D. styles

A.
B.
C.
D.

Task 4. 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 questions 16 – 20.            By adopting a few simple techniques, parents who read to their children can considerably increase their children’s language development. It is surprising, but true. How parents talk to their children makes a big difference in the children’s language development. If a parent encourages the child to actively respond to what the parent is reading, the child’s language skills increase.            A study was done with two or three-year-old children and their parents. Half of the thirty children participants were in the experimental study; the other half acted as the control group. In the experimental group, the parents were given a two-hour training session in which they were taught to ask open-ended questions rather than yes-no questions. For example, the parent should ask, “What is the doggy doing?” rather than, “Is the doggy running away?” Experimental parents were also instructed how to expand on their children’s answer, how to suggest alternative possibilities, and how to praise correct answers.           At the beginning of the study, the children did not differ on levels of language development, but at the end of one month, the children in the experimental group were 5.5 months ahead of the control group on a test of verbal expression and vocabulary. Nine months later, the children in the experimental group still showed an advance of 6 months over the children in the control group.
Câu 1: Parents can give great help to their children’s language development by ___them.


A. reading to     


B. responding to           


C. adopting                 


D. experimenting
Câu 2: What does the word “they” in the second paragraph refer to?


A. Participants                        


B. Parents                                 


C. Questions               


D. Children
Câu 3: During the training session, experimental parents were taught to ____.


A. study many experiments          


B. give correct answers


C. ask open-ended questions       


D. use yes-no questions
Câu 4: What was the major difference between the control group and the experimental one in the study?


A. The number of participants         


B. The age of the children


C. The training that parents received     


D. The books that were read
Câu 5: What conclusion can be drawn from this passage?


A. Children’s language skills increase when they are required to respond actively.


B. Children who read actively always act six months earlier than those who don’t.


C. Two or three-year-old children can be taught to read actively.


D. The more children read, the more intelligent they become.

A.
B.
C.
D.