Read the passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 26 to 30. Mandatory volunteering made many members of Maryland high school class of 1997 rumble with indignation. They didn’t like a new requirement that made them take part in the school’s community service program.Future seniors, however, probably won't be as resistant now that the program has been broken in. Some, like John Maloney, already have completed their required hours of approved community service. The Bowie High School sophomore earned his hours in eighth grade by volunteering two nights a week at the Larkin-Chase Nursing and Restorative Center in Bowie. He played shuffleboard, cards, and other games with the senior citizens. He also helped plan parties for them and visited their rooms to keep them company. That experience inspired him to continue volunteering in the community.John, 15, is not finished volunteer­ing. Once a week he videotapes animals at the Prince George County animal shelter in Forestville. His footage is shown on the Bowie public access television channel in hopes of finding homes for the animals."Volunteering is better than just sitting around," says John, "and I like animals; I don't want to see them put to sleep. "He's not the only volunteer in his family. His sister, Melissa, an eighth grader, has completed her hours also volunteering at Larkin-Chase. "It is a good idea to have kids go out into the community, but it's frustrating to have to write essays about the work," she said. "It makes you feel like you're doing it for the requirement and not for yourself."The high school's service learning office, run by Beth Ansley, provides information on organizations seeking volunteers so that students will have an easier time fulfilling their hours. "It's ridiculous that people are opposing the requirements," said Amy Rouse, who this summer has worked at the Ronald McDonald House and has helped to rebuild a church in Clinton. "So many people won't do the service unless it's mandatory," Rouse said, "but once they start doing it, they'll really like it and hopefully it will become a part of their lives - like it has become a part of mine."
Câu 1: What is the main idea of the passage?


A. Advantages of mandatory volunteering programs for students


B. An obligatory volunteer program at high school in Maryland


C. Students of 1997’s attitudes towards obligatory volunteering


D. Volunteering at a variety of organizations in Maryland in USA
Câu 2: What is the word “footage” in paragraph 3 closest in meaning to?


A. video      


B. animal     


C. volunteer     


D. footwear
Câu 3: What does the word “It” in paragraph 4 refer to?


A. doing obligatory volunteer work        


B. writing essays on their volunteer work


C. helping out the community   


D. completing a mandatory requirement
Câu 4: Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about Melissa?


A. She volunteers to help out at Larkin-Chase because it makes her feel good.


B. She no longer volunteers at Larkin-Chase as she hates writing essays.


C. She helps out at Larkin-Chase because it is a requirement of her course.


D. She doesn’t like to volunteer there unless she is forced to do so by the school.
Câu 5: Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?


A. Students can work for a variety of different organizations.


B. Students are required to perform community service jobs.


C. Many high school students enjoy their volunteer work.


D. Students with difficulties can choose not to volunteer.

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Read the following passage. Then answer the questions below.Every nation and every country has its own customs and traditions. In Britain traditions play a more important part in the life of the people than in other countries. Englishmen are proud of their traditions and carefully keep them up.It has been a law for about 300 years that all theaters are closed on Sundays. No letters are delivered, only a few Sunday papers are pulished.To this day an English family prefers a house with a garden to a flat in a modern house with central heating. English people like gardens. Sometimes the garden in front of the house is a little square covered with cement painted green in imitation of grass and a box of flowers.Holidays are especially rich in old traditions and are different in Scotland,Ireland and England. Christmas is a great English national holiday, and in Scotland it is not kept, except by clerks in banks and all shops and factories are working.
Câu 1: How important are traditions in Britain?


A. Englishmen are proud of their traditions and carefully keep them up.


B. Every nation and every country has its own customs and traditions.


C. They are more important in the life of the people than in other countries.


D. Englishmen are proud of their traditions and carefully keep them up more than in other countries
Câu 2: What do Englishmen do to their traditions?


A. They are proud of their traditions and carefully keep them up.


B. Every nation and every country has its own customs and traditions.


C. They are happy and proud of their tradition


D. They are proud of their traditions
Câu 3: Which does an English family prefer, a house with a garden or a flat?


A. An English family prefers a house with a flat.


B. An English family prefers a house with a garden.


C. An English family prefers both of them


D. An English family don't prefer anything
Câu 4: Find a sentence in the passage which shows that the English people like garden very much?


A.  Sometimes the garden in front of the house is a little square covered with cement


B. To this day an English family prefers a house with a garden to a flat in amodern house with central heating.


C. English people like gardens.


D. Sometimes the garden in front of the house is a little square covered with cement, painted green in imitation of grass and a box of flowers.
Câu 5:  How Christmas is kept in Scotland?


A. It is not kept (except by clerks in banks,all shops and factories are working);


B. Holidays are especially rich in old traditions and are different in Scotland,


C. Christmas is a great English national holiday,


D. Scotland it is kept

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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Câu 1: This surface                     rough but it                    smooth.


A.  feels/touches 


B. appears/tastes    


C. sees/smells 


D. looks/feels
Câu 2: This                    dictionary includes a few animations.


A. electricity               


B. electric                     


C. electronic                


D. electrical
Câu 3: Many companies are suffering ______ a shortage of skilled staff.


A. from                        


B. in                            


C. at                             


D. against
Câu 4: Maria Sharapova became the first Russian                    a Wimbledon single title.


A. to win   


B. that was winning  


C. who wins


D. which won
Câu 5: Very                    people went to the show but it still started on time.


A. much                      


B. a few        


C. little                        


D. few
Câu 6: __________ with the size of the whole Earth, the highest mountains do not seem high at all.


A. Compare them


B. If you compare   


C. When compared 


D. A comparison
Câu 7: If it ______ for the heavy storm, the accident would not have happened.


A. weren’t                   


B. hadn’t been 


C. isn’t    


D. were
Câu 8: The house felt terribly cold ______ the fact that the central heating had been on all day.


A. because of   


B. in spite of  


C. because                   


D. although
Câu 9: Heavy snowfalls made                    planes to land or take off.


A. it impossible   


B. impossible for    


C. impossible             


D. it impossible for
Câu 10: Emma got her purse ______ while shopping in the supermarket.


A. steal                       


B. stole                        


C. stealing                   


D. stolen
Câu 11: His                    of safety regulations really can’t be ignored any longer.


A. inattention               


B. disregard                 


C. carelessness            


D. unfamiliarity
Câu 12: John will never buy you a drink – he’s far too _______.


A. tight-fisted   


B. pigheaded               


C. highly-strung  


D. easy-going
Câu 13: Fishing in the reservoir is ______ prohibited.


A. sorely                      


B. strictly                     


C. largely                    


D. highly
Câu 14: Has it been decided who is going to ______ the orchestra yet?


A. govern                    


B. handle                     


C. conduct                   


D. guide
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Rewrite the following sentences so that the meanings stay the same as the ones given.
Câu 1:  If you saw a UFO, what would you do?


A. If a UFO was seen,what would you do?


B. If a UFO was seen,what would do?


C. If a UFO has been seen,what would be done?


D. If a UFO was seen,what would be done?
Câu 2:  I can’t sing beautifully, so I can’t join them now.


A.  I wish I sang beautifully, so I could join them now.


B.  I wish I could sing beautifully, so I could join them now.


C.  I wish I have sang beautifully, so I could join them now.


D.  I wish I sang beautifully, so I joined them now.
Câu 3:  She couldn’t come to class because of her illness.


A. As she was ill, she could come to class


B.  As she was illness, she didn't come to class


C.  As she was ill, she couldn’t come to class


D.  As she have been ill, she couldn’t come to class
Câu 4:  He got down to writing the letter as soon as he returned from his walk.


A. No sooner he returned from his walk than he had got down to writing.


B. No sooner had he returned from his walk than he got down to writing.


C. No sooner he had returned from his walk than he got down to Writing.


D. No sooner he returned from his walk than he got down to Writing.
Câu 5: I have never read such a romantic story.


A. This is the most romantic story I have never read.


B. This is the most romantic story I have already read.


C. This is the most romantic story I have ever read.


D. This is one of the most romantic story I have ever read.
Câu 6: Even though I admire his courage, I think he is foolish.


A. Much as I do admire his courage, I think he is foolish.


B. Much as I admire his courage, I think he is foolish.


C. Much as do I admire his courage, I think he is foolish.


D. Much as I admire his courage, I think him to be foolish.
Câu 7: The sea was so rough that the ferry couldn’t sail.


A. The rough sea made impossible for the ferry to sail.


B. The rough sea made it impossibly for the ferry to sail.


C. The rough sea made impossible it for the ferry to sail.


D. The rough sea made it impossible for the ferry to sail.
Câu 8: Their chances of success are small


A. It is not likely as they will succeed.


B. It is not likely that they will success


C. It is not likely that they will succeed.


D. It is likely that they will succeed.
Câu 9: Keeping calm is the secret of passing your driving test.


A. As long as you keep calm, you will pass your driving test.


B. As long as do you keep calm, you will pass your driving test.


C. As long as you have kept calm, you will pass your driving test.


D. As long as you keep calm, you pass your driving test.
Câu 10: The train journey from London to Bristol takes two hours.


A. It is a two-hours train journey from London to Bristol.


B. It is a two-hour train journey from London to Bristol.


C. It is a two-hour train of  journey from London to Bristol.


D. It is the two-hour train journey from London to Bristol.
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