Read the following passage, then choose the correct answer to questions 26 - 30. Jeans are very popular with (26)________people all over the world. Some people say that jeans are the “uniform” of youth. But they haven’t always been popular. The story of jeans (27)________almost two hundred years ago. People in Genoa, Italy made pants. The cloth made in genoa was (28)________“jeanos”. The pants were called “jeans”. In 1850, a saleman in California began selling pants made of canvas. His name was Levi Strauss. Because they were so strong, “Levi’s pants” became (29)________with gold miners, farmers and cowboys. Six years later Levis began making his pants with blue cotton cloth called denim. Soon after, factory (30)________in the US and Europe began wearing jeans. Young people usually didn’t wear them.
Câu 1: ___________(26)


A. rich


B. old


C. young 


D. poor
Câu 2: ___________(27)


A. start  


B. starts


C. was starting 


D. started
Câu 3: ___________(28)


A. call  


B. calls  


C. calling


D. called
Câu 4: ___________(29)


A. famous


B. popular   


C. good


D. wonderful
Câu 5: ___________(30)


A. workers 


B. drivers   


C. cowboys


D. farmers

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Read the following passage, then choose the correct answer to questions.Devastating floods along the coast have left many people homeless. People are asked to help by donating food, clothes, furniture, and other supplies to the Assistance Fund. Donations of bottled water are especially needed, since the floods have disrupted the local water supply. In addition, volunteers are needed to travel to the flooded area to help distribute the donations.
Câu 1: What does this notice concern?


A. Help for flood victims


B. Safety precaution


C. Dangerous roads 


D. Warning about weather
Câu 2: What kind of supplies is NOT mentioned?


A. Furniture 


B. Clothing   


C. Food


D. Medicine
Câu 3: In addition to supplies, what is needed?


A. Volunteers


B. New bridges 


C. Places to stay 


D. Teacher
Câu 4: “Devastating floods” in line 1 refer to those that _________.


A.  happen suddenly 


B.  are very short


C. last for a long time


D. cause a lot of damage
Câu 5: The word “donating” in line 2 is closest in meaning to_________.


A. selling


B.  buying


C. giving 


D. taking

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B.
C.
D.

Read the following passage, then choose the correct answer to questions 26 - 30.Solar energy is a long lasting source of energy, and it can (26)________almost anywhere. To generate solar energy, we only need solar cells and (27)________! Solar cells can easily be installed on house (28)________, so we don’t need any new space. Compared to other renewable sources, they also possess many advantages: wind and water power rely on turbines which (29)________noisy, expensive and which take up large space. Solar cells are totally silent and (30)________. As they have no moving parts, they require little maintenance and have a long lifetime.
Câu 1: ____________(26)


A. be used     


B. is used 


C. be using


D.  to be used
Câu 2: ____________(27)


A. the earth     


B. the planet  


C. the sun         


D. the moon
Câu 3: ____________(28)


A. yards


B. roofs   


C.  gardens    


D. doors
Câu 4: ____________(29)


A. is 


B. be 


C. are


D. was
Câu 5: ____________(30)


A. polluted 


B. polluting   


C. non-polluted   


D.  non-polluting

A.
B.
C.
D.

Identify the underlined word/ phrase (A or B,C,D) that needs correcting to become an exact one. 
Câu 1: Hurry up! She’s cut herself. It bleeds quite badly. 


A. She’s


B. herself


C. bleeds


D. quite badly
Câu 2: The printed paper will get out from the output path on a minute.


A. The printed


B. get out


C. from the


D. on a minute
Câu 3: My computer doesn’t work. I think that it is broke.


A. computer


B. doesn’t 


C. think that


D. is broke
Câu 4: Everybody I know like to eat chocolate and ice-cream.       


A. I know


B. like to eat


C. chocolates


D. ice-cream
Câu 5: The teacher is telling the pupils what to use the new equipment.


A. The teacher


B. is telling


C. what to use


D. equipment

A.
B.
C.
D.

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one. 
Câu 1: If he doesn’t work harder, he’ll lose his job. 
Unless ______________________________________ .
Câu 2: I have never been here before.  It is the first time _______________________.
Câu 3: You have read this novel, haven’t you?  Have you  _________________________ ?
Câu 4: It was raining hard, so we had to cancel the game. We had to ____________________________________ .
Câu 5: It’s very wonderful to spend the weekend in the countryside. Spending ___________________________________________ .

A.
B.
C.
D.

Choose the best answer from the four options given (marked A, B,C, or D) to complete each sentence.
Câu 1: Have you ever met the man________Mary’s cousin?


A. who married


B. who is married 


C. whom married  


D. who was married 
Câu 2: They are living in a house that________in 1930.


A. is built  


B. was built


C. built  


D. was building 
Câu 3: If the weather________worse, we won’t go to the beach.


A. gets         


B.  will get     


C. got 


D. would get
Câu 4: I’m learning English ________I want to get a good job after school.


A. but  


B. because      


C. so     


D. therefore
Câu 5: She’d love to take part in the evening class. ________, she has to look after the baby in the evening.


A. Therefore 


B. However


C. but 


D. Although
Câu 6: My sister is very fond________eating chocolate candy.


A. at   


B.  about  


C. of  


D.  with
Câu 7: Paul was________sad about his exam results that he didn’t smile all week.


A. such 


B. enough


C. too 


D. so
Câu 8: I suggest________a short cut through the park. It’ll take much less time.


A. take


B.  to take 


C. taking    


D. took
Câu 9: Why________go to the park for a change? 


A. we don’t


B. don’t we 


C. we should  


D. we should not
Câu 10: My sister is very________of spiders.


A. terror    


B. terrify        


C. terrified    


D. terrifying
Câu 11: Ba wishes he________have a new bicycle.


A. may


B.  will     


C.  can        


D. could 
Câu 12: This pen, ________is made of gold, was given to me by my father on my 14th birthday.  


A. that 


B. which    


C. whose  


D. when
Câu 13: The interviwer asked me why I ________learning English.


A.  like  


B.  will like  


C. liked      


D. would like
Câu 14: Your father doesn’t work in that bank,________he?


A. is    


B. isn’t  


C.  does   


D. doesn’t 
Câu 15: My father________for the car factory since 1995.


A. worked   


B. was working


C.  has worked  


D.  is working        
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Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. 
Câu 1:


A. wanted 


B. needed        


C. dedicated         


D. watched
Câu 2:


A. dislike    


B. design


C. music 


D. light
Câu 3:


A. know    


B. so  


C. go 


D. now
Câu 4:


A.  that        


B.  their  


C.  the   


D.  thank
Câu 5:


A. number


B. return 


C. summer


D. product

A.
B.
C.
D.

Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets. 
Câu 1: When my mother came home from work, I_________(cook) dinner.                       
Câu 2: Jane_________(go) to school by bicycle every day.                   
Câu 3: The children_________(play) badminton in the stadium now.                                  
Câu 4: You_________(go) to London last month?      
Câu 5: The candidates mustn’t_________(bring) books into the examination room.           

A.
B.
C.
D.

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one. 
Câu 1: The girl is very friendly. She lived next door to us.  
-     The girl_____________________________ . 
Câu 2: “What is your name?” Mr. Brown asked me.            
-      Mr. Brown asked me  _____________________ .
Câu 3: Learning English is very necessary.                           
-      It is _____________________________ .
Câu 4: Although his leg was broken, he managed to get out of  the car.
-     In spite of  __________________________________________ .
Câu 5: If someone doesn’t put the coal in, the fire will go out.
-     Unless ____________________________ .

A.
B.
C.
D.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer for each of the blanks from 36 to 45.     The universal symbol of the Internet era communications, the @ sign used in e-mail addresses to signify the word ‘at’, is (36)_________ a 500-year-old invention of Italian merchants, aRomeacademic has revealed. Giorgio Stabile, a science professor at La Sapienza University, (37)__________to have stumbled on the earliest known example of the symbol’s use, as a(n) (38) __________ of a measure of weight or volume. He says the sign represents an amphora, a measure of (39) ____________ based on the terracotta jars used to transport grain and liquid in the ancient Mediterranean world.   The professor (40)____________toe ancient symbol in the course of research for a visual history of the 20th century, to be published by the Treccani Encyclopedia. The first (41)__________instance of its use, he says, occurred in a letter written by a Florentine merchant on May 4, 1536. He says the sign made its (42) __________ along trade routes to northernEurope, where it came to represent ‘at the price of, its contemporary accountancy (43)____________.   Professor Stabile believes that Italian banks may possess even earlier documents (44)__________the symbol lying forgotten in their archives. The oldest example could be of great value. It could be used (45) __________ publicity purposes and to enhance the prestige of the institution that owned it,* he says. The race is on between the mercantile world and the banking world to see who has the oldest documentation of @.
Câu 1: ________(36)


A. actually


B. truly


C. essentially


D. accurately
Câu 2: ________(37)


A. says


B. states


C. claims


D. tells
Câu 3: ________(38)


A. proof


B. sign


C. evidence


D. indication
Câu 4: ________(39)


A. ability


B. capacity


C. capability


D. facility
Câu 5: ________(40)


A. exposed


B. unearthed


C. dug


D. devised
Câu 6: ________(41)


A. known


B. knowing


C. knowable


D. knowledgeable
Câu 7: ________(42)


A. line


B. means


C. way


D. method
Câu 8: ________(43)


A. sense


B. importance


C. meaning


D. understanding
Câu 9: ________(44)


A. taking


B. carrying


C. delivering


D. bearing
Câu 10: ________(45)


A. on


B. for


C. with


D. by
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