Read the passage and choose the best answer marked A, B, C, or D to indicate the right answer to each of the following questions from 29 to 36.Charity organisations are responsible for most of the help extended to the destitute. Each organisation caters to a different group of people.The Red Cross is a well-known organisation that has centres in countries all over the world. It had its beginnings in a small Italian town in 1859. A fierce battle was taking place then and more than forty thousand people were wounded. The medical services of the army were inadequate. The situation horrified a Swiss businessman who then wrote a book describing the dreadful situation. His book was impetus for the setting up of charity organisations.Today, countries emulate the workings of the Red Cross. They carry out fund raising activities to help children who cannot receive an education or victims of natural disasters. Both the young and old contribute willingly to these organisations. In fact, without these charity organisations, millions of people around the world perish because of poverty or natural disasters.In India, a compassionate woman started PUSS (Palli Unnayan Sevi Samiti). Supported by social workers and teachers, she has helped hundreds of children receive a proper eduction. Without her help, the literacy rate in India would be much lower than what it is today.Charity organisations are crucial today. They cannot function without the benevolent people who help to run these organisations.
Câu 1: What does the passage mainly discuss ?


A. The contributions of charity organisations to different groups of people


B. The mission of the Red Cross


C. The workings of the Red Cross and Palli Unnayan Sevi Samiti organisation   


D. The important role of Palli Unnayan Sevi Samiti organisation in India
Câu 2: The first centre of the Red Cross was in______.


A. India                                  


B. Italy                             


C. Singapore                   


D. Switzerland
Câu 3: The Red Cross was first set up to help ______.


A. injured soldiers         


B. sick children  


C. children with no education          


D. victims of natural disasters
Câu 4: What was the businessman's book (paragraph 2) about?


A. Sick children      


B. How the rich can help the poor


C. People suffering in a war         


D. Different charity organisations
Câu 5: Charity organisations obtain their funds through_____.


A. donations


B. victims                        


C. the government   


D. the Red Cross
Câu 6: The word perish in paragraph 3 is CLOSEST in meaning to _____.


A. die                                      


B. forget                          


C. survive                        


D. affect
Câu 7: According to the passage, India is facing the problem of _____.


A. natural disasters 


B. poor and hungry children


C. children with no homes   


D. large numbers of uneducated children
Câu 8: According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?


A. PUSS helped increase the literacy rate in India.      


B. There are many charity organisations all over the world.


C. The Red Cross only help victims of natural disasters.                                       


D. People of different ages contribute to charity organisations.
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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 from 24 to 28.Experiments have proved that children can be instructed in swimming at a very early age. At a special swimming pool in Los Angeles, children become expert at holding their (24)___  under water even before they can walk. Babies of two months old do not appear to be reluctant to enter the water. It is not long before they are so accustomed to swimming (25)_____  they can pick up weights from the floor of the pool. A game that is very popular (26) _____ these young swimmers is the underwater tricycle race. Tricycles are lined up on the floor of the pool seven feet under (27) ___. The children compete against each other to reach the other end of the pool. Many pedal their tricycles, but most of them prefer to push or drag them. Some children can cover the whole length of the pool without coming up for breath even once. Whether they will ever become future Olympic champions, only time will tell. Meanwhile, they should (28)_____ those among us who cannot swim five yards before they are gasping for air.
Câu 1: (24) 


A. clothes                    


B. breath                      


C. hands                      


D. heads
Câu 2: (25) 


A. which                     


B. that                          


C. when                      


D. where
Câu 3: (26) 


A. with                                    


B. of                            


C. about                      


D. at
Câu 4: (27) 


A. age                          


B. ground                    


C. water                      


D. sun
Câu 5: (28) 


A. encouragingly              


B. encouraging  


C. encouragement          


D. encourage

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Câu 1: The worst environmental catastrophe in Earth’s history occurred 66 million years ago, when an asteroid struck, killing an estimated 70 per cent of all species. 


A. effect                                  


B. disaster


C. delegation                   


D. initiative
Câu 2: There was no one to take over the army when the general died in a battle.


A. fight                                   


B. defend                         


C. protect                        


D. control

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction.
Câu 1: The next (A) host for the Sea Games is Laos. It is (B) Lao’s the first (C) time as the host (D) for the biannual games.


A. The next 


B. It is


C. the first 


D. the host 
Câu 2: California has (A) more land under (B) irrigation than (C) any another (D) states.


A. has 


B. under 


C. than 


D. another 

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Câu 1:


A. spirit           


B. describe      


C. final            


D. wide
Câu 2:


A. treatment     


B. struggle       


C. initiate         


D. total

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 word for each of the blanks from 31 to 35.In Japan, politeness and good manners are very important and business meetings are very formal. Business cards are also important and they (31)____________these at the beginning of a meeting. They always look at them carefully, so you should do the same as they might think you're rude if you don't. A lot of communication is non-verbal. They are very good listeners and may ask a lot of questions to (32)_______they understand everything.In a conversation they wait longer before they reply than westerners do, so it's important (33)__________speak in those long pauses but to wait for their reply. In their culture it's rude to ask direct questions or to say 'No' or 'I disagree'. In business it takes a long time to (34)___________a decision because they have to ask everyone in the company. When they say 'Yes' it may mean 'I understand', not 'I agree', and when they smile it might be because they don't know (35) ___________ to say.            
Câu 1: (31) 


A. barter                      


B. change                    


C. exchange                


D. purchase
Câu 2: (32) 


A. find


B. identify                   


C. check                      


D. notice
Câu 3: (33) 


A. not                          


B. not to  


C. don’t                       


D. to not
Câu 4: (34) 


A. make                       


B. take                         


C. get                          


D. gain
Câu 5: (35) 


A. that                         


B. who                                    


C. what                       


D. when

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
Câu 1: I am sorry, Jean. I broke your bicycle”, said John.
        


A. John apologized to Jean having broken her bike.


B. John apologized to Jean for having broken her bike.


C. John apologized Jean for breaking his bike.


D. John apologized Jean about having broken her bike.
Câu 2: “Shall I carry the suitcase for you, Mary?”, said John.


A. John offered Mary to carry the suitcase for Mary.


B. John offered to carry the suitcase for Mary.


C. John offered carrying the suitcase for Mary.


D. John offered Mary if he should carry the suitcase for her.
Câu 3: It is said that he broke the world record.


A. He is said to have broken the world record.


B. People said that he broke the world record.


C. People were said that world record has been broken by him.


D. He is said that he had broken world record.

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Câu 1: We can use either verbal or non-verbal forms of communication.
         


A. posture                    


B. speech                     


C. facial expressions   


D. gesture
Câu 2: In my attempt to win a place at university, I am under a lot of pressure.
 


A. strong influence  


B. difficulties               


C. allowance               


D. force

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
Câu 1: Anne: “Do you think we’ll have good weather?”
Susan: “_____________________.”
  


A. No, I won’t 


B. No, I hope


C. Yes, I hope so


D. Yes, I’m afraid so
Câu 2: Anna: “I think we should recycle these bags. It will help protect the environment.”
John: “_____________________.”
          


A. It’s rubbish. We shouldn’t use it


B. I can’t agree with you more


C. Never mind 


D. You can say that again

A.
B.
C.
D.

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: Rodney _________ for the company for very long before he was promoted.
            


A. didn’t used to work  


B. didn’t work


C. hasn’t been working      


D. hadn’t been working
Câu 2: John said he _______ to visit me the day after.


A. had come 


B. will come  


C. came                       


D. would come
Câu 3: John ________ taking the money, but nobody believed him.
          


A. denied


B. apologized              


C. refused                    


D. warned
Câu 4: The director deputy _______ the responsibility for organizing meetings and conferences.
  


A. makes                     


B. becomes                  


C. takes                       


D. gets
Câu 5: He expected _______ for an Oscar, but he wasn’t.
           


A. nominating             


B. to nominate


C. to be nominated


D. being nominated
Câu 6: Some candidates failed the oral exam because thay didn’t have enough _________.
         


A. confidence              


B. confidentially          


C. confident                


D. confidential
Câu 7: It was on March 19th, 1876 ________ the first telephone call was made.
  


A. that                         


B. which


C. then                                    


D. where
Câu 8: You should use this cream _______ the sun from damaging your skin.
         


A. for prevent 


B. to prevent 


C. to preventing


D. preventing
Câu 9: My brother ______ while he ______ his bicycle and hurt himself.
 


A. had fallen / rode           


B. was falling / rode        


C. fell / was riding    


D. had fallen / was riding
Câu 10: The viewers ______ to his suggestion with a big clap.
          


A. response                 


B. responded


C. responsive              


D. respondent
Câu 11: Mr. Kane finds it hard to _______ friendly relations with his thoughtless neighbors.
     


A. confide                   


B. maintain                  


C. sacrifice                  


D. precede
Câu 12: Nothing unusual happened, ________?


A. did it


B. didn’t it   


C. did they  


D. didn’t they
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