14. What is the writer’s main aim in writing the text?A. to talk about the importance of artB. to explain how one artist worksC. to say why ice sculpture is popularD. to describe the disadvantages of...

Practice 1: Read the following announcement and answer the question.

This week’s dance has been cancelled. We are sorry to everyone that has been looking forward to it. It was supposed to be on Friday night, but we were notified that because of circumstances beyond their control the band can’t play that day.

After the band’s cancellation, we tried to get a DJ but it was too late. All of the local ***** were playing somewhere else. Don’t worry — we are rescheduling for next Friday, June 20. This time we will have DJ Morry Morris.

For those of you who have already bought tickets, you may use them to enter the dance on the rescheduled date. If you want a refund, you can bring your ticket to the student council office next week. Again, we are sorry and thank you for your understanding.

Why is “the band’s cancellation” mentioned in the announcement?

A. To point out why the dance is cancelled

B. To inform the students the dance was cancelled

C. To tell the students the new DJ cancelled the dance

D. To explain why they couldn’t get any DJ for the dance

Practice 2:

The Hudson River is one of the most significant rivers in America, though it is not the largest. It was named after Henry Hudson, an English explorer who charted the river for the Dutch East India Company. The Hudson goes for 315 miles, starting in the Adirondack Mountains in New York State. It enters the ocean around New York City.

Washington Irving, an American writer, was one of the first to write about the Hudson River. He lived in the Hudson River Valley and wrote about the unique characteristics of this area. He developed the first kind of American folklore and told a story of a man named Rip Van Winkle. Rip Van Winkle fell asleep one day while climbing the mountains around the Hudson River. He did not wake up for twenty years. When he finally woke up, America had become a free country.

The river has not only been written about by famous writers, but has had practical purposes as well. It was an important means of transportation as America developed. The Eric Canal was built to connect the river to Lake Erie, one of the nation’s great lakes. This canal allowed the many cities on the Great Lakes to get goods from Europe. The Hudson River Valley area was also good for building railroads. All in all, the Hudson River is an important river in America.

1. What would be the best title for this passage?

A. Washington Irving’s River C. A River of American Importance

B. The Biggest River in America D. Why Americans Built the Erie Canal

2. Why does the author mention “Washington Irving*’ in paragraph 2?

A. To give an example of an American writer C. To explain why Rip Van Winkle did not wake up

B. To prove that many writers live in New York D. To show that writers wrote about the Hudson River

3. Why does the author talk about “the Erie Canal” in paragraph 3?

A. To point out the need to build a railroad C. To prove that Americans were good builders

B. To explain why writers liked the Hudson D. To show how transportation was used on the river

V. Read the following passage and choose the best answers to each of the questions. Every state has its own laws for driving and getting a driver's license. To learn these laws, people have to read the Rules of the Road book for their state. They can get the book free at a driver's license facility in their state. In Illinois, people between the ages of 15 and 18 have to take a driver's education course in school before they can get a permit to practice driving. People over 18 don't have to...

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V. Read the following passage and choose the best answers to each of the questions.

Every state has its own laws for driving and getting a driver's license. To learn these laws, people have to read the Rules of the Road book for their state. They can get the book free at a driver's license facility in their state.

In Illinois, people between the ages of 15 and 18 have to take a driver's education course in school before they can get a permit to practice driving. People over 18 don't have to take this course in order to get a permit. When people get a learner's permit, they have to take a test. They have to know the traffic signs and laws in order to pass this test. Then they have to get their vision tested. When they get theirlearner's permits, they can practice driving, but a licensed driver has to be in the car with

them at all times. A learner's permit is good for one year.

When the learner is ready to get a license, he or she has to take a driving test. During the test, new drivers have to back out of an alley, park uphill anddownhill, make right- and left-turns, obey all traffic laws, and do whatever else the examiner may ask them to do to show that they know how to drive.

1/ What is the writer trying to do in the text?

a. Complain about traffic accidents.

b. Describe what to do to get a driver's license.

c. Persuade drivers to drive carefully.

d. Advise drivers how to drive.

2/ Why would somebody read the text?

a. To find out about traffic laws.

b. To learn how to drive a car.

c. To find out about getting a driver's license.

d. To learn some details about the rules of the roads .

3/ In order to get a driver's license, most important of all, the learner has to .................................

a. read the Rules of the Road book for his/her state

b. get his/her vision tested

c. know all the traffic laws

d. pass a driving test

4/ The word "free" most nearly means ..............................

a. without limit b. without having to pay

c. without shopping d. at any time

5/ The word "alley" most nearly means ......................

a. narrow passage b. garage c. garden d. sidewalk

VI. Read the following passage and choose the best answers to each of the questions.

When you visit London, one of the first things you will see is Big Ben, the famous clock which can be heard allover the world on the B.B.C. If the Houses of Parliament had not been burned down in 1834, the great clock would never have been erected.

Big Ben takes its name from Sir Benjamin Hall who was responsible for the making of the clock when the new Houses of Parliament were being built. It is not only of immense size, but is extremely accurate as well. Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day. On the B.B.C. you can hear the clock when it is actually striking because microphones are connected to the clock tower. Big Ben has rarely gone wrong. Once, however, it failed to give the correct time. A painter who had been working on the tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands and slowed it down!

1/ Big Ben was built .......................

a. for the B.B.C. b. after a fire c. in honour of Sir Benjamin Hall d. long before 1834

2/ Accuracyis maintained ..................._

a. by microphones in the clock tower b. by workmen

c.because the clock is at Greenwich Observatory d.by officials who check the clock frequently

3/ Big Ben is one of the first sights you will see when you London.

a. will visit b. visit c. have visited d. will be visiting

4/ Big Ben is the ..................... clock in London.

a. famousest b. most famous c. more famous d. famouser

5/ It is .......................very big and very accurate. a. and b. also c. both d. together

6/ How often .....................checked?

a. have they it b. they have it c. do they have it d. they do have it

7/ A painter ......... working on the tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands.

a. who b. had been c. had d. ...................

VII. Read the following passage and choose the best answers to each of the questions.

Quite a number of things have been done tohelp solve traffic problems in Singapore. For example, motorists must buy a special pass if they want to drive into the downtown business district. They can go into the business district only if they have the pass displayed on their windshield.

Another thing Singapore has done is to make it more difficult to buy cars. People have to apply for a certificate if they want to buy a car. And the number of certificates is limited. Not everyone can get one. There is also a high tax on cars, so it costs three or four times as much to buy a car in Singapore as it does in, say, the United States or Canada. The other thing Singapore has done is to build an excellent public transportation system. Their subway system is one of the best in the world. And there is also a very good taxi and bus system.

1/ In Singapore, drivers must have .................... to drive into the downtown business district.

a. a special I D card b. a special pass c. a driving certificate d. a driving lesson

2/ Singapore has done many things to make it difficult to buy cars because it ............................

a. wants to solve the car problems b. wants to help motorists to be safe

c. helps poor people d. wants to solve traffic problems

3/ The public transportation system in Singapore is ...................................

a. not very good b. very good c. very bad d. awful

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Inventing the futureImagine you can change the world by asking yourself three questions: What do I love? What am I good at? What do I want to change? What do I want to change?The Google Science Fair is a competition for teenagers aged 13 to 18. It wants them to create a project by thinking about these questions. Google hopes this competition is going to find the world’s next great scientist.Brittany Wenger, 17, found a way to improve the accuracy of a cancer- testing computer program. This...

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Making a film takes a long time and is very hard work. Writing the story for the film may take many weeks. Filming the story being acted - or shooting the film, as it is called - often takes at least six months. Actors and cameramen work from very early in the morning until late at night. Each scene has to be acted and reacted, filmed and refilmed, until it is just right. Sometimes the same scene may have to be acted twenty or thirty times. The film studio is like a large factory, and the indoor stages are very big indeed. Scenery of all kinds is made in the studio. Churches, houses, castles and forests are all built of wood and cardboard. Several hundred people work together to make one film. Some of these people are the actors and actresses. The director of the film, however, is the most important person in a film studio. He decided how the scenesshould be filmed and how the actors should act. Most people go to see a film because they know the film stars in it. Sometimes the film may be very poor. It is best to choose a film made by a good director. Some famous directors make their films very real. People feel that they themselves are among the people in the film.

1. Scenes have to be filmed many times because........
A. it takes a long time to make a film

B. it is often difficult to make them just right

C. many people work together

D. the film is poor

2. Which of the following is compared to a factory?

A. The film studio

B. The indoor stage

C. The scenery

D. A poor film

3. The director of a film.................

A. Is always an actor. B. The indoor stage

C.is a film star. D. Says how scene should be filmed.

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Tạo ra tương lai

Hãy tưởng tượng bạn có thể thay đổi thế giới bằng cách tự hỏi bản thân ba câu hỏi: Tôi yêu thích điều gì? Tôi giỏi cái gì? Tôi muốn thay đổi điều gì? Tôi muốn thay đổi điều gì?

Hội chợ Khoa học Google là cuộc thi dành cho thanh thiếu niên từ 13 đến 18. Hội chợ muốn các em tạo một dự án bằng cách suy nghĩ về những câu hỏi này. Google hy vọng cuộc thi này sẽ tìm ra nhà khoa học vĩ đại tiếp theo của thế giới.

Brittany Wenger, 17 tuổi, đã tìm ra cách cải thiện độ chính xác của chương trình máy tính xét nghiệm ung thư. Chương trình này thành công khoảng 97 phần trăm thời gian. Không giống như các chương trình tương tự khác, chương trình của Brittany được “đào tạo”. Khi chương trình của cô ấy thực hiện các bài kiểm tra, nó sẽ rút ra kinh nghiệm và trở nên tốt hơn. Brittany dự định một ngày nào đó sẽ giới thiệu phát minh của mình tới các bệnh viện. Cô ấy cũng tình nguyện với một nhóm có tên Made with Code. Cô ấy chỉ cho những cô gái khác cách họ có thể đạt được ước mơ của mình thông qua lập trình máy tính.

Cậu thiếu niên Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ Elif Bilgin muốn giảm thiểu ô nhiễm. Vì vậy, cô đã dành hai năm để nghiên cứu chế tạo nhựa từ các loại vật liệu khác. Cô ấy muốn tạo ra một loại nhựa mới mà mọi người có thể sử dụng trong cuộc sống hàng ngày. Bây giờ, cô ấy đã tìm ra một cách để tạo ra nhựa bằng cách sử dụng vỏ chuối! Một số công ty đang sử dụng nhựa Elif’s để chế tạo các bộ phận cơ thể nhân tạo. Elif hy vọng rằng nhựa của cô ấy sẽ thay thế nhựa bình thường trong tương lai.

I. Complete each sentence with the correct form of the word in capital letters. In some cases you may have to make a negative form by using the prefix dis-, in-, or un- 1. HONEST a. It was very __________ of him to steal that money .b. I _________ think that this is the best thing to do .c. They praised her for her ___________. 2. IDENTIFY a. Have you got some kind of _____________ on you? b. UFO means ____________ Flying Object. 3. IMAGINE a. They said my illness was __________. Don’t they...

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I. Complete each sentence with the correct form of the word in capital letters. In some cases you may have to make a negative form by using the prefix dis-, in-, or un- 1. HONEST a. It was very __________ of him to steal that money .b. I _________ think that this is the best thing to do .c. They praised her for her ___________. 2. IDENTIFY a. Have you got some kind of _____________ on you? b. UFO means ____________ Flying Object. 3. IMAGINE a. They said my illness was __________. Don’t they realize I’m in a lot of pain? b. He hasn’t got the ___________ to think up such a clever plan .4. INDUSTRY a. I’m afraid ___________ relations aren’t very good in this company .b. She was a much less _________ student than her sister .c. He’s a leading __________, with factories all over the country.d. In the past few years this area has become heavily _____________. 5MANAGE a. The __________ said he wouldn’t change the radio without a receipt .b. They are taking over the ________ of the company next week .c. Only the __________ Director can make that decision.d. She’s got a job as the _____________ of a dress shop. 6. NATION a. If he isn’t Spanish, what ___________ is he? b. The coal industry was originally private but was _________in the 1940’s c. There is no _________ service in the United Kingdom .7. OBSERVE a. It was very ___________ of you to notice that. b. This _____________ houses the largest telescope in the country. c. He’s under _____________ all the time. 8. SATISFY a. He couldn’t give a ___________ explanation for his actions .b. I get no ____________ from doing this .c. I’m afraid I was very ________with the travel arrangements. 9. SCIENCE a. She’s a top ________ working on our space project .b. There is no _________ explanation for what happened. c. The connection hasn’t been _________ proved yet 10. SHORT a. Mrs. Bailey will be with you ___________ b. I had to __________ my speech as we had started late .c. There is a _________ of carrots because of the bad weather.11. VARYa. The temperature is very ________ at this time of the year. b. Do you like this new ___________ of apple? c. There are ___________ desserts to choose from. 12. CONVENIENCE a. I’m afraid it won’t be _____________ for me to see you tomorrow .b. The house is ____________ situate near the centre of town. c. This is very _________! Can’t you practice your violin somewhere else? 13. CREATE a. I would like to show you my latest ________, which I have called ‘Boats on a Lake’ .b. The chameleon is a very strange _____________. c. Conan Doyle was famous as the ________ of the great detective, Sherlock Holmes. 14. CRITIC a. Why does everybody __________ him all the time? b. After so much ____________ he felt he had to resign .c. They were very ______________ of his efforts to improve services. 15. DECIDE a. They’re going to announce their _________ tomorrow b. He’s so ___________! He just can’t make up his mind! 16. DECORATE a. The __________ said he would charge me $ 1,000 a room. b. During the festival _________ were hanging from every tree .17. DEMONSTRATE a. The _______ all sat down in the middle of the road. b. He offered to give me a _____________ of how the machine worked .18. DEPEND a. We are _________ on other countries for most of our food .b. Every year we celebrate our _________. 19. DICTATE a. The boss wants you to take some _____________ .b. He acted in an extremely ________ manner, which made him very unpopular. 20. DIRECT a. Are you sure we’re going in the right __________? b. She looked _________ at me as she said it. c. I had to look up number in telephone _______________. d Hitchcock is one of my favorite film. 21. ECONOMY a. My new car is more ______ than the one I had before. b. She studied __________ at university .c. On my salary we have to live as _________ as possible.d. If we don’t ________ on electricity, there will be power cuts. 22. ELECTRIC a. He works as an __________ for a local firm. b. The price of ___________ has gone up again. c. The fire was caused by an __________ fault in the television .d. He is an _________ engineer. 23. EMPLOY a. Last December the boss gave all his __________ a bonus. b. I’ve been ___________ since June. I must find work soon .c. Her _________ was so angry at her attitude that he fired her .d. He hoped the __________ agency would find him a job. 24. ENTHUSIASM a. They all cheered __________ as their team came out. b. I’m afraid they weren’t very ________ about your idea of going out this evening. 25. ACT a. We must take _________ before things get worse. b. There are a lot of _________ outside the stadium. c. Don’t worry about the volcano. It’s been __________ for years .d. She said she wanted to be television _____________ .26. ADD a. Are all those ___________ they put in food really necessary? b. In _______ to doing the cleaning, I make the coffee.

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ĐỌC ĐỌAN VĂN VÀ TRẢ LỜI CÂU HỎI I had been happily working in the same company as a graphics designer for over ten years, so it came as a huge surprise when one day, without warning I was made redundant. In fact, most of the people in my department lost their jobs that day. When the personnel manager gave me the bad news, she explained that the company had been taken over by a big multinational corporation that was demanding a lot of changes. So, one day I was in a comfortable job...

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I had been happily working in the same company as a graphics designer for over ten years, so it came as a huge surprise when one day, without warning I was made redundant. In fact, most of the people in my department lost their jobs that day. When the personnel manager gave me the bad news, she explained that the company had been taken over by a big multinational corporation that was demanding a lot of changes. So, one day I was in a comfortable job with a generous salary and plenty of annual leave and the next day I was unemployed. While it was nice to have time on my hands, I knew I would have to find a job fairly quickly. I soon found out that it wasn't so easy. No one was taking on new staff. Every morning I searched the Classified Ads, but there was nothing suitable, not even part-time positions.
Finally, a friend asked me if I was interested in helping out in her new cake shop. She needed somebody to deal with customers and to help her with the cake designs. At first, she could only pay me by the hour at rather a low hourly rate. To my surprise, I love the work.
I've been a cake designer for three years now. I'm so glad I didn't turn down my friend's job offer. We have so much work and now I'm no longer an employee. My friend and I are now partners in the best cake shop in town.

1. What is the writer's main aim in writing the text?

A. To advise people how to change the job B. To talk about his changes in career

C. To describe his new job D. To talk about differences between two jobs

2. What does the writer say about his past job?

A. It was a hard job but high salary. B. It was a part-time job with low salary.

C. It was an interesting job at a big multinational corporation. D. It was a comfortable job with high salary.

3. What did the writer do after losing his job?

A. He ran his own business. B. He asked his friend for a part-time job.

C. He tried to find another job. D. He worked part-time job for Classified Ads.

4. What did the writer think about his current job at first?

A. He really loved it. B. The salary was low.

C. He was so interested. D. It was hard.

5. What is the current job of the writer?

A. Graphics designer B. Cake designer

C. Personnel manager D. Employee at the cake shop

III. Choose the suitable words to fill the blanks. There are some extra words.

Accupation salary application bossy retirement from successful employees engineer off contract well-known retired employers admired

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1. What is the writer's main aim in writing the text?
A. To advise people how to change the job
B. To talk about his changes in career
C. To describe his new job
D. To talk about differences between two jobs
2. What does the writer say about his past job?
A. It was a hard job but high salary.
B. It was a part-time job with low salary.
C. It was an interesting job at a big multinational corporation.
D. It was a comfortable job with high salary.
3. What did the writer do after losing his job?
A. He ran his own business.
B. He asked his friend for a part-time job.
C. He tried to find another job.
D. He worked part-time job for Classified Ads.
4. What did the writer think about his current job at first?
A. He really loved it.
B. The salary was low.
C. He was so interested.
D. It was hard.
5. What is the current job of the writer?
A. Graphics designer
B. Cake designer
C. Personnel manager
D. Employee at the cake shop

Ex1 :Đọc đoạn văn và trả lời các câu hỏi sau CRICKET Cricket is an English game . People from most other countries think it is very , very slow but the English think it is exciting There are two teams with eleven players on each team in a cricket match . They play outdoors in the field . They play around two wickets . A wicket is there sticks in the ground with two sticks across them at the top . The wickets are twenty meters apart. One player is a bowler. He stands by one...

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Ex1 :Đọc đoạn văn và trả lời các câu hỏi sau

CRICKET

Cricket is an English game . People from most other countries think it is very, very slow but the English think it is exciting.

There are two teams with eleven players on each team in a cricket match . They play outdoors in the field . They play around two wickets . A wicket is there sticks in the ground with two sticks across them at the top . The wickets are twenty meters apart.

One player is a bowler. He stands by one wicket and throws a ball at the other wicket. He tries to hit one of the top sticks and make it fall to the ground. Another player is a batsman. He holds a stick called a bat. He stands behind thesecond wicket. He tries to hot the ball before it hits the sticks. If he hits the ball, he runs to the other wicket. Sometimes he can run from one wicket to the other several times until aplayer in the field catches the ball and throws it back to the wickets. An important match can continue for 4 or 5 days.The players make hundreds of runs.Cricket began in England in the 1300s. It became a major sport in the 1700s.Englishmen taught the game to people in their colonies. Today cricket is still popular in mostof those countries

Questions :

1 : How many people play cricket at one time ?

-> Twenty-one people play cricket at one time.

2 : What does a player try to hit the ball with ?

-> He tries to hit the ball with a bat.

3 : What does the bowler try to do ?

-> He tries to hit one of the top sticks and make it fall to the ground.

4 : What does the batsman do if he hits the ball ?

-> If the batsman hits the ball, he runs to the other wicket.

5 : Who did English men teach the game to ?

-> Englishmen taught the game to people in their colonies.

Read the following passage and choose the option (A, B, C or D) that best answers each of the questions below. PLACES FOR PARTIES Jack is planning a birthday party with twenty stars from the worlds of sport, music and films. But Jack isn't famous - and the stars aren't real. He's planning a Party for 60 guests at Madame Tussauds, the famous waxworks museum. Jack says he's really excited about the party because Angelina Jolie is waiting for him there. Sue and Olivia are planning a big family...

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Read the following passage and choose the option (A, B, C or D) that best answers each of the questions below. PLACES FOR PARTIES Jack is planning a birthday party with twenty stars from the worlds of sport, music and films. But Jack isn't famous - and the stars aren't real. He's planning a Party for 60 guests at Madame Tussauds, the famous waxworks museum. Jack says he's really excited about the party because Angelina Jolie is waiting for him there. Sue and Olivia are planning a big family...

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41. Which of the following sentences is not true about Jack?

A. He is a famous star.

B. He is a normal person.

C. He has 80 friends who are famous stars.

D. He is Angelina Jolie's relative.

42. Why does Jack hold his birthday party at Madame Tussauds?

A. He wants to have the feeling of celebrating it with famous people.

B. He is more confident to be with unreal people.

C. He invites a large number of guests.

D. He wants Angelina Jolie to come.

43. How does Jack seem to feel now?

A. anxious B. pleased C. stressed D. eager

44. What does the word venue likely mean?

A. place B. position C. gesture D. sight

45. What is special about the Pavilion?

A. It has a large number of windows.

B. It has the same structure as the Tower of London.

C. Its numerous windows look over the Tower of London.

D. It is inside the Tower of London.