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II. Choose the best answer to fill in the blank.

11.South-East Asia has many tourist ________.

A. landmarks B. places C. spots D. attractions

12.It’s a very ________ story. I laugh from the beginning to the end.

A. interests B. amusing C. interested D. amused

13.You had a party last night, ________?

A. had not you B. didn’t you C. had you D. did you

14.Who ________ the first typewriter?

A. invented B. did invent C. invents D. did he invent

15.Sugar adds taste ________ the food we eat

A. to B. in C. with D. for

16.He never likes durians and________.

A. I do too B. I didn’t either C. so do I D. neither do I

17.In a game of singles, two players play________ each other

A. for B. against C. opposite D. with

18.I often ________in winter.

A. play skiing B. go skiing C. go to ski D. go playing skiing

19.We shouldn’t cross the street outside the ________.

A. sidewalk B. zebra crossing C pavement D foot lane

21. I bought this dress at the ________on Hang Bai street.

A. store of closes B. closing store C. clothes store D. clothes’ store

22.Would you like to play basketball? - ________ . Good idea!

A. I want B. I’d love to C. I like D. I love it

23.The boss wants his ________ to type some letters.

A. secretary B. journalist C. novelist D. musician

24.Nobody ________ in the room when we came home.

A. isn't B. aren't C. is D. are

25.I have to write a ________ composition every other week.

A. two-thousands-word B. two-thousands-words

C. two-thousand-words D. two-thousand-word

III. Give the correct form of the words in the brackets in each of the following sentences.

31.She was the only __________________ left in the town. (inhabit)

32.Conan Doyle was a ________________ famous for his detective stories. (novel)

33.He gets very angry if you ____________________ with his ideas. (agree)

34.There is saying “ _______________ is better than cure”. (prevent)

35.I had a ________________ evening. It made me forget all my sadness. (terrify)

36.I don’t like this chair. It’s _________________. (comfort)

37.Hoa is having a __________________ check-up. (medicine)

38.We must remember to eat _____________. (sense)

39.There are many badminton _______________ nowadays. (compete)

40.Mary looked _____________ because her mother died. (happy)

IV. Find a mistake by choosing A, B, C or D.

61. Have you ever seen a painting of Picasso yet?

A B C D

62. “Do you think anyone saw us?” she told nervously.

A B C D

63. The plays writing by Shakespeare are very popular in the world.

A B C D

64. The employer said that he would give them a two-day trip to Phu Tho next week.

A B C D

65. My sister is studying very hard in order to pass the exam and getting scholarship at university.

A B C D

V. There is one mistake in each line in the following paragraph. Underline the mistake then correct it.

Example: 0. I haven't saw you for two month 0/ seen

Nam is a student. This year he had a very interested summer	1/ ___________
holiday. He traveled, with him classmates, to a mountainous area	2/ ___________
in Lao Cai province. They gone there to help make a road	3/ ___________
through a forest among two villages. “ It was very difficult	4/ ___________
because there had no water to drink and no shops where we	5/ ___________
could bought food ,”said Nam. “ It was very cold and wet	6/ ___________
in the mountains. It is one of the wetter places in the country.”	7/ ___________
Nam stayed in the mountains since six weeks. It was hard work,	8/ ___________
But he says it was the best thing he has ever did. He hopes	9/ ___________
to return next year to do any more work there	10/ __________

VI. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word.

Kipling was the first writer (41)____________ expressed the faith and national pride. He was

(42)__________ in Bombay India (43)____________ 1865 and was taken (44)____________

England to (45)___________ educated at the (46)___________ of 6. But at the age of 17 he

returned (47)___________ India and became a journalist. (48)___________ this time he

(49)___________ a great amount of prose and poetry. After wards he returned to England and

travelled in Japan and America. He received the 1907 Nobel (50)___________ for literature and

died in 1936 while he was working on his autobiographical notes.

VII. Read the following text and choose the best answer for the questions below.

PARAGRAPH 1:

After inventing dynamite, Swedish- born Alfred Nobel became a very rich man. However, he

foresaw its universally destructive powers too late. Nobel preferred not to be remembered as the

inventor of the dynamite, so in 1895, just two weeks before his death, he created a fund to be

used for awarding prizes to people who had made world while contribution to mankind.

Originally there were five awards: literature, physics, chemistry, medicine and peace. Economics

was added in 1968, just sixty- seven years after the first awards ceremony. Nobel’s original

legacy of nine million dollars was invested and the interest in this sum is used for the awards

which vary from $ 30,000 to $ 125,000. Every year on December 10, the anniversary of Nobel’s

death, the awards are presented to the winners. Some politics plays an important role in the

judge’s decision. Americans have won numerous science awards but relatively few literature

prizes. No awards were presented from 1940 to 1942 at the beginning of World War II. Some

people have won two prizes, but this is rare, others have shared their prizes.

51.The word “foresaw” in line 2 is nearest in meaning to ________.

A. prevailed B. prevented C. postponed D. predicted

52.All of the following statements are true except ________.

A. A few individuals have won two awards

B. ceremonies are held on December 10 to commemorate Nobel’s invention

C. politics plays an important role in selecting the winners.

D. awards vary in monetary value

53.The passage implies that Nobel’s profession was in ________.

A. economics B. Science C. peace D. medicine

54. The word “world while” is closest in meaning to ________.

A. economic B. valuable C. prestigious D. trivial

55.What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Alfred Nobel made lasting contribution to humanity.

B. Alfred Nobel created awards in six categories for contributions to humanity.

C. Alfred Nobel left all his money to science.

D. Alfred Nobel became very rich when he invented dynamite

PARAGRAPH 2:

Smoking causes lung cancer, which is the number one cancer among men. Ninety percent of the people who get lung cancer die. Smoking is also the leading cause of mouth cancer, tongue cancer, and throat cancer. Many smokers have heart disease and pneumonia. Smoking causes one million early deaths in the world every year.

Smokers not only harm themselves but also harm others. Smokers breathe smoke out into the air. They breathe it out on their children and their wives or husbands. Children whose parents smoke have more breathing and lung problems than other children. Women who are married to smokers are more likely to have lung cancer than those married to non-smokers.

We are all aware that smoking is bad. So why do people smoke?

31. The number one cancer among men is____________.

A. tongue cancer B. throat cancer C. lung cancer D. mouth cancer

32. The main cause of mouth cancer, tongue cancer and throat cancer is__________.

A. drinking B. overeating C. breathing D. smoking

33. Every year, smoking causes about one million____________.

A. cancer patients B. killing diseases C. early deaths D. injured men

34. The word “it” in the passage refers to____________.

A. cancer B. smoke C. air D. breath

35. Who are more likely to have lung cancer and lung problems?

A. People who live in the city B. People who live with smokers.

C. People who live with non-smokers. D. People who live in the country.

VIII. Complete the second sentence so that it has the similar meaning to the first one.

61.John smoked cigarettes when he was a young man.

John used___________________________________________________________

62.You will not be accepted if you don’t finish your homework.

Unless______________________________________________________________

63.He speaks English very well. You would think it was his native language.

He speaks English so__________________________________________________

64.Nobody used this house last year.

This house___________________________________________________________

65.He’d rather play football than tennis.

He prefers___________________________________________________________

66.No one is more intelligent than her in our school.

She________________________________________________________________

67.Mai broke the cup because of her carelessness.

Because Mai_________________________________________________________

68.Ann said to me “ Will you do English test tomorrow?.”

Ann asked me________________________________________________________

69.We find it difficult to understand this question.

This question_________________________________________________________

70.It’s nearly two years since we saw him

We haven’t__________________________________________________________

IX. Rearrange the following words and punctuation marks to complete the sentences.

71.to / tell / nearest / you / how / supermarket / me / get/ Could / the / to/ ?

____________________________________________________________________

72.to/ I/ apologized/ mistake/ When/ I/ wrong/ ,/ I/ them/ realized/ my/ was/ for/.

____________________________________________________________________

73.the/ continue/ earth’s/ the/ If/ gases/ in/ atmosphere/ become/ to/ ,/ the/ climate/ increase/

may/ warmer/.

____________________________________________________________________

74.the/ cause/ lot/ of/ ice/ the/ may/ may / serious/ melt/ Poles/ floods/ A/ and/ near/.

____________________________________________________________________

75.that/ world/ so/ have/ are/ down/ over/ many/ People/ there/ now/ areas/ of/ cut/ waste land/

trees/ all/ the / vast/.

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WRITING : Write a paragraph (170-230 words) about how technology has changed the way students learn today.