Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D to fill in the gaps in the following passage. (2.0pts)

Wales has a population of about three million. English is the main language and only twenty per cent speak both Welsh and English. Every year, (1) ………… August there is a Welsh-speaking festival. It (2) ………… place in a different town each year so everyone has a chance for it to be near them. Local people (3) _______ years making plans for when the festival will be in (4) _______ town. Each festival is (5) _______ by about 160.000 people. They travel not only from nearby towns and villages (6) _______ also from the rest of the British Isles and (7) _______ from abroad. There are concerts, plays and (8) _______ to find the best singers, poets, writers and so on. Shops sell Welsh music, books, pictures and clothes as (9) _______ as food and drink. The festival provides a chance for Welsh-speaking people to be together for a whole week, with (10) _______ Welsh language all around them.

1. A. on B. by C. in D. at

2. A. takes B. finds C. has D. makes

3. A. pass B. put C. spend D. do

4. A. our B. their C. his D. its

5. A. . arrived B. attended C. visited D. come

6. A. but B. and C. since D. however

7. A. . just B. hardly C. quite D. even

8. A. tests B. examinations C. competitions D. races

9. A. long B. far C. good D. well

10. A.. one B. a C. the D. some

* Read the passage and choose the best option to fill in each blank.
                             A WELSH FESTIVAL

Wales has a population of about three million. English is the main language and only twenty per cent speak both Welsh and English. Every year, (01) ………………August there is a Welsh-speaking festival. It takes place in a different town each year so everyone has a chance for it to be near them. Local people (02) ………………years making plans for the festival when it is organized in their town. Each festival is attended by about 160.000 people. They travel not only from nearby towns and villages (03) ………………
also from the rest of the British Isles and even from abroad. There are concerts, plays and (04) ………………to find the best singers, poets, writers and so on. Shops sell Welsh music, books, pictures and clothes as well as food and drink. The festival provides a chance (05) ………………Welsh-speaking people
to be together for a whole week, with the Welsh language all around them.
01. A. on B. by C. in D. at
02. A. pass B. put C. do D. spend
03. A. but B. and C. since D. however
04. A. tests B. competitions C. examinations D. races
05. A. for B. to C. on D. of

Read the text and then choose the best answer A, B, C, or D.

Visit the Edinburgh Festival

Every year, thousands of people come to Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland, to be part of the Edinburgh Festival. For three weeks every August and September the city is filled with actors and artists from all over the world. They come to Edinburgh for the biggest arts festival in Britain. During this time, the streets of the city are alive with music and dance from early in the morning untill late at night. You can even see artists painting pictures on the streets.

Tens of thousands of tourists come to the festival to see new films and plays and to hear music played by famous musicians. This year, you can see over five hundred performances with actors from more than forty countries.

The tickets for these performances are quite cheap, and it is usually easier to see your favourite star in Edinburgh than it is in London. So come to Edinburgh next summer!

How many people come to attend the Edinburgh Festival every year?

A. Thousand people

B. Thousands of people

C. Some people

D. Few people

I. Fill in each blank with the correct form of the word in capitals

1. I'm very.....of my father and love him so much (pride)

2. Trung's sense of humor.....him from other students (distinct)

3. Sometimes I have some.....which can't be explained (feel)

4. Mid-August Festival is a..... festival for children (joy)

5. Passover of the Jewish people is a festival which celebrates.......from slavery (free)

II. Each line of the following passage contains one error. Find and correct it

Tet holiday is celebrating on the first day of the Lunar New Year. Some weeks after the New Year, the Vietnamese clean their houses and paint the walls. New clothes are buyed for the occasion. One or two days before the festival, people make Banh Chung, who is the traditional cake, and others goodies. On the New Year's Eve, the whole family gets together for a reunion dinner. Every members of the family pay them respects to the alders. In return they receive lucky money wrapping in red tiny envelops. Then people go to visit their neighborhoods, friends and relatives

VI/ Read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space

Last week I went to an International Food Festival taking place in Hai Phong. Because the festival only (1)________place for one day, hundreds of people crowded into it. It was the biggest food festival I had ever seen. There (2)________thirty countries participating in the festival. They brought with them traditional food specialities which reflected their unique national (3)________. I was really impressed (4)________the Cobb salad. It is an American garden salad made form chopped salad greens, tomato, bacon, chicken breast, hard-boiled eggs, avocado, cheese, and red-wine vinaigrette. (5)________the salad requires quite a few ingredients, it is quick to make. The American chef at the festival (6)________me the way to make the salad and it took me only 15 minutes to complete. How amazing! The next day I made Cobb salad (7)________my mum for lunch, and she loved it right away. (8)________good dish is steak pie, a traditional British meat pie made from stewing steak and beef gravy, enclosed in a pastry shell. Unfortunately, I did not have (9)________ time to listen to the chef give instructions on how to make this dish. However, I tried it and it was brilliant. Next year (10)________there is another food festival, I will definitely join in

1. A. ran B. took C. went D. found

2. A. are B. is C. was D. were

3. A. cooking B. food C. foods D. cuisine

4. A. by B. at C. in D. on

A. But B. Although C. Because D. So

6. A. said B. asked C. gave D. showed

7. A. for B. with C. together D. like

8. A. One B. Another C. Second D. Next

9. A. little B. many C. enough D. few

10. A. while B if C. as D. because

Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passages. Use only ONE word for each space

Many people dream of (1)..... in a foreign country. It can be an amazing experience (2)....... those who have the courage to leave their family and friends and settle down in a new place. (3)......., there's one potential problem you should be aware of: culture shock. Culture shock is the feeling we get from living in a place that is so different to where we grew up that we are not sure (4)....... to deal with it. Societies are organized in many different ways, and we can often (5)...... taken aback by some of the things we find in foreign countries. Customs and traditions can be very different and that can sometimes make (6)...... difficult to get on with local people and to make friends. They migt not approve of things you do or might object to things you say. You might even be banned from doing things in another country that are perfectly legal in your own. (7)...... you were to move to a country such as Singapore, say, you might find some of the laws very (8)..... There, people can be forced to pay a large fine just for dropping litter. Eventually, (9)....., most people who live abroad fall in love with their adopted country and learn to accept its differences. It does take real courage to make such a big change (10)..... your life, but many people agree that it is worth it in the end

Read the text and choose the best answer in 1-5. (2 ms)

“Oh, you’re so lucky living in Bath, It’s such a wonderful, lovely, historical place,” people say enthusiastically, and all you can think of is the awful parking, the crowds of tourists, the expensive shops, the narrow-minded council, and the terrible traffic....

Luckily, I don’t live in Bath but nearly ten miles away in a village called Limpley Stoke in the Avon valley. It seems to be normal in the countryside these days for professional people who work in the town prefer to live in the villages, this makes the housing so expensive that the villagers and agricultural workers have to live in the cheaper accommodation in town, with the result that the farmers commute out to the farm and everyone else commutes in. Certainly, there is nobody in the village could be called an old style villager. The people nearest to me include a pilot, an accountant, a British Rail manager, a retired teacher... not a farm worker among them. But I don’t think there is anything wrong with that- it’s just that the nature of villages is changing and there is still quite a strong sense of community here. A lot of this sense of community comes from the Post Office, which is a center for all the gossip and information. I find out what is going on while I am there, pretending to control my two-year-old son. My feeling is that if my son took the money collected for the children, it would go directly where it was needed but they don’t see it like that.

Working at home I tend to wander round the village at times when other people are at the office, which has given me a reputation for being incredibly lazy or unbelievably rich but I still don’t get enough time to look after the garden we bought. My wife had a good idea for the first year. “Let’s just leave it and see what comes up” There were some nice plants among the weeds. She had a good idea for the second year as well. “Why don’t we leave it and see if it all comes up again?” We did, and that is why we need to hire a full-time gardener this year.

1. What is the author’s attitude to Bath?

A. It is a wonderful place to live in. B. It has far too many disadvantages.

C. He feels fortunate to live there. D. It has many good shops.

2. The people who live in the village

A. tend to work on the farms.

B. are mostly professionals who work in the town.

C. are able to afford houses in the town.

D. don’t like the old-style villagers.

3. It would appear from the text that the Post Office

A. sells a wide range of cards.

B. is where most of the charity work is organized.

C. is a place where villagers can talk to each other.

D. sells a range of tinned food as well as stamps.

4. The garden is not in good condition because

A. the author is too lazy to look after it.

B. the author can’t afford to pay a gardener.

C. the author’s no interest in it.

D. nobody has worked on it for over two years.

5. The author feels that living in the village

A. is better than living in Bath. B. has a number of disadvantages

C. tends to be rather dull. D. is something that everyone would enjoy

test 12

(1-10) Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in each sentence:

1/ They invited us __________ their family on a trip to Ha Noi. A.to take B. to join C. to come D. to get

2/ He failed the ĐỀ THI THỬ MÔN ANH VÀO LỚP 10 SỐ because he didn’t follow his teacher’s__________.

A. prayers B. instruction C. lessons D. sentences

3/ She has a lot of housework to do, so she’s looking for a __________ job .

A. part time B. full time C. skilled D. low-paid 4/ __________is a building in a university where students live .

A. Academy B. Institute C. Dormitory D. Hall

5/ Many tourists visit the _____ of a historical hero on the mountain.

A. church B. mosque C. temple D. shrine

6/ The final examination will be held_________ May 9th.

A. in B. at C. on D. to 7/ We had an _________ student from Japanese staying with us last year.

A. interchange B. exchange C. abroad D. university

8/ The statue of Liberty stands at the__________ to the harbor.

A. arrival B. destination C. entrance D. across

9/ Everyone felt tired and hungry,________ they sat down and took a rest.

A. although B. but C. because D. so 10/ We put up the tent and had a __________ on the river bank.

A. place B. space C. way D. picnic

(11-12) Choose the underlined word or phrase(A,B,C, or D) that needs correcting:

11/ I’m looking forward to hear from you. Write soon!

A B C D

12/ I needn’t say anything to you about it, do I?

A B C D

(13-16) Use the correct tense or form of the verbs in parentheses.

13/ As Oleg __________ to the airport yesterday, he decided to buy a magazine. (walk)

14/ If you want to attend the course, you ____________ the oral examination . ( pass)

15/ We look forward to __________ new products next month. ( buy) 1

6/ She asked me how they ___________ English in the future. (use)

17-22) Use the correct form of the words in parentheses:

17/ He couldn’t do the well because it was___________ difficult. ( terrible)

18/ We had an __________ trip to our home village. ( interest)

19/ Tom spoiled my __________ by telling me the end of the film. ( enjoy)

20/ Lan speaks English very ________ but we never laughed at her. (natural)

21/ Since her _________, the room has been full of laughter. ( arrive)

22/ By learning English, you can get access to the world’s_________ . ( develop)

(23-28) Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in the following passage:

English has more than a century and a half been called a world language. The number of people who speak it as their mother tongue has been estimated at (23)___________ three hundred million and four hundred million. It is recognized as an official language in countries (24) ________ 1.5 billion people live. In China, the important attached to learning English is such that a televised teaching course drew audiences of up to 100 million. (25) _________ This spread of English throughout the world is relatively recent. In the late sixteen century, English was (26) ________ by just under five million people. The arrival of English in north America was the key step in its world-wide expansion. The united States is a huge commercial market and this has tended to ( 27) _________ the English language in many other nations. About eighty per cent of the data stored on the world’s computer is believed to be in English and nowadays insufficient (28) __________ of English can be a problem in business.

23/ A. among B. between C. about D. beside

24/ A. which B. that C. where D. when

25/ A. But B. And C. Or D. So

26/ A. taken B. spoken C. given D. read

27/ A. mention B. promote C. impress D. inspire

28/ A. knowledge B. information C. understanding D. education

(29-32) Read the dialogue and then decide whether the statements that follow are true or false. Write True or False in your answersheet:

The country is more beautiful than a town and pleasanter to live in. Many people think so and go to the countryfor the summer holidays though they cannot live there all the year round. Some have a cottage built in a village so that they can go there whenever they can find the time English villages are not all alike, but in some ways they are not very different from each other. Almost every village has a church, the round or square tower of which can be seen for many miles around. surrounding the church is the churchyard where people are buried. The village green is a wide stretch of grass, and houses or cottages are built round it. Country life is now fairly comfortable and many villages have water brought through pipes into each house. Most villages are so close to some small town that people can go there to buy what they cannot find in the village shops.

____ 29/ The country is beautiful, so many people want to live there all the year round

____ 30/ People are buried in the church.

____ 31/ Houses and cottages are built on the village green.

____ 32/ people can go to some small towns to buy something they want.

(33-36) Rewrite the sentences so that they are nearest in meaning to the sentence printed before them.

33/ I’m sorry that I don’t have time to kelp you. I wish ______________________________________________________________

34/ Thien Kim looked everywhere for the key.  I wish ______________________________________________________________

35/ With luck, he may pass the entrance examination. If __________________________________________________________________

36/ “ Do you want to study at Le Hong Phong School?”  Thuong nguyen asked Tuan Anh __________________________________________