Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

 Thomas Edison was one of the greatest inventors of the world. He was responsible for more than one thousand inventions including the electric light bulb and the record player. He also created the world’s first industrial research laboratory. Edison was born in 1847 in Ohio, USA. When he was 10 years old, he set up a small laboratory after he had read a science book his mother showed him. In 1869, he borrowed some money and began to make inventions. In 1876 he built a new laboratory so that he could spend all his time inventing. He planned to turn out minor inventions every ten days and a ‘big trick’ every six months. He developed many devices that brought great benefits to people’s life. He once said that the value of an idea lay in the using of it. Edison died in 1931, after having a remarkably productive life.

Question 28. Who is Thomas Edison?

A.Thomas Edison was one of the greatest inventors of the world.

B.Thomas Edison didn’t one of the greatest inventors of the world.

C.Thomas Edison were   one of the greatest inventors of the world.

D.Thomas Edison wasn’t  one of the greatest inventors of the world.

Question 29. When and where was he born?

A.Edison was born in 1838 in Ohio, USA.

B.Edison was born in 1847 in Ohio, USA.

C.Edison was born in 1846 in Ohio, USA.

D.Edison was born in 1828  in Ohio, USA.

Question 30: What did he build in 1876?

A.In 1876 he built a new laboratory.

B.In 1876 he built a new house.

C.In 1876 he didn’t build  a new laboratory.

D.In 1876 he built a new factory

Question 31.What did he develop?

A.He develops many devices that brought great benefits to people’s life.

B.He didn’t developed many devices that brought great benefits to people’s life.

C.He developed many devices that brought great benefits to people’s life.

D.He doesn’t develop many devices that brought great benefits to people’s life.

Question 32. How many inventions did he make?

A.He  is more than one thousand inventions.

B.He may more than one thousand inventions.

C.He make more than one thousand inventions.

D.He made more than one thousand inventions.

11. Give the correct form of the word: The students get really _________ about the festival. (excite) 

12. Give the correct form of the word: Alexander Graham Bell was the _________ of the telephone. (invent) 

13. Give the correct form of the word: A fairy _________ changed Little Pea’s rags into beautiful clothes. (magic) 

14. Give the correct form of the word: Our grandmother can tell the tale __________. (differ) 

15. Give the correct form of the word: She felt so bad because the play ended __________________ . (HAPPY) 

16. Give the correct form of the word: I was very interested in his _____________. (wise) 

17. Give the correct form of the verb: Our friend is in hospital. We __________ him this afternoon. (visit) 

18. Give the correct form of the verb: The sun __________ in the west. (not rise) 

19. Give the correct form of the verb: Nam went to the market __________ some fish. (buy) 

20. Give the correct form of the verb: What _______ you __________ do when you were young? (used to) 

21. Give the correct form of the verb: I didn’t use to (stay) _______ up late before.

22. Give the correct form of the verb: Martha (phone) _________ me yesterday. She’s on holiday in France

I. use the correct form of the words in brackets

1. I live in a small village and its .......... are very beautiful ( surround )

2. The world of computers is extremely ............ ( compete )

3. What is the ................ of Thomas Edison ? ( nation )

4. D.E.Huges was the .......... of microphone ( invent )

5. Discovering penicillin made Sir Alexander Fleming ............. all over the world ( fame )

6. What is your .......... for designing this house ( suggest )

7. Is PETRONAS Twin Towers ................ building in the world ( high )

8. You don't have to do that work . In other words , it's ......... for you ( necessity )

9. There are a lot of .............. festivals in Vietnam ( tradition)

10. You must make a quick ........... about who wins the contest ( decide )

V: Give the correct form of the word in CAPITALS to complete each of the following sentences.

Supply the correct form of the word in each bracket:

1. Mount Pinatubo was one of the world's largest ............... eruptions.    (volcano)

2. ...................... have caused lots of damages for the world every year.   (earth)

3. There are many kinds of ...................... in my village.     (entertain)

4. I knew your school through the ............ on TV yesterday.     (advertise)

5. I would like to have the .............. of the picture.    (describe)

Supply the correct word form

1. I'll make .................... for the meeting tonight ( arrange )

2. There was still no ............... on what to do next ( agree)

4.Michael Faraday makde a lot of .................... in the field of electricity . ( invent )

6. There was an ............... of painting at the Art Gallery . ( exhibit )

9.Thomas Watson was Bell's ............................ , wasn't he ? ( assist )

10.He was ....................... in the demonstrating his invention.( success)

Supply the correct form of the word in parentheses to complete each of the following sentences.

1.Angkor Wat is one of the seven ...............of the world.(wonderful)

2.Before Tet a lot of food is made in the........way(tradition)

3.I'm happy to know you take part in the.........program(recycle)

4.The Temple was.........built three centuries ago(original)

5.Ba Na resort is a famous tourist.........in Viet Nam(attract)

6.All the information........found in the library is now stored in the university's computers.(nomal)

7.Last week my family visited My Son Tower,one of the..............Heritage Sites in Quang Nam province.(culture)

8.The hills are...........in spring when the wild flowers bloom.(colour)

9.There are always........differences in every country(region)

10.The.......have a very hard life.They can not live permanently in one place(nomadic)

Question III. Give the correct form of the following words

1. Factories (not dump) ________ waste into rivers if the government fines them heavily.

2.I (watch) ________________ a science fiction film on TV at 9 .00 tonight.

3. Many houses (destroy) ________________in the hurricane last night in Nghe An.

4. By the time the police came , the thief (leave) _______________.

5. Don’t forget ( turn) _______________ off the lights before going to bed.

V. Give the correct form of the word .

1. Thomas Edison was one of the greatest______________of the world. ( invent) )

2. There are a lot of______________ differences . (culture )

3. _____________pollution has risen day by day. ( environment )

4. There have been major new ______________ in space reseach. ( develop )

5.My friend said he really enjoyed doing____________ experiments and finding out how things worked. (science)

PART C : READING

Question I. Read the text and choose one word/ phrase from the list to fill each gap.

It is estimated that about three billion people use the Internet around the world. Most people use the Internet to (1) _____________ or for entertainment. A new study, however, shows us that almost ten percent of Internet users are using it so often that it is seriously harming their lives. The study (2) ____________ that these people may find it difficult to stop using the Internet because they have become addicted. Someone who is addicted finds it extremely difficult to stop doing (3) ____________. According to a psychologist in (4)_____________, thirty percent of Internet users claim that they use the Internet to escape from their problems. The study also shows that having a chat, or discussion, with strangers on the Internet is one of the most (5)_____________ activities.