Part V. READING

Exercise 8. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

A recent study shows that an unequal share of household chores is still the norm in many households, (81) ____ the fact that many more women now have jobs. In a survey of 1,256 people (82) ____ between 18 and 65, men said they contributed an average of 37 per cent of the total housework, while the women (83) ____ their share to be nearly double that, at 70 per cent. This ratio was not affected by (84) ____ the woman was working or not.

When they were asked what they thought was a fair division of labour, women with jobs felt that housework should (85) ____ shared equally between male and female partners. Women who did not work outside the home were satisfied to perform 80 per cent - the majority of housework - if their husbands did the (86) ____. Research has shown that if levels increase beyond these percentages, women become unhappy and anxious, and feel they are (87)____.

After marriage, a woman is reported to increase her household workload (88) ____ 14 hours per week, but for men (89) ____ amount is just 90 minutes. So the division of labour becomes unbalanced, (90) ____ the man’s share increases much less than the woman’s. It is the inequality and (91) ____ of respect, not the actual number of hours. which leads to (92) ____ and depression. The research even (93) ____ housework as thankless and unfulfilling.

81. A. in spite              B. despite                   

C. although                 D. even

82. A. aged                 B. aging                      

C. age                          D. ages

83. A. guessed                        B.judged                    C. estimated                D. valued

84. A. what                 B. whether                 

C. which                      D. that

85. A. being                B. been                       

C. to be                       D. be

86. A. remaining         B. remain                    

C. remainder               D. remained

87. A. essential            B. slight                     

  C. worthy                    D. unimportant

88. A. by                     B. to                           

C. at                            D. in

89. A. a                       B. an                           

C. the                          D. some

90. A. as                      B. so                          

  C. but                          D. then

91. A. waste                B. loss                        

C. disadvantage          D. death

92. A. anxiety             B. anxious                  

C. anxiously                D. anxiousness

93. A. draws               B. expresses               

C. reports                    D. describes

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.

Nowadays, transportation in Vietnam develops(23) ……………. with various kinds of transports and it is increasingly easier to travel to Vietnam from other countries and vice versa, as well as travel to other destinations in Vietnam. Travel in Vietnam is(24) ………….. than in the past. Means of transportation are (25)……………….. and convenient. The travel routes in Vietnam between big cities and tourist destinations are comfortable and hassle free as well. To both (26)…………….. and international tourists, they need local knowledge requirement for a decent level of comfort. With beautiful natural landscapes and predominantly rural areas, Vietnam is a beautiful country in Southeast Asia. Being one of the most densely (27)……………. nations in the south East Asia, main mode of transportation at Vietnam are buses, Rickshaw, and bicycles, etc. Besides, axis, cars or motorbikes are popular in Vietnam. 

Question 23.  A. rapid B. rapidly C. high D. highly

Question 24.  A.much more easy B. much easy

C. much more easier D. much more easy

Question 25.  A. historic B. old C. relaxing D. comfortable

Question 26.  A. inside B. within C. domestic D. abroad

Question 27. A populated B. populate C. population D. popular

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.

Nowadays, transportation in Vietnam develops(23) ……………. with various kinds of transports and it is increasingly easier to travel to Vietnam from other countries and vice versa, as well as travel to other destinations in Vietnam. Travel in Vietnam is(24) ………….. than in the past. Means of transportation are (25)……………….. and convenient. The travel routes in Vietnam between big cities and tourist destinations are comfortable and hassle free as well. To both (26)…………….. and international tourists, they need local knowledge requirement for a decent level of comfort. With beautiful natural landscapes and predominantly rural areas, Vietnam is a beautiful country in Southeast Asia. Being one of the most densely (27)……………. nations in the south East Asia, main mode of transportation at Vietnam are buses, Rickshaw, and bicycles, etc. Besides, axis, cars or motorbikes are popular in Vietnam. 

Question 23.  A. rapid B. rapidly C. high D. highly

Question 24.  A. much more easy B. much easy

 C. much more easier D. much more easy

Question 25.  A. historic B. old C. relaxing D. comfortable

Question 26.  A. inside B. within C. domestic D. abroad

Question 27. A populated B. populate C. population D. popular

Exercise 6A. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Artists who…………(1) pictures on the pavement with chalk used to be a common sight of London, but there………(2) only a few left now. Sometimes the pictures are very good. This is proved by the fact that one of the ………….(3) favourite tricks is to draw a five-pound note and see a lot of people trying to ………………..(4) it up. The police usually treat pavement artists kindly and there is nothing in the law against drawing on the pavement……………….(5) the artist is so good that he gets a large……………..(6) around him and this prevents other people from passing freely along the street.

Exercise 6B - Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

        The Temple of Literature was (1) ___________ in 1070 under Ly Thanh Tong’s dynasty. The temple is divided into five courtyards. The first courtyard stretches (2) ___________ the main gate to Dai Trung gate. The second stands out with Khue Van Cac Pavilion. The third courtyard is (3)___________ doctor names were listed on stone tablets above tortoise backs. There are a total of 82 tombstones, with names and places of birth of 1307 doctors. The fourth courtyard is dedicated to Confucius and his 72 honoured students, as (4) ___________ as Chu Van An – a famous teacher known for his devotion to teaching. The last and also furthest courtyard is Thai Hoc house, which used to be the Imperial Academy (QuocTuGiam) – the first (5) ___________ of Vietnam. Thai Hoc house holds a small (6) ___________ of old time costumes for students and mandarins.

Exercise 6A. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Artists who…………(1) pictures on the pavement with chalk used to be a common sight of London, but there………(2) only a few left now. Sometimes the pictures are very good. This is proved by the fact that one of the ………….(3) favourite tricks is to draw a five-pound note and see a lot of people trying to ………………..(4) it up. The police usually treat pavement artists kindly and there is nothing in the law against drawing on the pavement……………….(5) the artist is so good that he gets a large……………..(6) around him and this prevents other people from passing freely along the street.

Exercise 6B - Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

        The Temple of Literature was (1) ___________ in 1070 under Ly Thanh Tong’s dynasty. The temple is divided into five courtyards. The first courtyard stretches (2) ___________ the main gate to Dai Trung gate. The second stands out with Khue Van Cac Pavilion. The third courtyard is (3)___________ doctor names were listed on stone tablets above tortoise backs. There are a total of 82 tombstones, with names and places of birth of 1307 doctors. The fourth courtyard is dedicated to Confucius and his 72 honoured students, as (4) ___________ as Chu Van An – a famous teacher known for his devotion to teaching. The last and also furthest courtyard is Thai Hoc house, which used to be the Imperial Academy (QuocTuGiam) – the first (5) ___________ of Vietnam. Thai Hoc house holds a small (6) ___________ of old time costumes for students and mandarins.

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.

THE FOUR-YEAR SPREAD OF BUBBLE TEA ACROSS THE UK

     Four years ago bubble tea was relatively unknown in the UK, but the drinks are now ubiquitous on High Streets, from cities to small towns, writes Lucy Townsend.

     It is often brightly coloured, sometimes served with milk, with a layer of jelly-like globules - tapioca balls - that settle (23) …………. the bottom of the cup. Drunk through an extra thick straw with a spoon-shaped tip, it is a mouthful of tea and chewiness - both a drink and a snack.

     Chorley in Lancashire got its first bubble tea bar in July. Huddersfield has ‘Bubble n Shake’, there is a mobile bubble tea van in Bristol, and it can be (24) ……………. in cities from Glasgow to Portsmouth.

     Bubble tea hails from 1980s in Taiwan. It was an evolution from the country's street tea vendors (25) …………….. began experimenting with fruity flavours and colour to entice customers. The “bubble” actually (26) ………….. the froth on top of the drink which comes after it is violently shaken - some cafes use a machine especially for shaking. How the tapioca balls arrived in the drink is a matter of debate - though the most common story is that product development manager Lin Hsiu Hui (27) ………….. sitting in a staff meeting and poured the tapioca from her pudding into her Assam iced tea. The result was considered delicious.

     While growing in the UK, bubble tea is even more popular in Germany, according to the market research firm Mintel. Even McDonald's has started serving it.

23. A. down                 B. in                             C. at                         D. out

24. A. discovered        B. found                      C. searched              D. sought

25. A. which                B. where                      C. who                                 D. whom

26. A. stands for          B. regards to                C. describes             D. refers to

27. A. have been         B. is                             C. has been              D. was

Exercise 8. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Nowadays, everybody knows Apples and (106) ____ everybody knows that the company was founded by Steve Jobs, an American inventor and entrepreneur. He is (107) ____ recognized as a pioneer in the field of microcomputer revolution. He helped design the first Macintosh computer, (108) ____ a small computer graphics company into Pixar, the company behind Toy Story and The Monster Inc.

His countercultural lifestyle and philosophy was a product of the time and place of his

(109) ____. Jobs was adopted and raised in San Francisco Bay Area during the 1960s. In 1972, Jobs attended Reed College from which he (110) ____ in next to no time. Jobs cofounded Apple in 1976 in order to sell Apple I personal computer. At that moment, he might (111) ____ imagine that only a year later the company tasted impressive victory with Apple II, one of the first highly successful (112) ____ personal computers. (113) ____, in 1985, following a long power struggle, Jobs was forced out of Apple. After leaving Apple, Jobs took (114) ____ of its members with him to found NeXT, a computer development company which was then bought by Apple. The purchase (115) ____ Jobs to become the company's CEO once again.

Steve Jobs died in 2011 after battling with pancreatic cancer (116) ____ nearly a decade. Millions first learned of Job's death on a (117) ____ which had been invented by himself.

• 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.

                                                                                        SMARTPHONES - A NECCESITY

Smartphones have spread beyond the boardroom and keeping a close eye on what's new is Mike Lazaridis, chief executive of RIM, the company that makes the BlackBerry smartphone. His device may no longer be quite as trendy as it once was but it is still (21) .................. − particularly for Argentinian milk farmers. Mr. Lazaridis says: "I like the way it's being used by the farmers so they are always up to date. Milk is a (22) .................. item, so delivery and production standards are incredibly important." He is reminded of the company's early days: "This is where we started in 1987, with a wireless vertical data business for the Swedish lumber (23) .................., and then on to fire brigades, ambulances, and garbage trucks."

    While the BlackBerry was quick to (24) .................. itself as the accessory of choice for business professionals such as Wall Street traders, the cheaper price (25) .................. and new, more colorful handsets now (26) .................. offer have opened it up to a much wider market. Mr. Lazaridis says: "It was obvious that business people and self-employed professionals would buy the BlackBerry, but we were not expecting the (27) .................. we had from ordinary consumers."

    The greatest challenge for RIM, however, could lie in an economic (28) ..................., when individuals and companies alike may see devices like the BlackBerry as luxuries they can (29) .................. without. The company has to make its product indispensable to the lifestyles of consumers or prove that they bring a real (30) .................. on investment for business users.

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21, A. constructive     B. functional     C. active     D. operative

22, A. perishable     B. short-lived     C. decaying     D. destructible

23, A. manufacturers     B. enterprise     C. commerce     D. industry

24, A. install     B. establish     C. create     D. demonstrate

25, A. designs     B. programmes     C. plans     D. systems

26, A. at            B. on             C. for            D. under

27, A. return     B. retort     C. reply     D. response

28, A. downturn     B. tall     C. decrease     D. drop

29, A. make      B. carry      C. do      D. stay

30, A. return      B. gain      C. interest      D. profit

IV. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks

Paper can be recycled by reducing it to pulp and (1) _______ it with pulp from newly harvested wood. As the recycling process (2) _______ the paper fibers to breakdown, each time paper is recycled its quality decreases. This means that (3) _______ a higher percentage of new fibers must be added, or the paper down cycled (4) _______ lower quality products. Any writing or coloration of the paper must first be removed by deinking, which (5) _______ removes fillers, clays, and fiber fragments.

Almost (6) _______ paper can be recycled today, but some types are harder to recycle (7) _______ others. Papers coated with plastic or aluminum foil, and papers (8) _______ are waxed, pasted, or gummed are usually not recycled (9) _______ process is too expensive. Gift wrap paper also cannot be recycled (10) _______ to its low quality.

1. A. including            B. combining               C. gathering                 D. joining

2. A. makes                B. forces                      C. results                     D. causes

3. A. either                  B. neither                     C. both                        D. between

4. A. out                     B. within                     C. into                         D. above

5. A. only                   B. also                         C. even                        D. as well

6. A. all                       B. some                       C. a lot                        D. much

7. A. as                       B. like                          C. than                        D. more

8. A. they                    B. these                       C. those                       D. That

9. A. but                     B. because                   C. so that                     D. though

10. A. due                    B. apart                       C. together                   D. in addition

V. Read the text and answer the following questions.

Do you have a smart device, like a wireless TV or a hi-tech fridge? In the future, smart technology will be everywhere and it will make our lives easier. If you hate washing and cleaning, we might soon have robots to do the housework. If you don't like cooking, an automatic food machine will do it for you. You touch the screen to choose your meal and it will be ready in a few seconds. Our homes will be full of these modern machines. Our future is so great, and I can't wait for it. What about you? Do you like such a house?

1. What will make our lives easier?

     F _________________________________________________________

2. Who might do the housework?

     F _________________________________________________________

3. What will do cooking for us?

     F _________________________________________________________

4. What do you do to choose your meal?

     F _________________________________________________________

5. How is our future?

     F _________________________________________________________

VI. Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the part that needs corrections in each of the following questions

1.If we keep on using more and more cars, we are running out of oil.

      A                        B                           C              D

2. If there will be too much exhaust fume in the air, our breathing will be badly affected.

                     A                                     B                 C                                 D

3. Did your mum bought you an interesting book last week?

      A                         B            C                        D

4. There is a egg in the fridge.

       A     B C       D

5. We might reuse and recycling bottles and cans to reduce garbage at our school. 

    A           B                     C                D

6. People will collect the broken glass and sending it to the factories.

                        A                 B                      C                          D

7. Reusable bags are good because they are made of the natural materials.

       A             B                    C                D

8. Tom saw an UFO near his house yesterday.

               A   B            C                        D

9. The Sun keeps an Earth warm.

      A             B      C             D

10. Mary didn’t go to the cinema with Tom yesterday, so she was ill.

                     A                                B                C            D

VII. Reorder the words to make the meaningful sentences.

1.  Peter/ a/ month/ to/ visit/ had/ wonderful/ New York/ last/.

………………………………………………………………………………………

2. We/ future/ in/ have/ might/ the/ cars/ flying

………………………………………………………………………………………

3. will / robots / house / There / be / some / the / in /.

………………………………………………………………………………………

4. housework / help / Robots / do / the / will / me /.

………………………………………………………………………………………

5. did / not / The teacher / punish / that student / yesterday.

………………………………………………………………………………………………

6. eat /If / doesn’t / breakfast, / he / he / be / hungry / will.

………………………………………………………………………………………………

VIII. Write conditional sentences from these statements.

1.     People will throw rubbish into the right bin. They will keep the environment clean.

        If _____________________________________________________________ .

2.     We will turn off the tap when brushing the teeth. We will save a lot of water.

        If _____________________________________________________________ .

3.     People will travel more by public transport. The harmful gases in big cities will be reduced.

        If _____________________________________________________________ .

4.     We will start at 6.00. We will arrive there before noon.

        If _____________________________________________________________ .

5.     We will use reusable bags for shopping. We will reduce waste.

        If _____________________________________________________________ .