Choose the correct option for each blank to complete the passage. 

In the modern world, people depend on energy to power their everyday lives. A wide range of power-run devices and modern conveniences (1)………….and although it may seem that we will not be in danger of living without those conveniences, the fact is that many supplies of energy are running out rapidly. Scientists are constantly (2)………….new sources of energy to keep modern society running. Whether furture populations will continue to enjoy the benefits of abundant energy will depend (3 ………….the success of this search. Coal, oil, and natural gas are now being used widely. (4)…………., these supplies are limited, and they are a major source of pollution. Therefore, the existing alternative energy sources must be improved or further explored and developed. These include nuclear, water, solar, and wind power, as well as energy from new, (5)…………. Types of fuels. Each of these, however, has advantages and disadvantages.

1.________

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"Banh Chung" (Chung cake) is one of the most popular and delicious traditional Vietnamese dishes. According to the legend, Chung cake was invented by Prince Lang Lieu - the 18th Prince of Hung Emperor, in the contest of looking for new Emperor. It has become an irreplaceable cake of Vietnamese people at Tet and King Hung's anniversary (10th March of the Lunar calendar). Chung cake is made from sticky rice, pork, green beans, pepper and onions. It is wrapped in dong leaves (lá dong). The cake will be boiled for about 12 hours over a wood burning stove. In Vietnam, the process of making Chung cake is the opportunity for family to come together. All members in the family often make Chung cake together and then sit around the warm fire to boil it. Nowadays, in some big cities, the busy life of modern society prevents people from preparing the cake, however, the habit of worship ancestors with Chung cake never changes.

Who did invent Chung cake in the contest of looking for new Emperor?

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Easy ways to be healthier: Try to eat a variety of foods. Make sure that you eat more fresh fruits and vegetables than high-fat food. You can also choose beans or tofu and low-fat milk for your meal. This can help you avoid obesity and provide you a lot of vitamins. You can do some easy movements right after you get up. Try to work out at least half an hour or an hour at a gym a day or walk around your neighborhood. Exercise improves the body in many ways. It makes your heart and muscles become stronger. It is one of the most important parts of keeping your body at a healthy weight. Some habits are really unhealthy such as staying up late or working too hard. You should sleep enough and take a rest after working for a long time. Remember to shower and clean your teeth every day.

 Which is a bad habit?

choose true or false
"Banh Chung" (Chung cake) is one of the most popular and delicious traditional Vietnamese dishes. According to the legend, Chung cake was invented by Prince Lang Lieu - the 18th Prince of Hung Emperor, in the contest of looking for new Emperor. It has become an irreplaceable cake of Vietnamese people at Tet and King Hung's anniversary (10th March of the Lunar calendar).

Chung cake is made from sticky rice, pork, green beans, pepper and onions. It is wrapped in dong leaves (lá dong). The cake will be boiled for about 12 hours over a wood burning stove.

In Vietnam, the process of making Chung cake is the opportunity for family to come together. All members in the family often make Chung cake together and then sit around the warm fire to boil it. Nowadays, in some big cities, the busy life of modern society prevents people from preparing the cake, however, the habit of worship ancestors with Chung cake never changes.

 It will take less than 10 hours to boil Chung cake by burning wood.

Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank.

Overpopulation is an undesirable condition where the number of the existing human population (1)…………..the carrying capacity of Earth. Overpopulation is (2)………….. by a number of factors such as reduced mortality rate, (3) ………….medical facilities, and depletion of precious resources.

The effects of overpopulation are quite severe. One of these is a rise in unemployment. When a country (4)…………..overpopulated, it gives rise to unemployment as there are (5)…………..jobs to support a large number of people. The rise in unemployment gives rise to (6)…………..as people will steal various items to feed their family and(7)………..them basic amenities of life.

The high cost of living is another effect. As difference (8)…………..demand and supply continue to expand due to overpopulation, it raises the (9) ………….. of various commodities including food, shelter, and healthcare. This means that people have to pay (10) …………..to survive and feed their families.

3._________

Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D for each blank in the text. 

Clean Up the World is a community-based, environmental campaign that inspires and empowers communities around the globe to clean up, fix up and conserve their environment. Clean Up the World (1) …………in 1993, and now it is one of the largest community-based environmental campaigns in the world. The campaign’s main (2)…………is Clean Up the World Weekend, celebrated globally on the 3rd weekend in September each year; however, Clean Up the World (3) …………and supports groups to carry out activities throughout the year. Organizations and groups can join Clean Up the World, with a free membership (4)…………non-business organizations. The Clean Up the World campaign brings together businesses, community groups, schools, and government in a range of (5) …………and programs that positively improve local environments. By facilitating local action, Clean Up the World brings about global environmental change.

1_________

Read the following story and choose the best answer to the questions below:
Mr and Mrs Brown lived in the small house near London with their  child . Sometimes Mr Brown came back home from very late, when his wife and the child were asleep . Then he opened the front door of his house with his key and came in very quietly.
One night, he came home at midnight. He lost the  key, so when he  arrived home, he rang the doorbell. Nothing happened. He rang it again. Again nothing happened. .Nobody moved inside the house . Mr Brown  knocked at the bedroom window, he spoke to his wife,he shouted, but  she did not wake up. At last he stopped and thought for a  few seconds. Then  he began to speak like a small child. “Mummy!” he said, “ I want to use the bathroom!”He spoke quite quietly but at once Mrs Brown woke up. Then he spoke to her, and she opened the door for him. 
What time did Mr Brown come home one night?

Read the following passage and choose the answer for each blank. Almost all people have a fear of examinations. 
Examinations, (1) ……………, are a part of our lives and all schools in Viet Nam have examinations. Examinations were first (2) ……………in China about three thousand years ago. Scholars had to memorize long passages taken from several books. Those who did well in the examination (3)…………… to enter the government service. Nowadays, the main (4) ……………of examinations is to test how well a person understands the subjects which have been taught. They are also used to find how well students perform (5) ……………pressure.

1.________

Read the following  passage and choose the item ( A,B,C or D) that best answer each of the questions about it:

Mike: Hi, Celia!How was you trip to the United States ?
Celia:It was wonderful . I really enjoyed it.
Mike :Great .How long were you away ?
Celia :I was there for about three weeks .
Mike: That’ a long time!Was the weather OK?
Celia: Yes, most of the time .But it snowed a lot in Chicago.
Mike: So, what was the best thing about your trip?
Celia : Oh, that’s difficult to say .But I guess I liked Nashville best

What did Celia like best ?

Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank.

The world’s first film was shown in 1895 by two French brothers, Louis and Auguste Lumiere. Although it only (1)…………of short, simple scenes, people loved it and films have (2) ……….popular ever since. The first films were silent, with titles on the screen to (3)………..the story. Soon the public had (4) ……….. favorite actors and actresses and, in this (5) ……….., the first film stars appeared. In 1927, the first “talkie”, a film with sound, was shown and from then on, the public (6) ………..only accept this kind of film.

Further improvements continued, particularly in America, (7) ………..produced 95% of all films. With the arrival of television in the 1950s, 8) ………..people went to see films, but in (9) ………..years cinema audiences have grown again. More countries have started to produce films that influence film-making and there are currently (10) ………..national film industries.

5.__________

Easy ways to be healthier

Choosing Healthy Foods

Try to eat a variety of foods. Make sure that you eat more fresh fruits and vegetables than high-fat food. You can also choose beans or tofu and low-fat milk for your meal. This can help you avoid obesity and provide you a lot of vitamins.

Getting Some Exercise

You can do some easy movements right after you get up. Try to work out at least half an hour or an hour at a gym a day or walk around your neighborhood. Exercise improves the body in many ways. It makes your heart and muscles become stronger. It is one of the most important parts of keeping your body at a healthy weight.

Avoiding Bad Habits

Some habits are really unhealthy such as staying up late or working too hard. You should sleep enough and take a rest after working for a long time. Remember to shower and clean your teeth every day.

What is the most important part of controlling your weight?

Read the passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions. 
The idea of a driverless car is not new. Now there are already cars on the road that can park themselves. But a truly self-driving car, one that can drive itself, is being tested by scientists and engineers. Self-driving cars have already been tested on public roads. These cars not only record images of the road, but their computerized maps view road signs, find alternative routes and see traffic lights even before they are seen by a person. By using radars and cameras, the cars can analyze information about their surroundings faster than a human can.

In some of the tests, the car leans the details of a road by driving on it several times, and when it is time to drive itself, it can identify when there are pedestrians crossing and then stops to let them pass by. Self-driving cars could make transport safer for all of us by eliminating the cause of most of today’s accidents.

How can the tested cars analyze information about their surroundings?

Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D for each blank in the text. 

Clean Up the World is a community-based, environmental campaign that inspires and empowers communities around the globe to clean up, fix up and conserve their environment. Clean Up the World (1) …………in 1993, and now it is one of the largest community-based environmental campaigns in the world. The campaign’s main (2)…………is Clean Up the World Weekend, celebrated globally on the 3rd weekend in September each year; however, Clean Up the World (3) …………and supports groups to carry out activities throughout the year. Organizations and groups can join Clean Up the World, with a free membership (4)…………non-business organizations. The Clean Up the World campaign brings together businesses, community groups, schools, and government in a range of (5) …………and programs that positively improve local environments. By facilitating local action, Clean Up the World brings about global environmental change.

4.________

Read the passage and choose the best answer to each statement.

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 until late at night. You can 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 favorite star in Edinburgh than it is in London. So come to Edinburgh next summer.

The Edinburgh Festival is a month-long.

Read the following passage and choose the answer for each question. American Classroom Customs

If the teacher asks a question, you are expected to give an answer. If you do not understand the question, you should raise your hand and ask the teacher to repeat the question. If you do not know the answer, it is all right to tell the teacher that you do not know. Then he or she knows what you need to learn.
There is no excuse for not doing your homework. If you are absent, you should call your teacher or someone who is in your class and ask for the assignment. It is your responsibility to find out what assignments you have missed. It is not the teacher’s responsibility to remind you of missed assignments.
You must not be absent on a test day. If you are seriously ill, call and let the teacher know you will not be there for the test. If your teacher allows make-up tests, you should take the test within one or two days after returning to class. Serious illness is the only reason for missing a test.

5. which of the following statements is TRUE?

ead the passage carefully, then choose the correct answers

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is celebrated in the US on the fourth Thursday in November. For many Americans it is the most important holiday apart from Christmas. Schools, offices and most businesses close for Thanksgiving, and many people make the whole weekend a vacation.

Thanksgiving is associated with the time when Europeans first came to North America. In 1620 the ship the Mayflowers arrived, bringing about 150 people who today are usually called Pilgrims. They arrived at the beginning of a very hard winter and could not find enough food to eat, so many of them died. But in the following summer Native Americans showed them what foods were safe to eat, so that they could save food for the next winter. They held a big celebration to thank God and the Native Americans for the fact that they had survived.

Today people celebrate Thanksgiving to remember these early days. The most important part of the celebration is a traditional dinner with foods that come from North America. The meal includes turkey, sweet potatoes (also called yams) and cranberries, which are made into a kind of sauce or jelly. The turkey is filled with stuffing or dressing, and many families have their own special recipe. Dessert is pumpkin made into a pie.

Most of people on the ship the Mayflowers died when they had arrived North America because _______.

Read the following story and choose the best answer to the questions below:
Mr and Mrs Brown lived in the small house near London with their  child . Sometimes Mr Brown came back home from very late, when his wife and the child were asleep . Then he opened the front door of his house with his key and came in very quietly.
One night, he came home at midnight. He lost the  key, so when he  arrived home, he rang the doorbell. Nothing happened. He rang it again. Again nothing happened. .Nobody moved inside the house . Mr Brown  knocked at the bedroom window, he spoke to his wife,he shouted, but  she did not wake up. At last he stopped and thought for a  few seconds. Then  he began to speak like a small child. “Mummy!” he said, “ I want to use the bathroom!”He spoke quite quietly but at once Mrs Brown woke up. Then he spoke to her, and she opened the door for him. 
 Why didn't he open the door to come in?

Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank.

Overpopulation is an undesirable condition where the number of the existing human population (1)…………..the carrying capacity of Earth. Overpopulation is (2)………….. by a number of factors such as reduced mortality rate, (3) ………….medical facilities, and depletion of precious resources.

The effects of overpopulation are quite severe. One of these is a rise in unemployment. When a country (4)…………..overpopulated, it gives rise to unemployment as there are (5)…………..jobs to support a large number of people. The rise in unemployment gives rise to (6)…………..as people will steal various items to feed their family and(7)………..them basic amenities of life.

The high cost of living is another effect. As difference (8)…………..demand and supply continue to expand due to overpopulation, it raises the (9) ………….. of various commodities including food, shelter, and healthcare. This means that people have to pay (10) …………..to survive and feed their families.

5.________

Read the following passage and choose the correct option for each blank. 
Sandwiches are common in many countries. But (1) …………….did this strange name come from? The Earl of Sandwich (1718 – 1792) was an Englishman. He liked (2) …………….cards. One night he played for hours and got very hungry. (3) …………….he didn’t want to stop his card game. He asked for some roast meat (4) …………….two pieces of bread. (People bank roast meat in the oven or a stove). He ate the food (5) …………….he played cards. People gave his name (6)…………….this new kind of food. Pizza is (7) …………….international food. A baker probably (8) …………….the pizza in Naples, Italy. It was about the same time (9) …………….the first sandwich. “Pizza” means “pie” in Italian. People (10) …………….the name “pizza pie” for a long time. Now it is just “pizza”.

4._________

Easy ways to be healthier

Choosing Healthy Foods

Try to eat a variety of foods. Make sure that you eat more fresh fruits and vegetables than high-fat food. You can also choose beans or tofu and low-fat milk for your meal. This can help you avoid obesity and provide you a lot of vitamins.

Getting Some Exercise

You can do some easy movements right after you get up. Try to work out at least half an hour or an hour at a gym a day or walk around your neighborhood. Exercise improves the body in many ways. It makes your heart and muscles become stronger. It is one of the most important parts of keeping your body at a healthy weight.

Avoiding Bad Habits

Some habits are really unhealthy such as staying up late or working too hard. You should sleep enough and take a rest after working for a long time. Remember to shower and clean your teeth every day.

What is the purpose of this passage?