One study, for example, showed that a medical school class with iPads scored 23% ________ (7) on exams than classes without this device.

Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only one word in each space

In the United States, the gender earnings ratio suggests that there has been an increase in women's earnings (1) ___________ to men. Men’s plateau in earnings began after the 1970s, allowing for the increase in women's wages to close the ratio between incomes. Despite the smaller ratio between men and women's wages, disparity still exists. Census data suggests that women's earnings are 71 percent of men's (2) ______________ in 1999.

As women (3)____________the workforce in larger numbers since the 1960s, occupations have become segregated based on the level of femininity or masculinity associated with each occupation. Census data suggests that some occupations have become more gender integrated (mail carriers, bartenders, bus drivers, and real estate agents). In other areas, however, the reverse is true: occupations such as teachers, nurses, secretaries, and librarians have become female-dominated while (4)__________ including architects, electrical engineers, and airplane pilots remain predominately male in composition. Women seem to occupy jobs in the (5) ________ sector at higher rates then men. Women's overrepresentation in these jobs as opposed to jobs that require managerial work acts as a reinforcement of women and men into traditional (6) ______ role that might influence persisting gender inequality.

(5) ________

Soon, scientific and educational institutions as well as research departments became interested (8) _________ linking up, and, before long, the Internet had expanded into an international information and communication network.

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

THE IMPORTANCE OF ENGLISH IN TODAY’S WORLD

English was originally the language of England, and it has become the primary or secondary language of many former British colonies such as the United States, Canada, Australia, and India. Nowadays, it is the most international language essential to communication in our current time.

First of all, it is the most common foreign language. This means that two people who come from different countries ( for example, a Mexican and a Swede) usually use English as a common language to communicate. English is also essential to the field of education. In many countries, children are taught ad encouraged to learn English as a second language. At the university level, students in many countries study almost all their subjects in English to make the material more accessible to international students. On the Internet, the majority of websites are written and created in English. Even sites in other languages often give you the option to translate the site. It is the primary language of the press: more newspapers and books are written in English than in any other language, and no matter where in the world you are, you will find some of these books and newspapers available.

Although many people think that it is very difficult and confusing, English is the easiest language in the world to learn because there are so many resources available. As soon as you decide you want to learn, there are thousands of resources on the Internet and in bookstores. With good understanding and communication in English, you can travel around the globe. Because it is the international language for foreigners, it is easy to get assistance and help in every part of the world. You can test it by online travel. Any travel booking site you can find will have English as a booking option.

When two people having different mother tongues meet each other, they will use ________.

Reading the following passage then answer the questions by circling the letters A, B, C, or D.

John Fisher, a builder, and his wife Elizabeth wanted more living space, so they left their small flat for an old 40-meter-high castle tower. They have spent five years turning it into a beautiful home with six floors, winning three architectural prizes.

‘I love the space, and being private,' Elizabeth says. 'You feel separated from the world. If I'm in the kitchen, which is 25 meters above the ground floor, and the doorbell rings, I don't have to answer it because visitors can't see I'm in!'

'There are 142 steps to the top, so I go up and down five or six times a day, it's very good exercise! But having to carry heavy things to the top is terrible, so I never buy two bags of shopping from the supermarket at a time. Apart from that, it's a brilliant place to live.'

'When we first saw the place, I asked my father's advice about buying it, because we couldn't decide. After paying for it, we were a bit worried because it looked awful. But we really loved it, and knew how we wanted it to look.'

'Living here can be difficult - yesterday I climbed a four-meter ladder to clean the windows. But when you stand on the roof you can see all the way out to sea on a clear day, and that's a wonderful experience. I'm really glad we moved.'

Which of the following best describes Elizabeth's feelings about the tower?

A composer is someone who ________ (6) and directs original music used to produce various types of media entertainment.

Choose the best answer: 
Hurricane Dorian was the strongest hurricane on record to (1)........the Bahamas, and is regarded as the worst natural disaster in the country’s history. On 1 September 2019, Dorian hit the Abaco Islands with sustained winds (2)................ 185 mph (295 km/h). It made landfall as a (3).............. 5 hurricane on Elbow Cay, just east of Great Abaco Island, and went on to strike Grand Bahama at similar intensity, stalling just north of the territory with unrelenting winds for at least 24 hours. Damage in the Bahamas was (4)............. due to the prolonged and intense storm conditions, including heavy rainfall, high winds and storm surge with thousands of homes destroyed, 70,000 people (5)............... homeless, and at least 58 deaths recorded. As of September 28, 600 people still remain missing. Dorian is (6) ..............the costliest disaster in Bahamian history, estimated to have left behind an exceptional $7 billion in property damage. (7)............... its ravages through the Bahamas, Dorian proceeded along the coasts of the Southeastern United States and Atlantic Canada, leaving behind considerable damage and economic (8) in those regions.

Read the following passage carefully, and then select the best option A, B, C or D to complete it:

"FIRST STEP BEAMED TO A WAITING WORLD
About six and a half hours after Eagle landed, its hatch (1) _______ and the Apollo 11 commander backed slowly out to its little porch. On the (2) _______ he paused, pulled a lanyard, and thus deployed the MESA, or modularized equipment stowage assembly, just to the left of the ladder. As the MESA lowered into (3) _______ with its load of equipment for lunar prospecting, a seven-pound Westinghouse TV camera mounted atop the load began shooting black-and-white (4) _______. Fuzzy and scored with lines, the pictures nonetheless held earthlings spellbound.
No one who sat that July night welded to his TV screen will ever forget the (5) _______ of that ghostly foot groping slowly past the ladder to Eagle's footpad, and then stepping tentatively (6) _______ the virgin soil. Man had made his first footprint on the moon. Neil Armstrong (7) _______ into his microphone. And in less than two seconds the message that will live in the annals of exploration flew with the (8) _______ of radio to the huge telescope dish at Honeysuckle Creek, near Canberra, Australia, thence to the Comsat (9) _______ over the Pacific, then to the switching center at the Goddard Space Flight Center outside Washington, D.C., and finally to Houston and the (10) _______ of the world: “That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”"

5. No one who sat that July night welded to his TV screen will ever forget the (5) _______ of that ghostly foot groping slowly past the ladder to Eagle's footpad, 

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the passage below

When people think of domestic abuse, they often focus __________ (1) domestic violence. But domestic abuse includes any attempt by one person in __________ (2) intimate relationship or marriage to dominate and control the other. Domestic violence and abuse are used for one purpose and one purpose only: __________ (3) and maintain total control over you. An abuser doesn’t “play fair.” Abusers use fear, guilt, shame, and intimidation to wear you down and keep you under __________ (4) thumb.

__________ (5) violence and abuse can happen to anyone; it does not discriminate. Abuse happens within heterosexual relationships and in same-sex partnerships. It __________ (6) within all age ranges, ethnic backgrounds, and economic levels. And __________ (7) women are more often victimized, men also experience abuse—especially verbal and emotional. The bottom line is that abusive behavior is never __________ (8), whether from a man, woman, teenager, or an older adult. You deserve to feel valued, respected, and safe.

Domestic abuse often escalates __________ (9) threats and verbal assault to violence. And while physical injury may pose the most obvious danger, the emotional and psychological consequences of domestic abuse are also severe. Emotionally abusive relationships can destroy your self-worth, __________ (10) to anxiety and depression, and make you feel helpless and alone. No one should have to endure this kind of pain—and your first step to breaking free is recognizing that your relationship is abusive.

(2) ________

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 large supermarket was looking for a manager for a new store they were planning to open. Out of over 90 people who had applied for the post they had chosen five and asked them to come for an interview.

The first ___(23)____, Mr. Riley, walked into the interview room. He was smartly dressed, but it was clear that he was listening to a personal stereo. He sat down, ___(24)____ off his shoes, and lit a cigarette. One of the interviewers said that they would prefer him not to smoke and Mr. Riley apologized. Just at that moment, a telephone rang. Mr. Riley reached into his pocket, took ___(25)____ his mobile phone, and began a conversation with a friend of his. After a minute or two, the interviewers had enough and said they wanted to begin. “Certainly, go ahead.” Said Mr. Riley. They ___(26)____ him why he wanted the job. “I don’t,” he replied. “But I ___(27)____ like a day in London, and you’ve already paid my train fare to come up here for the interview.

24.__________

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.

Doing regular exercises or playing sports can be dangerous, _____(23) ____ if you are over 40. This is why it is a very good idea to see your doctor_____ (24)____ starting if you think you are not very fit. Some people try to do exercise or play sports too vigorously too soon, and ______(25)_____they cause themselves injuries which can take a long time to heal.

However, it is not only older people who should take care. Doctors report many injuries such as backaches, sprained ankles, and pulled muscles, which can all be ____(26)____if a little care is taken. If you do injure yourself, rest for a while to allow your body to recover naturally. Above all, don’t push yourself because you think it is doing you good. ____(10)____, you could do yourself permanent damage.

27___________

Read the following passage, then choose the correct answer to questions 26 – 30.

      Plants supply man with food clothing, and shelter- his most important needs.

      Many of our most useful medicines are also made (26)_________ plants. In addition, plants add beauty and pleasure to our lives. Most people enjoy the smell of flowers, the sight field of waving grain, and the quiet of a forest. Not (27)_________  plants are helpful to man. Some species grow in fields and gardens as weed that choke off useful plants. Tiny hits of pollen from (28)_________ plants cause such (29)_________ as asthma and hay fever. Other plants destroy millions of dollars (30)_________ of crops yearly.

(26)...................

Fill in each blank with one suitable word:
Marie Curie was born in Warsaw on November 7th , 1867. She received general education in (27)__________ school and some scientific training from her father. In spite of her difficult living conditions, she (28)__________ extremely hard. She met Pierre Curie in the school of Physics (29)__________ 1984 and a year later they got married. She was awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry for determining the atomic weight of radium. But her real joy was “ easing (30)__________ suffering”. The founding of the radium Institute in 1914 made her humanitarian wish come true. 

(30)...............

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best answer to each of the questions:
FOOTPRINTS ON THE MOON
Long ago a lot of people thought the moon was a god. Other people thought it was just a light in the sky. And others thought it was a big ball of cheese.
The telescopes were made. And men saw that the moon was really another world. They wondered what it was like. They dreamed of going there.
On July 20,1969, that dream came true. Two American men landed on the moon. Their names were Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin. The first thing the men found was that the moon is covered with dust. The dust is so thick that the men left footprints where they walked. Those were the first marks a living thing had ever made on the moon. And they could stay there for years and years. There is no wind or rain to wipe them off.
The two men walked on the moon for hours. They picked up rocks to bring back to earth for study. They dug up dirt to bring back. They set up machines to find out things people wanted to know. Then they climbed back into their moon landing craft.
Next day, the landing craft roared as the two men took off from the moon. They joined Michael Collins in the spaceship that waited for them above the moon. Then they were off on their trip back to earth. Behind them they left the plains and tall mountains of the moon. They left the machines they had set up. And they left footprints that may last forever.

This story tells __________

After the wedding, the bride and groom are not allowed to use the bathroom _________ (14) three whole days

Đọc và chọn từ thích hợp trong ô dưới đây điền vào mỗi chỗ trống để hoàn thành đoạn văn.
I went to Australia on a student program last year and I like to (21)_________ you about it. I was very (22)___________ when I knew I was going to Australia because I had never been there before. I didn’t think about the problems of speaking English (23)_______ I met my host family. At first I couldn’t communicate with them because my English was so bad. All the five years I had been learning English wasn’t much used at all (24)__________ we didn’t have real practice at school. Even though my grammar was good, my pronunciation wasn’t. My problem is (25)___ “l” and “r”. For example, Australian people often asked “What do you eat in Vietnam?’’ I wanted to tell them that we eat rice, but they didn’t understand when I said “We eat rice’’...

(25)...................

Read the following passage, then choose the correct answer to questions 31 - 35. 
Devastating floods along the coast have left many people homeless. People are asked to help by donating food, clothes, furniture, and other supplies to the Assistance Fund. Donations of bottled water are especially needed, since, the floods have disrupted the local water supply. In addition, volunteers are needed to travel to the hooded area to help distribute the donations.

“devastating floods” in line 1 refer to those that ________.

Read the passage and fill in the numbered blanks to complete it.

The Healthy Eating Pyramid is a simple, reliable guide to choosing a healthy diet. Its foundation is (26)______ exercise and weight control since these two related elements strongly influence your chances of staying healthy. The Healthy Eating Pyramid builds from there, showing that you should eat (27)______ foods from the bottom part of the pyramid (vegetables, whole grains) and fewer from the top (red meat, refined grains, potatoes, sugary drinks, and salt). When it’s dining time, fill half your plate with vegetables, the more varied the (28)__________, and fruits. Save a quarter of your plate for whole grains. Fish, poultry, beans, or nuts, can make (29)______  the rest. Healthy oils like olive and canola are advised in cooking, on salad, and at the table. Complete your meal with a cup of water, or if you like, (30)______   or coffee with little or no sugar. Staying active is half of the secret to weight control, the other half is a healthy diet that makes your calorie needs- so be sure you choose a plate that is not too large.

Question 26.................

Choose the best answer: 
Mother nature can be a bit scary at times. These days there seem to be more and more occurrences of natural disasters happening around the world.

An (1).............is the large movement of snow down the side of a mountain. They occur when the snow becomes too loose and as it slides down it mixes with air and water to cause a powerful and dangerous disaster. A drought happens when there has been no rain in a place for a long time.

A drought may result in a (2)...........; this is when there is not enough food to feed the people and they start to starve.

An earthquake occurs when the (3)..............of the earth start to move and the ground begins to move and shake. The size of earthquakes is measured on the Richter scale.

A flood occurs when a large amount of water covers the land. Too much rain usually causes floods. As sea levels continue to rise, the risk of (4)..............increases.

A hurricane originally means ‘big wind’. Hurricanes are caused by low air pressure and thunderstorms and (5).........in strong winds and heavy rain. When they happen in the Atlantic Ocean we call them Hurricanes; however, they are called Typhoons when they happen in the Pacific Ocean.

A landslide happens on a slope like a mountain or a hill. The rocks and earth become loose and fall down the slope. When soil on the slope is wet, a (6).............. may occur.

A tornado, which is casually known as a (7)............ , is a very large column of wind that spins around very quickly. The power of a Tornado can cause the winds to destroy houses and pick up and throw heavy items.

(8)................ eruptions are caused by the plates of the earth moving and the pressure makes magma push up through the cracks in the earth.
 

Read the following passage carefully, and then select the best option A, B, C or D to complete it:

"FIRST STEP BEAMED TO A WAITING WORLD
About six and a half hours after Eagle landed, its hatch (1) _______ and the Apollo 11 commander backed slowly out to its little porch. On the (2) _______ he paused, pulled a lanyard, and thus deployed the MESA, or modularized equipment stowage assembly, just to the left of the ladder. As the MESA lowered into (3) _______ with its load of equipment for lunar prospecting, a seven-pound Westinghouse TV camera mounted atop the load began shooting black-and-white (4) _______. Fuzzy and scored with lines, the pictures nonetheless held earthlings spellbound.
No one who sat that July night welded to his TV screen will ever forget the (5) _______ of that ghostly foot groping slowly past the ladder to Eagle's footpad, and then stepping tentatively (6) _______ the virgin soil. Man had made his first footprint on the moon. Neil Armstrong (7) _______ into his microphone. And in less than two seconds the message that will live in the annals of exploration flew with the (8) _______ of radio to the huge telescope dish at Honeysuckle Creek, near Canberra, Australia, thence to the Comsat (9) _______ over the Pacific, then to the switching center at the Goddard Space Flight Center outside Washington, D.C., and finally to Houston and the (10) _______ of the world: “That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”"

3. As the MESA lowered into (3) _______ with its load of equipment for lunar prospecting,

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the passage below

When people think of domestic abuse, they often focus __________ (1) domestic violence. But domestic abuse includes any attempt by one person in __________ (2) intimate relationship or marriage to dominate and control the other. Domestic violence and abuse are used for one purpose and one purpose only: __________ (3) and maintain total control over you. An abuser doesn’t “play fair.” Abusers use fear, guilt, shame, and intimidation to wear you down and keep you under __________ (4) thumb

_________ (5) violence and abuse can happen to anyone; it does not discriminate. Abuse happens within heterosexual relationships and in same-sex partnerships. It __________ (6) within all age ranges, ethnic backgrounds, and economic levels. And __________ (7) women are more often victimized, men also experience abuse—especially verbal and emotional. The bottom line is that abusive behavior is never __________ (8), whether from a man, woman, teenager, or an older adult. You deserve to feel valued, respected, and safe.

Domestic abuse often escalates __________ (9) threats and verbal assault to violence. And while physical injury may pose the most obvious danger, the emotional and psychological consequences of domestic abuse are also severe. Emotionally abusive relationships can destroy your self-worth, __________ (10) to anxiety and depression, and make you feel helpless and alone. No one should have to endure this kind of pain—and your first step to breaking free is recognizing that your relationship is abusive.