Read the letter and choose the best option( A, B, C or D) to complete ench gap from 33 to 37:
Dear Rob,

How are you? What have you been up to? Sorry I haven't written to you (33) ages, but I've been really busy recently with end-of-term exams. You know what it's like! I've also been rehearsing for the Christmas show, which starts next week.

Guess what I'm in hospital. Don't panic. I'm not seriously ill. I tell off (34) ___________I was playing tennis and broke my arm. Anyway, I'm only in for a day or two. Luckily my injury won't stop me (35) ____________ in the show.

The family are all fine. Mom's been working really (36) ____________. She doesn't get home till late. Dad's bought a new car-well, I say "new", but actually it's about ten years old. Christ has got a new computer and spends (37)____________ of the time playing computer games.

(33)....................

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:

One of the most urgent environmental problems in the world today is the shortage of clean water. Having clean drinking water is a basic human right. However, acid rain, industrial pollution and garbage have made many sources of water undrinkable. Lakes, reservoirs and even entire seas have become vast pools of poison. Lake Baikal in Russia is one of the largest lakes in the world. It contains a rich variety of animals and plants, including 1,300 rare species that do not exist anywhere else in the world. Yet, they are being destroyed by the massive volumes of industrial effluent which pour into the lake every day. Even though laws have been made, the government do not have the power to enforce them. Most industries simply ignore the regulations. The Mediterranean Sea occupies 1% of the world's water surface, but it is the dumping ground for 50% of all marine pollution. Almost 16 countries regularly throw industrial wastes a few miles off shore. Water is free to everyone. A few years ago people thought that the supply of clean water in the world was limitless. Today, many water supplies have been ruined by pollution and sewage. Clean water is now scarce, and we are at last beginning to respect this precious source. We should do something now.

What does the word "them" in the passage refer to?

Read the passage and choose the best answers.

     In Southeast Asia, many forests have been cut down to produce timber and to clear land for farms and industries. The destruction of forests has reduced the living space of wildlife. Much of Asia’s wildlife is also threatened by over-hunting. Many people kill animals for food or hunt them to sell to zoos, medical researchers, and pet traders. Because of habitat destruction and over-hunting, many large Asian animals, including elephants, rhinoceros, and tigers, have become endangered.

In China, people have cut down most of the forests for wood, which has caused serious soil erosion. The soil is deposited in rivers and streams, which lowers the quality of the water. The Huang He, or Yellow River, is so named because the light-colored soil gives the water a yellowish color. The soil has also raised the riverbed. As a result, the Huang He often floods, causing great property damage and loss of life along its banks.

The word over-hunting has the closest meaning to_________.

Choose the best answer from A, B, C, or D to fill in each numbered blank in the following passage.

NEW HUNT FOR LIFE IN SPACE

     British space scientists are planning to join the Americans in the race to find evidence of life on (1)______ planets. Alan Penny and his team at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory have designed a telescope that is 40 times more powerful than Hubble. Known as ‘Darwin’, his telescope could tell if planets 50 (2)______ years away have any kind of life on them. Two days (3)______, NASA scientists had shown proof that one of Jupiter’s moons could support life, Penny announced that his telescope may be included in a European Space Agency mission. The Darwin project, with a (4)______ of 500 million, is on a shortlist of two proposals. If approved it will probably be (5)______ around 2015, its destination somewhere between Mars and Jupiter. The blueprint is actually for five telescopes positioned 50 meters apart in space, slowly circling a (6) ______processing station. The combined data from these telescopes would build up a full picture of a planet, picking out faint images that have never been seen before. Darwin would not be able to take detailed photographs of the planets it (7)______, but Penny believes a second-generation telescope could be sent up to do this. He claims it is worthwhile mapping the universe around our (8)______ galaxy, even though these planets lie (9)______ our reach for the moment. Hie European Space Agency will make its decision (10)______ Darwin within three years.

5_________

Read the following passage and circle the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions: 
Saving energy means decreasing the amount of energy used while achieving a similar outcome of end use. Using less energy has lots of benefits - you can save money and help the environment. Generating energy requires precious natural resources, for instance coal, oil or gas. Therefore, using less energy helps us to preserve these resources and make them last longer in the future.

If people use less energy, there is less pressure to increase the available supply of energy, for example by constructing new power plants, or by importing energy from a different country.

There are many sources on the web that give you ideas of what you can do to save energy.

Here are a few ideas to help you:

Change your travel behavior, think more in terms of public transportation, if possible, walk or ride your bicycle instead of taking the car.

Reduce your house heat, keep the windows closed while heating, dress warmly.

Choose products that come with lightweight packaging.

Turn off lights and appliances when you are not using them, use energy-saving light bulbs.

Reuse plastic bags for shopping and storage.

Use a microwave instead of a stove to reheat food.

Use rechargeable batteries instead of disposable batteries.

According to the passage, people can find ways of saving energy by ______.

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:

One of the most urgent environmental problems in the world today is the shortage of clean water. Having clean drinking water is a basic human right. However, acid rain, industrial pollution and garbage have made many sources of water undrinkable. Lakes, reservoirs and even entire seas have become vast pools of poison. Lake Baikal in Russia is one of the largest lakes in the world. It contains a rich variety of animals and plants, including 1,300 rare species that do not exist anywhere else in the world. Yet, they are being destroyed by the massive volumes of industrial effluent which pour into the lake every day. Even though laws have been made, the government do not have the power to enforce them. Most industries simply ignore the regulations. The Mediterranean Sea occupies 1% of the world's water surface, but it is the dumping ground for 50% of all marine pollution. Almost 16 countries regularly throw industrial wastes a few miles off shore. Water is free to everyone. A few years ago people thought that the supply of clean water in the world was limitless. Today, many water supplies have been ruined by pollution and sewage. Clean water is now scarce, and we are at last beginning to respect this precious source. We should do something now.

What is the message to the readers?

Read the following passage and circle the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions: 
Saving energy means decreasing the amount of energy used while achieving a similar outcome of end use. Using less energy has lots of benefits - you can save money and help the environment. Generating energy requires precious natural resources, for instance coal, oil or gas. Therefore, using less energy helps us to preserve these resources and make them last longer in the future.

If people use less energy, there is less pressure to increase the available supply of energy, for example by constructing new power plants, or by importing energy from a different country.

There are many sources on the web that give you ideas of what you can do to save energy.

Here are a few ideas to help you:

Change your travel behavior, think more in terms of public transportation, if possible, walk or ride your bicycle instead of taking the car.

Reduce your house heat, keep the windows closed while heating, dress warmly.

Choose products that come with lightweight packaging.

Turn off lights and appliances when you are not using them, use energy-saving light bulbs.

Reuse plastic bags for shopping and storage.

Use a microwave instead of a stove to reheat food.

Use rechargeable batteries instead of disposable batteries.

According to the passage, all of the following are mentioned as the benefits of saving energy EXCEPT ___.

Read the text below and select the best option for each blank. Write your answers (A, B, C, or D) in the box provided. 
    Here are some ways to help you to get a good night’s sleep. Firstly, don’t try too hard to (1)…………. asleep because this will make you anxious and keep you awake. Secondly, don’t go to bed until you (2)………….sleepy. Sitting in bed awake just (3)…………. you awake. If you cannot sleep (4) ………….you go to bed, get up and do something relaxing for a while until you feel sleepy. (5)…………. a boring book, watching TV or writing a letter can all help to relax you. You shouldn’t keep (6)…………. the clock, either. If you know how much sleep you have lost, you will become worried and less able to sleep. Turning the clock around (7)…………. you cannot see it is better. Lastly, it is a good (8)…………. to exercise during the day. A 20-minute walk (9)………… the morning will (10) ………….you feel sleepier at bedtime.
9__________

Read the following passage and decide which options A, B, C, or D best fits each space.
UNICEF means the United Nations Children’s Fund. It serves children in (41)______ all over the world. It helps children of (42)______ races, nationalities, religions, and political systems in more than 140 worldwide countries. The (43)______ of UNICEF is to help provide a better life for children and their mothers.
UNICEF (44) ______ both long-term assistance and emergency. UNICEF was (45) ______ in 1946 to help bring food and medicine to children who suffered during World War II in Europe. It began (46)______ a temporary agency, but became a permanent part of the United Nations in 1953 (47)______ the need for its services around the world. UNICEF’s primary concern is to help governments of developing countries improve the (48)______  of life for almost one billion children. UNICEF’s main office is in the United Nations, New York City, (49)______ it also has more than 40 offices and 100 programs worldwide. In 1965, UNICEF won the Nobel Peace Prize (50) ______  its work helping children and building brighter futures.

48___________

Read the passage and choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the blanks: 
EARTHQUAKES

Every year there are over 150,000 earthquakes around the world. Many are very small and people don't notice them. Others, like the ones in Haiti in 2010 or Japan in 2011, cause term damage and can (25)____________whole towns and cities.

Scientists study the Earth and know (26)_____________earthquakes are likely to happen. Some countries  have  a  much (27)___________risk  than  others.  Japan  has  on  average  1,500 earthquakes every year. In Britain there are 140. The earthquakes in Britain are usually very small and don't cause damage to people's houses. In Japan there are much bigger earthquakes, and many modern buildings are specially built (28)__________they don't get damaged.

One biggest problem with earthquakes is that we don't know when they are going to happen. Scientists can't (29)___________us the date or the time. If we could predict earthquakes, we could (30)___________for them and we could save lives by moving people away from the earthquake area.

In the future things may be different, however. In the 1970s, scientists noticed something (31)___________about the behavior of animals. In the winter of 1974 lots of snakes woke up from their winter sleep and came out into the cold. Then there were (32)___________ earthquakes in the north of China. In January the following year, people around the city of Haicheng noticed that lots of farm animals such as cows and horses were nervous and refused to go into buildings at night. In February there was a large earthquake in that area. (Extracted from Solutions 2nd Pre-intermediate Testbook, Oxford University Press)

(27).............

Read the text below and select the best option for each blank. Write your answers (A, B, C, or D) in the box provided. 
    Here are some ways to help you to get a good night’s sleep. Firstly, don’t try too hard to (1)…………. asleep because this will make you anxious and keep you awake. Secondly, don’t go to bed until you (2)………….sleepy. Sitting in bed awake just (3)…………. you awake. If you cannot sleep (4) ………….you go to bed, get up and do something relaxing for a while until you feel sleepy. (5)…………. a boring book, watching TV or writing a letter can all help to relax you. You shouldn’t keep (6)…………. the clock, either. If you know how much sleep you have lost, you will become worried and less able to sleep. Turning the clock around (7)…………. you cannot see it is better. Lastly, it is a good (8)…………. to exercise during the day. A 20-minute walk (9)………… the morning will (10) ………….you feel sleepier at bedtime.

6.________

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

Ecotourism is a unique way for travellers to engage in sustainable tourism while vacationing. This specific type of tourism is now increasingly becoming one of the most popular, with growth rates increasing every year. The United Nations, aware of the fact that tourism could be one of the most detrimental activities if not planned in accordance with the threshold imposed by nature, has declared the celebration of the International Day of Ecotourism, to promote sustainable practices in this growing industry.
Recently, The Division for Sustainable Development, Small Island Developing States Unit, decided that in preparation for the International Day of Ecotourism, it would be beneficial to identify successful practices of ecotourism on small islands. In order for ecotourism to be categorized as successful, it must meet the following criteria: it must combine natural and cultural tourism; it must involve local populations in the program, including providing educational resources to the local community, it must identity, manage and conserve the natural and cultural environment as well as the resources on the island; it must generate practices that will lead to the future sustainability of the island. If these criteria are followed by an "eco" organization, it deserves to be recognized as successful.

In paragraph 1, the word "detrimental" is closest in meaning to ____.

Read the following passage and choose the best answers:

Most human beings are awake during the day and sleep all night. Owls live the opposite way. Owls are nocturnal. This means that they sleep all day and stay awake at night. Because owls are nocturnal, this means they must eat at night. But finding food in the dark is difficult. To help them, they have special eyes and ears.

Owls have very large eyes. These eyes absorb more light than normal. Since there is little light during the night, it is helpful to be able to absorb more of it. This helps owls find food in the dark.

Owls also have very good hearing. Even when owls are in the trees, they can hear small animals moving in the grass below. This helps owls catch their prey even when it is very dark.

Like owls, mice are also nocturnal animals. Mice have an excellent sense of smell. This helps them find food in the dark.

Being nocturnal helps mice to hide from the many different animals that want to eat them. Most of the birds, snakes, and lizards that like to eat mice sleep at night - except, of course, owls! Notes: - owl (n): chim cú - absorb (v): hấp thụ

Owls _____

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to answer these following questions

Nature gave us all necessary resources to live and prosper. Now it is in danger and needs our help. What else we can do to protect environment? First of all this decisions must be made on governmental level and provide legal limitations for industries that emit a lot of greenhouse gases. We must unite together in order to protect the place we live in. People are an integral part of nature, we are dependent of it as we cannot imagine our life without nature. So why to destroy environment and bite the hand that feeds you? We must stop deforestation and plant trees on cut down areas. Trees are natural filter of air that absorb carbon dioxide and produce oxygen. Cutting down trees we deprive animals of their natural environment and the soil begin to grow in erosion. Planting trees will save birds and other animals.

We often make forced choices that are advertised on TV. Manufacturers try to rise their profits and sell more products. Sometimes we have so many unnecessary things we do not use. Imagine that you are moving your house, what are the necessary items you may need to live, only several bags. In reality the matter is opposite. There are a lot of things we do not use. People have to reconsider their views of life and promote healthy and ecologically friendly lifestyle. It is up to us to change situation for better and leave good legacy for generations to come.

Are we dependent on nature?

Choose the suitable word to fill in each blank. 

Research has shown that over half the children in Britain who take their lunches to school do not eat (1)_____ in the middle of the day. In Britain schools have to (2)_____ meals at lunchtime. Children can (3)_____ to bring their own food or have lunch at the school canteen.
One shocking (4)_____ of this research is that school meals are much healthier than lunches prepared by parents. There are strict (5)_____ for the preparation of school meals, which have to include one (6)_____of fruit and one of the vegetables, as well meat, a dairy item and starchy food like bread or pasta. Lunchboxes (7) _____by researchers contained sweet drinks, crisps, and chocolate bars. Children (8) _____twice as much sugar as they should at lunchtime.
Research has shown that over half the children in Britain who take their own lunches to school do not eat (1)_____ in the middle of the day. In Britain schools have to (2)_____ meals at lunchtime. Children can (3)_____ to bring their own food or have lunch at the school canteen.
One shocking (4)_____ of this research is that school meals are much healthier than lunches prepared by parents. There are strict (5)_____ for the preparation of school meals, which have to include one (6)_____of fruit and one of vegetables, as well meat, a dairy item and starchy food like bread or pasta. Lunchboxes (7) _____by researchers contained sweet drinks, crisps and chocolates bars. Children (8) _____twice as much sugar as they should at lunchtime. 
The research will provide a better (9)_____ why the percentage of overweight students in Britain has (10)_____  in the last decade. Unfortunately, the government cannot (11)_____ parents, but it can remind them of the (12)_____  value of milk, fruit, and vegetables. Small changes in their children’s diet can (13) _____ their future health. Children can easily develop bad eating (14 )_____ at this age, and parents are the only ones who can (15)_____ it.

13_________

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

"Conservation, sustainable use and protection of (1) _______ resources including plants, animals, mineral deposits, soils, clean (2) _______, clean air, and fossil fuels such as coal, petroleum, and natural gas. Natural (3) _______ are grouped into two categories, renewable and nonrenewable. A (4) _______ resource is one that may be replaced over time by natural processes, (5) _______ fish populations or natural vegetation, or is inexhaustible, such as (6) _______ energy. The goal of renewable resource conservation is to ensure (7) _______ such resources are not consumed faster than they are (8) _______. Nonrenewable resources are those in limited supply that cannot be replaced (9) ______ can be replaced only over extremely long (10) _______ of time. Nonrenewable resources include fossil fuels and mineral deposits, such as (11) _______ ore and gold ore. Conservation activities for nonrenewable resources focus (12) _______ maintaining an adequate supply of these resources well into the future.Natural resources are conserved for their biological, economic, and recreational values, (13)_______ their natural beauty and importance to local cultures. (14) _______, tropical rain forests are protected for their important role in both global ecology and the economic livelihood of the local culture; a coral reef may be (15) _______ for its recreational value for scuba divers; and a scenic river may be protected for its natural beauty...."

7. The goal of renewable resource conservation is to ensure (7) _______ such resources 

Read the following passage and decide which options A, B, C, or D best fits each space.
UNICEF means the United Nations Children’s Fund. It serves children in (41)______ all over the world. It helps children of (42)______ races, nationalities, religions, and political systems in more than 140 worldwide countries. The (43)______ of UNICEF is to help provide a better life for children and their mothers.
UNICEF (44) ______ both long-term assistance and emergency. UNICEF was (45) ______ in 1946 to help bring food and medicine to children who suffered during World War II in Europe. It began (46)______ a temporary agency, but became a permanent part of the United Nations in 1953 (47)______ the need for its services around the world. UNICEF’s primary concern is to help governments of developing countries improve the (48)______  of life for almost one billion children. UNICEF’s main office is in the United Nations, New York City, (49)______ it also has more than 40 offices and 100 programs worldwide. In 1965, UNICEF won the Nobel Peace Prize (50) ______  its work helping children and building brighter futures.

45__________

Choose the word or phrase that best fits each space in the following passage. 
    (41)______ every town in Britain has a public library, funded by the local authority, where local people may borrow books (42)______ of charge. Most libraries divide their books (43)______ two main sections, lending, and reference. The lending section normally offers a good (44) ______ of fiction and non-fiction, while the reference section contains encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, etc. Books from the lending section can be borrowed, usually for a period of two or three weeks, while books in the reference section may normally be (45)______  only in the library. Libraries are usually open daily from Monday to Friday, including some evenings, as well as on Saturday mornings.
     Other (46)______ besides books usually include a selection of newspapers and magazines, desks for private reading and study, a children’s book section, access (47) ______ current catalogs, and many other (48)______ of information by means of a computer terminal; a coin-(49)______ photocopier, music scores, records, audio-cassettes and videos that may be borrowed. Most libraries also (50) ______ exhibitions of local interest, for example, paintings by local artists or displays about local history. Many libraries also contain a local tourist information desk.
     Borrowers are normally allowed to. have up to ten or even more books out at any one time. A system of (51 )______ operates when books are not returned by the end of the borrowing (52)______. People living in the rural areas can use a mobile library, a van that (53)______ these areas regularly with a selection of books from the local library.
    (54) ______ public libraries, there are several important private libraries in Britain. Many of them are in London, such as the London Library. (55)______  belong to famous universities.

51__________

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

Sometimes people forget how we depend __________ (1) nature and environment surrounding us. We spend mindlessly __________ (2) resources given by nature and believe that they are unlimited. Over the last millennia the population on the planet grew immensely and our needs increase with every year. We achieved great breakthrough in industry __________ (3) other fields of production. But this growth resulted in poor environmental conditions. It seems that every achievement and advancement only __________ (4) damage to nature.

Read the passage and choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to answer the question down below: 
Tiger Woods started playing golf when two years old. Now he is one of the most famous professional golfers in the world. Tiger is from the United States. His father is African-American and his mother is Thai. His real name is Eldrick, but everyone knows him as Tiger, the nickname his father gave him.

He started playing golf professionally in 1996, and won all four of the World Golf Championships before he turned 25. He holds the record as the youngest player ever to win all four of these championships. Although he has played on many great golf courses, one of Tiger's favorite places to play is Pebble Beach

Tiger became a role model at an early age. People look up to him, so he is very grateful. Because many people helped Tiger as a child, he wants to lend a hand to others now. Some people cannot play golf because of their ethnicity, while others do not have enough money. Occasionally, Tiger himself was prevented from playing golf. Because of this, he created the Tiger Woods Foundation to help make golf open to everyone. He likes to see diversity on the golf course, and he wants all children to play golf if they want to. Tiger is happy that many children now want to play golf because of him.

Which is true about Tigers parents?