Read the passage and choose the correct answer for each question.

If you are the type of person who loves to meet many different people from different cultures and social statuses, then city life is better for you. The city is where people from all different backgrounds and statuses come to work and live because everything is so centralized in the city. The city’s population is also more concentrated, so you also have a higher chance of meeting people. In the country, the distance between other people is harder, so it is less convenient to meet other people. Hence, if you want a busy social life, the city is better.

If you have asthma or you are really sensitive to pollution, then the country lifestyle is best for you. In the country, there is much less pollution because there are fewer cars, traffic and industrial plants in the country. There are also more trees, rivers and other natural scenery. If you want your kids to run around in open and safe environments, then the country is also much better.

The word “plants” in the passage means ________

Read the following text and choose the correct answer for each question.

London, the capital of England and the United Kingdom, is the largest city in Europe. It is located on the River Thames and has a history of about 2000 years. Over eight million people live in London. Hundreds of thousand people travel each day into London to work.

London has an oceanic climate, but generally, it is a dry city. However, London is often very cloudy. On average it rains mildly just about every other day. Temperature extremes for all sites in the London area range from 38.1°C at Kew during August 2003, down to -16.1°C at Northolt during January 1962.

London’s largest industry is finance. Together with New York, the City of London is one of the world’s largest financial centers, making London a major world influence.

However, like many big cities, London has problems with traffic and pollution. Millions of people use the London Underground a day, but there are still too many buses and trams in the streets. The air isn’t clean, but it is cleaner than it was 100 years ago.

What is one of the problems in London?

Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank.
My name is Phong. I’m 11 years old and I’m in grade 6. I live in a house (1) _____ a lake in the countryside. There is a rice paddy opposite my house, too. There is a small yard (2) ______ of my house. There are tall trees behind my house. (3) _____ the tall trees, there are mountains. To the (4) _____ of my house, there is a well. To the left of my house, there is a big garden. There (5) _____ flowers in the garden.

2_____

Read the following passage and then decide which options A, B, C, or D best fits each space

After finishing secondary school, some students decide (1)………….. a gap year and go (2) ……………. I think it is one of the (3)……………. decisions a young person can make. My brother went around South America (4)…………. the USA last year and I hope …..(go) to Australia after my exams. Some people are worried about traveling alone because they think it might be (5)………… dangerous. But I think it’s fine if you plan your trip carefully and you (6)…………….. risk. Of course, you can travel with a friend. (7)…………….. best friend and I (8)………………. our trip at the moment. There is a (9)………….. of information about gap years on the Internet. But I think it’s a good idea to talk to people who have already gone on their trip. You can find (10)……….. such a lot.

6__________

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

An lives in the  Ho Chi Minh city. Every morning she gets up at 6. 30. She brushes her teeth. She washes her face. She has a big breakfast. Then she gets dressed. She goes to school at 6:30. She is in grade 7. Her classroom is on the third floor. It is very big. There are 40 students in her class. She loves her friends and teachers very much.

Where does An live?

Read the passage below and choose the best answer:
 Good morning, I’m Alex. And today I will talk about recycling. Recycling has a lot of advantages. Firstly, it saves the environment. Instead of cutting more trees to produce paper, we can use recycled papers. Secondly, recycling also saves energy. Thirdly, recycling helps reducing global warming and reduce pollution. Finally, recycling helps saving money. Recycled articles cost less than new ones. In conclusion, using recycled product is environmentally-friendly and money-saving. Therefore, we should put plastic bottles in recycling bins and buy recycled products.
Recycling wastes energy.

People need to breathe. If they don’t breathe, they will die. But how clean is the air people breathe? If they breathe dirty air, they will have breathing problems. Plants and animals need fresh air too. A lot of the things in our lives create harmful gases and make the air dirty, like cars, motorbikes, and factories. Dirty air is called polluted air. Air pollution can also make our Earth warmer.

What is the impact of air pollution to the Earth?

Dear Minh,

Let’s meet on Sunday evening at Lau coffee on Tran Quoc Hoan street. There’s a post office on the corner of the street. The café is next to the post office. There’s a cinema opposite the café so we can see a film after we have coffee.

To get to the café, take bus number 49 to Tran Hung Dao street. Get off the bus stop in front of a park. Go along the street until you get to the traffic lights and then turn right. Take the first turning on your right. Go straight ahead- just about 500 meters and it’s on your left.

See you there!

Vy

Minh will get off the bus in front of a park.

Read the passage below and answer the question.

Dear Minh,

Let’s meet on Sunday evening at Lau coffee on Tran Quoc Hoan street. There’s a post office on the corner of the street. The café is next to the post office. There’s a cinema opposite the café so we can see a film after we have coffee.

To get to the café, take bus number 49 to Tran Hung Dao street. Get off the bus stop in front of a park. Go along the street until you get to the traffic lights and then turn right. Take the first turning on your right. Go straight ahead- just about 500 meters and it’s on your left.

See you there!

Vy

Minh will get off the bus ........ a park.

Read carefully and then choose the best answer. 
People usually sing because they like music or because they feel happy. They express their happiness by singing. When a bird sing, however, its song usually means much more than that the bird is happy. Birds have many reasons for singing. They sing to give information. Their songs are their language.
The most beautiful songs are sung by male (cock) birds. They sing when they want to attract a female (hen) bird. It is their way of saying that they are looking for a wife.
Birds also sing to tell other birds to keep away. To a bird, his tree or even a branch of the tree is his home. He does not want strangers to come near him, so he sings to warn them.
If a bird cannot sing well, he usually has some other means of giving important information. Some birds dance, spread out their tails or make other sing. One bird has a most unusual way of finding a wife. It builds a small garden of shells and flowers.

Why do people usually sing ?

Read the passage below and answer the question. 

Remember! Paper can be recycled by reducing it to pulp and combine it with pulp from newly harvested wood. As the recycling process causes the paper fibers to breakdown, each time paper is recycled its quality decreases. This means that either a higher percentage of new fibers must be added, or the paper down cycled into lower quality products. Any writing or coloration of the paper must first be removed by deinking, which also removes fillers, clays, and fiber fragments. Almost all paper can be recycled today, but some types are harder to recycle than others. Papers coated with plastic or alumium foil, and papers that are waxed, pasted, or gummed are usually not recycled because the process is too expensive. Gift wrap paper also cannot be recycled due to its low quality.

Can people reduce paper?

 Read the following dialogue and then choose the best answer (A, B, C, D):

"Tom: What do you do (1) ......        morning?
 
Dick: I get dressed and (2) .....        a shower.
 
Tom: (3)....         do you go to school?
 
Dick: I usually go to school (4).........        6.30.
 
Tom: How (5).....         floors does your school have?
 
Dick: (6).......... has two floors.      
 
Tom: (7).............          is your classroom?        
 
Dick: My classroom is on the (8)......        floor."

8. My classroom is on the (8)......        floor.

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to answer these following questions
Glass is a wonderful substance. It can be recycled over and over again. The good thing about glass recycling is that the glass retains its quality. Imagine how many bottles of soda, juice and glass jars are used daily. If we simply throw them away, the environment will suffer greatly. There are many advantages of glass recycling. The first thing is that glass recycling reduces industrial pollution. Reducing industrial pollution benefits not only the environment but also the entire ecosystem. Another benefit is the recycling of glass conserves natural resources. Recycling glass saves on the need to obtain more materials to make new glass; therefore, they save existing natural resources.
What are the advantages of glass recycling?

Choose the best answer to complete the passage. Write your answer in the numbered box: 
In (1)______United States, many adults and children (2)____overweight. Some people eat (3)____food at meals. They also eat snacks between meals. Sometimes people eat healthy snacks like fruit or vegetables but many Americans eat a lot of junk food such as (4)___, candy, and potato chips. Eating junk food can (5)_____people gain weight. People also gain weight (6)_____they don’t get enough (7)_____.  People need to walk, run, ride bicycles, or walk out (8)______ health clubs and gyms. When people exercise, they (9)_____ good and have more energy. A good diet and exercise will help you (10)____a long and healthy life.

6._______

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

Wellcom to Singapore! How Singaporeans go green? First, Singaporeans drink NEWater – recycled water. NEWater is suitable ….(1)…. drinking. Second, they go green in shopping. They can now …..(2)……more organic goods. Stores have more friendly options for buyers. Third, buildings in Singapore can be “green” too. They use ceramic tiles to ……(3)…. pollution in the air. Now, 25% of their buildings gets Green Mark. By 2030, 80% of their buildings will get this. Singapore can ….(4)…produce “eco-friendly” cars. They also encourage people to walk or travel …..(5)…. public transport. Finally, they now have more green-collar workers. These are people who manage buildings, work in green industry, or plan green events.

4. Singapore can ….(4)…produce “eco-friendly” cars.

Read the passage. Then choose one suitable word to fill in the gaps.
I live in a small (1)_________, Henfield – there are about 500 people here. I love it because it is (2) _______ and life is slow and easy. You (3) ________ have to queue in shops or banks. The village is clean – people look after it and (4) ______ their rubbish in the streets. The air is also (5) _______ because there’s not much heavy traffic. It’s much more (6) _______ here than in a city. Everyone knows everyone and if someone (7) _______ problem, there are always people who can help. There are (8) _______ things I don’t like about Henfield. One thing is that there’s not much to do in the evening – we haven’t got any cinemas (9) _______ theaters. Another problem is that people always talk about each other and everyone knows (10) ________ everyone else is doing. But I still prefer village life to life in a big city.

7_______

Read the passage. Then choose one suitable word to fill in the gaps.

Mr. Thanh is (1)________  engineer in a big factory. He lives in a small apartment (2) ________  the fifth floor of a building in Ho Chi Minh City. The factory is not near (3) ________  so he goes to work by bus. He (4) ________ home at 7 o’clock to arrive at work at 7.45. (5) ________ is Saturday morning now, and Mr. Thanh is (6)________ home, in bed. On Saturdays he (7)_______  at a quarter to seven. Then he sits in the living room and (8)_______ breakfast. On Saturday afternoons he (9)_______  tennis or goes swimming. On Saturday evenings he (10)_______  at home, he usually goes out.

10 __________

Choose the best answer to complete the passage: 
Each (1) ……. has its own tradition when New Year comes. (2)……. Japan, at midnight (3) ………. December 31, all temples in the country ring their bell (4) …… times. They believe that the ringing bells can remove their (5) ……. actions from the previous year.

In Thailand, the New Year is in April. It’s the hottest time of the year. People often throw (6) ……. over the people. They believe that this activity will (7) …….. a lot of rain and wash away the bad things.

In Viet Nam, people clean and decorate their houses (8) ………. Tet. They (9) ……….. their houses to look more beautiful. The first footer is very important. They believe that the first footer on the first New Year Day decides the family’s (10) ….. for the whole year.

2__________

Read the following passage and choose the best answer.

In the future, schools will be better. Computers will be much quicker and we might have pencils which write for us! All the students will have their own computers.

When there is a history lesson, the computers will show important events. The students will be dressed up as the characters from the period they are studying. There will be hoverboards in the playground, and students will come to school by hover cars.

Every child will have a robot-like themselves. The robots will have to go to school while the students sit at home controlling them in front of their computers. The robots will have laser pens and the student will have laser ink pens.

The classroom will be floating, and the tables and chairs will, too. There will be no homework, and teachers won’t take away the toys.

In history lessons, the student wants the computer to _______________.

Read the passage. Then choose one suitable word to fill in the gaps.
Jim Green is a student at May Secondary School. He (1)___________ classes from Monday to Friday. He has many (2)_______________ to do after class in the afternoon. On Monday and Wednesday, he helps his (3)___________ with their English. On Tuesday and Thursday, he takes part in the Informatics Club. On Friday, he goes (4)__________ on the river. He goes to the park or museum (5)_________ his parents and his sister (6)_______________ Saturday. On Sunday, he has a  good rest (7)__________ home and (8)___________ his homework.
Now it is 8:30  in the morning. Jim (9)________  in the classroom and having a maths class. He is listening to the teacher carefully. His friends David and Tony are looking at the blackboard. Lucy and Lily are thinking. Mary is writing something in her notebook. All of them (10)_________ working hard.

9_________