Read the passage below and decide whether the statements are TRUE or FALSE?
On Sunday, John invited Anna to join his family on a day trip to his own village about 60 km to the north of Hanoi. The village lies near the foot of a mountain and by a river. Many people go there on weekends to have a rest after a hard working week. The journey to the village is very interesting. People have the chance to travel between the green paddy fields and cross a small bamboo forest before they reach a big old banyan tree at the entrance to the village. Ann met John’s family at his house early in the morning; and after two hours traveling by bus, they reached the big old tree. Everyone felt tired and hungry, so they sat down under the tree and had a snack.

There is a big old banyan tree to the entrance of the village.

Read and complete the sentence in the passage.

When Lien (1) ________ a child she used to go to see her grandmother. She thought her house was as beautiful as a palace and the garden seemed bigger than a park. When she grew (2) __________ the house and garden seemed smaller but she still loved visiting the old lady. There (3) _________ so many beautiful things in the house. Sometimes, she played (4) _________ the doll's house which was older than grandmother herself. At that times, I (5) ___________ books which were more interesting than her children's book at home.

When she grew (2) __________ the house and garden seemed smaller but she still loved visiting the old lady. 

Read the passage and choose the best option to complete the passage. Write your answers in the space provided. 

Have you ever been to Britain? I’ve dreamed of going there (1) ______ I was a little girl and finally, (2) ______ the spring of 2012, it happened. I was there three weeks and (3) ______ much of that time soaking up the culture, history, and scenery of this incredible island. I visited several districts in England, Wales, and Scotland and even (4) ______ a side trip to Ireland. Every place I went to seemed to be more interesting and more beautiful (5) ______ the last.

The tour I was with began in London. Of all the sights I saw there, the Tower of London was the most (6) ______. The Tower is a building complex of incredibly rich history.

Also on the Thames are the Houses of Parliament and, of course, the clock tower housing “Big Ben”. I saw so many landmarks I can hardly remember them all. Although it was just a glimpse of London I did, (7) ______, get a chance to see all the (8)______  famous places.

After (9) ______ of days in London, we traveled to the south of England stopping to visit Stonehenge. If you don’t know about Stonehenge there are a couple of links on my links page that will (10) ______ you to sites that can fill you in.

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Read and answer the following question

Thanh lives in the city. Every morning she gets up at 6. 00. 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 6. Her classroom is on the third floor. It is very big. There are 38 students in her class. She loves her friends and teachers very much.

How does she feel about her friends and teachers?

Once upon a time, there is a girl called Little Red Riding Hood, because of the red hood she always wears. The girl walks through the woods to give her grandmother some food. A wolf wants to eat the girl but is afraid to do so in public (sometimes there are woodcutters watching). So, he suggests the girl to pick some flowers, which she does. After that, he goes to the grandmother’s house. He eats the grandmother, and waits for the girl, disguised as the grandmother. When the girl arrives, he eats her too. A woodcutter, however, comes to the house and cuts the wolf open. Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother come out unharmed.

What does the word “he” in line 2  refer to?

Choose one suitable word (A, B, C, or D) to complete the following passage.
Air pollution is caused ________(1) ill-health in human beings. In a lot of countries, there are ________(2) limiting the number of smoke factories can produce although there is not enough _______(3) on the effects of smoke on the atmosphere. Doctors have ________(4) that air pollution causes ________ (5) diseases. The gases from the exhausts of cars _______(6) also increased air pollution in most cities. The ________ (7) of petrol produces a poisonous gas, which is often collected in busy streets circled by high buildings. Children _______(8) in areas where there is a lot of lead in the atmosphere can not think as ________(9) as other children, and are clumsy when they _______(10) their hands.

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Read the passage and choose the best option to complete the passage. Write your answers in the space provided. 

Have you ever been to Britain? I’ve dreamed of going there (1) ______ I was a little girl and finally, (2) ______ the spring of 2012, it happened. I was there three weeks and (3) ______ much of that time soaking up the culture, history, and scenery of this incredible island. I visited several districts in England, Wales, and Scotland and even (4) ______ a side trip to Ireland. Every place I went to seemed to be more interesting and more beautiful (5) ______ the last.

The tour I was with began in London. Of all the sights I saw there, the Tower of London was the most (6) ______. The Tower is a building complex of incredibly rich history.

Also on the Thames are the Houses of Parliament and, of course, the clock tower housing “Big Ben”. I saw so many landmarks I can hardly remember them all. Although it was just a glimpse of London I did, (7) ______, get a chance to see all the (8)______  famous places.

After (9) ______ of days in London, we traveled to the south of England stopping to visit Stonehenge. If you don’t know about Stonehenge there are a couple of links on my links page that will (10) ______ you to sites that can fill you in.

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

Sometimes, I played _________ the doll's house which was older than grandmother herself. 

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

Nga lives in the 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 6. Her classroom is on the second floor. It is very big. There are 42 students in her class. She loves her friends and teachers very much.

What time does she leave home for school?

Choose one suitable word (A, B, C, or D) to complete the following passage.
Air pollution is caused ________(1) ill-health in human beings. In a lot of countries, there are ________(2) limiting the number of smoke factories can produce although there is not enough _______(3) on the effects of smoke on the atmosphere. Doctors have ________(4) that air pollution causes ________ (5) diseases. The gases from the exhausts of cars _______(6) also increased air pollution in most cities. The ________ (7) of petrol produces a poisonous gas, which is often collected in busy streets circled by high buildings. Children _______(8) in areas where there is a lot of lead in the atmosphere can not think as ________(9) as other children, and are clumsy when they _______(10) their hands.

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Choose the best answer to complete the passage. (2,0 pts)

Saving energy doesn’t have to be expensive or time-consuming. But what can you do to save energy? There is (1) ……… that you can do to help the process of energy conservation. You can save energy by doing things like making sure that the kettle doesn’t (2) …………… more water than that you need, always washing a full load in the washing machine rather than a half load or turning down your central heating by 10C – this could cut your (3) ………… bill by 10%. Making sure that hot water taps are not left (4) ……….. and replace washers if your taps drip. (5) ……….. work you can turn off (6) ………. light and your computer if you are not using them. (7) ………….. to energy-saving light bulbs – these use around a quarter of electricity, and often last eight times (8) ……….. than an ordinary bulb. Close your curtains at (9) ……….. to keep the warm air from escaping through the windows. Switching off (10) …………… appliances, when they are not in use, makes a big contribution to energy-saving, too.

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Choose one suitable word (A, B, C, or D) to complete the following passage.
Air pollution is caused ________(1) ill-health in human beings. In a lot of countries, there are ________(2) limiting the number of smoke factories can produce although there is not enough _______(3) on the effects of smoke on the atmosphere. Doctors have ________(4) that air pollution causes ________ (5) diseases. The gases from the exhausts of cars _______(6) also increased air pollution in most cities. The ________ (7) of petrol produces a poisonous gas, which is often collected in busy streets circled by high buildings. Children _______(8) in areas where there is a lot of lead in the atmosphere can not think as ________(9) as other children, and are clumsy when they _______(10) their hands.

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

When I (6) ________ a child I used to go to see my grandmother. I thought her house was as beautiful as a palace and the garden seemed bigger than a park. When I grew (7) __________ the house and garden seemed smaller but I still loved visiting the old lady. There (8) _________ so many beautiful things in the house. Sometimes, I played (9) _________ the doll's house which was older than grandmother herself. At that times, I (10) ___________ books which were more interesting than my children's book at home.

 Sometimes, I played (9) _________ the doll's house which was older than grandmother herself. 

Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to complete the following passage.

"During the war, children wore straw hats to (1) …….. themselves from debris. Houses and schools were bombed and destroyed. Many children were made (2)….. and their schools had to be moved around or lessons sometimes had to (3)……. after dark to avoid being targeted by heavy bombing. Many schools had its roof (4)…….. with several layers of straw to withstand the (5)……… of the bombs. Life for children was very hard in both the North and South of Viet Namduring the war.

Young people were (6)…….. of their duty to serve their country. Even young girls took part in the war efforts by digging bomb shelters. Children took first-aid courses after school so that they could (7)………. injured people.

Childhood years of children born in the 1960s are (8)…….. As innocent children, they went to school (9)……… straw hats in the sounds of American jet fighters in the sky and the shots from Vietnamese anti-aircraft guns.

Nowadays, they are proud that they came through those hardships. They had their heads held (10)……… walking out of the war."

4. Many schools had its roof (4)…….. with several layers of straw to 

Choose the correct answer to complete the passage below.

"Either boys or girls, usually aged from seven to ten, play the two-person game of"Mandarin's Box". They draw a rectangle on the ground and (1)……….. it into ten smallsquares called "rice fields" or "fish ponds”.

They also draw two additional semi-circular boxesat the two (2)………. of the rectangle, which are called"mandarin's boxes" - the game's name. Each person has 25 small pebbles and a bigger stone.

Each player places the stone in one of the mandarin's boxes and five small pebbles in each of the other squares. Then the game begins. The first player takes up the contents of one square on his or her side ofthe board, but not a mandarin's box and distributes the pebbles one by one, (3)……….. with the next square in (4)………. direction. Since each square contains five pebbles at the beginning, the first move will distribute five pebbles to the left or right.

After the last pebble is distributed, the player takes the contents of the following squareand repeats the distribution (5)………... But if the following square is one of the mandarin's boxes, the turn ends and passes to the other player.

If the last pebble falls into a square that precedes one empty square, the player wins all the contents of the square following the empty square and (6)……….these pebbles from the board. However, if there are two or more empty squares in a row, the player (7)…….. his or her turn.

Once a player has taken pebbles from the board, the turn is (8)……….to the other player. If all five squares on one player's side of the board are emptied at any time, that player must place one pebble he or she has aside back in each of the five squares so that the game can resume.

The game (9)………until the two mandarins' boxes have both been (10)……….. At the end of the game, the player with more pebbles wins, with each of the large stones counting as ten points." 

8. the turn is (8)……….to the other player.

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

When I (1) ________ a child I used to go to see my grandmother. I thought her house was as beautiful as a palace and the garden seemed bigger than a park. When I grew (2) __________ the house and garden seemed smaller but I still loved visiting the old lady. There (3) _________ so many beautiful things in the house. Sometimes, I played (4) _________ the doll's house which was older than grandmother herself. At that times, I (5) ___________ books which were more interesting than my children's book at home.

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Once upon a time, there is a girl called Little Red Riding Hood, because of the red hood she always wears. The girl walks through the woods to give her grandmother some food. A wolf wants to eat the girl but is afraid to do so in public (sometimes there are woodcutters watching). So, he suggests the girl to pick some flowers, which she does. After that, he goes to the grandmother’s house. He eats the grandmother, and waits for the girl, disguised as the grandmother. When the girl arrives, he eats her too. A woodcutter, however, comes to the house and cuts the wolf open. Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother come out unharmed.

What does the phrase “in public” in line 2 mean?

Choose one suitable word (A, B, C, or D) to complete the following passage.
Air pollution is caused ________(1) ill-health in human beings. In a lot of countries, there are ________(2) limiting the number of smoke factories can produce although there is not enough _______(3) on the effects of smoke on the atmosphere. Doctors have ________(4) that air pollution causes ________ (5) diseases. The gases from the exhausts of cars _______(6) also increased air pollution in most cities. The ________ (7) of petrol produces a poisonous gas, which is often collected in busy streets circled by high buildings. Children _______(8) in areas where there is a lot of lead in the atmosphere can not think as ________(9) as other children, and are clumsy when they _______(10) their hands.

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Choose the best answer to complete the passage. (2,0 pts)

Saving energy doesn’t have to be expensive or time-consuming. But what can you do to save energy? There is (1) ……… that you can do to help the process of energy conservation. You can save energy by doing things like making sure that the kettle doesn’t (2) …………… more water than that you need, always washing a full load in the washing machine rather than a half load or turning down your central heating by 10C – this could cut your (3) ………… bill by 10%. Making sure that hot water taps are not left (4) ……….. and replace washers if your taps drip. (5) ……….. work you can turn off (6) ………. light and your computer if you are not using them. (7) ………….. to energy-saving light bulbs – these use around a quarter of electricity, and often last eight times (8) ……….. than an ordinary bulb. Close your curtains at (9) ……….. to keep the warm air from escaping through the windows. Switching off (10) …………… appliances, when they are not in use, makes a big contribution to energy-saving, too.

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Choose the best answer to complete the passage. 

A WELSH FESTIVAL

Wales has a population of about three million. English is the main language and only twenty percent speak both Welsh and English. Every year _______(1) August there is a Welsh-speaking festival. It _______ (2) place in a different town each year so everyone has the chance for it to be near them. Local people ________(3) years making plans for when the festival will be in _______ (4) town. Each festival is ______ (5) by about 160,000 people. They travel not only from nearby towns and villages _ but______(6) also from the rest of the British Isles and _______ (7) from abroad. There are concerts, plays, and _______(8) to find the best singers, poets, writers, and so on. Shops sell Welsh music, books, pictures, and clothes as ______(9) as food and drink. The festival provides a chance for Welsh-speaking people to be together for a whole week, with _______ (10) Welsh language all around them.

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Choose the correct answer to complete the passage below.

"Either boys or girls, usually aged from seven to ten, play the two-person game of"Mandarin's Box". They draw a rectangle on the ground and (1)……….. it into ten smallsquares called "rice fields" or "fish ponds”.

They also draw two additional semi-circular boxesat the two (2)………. of the rectangle, which are called"mandarin's boxes" - the game's name. Each person has 25 small pebbles and a bigger stone.

Each player places the stone in one of the mandarin's boxes and five small pebbles in each of the other squares. Then the game begins. The first player takes up the contents of one square on his or her side ofthe board, but not a mandarin's box and distributes the pebbles one by one, (3)……….. with the next square in (4)………. direction. Since each square contains five pebbles at the beginning, the first move will distribute five pebbles to the left or right.

After the last pebble is distributed, the player takes the contents of the following squareand repeats the distribution (5)………... But if the following square is one of the mandarin's boxes, the turn ends and passes to the other player.

If the last pebble falls into a square that precedes one empty square, the player wins all the contents of the square following the empty square and (6)……….these pebbles from the board. However, if there are two or more empty squares in a row, the player (7)…….. his or her turn.

Once a player has taken pebbles from the board, the turn is (8)……….to the other player. If all five squares on one player's side of the board are emptied at any time, that player must place one pebble he or she has aside back in each of the five squares so that the game can resume.

The game (9)………until the two mandarins' boxes have both been (10)……….. At the end of the game, the player with more pebbles wins, with each of the large stones counting as ten points." 

1. They draw a rectangle on the ground and (1)……….. it into ten smallsquares called "rice fields" or "fish ponds”.