Put a phrase from the box in each gap to complete the following passage.

it is a modern means of transport

the suburban raiway is the interchange

Athens metro is the quickkest solution

they can take you anywhere at any time

visitors can use in the city of Athens

There are many means of transport that (1)________, the capital of Greence. In order to move around inside the city there is a wide network of buses leading to different areas of Athens, then there are trolleybuses which move with the help of electricity and cover a wide area as well.(2)_________ but since it is quite new in Greece it doesn't yet cover every single prefecture but there are plans for expansion so that other locations are served as well. The metro has connections with the railway train os Athens which can take you trom the Port of Piraeus to the northern suburbs with many stops in between. (3)_________ of the metro which will take you to the Athens Airport and a few more areas which are a bit far from the center of Athens but inside the prefecture of Attica. Moving on with the tram, (4)________ preferred by many people sice it connects areas that didn't have adequate transportation before and it passes by locations where there are no metro stations. Taxis are cheap in comparison to other European countries and (5)_________ since they are easy to find and quick if there is no traffic.

Task 1

Complete the text. Write one word in each gap.

Travel Blog: Places to see

If you are lucky (16) to go to Egypt, you must visit the statue of the Great Sphinx at

Giza. One thing (17) makes it amazing is its size - it’s huge! It’s a statue of a lion with the
head of a human -a creature from mythology. Experts believe the ancient Egyptians built it around
4,500 years (18) when Khafre was the king and that it is his face on the lion. There are other

statues of sphinxes, but this one is the (19) famous in the world. It has attracted visitors
thousands of years. The statue is close to the pyramids, so you can visit both on the
same day. If you want to explore by (21)... , you can download an app that has a
of useful information. But if you would (23) go with a guide or a tour
group, there are many that you can choose from.

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Will people still read books 100 years from now? A few years ago, many people would have said no. It seemed likely that computers and the Internet would replace books. Now, however, most experts think that books are here to stay.

There are a number of reasons why computers will not replace books entirely. One reason is that books on paper are much cheaper than computers. And books do not need a power source. You can read a book for as long as you want and wherever you want. You never have to worry about losing power. Also, many people feel more comfortable reading woeds in a book than reading woeds on a computer screen because it is less tiring to the eyes.

Will books in the future be exactly the same as the books you can buy today? The answer to that question is no. In the future, you may only need to buy one book. With this one book, you will be able to read novels, plays, and newspapers. It will look like today's books, but it will be electronic.

One of the people working on the book of the future is Professor joseph Jacobson from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Professor Jacobson's electronic book will have a small button on the side. When you oress the button, woeds will instantlu appear on the page. When you want to read a different story, you can push the button again and a new story will quickly appear.

1. The phrase are here to stay in the first paragraph mostly means .......

2. Which of the following is true according to the passage ?

3. What will the book of the future look like?

4.The button on the side of the electronic book is used....

5.What is the main topic of the passage?

IV. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions below.

   There are different ways to keep fit. One of the most important ways is by exercising. Exercising must be done regularly. The amount of exercise done each time is dependent on the free time that a person has. Exercises can be done from twenty minutes to an hour. Sometimes, daily five-minute exercises are just as effective.

   Exercising can take place both indoors and outdoors. Those who exercise indoors often do so in the comfort of gymnasiums. They train on equipment that has been specially designed for the different parts of the body. Sometimes, games can also be played indoors. Badminton courts and even some swimming pools are found indoors.

   There are many different types of outdoor exercises. These include tennis, cycling and even rock climbing. Most people enjoy outdoor activities because they like being in the Sun or are attracted to its sense of peace and quiet. Yet there are others who like the wind blowing against them. Some of these activities are only suitable for people who love adventure.

   The type of exercise a person takes up often depends on his lifestyle and personality. It is important that a person finds an exercise that is suitable for him.

According to the passage, why do some people spend less time exercising?

V. Read the following passage and choose the best answers to each of the questions.

Every state has its own laws for driving and getting a driver's license. To learn these laws, people have to read the Rules of the Road book for their state. They can get the book free at a driver's license facility in their state.

In Illinois, people between the ages of 15 and 18 have to take a driver's education course in school before they can get a permit to practice driving. People over 18 don't have to take this course in order to get a permit. When people get a learner's permit, they have to take a test. They have to know the traffic signs and laws in order to pass this test. Then they have to get their vision tested. When they get theirlearner's permits, they can practice driving, but a licensed driver has to be in the car with

them at all times. A learner's permit is good for one year.

When the learner is ready to get a license, he or she has to take a driving test. During the test, new drivers have to back out of an alley, park uphill anddownhill, make right- and left-turns, obey all traffic laws, and do whatever else the examiner may ask them to do to show that they know how to drive.

1/ What is the writer trying to do in the text?

a. Complain about traffic accidents.

b. Describe what to do to get a driver's license.

c. Persuade drivers to drive carefully.

d. Advise drivers how to drive.

2/ Why would somebody read the text?

a. To find out about traffic laws.

b. To learn how to drive a car.

c. To find out about getting a driver's license.

d. To learn some details about the rules of the roads .

3/ In order to get a driver's license, most important of all, the learner has to .................................

a. read the Rules of the Road book for his/her state

b. get his/her vision tested

c. know all the traffic laws

d. pass a driving test

4/ The word "free" most nearly means ..............................

a. without limit b. without having to pay

c. without shopping d. at any time

5/ The word "alley" most nearly means ......................

a. narrow passage b. garage c. garden d. sidewalk

VI. Read the following passage and choose the best answers to each of the questions.

When you visit London, one of the first things you will see is Big Ben, the famous clock which can be heard allover the world on the B.B.C. If the Houses of Parliament had not been burned down in 1834, the great clock would never have been erected.

Big Ben takes its name from Sir Benjamin Hall who was responsible for the making of the clock when the new Houses of Parliament were being built. It is not only of immense size, but is extremely accurate as well. Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day. On the B.B.C. you can hear the clock when it is actually striking because microphones are connected to the clock tower. Big Ben has rarely gone wrong. Once, however, it failed to give the correct time. A painter who had been working on the tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands and slowed it down!

1/ Big Ben was built .......................

a. for the B.B.C. b. after a fire c. in honour of Sir Benjamin Hall d. long before 1834

2/ Accuracyis maintained ..................._

a. by microphones in the clock tower b. by workmen

c.because the clock is at Greenwich Observatory d.by officials who check the clock frequently

3/ Big Ben is one of the first sights you will see when you London.

a. will visit b. visit c. have visited d. will be visiting

4/ Big Ben is the ..................... clock in London.

a. famousest b. most famous c. more famous d. famouser

5/ It is .......................very big and very accurate. a. and b. also c. both d. together

6/ How often .....................checked?

a. have they it b. they have it c. do they have it d. they do have it

7/ A painter ......... working on the tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands.

a. who b. had been c. had d. ...................

VII. Read the following passage and choose the best answers to each of the questions.

Quite a number of things have been done tohelp solve traffic problems in Singapore. For example, motorists must buy a special pass if they want to drive into the downtown business district. They can go into the business district only if they have the pass displayed on their windshield.

Another thing Singapore has done is to make it more difficult to buy cars. People have to apply for a certificate if they want to buy a car. And the number of certificates is limited. Not everyone can get one. There is also a high tax on cars, so it costs three or four times as much to buy a car in Singapore as it does in, say, the United States or Canada. The other thing Singapore has done is to build an excellent public transportation system. Their subway system is one of the best in the world. And there is also a very good taxi and bus system.

1/ In Singapore, drivers must have .................... to drive into the downtown business district.

a. a special I D card b. a special pass c. a driving certificate d. a driving lesson

2/ Singapore has done many things to make it difficult to buy cars because it ............................

a. wants to solve the car problems b. wants to help motorists to be safe

c. helps poor people d. wants to solve traffic problems

3/ The public transportation system in Singapore is ...................................

a. not very good b. very good c. very bad d. awful

Put a phrase from the box in each gap to complete the following passage.

it is a modern means of transport

the suburban raiway is the interchange

Athens metro is the quickest solution

they can take you anywhere at any time

visitors can use in the city of Athens

There are many means of transport that (1)________, the capital of Greence. In order to move around inside the city there is a wide network of buses leading to different areas of Athens, then there are trolleybuses which move with the help of electricity and cover a wide area as well.(2)_________ but since it is quite new in Greece it doesn't yet cover every single prefecture but there are plans for expansion so that other locations are served as well. The metro has connections with the railway train os Athens which can take you trom the Port of Piraeus to the northern suburbs with many stops in between. (3)_________ of the metro which will take you to the Athens Airport and a few more areas which are a bit far from the center of Athens but inside the prefecture of Attica. Moving on with the tram, (4)________ preferred by many people sice it connects areas that didn't have adequate transportation before and it passes by locations where there are no metro stations. Taxis are cheap in comparison to other European countries and (5)_________ since they are easy to find and quick if there is no traffic.

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II. Read the following passage carefully, then do as directed : (5 marks)
Thinking about how we will be travelling in 10 or 20 years is very interesting. Will we still be using planes or will we be flying our cars from Paris to London? Here are some suggestions.
- SkyTrain: Currently being developed at NASA, SkyTrain looks like the monorail at Disney World. Moving at 240km/h and using small amount of energy, it could be the future of city transportation. SkyTrain has the passenger capacity of a 6-lane highway.
- Flying cars: Zhu Wenxi and Lai Zexin, Chinese students, have designed a solar-powered flying car that doesn’t need a runway to take off. If you have about 200 hundred thousand dollars, you will own this vehicle soon.
- An electric mininus: The minibus Cameo, designed by Martin Pes, can carry 32 passengers but it is small enough to get its way out of a traffic jam. Its electric motor and low weight mean that it can be recharged in seconds while stopping and it has zero emission.
- An eco-taxi: Taxis are bad for the environment and traffic jams. We enter eco-taxi, and individual taxis form a train powered by solar panels.
1. Decide whether the statements below are True (T) or False (F) : (2,5 marks)
a. SkyTrain is fast but cannot be used as a means of transport in the city. …………
b. Flying cars designed by Zhu Wenxi and Lai Zexin run on solar energy. …………
c. A long runway is necessary for flying cars to take off. …………
d. Because it is small, an electric minibus can avoid traffic jams. …………
e. Several eco-taxis can form a line moving together, using solar energy. …………
2. Answer the following sentences: (2,5 marks)
a. How fast can SkyTrain travel?
………………………………….............................................................................................
b. Where are the designers of flying cars from?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
c. How much money does a flying car cost?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
d. Why should we take eco-taxi instead of other taxis?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
e. Are you interested in these means of transport? Why?
………………………………………………………………………………………………

I. Read the passage below and fill each numbered blank with ONE suitable word. Write your answer in the numbered box. (10 points)

             Many people dream of living in a foreign country. It can be an amazing experience for those who (1) ____ the courage to leave their family and friends to settle down in a new place. However, there’s one potential problem you should be aware of: Culture shock.

             Culture shock is the feeling we get from living in a place that is so different to where we (2) _____up that we are not sure how to deal with it. Societies are organized in many different ways, and we can often be (3) ______ aback by some of the things we find in foreign countries.

           Customs and tradition can be very different and that can sometimes make it difficult to (4) ______on with local people and to (5) ______friends. They might not approve of things you do or object to things you say. You might even be banned (6) _____ doing things in another country that are perfectly legal in your own. (7)______you were to move to a country such as Singapore, you might find some of the laws very strict. There, people can be forced to pay for a large fine just for dropping litter.

           Eventually, though, most people who live abroad (8) ______in love with their adopted country and learn to accept its differences. It does (9) ______real courage to make such a big change to your life, but many people agree (10) ______ it is worth it in the end.

III.Read the passage and answer the questions.

URBAN TRANSPORT PODS

The people living in Milton Keynes, a town about 70 kilometres northwest of London, have been introduced to a new transport experience when they use ‘pods’ to travel on certain routes.

The pods are a kind of driverless cars which travel at 19km/h and are able to transport two people and their luggage. There is a touchscreen in the windshield of the pods where passengers select their terminal. During the trip they can also read the news, check e-mails or play video games on the screen. Powered by electric motors, the pods have ultrasonic sensors and a GPS system that help themselves know where they are going and how to avoid obstacles along the way. People can use a smartphone app to hail a pod in the street.

Do you think this way of transport will appear in cities in Viet Nam soon?

1.Where is the project introduced?

2.What can passengers do with the touchscreen?

3.What enables pods to know where they are going and how to avoid obstacles?

4.Why should you need the smartphone app for pods?

IV. Put questions to the underlined parts

1.My mum used to live in a small village when she was a girl.

2.We used to play hide-and-seek when we were small.

3.They spent a huge amount of money on the film.

4.Titanic is a romantic film.

5.We went to the Flower Festival in Da Lat last year.

6.My father bought this T-shirt for me.

7.We enjoyed the film because it was entertaining.

8.It’s about two kilometres from my house to my school.

9.It takes about 10 minutes to get to the school.

10.My friends save money to fly to Spain.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Cartoon film have very (1)_______ limits. If you can draw something, you can (2)_______ it move on the cinema screen. The use of new ideas and advanced computer programs means that cartoons are becoming exciting again for people of all ages. By the end of the 1970s, the cinema world had decided that cartoons were only for children. But soon (3)______ , one or two directors had some original new ideas. They proved that it was possible to make film in which both adults and children could share the fun. However, not every cartoon film was successful. The Black Cauldron, for example, failed, mainly because it was too (4)_______ for children and too childish for adults. Directors learnt from this mistake, and the film companies began to make large (5)______ of money again.

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