PART FOUR: READING COMPREHENSION: (5.0 pts) I. Choose the word or phrase that best fits each gap of the passage: (10 0.2 = 2.0 pts) British parents are always complaining that (51)……….…… children spend too much time (52)………………TV and not enough time doing other activities like sports and reading. A (53)……….……survey of people’s free time activities (54)………………that young people spend about 23 hours a week in (55)……….……of the television set, that means over 3 hours a day It is (56) ………………that the average adult watches even more: 28 hours a week. Every household in the county has a TV set and over half have two or more. According (57)……………… the survey people do not only watch TV in their living room, they watch it in the kitchen and in bed as (58) ………………. We cannot deny that television also has some negative effects (59) ……….…… children, because many films shown on TV contain violence, crime and other bad things. Excessive watching of TV by children has lowered their results in (60) ……….……at school. 51. A. he B. they C. their D. theirs 52. A. to watch B. watch C. watching D. watched 53. A. late B. lately C. recent D. recently 54. A. show B. shows C. showing D. to show 55. A. between B. behind C. opposite D. front 56. A. surprise B. surprises C. surprising D. to surprise 57. A. to B. in C. from D. at 58. A. well B. good C. happy D. also 59. A. special B. specialise C. especial D. especially 60. A. learn B. learned C. learning D. to learn

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) that best fits the gap in each of the following sentences.  

1. A severe tropical________ is called a typhoon. 

A. drought        B. rain                C. flood           D. storm                

2. They speak English _______ than we do. 

A. more fluently        B. fluentlier      C. most fluently      D. fluentliest 

3. The competition makes the prices _______ . 

A.more cheaper and cheap                                   B.more cheap and more cheap 

C.cheaper and cheaper                                            D.cheaper and cheapest 

4. Radioactive pollution ______ skin disorders. 

A. makes     B. causes      C. leads       D. results 

5. She is looking forward_______her grandparents again soon. 

A. see        B. to see      C. to seeing       D. seeing 

6. _________ he didn’t understand everything, he was interested in the conversation. 

A. However    B. Even though       C. Because       D. While 

7. An example of a natural disaster is a _______ . 

A. snowfall     B. tornado      C. thunder      D. rainbow 

8. We cannot prevent natural disasters, but we can_______ for them. 

A. defeat      B. invent      C. struggle      D. prepare 

9. She has ______ a good computer that she has used it for 6 years. 

A. so.           B. such.         C. how      D. too 

10. If I tell you a secret, ________ you promise not to tell anyone else? 

A. would         B. did         C. will       D. have 

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) that best fits the gap in each of the following sentences.  

1. Singapore is famous for its __________ and green trees. 

A. cleanliness           B. cleanly               C. cleaning       D. clean 

2. I’m looking forward to ________ you this weekend. 

A. see B. seeing C. have seen D. be seeing 

3. More and more city dwellers suffer _______ coughing or breathing problems because of air pollution. 

A. under B. into C. about D. from 

4. In some English speaking countries, turkey and pudding are _______ food at Christmas. 

A. national        B. historical                 C. traditional          D. possible 

5. The USA has a population of 304 million, and it’s the third_______ country in the world. 

A. smallest B. largest           C. narrowest D. highest               

6. Science is used in all corners of the world for the __________ of people. 

A. interest B. need C. profits D. benefit 

7.  People will take _________ of robots to do household chores. 

A. chance B. condition C. advantage D. success 

8. Many people think the cyber world will _________ the real world. 

A. take B. provide C. take place D. replace 

9. The invention of penicillin is very useful because it has  _______ lots of lives. 

A. lost B. brought C. saved D. solved 

10. Email ________ are often necessary to join social networking sites, online games, and virtual worlds.  

A. address B. information C. senders D. accounts  

I. Choose the best word that fits each gap of the passage. (10ms)

National Health Service (NHS) (1) ________ ambulances are available and free for cases of sudden (2) ________ or collapse, for accidents and for doctors’ urgent call. Special (3) _________ services, such as free dental treatment and (4) _______ and immunization of children against certain (5) ________ diseases, are provided under the NHS to safeguard the health of (6) _______ women and young children. Free family planning advice and (7) ________ is available from general practices (GPs) and family planning clinics. Nation-wide screening programmes for breast canner and cervical cancer are available to the most (8) _______ age groups among women. Improvements in the provision and (9) ________ of cancer services are a major priority. The blood (10) _______ services collect over 2.5 million donations a year from voluntary unpaid donors.

1. A. emergent     B. emergency     C. urgent     D. urgency

2. A. illness     B. disease     C. pain     D. sore

3. A. prevent     B. preventing     C. preventive     D. prevention

4. A. vaccine     B. vaccinate     C. vaccinating     D. vaccination

5. A. infect     B. infecting     C. infection     D. infectious

6. A. pregnant         B. pregnancy     C. expecting     D. expectant

7. A. treat     B. treatment     C. treating     D. maltreatment

8. A. unsuspecting     B. susceptible     C. susceptibility     D. susceptibly

9. A. avail     B. available     C. availability     D. unavailable

10. A. transfuse     B. transfused     C. transfusing     D. transfusion 

VIII.   Choose the word which best fits each gap.

      There are nine sub-groups that are (1)_________ by the ethnic minority M’Nong, suchas Bru Dang, Preh, Ger, Nong, Prang, PJam, Kuyenh, Chil Bu Nor, and M’Nong Bu Dang,with combined estimate of 105,300 populations. They are concentrated (2)_________ southernparts of the provinces of Binh Phuoc and Dak Lak and in parts of Lam Dong. They livein houses built on (3)_________ or level with the ground, in every village where they usuallyhave dozens of households. (4)_________ is observed and the children take the family nameof their mother. The wife holds the key position in (5)_________ household. This grouplikes to have many children, (6)_________ daughters and speak the language traced tothe Mon-Khmer Group. The M’Nong use the slash- and-bum method of (7)_________.The M’Nong in Ban Don are well known for their elephant hunting and domestication. Women handle the weaving of cotton cloth, (8)_________ the men work on basketry.

1.   a. ordered                  b. represented           c. expressed              d. symbolized

2.   a. on                            b. at                             c. for                           d. in

3.   a. bricks                     b. stilts                       c. slabs                       d. stones

4.   a. Monarchy              b. Patriarchy              c. Matriarchy            d. Democracy

5.   a. a                              b. the                          c. every                      d. some

6.   a. special                    b. specially                c. especially              d. especial

7.   a. transport                b. working                 c. researching            d. farming

8.   a. while                      b. when                      c. which                     d. where

IX. Read the text carefully, then answer the questions.

      Vietnam is a multiethnic country with 54 ethnic groups. The Viet (Kinh) people account for 87% of the country’s population and mainly inhabit the Red River delta, the central coastal delta, the Mekong delta and major cities. The other 53 ethnic minority groups, totaling over 8 million people, are scattered over mountain areas spreading from the North to the South. Among ethnic minorities, the most populated are Tay, Thai, Muong, Hoa, Khmer, Nung... with a population of around 1 million each; while the least populated are Brau, Roman, Odu with several hundred people each.

      The main economic activity of most ethnic peoples is wet rice cultivation. A number of ethnic minorities had mastered some farming techniques. They grew rice plants in swamped paddy fields and carried out irrigation. Others go hunting, fishing, collecting and live a semi-nomadic life. Each group has its own culture that is diverse and special. Beliefs and religions of the Vietnamese ethnic minority groups are also disparate from each other.

1.   How many ethnic groups are there in Vietnam?

      ________________________________________________________________

2.   Where do the Kinh people mostly live?

      ________________________________________________________________

3.   What is the population of the Tay?

      ________________________________________________________________

4.   Which ethnic groups have the smallest population?

      ________________________________________________________________

5.   What do most ethnic peoples mainly live on?

      ________________________________________________________________

6.   Do the ethnic minority groups have the same culture, religion and belief?

      ________________________________________________________________

7.   How is the culture of each ethnic group?

      ________________________________________________________________

X.  Reorder the words to make sentences.

1.   country/ with/ Vietnam/ 54/ is/ multiethnic/ a/ groups/ ethnic.

      ________________________________________________________________

2.   minorities/ make/ population/ Ethnic/ up/ 15 percent/ of/ the/ of/ about/ Vietnam 3

      ________________________________________________________________

3.   Most/ live/ of/ ethnic/ in/ minorities/ the/ the/ areas/ in/ north/ the/ mountainous.

      ________________________________________________________________

4.   Vietnam/ Tay/ second/ the/ largest/ are/ the/ ethnic/ in/ group.

      ________________________________________________________________

5.   are/ The/ known/ Nung/ including/ music and poetry/ for/ folk-art/ richness/ traditions/ their/ of.

      ________________________________________________________________

6.   people/ a/ The/ Dao/ language/ speak/ Hmong-Dao/ of/ language system.

      ________________________________________________________________

7.   not/ as/ The/ Nung/ costume/ is/ colourful/ of/ the/ as/ that/ of/ ethnic/ other/ groups.

      ________________________________________________________________

8,   The/ Ede/ built/ on/ live/ in/ stilts/ in/ wooden/ villages/ longhouses/ as/ buon/ known.

      _____________________________________________________