Read the following passage, and mark the letter (A, B, C or D) on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word (s) for each of the blanks.

From the seeds themselves to the machinery, fertilizers and pesticides -The Green Revolution regimen depends heavily on technology. One (4)                 , however , depends much(5)            on technology - organic farming . Many organic farmers use machinery, but (6)                 chemical fertilizers or pesticides .(7)                 chemical soil enriches , they use animal manure and plant part not used as food - natural, organic fertilizers that are clearly a renewable (8)                 .Organic farmers also use alternatives  (9)                 pesticides ; for example they many rely on natural predators of certain insect pets.(10)                    the need arises ; they can buy the eggs and larvae of these natural predators and introduce them into their crop fields . They use(11)                 techniques to control pests as well , like planting certain crops together because one crop repels the other’s pests . Organic farmers do not need a lot of land ; (12)                        ,organic farming is perfectly (13)                        to small farm and is relatively inexpensive .Finally , many organic farmers’ average yields compare favorably with other farmers’ yields.

Điền vào ô 6

A . ail

B. not

C. for

D. also

Read the following passage and write the letter A, B, C or D on the top of the first page to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 30 to 34.

In 1972. a century after the first national park in the United States was established at Yellowstone, legislation was passed to create the National Marine Sanctuaries Program. The intent of this legislation was to provide protection to selected coastal habitats similar to that existing for land areas designated as national parks. The designation of an areas a marine sanctuary indicates that it is a protected area, just as a national park is. People are permitted to visit and observe there, but living organisms and their environments may not be harmed or removed.

The National Marine Sanctuaries Program is administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a branch of the United States Department of Commerce. Initially, 70 sites were proposed as candidates for sanctuary status. Two and a half decades later, only fifteen sanctuaries had been designated, with half of these established after 1978. They range in size from the very small (less than 1 square kilometer) Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary in American Samoa to the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary in California, extending over 15,744 square kilometers.

The National Marine Sanctuaries Program is a crucial part of new management practices in which whole communities of species, and not just individual species, are offered some degree of protection from habitat degradation and overexploitation. Only in this way can a reasonable degree of marine species diversity be maintained in a setting that also maintains the natural interrelationships that exist among these species.

Several other types of marine protected areas exist in the United States and other countries. The National Estuarine Research Reserve System managed by the United States government, includes 23 designated and protected estuaries. Outside the United States, marine protected-area programs exist as marine parks, reserves and preserves.

Over 100 designated areas exist around the periphery of the Caribbean Sea. Others range from the well-known Australian Great Barrer Reef Marine Park to lesser-known parks in countries such as Thailand and Indonesia, where tourism is placing growing pressures on fragile coral reef systems. As state, national, and international agencies come to recognize the importance of conserving marine biodiversity, marine projected areas whether as sanctuaries,parks, or estuarine reserves, will play an increasingly important role in preserving that diversity.

The passage mentions which of the following as a threat to marine areas outside the United States?

A. Limitations in financial support

B. The use of marine species as food 

C. Variability of the climate

D. Increases in tourism

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions 23 to 29.

        For more than six million American children, coming home after school means coming back to an empty house. Some deal with the situation by watching TV. Some may hide. But all of them have something in common. They spend part of each day alone. They are called “latchkey children”. They are children who look after themselves while their parents work. And their bad condition has become a subject of concern.

      Lynette Long was once the principal of an elementary school. She said, “We had a school rule against wearing jewelry. A lot of kids had chains around their necks with keys attached. I was constantly telling them to put the keys inside shirts. There were so many keys; it never came to my mind what they meant.” Slowly, she learned that they were house keys.

        She and her husband began talking to the children who had keys. They learned of the effect working couples and single parents were having on their children. Fear was the biggest problem faced by children at home alone. One in three latchkey children the Longs talked to reported being frightened. Many had nightmares and were worried about their own safety

       The most common way latchkey children deal with their fears is by hiding. They may hide in a shower stall, under a bed or in a closet. The second is TV. They often turn the volume up. It’s hard to get statistics on latchkey children, the Longs have learned. Most parents are slow to admit that they leave their children alone.

What do latchkey children suffer most from when they are at home alone?

A . Tiredness

B. Boredom

C. Loneliness

D. Fear

Many airlines are offering discount tickets for flights. More people are flying for weekend trips to scenic cities.

A. If many airlines are offering discount tickets for flights, more people will be flying for weekend trips to scenic cities. 

B. Although many airlines are offering discount tickets for flights, more people are flying for weekend trips to scenic cities. 

C. As many airlines are offering discount tickets for flights, more people are dying for weekend trips to scenic cities. 

D. Many airlines are offering discount tickets for flights, or more people are flying for weekend trips to scenic cities.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks

                                                    THE EARTH GALLERIES
To many people, the word ‘geology’ conjures up rather dull image of lumps of rock in glass cases. People tend to regard geology as an academic subject that you don’t need to know about (56)________you have to study it at school. If you visit te Earth Galleries at London’s Natural history Museum, however, you’ll (57)________that this image couldn’t be further from the truth.

      The aim of the exhibition is not to procedure future geologists, but rather to inspire interest in a subject which is relevant to everyday life. The Earth Galleries turn the traditional idea of geological museum (58)________, literacy because you begin at the top. The central space in the museum is a glass-topped atrium. As you enter, you (59)________up to the top of this by escalator. On the (60)________, the escalator passed through a massive revolving globe, measuring eleven metres (61)________diameter. This represents a planet, not necessarily the Earth. (62)________at the top, you work your way down through the six different exhibitions that (63)________the museum.

      The individual exhibitions explain natural phenomena such as earthquakes and volcanoes as well as looking at the Earth’s energy (64)________and where our most common building (65)__________come from. These exhibitions allow everyone to appreciate the fascination of geology. 
Question 64

A. treasures

B. talents

C. resources

D. reservations

Fossil fuels come from dead plants and animals. These plants and animals died millions ofyears ago.

A. Plants and animals that died millions of years ago become fossil fuels. 

B. Fossil fuels come from plants and animals that died millions of years ago. 

C. Fossil fuels were made from plants and animals that died millions of years ago. 

D. Plants and animals died millions of years ago to become fossil fuels today.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Retailers are replenishing stocks after one of the strongest holiday sales seasons in recent years.

A. remaking

B. emptying

C. refilling

D. repeating

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks

                                                    THE EARTH GALLERIES
To many people, the word ‘geology’ conjures up rather dull image of lumps of rock in glass cases. People tend to regard geology as an academic subject that you don’t need to know about (56)________you have to study it at school. If you visit te Earth Galleries at London’s Natural history Museum, however, you’ll (57)________that this image couldn’t be further from the truth.

      The aim of the exhibition is not to procedure future geologists, but rather to inspire interest in a subject which is relevant to everyday life. The Earth Galleries turn the traditional idea of geological museum (58)________, literacy because you begin at the top. The central space in the museum is a glass-topped atrium. As you enter, you (59)________up to the top of this by escalator. On the (60)________, the escalator passed through a massive revolving globe, measuring eleven metres (61)________diameter. This represents a planet, not necessarily the Earth. (62)________at the top, you work your way down through the six different exhibitions that (63)________the museum.

      The individual exhibitions explain natural phenomena such as earthquakes and volcanoes as well as looking at the Earth’s energy (64)________and where our most common building (65)__________come from. These exhibitions allow everyone to appreciate the fascination of geology. 
Question 65

A. ingredients

B. materials

C. contents

D. substances