A person’s final passage is death. Every culture has rituals in which the person and his or

her family make this transition. In Thailand, a Buddhist country, people believe that after death,

the person is born again, in another body. Everything the person did in life – both good and bad –

determines whether the next life will be a good one or not. Of course, family members and friends

want to achieve a good rebirth for the deceased, and this is a major goal for a Thai funeral.

As a Thai person is dying, the family members encourage him or her to think about

Buddhist scriptures holy writing – or to repeat one of the names of the Buddha. Then, after the

person dies, the family takes the deceased to the temple. They lay the body down, cover him or

her, and place one hand outside of the blanket. The family and friends show respect by washing

the hand of the deceased. Then they put the body in a coffin. People burn candles and sweet￾smelling incense around the coffin, and Buddhist monks come to chant – recite prayers. In the next

step, perhaps three days, one week, or 100 days later, friends, relatives, and monks take the coffin

to the cemetery for the cremation, at which there is more chanting. The coffin is placed on a funeral

pyre. At this point, people come up to it with white paper flowers, candles and incense. One by

one, they light the pyre, and the body is burned. It is believed that when the body still exists, the

spirit can benefit from the chanting; however, when the body is cremated, the spirit is cut off from

the world. After the cremation, people go home. The family usually takes some of the ashes home,

but some families keep the ashes at the temple.

Summary: Fill each gap with a suitable word from the text.

In Thailand, where people are (1) ___________, it is believed that a person will be reborn

in another body after (2) _________. Therefore, during a (3) __________ the family members and

friends of the deceived aim at achieving a good rebirth for the dead person. When a Thai person is

dying, he or she is encouraged to think about Buddhist holy writing or repeat the names of the

Buddha. As the person passes away, he or she will be taken to the (4) _________, where they

corpse is covered with one (5) __________ outside of the blanket. The family members and friends

wash it and then they put the body in a coffin. Sweet-smelling incense and (6) _________ will be

burned around the coffin and Buddhist monks come to say prayers. After that the body will be

taken to the (7) _________ for the cremation. It is after the corpse is (8) __________that people

believe the spirit is cut off from the world. When the cremation is finished, people take some of

the (9) __________ home, but some families keep the ashes at the temple.

PASSAGE 2: What Was the Silk Road?

Along the famous Silk Road, cultures have influenced each other from ancient times,

although it was not truly one continuous road. Instead, it was a 5,000-mile series or network of

trails that connected East Asia to the Mediterranean. In ancient times, it was never called the “Silk

Road”. The term Silk Road was coined in the 19th century by a German explorer. He was thinking

of one of the goods that people in the West found especially desirable – silk fabric from China.

For centuries, the Chinese kept as a secret the way in which silk is produced. They exchanged this

fabric for Mediterranean glass, whose production was also kept secret by the Romans. However, merchants also moved many other goods along these trade routes: spices (such as cinnamon),

musical instruments, tea, valuable stones, wool, linen, and other fabrics. Ideas and knowledge also

moved along the Silk Road. Travelers to foreign regions took with them ideas about art,

architecture, styles of living, and religion.

In a sense, there were two Silk Roads – the literal, historical one and the figurative one.

The historical network of trails was used from approximately 100 B.C.E until the 16th century

C.E. Almost nobody actually made a complete trip from one end to the other. Instead, merchants

used to carry goods along one section of the road and sell them to other merchants at an oasis in

the desert or a town in the mountains. These merchants, in turn, took the goods to the next stop,

and so on. The figurative Silk Road is a symbol of the cross-cultura1 exchange of knowledge. This

continues even today. In short, the Silk Road was the way that goods and ideas, moved across a

vast area of Asia and south eastern Europe.

Summary: Fill each gap with a suitable word from the text.

It was not until the 19th century that “Silk Road”, a (1) __________ invented by an (2)

__________ appeared. That was a network of trails that connected East Asia to the Mediterranean.

For centuries, the Chinese (3) ___________ exchanged their silk for Mediterranean glass, a secret

by the Romans. Merchants also traded in other goods along these routes. Not only (4) _________

but also ideas and knowledge also moved along the Silk Road by merchants and (5) __________.

Therefore, the Silk Road means the exchange of products and also the cross-cultural exchange of

knowledge between Asia and south eastern Europe.

PASSAGE 3: The Art of the Body

Three common types of body decoration are mehndi, tattooing, and scarification. Mehndi

is the art of applying dye (usually dark orange or dark brown) to the skin of women in India,

Islamic cultures, and Africa. The dye comes from the henna plant and is applied in a beautiful

design that varies from culture to culture – fine, thin lines in India and large flower patterns in the

Arab world, for example. A tattoo is also a design or mark made with a kind of dye (usually dark

blue); however, unlike henna, it is put into a cut in the skin. In scarification – found mainly in

Africa – dirt or ashes are put into the cuts instead of dye; the result is a design that is unique to the

person’s tribe. Three lines on each side of a man’s face identify him as a member of the Yoruba

tribe of Nigeria, for example. A complex geometric design on a woman’s back identifies her as

Nuba (from Sudan) and also makes her more beautiful in the eyes of her people. In the 1990s,

tattooing became popular among youth in urban Western societies. Unlike people in tribal cultures,

these young people had no tradition of tattooing, except among sailors and criminals. To these

young people, the tattoos were beautiful and were sometimes also a sign of rebellion against older,

more conservative people in the culture. These days, tattooing has become common and is usually

not symbolic of rebellion.

Summary: Fill each gap with a suitable word from the text.

Mehndi, tattooing and scarification are three popular ways by which people decorate their

(1) __________. In India, Islamic cultures and Africa, women put dark orange or brown (2)

_________ on their skin. This is referred to as mehndi. The second kind of (3) __________ of the

human body is tattooing. A tattoo is a design or mark made with a kind of dark blue dye. People

make a (4) __________ into the skin and put this dye into it. The third type of body decoration is

known as scarification. It is similar to tattooing in that people cut into their body. However, they

do not put dye into the cuts. They use dirt or ashes (5) __________. The design made is unique to

the person’s tribe. Among the three types of body decoration, tattooing became popular with young

people in urban Western societies because they considered them as something (6) __________.

E hỏi gấp ạ, mogg mn trl sớm vs huhuhu, mai nộp dl mk hqua quên làm

1.      We are writing letters here now

2.      They pay him the salary every month.

3.      I  have sent her the wrong tickets.

4.      someone will give Sally the message.

5.      They didn’t ask us for the address.

6.      They do not offer Ann the job.

7.      They will ask her a lot of question at the interview.

8.      Mary gave Lan a present.

9.      Someone had paid the men £ 800 to do the job.

10. People are destroying large areas of forest every day.

11. They were using the tennis court

12. You may buy videos like this one anywhere.

13. People expect the better result soon.

PART 7: Read the passage below carefully and choose the best answer.

Langston Hughes was one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century. He was born in Joplin, Missouri, and moved to Cleveland at the age of 14. Several years later he spent one year in Mexico before attending Columbia University in New York. For a few years after that, he roamed the world as a seaman, visiting ports around the world and writing some poetry. He returned to the United States and attended Lincoln University, where he won the Witter Bynner Prize for undergraduate poetry. After graduating in 1928, he traveled to Spain and to Russia with the help of a Guggenheim fellowship. His novels include Not without Laughter (1930) and The Big Sea (1940). He wrote an autobiography in 1956 and also published several collections of poetry. The collections include The Weary Blues (1926), The Dream Keeper (1932), Shakespeare in Harlem (1942), Fields of Wonder (1947), One Way Ticket (1947), and Selected Poems (1959) A man of many talents, Hughes was also a lyricist, librettist, and a journalist. As an older man in the 1960s, he spent much of his time collecting poems from Africa and from African-Americans to popularize black writers. Hughes is one of the most accomplished writers in American literary history, and he is seen as one of the artistic leaders of the Harlem Renaissance, the period when a neighborhood that was predominantly black produced a flood of great literature, music, and other art forms depicting daily city life for African-Americans.

1. What is the main topic of this passage?

3.       As used in the passage, which of the following words could best replace the word "ports"?

A.  Islands     B. Ships         C. Friends.     D. Harbors

4.       To which of the following movements might Shakespeare in Harlem refer?

A.  The Civil War    B. The Harlem Riots

                   C. The Harlem Renaissance            D. The Civil Rights Movement

5.       What provided Hughes with assistance for his travel to Spain and Russia?

A.  His job as a reporter     B. His career as a soldier

                  C. A literary fellowship                               D. A college study program

6.       The word "talents" in the passage could be replaced by which of the following?

A.  Desires    B. Abilities    C. Strategies  D. Careers

7.       According to the author, what did Hughes do during the later years of his life? A. Write short stories    B. Popularize African-American writers

                   C. Advocate racial equality         .               D. Write about life in Harlem

8.       Which of the following could best replace the word "accomplished" as used in the passage?

A.  Successful          B. Prolific      C. Brilliant    D. Imaginative

9.       Which of the following can best substitute for the word "depicting" in the passage?

A.  Congratulating   Blessing         C. Screening  D. Portraying

10.  According to the passage, Langston Hughes was all of the following EXCEPT:

A.  A novelist           B. A poet       C. A historian           D. A journalism.