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 following questions.

            Speech is one of the most important (55) _________ of communicating. It consists of far more than just making noises. To talk and also to (56) _________ by other people, we have to speak a language, that is,  we have to use combinations of (57)_________ that everyone agrees to stand for a particular object or idea. Communication would be impossible if everyone made up their own language. Learning a language properly is very (58)_________ . The basic (59) _________  of English is not very large, and not only about 2,000 words are needed to speak it quite (60) _________. But the more idea you can (61) _________ the more precise you can be about their exact meaning. Words are the (62)_________  thing we use in communicating what we want to say. The way we (63) _________ the words is  also very important. Our tone of voice can express many emotions and (64) _________  whether we are  pleased or angry, for instance.

Điền vào ô 59

A. vocabulary                

B. grammar                    

C. structure                    

D. word

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each on the following questions.
While working as a travel agency, my elder brother specialized in arranging tours of the Mekong Delta for foreign tourists.

A. a travel agency

B.  While

C.  specialized in

D.  tours of

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 following questions.

            Speech is one of the most important (55) _________ of communicating. It consists of far more than just making noises. To talk and also to (56) _________ by other people, we have to speak a language, that is,  we have to use combinations of (57)_________ that everyone agrees to stand for a particular object or idea. Communication would be impossible if everyone made up their own language. Learning a language properly is very (58)_________ . The basic (59) _________  of English is not very large, and not only about 2,000 words are needed to speak it quite (60) _________. But the more idea you can (61) _________ the more precise you can be about their exact meaning. Words are the (62)_________  thing we use in communicating what we want to say. The way we (63) _________ the words is  also very important. Our tone of voice can express many emotions and (64) _________  whether we are  pleased or angry, for instance.

Điền vào vào ô 58

A. simple              

B. important                  

C. expensive                  

D. easy

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

Once in a while, I visit my grandparents on the farm and stay there for some days.

A. Rarely

B. Regularly

C. Usually

D. Sometimes

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 following questions.

            Speech is one of the most important (55) _________ of communicating. It consists of far more than just making noises. To talk and also to (56) _________ by other people, we have to speak a language, that is,  we have to use combinations of (57)_________ that everyone agrees to stand for a particular object or idea. Communication would be impossible if everyone made up their own language. Learning a language properly is very (58)_________ . The basic (59) _________  of English is not very large, and not only about 2,000 words are needed to speak it quite (60) _________. But the more idea you can (61) _________ the more precise you can be about their exact meaning. Words are the (62)_________  thing we use in communicating what we want to say. The way we (63) _________ the words is  also very important. Our tone of voice can express many emotions and (64) _________  whether we are  pleased or angry, for instance.

Điền vào ô 61

A. pass                         

B. express            

C. grow                

D. nee

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.

Rachel Carson was born in 1907 inSpringsdale,Pennsylvania. She studied biology at college and zoology atJohnsHopkinsUniversity, where she received her master’s degree in 1933. In 1936, she was hired by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, where she worked most of her life.

Carson’s first book, Under the Sea Wind, was published in 1941. It received excellent reviews, but sales were poor until it was reissued in 1952. In that year she published The Sea Around Us, which provided a fascinating look beneath the ocean’s surface, emphasizing human history as well as geology and marine biology. Her imagery and language had a poetic quality.Carson consulted no less than 1,000 printed sources. She had voluminous correspondence and frequent discussions with experts in the field. However, she always realized the limitations of her nontechnical readers.

In 1962, Carsonpublished Silent Spring, a book that sparked considerable controversy. It proved how much harm was done by the uncontrolled, reckless use of insecticides. She detailed how they poison the food supply of animals, kill birds and fish, and contaminate human food. At the time, spokesmen for the chemical industry mounted personal attacks against Carson and issued propaganda to indicate that her findings were flawed. However, her work was proved by a 1963 report of the President’s Science Advisory Committee.

Which of the following was NOT mentioned in the passage as a source of information for The Sea Around Us?

A. printed matter

B. talks with experts

C. a research expedition

D. letters from scientists