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 following blanks.

KEEPING FIT

Bodies are made to move! They are not (19)  _________for sitting around in front of the television or reading magazines. Keeping fit doesn’t (20) _________you have to be a super-athlete, and even (21)  ______exercise can give you a lot of fun. When you are fit and healthy, you will find you look better and feel better. You will develop more energy and self-confidence.

Every time you move, you are exercising. The human body is designed to bend, stretch, run, jump and climb. (22)  _________it does, the stronger and fitter it will become. Best of all, exercise is fun. It’s what your body likes doing most-keeping on the (23) _________.

Physical exercise is not only good for your body. People who take regular exercise are usually happier, more relaxed and more alert (24)  _________people who sit around all day. Try an experiment-next time you are (25) _________a bad mood, go for a walk or play a ball game in the park. See how much better you feel after an hour.

A good (26)  _________of achievement is yet another benefit of exercise. People feel good about themselves when they know they have (27)  _________their fitness. People who exercise regularly will tell you that they find they have more energy to enjoy life. So have (28) _________-you’ll soon see and feel the benefits.

 Điền vào ô 24

A. then                  

B. about                 

C. than                   

D. with

Choose one word whose underlined that is pronounced differently. Identify your answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D.

A. telephone

B. restaurant

C. interpreter

D. perverted

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

The bomb exploded in the garage; fortunately no one hurt

A. taken off 

B. went off  

C. put on  

D. hold up

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

Located in central Africa, Lake Victoria is a very unusual lake. __( 44 )__ of the largest lakes in the world; it is also one of the youngest. Estimated to be about 15,000 years old, it is a relative baby compared with Earth’s other very large lakes, __( 45 )__ more than two million years old. Yet judging by the variety of life in it, Lake Victoria __( 46 )__ a much older body of water. Usually, lakes need a much longer time __( 47 )__ by a diverse array of life-forms. It is common for new lakes to contain only a small number of species. Lake Victoria, however, is packed with colorful fish, most notably, cichlids. There are __( 48 )__ 500 different species of just this one type of fish

Điền ô số 45

A. are

B. which can be

C. they are

D. which being

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the corresponding sentence to have the same meaning as the original one provided above in each of the following ones

When she received the exam results, she immediately phoned her mom.

A. She immediately phoned her mom that she would receive the exam results

B. No sooner had she received the exam results than she phoned her mom

C. No sooner had she phoned her mom than she received the exam results

D. She received the exam results immediately after she phoned her mom

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

Hanging upside down from a tall building isn’t normally most kid’s idea of fun, especially if your hands and feet are tied together. But then, if you read about the life of Ehrich Weiss, you’ll discover he was not your (45)…………….kid. As an adult, he (46)………….his name to Harry Houdini and went on to become a world-famous escape artist. In fact, (47) …………..some people, he was the greatest escape artist of all time.

Born in Hungary, in 1874, Harry Houdini was (48) ………………in the USA. Around the age of twelve, he developed a great (49) ………………in magic and started performing card tricks in small theatres and at fun fairs. Harry later developed amazing escape tricks, and these really drew the public’s (50)…………

(51) How he was tied up- with chains, ropes or handcuffs- the great Harry Houdini would (52)……………manage to escape. Once people had become used to his tricks, he would develop even more dangerous ones, including escaping from water- filled tanks and cases. Harry Houdini was a clever showman and he always managed to get excellent (53) …………….for his shows. (54)…………….he arrived in a new town, he would invite the police to put handcuffs on him, which, of course, he then escaped from.

Điền vào ô 51

A. No way

B. No matter

C. No need

D. No wonder

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

GETTING TO THE ROOT OF BONSAI CRIME

Bonsai trees have always been a source of great fascination to people. They are perfect miniatures, grown in pots small enough to sit on a windowsill. You have to keep reminding yourself that these frees are actually real and identical to their larger cousins in all (31) ______except their size. Rather like other small and perfectly-formed artifacts, bonsai trees command quite a high price in the marketplace and so it doesn't come as a great surprise to find that they also (32) ______the attention of thieves. It seems that quite a flourishing business has evolved, in which they are stolen from the homes of growers and collectors, then repotted and trimmed by unscrupulous dealers, to be sold on, at good prices, to (33) ______buyers.

One of Britain's top collectors of bonsai trees, Paul Widdington, believes that he has found a solution, however. After losing his life's work, valued at £250,000, when burglars broke into his home one night, Paul decided to (34) ______the possibilities of electronically tagging the trees he bought as a replacement. This involves injecting a microchip the size of a grain of rice into the trunk of each tree. Each chip is a laser-etched with information which is stored in a central register held by the police. Paul is quite aware that this kind of data-tagging doesn't (35) ______thieves from stealing the trees in the first place, although it may increase the chances of getting them back. So he's also installing a security alarm system complete with infra-red detectors, in his home

điền ô 32

A. attract

B. inquire

C. appeal

D. invite

Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions

A. breathe

B. threat

C. spread

D. ready