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.

The country is more beautiful than a town and pleasant to live in. Many people think so and go to the country for the summer holidays though they can not live there all the year round. Some have a cottage built in a village so that they can go there whenever they can find the time. Almost every village has a church, the round or square tower of which can be seen from many miles around. Surrounding the church is the churchyard where people are buried.

The village green is a wide stretch of grass. Houses or cottages are built round it. Country life is now fairly comfortable and many villages have the water brought through pipes into house.

Most villages are so close to some small towns that people can go there to buy what they can't find in the village shops.

28. When do city people often go to the country?

A.  the summer holidays        B.  all the year round        

C.  at Christmas            D. at the weekends

29. What is the advantage of the coty people when they have a cottage built in the village?

A. They can have their houses rented.

B. They can go to the country at weekends.

C. They can go to the country whenever they can find the time.

D. All are correct.

30. What is the common feature of English villages?

A. They have church.          

B. They have church with a tall tower and a village green.

C. They have a village green.            

D. They have running water.

31. What is NOT mentinoned in the life of English villages?

A. The village green          B. The church           C. Running water          D. The Internet

32. What can villagers do when their villages are close to small towns?

A. They can go there to buy whatever they want.

B. They can go there to buy cheaper things.

C. They can go there to buy what is not found in the village shops.

D. They can go there to buy luxury goods.

Mark letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the original sentence in each of the following questions.(có giải thích)

33. “ Do you have a camera?” she asked.

A. She wanted to know if I have a camera. 

B. She wanted to know if I had a camera.

C. She asked me whether I did have a camera. 

D.she asked me whether did I have a camera.

34. The exam lasted three hours.

A. We finished the exam at three o'clock.B. It was a three-hour exam.  C.It takes us three hours to take the exam.D. We had three-hours exam.

35.Unlike her friends, Jane prefers an independent life.

A. Jane doesn't like her friends because she prefers an independent life.

B. Her friends live in an independent life and Jane doesn't like it.

C. Jane doesn't like her friends to live in a dependent life.

D.Jane prefers an independent life but her friends do not.

36. We started to write to each other three years ago.

A.  We used to write to each other for three years.

B.  We have written to each other for three years.

C.  We wrote to each other since three years.

D.  We used to write to each other in three years.

37. If it hadn't been so late, I would have called you.

A.  It was not late when I called you. B.  It was late, so I did not call you.

C.  It was late, but I called you. D.  It was not late but I did not call you.

38. This flat is too small for my family.

A.  This flat is not enough big for my family.

B.  This flat is not big enough for my family.

C.  This flat is not very big for my family.

D.  This flat is not rather big for my family.

39. Keeping calm is the secret of passing the driving test.

A. Keep calm or you will pass the driving test.

B. As long as you keep calm, you will pass the driving test.

C. Unless you keep calm you will pass the driving test.

D. Pass the driving test is without keeping calm.

40. Nobody has invited her to the party.

A.  No one has been invited to the party. B.  She has invited nobody to the party.

C.  Nobody has given a party to her. D.She hasn't been invited to the party.