Read the following passage and choose the best answer to each question. Write your answers in the space provided
VIII. Read the following passage and choose the best answer to each question. Write your answers in the space provided. (1,0 points)
Nhan and Huong want to know their friends’ favorite free time activities, so they are asking their friends about what they like to do in their free time. Many of their friends say that usually eat and drink as well as chat with their friends. They like to talk about many things around them: their teachers, their friends, their families as well as their favorite musicians, singers, soccer players and movie stars. There are some popular activities after lessons at their school such as: skipping rope, reading books and playing sports. At home, many of their friends say they like to watch TV, listen to music or play computer games. They rarely go to the movies. Some of the girls like to go shopping. Very few of their friends like to do English exercises on the Internet. Many of their friends don’t take part in art, music club.
1. What do many of Nhan and Huong’s friends usually do in free time?
A. eat, drink and chat. B. go shopping
C. go to the movie. D. do English exercises on the Internet.
2. What do their friends like to talk about?
A. their teachers, friends and families B. their favorite musician and singers
C. their favorite soccer players and D. many things around them
movie stars
3. Which of the following activities is NOT popular with their friends at school?
A. Skipping rope B. Take part in art, music club
C. Reading books D. Playing sports
4. Which of the following activities is NOT popular with their friends at home?
A. Watching T.V B. Listening to music
C. Do English exercises on the Internet D. Playing computer games
5. What does the passage talk about?
A. Nhan and Huong’s friends B. Free time activities of Nhan and Huong’s friends
C. Nhan and Huong’s school D. Nhan and Huong’s pastimes
IX. Fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word. Write your answers in the space provided. (2,0 points)
In the USA, students (1)_____________their secondary education at the age of 11. First they (2)_____________to Middle School for three years. Then they go for High School for four years, from the age 14 to 18. Some students (3)_____________ school when they are 16 and (4)_______________ jobs. But most students (5)_____________at High School still they are 18. Then they (6) _____________ exams and they get “High School Diploma”. There aren’t any national exams.
All students at secondary school in the USA (7)_____________English, maths, science, and P.E., but students (8)_______________other subjects, so they don’t all study the same subjects.
About 90% of (9)___________ in the USA go to state school. About 10% go to (10)______________ schools. Most of the private schools are religious schools.
SECTION 5. WRITING
XI. Finish the second sentence in each pair in such a way that it means the same as the sentence before it. (1,0 point)
1. Nobody plays this piece of music as beautifully as he does.
→ He plays this…………………………………………………
2. We spent five hours getting to London.
→ It took ........................................................................................
3. Listening to music gives him pleasure.
→ He enjoys...................................................................................
4. She is more beautiful than her younger sister.
→ Her ...........................................................................................
5. They began studying English in 2015.
→ They .........................................................................................
6. You ought to go to school now.
→ It’s time ....................................................................................
7. We couldn’t keep on cleaning the streets because of the heavy rain.
→ Because it……………………………………………………………….
8. We can’t afford to buy the car.
→ The car is ...................................................................................
9. People say that he wins the first prize.
→ He is said to ...............................................................................
10. She bought that house in 1990.
→ She has ......................................................................................