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Read the text and choose the best answer in 1-5.

“Oh, you’re so lucky living in Bath, it’s such a wonderful, lovely, historical place,” people say enthusiastically, and all you can think of is the awful parking, the crowds of tourists, the expensive shops, the narrow-minded council, and the terrible traffic....

Luckily, I don’t live in Bath but nearly ten miles away in a village called Limpley Stoke in the Avon valley. It seems to be normal in the countryside these days for professional people who work in the town prefer to live in the villages, this makes the housing so expensive that the villagers and agricultural workers have to live in the cheaper accommodation in town, with the result that the farmers commute out to the farm and everyone else commutes in. Certainly, there is nobody in the village could be called an old style villager. The people nearest to me include a pilot, an accountant, a British Rail manager, a retired teacher... not a farm worker among them. But I don’t think there is anything wrong with that- it’s just that the nature of villages is changing and there is still quite a strong sense of community here. A lot of this sense of community comes from the Post Office, which is a center for all the gossip and information. I find out what is going on while I am there, pretending to control my two-year-old son. My feeling is that if my son took the money collected for the children, it would go directly where it was needed but they don’t see it like that.

Working at home I tend to wander round the village at times when other people are at the office, which has given me a reputation for being incredibly lazy or unbelievably rich but I still don’t get enough time to look after the garden we bought. My wife had a good idea for the first year. “Let’s just leave it and see what comes up” There were some nice plants among the weeds. She had a good idea for the second year as well. “Why don’t we leave it and see if it all comes up again?” We did, and that is why we need to hire a full-time gardener this year.

What is the author’s attitude to Bath?

A. It is a wonderful place to live in.

B. It has far too many disadvantages.

C. He feels fortunate to live there.

D. It has many good shops.

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Chọn B

Dẫn chứng “the awful parking, the crowds of tourists, the expensive shops, the narrow-minded council, and the terrible traffic"

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Câu 2:

The people who live in the village

A. tend to work on the farms.

B. are mostly professionals who work in the town.

C. are able to afford houses in the town.

D. don’t like the old-style villagers.

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Chọn B

Dẫn chứng “"...prefers to live in the villages, this makes the housing so expensive that the villagers and agricultural workers have to live in the cheaper accommodation in town, with the result that the farmers commute out to the farm and everyone else commutes in."

Câu 3:

It would appear from the text that the Post Office

A. sells a wide range of cards.

B. is where most of the charity work is organized.

C. is a place where villagers can talk to each other.

D. sells a range of tinned food as well as stamps.

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Chọn C

Dẫn chứng “a lot of this sense of community comes from the post office, which is a center for all the gossip and information"

Câu 4:

The garden is not in good condition because

A. the author is too lazy to look after it.

B. the author can’t afford to pay a gardener.

C. the author’s no interest in it.

D. nobody has worked on it for over two years.

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Chọn C

Dẫn chứng “my wife had a good idea for the first year. 'let’s just leave it and see what comes up'... we did, and that is why we need to hire a full-time gardener this year."

Câu 5:

The author feels that living in the village

A. is better than living in Bath.

B. has a number of disadvantages

C. tends to be rather dull.

D. is something that everyone would enjoy

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Chọn D

The author feels that living in the village is something that everyone would enjoy.

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Câu 1

Mr. Green (teach) _ English in this school since he (graduate) _ from the university in 1986.

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Lời giải

Đáp án: has taught/graduated

Giải thích: Sự phối thì với “since”:

+ Mệnh đề sau “since” chia quá khứ đơn

+ Mệnh đề còn lại chia hiện tại hoàn thành

Dịch: Thầy Green dạy tiếng Anh ở trường này kể từ khi anh ấy tốt nghiệp đại học năm 1986.

Câu 2

This is the last time I go to this restaurant.

=> I certainly ____________________.

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Lời giải

Đáp án: I certainly won't go to this restaurant.

Giải thích: certainly + won’t + V: chắc chắn sẽ không làm gì

Dịch: Tôi chắc chắn sẽ không tới nhà hàng này nữa.

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