Text 1:

Read the passages below and choose the best answer from the four options marked A, B, C or D.

Several hundred million years ago, plants similar to modern ferns covered vast stretches of the land. Some were as large as trees, with giant fronds bunched at the top of trunks as straight as pillars. Others were the size of bushes and formed thickets of undergrowth. Still others lived in the shade of giant club mosses and horsetails along the edges of swampy lagoons where giant amphibians swan.

A great number of these plants were true ferns, reproducing themselves without fruits or seeds. Others had only the appearance of ferns. Their leaves had organs of sexual reproduction and produced seeds. Although their “flowers” did not have corollas, these false ferns (today completely extinct) ushered in the era of flowering plants. Traces of these flora of the earliest times have been preserved in the form of fossils. Such traces are most commonly found in shale and sandstone rocks wedged between coal beds.

Today only tropical forests bear living proof of the ancient greatness of ferns. The species that grow there are no longer those of the Carboniferous period, but their variety and vast numbers, and the great size of some, remind us of the time when ferns ruled the plant kingdom.

Text 2:

Read the passages below and choose the best answer from the four options marked A, B, C or D.  

           Most of us tend to think of production when we think of mass media industries. After all, it is the output of this production – the papers we read, the cable TV shows we watch – that grab our attention, make us happy or angry, interested or bored. Moreover, most public discussion about mass communication tends to be about production. The latest gossip about that actor will be in what film, the angry comments a mayor makes about the violence on local TV news, the newest CDs by an up-and-coming group – these are the kinds of topics that focus our attention on the making of content, not its distribution or exhibition.

           Media executives know, however, that production is only one step in the arduous and risky process of getting a mass media idea to an audience. Distribution is the delivery of the produced material to the point where it will be shown to its intended audience. The activity takes place out of public view. We have already mentioned the NBC acts as a distributor when it disseminates television programming via satellite to TV stations. When Philadelphia Newspapers Inc. delivers its Philadelphia Inquirer to city newsstands, when Twentieth – Century – Fox moves its Musicland stores, they are involved in distribution to exhibitions.

Text 3:

Put the words in capitals in the right forms.

SCHOOL REPORT

Margaret started English Literature this term, and I am afraid that her (1)__________ (introduce) to the subject has not been entirely (2)__________ (success). She has not shown much enthusiasm, and does not always pay (3)__________ (attend) in class. Her assignments are often (4)__________ (read), because she is so untidy, and because of her (5)__________ (fail) to check her work thoroughly. She failed to do any (6)__________ (revise) before the end of term test, and had poor results. She seems to have the (7)__________ (mistake) idea that she can succeed without studying. She has also had many (8)__________ (absent) and has frequently arrived late for class. This has resulted in several (9)__________ (punish). Although Margaret is a (10)__________ (gift) student in some respects, she has not had a satisfactory term.

Text 4:

 Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with the correct answer.

SPORT IN PRISON

For all the arguments about prison, there is no getting (1)__________ from the fact that it exists. Once the judge and (2)__________ have done their job, we have to (3)__________ thousands of men and women occupied until they are (4)__________. Sport is ideal (5)__________ prisoners for many reasons. Being (6)__________ punishes people by taking away their freedom; just because someone gets in (7)__________ with the law, we have no (8)__________ to take away their health as well. Secondly, the (9)__________ that you feel when you are (10)__________ up for a long prison (11)__________ can make you very anti-social and aggressive. The (12)__________ thing we want is for people to come out (13)__________ ten years, or even ten months, and (14)__________up the first person they see. Sport provides a way of controlling that (15) __________.

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Câu 11:

"What are you doing?”

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Câu 43:

Text 1

What does the passage mainly discuss?

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Câu 45:

Text 1

Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a characteristic of the plants described in the passage?

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Câu 49:

Text 2

The passage states that people tend to focus on production because _______.

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Câu 51:

Text 2

This passage states that distribution is_______.

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Câu 52:

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The author’s purpose in writing this passage is to ________.

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