Text 1:

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase

Post Office service is (1) _______ developing with some certain inventions. The first envelopes were made (2) _________ cloth, animal skins, or vegetable parts. The Babylonians wrapped their messages in thin sheets of clay that were then baked. In 1653, a Frenchman, De Valayer established a postal system in Paris. He set up mail boxes and delivered any letters placed in them if they used envelopes which only he sold. (3) ______ enemy put live mice into the letter boxes and ruined De Valayer's business.

A schoolmaster from England, Rowland Hill (4) ________ the adhesive postage stamp in 1837, an act for (5) _______ he was knighted. Through his efforts the first stamp in the world was issued in England in 1840. Hill created the first uniform postage rates that were based on weight, rather than size.

Text 2:

Read the passage and then choose the best answer

Scientists around the world have been studying the warming of waters in the Pacific Ocean known as EL Nino. The appearance of EL Nino is known to affect the weather around the world. Scientists still do not completely understand it. Yet they now find they can use it to tell about the future in different areas of the world.

One example is the work of two scientists at Columbia University in New York, Mark Cane and Gordon Eshel. A scientist of Zimbabwe, Roger Buckland worked with them. They have found that when EL Nino appears, Zimbabwe has little or no rain. This means corn crops in Zimbabwe are poor. The last EL Nino was in 1991 to 1993. That was when southeastern suffered a serious lack of rain.

The scientists wrote about their recent work in the publication "Nature". Their computer program can tell when an EL Nino will develop up to a year before it does. They suggest that this could provide an effective early warning system for southern Africa, and could prevent many people from starving.

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EL Nino is known as ......................

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Câu 7:

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Scientists study EL Nino in order that they can .....................

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Câu 8:

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Which of the following is NOT true according to the article?

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Câu 9:

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Which of the following is TRUE according to the article?

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Câu 10:

Choose the best title for this article.

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Câu 24:

Our house ...................... in the storm last night.

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Câu 25:

Last night, he ................ me for .................... late.

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Câu 34:

He’s really delighted with his success.

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Câu 37:

Choose the correct sentence

We have been friends for years. It is quite easy to share secrets between us.

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Câu 38:

We got lost because we forgot to take a map with us.

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Câu 39:

“You have just got a promotion, haven’t you? Congratulations!” Peter said to his friend.

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Câu 40:

She is very intelligent. She can solve all the problems in no time.

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