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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase for each of the blanks from 15 to 19.

About 50 or so kinds of modern plastic are made from oil, gas, or coal-non-renewable natural resources. We (15)______ well over three million tons of the stuff in Japan each year and, sooner or later, most of it is thrown away. A high proportion of our animal consumption is in the (16)________ of packaging and this constitutes about seven percent by weight, of our domestic (17)________. Almost all of it can be recycled, but very little of it is, though the plastic recycling industry is growing fast. The plastics themselves are extremely energy - rich – they have a higher calorific (18)_________ than coal and one method of “recovery” strongly (19)__________ by plastic manufacturers if the conversion of waste plastic into a fuel.

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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 from 20 to 25

FIRST TIME IN THE AIR

When John Mills was going to fly in an airplane for the first time, he was frightened. He did not like the idea of being thousands of feet up in the air. “I also didn’t like the fact that I wouldn’t be in control,” says John. “I’m a terrible passenger in the car. When somebody else is driving, I tell them what to do. It drives everybody crazy.”

However John couldn’t avoid flying any longer. It was the only way he could visit his grandchildren in Canada.

“I had made up my mind that I was going to do it, I couldn’t let my son, his wife and their three children travel all the way here to visit me. It would be so expensive for them and I know Tom’s business isn‟t doing so well at the moment – it would also be tiring for the children – it’s a nine-hour flight!” he says.

To get ready for the flight John did lots of reading about airplanes. When he booked his seat, he was told that he would be flying on a Boeing 747, which is better known as a jumbo jet. “I needed to know as much as possible before getting on that plane. I suppose it was a way of making myself feel better. The Boeing 747 is the largest passenger aircraft in the world at the moment. The first one flew on February 9th 1969 in the USA. It can carry up to 524 passengers and 3.400 pieces of luggage. The fuel for airplanes is kept in the wings and the 747’s wings are so big that they can carry enough fuel for an average car to be able to travel 16,000 kilometers a year for 70 years. Isn‟t that unbelievable? Even though I had discovered all this very interesting information about the jumbo, when I saw it for the first time, just before I was going to travel to Canada, I still couldn‟t believe that something so enormous was going to get up in the air and fly. I was even more impressed when I saw how big it was inside with hundreds of people!”

The biggest surprise of all for John was the flight itself. “The take-off itself was much smoother than I expected although I was still quite scared until we were in the air. In the end, I managed to relax, enjoy the food and watch one of the movies and the view from the window was spectacular. I even managed to sleep for a while!

Of course,” continues John, “the best reward of all was when I arrived in Canada and saw my son and his family, particularly my beautiful grandchildren. Suddenly, I felt so silly about all the years when I couldn‟t even think of getting on a plane. I had let my fear of living stop me from seeing the people I love most in the world. I can visit my son and family as often as I like now!”

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Danh sách câu hỏi:

Câu 8:

She noticed _______ away from the house.

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Câu 9:

George has ____; he loves cakes, chocolate, ice- cream- anything which is sweet.

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Câu 10:

She’s so _______; you really have to watch you say or she’ll walk out of the room.

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Câu 12:

_______ one or more units of living substance called protoplasm.

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Câu 17:

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of our domestic (17)________.

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Câu 20:

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Why did John Mills fly in an airplane?

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Câu 21:

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Why did John read about airplanes?

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Câu 22:

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What happened when he saw the jumbo jet for the first time?

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Câu 24:

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What surprised John most about the flight?

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Câu 25:

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How did John feel about his fears in the end?

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Câu 26:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions

The traffic is so heavy. It will take us at least an hour to get there.

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Câu 27:

There were no poor performance. Moreover, that of the Russian dancers was certainly the best.

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Câu 32:

- Anne: “ Fancy a bite to eat?”- Barbara: “_____”

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Câu 34:

Andrew is talking to a waiter in a restaurant.

Andrew: "Can I have the bill, please?"

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Câu 39:

I bought the ring as a memento of Greek.

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