1. Hãy đọc đoạn văn sau và chọn câu trả lời tốt nhất trong số A, B, C và D.
We knew Sylvia and Jack had had problems with their flat, but we had not been told the
details. Not until they came for a weekend in September, that is.
At dinner on the Friday evening Kitty said, “You wrote that the flat wasn’t quite what you
expected. We imagined the worst, like horrid neighbours or rising damp. Of course, it could be
just too small. You’re sharing with another couple, aren’t you?”
“Were sharing, Mother,” Sylvia replied.
“It really wasn’t necessary,” Jack explained proudly. “I’ve had a substantial rise, and we
can easily manage. It’s much better to be independent”
“Oh, much,” I agreed.
“What was the trouble?” Kitty asked, impatient and unwilling to let go. “Nothing much,”
Sylvia said. “The flat’s fine. It was the other couple, Sally and Tom Ford. You’ve never seen
such an untidy pair. We shared the sitting- room and the kitchen and the bathroom and got fed
up with the mess of it all.”
“And what made it worse,” Jack put in, “was that they accused us of the same sort of thing.
Tom and I nearly came to blows when he locked up some of their wedding presents we were
all using, as they used ours, naturally.”
“You take a chance when you make a sharing arrangement,” Kitty said, “unless you’ve
known the other people a long time. Were they always disorganised like that, or did it start
suddenly? Something might have upset the girl.”
“I knew her for three years at college, Mother. She seemed all right then.
I had the shock of my life when I saw how she and Tom lived.”
“I never realised you were so particular, my dear,” Kitty said with a smile.
“I am, in my own flat,” Sylvia said. “Sally and Tom left a month ago.”
“We could have left instead,” Jack said. “But why should we? After all, the flat was in our
names, not theirs. We were glad to see the back of them.”
Two weeks later Kitty and I returned their visit for lunch on Sunday. It was the first time
we had been to their flat. To say that we were shocked is not true, because we knew our
daughter extremely well. The flat had fairly recently been in quite good condition; it was now
a chaos of dirt and damage and indescribable confusion. I did not know how anyone could
possibly live there. But Sylvia noticed nothing.”

1. What did Kitty hope to do that weekend in September?
A. Look for a larger flat for Sylvia.
B. Get to know the neighbours better.
C. Find out what went wrong in Sylvia’s flat.
D. Do something to cure the dampness of Sylvia’s flat
2. When Sylvia said they “were sharing” (paragraph 3), she meant that _______
A. they had never agreed about sharing.
B. they had shared and were still sharing.
C. they intended to share in the future.
D. they were no longer sharing.
3. Jack was pleased to announce that _______
A. he was now earning a higher salary.
B. they would soon move to a much better flat.
C. the rent of the flat had just been reduced.
D. they had paid off all their debts.
4. According to Sylvia, what was wrong with the other couple?
A. They were nervous and over-anxious to please.
B. They caused a lot of trouble over nothing.
C. They were too disorderly to live with.
D. They were falsely accused of being dirty.
5. When Tom locked up the presents, _______
A. Jack smashed some of the things.
B. he and Jack almost started to fight.
C. he took a few that belonged to Sylvia and Jack.
D. Jack decided to break the lock.
6. What was Jack’s opinion about leaving the flat?
A. He would have given it up, but Sylvia disagreed.
B. He thought they would have to clean it up before leaving.

C. He wanted to live there but did not have an agreement.
D. He was not willing to give it up.
7. The writer was honest enough to admit that _______


A. Tom and Sally Ford should share the blame.
B. the fault lay chiefly with-Sylvia.
C. it was Jack’s responsibility to get a better flat.
D. two couples could not live in harmony in one flat.
8. What relation was Jack to the writer of the passage?
A. Grandson.

B. Brother-in-law. C. Son-in-law.

D. Son.

2. Hãy đọc đoạn văn sau và chọn câu trả lời tốt nhất trong số A, B, C và D.
The dog, called Prince, was an intelligent animal and a slave to Williams. From morning
till night, when Williams was at home, Prince never left his sight, practically ignoring all other
members of the family. The dog had a number of dearly defined duties, for which Williams
had patiently trained him and, like the good pupil he was, Prince lived for the chance to
demonstrate his abilities. When Williams wanted to put on his boots, he would murmur
“Boots” and within seconds the dog would drop them at his feet. At nine every morning Prince
ran off to the general store in the village, returning shortly not only with Williams’s daily
paper but with a half-ounce packet of Wlliams’s favourite tobacco, John Rhiney’s Mixed. A
gun-dog by breed, Prince possessed a large soft mouth specially evolved for the safe carrying
of hunted creatures, so the paper and the tobacco came to no harm, never even showing a
tooth mark.
Williams was a railwayman, an engine driver and he wore a blue uniform which smelled of
oil and oil fuel. He had to work at odd times –“days”, “late days” or “nights”. Over the years

Prince got to know these periods of work and rest, knew when his master would leave the
house and return, and the dog did not waste this knowledge. If Williams overslept, as he often
did, Prince barked at the bedroom door until he woke, much to the annoyance of the family.
On his return, Williams’s slippers were brought to him, the paper and tobacco too if previously
undelivered.
A curious thing happened to Williams during the snow and ice of last winter. One evening
he slipped and fell on the icy pavement somewhere between the village and his home. He was
so badly shaken that he stayed in bed for three days; and not until he got up and dressed again
did he discover that he had lost his wallet containing over fifty pounds. The house was turned
upside down in the search, but the wallet was not found. However, two days later - that was
five days after the fall - Prince dropped the wallet into Williams’s hand. Very muddy, stained


and wet through, the little case still contained fifty- three pounds, Williams’s driving licence
and a few other papers. Where the dog had found it no one could tell, but found it he had and
recognised it probably by the faint oily smell on the worn leather.
1. What was the relationship between Williams and Prince?
A. So far as Williams was concerned, nothing was too good for Prince.
B. The dog protected Williams from the others in the family.
C. Prince behaved as he did through fear of Williams.
D. The dog would do anything for Williams.
2. How did the dog perform his duties?
A. He was delighted to show them off.
B. He did his best but was not often successful.
C. He did them quickly, to get them over.
D. He had few opportunities to do them.
3. What does the passage tell us about gun-dogs?
A. They are the fastest runners of all dogs
B. Their teeth are removed when they are young.
C. They can carry birds, etc. without hurting them.

D. They breed well, producing many young dogs.
4. As a result of Williams’s work, _______
A. he did not get enough sleep.
B. there was an oily smell from his clothes
C. the dog grew accustomed to travelling by train.
D. the dog was confused about the time of day.
5. It upset Williams’s wife and family when _______
A. Williams had to go to work at night
B. the dog made too much noise in the house.
C. Williams made them all get up early.
D. the dog would not let them see the newspaper.
6. Williams did not realise his loss for several days because _______
A. he trusted the dog to find the wallet.
B. he was unconscious all that time.


C. he thought the wallet was in the house.
D. he had no occasion to feel in his pockets.
7. The dog thought it was Williams’s wallet because _______
A. he found it where Williams had fallen.
B. he had seen it before and recognised it.
C. of the mud that was on it.
D. the scent of it was familiar to him.
3. Hãy đọc đoạn văn sau và chọn câu trả lời tốt nhất trong số A, B, C và D.
Katy had fallen asleep after lunch in one of Mrs. Hamley’s comfortable armchairs. An open
magazine lay on her knee and one arm hung down loosely. She looked soft and young, like a
child; and a rush of love sprang into her father’s heart.
“Katy,” he said gently, taking hold of the hand that was hanging down.
She opened her eyes, though for a moment there was no recognition in them. Then the light
flashed into them, and she sprang up, throwing her arms around his neck. “Fancy coming

while I was asleep. I’ve missed the pleasure of watching for you.”
He turned a little paler, but he still held her hand and took her to sit on the wide window
seat. As she kept on talking, there was no need for him to speak.
“I was up so early this morning. It was lovely being out in the garden. Isn’t it a gloriously
hot day? I wonder if the Italian skies they talk about can be bluer than that- there, just between
those trees.”
She pulled her hand away and used it and the other to turn his head, so that he should see
exactly the bit she meant. She noticed his unusual silence.
“Do you know, Dad,” she said, “I don’t think you look very well. You want me at home to
take care of you When can I come?”
“It must be your fancy, Katy. I feel full of beans; and I ought to be too. I’ve a piece of news
for you.” He felt he was making a mess of this business, but he was determined to get it over.
“Can you guess it?”
“How should I?” she said; but her voice sounded less firm, as if she was trying to prepare
herself for something unwelcome.
“Well, you see,” he went on, “you’re in a slightly awkward position, growing up as you are
alone with me. I have to be away on these business trips so much.”


“But there’s Mrs. Wilson, “Katy said, feeling sick now with the strengthening knowledge
of what was coming. “I want nothing but her and you.”
“Still, there are times when Mrs. Wilson can’t be with you. She doesn’t live with us, and
she has other responsibilities. I’ve been worried for some time, but at last I’ve taken a step
which will, I hope, make us both happier.”
“Now I know what you’re trying to say, Dad. I see it all now. I was sent here, to be out of
the house, so that it could be quietly arranged in my absence. You’re going to - I’m going to“There were words she could not say, thoughts she hated to think. The solid ground she had
stood on seemed to break from the shore and carry her out to sea alone. Then she asked: “Do
you want me to call her mother?”
1. Why was Katy asleep when her father came?
A. Being so young, she often slept during the day.

B. She had been too worried to sleep the night before
C. She had grown tired of waiting for him.
D. She had been up a long time that day.
2. Why didn’t Katy recognise her father at once?
A. Because he looked unusually pale.
B. She was still half asleep when her eyes opened.
C. He had changed a lot since she saw him last.
D. Because she had not been expecting him.
3. Katy kept on talking _______
A. to make him feel more at ease.
B. to postpone the bad news he had for her.
C. because she was so pleased to see him.
D. because she wanted to hide her anger.
4. In paragraph 6, the word “bit” refers to a bit of _______
A. the garden.

B. the sky.

C. a picture in the room.

D. a tree in the garden.

5. Katy suggested her father did not look well because
A. she wanted to go home with him.
B. she was deeply concerned about his health.

_______


C. she knew something was troubling him.

D. she knew he was eating far too much
6. What was the news he had for her?
A. He had to tell her she must live with Mrs. Hamley permanently.
B. He wanted to say that they were going abroad.
C. He was trying to tell her that he was getting married again.
D. The news was she would have to go away to school.
7. Where do you suppose the conversation took place?
A. Somewhere in Italy.

B. At Katy’s home.

C. In the garden of Katy’s home. D. At Mrs. Hamley’s
4. Hãy đọc đoạn văn sau và chọn câu trả lời tốt nhất trong số A, B, C và D.
We had just got past the Customs Officer, Bijou and I, and I was relieved the country’s
laws on importing animals were so loose. By the looks of surprise I had received from fellow
passengers, I had feared they might be strict. The most amusing thing was that everyone
officially concerned, at the airports and in the air, had referred to Bijou as “a live dog”; for I
could not imagine a dog other than a live one travelling anywhere. But regulations are meant
to be obeyed, so “live” he was.
I had been given a box for him to travel in if he needed it, called a “Courtesy Kennel”; and
it was this box that had brought the steely light of suspicion to the eyes of the Customs Officer
when I had stood before him. He had thought, as his question made clear, that I was trying to
bring in a colour TV set or something similar, subject to a high rate of duty. When he found
the box contained only a dog - “Ah, a live dog!” he exclaimed with some disappointment - he
waved me away with the rest of the passengers going through unchecked.
Outside the Arrival Hall we joined the queue for a taxi. Being a party of only one, human
at any rate, I was not too popular with the drivers, who probably made more out of groups,
unless it was Bijou they did not like; and we had to wait until everyone else had departed. At
last I was courted for my trade, and I selected from the queue now facing me a large blue car,
whose driver offered to take me to a “hotel comfortable”, and Bijou and I got in. We had

driven less than a hundred metres when a policeman on a motor-cycle stopped us. The driver
and he began a furious argument through the taxi window. Now if there is anything that
annoys Bijou, it is the sound of human voices raised in anger; and he tries to drown the voices


with barking. He did that now. The policeman ordered us out.
The driver turned to me. “The dog must get out, sir,” he said. “In our country it’s illegal to
carry them in taxis. Never mind, we’ll put him in the back with your cases. I’m sorry about
this, but we’ll soon...”
So Bijou, with much loss of dignity, was banished to the back. The policeman, red in the
face, drove off. So did we, but only until the motor
cyclist was out of sight. Then we stopped again, and Bijou rejoined me. Soon we reached the
hotel.
1. What does the passage tell us about importing a dog to that country?
A. The regulations made it difficult to import a dog.
B. If the dog was hidden in a box, no one worried about it.
C. There seemed to be no control on the arrival of a dog.
D. The officials were afraid of dogs, so they refused to let them in.
2. Regarding Bijou, the writer wondered _______
A. what other kinds of dog travelled by air
B. why so many officials were worried about the dog.
C. whether other people minded travelling with a dog.
D. why it was necessary to say he was alive.
3. Why was the Customs Officer suspicious?
A. He believed the writer wanted to avoid paying duty
B. He had doubts about the health of the dog
C. Because the dog’s owner preferred not to open the box.
D. He asked a question which the passenger could not answer.
4. When the box was opened, the Customs Officer _______
A. told the other passengers to keep away from the dog.

B. examined the dog carefully.
C. found that his suspicions were justified.
D. took no further action.
5. In the end the writer had a choice of taxis because _______
A. other people refused to ride with him.
B. he was the only traveller left.


C. he threatened to report the drivers.
D. the others in the queue went by bus
6. When does Bijou set up a loud barking?
A. When he hears people quarrelling.
B. When people argue with the police.
C. When someone talks to him through a window.
D. When his master scolds him.
7. When the taxi pulled up the second time, _______
A. the dog was tired of running.
B. the policeman pretended not to see what was happening.
C. Bijou was brought into the taxi.
D. the driver had arrived at the hotel.
5. Hãy đọc đoạn văn sau và chọn câu trả lời tốt nhất trong số A, B, C và D.
Sweet, sour, bitter and salty. Every time you stick something in your mouth, one or a
combination of those four primary tastes alerts you to vital information about that mouthful of
matter.
Deciding what tastes “good” is anything but simple. A food’s flavor doesn’t usually depend
on data from a single sense. Rather, smell, touch, sight and even hearing often come into play.
You might call the little knobs dotting the surface of your tongue taste buds, but you’d be
wrong. Those are papillae, and there are four kinds of them: fungiform and filiform on the
front half, foliate and vallate on the back. The actual, taste buds cluster together in packs of
two to 250 within the papillae.

There are taste buds throughout the oral cavity, even on the upper palate. Any bud is
capable of detecting all the basic tastes. It’s just that some are more sensitive to a particular
taste than to the others.
Much of what we commonly refer to as “flavor” is actually a combination of smell and
taste, with taste most often assuming the secondary position.
Throughout your adult life, your sense of taste remains at roughly the same level, although
abusing your taste buds, such as by smoking or repeatedly scalding the tongue with hot
beverages, obviously has a dulling effect on them. Unlike all other brain cells, the olfactory
receptor cells in the nose are continually dying off and regenerating themselves, but a gradual


loss of smell sensitivity is not uncommon in the elderly. It’s estimated that between two and
four million Americans suffer from smell and taste disorders. The complete loss of smell is
called anosmia, while a significantly reduced ability to detect odors is referred to as hyposmia.
Humans have learned to enjoy chemical irritants in their food. These include capsaicin in
chili peppers, the gingerols in ginger, piperin in black pepper and the various isothiocyanates
in onions, mustard, radishes and horseradish. You consider them “hot” because they stimulate
only a subset of the pain fibers in your mouth, not all of them. But that subset also includes
sensors that monitor temperature, hence the burning sensation associated with even an icecold jalapeno.
1. The number of primary tastes _______
A. two

B. four

C. five

D. undetermined

2. The bumps on your tongue are _______.
A. taste buds. B. olfactory nerves.


C. papillae.

D. heart.

3. Which of these senses is used to determine flavor?
A. Taste

B. smell

C. sight

D. all of these

4. Taste buds are located _______.
A. on the tongue.
C. within the papillae.

B. on the papillae.
D. in the mouth.

5. Over time hot beverages will _______.
A. enhance your sense of taste.

B. dull your sense of taste.

C. not affect your sense of taste.

D. change your sense of taste.


6. These brain cells can regenerate themselves _______.
A. none

B. visual receptors

C. taste receptors

D. olfactory receptors

7. The complete loss of smell is known as _______.
A. adoenma

B. hyposmia

C. anosmia

D. capsaicin

C. anosmia

D. capsaicin

8. A significant loss of smell is known as _______
A. adoenma

B. hyposmia

9. The taste of black pepper is _______
A. sour


B. salty

C. a combination of A and B

D. pepper has no taste


10.Onions stimulate these in the mouth _______
A. papillae

B. pain fibers

C. taste buds

D. gingerols

6. Hãy đọc đoạn văn sau và chọn câu trả lời tốt nhất trong số A, B, C và D.
Diabetes mellitus is a disorder that is marked by elevated blood glucose (commonly
referred to as blood sugar). A large portion of the food that we eat is converted by the body
into glucose. The blood delivers glucose throughout the body, but the hormone insulin is
needed in order for it to be transported into most cells. Insulin comes from the pancreas, if the
pancreas does not make sufficient insulin or cells are resistant to its activity of promoting
glucose uptake, the blood glucose level becomes elevated.
Type I diabetes represents approximately 5-10% of diabetic patients. It usually has a rapid
onset and most frequently manifest in children and adolescents. Because the body cannot use
dietary glucose, the level in the blood is elevated and excess glucose is lost in the urine,
causing weakness, thirst and hunger. The treatment for type I diabetes is insulin replacement.
Type II diabetes is found in some 120 million adults, who are able to produce insulin but
the liver and body cells are resistant to its actions. Some type II diabetics can be effectively
treated with diet alone, but many require oral medications. Historically, this has been thought

of as maturity onset diabetes because it tends to occur after age 50, but there has been a
dramatic increase in the number of adolescents with the disease. This is thought to be due to
increased obesity and decreased physical activity in this age group.
The major complication of diabetes is damage to the heart and blood vessels, which can
cause heart attacks, strokes, and poor circulation. The effects on blood vessels also increase
the risk of developing high blood pressure (hypertension).
Diabetics have an increased risk of eye disease. Damage to the retina associated with
diabetes is the leading cause of blindness in adults under age 65 in the US.
When blood glucose is high, nerve cells swell and scar. The disease associated with
damage to the nerves outside of the brain and spinal cord is referred to as peripheral
neuropathy. The most common type of neuropathy in diabetics involves impairment of
sensory nerves. Impaired nerve signals to the brain about sensations such as the detection of
heat or pain may lead to burns or undetected cuts that can become infected. If untreated,
infected foot and leg ulcers can spread to the bone and may require amputation. Burning, pain
or tingling sensations in the hands, legs and feet are also common.


1. Insulin is used to _______.
A. break down glucose.
C. transport glucose into cells.

B. change food into glucose.
D. make glucose.

2. Insulin is made by this organ _______.
A. liver

B. brain

C. pancreas


D. heart

3. When blood sugar levels are elevated, glucose is lost through the _______
A. urine

B. blood

C. pancreas

D. liver

4. The treatment for type I diabetes is _______.
A. controlling diet.

B. drinking lots of water.

C. increased exercise.

D. insulin replacement.

5. The treatment for type II diabetes is _______
A. controlling diet.

B. drinking lots of water.

C. increased exercise.

D. insulin replacement.


6. Type II diabetes is increasing in adolescents because of _______
A. increased obesity.

B. decreased physical activity.

C. both of these

D. none of these.

7. The major complication of diabetes is
A. damage to the eyes.

_______
B nerve damage.

C. damage to the heart and blood vessels.D. damage to the kidneys
8. A disease damaging nerves outside the brain and spinal cord _______
A. diabetes.

B. hypertension.

C. stroke.

D. neuropathy.

9. A diabetic may be forced to have an amputation if _______
A. infection begins.
C. poor circulation develops.

B. hypertension begins.

D. infection spreads to the bone.