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How many states are there in the U.S.A?
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49
50
51
The United States has…………..population in the world.
the largest
the second-largest

the third-largest
the fourth-largest
The first people on the American continent came from………………
Africa
Asia
Europe
India
The most distinctive characteristic of the US is its…………….
people
territory
culture
modernity
………….are people of Spanish or Spanish American origin.
Native Americans
African-Americans
Asian-Americans
Hispanic-Americans
................... – especially California, Oklahoma, Arizona, and New
Mexico – have the largest Indian populations.
Pacific Northeast
Eastern states
Western states
The Mid-Atlantic regions
The United States……………….established the country’s political
system and is the basis for its laws.
Congress
Constitution
Declaration
Anthem
The Fifteenth Amendment of the Constitution gave................the right to

vote.
black Americans
Women
Asian-Americans
Hispanics
The Nineteenth Amendment of the Constitution gave ..............the right
to vote.


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black Americans
Women
Asian-Americans
Hispanics
The United States has a..................system.
direct democratic
Federalist
modern government
republic and independent
Only the.......................can print money.
Treasury
national government
state government
State Department
Today any citizen who is at least.................can vote.
17 years old
18 years old
16 years old
20 years old
Within the national government, power is divided among three branches:
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the democratic, executive, and judicial branches
the republican, legislative, and executive branches
the legislative, executive, and judicial branches
the democratic, republican, and judicial branches
In general, the Republicans tend to.....................
be more conservative and to have more support among the upper classes
be more liberal

have more support among the working classes and the poor
Both B and C are correct.
The Civil War, in the................, ended slavery and established equal
rights for black Americans.
1660s
1760s
1860s
1960s
To this day,.......................... influence is obvious in Midwestern foods
and festivals.
Italian and African
German and Scandinavian
Chinese and Canadian
Indian and Bolivian
In the 1920s discrimination and prejudice in the United States led to its
law limiting....................
Immigration
human resources in factories
Elections
people’s possession rights


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In the beginning, only………………could vote.
white people
the rich
people who were at least 18 years old
white men with property
When was the United States Constitution written?
In 1776
In 1820
In 1620
In 1787
Congress’s main function is......................
to make laws
to print money

to collect taxes
to supervise other governments
...................is the head of the executive branch and the country.
The Senator
The House of Representative
The President
The Supreme Court
There are......................in federal courts, in which the most important one
is the Supreme.
different levels
legal steps
different judges
Juries
The United States has..............main political party/parties.
Two
One
Three
more than three
About 94% of Americans who identify with a religion are……………….
Catholics
Christians
Protestants
Buddhists
Which of the following does the term “reconstituted family” refer to?
The family in which both the husband and the wife must earn money
The family in which there are children from previous marriages as well
as from the present marriage
Both husbands and wives are equal by sharing the housework.
The family in which different generations live together
How many basic levels are there in the US educational system?

None
12
2
3


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Most high schools are……………….
specialized schools
public schools
general schools
private schools
Colleges and universities have four-year programs leading to
a………………
Bachelor’s degree
Certificate of Completion
Master’s degree
Doctor of Philosophy degree
Community colleges, also known as ………………., offer two-year
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junior colleges
public colleges
private colleges
senior colleges
…………….is the most common leisure activity in America.
Car travel
Airplane travel
Safari
Cruising
Which of the following is NOT an official holiday in the US?
Memorial Day
Labor Day
Columbus Day
Halloween
Which of the following is the most important American holiday?
Independence Day
Presidents’ Day

New Year’s Day
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Which of the following places is sometimes called the birthplace of
American intellectual life?
Washington, D.C.
Philadelphia
Dover
Cambridge
Where is the M.I.T (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) located?
Seattle
Cambridge
Philadelphia
New York
Which of the following is the nation’s oldest university?
Yale
Harvard
Princeton


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Stanford
When was Harvard University founded?
1776
1491
1636
1809
The Boston Brahmins were.................
Wealthy
well-educated
Exclusive
All A, B, and C are correct.
The Boston Brahmins were always...................and belonged to old
Yankee families.
Protestants
from highest traditional Hindu system of castes
Puritans
Catholics
The New York Stock Exchange and the American Stock Exchange are
both in……………….

Times Square
the Wall Street area
the main street area
the zero ground area
Times Square is named after………………, which for years had its
headquarters there.
the New York Times
the New York Daily News
the New York Post
New York Newsday
Where is Rockefeller center?
In the Bronx
In Queens
In Brooklyn
In Manhattan
Broadway is famous for its.........................
shopping malls
Parks
sports centers
Theaters
The borough of.................is what most people think of when they think
of New York.
Brooklyn
Queens
Manhattan
Staten Island
The line which divides Manhattan into the East Side and the West Side
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West 47th Street
Fifth Avenue
14th Street
.......................has become not only a symbol of New York but also part
of its history.
The Chrysler Building
The United Nations Building
The Seagram Building

The Empire State Building
In which building was the King Kong movie filmed in 1933?
The Empire State Building
The Chrysler Building
The World Trade Center Building
The Seagram Building
A club event you shouldn’t miss in Harlem is..................... Here,
amateurs take their chances performing before an audience that is known
for its enthusiastic applause and its equally enthusiastic boos!
the Cotton Club
the Apollo Theater’s Talent Night
the Somerset Club
the Harlem Night Club
In which city were the Declaration and the Constitution written?
Washington, D.C .
Boston
Philadelphia
New York
………………. was also a writer, philosopher, scientist, and inventor.
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Next to Franklin, the most famous Philadelphian may be............... W.C .
Fields (1880 – 1946).
philosopher and writer
newspaper reporter and commentator
comedian and actor
businessman and politician


The British Isles are lying off……………..
the southeast Asia
the east coast of Europe
the north-west coast of Europe
the Mediterranean Sea
The Republic of Ireland is also called……………..
Eric
Isles


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Eire
The climate of Britain has......................
notable extremes
a notable lack of extremes
long cold winters
very hot summers
In the British Isles, the largest island is called……………., and the other
larger one is called…………………
England……………Wales
Great Britain………………Ireland
Great Britain……………..Scotland
Ireland………….. England
The normal adjective, when talking about something to do with the UK,
is……………..
British
English
The United Kingdom
Britannia
People in the Celtic areas spoke...............
Irish languages
Germanic dialects
Celtic languages
Scottish Gaelic
England is only one of the................... of the British Isles.
four nations
two nations

largest islands
most popular islands
Britain has mountains,……………….
but none of them are very high
and the highest mountain is the Pennine
but there are no volcanoes
and most of them are in the south
The……………in London is famous for its many theatres, cinemas and
expensive shops.
West End
East End
square mile
Greater London area
London is the home of......................and in the 20 th century large
numbers of immigrants have settled there.
the Caledonia
the Cambria
the Hibernia
the Cockney
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London.
square mile
West End
East End
Greater London
The area surrounding the outer suburbs of London has the following
features EXCEPT …………………
There are many flat plains
Some parts here are famous for the growing of wheat and other arable
crops
It has the reputation of being “commuter land”
It has been famous for its detached houses
About 1/5 of the total population of the UK lives in the……….....area.
Greater London
square mile
Westminster
Central London
The region in Southern England known as the “West Country”
………………

is famous for its cold climate
has too much pollution
has an attractive image of rural beauty in British people’s minds
includes numerous small islands off the west coast
The pattern of settlement in the north of England is ………..
fairly big
always far away from its cities and towns
more widespread than it is in most other regions
often different from that in the south
………………is home to the country’s main financial organizations,
territory of the stereotypical English “city gent”.
Greater London
The square mile
Westminster
Central London
The county of Kent, which you pass through when traveling from Dover
or Channel tunnel to London,………………..
lies between Edinburgh and Manchester city
is well-known for its heavy industry
is known as “the garden of England”
has large numbers of immigrants
East Anglia is the only region in Britain where ………….
the majority of Londoners live
there are large expanses of uniformly flat land
there are some high mountains, so this is a popular area for climbing and
camping
there is some industry and one large city – Bristol
The south-west peninsula, with its rocky coast, numerous bays
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the East Midlands such as Derby, Leicester and Nottingham
the Pennine mountains
wild moorlands such as Exmoor and Dartmoor
The place which is considered “the English Riviera” is in
…………………
London

southern England
the midlands
northern England
Which of the following does NOT describe London?
Athens of Europe
The headquarters of all government departments
The country’s business and banking center
The most densely-populated area in Great Britain
London is everything EXCEPT……….
business and banking center
the transport network center
television networks and all the national newspapers
the industrial center
The original walled city of London is known colloquially today as
“...................”
Times Square
the square mile
Trafalgar Square
Wall Street
Where in London does a quarter of a million people work, but fewer than
10,000 people actually live during the daytime?
Westminster.
The West End.
The square mile.
The East End.
Although all of British cities have...................., the variety is by far the
greatest in London.
some commercial centers
a lot of tourist attractions
some degree of cultural and racial variety

good accommodations for tourists
Millions of inhabitants in................ travel into London to work every
day.
northern England
Wales
Scotland
southern England
London is about seven times larger than any other…………
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capital in the world
The majority of “Londoners” live in its……………
Downtown
Centre
Suburbs
East End
The Downs, a series of hills in a horseshoe shape to the south of London,
are used for....................
sheep farming
horse racing
skiing in the winter
car racing
The southern side of the Downs reaches the sea in many places and
forms.......................
the white waves of the south coast
the white cliffs of the south coast
the great storms ashore
the flat sandy beaches
..................in the “West Country” is more widespread than it is in most
other regions.
Coal mining
Automobile manufacturing
Farming
Winemaking
The tourist industry in the south-west peninsula has coined the phrase

“.................”
the English Haiti
the English Renaissance
the English River
the English Riviera
...................., to the north-east of London, is comparatively rural.
East Anglia
The West Midlands
Glasgow
Cardiff
The Norfolk Broads..........................., so this is a popular area for
boating holidays.
are criss-crossed by hundreds of waterways
are well-known for swift rivers
have a lot of large lakes
have beautiful beaches
....................run up the middle of northern England like a spine.
Alps mountains
Pennine mountains
The River Thames
Wuthering Heights
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kinds of fruit and vegetables grown there.
The county of Kent
The Midlands
The Black Country
Nottingham
……………… is the most popular holiday area in Britain.
The Black Country
The south-west peninsula
Derby
Leicester
In the 19th century, Sheffield became a centre for the production of
……………
Cotton
steel goods
agricultural products
electronic equipment
Further away from the main industrial areas, the north of

England………………
has a lot of big cities
is extremely crowded
has several wild moorlands such as Exmoor and Dartmoor
is sparsely populated
The Romantic poets of the 19 th century Wordsworth, Coleridge, and
Southey (the “Lake Poets”), lived in................... and wrote about its
beauty.
the Great Lakes
Salt Lake city
the Lake District
Lakewood
There are many examples of supposedly typical British habits
………………….
which are simply not typical any more
which are bad for children
which students have to learn by heart
which the tourists must learn when they visit Britain
Most British people do not feel welcomed if, on being invited to
somebody’s house,………………
they find the hosts in smart clothes and a grand table set for them
the hosts don’t prepare gifts for them
they don’t find the hosts in smart clothes and a grand table set for them
the hosts ask them to “help yourselves”
Which group in society still never kisses when meeting each other?
Women and women
Men and men
Men and women
Parents and their children
Research in the early 1990s suggested that little or no sex education was

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teachers simply felt too embarrassed to tackle the subject
it was harmful to students’ morality
Being friendly in Britain often involves showing that you are not
bothering with the ………………….
Formality
Formalities
Informality
Informalities
Revelations about extra-marital affairs or other deviations from what is
considered normal in private life, in the past,......................
been protected by law
reinforced the careers of many public figures

ruined the careers of many public figures
received sympathy from the public in many cases
Which of the following does NOT belong to the “conservatism” of the
British?
Their Christmas cards usually depict scenes from the past centuries.
They like their pubs to look old.
The stereotyped image of the London “city gent” includes the wearing of
a bowler hat.
They have a sentimental attachment to older, supposedly safer, times.
Male politicians are keen to get themselves photographed NOT wearing
a tie when “officially” on holiday, to show that...........
they are really friendly
they are really ordinary people
they are on duty
they are very important
Most people would .................only when being introduced to a stranger
or when meeting an acquaintance (not a friend) after a long time.
shake hands
kiss
hug
pat on their backs
Friendship is symbolized by.....................
behaving as casually as possible
kissing when meeting a friend
giving a hug
saying as many sweet words as possible

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Because English culture dominates the ___([<1>])___ of the other three
nations of the British Isles, everyday habits, attitudes and values among the peoples
of the four ___([<2>])___ are very similar. However, they are not ___([<3>])___,
and what is often regarded as typically British may in fact be only typically
___([<4>])___. This is especially true with regard to one notable characteristic ___([<5>])___. Among many people in Britain, there exists ___([<6>])___ of
intelligence, education and ‘high culture’. Teachers and academic staff, although
respected, do not have as high a ___([<7>])___ as they do in most other countries.
Nobody normally proclaims their academic qualifications or title to the world at
large. No ___([<8>])___ would expect, or want, to be addressed as “Professor” on
any but the most formal occasion. There are large sections of both the upper and
working ___([<9>])___ in Britain who, traditionally at least, have not encouraged
their children to go to university. This lack of ___([<10>])___ for education is
certainly decreasing now.
(<1>) A. universities
B. cultures
C. economies
D. people
(<2>) A. groups
B. islands
C. nations
D. areas
(<3>) A. different
B. unique
C. isolated
D. identical
(<4>) A. English
B. Scottish
C. Irish

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(<5>) A. anti-monarchist
B. anti-social
C. anti-intellectualism
D. anti-war
(<6>) A. an opposition
B. an appreciation
C. a respect


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(<7>) A. function
B. status
C. salary
D. career
(<8>) A. lecturer
B. professor
C. scientist
D. philosopher
(<9>) A. classes
B. groups
C. staff
D. resource
(<10>) A. development
B. evaluation
C. innovation
D. enthusiasm
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Rossendale Pet Cemetery in Lancashire is just one example of an animal
___([<1>])___ in Britain. It was started by a local farmer who ran over his dog with
a tractor. He was so ___([<2>])___ that he put up a headstone in memory of his
dog. Now, Rossendale has thousands of ___([<3>])___ and plots for caskets of
ashes, with facilities for every kind of ___([<4>])___, from a budgie to a lioness.
Many people are prepared to pay quite large ___([<5>])___ of money to give their
pets a decent burial (a trait they share with many Americans). As this example
shows, the British tend to have a sentimental ___([<6>])___ to animals. Nearly half
of the households in Britain keep at least one ___([<7>])___ pet. Most of them do
not bother with such grand arrangements when their pets ___([<8>])___, but there
are millions of informal graves in people’s back gardens. Moreover, the status of
pets is taken seriously. It is, for example, ___([<9>])___ to run over a dog in your
car and then keep on ___([<10>])___. You have to stop and inform the owner.
(<1>) A. park
B. hospital
C. training center
D. graveyard
(<2>) A. happy
B. careful
C. upset
D. rich
(<3>) A. graves
B. rooms


C. holes
D. containers
(<4>) A. dogs
B. birds
C. lions

D. animals
(<5>) A. numbers
B. sums
C. boxes
D. piles
(<6>) A. interest
B. attitude
C. punishment
D. harmony
(<7>) A. expensive
B. cheap
C. imported
D. domestic
(<8>) A. fear
B. leave
C. die
D. hurt
(<9>) A. illegal
B. ordinary
C. legal
D. illiterate
(<10>) A. holding
B. turning
C. driving
D. talking

Phần 2 (reading comprehension): Từ câu số 6 đến câu số 10 thuộc
Văn hóa Mỹ.
56.


6.

Read the extract below and choose the best
letter A, B, C, or D to fill in each gap.
The value of land in Manhattan has turned the
___(1)___ into a sea of concrete. Fortunately for
New York’s ___(2)___, there is one major
exception: ___(3)___ .
This huge park in the middle of the city was
___(4)___ in the 1850s by ___(5)___ Frederick
Law Olmsted. Olmsted wanted the park to be
___(6)___ within an urban area, a place for all
–“rich and poor, young and old.” Central Park is
still much as he intended.
You can take a ___(7)___ and buggy ride
through Central Park. You can ___(8)___ the


park even better by renting a bicycle. Attractions
in the park include gardens, a zoo, a ___(9)___,
an old-fashioned carousel, a lake where you can
row, and an ___(10)___ theater, where events
are held each summer.
57.

6.1

A. water

C


2

A

1

A

1

B

2

D

1

C

2

B. land
C. island
D. district
Phương án đúng: C
58.

6.2


A. residents
B. immigrants
C. planners
D. visitors
Phương án đúng: A

59.

6.3

A. Central Park
B. Hyde Park
C. Royal Park
D. New York National Park
Phương án đúng: A

60.

6.4

A. built
B. designed
C. constructed
D. renovated
Phương án đúng: B

61.

6.5


A. civil engineer
B. construction worker
C. millionaire
D. landscape architect
Phương án đúng: D

62.

6.6

A. an amusement park
B. a theme park
C. a rural paradise
D. a wildlife reserve


Phương án đúng: C
63.

6.7

A. camel

C

1

B


1

D

1

C

1

B. bus
C. horse
D. car
Phương án đúng: C
64.

6.8

A. run
B. explore
C. ride
D. watch
Phương án đúng: B

65.

6.9

A. skating board
B. skating yard

C. skating line
D. skating rink
Phương án đúng: D

66.

6.10

A. indoor
B. online
C. outdoor
D. outline

67.

7

Phương án đúng: C
Read the extract below and choose the best
letter A, B, C, or D to fill in each gap.
The South has a warm ___(1)___ and a long
growing ___(2)___ for crops. So it’s not
surprising that the South’s ___(3)___ came to
depend on agriculture. By the 1820s, the South
produced and ___(4)___ rice, sugar, and
especially, cotton. The South felt no need to
develop ___(5)___. And it remained rural; New
Orleans was its only large city.
___(6)___ like cotton were best grown on
___(7)___ - large landholdings. They also

required a large ___(8)___. For this, the old
South depended on slaves, who were originally


brought from ___(9)___. Slavery was the basis
for the South’s economy; it was also what, more
than anything, made the South ___(10)___ from
the rest of the country. (By 1820, the other states
had ended slavery.)
68.

7.1

A. temperature

C

1

D

1

A

1

C

1


D

1

D

2

B. weather
C. climate
D. latitude
Phương án đúng: C
69.

7.2

A. time
B. period
C. year
D. season
Phương án đúng: D

70.

7.3

A. economy
B. economics
C. business

D. industry
Phương án đúng: A

71.

7.4

A. imported
B. rose
C. exported
D. packaged
Phương án đúng: C

72.

7.5

A. farms
B. fields
C. lands
D. factories
Phương án đúng: D

73

7.6

A. Flowers
B. Trees
C. Vegetation

D. Crops


Phương án đúng: D
74.

7.7

A. river banks

B

1

C

2

B

1

A

1

B. plantations
C. mountainous areas
D. deserts
Phương án đúng: B

75.

7.8

A. working group
B. transportation
C. labor force
D. company
Phương án đúng: C

76.

7.9

A. Asia
B. Africa
C. Europe
D. South America
Phương án đúng: B

77.

7.10

A. different
B. protected
C. far
D. derived
Phương án đúng: A


78.

8.

Read the extract below and choose the best
letter A, B, C, or D to fill in each gap.
Elvis Presley was born in 1935, in East Tupelo,
Mississippi. His family was ___(1)___. They
moved to Memphis, Tennessee in ___(2)___ of
better opportunities.
What ___(3)___ Elvis and his music? First,
there was his mother Gladys. For his eleventh
birthday, Elvis wanted a rifle. Gladys convinced
him to get a ___(4)___. Then there were the
revivals, or ___(5)___ meetings, he went to.
These revivals were highly ___(6)___, with
singing as well as ___(7)___ and prayer. Elvis
was influenced by the ___(8)___ music sung


and by the way the preachers stirred up the
crowds’ emotions. Finally, there was Memphis.
Memphis was a center for ___(9)___ music and
had a radio station that played gospel, blues, and
rhythm-and-blues.

Elvis

often


listened

to

this___(10)___.
79.

8.1

A. rich

B

1

C

1

A

1

D

2

B

1


D

2

B. poor
C. large
D. African-Americans
Phương án đúng: B
80.

8.2

A. front
B. spite
C. search
D. favor
Phương án đúng: C

81.

8.3

A. influenced
B. brought
C. performed
D. composed
Phương án đúng: A

82.


8.4

A. flute
B. piano
C. harmonica
D. guitar
Phương án đúng: D

83.

8.5

A. internal
B. religious
C. political
D. international
Phương án đúng: B

84.

8.6

A. recommended
B. professional
C. official


D. emotional
Phương án đúng: D

85.

8.7

A. talking

C

1

B

2

C

1

A

1

B. requiring
C. preaching
D. discovering
Phương án đúng: C
86.

8.8


A. rock and roll
B. gospel
C. country
D. jazz
Phương án đúng: B

87.

8.9

A. rap
B. salsa
C. blues
D. classical
Phương án đúng: C

88.

8.10

A. station
B. program
C. music
D. radio
Phương án đúng: A

89.

9


Read the extract below and choose the best
letter A, B, C, or D to fill in each gap.
Abraham Lincoln grew up in ___(1)___ Indiana
and Illinois. He was a frontiersman and had all
the frontiersman’s ___(2)___. He could split
rails - that is, cut ___(3)___ so they could be
used to make fences. He could tell a good story
of joke and liked going to county fairs, where
he’d “stand backs” with other men to see who
was ___(4)___. (At 6’4’’, Lincoln often won.)
But Lincoln also had ambitions. He educated
himself, studied law, and became a ___(5)___ in
Springfield, Illinois. In 1834, at the age of 25, he


was ___(6)___ to the Illinois House of
Representatives.
His ___(7)___ career began at a time when
Americans were becoming divided over the
issue of slavery. Lincoln’s ___(8)___ reveal his
insight and his simple eloquence. Running in
1858 for U.S. ___(9)___ from Illinois, he said,
quoting from the Bible: “A house divided
against itself cannot stand. I believe this
___(10)___ cannot endure, permanently half
slave and half free.”
90.

9.1


A. city

C

2

C

1

A

1

D

1

C

1

B. urban
C. rural
D. state
Phương án đúng: C
91.

9.2


A. characteristics
B. standards
C. skills
D. strengths
Phương án đúng: C

92.

9.3

A. logs
B. steel
C. paper
D. trees
Phương án đúng: A

93.

9.4

A. stronger
B. better
C. smarter
D. taller
Phương án đúng: D

94.

9.5


A. teacher
B. professor
C. lawyer


D. scientist
Phương án đúng: C
95.

9.6

A. brought

B

1

B

1

D

1

A

2

A


2

B. elected
C. dropped
D. invited
Phương án đúng: B
96.

9.7

A. military
B. political
C. educational
D. administrative
Phương án đúng: B

97.

9.8

A. articles
B. viewpoints
C. thoughts
D. speeches
Phương án đúng: D

98.

9.9


A. senator
B. president
C. Democracy leader
D. army officer
Phương án đúng: A

99.

9.10

A. government
B. house
C. country
D. democracy
Phương án đúng: A