Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 21 to 25. Today, millions of people want to learn or improve their English but it is difficult to find the best method. Is it better to study in Britain or America or to study in your own country? The advantages of going to Britain seem obvious. Firstly, you will be able to listen to the language all the time. You will be surrounded completely by the language wherever you go. Another advantage is that you have to speak the language if you are with other people. At home, it is always possible to speak Vietnamese if you want to and the learning is slower. On the other hand, there are also advantages to staying at home to study. You don’t have to make big changes to your life. As well as this, it is also a lot cheaper than going to Britain but it is never possible to achieve the results of living in the UK. If you have a good teacher, I think you can learn in a more concentrated way than being in Britain without going to a school. So, in conclusion, I think that if you have enough time and enough money, the best choice is to spend some time in the UK. This is simply not possible for most people, so being at home is the only viable option. The most important thing to do in this situation is to maximise your opportunities: to speak only English in class and to try to use English whenever possible outside the class. 21. What is probably the topic of the passage? A. How many people learn English B. The best way to learn English C. English schools in England and America D. Learning English in Viet Nam 22. What is one of the advantages of going to the UK to learn English? A. There are no Vietnamese people in Britain. B. There are very good teachers of English there. C. You will have to speak English and not your language. D. The language schools in the UK are always better. 23. What is one of the advantages of staying at home to learn English? A. The teachers aren’t very good in Britain. B. You have to work too hard to make money in Britain. C. You can concentrate on learning English only. D. Your life can continue more or less as it was before. 24. The underlined word "viable" in the passage probably means ________. A. possible B. understandable C. important D. careful 25. People who don’t have a lot of time and money should ________. A. learn English in Britain B. try and speak English in class more often C. go to America to learn English D. speak English more outside the class Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 26 to 30. On 4 October 1957 the first satellite, Sputnik, was launched. Since then, thousands of spacecraft have been sent (26) ________ space. Every few weeks new satellites are put into orbit. Unfortunately, space is being (27) ________ by debris from these space flights. More than 70,000 objects have been left in space. Parts of rockets have been left. Old satellites have been abandoned. Other items, including a glove, a spanner and a camera, have been (28) ________ by astronauts. The situation up there is becoming dangerous. Both Russian and American spacecraft have been destroyed. (29) ________ astronaut would be killed if he or she was hit by a piece of rubbish. It would cost billions of dollars to collect all the debris, but if nothing is done the (30) ________ will only get worse. Sooner or later a satellite will be damaged by a large piece of rubbish and thousands more pieces of debris will be scattered. 26. A. to B. into C. from D. with 27. A. polluted B. ruined C. destroyed D. dirtied 28. A. missed B. gone C. thrown D. lost 29. A. An B. a C. the D. Ø 30. A. state B. place C. situation D. position Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions. 31. I don’t know why my father finds horse-riding very excited. A. know B. my father C. horse-riding D. excited 32. It has been a long time since we last talked to each other, isn’t it? A. along B. since C. last talked D. isn’t it 33. Mary enjoys to be able to meet a lot of interesting people during her vacation. A. to be B. a lot C. interesting people D. her vacation 34. The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest alive structure in UNESCO’s list of natural wonders. A. The Great Barrier Reef B. the C. alive D. UNESCO’s list 35. Christopher Columbus firstly saw Native Americans when he discovered the Caribbean Islands on October 12,1492. A. firstly saw B. when C. discovered D. on