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I. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C, or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

Communal House (Rong House) ​

The Rong House can only be (26) ________ in villages to the north of the Central Highlands, especially in Gia Lai and Kon Tum provinces. It is a large, imposing, beautifully decorated stilt house built (27)__________ the middle of the village. It is where community activities (28)__________, meetings, wedding ceremonies, or praying ceremonies. It is also the place for the reception of guests. The Rong House of each ethnic group has its own architectural style, design, and décor. Yet there are shared features. In the village, it is often (29)_________ house roofed with yellow-dried thatch leaves and having 8 big wood columns. The rafters are decorated with patterns of bright colours, depicting religious scenes, legendary stories about ancient heroes, stylized animals, and other familiar things of the village life. The most distinctive of the décor of the Rong House is the image of the brilliant God of Sun. The Rong House is a (30)__________ of the culture of Central Highlanders, an age-old and stable culture. The bigger the house, the wealthier the village is. It is a pride of the whole village.

Question 26: A. find ​​              B. found ​​                C. to find​​                  D. finding

Question 27: A. on ​​                B. at​​​                        C. in​​​                          D. under

Question 28: A. take place​   B. take on​​               C. happens​ ​               D. occurs

Question 29: A. big​​                B. a bigger            ​​C. the biggest​            D. biggest

Question 30: A. signal​​            B. symbol​​              C. sign​​                       D. scene
II. Choose the item among A, B, C, or D that best answers the question about the passage.

The thing I liked most when I was small was the change of seasons. Spring, summer, autumn, and winter – I could see them all come and go and each one was completely different. Now in the city, you can buy summer flowers in winter ad eat the same vegetables all year round. Whereas, in the country, I could only eat things at certain times of the year, for example, strawberries in June and turnips in winter. I lived my childhood with the seasons. ​We also made most of our food and would never eat frozen or tinned food. Everything was fresh, so it must be better than the type of food I am taking now in the city. City people may think people in the country miss a lot of things about modern life. In fact, in my opinion, they miss a lot more than people in the country, they miss real life.

Question 33: What did the writer like most about living in the country?

A. flowers in spring ​​​​
B. leaves in autumn.
C. the wild animals and plants.​​​
D. the change of seasons. (câu thứ nhất, những từ cuối cùng)

Question 32: What does the word “them” in line 2 refer to?

A. four seasons​​​​​           B. winter and autumn              C. countryside people       ​​​​D. plants
(Ngay vế phía trên của câu này đã kể tên ra 4 mùa rồi)

Question 33: In the countryside which season can we buy strawberries?

A. spring                      B. summer​​​                               C. autumn​​                         ​D. winter​
(Vì ở dòng số 4 có ghi là "Có thể mua dâu vào tháng 6", mà tháng 6 là vào mùa hè nên chọn B)

Question 34: Why did the writer never eat tinned food when living in the country?

A. Because it was frozen​​​​
B. Because it was contaminated
C. Because it was very fat
​​​D. Because it wasn’t very fresh

Question 35: Which of the following sentences is NOT true?

A. People in the city can grow vegetables all year round.
B. In the countryside turnips are grown in winter
C. The writer often eat frozen and tinned food now. (câu này nó ngược với câu hỏi 34 ở ngay trên)
D. Many city people think they live better than those in the country.

III. Choose the sentence that has the same meaning to the root one.

Question 36: Nick enjoys looking at the clear blue sky.

A. He is not interested in looking at the clear blue sky.
B. He detests looking at the clear blue sky.
C. He adores looking at the clear blue sky. ("enjoys" (yêu thích) = "adores" (yêu thích, ngưỡng mộ)
D. He hates looking at the clear blue sky.

Question 37: A horse can run 80 km per hour while a camel can only run 12 km per hour.

A. A horse can’t run faster than a camel.
B. A camel can run faster than a horse.
C. A horse can run more fastly than a camel.
D. A horse can run faster than a camel. (Tốc độ của con ngựa lớn hơn thì con ngựa nhanh hơn thôi)

Question 38: He hates playing board games.

A. He doesn’t like playing board games. ("hate" (ghét) = "not like" (không thich))
B. He doesn’t dislike playing board games.
C. He doesn’t detest playing board games.
D. He doesn’t want playing board games

Question 39: What are these stilt houses made of?

A. What are the colors of these stilt houses?
B. What are the materials of these stilt houses?
C. What is the price of these stilt houses?
D. What is the height of these stilt houses?
(Những ngôi nhà sàn này được làm từ gì? = Chất liệu xây dựng nên những nhà sàn này là gì?)

Question 40: This exercise is easier than that exercise.

A. That exercise is more difficult than that exercise.
B. That exercise is not more difficult than this exercise.
C. That exercise is less difficult than that one.
D. That exercise is more difficult than this exercise.

(Bài tập này dễ hơn bài tập kia = Bài tập kia khó hơn bài tập này)