1 Read the following passageand mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. When you hear how I learned a foreign language, you have to remember a few things. In 1993, when I started learning English, no one had heard of the Internet. I wasn’t able to read websites on topics that I found interesting or follow blogs. And I have no idea how I decided which movies to see without my favourite movie review website. My reading practice was limited. All I had were a few books on sale locally. For listening practice, I only had the news and cartoons on cable TV. People bought and rented videos but in Poland there was no spoken English on them. The only way to hear that was to visit the movies. My dictionaries were all in book form until I received my first PC dictionary. It came on at least six disks and had unhelpful explanations and few example sentences. It doesn’t sound very useful but I loved it because of its ability to work with other programs and find English words more quickly. Today, computerized dictionaries have simple explanations and lots of examples. Now I can spend hours on the web, reading about my favourite topics, downloading up-to-date movies, emailing English-speaking friends and posting comments on forums. The word “up-to-date” means ____________________. A: oldest B: daily C: latest D: longest 2 Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits blanks (27). Many books, newspapers, airports and air-traffic control, technology, sports, pop music and advertising have English as the (23) ______ language. In general, the universal language on the Internet is English. The majority of the electronically stored information around the world is in English. You can travel to any English-speaking country without the need of having a (24)______. Usually, if you don’t know the language your trip would be hard and maybe you wouldn’t enjoy it. Nowadays in the competitive job market, it is necessary to speak English. So (25)______ you learn English, you will have a better chance of getting a job that pays more. English is also helpful when you go to a different country because it is a global language. A lot of educational information is in English; therefore, to have access to this material or maybe communicate with (26)_______students, it is necessary to have knowledge of English. It is necessary to learn English if you are (27)______to study at a foreign university or school. Usually many educational institutions will provide you preparatory courses to improve your English language skills, but you have to have at least a medium level of knowledge. làm câu 27 A: dreaming B: planning C: object. D: thinking 3 Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the original sentence in each of the following questions. My father had gone home before we arrived. A: After my father arrived, we went home. B: After my father had gone home, we arrived. C: After my father had gone home, we arrive. D: After my father had gone home, we had arrived. 4 Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits blanks (23). Many books, newspapers, airports and air-traffic control, technology, sports, pop music and advertising have English as the (23) ______ language. In general, the universal language on the Internet is English. The majority of the electronically stored information around the world is in English. You can travel to any English-speaking country without the need of having a (24)______. Usually, if you don’t know the language your trip would be hard and maybe you wouldn’t enjoy it. Nowadays in the competitive job market, it is necessary to speak English. So (25)______ you learn English, you will have a better chance of getting a job that pays more. English is also helpful when you go to a different country because it is a global language. A lot of educational information is in English; therefore, to have access to this material or maybe communicate with (26)_______students, it is necessary to have knowledge of English. It is necessary to learn English if you are (27)______to study at a foreign university or school. Usually many educational institutions will provide you preparatory courses to improve your English language skills, but you have to have at least a medium level of knowledge. làm câu 23 A: regional B: unofficial C: major D: local 5 Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. He’s so brilliant and he can do anything. He is ______. A: out of this world B: it’s over the moon C: once in a blue D: the sky’s the limit