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READING TESTS: (90 phút) (Lần 1)
Name: . *********************** 
1). Fill in the blank with a suitable word. (10pts)
 The country is (1)beautiful than a town and more pleasant to live in. Many people think so, and go to the country (2)..the summer holiday though they can’t live (3)all the year round. Some have cottage built in a village (4)..that they can go there whenever they (5)find the time.
English villages are not all alike, but (6).some ways they are not very different from (7)other. Almost every village (8)..a church, the round or square tower of which can (9).seen from miles around. Surrounding the church is the church yard, (10)..people are buried.
2). Choose the best one to fill in each blank. (10pts)
 The tourist industry is considered to be the world’s largest industry. Before 1950 about one million people (1).abroad each year (2).by the 1990s the figure had (3).to over 400 million every year.
..(4)large numbers of tourist, however, are beginning to cause problems. For example, in the Alps the skiers are destroying the mountains (5)..came to enjoy. Even parts of Mount Everest in the Himalayas are reported to be covered (6).old tins, tents and food that have been (7).away.
 But at a time when we have greater freedom to travel (8).ever before, more and more people are asking how they can enjoy their holiday (9)causing problems by spoiling the countryside.
Now there is a new holiday guide called Holidays That Don’t Cost the Earth. It (10)you how you can help the tourist industry by asking your travel agent or your tour operator the right questions before you go on holiday.
1. A. traveled B. came C. sailed D. were
2. A. as B. because C. but D. when
3. A. gone B. flown C. risen D. raised
4. A. Such B. More C. Few D. So
5. which B. you C. who D. they
6. A. for B. on C. with D. below
7. A. put B. thrown C. given D. tidied
8. A. than B. when C. then D. while 
9. A. outside B. instead C. beside D. without
10. A. says B. offers C. tells D. gives
3).Fill in the blank with a suitable word. (10pts)
 First- aid is very important. An ordinary person can (1)..a first aid course and learn what to do until the patien receives professional help. This might (2).helping some one until an ambulance comes. Then professionals can use (3)..equipment to take charge of the patien. Or it might mean giving first-aid and (4)..taking a patien to a doctor. First- aid can keep a person alive (5)..he or she reaches a hospital. Electric shock is a situation where first-aid can be used. If enough electricity enters the body, the person (6)immediately. First-aid can bring him or her back to consciousness. Another situation is drowning, or dying in (7).., which happens most often in the summer when many people (8).swimming. Children can also drown when they are left (9)..near a swimming pool . A person trained in first-aid can help a person start to breathe (10)..clearing the water out of the airway.
4).Fill in the blank with a suitable word .(10pts)
 Recycling saves. It saves money, enery, and natural resources. Aluminum cans (1)very easy to recycle. But, every three months, we throw away (2)aluminum to rebuild all the commercial airplanes in the country. So please think (3).the next time you throw away a soda can. And we throw away enough iron and steel to supply all of our car makers. If we recycled more metal, our car makers (4)never need any new iron and steel. Every week, more than five hundred thousand trees ared used to make newspapers, and two-third of those newspapers are (5)away. This year, we’ll throw away enough office and writing paper to (6).a wall three and a half meters high. And that wall would be so (7).it would go from Los Angeles to New York. Every year, we throw away enough glass bottles to fill (8)two tallest buildings in New York every two weeks. Those bottles can (9)..recycled. We throw away two and a half million plastic bottles every hour. Very (10).plastic bottles are ever recycled. This message is from the Environmental Concern Fund. If you are not recycling, you’re throwing it away.
5).Fill in the blank with a suitable word. (10pts)
 Nha Trang is a nice seaside resort and (1)ideal center for relaxation. Nha Trang has many beautiful mountains and lakes, Cham towers, hot springs and architectural works. However. (2)speaking of nha Trang, people always mention its beaches in the first place. Nha Trang’s beauty (3)first of all from the blue sea and picturesque nature of its islands. This coastal city (4).a ten- kilometer beach and 19 islands. The main beach runs from Tran Phu road and it (5).planted with pine trees and other evergreen trees. Nha Trang is a coastal city but it’s not far (6).forests. In the west of the town, (7)..is a long range of hills where visitors can walk pleasantly. Nha Trang has many ancient cultural buildings. The town still preserves a (8)..of old towers and pagodas. Nha Trang is sunny almost all the year (9).It doesn’t have winter, but in summer it isn’t (10).hot as in the North.The cool winds from the sea gives the town an eternal fall. 
6). Choose the best one to fill in each blank. (10pts)
 An increasing number of people are now going on holiday to Egypt. Last year, for example, about one and a half million (1)visited Egypt. The (2)..of Egypt is about fifty million and the (3)is El Qahira, a busy city of just under nine million people. Although the (4)is hot and dry and most of the country is desert, the average(5)..from October to March is not too high. The most(6).sights are the pyramids at Giza. However, it is also pleasant to (7)..Alexandria, Port said and several other places do as much (8)as possible in the time available. A (9)..to Luxor is an unforgettable experience, and there are frequent (10).there from Cairo.
1. A. explorers B. voyagers C. tourists D. passengers
2. A. people B. citizenship C. nation D. population
3. A. principle B. head C. state D. capital
4. A. temperature B. climate C. condition D. position
5. A. weather B. measurement C. climate D. temperature 
6. A. famous B. known C. visited D. requested
7. A. search B. inspect C. examine D. visit
8. A. viewing B. inspecting C. sightseeing D. looking
9. A. picnic B. trip C. guide D. entertainment
10. A. flights B. travels C. journeys D. voyages
7). Fill in the blank with a suitable word .(10pts)
 Mother’s Day in Britain falls on the last Monday of March. On Mother’s Day sons and daughters visit (1)mothers and bring them flowers and little presents. The eldest son must (2).his mother a good cake. If sons or (3) cannot be with their mother on that day, they usually (4).her presents.
 Mother’s Day must be a day of rest (5)the mother of the family, so the daughters cook the dinner on that day and lay the (6)..and the sons help to wash the plates and dishes (7)..dinner.
 In the United Stated and Canada, Mother’s Day is (8)second Sunday in May. They (9).a very beautiful stamp for Mother’s Day in the United Stated. It shows the portrait of the mother of James Whistler, (10)..of the greatest Americain painters.
Trường THCS Nghĩa Đạo
READING TESTS: (90 phút) (Lần 2)
Name: . *********************** 
1). Fill in the blank with a suitable word .(10pts)
 Most Bristish people go abroad on holiday, to visit family, or (1)on..short business trips. People are advised to find out (2)howto get urgent treatment before (3)leavingthe UK. They have to get a form which explains what they (4)willdo if they fall ill or have an accident, and what arrangements exist in each country (5)for.medical treatment. The regulations are fairly simple but (6)If..people donot have this information, they may (7)find.that private medical care is extremely expensive. It (8)is.not unusual for people to discover that they donot have enough money with (9)themto pay the total costs in such circumstances (10)an..already difficult situation becomes even more complicated.
2). Fill in the blank with a suitable word .(10pts)
 In Canada and the United States, (1)oneof the most popular days in the year in Halloween. Halloween is on October 31 st. It’s a day (2)when.some people dress up in strange or unusual costumes. For example, they may dress up to look (3)likean animal, a person from a book or movie or a famous person from history. In some places, children go to school in (4)their..Halloween costumes. After dark, many young children (5)puton their costumes and visit their neighbors. They knock on the (6)door..and shout “Trick or treat” Then the neighbors (7)gives.them some candies, and the children go on to the (8)next.house. Adults also enjoy dressing up for Halloween. .(9)there.are usually Halloween parties in the evening and usually there is a prize for the best or (10)worst.unusual costume.
3). Fill in the blank with a suitable word .(10pts)
 The world’s (1)most..famous clock is Big Ben standing (2)nextto the house of Parliament in Lon don.
Big Ben is the (3)towerof the bell which chimes every hour. The bell (4)is.named after Sir Benjamin Hall, the man (5)who.was given the task of hauling the bell up the clock tower.
The clock (6)has.four faces and keeps accurate time. It can (7)beadjusted by the removal or addition of coins (8)into..a stray attached to the clock’s pendulum.
One interesting thing about the clock is (9)thatthe light shines above the belfry at night, it (10)saidthat the House of Common is still in session.
4). Choose the best one to fill in each blank. (10pts)
 Have you ever followed instructions for knitting something or have you read a piece of music? If you have, you have behaved in a similar way to a computer. A computer obeys a program to carry out a particular tast. Just (1)as .a knitting pattern is expressed in numbers and a piece of music in lines and dots, so a computer program is (2) . expressed in the form of programming language. Like the English language (or any other language), there are (3)rulesof grammar, and a program must be correct in every way.
 There are hundreds of programming language, but only (4) a few are well known and widely used. The most popular language which is used in offices (5) is called Cobol. This language is used for printing payrolls and keeping records of goods.
 Engineers and scientists use Fortran (6)in order tocarry out calculations. (7) . However., neither of these two programs is very popular with people working on home computers. Basic is the most popular language for home computers, chiefly (8) because ..it is easy to learn and use.
 (9) Although ..these languages are useful for many purposes, it is time that a new simple program was devised. Such a program (10) ought to be not only easy to use but also completely reliable.
1. A. like B. by C. too D. as
2. A. expressive B. expresses C. expressed D. expressing
3. A. rules B. laws C. regulations D. principles
4. A. a little B. a few C. much D. a lot of 
5. A. called B. calling C. is called D. is calling
6. A. so as for B. in order that C. so as that D. in order to
7. A. In addition B. Therefore C. Consequently D. However
8. A. because B. if C. because of D. unless
9. A. Even B. Despite C. Although D. In spite
10. A. ought B. should C. would D. might
5). Fill in the blank with a suitable word .(10pts)
 Nowadays, a lot of important inventions (1)are carried out by scientists (2)working....for large industrial firms. (3)However.., there are still opportunities (4)for. other people to invent various things. In Britain, (5)There. is a weekly TV program which attempts to show (6)all. the various devices which people have invented(7) recently . The people organizing the program receive (8)information. about 700 inventions per year. New ideas can still be developed (9)by.. private inventors. However, it is important to consider these (10)questions..  : Will it work? Will it be wanted ? Is it new?
6). Fill in the blank with a suitable word .(10pts)
 Most people agree that computers are the most important(1) invention.of the 20th century. The first business computers..(2)was.introduced just about thirty years ago, and now they are being(3)used. In a wide variety of fields, from banking to space travel. (4)However., until just a few years ago, computers were very large, expensive machines owned by large corporation and governments. (5)almost.. everyone knew that computers existed, very few people had ever seen one and even(6) They..had used one. Then in the 1970s the silicon chip was invented. Because this electronic device (7)in.store a large amount of information in a very small space, computers could be much smaller and less expensive (8)..than......the huge mainframe computers used(9)in...corporations. Some computers manufacturers believed that people might like to have computers in(10)every.homes, offices, and school, so the personal computer was born. 
7). Choose the best one to fill in each blank. (10pts)
 Most people think of computers are very modern inventions, products of our new technological age. But actually the idea for a computer (1)was..worked out over two centuries ago by a man (2)calledCharles Babbage.
 Babbage was born (3)in.1791 and grew up to be a brilliant mathematician. He drew up plans for several calculating machines (4)which..he called “engines”. But despite the fact that he (5)started.building some of these he never finished any of them. Over the years people have argued (6)whether.his machines would ever work. Recently, however, the Science Museum in London has finished building (7)anengine based on one of Babbage’s designs. (8)Ithas taken six years to complete and more (9)thanfour thousand parts have been special made. Whether it works or not, the machine will be on show at a special exhibition in the Science Museum (10)to.remind people of Babbage’s work.
1. A. has B. was C. had D. is
2. A. known B. recognized C. written D. called
3. A. on B. in C. by D. for
4. A. whose B. who C. these D. which
5. A. wanted B. made C. started D. missed
6. A. until B. whether C. while D. though 
7. A. some B. the C. an D. that
8. A. One B. He C. They D. It
9. A. than B. therefore C. when D. then
10. A. to B. as C. for D. so