Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 16 to 20.

Is it worth reading books, (16) ________ nowadays there are so many other forms of entertainment? Some people say that even paperback books are expensive, and not everyone can borrow books from a library. They might add that television is more exciting and that viewers can relax as they watch their favourite (17) ________. All that may be true, but books are still very popular. They encourage the reader to use his or her imagination for a start. You can read a chapter of a book, or just a few pages, and then stop, of course, it may be so (18) ________ that you can't stop! There are many different kinds of books, so you can choose a crime novel or an autobiography, or a book (19) ________ gives you interesting information. If you find it hard to choose, you can read reviews, or ask friends for ideas. Personally, I can't do without books, but I can (20) ________ up television easily enough. You can't watch television at bus stops!

Câu 17 (TH):

Câu 48 (TH): Volunteer organisations are generally small-staffed, so they need to _______ lots of volunteers for a huge event.

Câu 37 (VD): In _________ 1950s, many people moved from _________ West Indies to _________ England because their life was so hard there.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the sentence given in each of the following questions from 30 to 31.

Câu 31 (VDC): We were all in awe of the fact that the new manager was our old friend Duncan.

Câu 39 (TH): Thank you for your kind offer _________ dinner at your apartment. It was excellent.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions from 32 to 33.

Câu 33 (VD): I do my homework and schoolwork in separate books. I don't get muddled up.

Câu 46 (VD): He _________ the club on recommendation from his friend Jack.

Câu 50 (VD): It seems that they had had a ________ row, as she had locked him out of the apartment all night long.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions from 36 to 50.

Câu 36 (NB): None of the old people likes living in urban areas, _________?

Câu 38 (VD): Today, Greenpeace has returned to Alaska _________ to stop Shell drilling for Arctic oil.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions from 8 to 10.

Câu 8 (VD): The Guggenheim Museum in New York City is one of the major center for the collection and display of works of abstract art in the United States.

Câu 40 (VD): If I ________ what a bad driver you were, I _________ with you.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions from 8 to 10.

Câu 9 (VD): Many dinosaurs were so much heavy that they spent most of their lives in swamps and shallow lakes where water could support them.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the sentence given in each of the following questions from 30 to 31.

Câu 30 (VDC): I thought his business would fail, but he is really making a go of it.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions from 8 to 10.

Câu 10 (TH): Charles Babbage is generally considered having invented the first computer.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the sentence given in each of the following questions from 13 to 15.

Câu 15 (VDC): It is difficult for people in serious debt to get out of the spiral of borrowing and paying interest on ever-increasing loans.