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VINH PHUC
EDUCATION & TRAINING SERVICE
Lien Son High School
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WRITTEN test
Time allowance: 45 minutes
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Nội dung đề số 291
I. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 1 to 5.
By adopting a few simple techniques, parents who read to their children can considerably increase their children`s language development. It is surprising, but true. How parents talk to their children makes a big difference in the children`s language development. If a parent encourages the child to actively respond to what the parent is reading, the child`s language skills increase.
A study was done with two or three-year-old children and their parents. Half of the thirty children participants were in the experimental study; the other half acted as the control group. In the experimental group, the parents were given a two-hour training session in which they were taught to ask open-ended questions rather than yes-no questions. For example, the parent should ask, "What is the doggy doing?" rather than, "Is the doggy running away?" Experimental parents were also instructed how to expand on their children`s answer, how to suggest alternative possibilities, and how to praise correct answers.
At the beginning of the study, the children did not differ on levels of language development, but at the end of one month, the children in the experimental group were 5.5 months ahead of the control group on a test of verbal expression and vocabulary. Nine months later, the children in the experimental group still showed an advance of 6 months over the children in the control group.
01. Parents can give great help to their children`s language development by _____ them.
A. experimenting B. responding to C. reading to D. adopting
02. What was the major difference between the control group and the experimental one in the study?
A. The age of the children B. The training that parents received
C. The books that were read D. The number of participants
03. What conclusion can be drawn from this passage?
A. Children`s language skills increase when they are required to respond actively
B. Two or three-year-old children can be taught to read actively
C. The more children read, the more intelligent they become
D. Children who read actively always act six months earlier than those who don`t
04. During the training session, experimental parents were taught to _____.
A. use yes-no questions B. ask open-ended questions
C. study many experiments D. give correct answers
05. What does the word "they" in the second paragraph refer to?
A. Participants B. Parents C. Questions D. Children

II. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.
06. Many young people lack skills, good education, and financial to settle in the urban areas where many jobs are found.
A. are found B. lack C. urban areas D. financial
07. Tom likes taking part sports, so he will join the football team of his school.
A. taking part B. will join C. so D. of
08. I have been working hardly for two weeks and now I feel like a rest.
A. a rest B. and C. have been working D. hardly
09. She brought a lot of money with her so that she needed buy some duty-free goods.
A. needed buy B. duty-free goods C. with D. brought
10. We are going to visit our grandparents when we will finish our final exams.
A. when B. our C. will D. are going to

III. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.
11. A. promise B. despite C. enterprise D. economize
12. A. eight B. thought C. laugh D. high
13. A. chemist B. approach C. aching D. scholar
14. A. attracted B. engaged C. decided D. expected
15. A. ease B. appeal C. already D. team
IV. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
16. He went back to work in his country after he ______ his course on Advanced Engineering in London.
A. has finished B. finishes C. was finishing