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READING
Unit 1
I. Read the passage below and choose one correct answer for each question:
Chiang Mai, also sometimes written as “Chiang Mai”, is the largest and most culturally significant city in Northern Thailand, and the capital of Chiang Mai Province. It is about 800 kilometers north of Bangkok, among some of the highest mountains in the country. The city stands on the Ping River, a major tributary of the Chao Phraya River. In recent years, Chiang Mai has become an increasingly modern city, although it lacks the cosmopolitan gloss of Bangkok. It has many attractions for the thousands of foreign visitors who come to the city each year. Chiang Mai’s historic strength derived from its important strategic location near a southern branch of the ancient Silk Road, and long before the modern influx of foreign visitors the city served as an important center for handcrafted goods, umbrellas, jewellery particular silver, and woodcarving.
1.Where is Chiang Mai? (1)
A. in the east of Thailand B. in the south of Thailand
C. in the north of Thailand D. in the centre of Thailand
2.Which of the following sentences is NOT true about Chiang Mai ? (1)
A. It is the largest city in Thailand.
B. It is the capital city of Chiang Mai Province.
C. It is surrounded by high mountains.
D. It is over one thousand kilometers from the capital of Thailand.
3.Chiang Mai is now ________. (2)
A. a quickly developing city B. famous for its rivers
C. an ancient city D. near the Silk road
4.Which jewellery is Chiang Mai most famous for? (2)
A. umbrellas B. silver C. woodcarving D. silks
5.The world “significant” in line 2 means _________ (3)
A. ancient B. large C. important D. developed
1C
2D
3A
4B
5C
II. Read the passage below and choose one correct answer for each question:
Is Australia the world’s largest island and its smallest continent? Actually, it’s both. In fact, Australia is the only country that is also a continent. Australia has a population of about 16.5 million. That makes this island nation one of the least densely populated countries.
What ethnic groups make up the Australia population? The majority of Australians are of English, Irish, Greek, Dutch, and Polish. However, over the past 50 years, some four million people from more than 120 countries have made Australia their home. This includes a large number of Asian and African immigrants.
1. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The natural resources of Australia. B. The economic features of Australia.
C. The history of Australia. D. The geographical features of Australia.
2.“That makes this island nation one of the least densely populated countries” means____
A. this nation has the most population in the world.
B. this nation is one of the countries that have the least population
C. this nation has less population than its neighbors.
D. this nation has more population than other countries.
3. The majority of Australians are of ______
A. English and Irish .
B. English, Irish, and Greek. .
C. English, Irish, Greek, Dutch, and Polish .
D. English, Irish, Italian, Greek, Dutch, and Polish .
4. “Over the past 50 years, some four million people from more than 120 countries have made Australia their home” means ________
A. they left their countries and moved to Australia
B. they built their new houses in Australia
C. they bought houses in Australia.
D. they made their houses the same as in Australia
5. What is NOT true about Australia?
A. It is the largest island in the world.
B. It consists of islands.
C. It is the only country that is also a continent.
D. It is the smallest continent.
Key: 1D
2B
3C
4A
5B
Unit two:
I. Read the passage below and choose one correct answer for each question:
Jeans are very popular with young people all over the world. Some people say that jeans are the “uniform” of youth. But they haven’t always been popular. The story of jeans started almost two hundred years ago. People in Genoa, Italy, made pants. The cloth made in Genoa was called “jeans”. The pants were called “jeans”. In 1850, a salesman in California began selling pants made of canvas. His name was Levi Strauss. Because they were so strong, “Levi’s pants” became popular with gold miners, farmers and cowboys. Six years later, Levis began making his pants with blue cotton cloth called denim. Soon after, factory workers in the United States and Europe began wearing jeans. Young people usually didn’t wear them.
1. What are very popular with old people all over the world ?
A. Jeans are very popular with teenagers all over the world.
B. Jeans are popular with not only young people but also all over the world.
C. Jean cloth is very popular with young people all over the world.
D. All over the world, jeans are very popular with young people.
2. When did the story of jeans begin?
A. It started two hundred years ago.
B. It was started two hundred years ago .
C. It began almost two hundred years ago .
D. It began more than two hundred years ago.
3. Which country is the word jeans from?
A. California B. Italy C. United States D. Europe
4. Who was Levi Strauss?
A. a gold miner B. a farmer C. a cowboy D. a salesman
5. When did the factory workers in the United States and Europe begin wearing jeans?
A. They began wearing jeans after 1856 .
B. They began wearing jeans before 1856 .
C. They began wearing jeans in 1850.
D. They began wearing jeans in 1856.
KEY: 1D
2C
3B
4D
5A
II. Read the passage below and choose one correct answer for each question:
These days, most people in Britain and the United States do not wear very formal clothes. But sometimes it is important to wear the right thing.
Many British people don’t think about clothes very much. They just like to be comfortable. When they go out to enjoy themselves, they can wear almost anything. At theaters, cinemas and concerts you can put on what you like from elegant suits and dresses to jeans and sweaters. Anything goes, as long as you look clean and tidy.
But in Britain, as well as the United States, men in offices usually wear suits and ties, and women wear dresses and skirts (not trousers). Doctors, lawyers and business people wear quite formal clothes. And in some hotels and restaurants men have to wear ties and women wear smart dresses.    
In many years, Americans are more relaxed than British people, but they are more careful with their clothes. At home, or on holidays, most Americans wear informal or sporty clothes. But when they go out in the evening, they like to look elegant. In good hotels and restaurants, men have to wear jackets and ties, and women wear pretty clothes and smart hairstyle.
It is difficult to say exactly what people wear informal or formal in Britain and the United State because everyone is different. If you are not sure what to wear, watch what other people do and then do the same. You’ll feel more relaxed if you don’t look too different from everyone else.
1.Many British people wear freely when they……………
A. meet their friend. B. attend lectures
C. attend meeting    D. spend their spare time
2.Who doesn’t usually wear suits and ties?
A. Lawyers  B. Doctors  C. Farmers  D. Secretaries
3.If you visit an American friend at home in the evening, you may find that your friend wears…………….
A. pretty clothes     B. informal clothes C. formal clothes    D. dirty clothes
4.If you are in foreign country, the best way the writer suggest to you is to wear ……….
A. strange clothes    B. as the people there do
C. your native clothes    D. pretty clothes
5.What do you think the passage is mainly about?
A. Recent dressing habit in Great Britain and the United States.
B. The reason why informal clothing is popular in Britain and US.
C. When we should wear in a formal way.
D. Where we should wear in a formal way.
KEY: 1D
2C
3B
4B
5A
Unit 3
I. Read the passage below and choose one correct answer for each question:
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 and eat the same vegetables all the 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 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.
1.What did the writer like most about living in the country?
A. Flowers in spring     B. Leaves in autumn
C. The wild animals and the plants    D. The change of seasons
2.What does the word “them” in line 2 refer to?
A. four seasons.    B. winter and autumn
C. countryside people    D. plants
3.In the countryside which season can we buy strawberries ?
A. Spring   B. Summer 
C. Autumn  D. Winter
4.Why did the writer never eat tinned food when living in the country ?
A. Because it was frozen   B. Because it was very fat 
C. Because it was not good  D. Because it was not very fresh.
5.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.
D. Many city people think they live better than those in the country
KEY: 1D
2A
3B
4D
5A
II. Read the passage below and choose one correct answer for each question:
The country is more beautiful than a town and more pleasant to live in. Many people think so, and go to the country for the summer holidays though they cannot live there all the year round. Some have a cottage built in a village so that they can go there whenever they can find the time.
English villages are not all alike, but in some ways they are not very different from one another. Almost every village has a church, the round or square tower of which can be seen from many miles around. Surrounding the church is the churchyard, where people are buried.
The village green is a wide stretch of grass, and houses or cottages are built round it. Country life is now fairly comfortable and many villages have water brought through pipes into each house. Most villages are so close to some small towns that people can go there to buy what they can’t find in the village shops.
1. When do city people often go to the country?
A. At the weekends. B. All the year round. C. At Christmas. D. In the summer holidays.
2.What is the advantage of city people when they have a cottage built in the village?
A. They can have their houses rented.
B. They can go to the country at weekends.
C. They can go to the country whenever they have spare time.
D. They can go to the country in the summer holidays.
3.What is the common feature of English villages?
A. They have a church with a tall tower.
B. They have a church and a village green .
C. They have a village green and running water.
D. They have running water and a church.
4.What is NOT mentioned in the life of English villages?
A. The village green. B. The church. C. Running water. D. The Internet.
5. What can villagers do when their villages are close to small towns?
A. They can go there to buy whatever they want.
B. They can go there to buy cheaper things.
C. They can go there to buy what is not found in the village shops.
D. They can go there to buy luxury goods.
KEY: 1D
2C
3B
4D
5C
Unit 4:
I. Read the passage below and choose one correct answer for each question:
Have you ever noticed advertisements which say “learn a foreign language in 6 weeks, or your money back. From the first day your pronunciation will be excellent. Just send….” and so on? Of course, it never happens quite like that. The only language that is easy to learn is one’s mother language. And think how much practice that gets! Before the Second World War, people usually learned a foreign language in order to read the literature of the country.
Now speaking a foreign language is what most people want. Every year many millions of people start learning one. How do they do it? Some people try at home, with books and records of tapes; some use radio or television programs; some use computers and network; others go to evening classes. If they use the language only 2 or 3 times a week, it will take a long time, like learning  a foreign language at school. A few people try to learn the language fast by studying for 6 or more hours a day. It is clearly easier to learn the language in the country where it is spoken. However, most people cannot afford this, and for many it is not necessary. They need the language in order to do their work better. For example, scientists and doctors chiefly need to be able to read books and reports in the foreign language. Whether the language is learned quickly or slowly, it is hard work. Machines and good books will help, but they cannot do the student’s work for him.
1. According to some advertisements, you ………………..
A. have to pay your money if you cannot master a foreign language in 6 weeks.
B. needn’t pay your money if you cannot learn a foreign language in 6 weeks.
C. must pay your money if you cannot master a foreign language in 6 weeks.
D. will be paid much money if you cannot learn a foreign language in 6 weeks.
2. Now most people try to learn a foreign language in order to …………..
A. read the literature of the country   C. do their work better.
B. read books and reports    D. go to foreign countries.
3. The best way to learn a foreign language is …………..
A. to go to the country where the language is spoken.
B. to use machines and good books.
C. to go to evening classes.
D. to do as the advertisements tell you do.
4. Learning a foreign language is a hard job ………………..
A. for scientists and doctors   C. for those people at home
B. for students at school   D. for most people.
5. Which of the following sentences is NOT true?
A. It is very difficult to learn a language, including the native language.
B. Few people can afford to learn a foreign language in the country where it is spoken.
C. To learn one’s mother tongue also needs a lot of practice.
D. Machines and good books are useless for us to learn a foreign language.
KEY: 1B
2C
3A
4D
5D
II. Read the passage below and choose one correct answer for each question:
Every year, students in many countries learn English. Some of these students are young children. Others are teenagers. Many are adults. Some learn at school, others study by themselves. A few learn English just by hearing the language in films, on television, in the office or among their friends. But not many are lucky enough to do that. Most people must work hard to learn another language.
Many adults learn English because it is useful for their work. Teenagers often learn English for their higher studies, because some of their books are in English at college or university. Others learn English because they want to read newspapers or magazines in English.
Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects. They study their own language, mathematics, and English. In England, America or Australia, many boys and girls study their native language, which is English, mathematics, and another language, perhaps French, or German or Spanish.
1. According to the writer ………………..
A. only adults learn English B. no children like to learn English
C. English is useful for teenagers. D. English is popular all over the world.
2. Most people learn English by ……….
A. watching video only. B. hearing the language in the office.
C. talking with foreigners. D. working hard on their lessons.
3. Many boys and girls learn English because …………….
A. English give them a job. B. it is included in their study courses.
C. they are forced to learn it. D. they have to study their own languages
4. Many adults learn English because …………
A. it helps them in their work. B. they want to go abroad.
C. most of their books are in English. D. English is spoken in their office.
5. In America or Australia many school children study …………
A. English as a foreign language. B. English and mathematics only.
C. such foreign languages as French, German, and Spanish.
D. their own language and some foreign languages.
KEY: 1D
2D
3B
4A
5C
Unit five :    
I. Read the passage below and choose one correct answer for each question:
 THE NEWS MEDIA
 News media are the mean or methods by which people learn what is happening in the city, in the country and in the world. The news media can be classified into two general categories: the categories of  print media and electric media. Print media use the written material to communicate news to readers. Electronic media use radio waves to send into homes, offices and public places. Print media are usually divided into magazines and newspapers. Most newspapers print news daily. For example, the newspaper “The New York Times” is published weekly, the Newsweek and Times magazines are published once a week. The electric media are generally divided into radio and television. Radio news is the one that you listen to. In the United States, many radio stations broadcast five minutes of news every hour. Television news is the one that you listen but also to watch it. In the future new categories of news media will develop . Even today computers are beginning to influence the transmission and reception of news.
1. What do the print media use to communicate the news?
A. radio waves  B. TV  C. radio   D. newspapers.
2. What do the electronic media use to communicate the news?
A. radio waves    B. magazines
C. newspapers    D. television programs
3. What is “The New York Times” an example of?
A. magazine  B. newspaper  C. radio programs  D. television programs
4. Which of the following print media is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. Newsweek  B. Times  C. The New York Times  D. Sunflowers
5. Which of the following media is broadcast?
A. magazines    B. newspapers   C. TV D. books
KEY: 1D
2A
3B
4D
5C
CLOZE TESTS
UNIT 1 : A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL
Choose A, B, C or D to complete the passage:
When Malaysia became (1)________ , Malay language was chosen as the National Language. The reason (2)________ this choice is that it is the language of the Malays who are the natives of Malaysia.
The government of Malaysia takes pride in promoting this language among all the races in Malaysia. The Chinese, the Indians and other non-Malay communities (3)________the decision of the government. It is the (4)________ language of the country.
In Malaysia, the national language (5)________ the Bahasa Malaysia. It is the language of (6)________ in schools. Since the introduction of Malay in schools, it (7)________ the most (8)________ used language in Malaysia.
1. A. independent B. independently C. dependent D. independence
2. A. at B. in C. with D. for
3. A. accepted B. have accepted C. had accepted D. are accepted
4. A. office B. officer C. official D. officially
5. A. calls B. is called C. called D. is calling
6. A. instructive B. instruct C. instruction D. instructively
7. A. has become B. becomes C. became D. has became
8. A. widely B. widen C. wide D. widening
KEY: 1. independent
2. for
3. have accepted
4. official
5. is called
6. instruction
7. has become
8. widely
CLOTHES
Clothes can tell a lot about a person. Some like colorful (1)________ because they want everyone to look at them (2)________ they want to be the centre of attention. (3)________ people like to wear nice clothes, but their clothes are colorful and fancy. They do not want people to look at them. Clothes today are very different (4)________ the clothes of the 19th century. One different is the way they look. For example, in the 19th century, all women (5)________ blouses with long skirts. But today, women do not always wear blouses with long skirts. Sometimes they wore short skirts. Sometimes they wear pants. Another different (6)________ the 19th century and today is cloth. In the 19th century, clothes (7)________ only from natural kinds of cloth. They were made from (8)________ , wool, silk or line. But today, there are many kinds of man-made cloth. A lot of clothes are now made from nylon, rayon, or polyester.
A. shirts B. suits C. clothes D. trousers
A. but B. or C. so D. and
A. Some B. other C. The D. few
A. of B. on C. with D. from
A. worn B. wear C. were wearing D. wore
A. in B. among C. both D. between
A. were made B. are made C. made D. have been made
A. plastic B. metal C. wood D. cotton
Key: 1. clothes
2. and
3. Other
4. from
5. wore
6. between
7. were made
8. cotton
MY VILLAGE
My village is about 50 kilometers (1)________ the city center. It is a very beautiful and (2)________ place where people (3)________ flowers and vegetables only. It’s very famous for its pretty roses and picturesque scenery. The air is quite (4)________ ; however, the smell of roses makes people (5)________ cool.
In spring, my village looks like a carpet with plenty of (6)________ . Tourists come to visit it so often. Nowadays, with electricity, it doesn’t take the (7)________ much time to water the roses. And even at night, people can walk along the path and (8)________the fresh smell of the flowers.
A. on B. from C. for D. in
A. peaceful B. peace C. noisy D. noisily
A. grew B. buy C. grow D. bought
A. dirty B. fresh C. bad D. hot
A. felt B. feel C. to feel D. feeling
A. spots B. places C. colors D. styles
A. villagers B. towns C. villages D. city-dwellers
A. enjoyment B. enjoyable C. enjoyably D. enjoy
Key: 1. from
2. peaceful
3. grow
4. fresh
5. feel
6. colors
7. villagers
8. enjoy
LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
“ Speech is one of the most (1)________ ways of communicating. It consists of far more than just (2)________ noises. To talk or to be understood by other people, we have to master a language, that is, we have to use combinations of sound that (3)________ for a particular object or idea. Communication would be impossible if everyone made up their own language.
Learning a language is very important. The basic vocabulary of English is not very large, and only 2,000 words are needed to speak (4)________ quite well. But the more words you know, the more ideas you can express, and the more precise you can be (5)________ their meaning.
Words are the main things we use (6)________ what we want to say. The way we say the words (7)________ also very important. One tone of voice can express (8)________ emotions and show whether we are pleased or angry for instance.”
A. important B. unimportance C. importance D. unimportant
A. making B. make C. to make D. makes
A. stood B. stand C. standing D. stands
A. it B. them C. to it D. with them
A. for B. of C. in D. about
A. in expressing B. expressing C. for express D. to be expressed
A. are B. is C. will be D. was
A. many B. much C. few D. little
Key: 1. important
2. making
3. stand
4.it
5. about
6. in expressing
7. is
8. many
TELEPHONE
What if you want to talk right now to a friend (1)_______ lives far away ? The answer is simple. You pick up your telephone and press some buttons. Next, you hear a ringing sound-one, two, three rings. Then you hear your friend’s (2)________ say, “Hello”. Making a phone call seems so easy. But did you ever think about (3)________ makes it possible ?
When you pick up your phone, it instantly hooks up with a vast, worldwide telephone network. The network has millions of miles of wire. It has cables that run (4)________ the oceans. It has optical (glass) fibers as thin as a hair. It has satellites that orbit high above (5)________.
It has powerful computers that (6)________ track of everything on the network, including the (7)________ to your friend. The word “hello” might have zipped through wires, shot up to a satellite, or zoomed through a cable under the sea before it got to your (8)________ .
A. whom B. who C. which D. whose
A. sound B. words C. voice D. accent
A. what B. which C. how D. whom
A. on B. in C. above D. under
A. the moon B. the sun C. the earth D. the star
A. keep B. catch C. have D. make
A. letter B. call C. address D. talk
A. mouth B. head C. eyes D. ear
Answer keys: 1. B
2C
3A
4D
5C
6A
7B
8D