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 61 to 65.

Getting fit and slim

You started the year in fine form, made a promise to yourself to get fit and slim, joined a gym and started a diet. But what happened to those gym visits and the lettuce diet? At least half of US who try to get fit and thinner give up after less than a month. Many people blame their failure on lack of time. Lack of willpower was highly important too.

Much of this is down to the way we set unrealistic fitness goals — a flat stomach in eight weeks and a celebrity diet plan - instead of trying the boringly practical long-term fix of exercising a bit more and eating a bit less. Most fitness clubs get an influx of new members from January to March, but theft use of the gym tends to decline after that. So how do you beat the temptation to give up? First, don’t expect to fail as soon as you start - be positive, even if you’ve failed before. Many people are fooled into believing that they need to follow an expensive eating plan. This is simply not true. The answer is to soul-search for the thing that really interests and motivates you. It’s fine to have small motivations, but you should write them down and put them together to make a list of things to keep you going.

You also need to change the way you think about things. Women feel particularly guilty about doing the three- hour-a-week exercise routine, thinking it ‘selfish time’ that takes them away from responsibilities to family and friends. It is better to regard this as vital ‘self-care’ time. People also think three hours is a lot of time out of their week, but we spend around 98 hours a week awake - and the other 95 we are just sitting around.

People tend to give up a fitness regime because

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, c, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 66 to 75.

The Eighth Wonder of the World

The Thames Barrier is a major part of the flood defence scheme for protecting London (66)________ rising water levels. The defenses (67)________include raised river embankments and additional flood gates at strategic points, including the Barking Bauier. The unique structure that is the Barrier spans the 520-metre wide Woolwich reach and consists of 10 separate movable gates, each pivoting and supported between concrete structures which house the operating machinery.

When raised, the four main gates (68)________stand as high as a five-storey building and as (69)________as the opening of Tower Bridge. Each (70)________3700 tonnes. During the first twelve years of (71)________, the Barrier has been closed twenty nine times to protect London.

(72)__________ x  file Barrier from the comfortable Cafeteria. Picnic on the riverside embankment. Enjoy beautiful views from the riverside walk. Visit the shop which stocks a large selection of souvenirs, books and Barrier information.

There is a children’s play (73)________suitable for 4 - to 12-year olds, (74)________adjacent to the riverside walk. A visit to the spectacular Thames Barrier is a (75)________experience.

Điền vào ô số 75

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The old lady was________exhausted after the long walk

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I can’t come to your party because I’m too busy.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, c or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 46 to 50.

Long ago, Chinese people didn’t say, ‘How are you?’ when they met each other or saw thefr friends. They said, ‘(46)________you eaten your rice today?’ Eating rice (47)________such an important part of daily life in China!

Rice is still one of the (48)________important kinds of food in the modem world. Nearly half the people that live on our planet eat it every day and in some countries, an adult eats more than 100 kilos of rice each year.

We think that people first (49)________rice in India. In China, people began eating rice about 5,000 years ago. Rice wasn’t eaten in North America until the 17th century, but many Americans prefer to eat pasta these days (50)________only eat about 2 kilos of rice per year.

Điền vào ô 48

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, c, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 66 to 75.

The Eighth Wonder of the World

The Thames Barrier is a major part of the flood defence scheme for protecting London (66)________ rising water levels. The defenses (67)________include raised river embankments and additional flood gates at strategic points, including the Barking Bauier. The unique structure that is the Barrier spans the 520-metre wide Woolwich reach and consists of 10 separate movable gates, each pivoting and supported between concrete structures which house the operating machinery.

When raised, the four main gates (68)________stand as high as a five-storey building and as (69)________as the opening of Tower Bridge. Each (70)________3700 tonnes. During the first twelve years of (71)________, the Barrier has been closed twenty nine times to protect London.

(72)__________ x  file Barrier from the comfortable Cafeteria. Picnic on the riverside embankment. Enjoy beautiful views from the riverside walk. Visit the shop which stocks a large selection of souvenirs, books and Barrier information.

There is a children’s play (73)________suitable for 4 - to 12-year olds, (74)________adjacent to the riverside walk. A visit to the spectacular Thames Barrier is a (75)________experience.

Điền vào ô số 72

Mark the letter A, B, c, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the sentenced) in italics.

“ You ’d better not lend him any more money, Jane, ” said John

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Educators have made great strides in recent years in combating the ignorance of the nation’s young about AIDS

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 others in each of the following questions.

Mark the letter A, B, c, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.

The most of the energy used in our homes and factories is generated from coal, oil, and natural gas

Mark the letter A, B, c, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.

Bacteria are responsible of many of the textures and flavors in our food and are particularly important in milk products.

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- That’s a beautiful dress you arc wearing!

________

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But for the teacher's encouragement, he wouldn’t have taken part in the contest

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Would you like some chocolate?

________

Mark the letter A, B, c, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best way to complete each of the following sentences with the words or phrases provided.

 It was not until she had arrived home________her appointment with the doctor.

 Is it worth waiting for a table at this restaurant or shall we go________else?