and an agreed convention about signaling the beginning and end of the (6)_____.

In the past, people don’t tend to pay much attention to leisure time activities.

He said that Linda and John _______ married _______.

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 15 to 18.

We first learn about loving and caring relationships from our families. A family is defined as a domestic group of people with some degree of kinship - whether through blood, marriage, or adoption. Ideally, each child is nurtured, respected, and grows up to care for others and develop strong and healthy relationships. This does not mean that it is always easy to make and keep friends; it just means that we share the goal of having strong relationships.

"Family" includes your siblings and parents, as well as relatives who you may not interact with every day, such as your cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents, and stepparents. These are probably the people you are closest to and with whom you spend the most time. Having healthy relationships with your family members is both important and difficult.

Families in the 21st century come in all shapes and sizes: traditional, single parent, blended (more than one family together in the same house), and gay and lesbian parents - just to name a few. No matter the "type" of family you have, there are going to be highs and lows - good times and bad. Many times, however, families become blocked in their relationships by hurt, anger, mistrust, and confusion. These are natural and normal, and few families do not have at least a few experiences with them. Families need to be units of mutual caring and support; they can be sources of lifelong strength for all individuals.

What is the main idea of the passage?

Trang is thanking Mai for visiting her.

- Trang: “Thank you very much for spending time with me.” - Mai: “________.”

You are not allowed to bring coffee into the classroom.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions from 11 to 14

“I have many interesting books to read,” Minh said.

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 5 to 8

Face-to-face conversation is a two-way process: you speak to me, I reply to you and so on. Two-way (5)_____depends on having a coding system that is understood by both sender and receiver, and an agreed convention about signaling the beginning and end of the (6)_____. In speech, the coding system is the language like English or Spanish; the convention that one person speaks at a time may seem too obvious to mention. In fact, the (7)_____that people use in conversations and meetings are often non- verbal. For example, lowering the pitch of voice may mean the end of a sentence; a sharp intake of breath may signal the desire to interrupt, catching the chairman’s eye may indicate the desire to speak in a formal setting like a debate, a clenched fist may indicate anger. When these (8)_____signals are not possible, more formal signals may be needed.

New technologies _______ since the mid-twentieth century.

Cultural identity ____ as the identity or feeling of belonging to a group that has its own culture.

I haven't visited my hometown for a few years.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions from 9 to 10

The National _____ is set by the government and must be followed in all state schools.

We always feel safe and secure at home as we are a close-knit family and supportive of one another.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions from 1 to 2

Different from English taught to all Vietnamese students, Chinese and Russian have been made optional languages taught at secondary schools in Viet Nam.

By next month, I _____ my first novel.