III. Read the text carefully, then answer the questions.

TRANSPORT IN JAPAN

Transportation in Japan is modern and highly developed. Japan’s transportation sector is famous worldwide for its energy efficiency. Transportation in Japan uses less energy per person than that in other countries because if rail transportation and low travel distances.

In Japan, road construction is difficult because Japan has very high population density, and the limited amount of land for road construction. Railway are a major means of passenger transportation, especially for mass and high –speed transport between major cities and for commuter transport in metropolitan areas.

Japan’s Shinkansen( or bullet train) is also very famous worldwide. Shinkansen trains are known to be very safe. There haven’t been any accident –related deaths or injuries from passengers in its history. Shikansen are also known to be very punctual. In 2003, the average delay per train on the ToKaido Shinkasen  was  a mere 6 seconds. Japan has tried to sell its Shinkansen technology overseas, and has struck deals to help build systems in India, Thailand, and the United States.

1. Why Japan’s  transportation sector is famous worldwide?

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2. Why road construction is difficult in Japan?

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3. What are a major means of passengers transportation in Japan?

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4. Have there been any accident-related deaths or injuries caused by Sinkasen trains?

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5. How are Shinkansen described in the paragraph?

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II. Read the following passage carefully, then do as directed : (5 marks)
Thinking about how we will be travelling in 10 or 20 years is very interesting. Will we still be using planes or will we be flying our cars from Paris to London? Here are some suggestions.
- SkyTrain: Currently being developed at NASA, SkyTrain looks like the monorail at Disney World. Moving at 240km/h and using small amount of energy, it could be the future of city transportation. SkyTrain has the passenger capacity of a 6-lane highway.
- Flying cars: Zhu Wenxi and Lai Zexin, Chinese students, have designed a solar-powered flying car that doesn’t need a runway to take off. If you have about 200 hundred thousand dollars, you will own this vehicle soon.
- An electric mininus: The minibus Cameo, designed by Martin Pes, can carry 32 passengers but it is small enough to get its way out of a traffic jam. Its electric motor and low weight mean that it can be recharged in seconds while stopping and it has zero emission.
- An eco-taxi: Taxis are bad for the environment and traffic jams. We enter eco-taxi, and individual taxis form a train powered by solar panels.
1. Decide whether the statements below are True (T) or False (F) : (2,5 marks)
a. SkyTrain is fast but cannot be used as a means of transport in the city. …………
b. Flying cars designed by Zhu Wenxi and Lai Zexin run on solar energy. …………
c. A long runway is necessary for flying cars to take off. …………
d. Because it is small, an electric minibus can avoid traffic jams. …………
e. Several eco-taxis can form a line moving together, using solar energy. …………
2. Answer the following sentences: (2,5 marks)
a. How fast can SkyTrain travel?
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b. Where are the designers of flying cars from?
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c. How much money does a flying car cost?
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d. Why should we take eco-taxi instead of other taxis?
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e. Are you interested in these means of transport? Why?
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Read about traffic problems in two cities. Match the city with its problem.

In Ho Chi Minh City, it is not strange to see the sight of a street that is crowded with vehicles. People cannot move and their health is affected by polluted air from exhausted fumes. What are the reasons? The citizens in the city use many personal vehicles to go from one place to another. They aren't used to transporting by public transports. May be because the bus drivers are careless, impolite to them or the taxi fare is too high for some people.

Bangkok is world renowned for its terrible traffic problems, so getting around on the roads is a bit of a nightmare. In my opinion, there are 3 main causes of Bangkok traffic jams. First, the quality of public transportation is low. Bus is of low quality and causes congestion. Second, the BTS and MRT are not enough for users. Finally, the most important cause of traffic jam is car accidents. Bad bus drivers cause accidents frequently and make the road stuck for hours.

PROBLEMS
1. It has low quality public transport.
2. It costs a lot to go by taxi.
3. There are not enough MRTs for its inhabitants.
4. Its citizens use a lot of personal vehicles.
5. There is a high frequency of accidents.

Help me ~ ~

Find a mistake of each sentence and correct it
1. I used to go on foot when I am in primary school
2. Critics were disappointing at his performance as King Lear
3. Because the film was gripping, Tom slept from th beginning to the end
4. Easter is a religion festival and it is celebrated in many countries
5. Non-renewable sources of energy are harmful for the environment
Read the passage about Rain Forest World Music Festival. Then answer true or false
Rain Forset World Music Festival is celebrated in Sarawak, Kuching Island, Malaysia. This festival began in 1998. The cost is only US $ 40 and it lasts 3 days. It's the time for musicians from all parts of Malaysia and many countries aroung the world come. During the 3 days, there are many cultural events: performances of musicians, workshop for people who want to learn more about music, classes for children to learn about music and storytelling. In the festival villages, there are many shops. visitors can buy food, drink, traditional arts, and musical instruments. There are also displays of houses, clothes and hunting instruments for tribes in Sarawak
1.Rain Forest World Music Festival is first celebrated in 1998 _____
2. The admission fee is very high _____
3. Children come to perform music and storytelling _____
4. Only musicians and children come to the festival _____
5. Visitors can learn something about the life of tribes in Sarawak _____

II.Read the following passage carefully, then write the sentences are True ( T ) or False ( F )
A.Thousands of people in Calcutta, India, have no jobs and no proper homes. They live in homes
made of mats, boxes, and rusty sheets of tin. Many people have to camp permanently in the
railway stations, cooking, eating, sleeping and feeding their babies there. Babies are born in the
streets and peolpe die there too.
As many as seventeen out of every hundred families live in the streets, having nowhere to go.
Many of these people are sick because of a hot and damp climate.Although the government tries
hard to provide houses, schools, and medical services, it can hardly keep up with the increasing
population.
1. ___ Many people in Calcutta live in bad conditions because they have no jobs.
2. ___ Babies from poor families are taken care of by the local government.
3. ___ Seventy percent of the families in Calcutta have to live in the streets.

4. ___ The local government makes effects to help poor families but it cannot solve the problem
successfully.
5 .___ Many people in Calcutta live in good conditions because they have no jobs.
6. ___ Babies are born in the street.
7. ___ Many people are sick because they don’t have enough money to live.
B. Titanic is a romantic film, directed by James Cameron. It is about the sinking of the ship
Titanic on its first voyage. The main characters are Jack Dawson and Rose DeWitt Bukater.
Although, they are from different social classes, they fall in love. The film has a sad ending:
the Titanic sinks and more than a thousand people die in the disaster, including Jack. Critics
say it is a must-see. Many people love it.
1. ___ James Cameron is a director .
2. ___ Rose DeWitt Bukater is a crictic .
3. ___ Jack and Rose are the same classes .
4. ___ Jack dies when the ship sinks
C. Fossil fuels are non- renewabe energy sources . They include oil , coat , and natural gas .
they can be used to create energy , genergrate electricity , or drive big machinery .
Unfortunately, they are harmful to the environment . Vietnam still relies mostly on non –
renweable energy sources . However, hydro power is increasingly used here too.
Hydro and nuclear power can generate a great deal of energy . They are renewable and
plentiful However , hydro power is limited beacause can not be built in a certain area.
Nuclear power can provide enough electricity for the world needs , but it is dangerous.The
sun and the wind are other alternative sources of energy . The wind turns turbines to make
electricity . Solar power can be converted into electicity . It can be used to heat or cool our
houses . Although there are some diadvantages , these alternative energy sources can offer
abundant amounts of clean , safe electricity . They will be valued more and more in the
future in Vietnam.
1. __ Fossil fuels are environmentally friendly to the environment
2. __ Fossil fuels aren’t environmentally friendly to the environment
3. __ Nuclear power is alternative energy sources and dangerous
4. __ Vietnam still relies mostly on Nuclear power
5. __ Non- renewable energy sources can be converted into electicity
6. __ Solar power can be used to heat or cool our houses .
7. __Hydro power is unlimited beacause can not be built in a certain area

The discovery that language can be a barrier to communication is quickly made by all who travel, study, govern or sell. Whether the activity is tourism, research, government, policing, business, or data dissemination, the lack of a common language can severely impede progress or can halt it altogether. 'Common language' here usually means a foreign language, but the same point applies in principle to any encounter with unfamiliar dialects or styles within a single language. 'They don't talk the same language' has a major metaphorical meaning alongside its literal one.

Although communication problems of this kind must happen thousands of times each day, very few become public knowledge. Publicity comes only when a failure to communicate has major consequences, such as strikes, lost orders, legal problems, or fatal accidents — even, at times, war. One reported instance of communication failure took place in 1970, when several Americans ate a species of poisonous mushroom. No remedy was known, and two of the people died within days. A radio report of the case was heard by a chemist who knew of a treatment that had been successfully used in 1959 and published in 1963. Why had the American doctors not heard of it seven years later? Presumably, because the report of the treatment had been published only in journals written in European languages other than English.

Several comparable cases have been reported. But isolated examples do not give an impression of the size of the problem — something that can come only from studies of the use or avoidance of foreign-language materials and contacts in different communicative situations. In the English-speaking scientific world, for example, surveys of books and documents consulted in libraries and other information agencies have shown that very little foreign-language material is ever consulted. Library requests in the field of science and technology showed that only 13 per cent were for foreign language periodicals. Studies of the sources cited in publications lead to a similar conclusion: the use of foreign-language sources is often found to be as low as 10 per cent.

The language barrier presents itself in stark form to firms who wish to market their products in other countries. British industry, in particular, has in recent decades often been criticised for its linguistic insularity - for its assumption that foreign buyers will be happy to communicate in English, and that awareness of other languages is not therefore a priority. In the 1960s, over two-thirds of British firms dealing with non-English-speaking customers were using English for outgoing correspondence; many had their sales literature only in English; and as many as 40 per cent employed no-one able to communicate in the customers' languages. A similar problem was identified in other English-speaking countries, notably the USA, Australia and New Zealand. And non-English-speaking countries were by no means exempt - although the widespread use of English as an alternative language made them less open to the charge of insularity.

The criticism and publicity given to this problem since the 1960s seems to have greatly improved the situation. Industrial training schemes have promoted an increase in linguistic and cultural awareness. Many firms now have their own translation services; to take just one example in Britain, Rowntree Mackintosh now publish their documents in six languages (English, French, German, Dutch, Italian and Xhosa). Some firms run part-time language courses in the languages of the countries with which they are most involved; some produce their own technical glossaries, to ensure consistency when material is being translated. It is now much more readily appreciated that marketing efforts can be delayed, damaged, or disrupted by a failure to take account of the linguistic needs of the customer.

The changes in awareness have been most marked in English-speaking countries, where the realisation has gradually dawned that by no means everyone in the world knows English well enough to negotiate in it. This is especially a problem when English is not an official language of public administration, as in most parts of the Far East, Russia, Eastern Europe, the Arab world, Latin America and French-speaking Africa. Even in cases where foreign customers can speak English quite well, it is often forgotten that they may not be able to understand it to the required level - bearing in mind the regional and social variation which permeates speech and which can cause major problems of listening comprehension. In securing understanding, how 'we' speak to 'them' is just as important, it appears, as how 'they' speak to 'us'.

Questions 14-17
Complete each of the following statements (Questions 14-17) with words taken from Reading Passage 133

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

14 Language problems may come to the attention of the public when they have ........................... such as fatal accidents or social problems.

15 Evidence of the extent of the language barrier has been gained from ............................ of materials used by scientists such as books and periodicals.

16 An example of British linguistic insularity is the use of English for materials such as ...........................

17 An example of a part of the world where people may have difficulty in negotiating English is ........................... .

Questions 18-20
Choose the appropriate letters A-D

18 According to the passage, ‘They don't talk the same language' (paragraph 1), can refer to problems in...
A understanding metaphor.
B learning foreign languages.
C understanding dialect or style.
D dealing with technological change.

19 The case of the poisonous mushrooms (paragraph 2) suggests that American doctors …
A should pay more attention to radio reports.
B only read medical articles if they are in English.
C are sometimes unwilling to try foreign treatments.
D do not always communicate effectively with their patients.


20 According to the writer, the linguistic insularity of British businesses...
A later spread to other countries.
B had a negative effect on their business.
C is not as bad now as it used to be in the past.
D made non-English-speaking companies turn to other markets.

Questions 21-24
List the FOUR main ways in which British companies have tried to solve the problem of the language barrier since the 1960s.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

21 ......................................
22 ......................................
23 ......................................
24 ......................................

Questions 25 and 26
Choose the appropriate letters A-D and write them in boxes 25 and 26 on your answer sheet


25 According to the writer, English-speaking people need to be aware that...
A some foreigners have never met an English-speaking person.
B many foreigners have no desire to learn English.
C foreign languages may pose a greater problem in the future.
D English-speaking foreigners may have difficulty understanding English.

26 A suitable title for this passage would be .......
A Overcoming the language barrier
B How to survive an English-speaking world
C Global understanding - the key to personal progress
D The need for a common language

Cho dạng đúng của từ in hoa để hoàn thành các câu sau:
1) Linh is very kind, handsome and...... ( SOCIAL)
2) Mai is pretty with a........ smile ( LOVE)
3) .........., I found my car key ( LUCK)
4) He made an ..... to see me at 9 a.m (ARRANGE)
5) Lan is Mr. Quang's ........., isn't she? ( ASSIST)
6) There isn't any.......... in this village nowadays ( ELECTRIC)
7) My father got.......... when he was 17 ( MARRY)
8) This application from must have the ........ of the applicant ( SIGN)
9) There is a very ...... programme on TV tonight ( INTEREST)
10) My parents ...... me to take part in thiss competition ( COURAGE)
11) Conputers are popular ...... nowadays ( WORLD)
12) Our teacher is very .... of the monitor ( PRIDE)
13) This hotel looks clean and ...... ( COMFORT)
14) Nowadays more people are concerning about the ....... pollution ( ENVIRONMENT)
15) You must be ..... when you go across the street ( CARE)
16) Don't waste water. It is our ...... resources ( NATURE)
17) Children in mountainous areas have ..... in learning English ( DIFFICULT)
18) An English language training is a good ...... for any career ( PREPARE)
19) In my country, it ...... rains heavily on January ( OCCASION)
20) I have known him since September. He is my new .... ( ACQUAINT)
21) He is the only ...... in the car crash ( SURVIVE)
22) Solar energy is not only ... but also clean and safe ( PLENTY)
23) We use solar energy for our ....... life ( DAY)
24) Each of us must take ...... for our own actions ( RESPONSIBLE)
25) Nowadays more and more women go out to work and they become more ...... than they used to ( DEPEND)
26) He is the ..... of this machine ( INVENT)
27) The telephone ...... put me through to the office ( OPERATE)
28) The ....... asked us not to make noise ( LIBRARY)
29) We are waiting for the ....of his plane ( ARRIVE)
30) In England there is no postal ....... on Sundays ( DELIVER)

Read the passage and decide which statements are True (T) or False (F).
In Western countries, electricity, gas, and water are not luxuries but necessities. Companies now realize that consumers want products that will not only work effectively, but also save money.
For most North American households, lighting accounts for 10 percent to 15 percent of the electricity bill. However, this amount can be reduced by replacing an ordinary 100-watt light bulb with an energy-saving bulb. These bulbs use a quarter of the electricity of standard bulbs and last eight times longer. Therefore, consumers can save about US$7 to US$21 per bulb. In Europe, there is a labeling scheme for refrigerators, freezers, washing machines and tumble dryers. The label tells the consumers how much energy efficiency each model has, compared with other appliances in the same category. Ultimately, these innovations will save smoney as well as conserve the Earth's resources.

1. In Western countries, energy is cheap.
2. Consumers can save money by using energy-saving bulbs.
3. Labeling scheme is a good innovation which helps the European to save money and natural resources.
4. Ordinary 100-watt light bulbs use a quarter of the electricity of standard bulbs.
5. North American and European countries are interested in saving money and natural resources.

                                                                           Dangerous Virus

In a city in China, there was an (48)…………… of a new (49)......... The virus is spreading fast, and it is very infectious.
It (50)…………... a lung infection, and its (51)…………….. are a fever, fatigue, and problems being able to (52)…………. In some cases, the sickness can be mild; (53)……………., it can be fatal, too.
There are still new cases and the World (54)…………. Organization expects the virus to (55)……………in other parts of China and in other countries, too. Officials (56)…………..cases in China, Japan, Thailand, and South Korea. Many (57)……………..around the world react to the outbreak, and they start screening passengers.