1.

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 .
When he was nine years old, Felix Finkbeiner gave a class presentation on climate change. The young German spoke about
deforestation and its effect on the planet. At the end of his talk, he challenged the people of his country to help by planting one
million trees. Nobody thought much would come of a nine-year-old’s school project. Before he was 20, however, Finkbeiner’s
efforts had resulted in the planting of more than 14 billion trees around the world.
Finkbeiner and his classmates began the project - named “Plant-for-the-Planet” - by planting the first tree outside their school.
Other schools followed the example, and news of the one-million challenge spread. As a result, Finkbeiner was asked to speak at
the European Parliament. Other invitations soon followed, and when he was just 13, he spoke at a United Nations conference in
New York. “We cannot trust that adults alone will save our future,” he said in the speech. “We have to take our future in our
hands.”
Finkbeiner is now in his twenties, and Plant-for-the-Planet is an organization with around 70,000 members. It works to teach
people about climate change and to encourage the planting of more trees. Germany’s one millionth tree was planted long ago. The
goal now is one trillion - 150 for every person on Earth.
(Adapted from Reading Explorer by Becky Tarver Chase and David Bohlke)
Question 1: What is the reading mainly about?
A. how a young person has made a big difference to the environment
B. the problems deforestation can cause for our planet
C. the reasons of climate change
D. how planting trees can help the environment
Question 2: The word “deforestation” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. defecation B. afforestation C. the cutting down of trees D. devastation
Question 3: According to paragraph 2, what first happened to Finkbeiner after the widespread impact of the “Plant-for-the -Planet”
project?
A. He received an offer to make a speech at the European Parliament.
B. He made a presentation at a United Nations conference in New York.
C. He had to confront many challenges.
D. He discussed the problem of climate change with world leaders.
Question 4: In the third paragraph, what does the word “It” refer to?
A. Climate change B. Plant-for-the-Planet C. Planting trees D. Germany's one millionth tree
Question 5: What is NOT true about Plant-for-the Planet today?
A. Its aim is to plant one billion trees. B. It has many thousands of members.
C. It encourages people to afforest. D. It teaches people about climate change.

2. 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
For many years, scientists have been arguing about global warming. While they don't all agree about what this might mean for
Planet Earth, many think it is going on - and that we can do something about it. We need a few more years to gather facts before
anyone can say for sure. But people need to start now to do things to stop it.
There are many types of gases in our atmosphere. Some of them absorb the heat from the sun and control our climate. "Greenhouse
gases” are those that hold the heat around the planet's surface. When we increase the level of these gases, we upset the balance.
These extra gases trap even more heat.
Some scientists say global warming has already started to change the environment. The Earth's temperature has risen one degree
Fahrenheit this century. Many scientists believe it could rise from two to eight degrees Fahrenheit in the next hundred years. This
would be the fastest rise in 10,000 years.
Sea levels could rise. Ice sheets could melt and add to the water level. Many places near the coast would be in danger of flooding.
If the climate change is too large and too fast, some plants and animals could really suffer. They could even die out. Weather could
become more violent and extreme. In some places there would be more forest fires. But in other areas there would be more rain
and snow, storms and floods.
(Adapted from nytimes.com/article/climate-change-global-warming-fag.html)
Question 1: What is the passage mainly about?
A. Global warming and its negative effects. B. Global warming and forest fires.
C. Global warming and suggested solutions. D. Global warming and its advantages.
Question 2: According to the passage, gases control our climate by _______
A. increasing its level B. absorbing the heat
C. changing the environment D. upsetting the balance
Question 3: The word "it" in paragraph 3 refers to _______
A. century B. global warming C. temperature D. environment
Question 4: The word "extreme" in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to _______
A. severe B. gentle C. quiet D. peaceful
Question 5: Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage!
A. Climate change would cause forest fires everywhere.
B. Scientists have all agreed about global warming.
 C. The gases we increase trap even more heat.
D. Scientists say that global warming can never change the environment.

3. 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

Tornadoes are giant rotating columns of air. They form in thunderstorms when there is a great difference in the temperature and
humidity of the lower and upper atmosphere. They can be very dangerous and very destructive.
There are different varieties of tornadoes. They can be very big or small. Some tornadoes are only a few feet across and others
can travel across an entire state. Tornadoes stretch from the ground high into the sky. Usually, people rate them from F0 to F5, F5
being the most dangerous with wind speeds of around 261- 318 miles per hour. They are a very violent force of nature and can lay
whole towns completely flat.
Tornadoes can happen all over the world but a lot of them happen in the central United States in a region called Tornado Alley.
Tornado Alley is made up of the low, flat states of the central United States between the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachian
Mountains. Even though Tornado Alley is the most common place for tornadoes, the deadliest recorded tornado was in Bangladesh
in 1989 and killed around 1,300 people. Recently, massive tornadoes destroyed large parts of Alabama in the United States, a state
that does not usually have tornadoes.
Question 1. Which of the following is NOT true about tornadoes?
A. They can happen all over the world. B. They can be very destructive.
C. They come in many sizes. D. Most are very large.
Question 2. What does the word “them” in the passage refer to ?
A. Tornado Alleys B. the people C. states of the USA D. the tornadoes
Question 3. Where do most tornadoes happen?
A. In Bangladesh B. In the western United States
C. In the Central United States D. Everywhere in the world
Question 4. The word “varieties” in the passage is closest in meaning to …….____________
A. powers B. sizes C. types D. regions
Question 5. What would be a good title for this passage?
A. The most destructive storms of nature C. The worst recorded tornadoes
B. Bad tornadoes in the United States D. How and where tornadoes happen

Passage 2
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
More than 200 reindeer have died of starvation on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, with scientists blaming their
deaths on climate change. The wild deer carcasses were found on the Arctic islands this summer by researchers from the
Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI), which said it had never logged so many deaths at once in 40 years of monitoring the animals’
population level. “It’s scary to find so many dead animals,” project leader Ashild Onvik Pedersen told state broadcaster NRK.
“This is an example of how climate change affects nature. It is just sad.”
Svalbard’s capital Longyearbyen, the northernmost town on earth, is thought to be warming quicker than any other
settlement on the planet, climate scientists warned earlier this year. The milder temperatures in the region led to unusually heavy
rainfall in December, leaving a thick layer of ice when the precipitation froze. This meant the reindeer could not dig through the
hardened tundra to reach the vegetation they graze on in their usual pastures, the NPI said. Svalbard’s reindeer have been observed
eating seaweed and kelp when food is scarce, but these are less nutritious and cause them stomach problems.
A relatively high number of calves born last year increased the death toll, as the youngest and weakest are often the first to
die in harsh conditions. “Some of the mortality is natural because there were so many calves last year. But the large number we see
now is due to heavy rain, which is due to global warming,” said Ms Onvik Pedersen.
A team of three scientists spent 10 weeks investigating population of the Svalbard reindeer earlier this year. Researchers
warned the decline of reindeer would cause unwanted plant species, currently kept in check by the animals’ grazing, to spread
across Arctic ecosystems in Europe, Asia and North America.
Arctic reindeer and caribou populations have declined 56 per cent in the last two decades, a report by the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration said last year. The report said food security was partly to blame for falling herd numbers, while
warmer summers could also put the animals at greater risk of diseases spread by flies and parasites. The average temperature in
Longyearbyen has risen by 3.7C since 1900, more than three times the global average increase of about 1C. In 2016, the entrance
to the town’s “Doomsday” seed vault – which stores specimens of almost all the world’s seeds – was flooded following heavy
rainfall.
(Adapted from https://www.independent.co.uk/)
TH-Question 1. Which could best serve as the title of the passage?
A. Climate change – The main cause for the death of hundreds of reindeer.
B. Global warming – What are the effects on nature?
C. Reindeer – The most vulnerable animals on the Arctic islands.
D. Climate change – What are the reasons?
TH-Question 2. The word “logged” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______________.
A. cut down B. damaged C. recorded D. discovered
TH-Question 3. The following are true about capital Longyearbyen, EXCEPT ___________.
A. It is believed to be the most quickly warming settlement on earth.
B. People in Longyearbyen suffered unusually heavy rain at the end of the year.
C. It is the northernmost town on our planet.
D. The reindeer here couldn’t stand the low temperature when the precipitation froze.
TH-Question 4. The word “scarce” in paragraph 2 is opposite in meaning to __________.
A. inappropriate B. sufficient C. abundant D. unlimited
TH-Question 5. What does the word “these” in paragraph 2 refer to?
A. seaweed and kelp B. Svalbard’s reindeer
C. their usual pastures D. milder temperatures
TH-Question 6. According to Ms Onvik Pedersen, why is the death rate of reindeer so high this year?
A. Because of the high number of calves born. B. Because of heavy rain.
C. Because of natural selection. D. Because of the shortage of vegetation.
VD-Question 7. Which statement is TRUE according to the last paragraphs?
A. After over 2 months investigated, reindeer populations were reported to decrease because of the increase of unwanted
plant species.
B. Nearly a half of reindeer populations have reduced in the last two decades.
C. Beside the scarcity of food, diseases are also the cause of reindeer’s mortality.
D. The average temperature of the Earth has increased by 3.7C since 1990.

Passage 3
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
Over the past decade many priceless heritage sites and monuments have been damaged in countries across the world. In
Africa, sites in Libya, Algeria, Egypt and Mali, among others, have been damaged during internal and cross-border conflicts. The
three main threats to heritage sites are development projects, armed conflicts and natural disasters. International agencies like
UNESCO have called for the protection of heritage resources in the event of conflict. But this has not happened.
Destroying monuments is a violent act. Those responsible are trying to erase - by force - an aspect of history. One example
was the Nazis who, during World War II, tried to destroy Jewish people’s art and personal property. The attacks on monuments
and calls for their destruction reflect the systemic and complex violence in many African states, although it’s important to note
that the problem is not only an African one. ISIS is the latest group destroying history and heritage. This is popular in Iraq. Syria is
another country witnessing its heritage being wiped out. When examining the ongoing conflict in the north of Mali, it is clear that
heritage sites are just part of the damage of human lives and cultural property in the ongoing conflict.
It is worth considering national and world heritage conservation policies and guidelines. All heritage is valuable and
should be protected. Destroying heritage is not in the interest of humanity. The African continent has to address the question of
how we collectively deal with difficult and damaged heritages. A reflection on the UNESCO Conventions between 1954 and 1972
should also provide guidance on future actions on heritage management at local and national levels. The 1954 Convention which
calls for the protection of cultural heritage during conflict and war was regularly mentioned during the Iraq conflict and recent
conflict in Mali. The 1970 and 1972 Conventions draw attention to protecting world heritage by state parties, with these tools,
countries should have enough guidance to individually and collectively protect heritage resources.
Adapted from https://theconversation.com/africas-rich-heritage-is-under-threat-42335
Question 1: Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A. The Importance of Heritage Sites
B. The Destruction of Heritage Monuments
C. The Role of UNESCO in Heritage Preservation
D. Heritage Conservation Policies and Regulations
Question 2. The word ‘priceless’ in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _________.
A. valuable B. worthless C. useless D. affordable
Question 3. According to paragraph 1, what are the three main threats to heritage sites?
A. Tourism, development projects, and wars
B. Wars, natural disasters, and development projects
C. Natural disasters, tourism, and armed conflicts
D. Armed conflicts, climate changes, and natural disasters
-Question 4. The word ‘wiped out’ in paragraph 2 is opposite in meaning to _________.
A. preserved B. destroyed C. damaged D. ruined
Question 5. The word ‘their’ in paragraph 2 refers to _________.
A. the Nazis’ B. monuments’ C. the Jewish’s D. attacks’
Question 6. According to paragraph 2, what is TRUE about the destruction of monuments in Mali?
A. It is the primary focus of the conflict.
B. It is the result of violence against human lives.
C. It is limited to heritage sites and doesn’t affect human lives.
 D. It is not as serious as the destruction in Syria.
Question 7. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about the destruction of heritage sites?
A. It is primarily limited to African countries.
B. It is a reflection of systemic violence in Africa.
C. It is not a serious concern for international agencies.
D. It is mainly caused by natural disasters.
Passage1:
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 1to 5
Over the past two centuries, different generations were born and given different names. Each generation comes with its
characteristics, (1) _______ are largely influenced by the historical, economic, and social conditions of the country they live in.
However, in (2) _______ countries the following three generations have common characteristics.
Generation X refers to the generation born between 1965 and 1980. When Gen Xers grew up, they experienced many social
changes and developments in history. (3)_______, they are always ready for changes and prepared to work through changes. Gen
Xers are also known as (4) _______ thinkers because they achieved higher levels of education than previous generations.
Generation Y, also known as Millennials, refers to those born between the early 1980s and late 1990s. They are (5) _______ and
ready to accept changes. If there is a faster, better way of doing something, Millennials want to try it out. They also value
teamwork. When working in a team, Millennials welcome different points of view and ideas from others.
Question 1. A. that B. which C. who D. when
Question 2. A. few B. much C. many D. some
Question 3. A. However B. B & C are correct C. So D. As a result
Question 4. A. good B. critical C. special D. common
Question 5. A. curious B. famous C. bad D. willing
Passage2:
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct option that best fits
each of the numbered blanks from1 to 5
There are two types of community service. The first one is a kind of punishment. For example, people (1) ___________ litter may
be forced to clean up the streets. In this case, they may not feel happy about the work. The second type of community service
is voluntary. This means people are willing, or pleased to do the work. For instance, people may volunteer to build houses for poor
people, or (2) __________ money for children in mountainous areas.
However, it does not mean that volunteering is always a selfless act (3) __________ volunteers may also benefit (4) __________
the volunteering activities. For example, they may volunteer to meet new people, to develop social skills, or to ʽfind themselvesʼ
(learn what they truly want in life). In general, people may volunteer not just to help (5) __________, but also to help themselves.
Question 1. A. Who B. whom C. which D. what
Question 2. A. Send B. receive C. give D. raise
Question 3. A. although B. because C. despite D. because of
Question 4. A. with B. in C. From D. by
Question 5. A. the other B. another C. other D. Others
Read the following advertisement/ school announcement and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct option that best fits each of the numbered blanks .
THE EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY FOR SCHOOL-LEAVER
If you are not interested in traditional academic subjects and want to work in a specific trade, then vocational education is (1)
_____ right choice for you. You will gain the practical skills and knowledge necessary (2) _____ a specific job.
You can choose from hundreds of vocational schools or higher (3) _____ institutions to continue your educational journey.

(Adapted from Tieng Anh 12 - Global Success)

Question 1: A. a B. an C. the D. no article
Qestion 2: A. for B. with C. in D. on
Question 3: A. educate B. education C. educated D. educational
REDUCING THE WASTE YOU MAKE
Try to create less waste. (4) _____ you pack your lunch, think about (5) _____ your food in reusable containers with reusable spoons
and forks. Try to not use baggies or
straws and be sure (6) _____ a reusable lunch box or bag. You can learn more about packing a Waste Free
Lunch with the help of an adult by visiting www.wastefreelunches.org

(Adapted from https://www.swaco.org/)

Question 4: A. Should B. Were C. Had D. Do
Question 5: A. zipping B. letting C. packing D. holding
Question 6: A. use B. to use C. using D. having used