C. higher and higher/further and further D. highest and highest/furthest and furthest
11. I am exhausted. I _______ around the whole afternoon trying to clean the house before the guests
arrive.
A. have been running B. have run C. be running D. was running
12. I _______ Mary since this morning. Do you have any idea where she is?
A. have been phoned B. am phoning
C. have phoned D. have been phoning
13. He is not______ and finds it difficult to pay for daily necessities.
A. well-paid B. well-paying C. well-prepared D. best paid
14. There have been_______ efforts to reduce the impact of global warming on the planet.
A. world wide B. worldwide C. planetwide D. wideworld
15 When I lived in London, I often visited British Museum and_______________ Tower Bridge.
A. x/x B. the/the C. the/x D. x/the
Đáp án:
1.C 2.B 3. A 4. D 5. A 6. D 7.C
8. B 9. B 10.C 11.A 12. D 13.A 14.B 15.C
4. Read the text and complete the sentences with the best answers by circling A, B, C or
D. (Đọc văn bản và hoàn thành các câu với câu trả lời đúng nhất bằng cách khoanh tròn A, B,
C hoặc D.)
Lee Kuan Yew - the founding father of modern Singapore
Lee Kuan Yew was appointed as the first prime minister of Singapore in 1959 when the nation became
a self-governing state. At that time, Singapore per capita income was only about USD400. When Lee
stepped down in 1990, the figure was USD11,000 and in 2014 it went up to over 56,000, even higher
than that of its former colonizer, Great Britain. In his memoirs published in 2000, he wrote 'They
laughed at us, but I was confident that we would have the last laugh.'
Born into a middle-class Chinese family in Singapore, Lee was influenced by the language and
institutions of the British rulers. He was destined to go to the UK to study law, but the Second World
War broke out and he had to go to the local Raffles 10 College where he learnt some economics. It was
not until 1946 when he talked his way to Cambridge and graduated three years later with a starred first.
It was during this time that he nurtured ambitions beyond starting a legal career back home.
As a prime minister, he has always been described as an efficient and inventive person. He was one of
the greatest statesmen who proved to the whole world that 15 human ingenuity, not natural resources, is
the essential element of prosperity. Lee is also believed to be very forward-looking. When Singapore
gained independence in 1965, he decided to keep English as the main language to increase economic
benefits. Although many of his policies are still considered controversial, they helped Singapore to