American folk music originated with (1) _____ people at a time when the rural population was isolated and music was not (2)______ spread by radio, records, or music video. It was (3)_____ by oral traditional and is noted for its energy ,humor, and emotional impact. The major source of early American folk songs was music from the British Isles , but songs from Africa as songs of the American Indians have significant part in its heritage. Later settler from other countries also contributed songs. In the nineteenth century, composer Steven Foster wrote some of the most enduringly popular of all American songs ,(4)______ soon became part of the folk tradition. Beginning in the 1930s , Woody Guthrie gained great popularity by adapting melodies and lyrics and supplying new ones as well. In the 1950s and 1960s , singer – composers such as Peter Seeger , Bob Dylan , Joan Baez continued this tradition by „urban’ folk music. Many of these songs deal (5)_____ important social issue, such as racial integration and the war in Vietnam.

Câu 1:

• A. typical
• B. ordinary
• C. common
• D. popular

Câu 2:

• A. yet
• B. still
• C. until
• D. even

Câu 3:

• A. transferred
• B. transited
• C. transmitted
• D. transformed

Câu 4:

• A. who
• B. which
• C. that
• D. this

Câu 5:

• A. with
• B. in
• C. by
• D. at

Câu 6:

In order to better understand English, the students incorporated grammar, vocabulary, and speaking in their studies.

• A. combined 
• B. granted
• C. scrutinized
• D. skipped

Câu 7:

Some of the rude drivers, on the road today are the ones who will not allow other cars to merge into traffic.

• A. blend
• B. concentrate
• C. secede
• D. desensitize

Câu 8:

Slavery was abolished in the US in the 19th century.

• A. eradicated
• B. instituted
• C. eliminate
• D. required

Câu 9:

The distinction between schooling and education implied by this remark is important.

• A. odd
• B. implicit
• C. obscure
• D. explicit

Câu 10:

“I would like you not to play computer games any more, Amber” said her mother.

• A. Amber’s mother would rather she doesn’t play computer games any more.
• B. Amber’s mother would rather her not to play computer games any more.
• C. Amber’s mother would rather she didn’t play computer games any more.
• D. Amber’s mother would rather she wouldn’t play computer games any more.

Câu 11:

It is a pity that I can’t speak English as native speaker.

• A. I wish I could speak English as a native speaker.
• B. I wish I couldn’t speak English as a native speaker.
• C. I wish I can speak English as a native speaker.
• D. I wish I have spoken English as a native speaker.

Câu 12:

The music was so loud that we had to shout to each other.

• A. We didn’t say loud enough for us to hear each other.
• B. The music was too loud that we had to shout to each other.
• C. We didn’t say loud enough to hear each other.
• D. Because of loud music, we had to shout to each other.

Câu 13:

• A. appreciate
• B. efficient
• C. suspicious
• D. apprentice

Câu 14:

• A. assure
• B. press
• C. blessing
• D. classic

Câu 15:

• A. punishment
• B. behavior
• C. influence
• D. regional

Câu 16:

• A. acquaintance
• B. symbolize
• C. etiquette
• D. socialize

Câu 17:

Ceramic can be harder, light, and more resistant to heat than metals.

• A. light
• B. resistant
• C. heat
• D. metals

Câu 18:

It is now believed that some damage to tissues may result from exposing it to frequent X-ray. 

• A. believed
• B. to tissues
• C. from
• D. it to

Câu 19:

The museum contains sixth century sculptures, eighteenth century swords and the dress won by nineteenth century royal family.

• A. contains
• B. eighteenth
• C. the dress won by nineteenth century
• D. royal

Câu 20:

The rhinoceros, whose numbers have dropped alarmingly recently, has been declared a/an ____________ species.

• A. danger
• B. endanger
• C. endangered
• D. dangerous

Câu 21:

A curriculum that ignores ethnic tensions, racial antagonisms, cultural ______ and religious differences is not relevant.

• A. contacts
• B. barriers
• C. diversity
• D. levels

Câu 22:

Elizabeth explained during the meeting that it was a _____ of what should have priority.

• A. belief
• B. fact
• C. possibility
• D. question

Câu 23:

A recent survey has shown that supporters of equal partnership in marriage are in the _____.

• A. crowd
• B. particular
• C. obligation
• D. majority

Câu 24:

The effects of literacy often extend______ personal benefits.

• A. after
• B. beneath
• C. over
• D. beyond

Câu 25:

Instructors from the same ecological and vocational background as illiterates are more successful in __________ literacy classes than school-teachers.

• A. carrying out
• B. pulling out
• C. acting out 
• D. calling out