LEARNING A SECOND LANGUAGE Some people learn a second language (26) _________. Other people have trouble learning a new language. How can you help (27) _________learn a new language, such as English? There are several ways to make learning English a little easier and (28) _________. The first step is to feel positive about learning English. If you believe that you can learn, you will learn. (29) _________patient. You don’t have to understand (30) _________all at once. It’s natural to make mistakes when you learn something new. We can learn from our mistakes. The second step is to practice your English regularly. For example, write in the journal, or diary, everyday. You will get used to (31) _________in English and you will feel more comfortable to express your ideas in English. After several weeks, you will see that your writing is improving. (32) _________, you must speak English every day. You can practice with your classmates (33) _________class. The third step is to keep a record of your language learning. You can write this in your journal. After (34) _________class, think about what you did. Did you answer a question (35) _________? Did you understand something the teacher explained? Perhaps the lesson was difficult, but you tried to understand it. It is important to practice every day and make a record of your achievements. Câu 26: A. easilier B. easy C. ease D. easily Câu 27: A. youself B. itself C. herself D. yourself Câu 28: A. interesting B. interested C. more interesting D. interester Câu 29: A. Be B. Been C. Being D. To be Câu 30: A. something B. everything C. nothing D. anything Câu 31: A. to write B. write C. writing D. written Câu 32: A. Addition B. In addition C. By addition D. Additional Câu 33: A. out of B. beside C. next to D. behind Câu 34: A. some B. each C. few D. all Câu 35: A. correctly B. correct C. correction D. corrective V. Read the following passage then choose the option A, B, C or D to answer the questions from 36 to 40. Britain is now a highly industrialized country and there are only 238,000 farms in the UK. More and more farmers leave the land because they cannot earn enough money to survive. Only large farms are economic and because of this, most British farms are big. They usually grow cereals in the east of England and raise sheep and cows in the north of England and Scotland. The small family farms often have to earn more money by offering bed and breakfast accommodation to tourists. Farming methods in Britain have also changed. Fields used to be quite small, divided by hedges which were sometimes a thousand years old and full of wild flowers and birds. Many hedges were pulled up to allow farmers to use modern machinery. Now most fields in England are large by European standards. Câu 36: British farmers give up working on their farms because ________. A. they don’t want to continue to live there B. they can’t earn their own living by farming C. they are forced to leave the land D. they are bored of the farm work Câu 37: Most British farms are big because ________. A. most British farmers are rich B. small farms are economic C. there are plenty of abandoned land D. farming is now industrialized Câu 38: The small family farms often offer bed and breakfast accommodation to tourists ________. A. to show their friendship B. because they want to have more tourists to their farms C. so as to improve their earnings D. so that the tourists will return in their farm the next time Câu 39: Fields on British farms used to be ________. A. full of flowers grown by farmers B. separated from each other by hedges C. full of the tall plants D. large forests Câu 40: Which of the following sentences is NOT true? A. Breeding farms are usually in the north of England. B. Many hedges are pulled down for farmers to use modern machinery. C. Most fields in England are now larger than they used to be. D. Cereals are usually grown in the east of England and Scotland. PART B. PHẦN TỰ LUẬN ( 2.0 points) Câu 1: Everyday she spends two hours learning English.  Everyday it takes Câu 2: It’s two years since I last spoke to her.  I haven’t Câu 3: I can’t remember the answers to these questions.  If only Câu 4: “who helped your brother yesterday?.” said Nam. Nam wanted Câu 5: Can’t you use this computer?  You can ?