XI. Complete the passage with words from the box.

      The term “Life Skills” (1)                         to the skills you need to make the most outof life. Life skills are usually associated with managing and living a better quality of life.They help us to accomplish our (2)          and live to our full potential. Any skillthat is useful in your life can be considered a life skill. Different life skills will be more or(3)                      relevant at different times in your life, for example:

s  When at school or university, you’ll need (4)                                    skills.

s  When you have a job, leadership and presentation skills may be useful, along with a whole host of other skills.

s  There will be times throughout your life when you’ll need (5)                      resolution, stress management and problem solving skills too.

      However, perhaps the (6)                          important life skill is the ability and willingnessto learn. By learning new skills we increase our understanding of the world around us and equip ourselves with the tools we need to live a more productive and fulfilling life, findingways to cope (7)                           the challenges that life, inevitably, throws at us. Life skillsare not always taught directly but often learned indirectly (8)              experienceand practice.

VII. Complete the passage with the words in the box, then answer the

       Brunei is one of the (31).................... countries in the world. Its population is only 25,000 and (32)........................... of them live in the capital city.  It is also the richest country in Asia and may be the richest country in the world because it has a lot of oil and (33)……..…….... gas  which it exports to Japan. Every week huge tankers carry oil and gas (34)…… the oil-fields of Brunei to Japan. The head of the state in Brunei is Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah. He is the richest man in the world. The Sultan has more than 200 cars and he also has hundreds of (35)..........

D. READING
I. Complete the passage with the words from the box.

While   through           vision   network          communicate               invented           accessible       much
The Internet is a huge (1) __________ of computers all connected together, but it was the world
wide web that made the technology into something that linked information together and made it (2) __________
to everyone.The world wide web was (3) __ ________ by Sir Tim Berners-Lee in 1989 – originally he was trying to find a new way for scientists to easily share the data from their experiments. Berners-Lee created the world wide web (4) _________ he was working at CERN, Switzerland.His (5) __________ soon went beyond a network for scientists to share information, in that he wanted it to be a universal and free ‘information space’ to share knowledge, to (6) __________, and to collaborate.The world wide web opened up the Internet to everyone, not just scientists. It connected the world in a way that made it (7) __________ easier for people to get information, share, and communicate. It has since allowed people to share their work and thoughts (8) _____  _____ social networking sites, blogs, video sharing, and more.

IV.Fill in each blank in the passage with the correct word from the box. There are some extra words. 

     Through centuries, one of the most (16)_____ elements of a Vietnamese village has been its gate. However, the image is fast disappearing due to rapid urbanization. One way of keeping the (17)______ image alive is via photography. A(n) (17)_____ entitled “Old Gates” consisted of nearly 700 photos taken of typical village gates in northern Viet Nam, which opened in Ha Noi on the (18)_____ of the National Cultural Heritage Day. Villages in the north usually have the main gate and one leading to the rice fields alongside minor gates. Many have disappeared forever. Gates differ depending on the typical village (19)___ Amajor trading villages such as Cu Da in Ha Noi would have a sizeable gate while more (20)_____ villages would have their gates engraved and decorated

IV. Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in brackets. (10 pts)

Dress Code

           UK companies have received criticism from a business forum for what their report refers to as a rather narrow-minded attitude towards the dress code for office workers. This follows a case in which a male (1. employ) working in the post room of a large (2. organize) in the United Kingdom received a (3. suspend) for wearing jeans to work. While the report accepts that there is a need for people dealing with (4. custom) to look well dressed, it questions whether employees who work behind the scenes necessarily need to dress formally. The authors of the report made a (5. compare) between the UK and other European nations where employers seem (6. concern) about the need for their workers to wear smart clothes in the office. Their (7. argue) is based on research that claims workers are far more (8. product) when they have the (9. free) to dress in a way that they feel most (10. comfort) in.                                                                                                                                             

1. ____________    2. ____________   3. ____________   4. ____________    5. ____________

6. ____________    7. ____________   8. ____________   9. ____________  10. ____________

III. Complete the passage with the words from the box.

seeking, affected, densely, hygiene, overcrowded ,slums ,jams, urban.
The population of the world is an ever increasing number. In most parts of the world, the cities are (1)
________ populated. Moreover, this figure keeps on increasing as people move to (2) ________ areas for
jobs and better opportunities. Overcrowding of the cities leads to multiple problems. Often, people have
trouble (3) ________ accommodation, those who do not have sufficient funds have to stay in shanties and
(4) ________. Lack of proper living facilities leads to a variety of health and (5) ________ problems.
Transportation is also (6) ________. Overpopulation is a burden upon transport facilities and this is seen I
many cities today; (7) ________ trains, buses and multiple traffic (8) ________. Overall overpopulation is
a strain on the economy and environment.

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I.    Complete the passage with words from the box.

      With the socioeconomic development, more and more cities around the world have been(1)                            with the shortage of housing. These day, there are a large (2)                       of laborers flooding into city centers to search for suitable jobs with high level of (3)                         . As a result, the demand of the (4)                            has risen significantly than ever before because the demands outweigh the supplies. Moreover, most people would like to live in cities because they have a higher (5)                of living than that of the countryside. Obviously, with stable and high income of the employees, they would have a better cultural life as well as (6)                        life in cities.

      To address this social problem, governments should call for investment in the countryside to (7)                           labor forces. In addition, they also need to put an effort into raising a great deal of money to build more skyscrapers to meet demands of housing and(8)                                a law that sets strict conditions to work and to live in cities.

* Complete the passage with words from the box.

One of the undesirable aspects of tourism development is environmental (1) ……………………in destinations. Firstly, more and more natural resources such as water, energy, and soil are (2)……………………due to the increase in visitor numbers, which may lead to the (3) …………………… of local resources. Secondly, pollution is also a serious issue making the authorities worried. Obviously, (4)……………………bottles or cans and plastic bags are (5) …………………disposed of at the tourist sites, posing a threat to the natural environment. Besides, the growth of vehicles to meet travel demand accidentally (6) ……………………or worsens traffic congestion, air and noise pollution in the overcrowded regions. Another bad influence of tourism is the (7) ……………………of the wildlife. The habitats of many wild plants and animals have been (8) ……………………lost because of building hotels, resorts and (9) ……………………zones. In brief, these negative impacts on the environment will be more serious if there are not (10) ……………………measures.