Put a phrase from the box in each gap to complete the following passage.

it is a modern means of transport

the suburban raiway is the interchange

Athens metro is the quickest solution

they can take you anywhere at any time

visitors can use in the city of Athens

There are many means of transport that (1)________, the capital of Greence. In order to move around inside the city there is a wide network of buses leading to different areas of Athens, then there are trolleybuses which move with the help of electricity and cover a wide area as well.(2)_________ but since it is quite new in Greece it doesn't yet cover every single prefecture but there are plans for expansion so that other locations are served as well. The metro has connections with the railway train os Athens which can take you trom the Port of Piraeus to the northern suburbs with many stops in between. (3)_________ of the metro which will take you to the Athens Airport and a few more areas which are a bit far from the center of Athens but inside the prefecture of Attica. Moving on with the tram, (4)________ preferred by many people sice it connects areas that didn't have adequate transportation before and it passes by locations where there are no metro stations. Taxis are cheap in comparison to other European countries and (5)_________ since they are easy to find and quick if there is no traffic.

GIÚP MK @Xuân Dinh @Nguyễn Công Tỉnh

1. Read the passage and put a suitable word or phrase from the box in each of the gaps.

Public transport is very important in big cities. It allows a lot of people to (1) ________ easily. The term "public transport" covers many different types of (2) ________, but most commonly refers to buses and trains. Good transport has lots of benefits for people, businesses, and the environment. For example, good transport can help people go (3) ________ every day. It can also reduce the time people go to work and the cost of living. Public transport is especially (4) ________ for people with low income. Public transport also helps us keep our community greener and (5) ________. It can improve our health and reduce healthcare costs. By providing an alternative (6) ________ public transport also has an important role in reducing carbon emission.

 IV. Put a word from the box in each gap to complete the following passage.

Pho is one of the (1) ___________ popular Vietnamese dishes. What is pho? Pho is a Vietnamese noodle soup consisting of broth, rice noodles, herbs and meat.

There are two  basic types of pho and that is Pho Bo (beef noodle soup) and Pho Ga (chicken noodle soup). Pho Bo is beef broth that is made by stewing cow bones in a large (2) ___________  for quite a long time. Pho Ga is very similar to Pho Bo. Instead of beef broth, chicken broth is made by  stewingchicken bones. The noodle itself is made from varieties of (3) ___________. The ingredients and toppings may vary a slight bit in the North and the South. Pho is normally eaten for breakfast, but many of people eat at lunch, or (4) __________  dinner.

V. Read and answer the questions.

There are many activities after school hours in Lan’s school, so she and her classmate can take part in them. Lan and Mai join the school theater group and they are also the members of the stamp collector’s club. They are rehearsing a play for the Teacher’s Day. Hung and Tuan are members of the school sport club. They play for the school football team. Ha and Thanh are the members of the school art club, and they want to be good artist one day in the future.

1.Which of them joins the school theater group?

…………………………………………………………………………………………    

2.What are they doing now?

……………………………………………………………………………………  

3.Who play for the school football team?                                                                       

…………………………………………………………………………………….

IV/ Put the word from the box in each gap to complete the following passage.

Everybody knows that the hamburger is a very (1) ............. America food. However, people in the United States learned to make hamburgers (2) ............. Germans. The Germans got the idea from Russia. In the thirteenth century the Tartar people from Central Asia (3)...... to Russia and parts of Europe. They (4)..........something like hamburger meat, but it was raw. This raw meat was beef, lamb, goat meat or horse meat. Soon the Russians started to eat raw meat, (5) ..........Germans from Hamburg and other northern cities learned to eat this food from the Russians (6) .............., they added salt, pepper, a raw egg, and then cooked it.

Between 1830 and 1900 thousands (7) ........... Germans went to live in the United States. They took the hamburger with (8)..................... People called it hamburger steak.

In 1940 at the World's Fair in St. Loui (a city on the Mississippi River) a man from Texas sold hamburger steak in roll. Then people could eat it (9)......... their hands, like a sandwich. This was the first real hamburger (10)........... the hamburger we eat today.

Question 2: Put a word from the box in each gap to complete the passage (1m)

Glastonbury is the (0) …. largest ..performing arts festival in the world. It is (1) ……………… every year in the village Pilton, near Glastonbury, Somerset, England. It is well-known for its contemporary music. It's also known for dance, comedy, theatre and other performing arts too.

The first (2) ………………….. was held in the 1970s. Since then, it has taken place almost every year and has grown in size. Different stages are arranged for the performances. The festival (3) ………………………… for three or four days in the open air. All kinds of people from all over the world go to the Glastonbury festival. It is now attended by about 150,000 people. The festival has also (4) ………………….. films and albums.

PART C: WRITING: (2,0ms)

Question 1: Rewrite the second sentence so that its meaning is the same as the first one. (1m)

1. Nga enjoys going shopping on Sunday with her sister.

-> Nga is interested

2. My sister's school is not the same as mine.

- >My school is..................................................................................................................

3. We started to learn English 2 years ago.

- >We have.................................................................................................................

4. They built this school 12 years ago.

- >This school was........................................................................................................

B. READING:

I. Put a word from the box in each gap to complete the following passage. There is one word that is not necessary.

Living in the countryside has a lot of advantages. The country is less (0) polluted and the traffic isn't so heavy. You are fit and you (1)__________ need to worry about your health condition, because in the countryside the air and water are so clean. There aren't any huge blocks of flats, modern skyscrapers. You can (2)_________ walking in the forest and picking mushrooms or hunting. Another advantage is that you may (3)___________build a big house and the garden, because charges for ground are much lower than in the suburbs. Moreover, living in the countryside is cheaper than it is in the city because the (4)____________ of everything are lower. The other positive side is the (5)______________In the rural area the crime rate is much lower. There aren't a lot of housebreaks and the possibility of burglary is also lower. Country life is very peaceful and silent. You will enjoy the feeling of peace.

                                                 PART C: READING

I. Put a word from the box in each gap to complete the passage .

People need to breathe. If they don’t breathe, they __(1)__ die. But how clean is the air people breathe ? If they breathe dirty air, they will have breathing problems (2) ____ become ill. Plants and animals need clean air too. A lot of the things __(3)__ our lives create harmful gases and __(4)__  the air dirty, like cars, motorbikes and factories. Dirty air is called “__5__ air”. Air pollution can also make our Earth warmer. The problem of air pollution started with the burning of coal in homes and factories.

1____________2____________3____________4____________5__________

Put a word from the box in each gap to complete the following passage.(1pt)

Nem Ran or Cha Gio (Fried Spring Roll)

This (1) ________ is called Nem Ran by northerners and Cha Gio by southerners. In Ha Noi, the introduction of Nem Ran dates back to a time (2) ________ Cha Ca had not existed. Although it ranks among Viet Nam’s specialty dishes, Nem Ran is very (3) ________ to prepare. Consequently, it has long been a preferred food on (4) ________ occasions such as Tet and other family festivities.