Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each numbered blank.

Da Lat – Dream City

Da Lat lies on Lam Vien plateau, in the Central Highland province of Lam Dong, 300 kilometers north of Ho Chi Minh City. Da Lat is a well-known city (23) ……….all the people who have been there once. Da Lat is known like a city of pine trees, waterfalls and flowers. Da Lat is described as a forest of flowers with different colors and various species. Flowers can be found (24) ……….and in any season. We can see flowers in Da Lat in the parks, in front of the houses, in the gardens etc. Da Lat has the widest range of orchid varieties in the country. Da Lat has (25) ……….rivers and canals but it has many picturesque waterfalls. It takes tourists several days to visit all the waterfalls in the area. The famous Cam Ly Falls is only kilometers (26) ……….the town center. The Prenn Falls is 10 kilometers in the south of Da Lat. The water (27) ……….

down like a white shade. Da Lat people are very proudof it. They always boast to tourists about it in the first place. Around the Prenn Falls is the valley of various flowers and Pine Hills.

Question23.A. exciting B. attracting C. suggesting D.believing 

Question24. A. somewhere B. anywhere C. nowhere D.everywhere

Question25.A. few B. little C. much D.lots 

Question26. A.in B.at C.to D.from

Question27. A. falls B.goes C.pours D.walks

Read the passage and choose the word that best fits the blank space.  

DALAT-DREAM CITY 

           Dalat lies on Lam Vien plateau, in the Central Highland province of Lam Dong, 300 kilometers north of HCM city. Dalat is a well-known city__________ (26) all the people who have been there once. Dalat is known as a city of pine trees, waterfalls and flowers. Dalat is described as a forest of flowers with__________ (27) colors and various species. Flowers can be found anywhere and in any season. We can see flowers in Dalat in the park in front of the houses, in the gardens. Dalat has the widest range of orchid varieties in the country. Dalat has few rivers and canals but it has many picturesque waterfalls. It takes tourists several days__________ (28) all the waterfalls in the area. The famous Camly Falls is only 3 kilometers _______ (29) the town center. The Prenn Falls is 10 kilometers in the south of Dalat. The water__________ (30) down like a white shade. Dalat people are very proud of it. They always boast to tourists about it in the first place. Around the Prenn Falls is the valley of various flowers and Pine Hills. 

26. A. attracting  B attracts C. attracted  D. attractive  

27. A. differs B. differ C. differently D. different 

28. A. visit  B. to visit C. visiting  D. visits 

29. A. in  B. on  C. from D. at 

30. A. cut B. pick C. live D. pours 

IV.: Choose the word in the box to complete the  following passage

                                    DA LAT – DREAM CITY

Da Lat lies on Lam Vien plateau, in the Central Highland province of Lam Dong. 300 kilometers north of Ho Chi Minh City. Da Lat is a well-known city  attracting all the people who have been there once. Da Lat is known as a city of pine trees, waterfalls and flowers. Da Lat is described as a forest of flowers with (1) ………………………colours and various species. Flowers can be found (2) ……………………….and in any season. We ca see flowers in Da Lat in the parks, (3) ……………………. of the houses, in the gardens etc . Da Lat has the widest range of orchid varieties in the country. Da Lat has (4) …………………… rivers and canals but it has many picturesque waterfalls. It takes tourists several days (5) ………………………all the waterfalls in the area. The famous Cam Ly Falls is only 3 kilometers (6) ………………………the town center. The Prenn Falls is 10 kilometers in the south of Da Lat.  The water (7) ………………………down like a white shade. Da Lat people are very (8) …………………of it. They always boast to tourists about it in the first place. Around the Prenn Falls is the valley of various flowers and pine hills

1.A. different                  B. general                  C. official                              D. astounding

2.A. somewhere              B. anywhere              C. nowhere                            D. everywhere

3.A. behind                     B. next to                   C. opposite                            D. in front

4.A. few                           B. little                       C. much                                 D. lots

5.A. visit                          B. visiting                  C. to visit                               D. visited

6.A. in                              B. at                            C. to                                        D. from

7.A. falls                          B. goes                       C. pours                                 D. walks

8.A. pride                        B. priding                  C. prided                                D. proud

                        DA LAT – DREAM CITY

Da Lat lies on Lam Vien plateau, in the Central Highland province of Lam Dong. 300 kilometers north of Ho Chi Minh City. Da Lat is a well-known city  attracting all the people who have been there once. Da Lat is known as a city of pine trees, waterfalls and flowers. Da Lat is described as a forest of flowers with (1) ………………………colours and various species. Flowers can be found (2) ……………………….and in any season. We ca see flowers in Da Lat in the parks, (3) ……………………. of the houses, in the gardens etc . Da Lat has the widest range of orchid varieties in the country. Da Lat has (4) …………………… rivers and canals but it has many picturesque waterfalls. It takes tourists several days (5) ………………………all the waterfalls in the area. The famous Cam Ly Falls is only 3 kilometers (6) ………………………the town center. The Prenn Falls is 10 kilometers in the south of Da Lat.  The water (7) ………………………down like a white shade. Da Lat people are very (8) …………………of it. They always boast to tourists about it in the first place. Around the Prenn Falls is the valley of various flowers and pine hills

1.A. different                  B. general                  C. official                              D. astounding

2.A. somewhere              B. anywhere              C. nowhere                            D. everywhere

3.A. behind                     B. next to                   C. opposite                            D. in front

4.A. few                           B. little                       C. much                                 D. lots

5.A. visit                          B. visiting                  C. to visit                               D. visited

6.A. in                              B. at                            C. to                                        D. from

7.A. falls                          B. goes                       C. pours                                 D. walks

8.A. pride                        B. priding                  C. prided                                D. proud

I. Read the passage below and choose the best option (A, B, C or D) for each space.

     Last Monday William Murphy (1) ______ a wallet on a lonely street in Montreal. He picked up the wallet and (2) ______ a ticket inside. He noticed the number on the ticket and immediately realized that (3) _____ was the winning ticket in a big competition. The price (4) _____ eight million dollars!

         Murphy (5) _____ the huge prize, however, he (6) _____ the ticket back to (7) _____ owner, Laviqeur. Yesterday Leviqeur got the prize and at once (8) _____ Murphy a million dollar as a reward.

       “I have never won a competition before”, he told the reporter. “Now I (9) ____ rich and I want  (10) ______ honesty.

1.         A. see                                     B. sees                        C. saw                         D. is seeing

2.         A. find                        B. found                     C. finds                      D. founded

3.         A. it                             B. he                           C. she                                     D. one

4.         A. is                            B.are                           C. were                       D.was

5.         A. didn’t collect       B. not collect             C. no collect             D. wasn’t collect

6.         A. take                        B. takes                      C. taking                    D. took

7.         A. his                          B. their                       C. its                           D. it’s

8.         A. give                        B. gave                       C. giving                    D. gives

9.         A. become                 B. becomes                C. is becoming          D. became

10.       A. reward                   B. to reward               C. rewarding             D. for rewarding.

Read the following passage and choose the option (A, B, C or D) that best answers each of the questions below.

Technology will allow homes in the future to be “smart”. Appliances will communicate with each other and with you. Your stove, for instance, will tell you when your food is cooked and ready to eat. Refrigerators will suggest recipes based on food items you already have.

The technplogy is possible because of tiny inforkation-storing devices called RFID (radio-frequency identification) chips. People already use them to keep track of pets and farm animals. Future RFID chips will sore information about all the iems in you cabinets. For example, they will record the date that you bought each item. Other devices will read this information using radiio waves. When you need more food, your cabinets will tell you buy it.

41. How will the future houses be?

A. more furnished                                                           B. more animal - friendly

C. more hi- tech                                                              D. more traditional

42. What can refrigertors of smart homes do?

A. give advice about what to eat and how to cook          B. cook food

C. suggest when the food is ready to eat                          D.communicate with refrigarators of                                                                                                  other homes

43. What is the function of RFID chips?

A. They look after pets.                                                     B. They create new informatio

C. They entertain house owners.                                       D. They keep information

44. What does the word tiny likely mean?

A. big                             B. small                               C. rich                         D. enormous

45. How can information be read?

A. using radio waves                                                  B. using chips

C. using a cabinet                                                       D. using farm animals

IX. Read the following passage and decide which option A, B, C or D best fits each space. Write your answers in the box below.

                                                SEASONAL ADVICE

If you are about to graduate from school or college this summer and feel in need of a little advice about what’s important in life, you could do a lot worse than consider the words of  ___(1)____that were read out on my last day at school. Do not expect to understand the value of your youth until it has ____(2)_____. But you can be sure that thirty years from now you’ll _____(3)_____ back on life and  _____(4)_____ just how good things were.

Try not to worry about the future – or at least be aware that worrying never really helps to solve anything. Real troubles will always sneak up and _____(5)_____ you by surprise. But remember it doesn’t do any harm to do something that scares you every so often.

Do not lie and cheat – especially in love – and do not _____(6)_____ up with people who deceive you. Do not let opportunities pass you by, as the time to do things simply runs ____(7)______. Today is almost certainly more important than tomorrow.

It helps to be kind ______(8)___ your neighbors and colleagues – it’s nice and they’ll  miss  you when you’re not ____(9)_____. Friends come and go but there are a precious few that you should try and  _____(10)_____ on to. Without quality friends, quality time is harder to come by.

1. A. knowledge                     B. learning                               C. opinion                               D. wisdom

2. A. gone                               B. been                                    C. lasted                                  D. spent

3. A. come                               B. look                                                C. think                                   D. go

4. A. remind                            B. rethink                                C. recall                                   D. reappear

5. A. get                                  B. happen                                C. appear                                 D. take

6. A. look                                B. come                                   C. put                                      D. bring

7. A. out                                  B. down                                  C. off                                      D. over

8. A. about                              B. to                                        C. with                                                D. for

9. A. in                                    B. around                                C. with                                                D. over

10. A. take                              B. hold                                                C. stay                                     D. stick

 Read the passage below and decide which option A, B, C or D best fits each space (10 points)

The Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China is a (66)_____  of stone earthen fortifications in China, built, rebuilt and maintained (67)_____  the 5th century BC and the 16th century (68) ____ the northern borders of the Chinese Empire (69) _____ the rule of successive dynasties. Several walls, referred to as the Great Wall of China, were built since the 5th century BC. The most famous is the wall (70) ____ between 200 BC-220 BC by the first Emperor of China, Quin Shi Huang; little of it (71)____; it was much farther north than the current wall, (72) ____ was built during the Ming Dynasty.

The Great Wall (73) ____ over approximately 6,400 km from Shenanigan in the east to Lop Nur in the west, along an arc that roughly delineates the southern edge of Inner Mongolia, but stretches to over 6,700 km in total. At its peak, the Ming Wall was (74) _____ by more than one million men. It has been estimated that somewhere in the range of 2 to 3 million Chinese (75) _____  as part of the centuries long project of building the wall.

66. A. box                     B. series                        C. ranks                        D. ranges

67. A. in                       B. from                            C. among                      D. between

68. A. to protect            B. protecting                  C. prevent                     D. to prevent

69. A. during                 B. within                        C. while                         D. when

70. A. done                   B. made                        C.  built                          D. designed

71. A. conserves           B. remains                     C. guard                        D. exist

72. A. that                     B. where                       C. what                           D. which

73. A. stretches             B. length                       C. stretch                       D. carry

74. A. looked after        B. covered                     C. guarded                     D. concealed

75. A. die                      B. died                           C. death                        D. dead

Read the passage below and choose the best option A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions

Passage 1:

New Orleans, in Louisiana, is known as the most unique city in the United States with distinctive architecture, cross-cultural heritage and annual music festivals.

However, due to its location along the Mississippi River with lakes on the other side, and nearly half of the city below sea level, the city faces the danger of flooding. So, a levee system and drainage canals were built to protect the city.

Early in the morning of August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina, the most destructive natural disaster in the history of New Orleans, struck the city. The storm brought strong winds and heavy rains for several days. As a result, water from the river and lakes rose, breaking the levees and poured directly into the city. Soon 80 percent of the city was under the water. People scrambled to rooftops for safety, desperate for food and drinking water. The winds were so strong that even beds in Hyatt Hotel were seen flying out of the hotel windows. The loss was tremendous. Most of the major roads and bridges were destroyed, and houses collapsed. Nearly 2,000 people were killed. After the storm, several natural grounds for the breeding and migrating of different species of animals and birds were permanently lost.

Question 1: New Orleans is famous for ___________.

A.  its modern architecture                     C. its Mississippi River

B. its cross-cultural heritage                    D. its location

Question 2: Which statement is NOT correct about New Orleans?

A. It lies between the Mississippi River and lakes.

B. One of its attractions is its annual music festivals

C. The city is surrounded by water.

D. Most of the city is below sea level.

Question 3: Which one is NOT mentioned as being damaged by Hurricane Katrina?

A. Distinctive architecture         B. The levee system      C. Major roads        D. Houses

Question 4: The word ‘tremendous' means ___________.

A.puzzling                       B. huge                 C. unique                   D. legendary

Question 5: The word ‘permanently' is similar to ___________.

A.  temporarily            B.  partially                  C.  forever         D.  rarely

Passage 2:

        How can scientists predict earthquakes? Earthquakes are not scattered anywhere but happen in certain areas. They happen in places where pieces of the earth’s surface meet. For example, earthquakes often occur on the west-coast of North and South America, around the Mediterranean Sea, and along the Pacific coast of Asia.

Another way to predict earthquakes is to look for changes in the earth’s surface, like a sudden drop of water level in the ground. Some people say animals can predict earthquakes. Before earthquakes people have seen chickens sitting in trees, fish jumping out of the water, snake leaving their holes and other animals acting strangely.

After an earthquake happens, people can die from lack of food, water and medical supplies. The amount of destruction caused by an earthquake depend on types of building, soil conditions and population. Of the 6000 earthquakes on the earth each year, only about fifteen cause great damage and many deaths.

Question 1:  Earthquakes happen in certain areas where _______________.

A. the population is large             B. pieces of the earth’s surface meet

C. the soil conditions are stable      D. many buildings are built

Question 2: Earthquakes often happen along ________________.

A. the east-coast of North America          B. the east-coast of South America

C. the Pacific coast of Asia             D. the coast of Australia

Question 3: Looking for ____________ can help predict earthquakes.

A. changes in the earth’s surface        B. water beneath the earth’s surface

C. drops of water                     D. water currents

Question 4: After an earthquake, as a result of _________ people may die.

A. lack of food                              B. lack of friendship

C. lack of information              D. lack of knowledge

Question 5: The passage mainly discusses ______________.

A. the damage caused by earthquakes B. how strong earthquakes are

C. strange animal behaviors                         D. how to predict earthquakes