IV. Fill in each blank of the passage with the words in the box. Dark candy prize like while put strange next one parties In Canada and the United States, (1) of the most popular days in the year is Halloween. Halloween is on October 31st. It is a day (2) some people dress up in (3) or unusual costumes. For example, they may dress up to look (4) an animal, a person from a book or a movie or a famous person from history. In some places, children go to school in their Halloween costumes. After (5) many young children (6) on their costumes and visit their neighbors. They knock on the door and shout "Trick or Treat!" Then the neighbors give them some (7) , and the children go on to the (8) house. Adults also enjoy dressing up for Halloween. There are usually Halloween (9) in the evening and usually there is a (10) for the best or most unusual costumes.

In Canada and the United States, ……(1)…..of the most popular days in the year is Halloween. Halloween is on October 31st. It’s a day…….(2)……some people dress up in strange or unusual costumes. For example, they may dress up to ……(3)…an animal, a person from history. In some places, children go to schoolin…(4)….Halloween costumes. After dark, many young children…(5)….on their costumes and visit their neighbours. They knock on the ….(6)….and shout “Trick or treat”. Then their neighbours…..(7)….them some candy, and the children go on to the….(8)…house. Adults also enjoy dressing up for Halloween. There….(9)…usually Halloween parties in the evening and usually there is a prize for the best or…(10)….unusual costumes.

In Canada and the United States, ……(1)…..of the most popular days in the year is Halloween. Halloween is on October 31st. It’s a day…….(2)……some people dress up in strange or unusual costumes. For example, they may dress up to ……(3)…an animal, a person from history. In some places, children go to schoolin…(4)….Halloween costumes. After dark, many young children…(5)….on their costumes and visit their neighbours. They knock on the ….(6)….and shout “Trick or treat”. Then their neighbours…..(7)….them some candy, and the children go on to the….(8)…house. Adults also enjoy dressing up for Halloween. There….(9)…usually Halloween parties in the evening and usually there is a prize for the best or…(10)….unusual costumes.

Fill in each numbered blank of the following  passage with ONE suitable word. Write your answer  on your answer sheet.

To many people, their friends are most important (1)..... in their life. Really good friends (2)..... the good times and the bad times, help you when you’ve got problems, never judge you and never turn their back on you. Your best friend may be (3)...... you’ve known all your life, someone you’ve grown up with and been through lots of (4)....... and downs with. There are all sorts of things that can bring about this special relationship. It may be the  (5)....... of enjoying the same activities, having the outlook on life, or sharing similar experiences Most of us have met someone that we’ve immediately felt relaxed with, (6)....... if we’ve known them for years. However, usually it really does take you years to (7)........ to know someone well enough to consider him your best friend. To the majority of (8)......... this is someone we trust completely and who understands us (9)........ than anyone else. It’s the person you can turn to for impartial advice and a shoulder to cry on (10)........ life gets you down.

X. Fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word. Write your answers in the space provided. (2,0 points)                       

Vietnam is in the South- East Asia. It has (1) _____­­­­­____ of beautiful mountains, rivers and beaches. (2) _____­­­­­­­­____ are two long (3) __________ in Vietnam: the Red River in the north and the Mekong River in the (4) ____­­­­­­­_____. The Mekong River is the (5) _________river in the South- East Asia and of course it is longer

(6) _________the Red River. The Mekong River starts in Tibet and (7) __________to the Bien Dong. Phanxipang is (8) _________ highest mountain in Vietnam. It’s 3,143 meters (9) ________. Vietnam also (10) ______many nice beaches such as Sam Son, Do Son, Nha Trang, Vung Tau.

VII. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with only ONE suitable word in each space. Write your answer on your answer sheet.

My wife and I have always enjoyed travelling ...................(1) sea, and last year we decided to go ....................(2) a Mediterranean cruise.  .................(3) our holiday was rather expensive we thought that the high standard of accommodation, the first-class food and the many interesting places we saw were well .....................(4) the price we paid.

We found that most of ......................(5) other passengers were friendly and interesting, but there was one man, a Mr James, who irritated and annoyed us, and not .......................(6) us but all the others who shared our table at dinner. Whatever subject we talked about, it seemed that he was an expert .......................(7) it. He ....................(8), apparently, read more books, visited more countries and studied more languages, than anyone ..........................(9). After a few days, we ate our meals in ..........................(10), because nobody wanted to begin a conversation that would soon be taken over by this man

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    Water is one of our most  (26) _________resources; put it simply, without water there would be no life. Unfortunately, many of us seem to have forgotten this fact, and as a (27) ________ the world is facing  the danger of running out of  water. The actual amount of water on earth has changed little since the time of dinosaurs. The problem has been (28) ________ by people’s misuse of our water supply. This not only means that we have polluted our rivers and seas, but (29) _________that we are wasting a great deal of this precious resource. (30) ___________the destruction of the rain forests has made this problem (31 ) ________since much of the rain that (32) _________is lost because it runs off into the sea. The population of the earth is increasing daily, so it is (33) ________ that we find a solution to this problem before it is too late.

II. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word from the box to complete the passage.

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There are (1)__________ seasons in a year in our country. They are spring, summer, fall (2)__________ winter. In the spring, the weather is usually (3)__________. Sometimes it is cold, but not very cold. After spring, it is the summer. In the summer we (4)__________ play sports. In the fall, the weather is often cool. In the winter, it’s usually very cold. We always wear warm clothes.