I.   Choose the word (A, B, C, or D) that best fits each of the blank spaces.

We live in the suburbs, and it‟s just too (1)          ! There aren‟t (2)       shops, and there are certainly (3)        clubs or theaters. (4)            a lot of parks, good schools, and very (5)         crime: but nothing ever really happens here. I would really love (6)        downtown.    

       downtown.

(suburb (n) : ngoại thành)

II.     Read the following passage and choose the item (A, B, C, or D) that best answers each of the questions about it.

My neighborhood is very convenient - it‟s near the shopping center and the bus station. It is also safe. But those are the only good things about living downtown. It is very noisy - the streets are always full of people! The traffic is terrible, and parking is a big problem! I can never park on my own street. I‟d like to live in the suburbs.

1.   What does the word „convenient‟ in line 1 mean?

A.   close to something                                     B. beautiful

C. far from other places                                  D. noisy

2.   What does the word „it‟ in line 2 refer to?

A.   the author‟s neighborhood                         B. shopping center

C. bus station                                                  D. downtown

3.   It‟s easy to             .

A.   find a place to park      B. live in the suburbs

C. move to another place D. go to the bus station

4.   The author             .

A.   likes to live in the suburbs

B.   thinks that his/ her neighborhood is too quiet

C.   thinks that living in the suburbs is very convenient

D.   feels that his/her neighborhood is not safe

5.   Which of the following is true?

A.   The author‟s neighborhood is inconvenient.

B.   The author doesn‟t want to move to anywhere.

C.   It‟s too difficult for the author to find a place to park his/her car.

D.   Living downtown is better than living in the suburbs.

III.   Choose the word (A, B, C, or D) that best fits each of the blank spaces. James: Excuse (1)                , I‟m your new (2)    , Jack. I just moved in.

Mrs. Jones: Oh. Yes?

James: I‟m looking for a grocery store. Are there (3)                  around here?

Mrs. Jones: Yes, there are some (4)                        Pine Street.

James: OK. And is there a Laundromat near here?

Mrs. Jones: Well, I think there‟s one across from the shopping center. James:    (5)      

Mrs. Jones: By the way, there‟s a barber shop in the shopping center, (6)                         

James: A barber shop?

(laundromat (n): hiệu giặt tự động            barber shop (n): hiệu cắt tóc)

I.   Choose the word (A, B, C, or D) that best fits each of the blank spaces.

We live in the suburbs, and it‟s just too (1)          ! There aren‟t (2)       shops, and there are certainly (3)        clubs or theaters. (4)            a lot of parks, good schools, and very (5)         crime: but nothing ever really happens here. I would really love (6)        downtown.    

       downtown.

(suburb (n) : ngoại thành)

II.     Read the following passage and choose the item (A, B, C, or D) that best answers each of the questions about it.

My neighborhood is very convenient - it‟s near the shopping center and the bus station. It is also safe. But those are the only good things about living downtown. It is very noisy - the streets are always full of people! The traffic is terrible, and parking is a big problem! I can never park on my own street. I‟d like to live in the suburbs.

1.   What does the word „convenient‟ in line 1 mean?

A.   close to something                                     B. beautiful

C. far from other places                                  D. noisy

2.   What does the word „it‟ in line 2 refer to?

A.   the author‟s neighborhood                         B. shopping center

C. bus station                                                  D. downtown

3.   It‟s easy to             .

A.   find a place to park      B. live in the suburbs

C. move to another place D. go to the bus station

4.   The author             .

A.   likes to live in the suburbs

B.   thinks that his/ her neighborhood is too quiet

C.   thinks that living in the suburbs is very convenient

D.   feels that his/her neighborhood is not safe

5.   Which of the following is true?

A.   The author‟s neighborhood is inconvenient.

B.   The author doesn‟t want to move to anywhere.

C.   It‟s too difficult for the author to find a place to park his/her car.

D.   Living downtown is better than living in the suburbs.

III.   Choose the word (A, B, C, or D) that best fits each of the blank spaces. James: Excuse (1)                , I‟m your new (2)    , Jack. I just moved in.

Mrs. Jones: Oh. Yes?

James: I‟m looking for a grocery store. Are there (3)                  around here?

Mrs. Jones: Yes, there are some (4)                        Pine Street.

James: OK. And is there a Laundromat near here?

Mrs. Jones: Well, I think there‟s one across from the shopping center. James:    (5)      

Mrs. Jones: By the way, there‟s a barber shop in the shopping center, (6)                         

James: A barber shop?

(laundromat (n): hiệu giặt tự động            barber shop (n): hiệu cắt tóc)

Choose the word (A, B, C, or D) that best fits each of the blank spaces.

     We live in the suburbs, very far (27)_________ the city and it’s just too quiet! There aren’t (28)                      shops, and there are certainly (29)                    clubs or theaters. (30)            a lot of parks, good schools, and very (31)                 crime: nothing ever really happens here. I would really love (32)                 downtown.

     (suburb (n): ngoại thành)

27.  A. from                  B. for                      C. to                               D. of

28.  A. much                 B. many                 C. more                          D. a lot of

29.  A. not                     B. nothing              C. none                          D. no

30.  A. Has                    B. Having              C. There is                     D. There are

31.  A. little                   B. less                    C. many                         D. lots of

32.  A. to live                B. living                 C. to living                     D. a & b

Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.

We (1) _____ to Thailand for our summer vacation last year. It was

our first (2) _____ to Asia. We loved it. We went to the (3) _____ market

very early one morning. We didn’t buy anything there; we just looked.

Another day, we went to Wat Phra Keo, the famous Temple of the Emerald Buddha. It was really (4)_____ . Then we saw two more (5) _____

nearby. We also went on a river (6) _____ somewhere outside Bangkok.

The best thing (7) _____ the trip was the food. The next time we have

friends over for dinner, I (8)_____ Thai food.

1. A. go                          B. went                    C. are going         D. will go

2. A. vacation                  B. holiday            C. trip                   D. A & B

3. A. float                       B. floated              C. floating             D. float

4. A. interested                 B. interesting        C. bored                  D. boring

5. A. churches                 B. pagodas            C. temples             D. markets

6. A. trip                        B. walk                 C. travel                D. bank

7. A. in                           B. on                    C. of                     D. about

8. A. cook                       B. am cooking       C. cooked    D. am going to cook

IV. Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.

We got up early in the morning. We (35) _____ prepared our food boxes to take with us. We left the house and had to drive (36)____through the town traffic. However in the countryside we drove (37) ____. After an hour we reached the foot of the mountain. We climbed the first part easily, but when we were nearly at the top we naturally slowed down (38) ___it was difficult. We tried (39)___to reach the top and when we did, Dad said we had done (40) ____.

 35. A. care              B. careless           C. careful                       D. carefully

 36. A. slow            B. slowly              C. lovely                        D. lately

 37. A. fast               B. fastly                C. quick                         D. slow

 38. A. but               B. however           C. because                  D. for example

 39. A. hard             B. hardly              C. best                           D. most

 40. A. good             B. well                 C. fine                           D. bad

V. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank in the following passage.
I live in a small village called Northville. There are about 2000 people here. I love the village (6) ________ it is
very quiet and life is slow and easy. The village is always clean; people look (7) ________ it with great care.
The air is always clean, too. People are much more friendly here than in a city because everyone (8) ________
the others, and if someone has a problem, there are always people who can help.
There are only a few that I don’t like about Northville. One thing is that we have not got many things to do in
the evening; we haven’t got (9) ________ cinemas or theaters. The other thing is that people always talk about
(10)_______, and everyone knows what everyone is doing. But I still prefer village life to life in a big city.
6. A. so B. although C. because D. but
7. A. for B. at C. up D. after
8. A. knows B. know C. is knowing D. knew
9. A. little B. some C. any D. few
10. A. others B. other C. another D. one other

IV. Choose the word or phrase (A,B,C, D) that best fits the blank space in the passage.

        Have you ever (1)­______to Britain? I’ve dreamed of going there (2) ______ I was a little girl and finally, in the spring of 2012, it happened. I was there three weeks and spent much of that time soaking up the culture, history, and scenery of this incredible island. I visited several districts in England, Wales and Scotland and even made a site trip to Ireland. Every place I went to seemed to be more interesting and more beautiful (3) ______ the last.

        The tour I was with began in London. Of all the sights I saw there, the Tower of London was the most (4) ______. The Tower is a building complex of incredibly rich history. Also on the Thames are the Houses of Parliament and, of course, the clock tower housing “Big Ben”. I saw so (5)­______ landmarks I can hardly remember them all. Although it was just a glimpse of London I did, at least, get a chance to see all the most famous places.

1. A. seen                   B. been                  C. taken                 D. done

2. A. for                     B. while                 C. since                  D. because

3. A. than                   B. then                   C. as                      D. with

4. A. interesting         B. interested           C. interest              D. interestingly

5. A. much                 B. any                    C. many                 D. lot of

I. Choose the word or phrase (a, b, c or d) that best fits the blank space in each sentence.

1 When the sky is blue and the sun is shining, you may say to your friends - "_______________"

a. It's a beautiful day, isn't it?

b. What a beautiful day, is it?

c. It's not a beautiful day.

d. A beautiful day, is not it?

2 Choose the best option to complete the following sentence: Having missed too many lessons _________________.

a. he was not allowed to take the final test

b. he was not allowed taking the final test

c. they didnot let him take the final test

d. he was not able to allow taking the final test.

I.       Choose the word (a, b, c or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.

Dear Kate,

Dave and I are having (16) _____ best holiday of our lives! We are in Barbados, one of the (17) _____ islands in the Caribbean. Although it is (18) _____ smaller than Jamaica, there seems to be more to do than in Jamaica. (19) _____, the people here seem (20) _____ friendlier than those on the other islands. We are staying in the most modern hotel I have (21) _____ seen. It’s large and cool, and many people think it’s the best hotel on the island. It’s (22) _____ more comfortable than any of the other hotels, and it’s even bigger than the world famous Belton Hotel. The nearest beach is (23) _____ than a hundred meters away, and so we can go swimming a lot. It’s really good, and I (24) _____ wish you (25) _____ here.

Love,

Mike

16. a. a                                b. an                                 c. the                              d. Æ

17. a. most lovely               b. loveliest                       c. more lovely                d. lovelier

18. a. much                         b. more                             c. less                              d. little

19. a. Moreover                  b. However                      c. Nevertheless               d. Whatever

20. a. to                               b. be                                 c. more                           d. to be

21. a. never                         b. ever                              c. yet                              d. been

22. a. high                           b. long                              c. far                               d. many

23. a. few                            b. little                             c. much                           d. less

24. a. did                            b. do                                c. are                               d. will

25. a. are                             b. were                             c. will be                        d. aren’t