VIII. Fill in each blank with the suitable given word.

There are four (1)...... in a year. (2)..... are spring, summer, fall and winter. In the (3)......., the weather is usually warm. Sometimes it is cold (4).... not very cold. There are (5).... flowers in the spring. In the summer, the day is long and the night is (6).... People often (7)... swimming in this season. The fall is the season (8)... fruits. In the (9)..., it is usually very cold. The day is short and the (10).... is long.

Fill in each numbered blank with a suitable word :

The continent of Antarctica is (1) a huge place that if it (2) a country, it'd be the tsecond biggest in the world, after Russia. It never gets warm there.It is (3) cold in eastern Antarctica that even the summer temperature is lower (4) your freezer at home. Although much of Antarctica consists (5) ice, there is solid rock under it. The ice is so deep and heavy, howerver,(6) it has pushed the earth down. If all that ice melted, the land (7) start to ríse as much as 500 metres. Scientists believe the ice is already melting, and if it continues, the world's seaa and oceans will rise by (8) to 60 meters. They say we must take action now, so (9) to advoid a globad disaster. We need to use less fuel like oil ang gas in (10) to reduce the effect of global warming on Antarctica's ice.

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.

Part 3. (10 points) Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word . Write the word in Your answers’part.  

California is the  (1) _______ famous state in the USA. It isn't  (2) ________ biggest state; that's Alaska. But it  (3) __________ the largest population and it's certainly the most important state  (4) _________ the US economy. It's richer  (5) _______ most countries in the world. The coast has  (6) _________ of the best climates in the USA;  (7) _________is warmer and dryer than most places. Some people would also  (8)________ it's the most beautiful! But California has some  (9)_________; Los Angeles has one of the worst crime rates  (10) ______ any US city.

Your answers:

Fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word. Write your answers in the space provided. (2.0 points)                       

Computing is now at the (1) ___________ stage as printing was when the first printing presses were used. (2) ___________ printing presses were invented, only rich people like kings and dukes could afford to buy books. Often these (3) ___________ were unable to read and hadn’t got enough time to learn. In any case, the books were so big that it was difficult for anyone to relax with a book (4) ___________ we do today. They wanted books (5) ___________ they were expensive and there was something magical about them. Only a few people were able to (6) ___________, and it took an extremely long time to write a book. Monks and other people who could write said ordinary people could not learn to read.

The position with computers is very similar today. A few years (7) ___________, computers were very large and expensive. Business managers and rich people ordered them but (8) ___________ didn’t know how to (9) ___________ them. In many (10) ___________,  however, the situation has now completely changed. Lots of people not only own microcomputer but also know how to use them.

VIII- Fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word. Write your answer in the numbered box. Dear Mary,

Thanks (1)…………. your letter. I am very glad to (2)..……………. that you are fine. I am fine, too. It’s really interesting to know about vacations (3)…………. American students.

You are (4)……… . We have fewer vacations than American students. Each year, we just have (5)…………. four vacations. We have a (6)………….. off for Independent Day on September 2^nd, two days off on April 30^th and May Day. Our most important vacation is Tet. Tet holiday often lasts for nine or ten days. Our (7)…………...vacation is summer vacation. It lasts for almost three (8)……………… . We usually spend time (9)……………. our families. We don’t have (10)…………… for Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas, but we also celebrate them.

Please write and tell me your last summer vacation.

     Your friend,   

          Hoa

Fill the blank in each sentence below with the correct form of the word at the end of each sentence.    Write your answer in the space given. (5 pts)

1.      I’m tired of listening to all your ____________________. COMPLAIN

2.      She got very angry, but later apologized for her ____________________. PATIENT

3.      The ____________________ is that the plan will fail. CONCLUDE

4.      The situation has never been so ____________________ before. CHAOS

5.      He could find no words to describe the ____________________. TRAGIC

6.      He has always dreamt of becoming a ____________________.  MILLION

7.      He was too ____________________ to tell his teacher about his stupid mistake. SHAME

8.      It was very ____________________ of him to steal the money. HONEST

9.      Are you going to Malaysia on business or for ____________________? PLEASE

10.  His grandfather is very ____________________ about Chinese history. KNOW

Ex 1: Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions. Write your answer in the space given.

1. You should brush your hands _______ and ________ having meals.

2. Yesterday, my paresnt were _______, so I had to stay at home to look _________ my little sister.

3. Cheer _______! Try laughing _________ a change.

4. There was no explanation _______ his absence ______ class yesterday.

5. He has a bag ____________ mail ___________ his motorbike.

Ex 2: Fil each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with one suitable word. Write your answer in the spaces below.

               I always wacth the weather ___ on television to see what tomorrow's weather will be ___. In England the weather ___ very often. It's very changeable. Sometimes it rains for a day or two, but after the wet weather, often with noisy thunderstorms, it is sometimes ___ for a long time, with no rain at all. On some days the sun shines and the ___ is clear, but on other days it is so ___ you can't see the sun. English summers aren't usually very hot but the ___ usually reaches 25⁰C, it's quite ___. In winter it is sometimes quite mild and pleasant but sometimes it's very ___ or even freezing. The English climate isn't very good ___ holidays but it makes the countryside green.