XI. Fill in each blank with a suitable word to complete the following passage.(20 points)

People have always dreamt of living forever. Although we all know this will never (1)….., we still want to live as long as possible. Naturally, there are advantages and disadvantages of a long life. In the first place, people who live longer can (2)……. more time with their family and friends. Secondly, people who have busy working (3)…… look forward to a long, relaxing life, (4)….. they can do the things they^’ve never had time for.

            On the other hand, there are some serious disadvantages. Firstly, many people become ill and consequently have to so end time in (5)….. or become burden to their children and friends. Many of them find this (6)….. annoying or embarassing. In addition to this, the older people get, the (7)….. friends they seem to have because old friends (8)…… or become ill and it^’s often difficult to make new friends.

            To sum up, living(9)……. a very old age is worthwhile for those who stay (10)….. enough to remain independent and enjoy life.

III. Complete the passage, using the correct form of tense of the verbs in brackets.

Nowadays, a lot of important inventions (1) ................... (carry out) by scientists (2) ....................... (work) for large industrials firms. However, there (3) .................... (be) still opportunities for other people (4) .................... (invent) various things. In Britain, there is a weekly TV program which (5) ................. (attempt) to show all the devices which people (6) ................ (invent) recently. The people (7) ..................... (organize)the program receive information about 700 inventions per year. New ideas can (8) .................... (develope) by private inventors. However, it is important (9) ....................... (consider) these questions : Will it work? Will it (10) ................. (want)? Is it new?

III. Filling each blank with a suitable word. The first letter of the word has been provided.

1.   Tet, or Lunar New Year, is the most important f___________ in Vietnam.

2.   In the UK, there are a lot of c___________ for table manners.

3.   Most Vietnamese people have family altars to w___________ their ancestors.

4.   Saint Giong is a mythical h___________ who helped King Hung to defeat the An.

5.   It’s important to p___________ our culture for future generations.

6.   Xoan singing is traditional f___________ singing originating from the northernprovince of Phu Tho.

7.   The Fox and the Grapes is one of the most popular f___________.

8.   At the beginning of the festival, they p___________ a ritual of offering incense.

9.   Millions of Japanese visit homtowns for family r___________ during theObon Festival.

10.       The o_______ demanded the annual sacrifice of a young village girl to satisfy hisblood lust.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions. Fill each of the blank below with a suitable word from the reading passage.

A. unimportant

B. irrelevant

C. uninteresting

D. impossible

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Fill each of the blank below with a suitable word from the reading passage

A. unimportant

B. irrelevant

C. uninteresting

D. impossible

I.           Fill in each blank with a suitable word to complete the text:

Viet Nam is in the South-East Asia. It has (1)......................................................................................... lot of beautiful mountains, rivers

and beaches. (2) ………………… are two long (3) ………………… in Viet Nam: 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 East Sea. Phanxipang  is  (8)  …………………  highest  mountain  in  Viet  Nam.  It's  3,143  meters (9)

………………… Viet Nam also (10)............................. many nice beaches such as Sam Son, Do

Son, Nha Trang, Vung Tau and so on ....

IV. Fill each blank with one suitable word to complete the passage below (2pts)

New Year is one of four important traditional (1)…………….in the United States. On New Year’s Eve, most people go to parites. At twelve o’clock (2)…………..night, everyone says “Happy New Year” and they (3)…..………their  friends and relatives good luck. New Year’s parties usually (4) ……………a long time. Some people don’t go home (5)……………..morning. Another holiday, Halloween, is mainly for children. On this holiday children (6) …………….as wiches, ghosts or other characters. Most of the childen go (7)……………..house to house and say “Trick or Treat” (8)…………..the people at the house do not give them candy, they children (9)……………….play a trick on them. But this (10)……………happens. Most people give them candy or fruit.

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

1.

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.

III. Fill in each blank with one suitable word to complete this passage. (15 points)
In a village on the east coast of Scotland, people were waiting anxiously for news. Two of their fishing-boats (1) ________ been caught in the storm (2) ________ had blown up during the night. In the cottages round the harbour people stood (3) ________ their door, (4) ________ worried to talk. 
The rest of the fishing fleet had (5) ________the harbour before dark, and the men from these ships waited and watched with the wives and families of (6) ________ missing men. Some had (7) ________ thick blankets and some flasks to hot drinks, knowing that the men (8) ________ be cold and tried. As dawn began to break over (9) ________ the east, a small point if light was (10) ________ in the darkness of the water and a (11) ________ minutes later, (12) ________ was a shout. Before long, the two boats (13) ________ turning in, past the lighthouse, to the inside of the harbour. The men (14) ________ helped out of their boats, and although they were stiff (15) ________ cold and tiredness, they were all safe.