Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank in the following passage

 My village is about 50 kilometers from the city center. It is a very (1)_________ place where people (2)_________ flowers and vegetables only. It is very famous of its pretty roses and picturesque scenes. The air is quite fresh, however, the smell of the roses make people (3)___________ cool. In spring, my village looks (4)____________ a carpet with plenty of colors. Tourists come to visit it so often. Nowadays, with electricity, it doesn’t take the villagers much time (5)___________ the roses.

IV. Choose the word or phrase among A, B C or D that best fits the blank in the following passage.
My village is about 50 kilometers from the city center. It is a very (1) ________ place where people (2) ________
flowers and vegetables only. It is very famous for it pretty roses and picturesque scenes. The air is quite fresh,
however, the smell of the roses make people (3) ________ cool. In spring, my village looks (4) ________ a carpet
with plenty of colors. Tourists come to visit it so often. Nowadays, with electricity, it doesn’t take the villagers
much time (5) ________ the roses.
1. A. beauty B. beautiful C. beautify D. beautifully
2. A. plant B. plants C. grow up D. grows up
3. A. feel B. feeling C. felt D. to feel
4. A. as B. like C. alike D. same
5. A. water B. watering C. to water D. watered

VI. Read the text and do the tasks below. (1pt ) 

My village is about 50 kilometers from the city center. It is a very beautiful and peaceful place and where people grow flowers and vegetables only. It’s very famous for its roses and beautiful scenery. The air is quite fresh and the smell of roses makes people feel cool. In spring, my village looks like a carpet with plenty of colours. Tourists come to visit it so often. Nowadays, with electricity, it doesn’t take the villagers much time to water the roses. And even at night, people can walk along the path and enjoy the fresh smell of the flowers. 

* Questions:

1. How far is it from the writer’s village to the city center?

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2. What do people in his village grow?

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3. What does his village look like in spring?

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4. Does it take the villagers much time to water the roses nowadays?

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VI. Read the text and do the tasks below. (1pt ) 
My village is about 50 kilometers from the city center. It is a very beautiful and peaceful place and where people grow flowers and vegetables only. It’s very famous for its roses and beautiful scenery. The air is quite fresh and the smell of roses makes people feel cool. In spring, my village looks like a carpet with plenty of colors. Tourists come to visit it so often. Nowadays, with electricity, it doesn’t take the villagers much time to water the roses. And even at night, people can walk along the path and enjoy the fresh smell of the flowers. 
* Questions:
1. How far is it from the writer’s village to the city center?
 _________________________________________________________________
2. What is it famous for?
 _________________________________________________________________
3. What does his village look like in spring?
 _________________________________________________________________
4. Does it take the villagers much time to water the roses?
 ________________________________________________________________

III. READING: Choose the best option A, B, C, or D to fill in each blank. (1.0 pt)

My hometown is about 15 kilometers from the city center. It is a very (1)______ village where people (2)_______ flowers and vegetables every day. It’s very famous for its pretty roses and picturesque scenes. The air is very fresh, however the smell of the flowers make people (3)________very comfortable. In spring, my village looks like a carpet with plenty of colors. Tourists come to visit it so often. Nowadays, (4)________electricity, it does not take the villagers much time to water the roses.

1.                  A. beauty                   B. beautiful                          C. beautify                    D. beautifully

2.                  A. grow                      B. grows                              C. growing                    D. grew

3.                  A. feel                        B. feeling                             C. to feel                       D. felt

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

Lan’s village is about thirty kilometers from the city center. It is a very beautiful and peaceful place where people grow flowers and vegetables. It’s very famous for its pretty roses and picturesque scenes. The air is quite fresh and the smell of the roses makes people feel cool. In spring, her village looks like a carpet with plenty of colors. Tourists come to visit it so often. Nowadays, with electricity, it doesn’t take much time to water the roses. And even at night, people can walk along the path and enjoy the fresh smell of the flowers.

15.  It is thirty kilometers from the city center to Lan’s village.

16.  Her village looks like a colorful carpet in spring.

17. It’s very famous for its pretty roses and picturesque scenes.

18.  It is lacking in electricity nowadays.

19.  What is the closet meaning of the word “famous”?

A. notorious                       B. well-known             C. unknown                 D. normal

20.  What can be inferred from the passage?

A. Lan’s village is the suburb of the city center.

B. Tourists hardly come to Lan’s village.

C. People can’t go outside at night at Lan’s village.

D. It takes a lot of time to take care of roses in the village.

             My village is about 50 kilometers __________(23) the city center. It is a very beautiful and peaceful  place where people __________(24) flowers and vegetables only. It’s very famous for its pretty roses and picturesque scenes. The air is quite __________(25); moreover, the smell of the roses make people  feel cool. In spring, my village look like a carpet with plenty of ___________(26) .Tourists come to visit it so often. Nowadays, with electricity, it doesn’t take the villagers much time ___________(27) the roses. And even at night, people can walk _________(28) the path and enjoy the fresh smell of the flowers.

23. A.in                       B.at                             C.from                         D.for

24.A. make                  B.grow                        C.planted                    D.raise

25.A. dirty                  B.polluted                   C.fresh                        D.beautiful

26.A. colors                 B.color                        C.colorful                    D.flower

27.A. water                 B.to watering              C.watering                  D.to water

28.A.along                  B.for                            C.to                             D.A&C are correct

* Choose A, B, C or D to complete the passage.

                             MY VILLAGE

My village is about 50 kilometers on the city center. It is a very beautiful and peaceful place where people (2) ……………………flowers and vegetables only. It’s very famous for its pretty roses and picturesque scenes. The air is quite (2) ……………………and the smell of roses makes people feeling cool.
In spring, my village looks like a carpet with plenty of (3) ……………………. Tourists come to visit it so often. Nowadays, with electricity, it doesn’t take the (4) ……………………much time to water the roses.
And even at night, people can walk along the path and enjoy the fresh smell of the flowers.
1. A. do B. grow C. bought D. make
2. A. hot B. bad C. dirty D. fresh
3. A. places B. spots C. colors D. styles
4. A. towns B. villagers C. people D. city-dwellers

* Fill in each gap with one suitable word.
I (1) ………………up on a farm. We had to care for the animals morning and evening, seven days a week. Even during school vacations and on weekends there was (2) ………………work to do. I was paid for my work. From the age of ten, I was paid a dollar (3) ………………hour. Because I was paid a small salary, I learned (4) ………………to save and budget money. When I was only eleven, I saved enough to buy a ten-speed bicycle. In high school, I took a (5) ………………in a nearby town during the summer to save money (6) ………………college. I learned how to manage money at an early age.

PART B/ READING III. Choose the correct words given in the box to complete the blanks below My village is about 10 kilometers from Da lat. It is a very beautiful and (1)_______________ place where people grow (2)_____________ and vegetables only. It is very famous (3)____________ its pretty roses and beautiful landscapes. The air is quite fresh, however, the smell of the roses  (4)______________ people feel cool. And even at night, people can walk along the path and enjoy the fresh smell of the flowers. 1. A. happy                   B. peaceful        C. friendly         D. busy 2. A. flowers                 B. rice                           C. apples           D. fruit 3. A. of                          B. at                              C. on                       D. for 4. A. plays                     B. does                     C. makes                  D. listens