Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word to complete the passage.

Let me tell you something about my family. My father is sixty-four. He's a lot older ..............(1) my mother. She is only fifty-one. Dad has his ..............(2) business ( an export business ). Mum help him .................(3) the business. I have two brother and two sisters, so ..................(4) are seven of us altogether in the family.

The oldest is my brother Thomas. He's twenty-eight. He is ................(5) and has two children. The ..................(6) oldest is my sister Helen. She's twenty-three. She's .................(7) accountant and she works in a bank. Then there's me. I'm twenty. I'm in my second year ..................(8) university. The next youngest is Susan. She's eighteen and is in ......................(9) last year at high school. Then there's Tony. He's the youngest. He's fifteen. He ....................(10) to secondary school.

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word.

FOOD FOR A FUTURE

Jon Wynne - Tyson was an original thinker whose best-known book “Food for a future” was published in 1975, In this classic work, a case was (1)________ forward for (2)________ can only be described as a more responsible and humane attitude towards the world’s food resources. It had gradually (3)________ clear to Wynne-Tyson that the economics and ecology of meat production did not (4)________ sense. What justification was (5)________, he argued, for using seven tonnes of cereal to produce one tonne of meat?

Even today, the book's succinct style makes it compulsively readable. (6)________ his approach is basically an emotional one, Wynne-Tyson goes to great lengths to back (7)________ every statement with considerable supporting evidence and statistical data. Thus, even (8)________ of us who are widely read (9)________ the subject of vegetarianism will gain fresh insights from this book. It is generally agreed that his most skillful achievement is the slow revelation of his main thesis (10)________ the arguments unfold. The book concludes that a move away from an animal-based diet to (11)________ which is based on plant sources is inevitable in the long-term, in (12)________ of the fact that there is no sound nutritional, medical or social justification for meat eating. (13)________ of whether you agree with (14)________ a conclusion or not, the book certainly makes (15)________ fascinating read.

III. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word. (2,0 points)

 The ancient town of Hoi An lies on the Thu Bon River, 30 km south of Da Nang. It was formerly a major trading centre in Southeast Asia (1)…………. the 16^th and 17^th centuries. Hoi An was also an important port for Dutch, Portugese, Italian, Chinese, Japanese and other merchant vessels from the Far East.

Hoi An is(2)……………for its temples, pagodas, small tile-roofed houses (3)…………narrow streets. All the houses were made of wood and their pillars were carved with ornamental designs.

One of the main (4)…… …… of Hoi An is the Japanese Covered Bridge, which was built (5)…………….the 16^th century and is still well-preserved. All visitors to Hoi An are recommended a visit to the Assembly Hall of Cantonese Chinese Congregation. This house was (6)………… in 1855 and still keeps many precious objects that (7)……………….to the Chinese community of Hoi An. Another attractive address to (8)………………is Tan Ky House, which was constructed nearly two centuries (9)……………as a house for the Vietnamese merchant. The house now looks almost exactly (10)……………it did in the early 19^th century.                                                                     

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III. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word. (2,0 points)
The ancient town of Hoi An lies on the Thu Bon River, 30 km south of Da Nang. It was formerly a major
trading centre in Southeast Asia (1)…………. the 16 th and 17 th centuries. Hoi An was also an important port for
Dutch, Portugese, Italian, Chinese, Japanese and other merchant vessels from the Far East.
Hoi An is(2)……………for its temples, pagodas, small tile-roofed houses (3)…………narrow streets. All
the houses were made of wood and their pillars were carved with ornamental designs.
One of the main (4)…… …… of Hoi An is the Japanese Covered Bridge, which was built
(5)…………….the 16 th century and is still well-preserved. All visitors to Hoi An are recommended a visit to the
Assembly Hall of Cantonese Chinese Congregation. This house was (6)………… in 1855 and still keeps many
precious objects that (7)……………….to the Chinese community of Hoi An. Another attractive address to
(8)………………is Tan Ky House, which was constructed nearly two centuries (9)……………as a house for the
Vietnamese merchant. The house now looks almost exactly (10)……………it did in the early 19 th century.

IV. Fill in each blank with ONE word.

1. My future house will have a sea                              so we can see the beach from my window.

            2. "Can you tell me about your                                   house in the future?"

            3. My future house will be on the sea, and we can use                       and                 energy.

            4. "Where will your future house                                ?"

            5. Instead of taking pictures with our cameras, we will take pictures with our                                 .

            6. "Will you have a lot of trees and flowers                           your house?"

            7. A wireless TV will help us watch TV                                 from space.

            8. Our future house should produce all of the energy it                                             .

            9. People might watch films                            smart phones.

            10. We can change the rooms very quickly so that we can                            new technology.

Fill in each blank with the suitable form of the word given

1. Kien was so tall that no one recognised him at the family ____ last summer. (union)

2. My mum puts in a lot of effort to prepare ____ to worship our ancestors. (offer)

3. The festival ____ gathered on the riverside to cheer the boat racers. (go)

4. Dragon-snake (Rong ran len may) is a ____ Vietnamese game for children. It is very enjoyable. (tradition)

5. We happened to see some locals ____ animals in their village temples. (worship)

Fill in the blank with a suitable word. The first video game, a table tennis game, was invented (1) ........................ a physicist in 1958. This was (2) ........................ by more sport and space games and the first video arcade game was released in 1971. People said it was (3) ........................ difficult to play! The first Nintendo home consoles went on (4) ........................ in the 1980s. However, in (5) ........................ days, many games were played on PCs. In 1989, the first hand- held console was seen in a (6) ........................ homes. Then in the 1990s PlayStation, still the (7) ........................ popular console, was developed. Nowadays, many teenagers (and adults!) (8) ........................ hours playing many (9) ........................ kinds of video games at home, usually on games consoles. Sometimes tournaments are played on the (10) ........................ by people who never meet. I’m not sure what new games will (11) ........................ designed in the future, but I’m sure teenagers will (12) ........................ them exciting.

II. Fill each blank in the following passage with a suitable word from the box.

in                 kitchen        an                          chairs                              is

my                live               room                      armchair               restaurants

I (1)………....... in a small room (2)………....... New York. It’s part of (3)………...... old house. I have one (4)………...... and a kitchen and I share a bathroom with three other people. In (5)………...... room, there’s a bed, an (6)………...... and a coffee table, and I have a television and a hi-fi, too. In the (7)………......, there (8)…… …......a cooker and a sink. There’s a small table and two (9)…… …......, too. The kitchen’s small, but it’s OK. There are lots of pubs, cafes and (10)…… …...... on the street, so I don’t cook a lot.

  Fill in each blank of the passage with ONE suitable word :

      Many young men in America and in other (1) ________________ will always remember of 1953. That was the summer of the big Boy Scout Jamboree (2) __________________ California.

      (3) _________________ a hot morning in July the Scouts began to arrive by special trains and in long (4) _____________ of cars and busses. All day long they unloaded, and marched (5) _

_______________ flags flying through the entrance to the camp. Above their heads across the entrance (6) _______________ twelve big banners to welcome (7) _______________. On these banners were the (8) _________________ that every Scout knows well.