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.

II. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word. My (1) _____ _____ room is our living room. It is rather big and warm. There is a big window with lots of pot plants and green and yellow (2) ___________. In our living room, (3)______________ is a green sofa and two green armchairs. There is a big yellow (4) ______ ___ on the floor. A modern floor light (5) ____ _____ in the right corner of the room. (6 ) _ _______ to the sofa there is a small coffee table with a vase of flowers. By the wall there is a big table with six brown chairs. We have a television and a (7) ___________ with a lot of books and pictures. We also have a CD player on the shelf. I often watch TV, listen to  _______ or read books there. I really like my living room

II. Fill in each blank with one suitable word to complete this passage. (1.0 p)

THE IMPORTANCE OF WATER.

Water kills thousands of people and _____________(1)  many acres of crops every year, but water also gives life to all living things in the world.             

Without water, life would be unthinkable. We ___________(2) have water to grow our food, feed the birds and animals ____________(3)  our homes, grow forests and produce electricity. We use waterways__________ (4) carry our goods of trade. Even the human body, which is seventy parts of one hundred of water itself, ___________(5)  exist for long without water.  

          Ever ___________(6) the earth began, large quantities of water have been used by living things. Yet for every drop of water that is taken from one place, another drop is put back from somewhere else. 

          Nature has a very clever __________(7)  of carrying water from cloud to land and sea and back to cloud. No water has been lost. 

         But nature does not put water where and when we need it. _________(8)  some men are drowning, others in another part of the world are dying of thirst. Thus, people all _________(9)  the world are trying to bring water to places where it is scarce, to control its flow in times of floods and to make greater __________(10) of it.   

II. Read the passage and fill in each blank with ONE suitable word. (1 p)

      Brad is forty years old. He is an English (1)……….. in Miami, the USA. He teaches grammar and conversation. He loves his job very much because he can meet a (2)………..of students from different countries in the world to study there. He usually (3)…………. work at 9.30 in the morning and finishes at 3.30 in the afternoon. But he is not working at the moment. He is traveling round Paris (4)…………a group of friends. They walk all day in Paris and see the Eiffel Tower. He is going to try French food and (5)…………..some photos. He will be back to America next week.

I. Fill in each blank with a correct word to complete the passage . Then answer the questions

Hoang lives in a small ( 1) ......... in the centre (2) ....... the village . His house is near his new school . Every day he has breakfast at 6a.m . Now , he is (3) ...... to school with his friends . They go there together every day . Hoang and his friends are in grade 9 (4) ......... Le Loi Secondary schoold . It's a small school (5) ..... one building and a small schoolyard . This near there are 15 (6) ........ with more than 500 (7) ......... in her school . Most students are hard working and serious . The school has (8) ...... 32 teachers . They are (9) ...... and friendly the really loves his (10) .....

1. Where's Hoang's house ?

2. What is near his house ?

3. Does he often house lunch at 6a.m ?

4. Where does he study ?

5. How does he go to school ?

6. What are the students and the teachers like ?

Read the story. Fill in the blank with one suitable word.

John's parents gave him a red drum for his eight birthday. When John (0)...opened....his present early that morning, he was very (1)..................to see a drum inside! He started to play it very loudly. He played it all morning and then after lunch he wanted to play it again. But his mum felt ill. She had a bad (2)......... because John and his drum were so noisy. His dad said, "John, if you want to play your drum, go outside please." John went into the garden and played his drum there. After fives minutes, he (3)................some lovely music. He went out into the street and saw a lot of people there. It was the circus! They drove into town in their lories and trucks. The (4)................of the first truck stopped when he saw John. John jumped on the back of the truck and (5)................ into town with them. He played his drum all the way there!

Fill in each blank with one suitable word in the box to complete the passage. There are two extra words.

      Would you like to know how people in Spain welcome New Year? Eating twelve (31) …………………… .Tradition has it that you have to eat them one by one, in time with the striking of the clock (32)…………..…… midnight on 31 December. If you manage to eat all the grapes in time, you will have a year of prosperity and good (33) ……………….. Whether or not you believe in magic, try the experience – it’s great fun. On this day, family or friends usually get together for a (34) …………… dinner and then have the twelve grapes. In many towns and villages, people go to a central square or an iconic place where there is a large clock, to eat the grapes (35) …………………… and share the last minutes of the old year.

IV. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word from the box to complete the passage. (1pt)

    Thousands of people (1) ______ at the August Revolution Square in front of the Hanoi Opera House from 8:30 p.m to 9:30 p.m on March 29 to join the 2014 Earth Hour Campaign. The lights and unnecessary electrical appliances of the (2) ___________, shops and local families around the Hoan Kiem Lake and the Hanoi Opera House were (3) ___________ off during one hour of the campaign. A wide variety of unique arts performances were held at the Square to (4) ____________ this year’s Earth Hour. This is the sixth time Vietnam responds to the Earth Hour campaign launched by the World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF). ‘Let’s unite to save the Earth’ is the message that this year campaign conveys to people around the world.

IV. Fill in each blank with one suitable word from the box.

Chaplin was born in London on the 16th of April, 1889. He spent his (1) _____ in poverty and hardship. In 1910 he began to perform pantomime in the United States. He first appeared on screen in 1914. He (2) _____ his world-famous character, the Tramp, and he played this classic role in more than 70 films during (3) _____ career. He also composed background music for (4) _____ of his films. Chaplin died on the 25^th of December, 1977, at his home in Switzerland.