II. Choose the correct option for each of the following sentences.

1.  What is the _______________ month of the year in Vietnam? (hot, hotter, hottest)

2.  Hawaii is _______________ from Hong Kong than Japan. (far, farther, farthest)

3.  Mozart is as _______________ as Beethoven. (famous, more famous, most famous)

4.  Which is _______________, grammar or vocabulary? (important, more important, most important)

5.  Who is the        _______________ person in your family? (powerful, more powerful, most powerful)

6.  Their house is three times as _______________ as ours. (big, bigger, biggest)

7.  Susan is much _______________ with children than her sister is. (patient, more patient, most patient)

8.  Ann does not swim so _______________ as her coach claims. (quickly, more quickly, most quickly)

EX4: CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER A,B,C OR D FOR EACH OF THE GAPS TO COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING TEST.

There are many Chinese festivals in Hong Kong. The Western New Year starts on the first day of January but the Chinese begin New Year on the first moon of the Chinese calendar. Before New Year's Day comes, people clean and decorate their houses, (1)______ a lot of tranditional food and go shopping for presents and new clothes. New Year's Eve is the time (2)______every family gathers its members together for dinner.

People (3)______the New Year with a music performance and a firework display to light up the sky. 

On New Year's Day, they visit their friends and relatives. The children get lucky money in red envelopes. Many people go to the (4)______to wish for good health and good luck. Chinese people in Hong Kong celebrate the New Year with (5)_______and happiness

1. A, Take                   B,bring                        C, cook              D, sell

2. A, when                   B,after                        C, before              D, during

3. A, meet                   B,see                        C, end              D, celebrate

4. A, houses                   B,pagodas                        C, family              D, camps

5. A, hopeful                   B,hopeless                        C, hope              D, hoping

V. Read the following text carefully and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each of the gap.

When you are in Hong Kong, you can go about (1) _________taxi, by bus, or by underground. 

I myself prefer the underground (2) ______ it is fast, easy and cheap. There are (3) ______ buses and taxis in Singapore and one cannot drive along the road (4) ______ and without many stops, especially on the Monday morning. The underground is therefore usually quicker (5) _______ taxis or buses. If you do not know Singapore very well, it is difficult (6) _______ the bus you want. You can take a taxi , but it is (7) _______  expensive than the underground or a bus . On the underground, you find good maps that tell you the names of the stations and show you how to get to them, so that it is easy (8) _______  your way.

1. A. at                                         B. in                                       C. by

2. A. but                                       B. because                             C. when

3. A. many                                   B. a lot                                   C. few

4. A. quick                                  B. quickly                               C. quicker

5. A. so                                       B. like                                            C. than

6. A. to find                                B. find                                   C. finding

7. A. less                                    B. more                                 C. most

8. A.   to find                                 B. find                                           C. finding

I. Read the following text carefully and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each of the gap.

When you are in Hong Kong, you can go about (1) _________taxi , by bus, or by underground.

I myself prefer the underground (2) ______ it is fast, easy and cheap. There are (3) ______ buses and taxis in Singapore and one cannot drive along the road (4) ______ and without many stops, especially on the Monday morning. The underground is therefore usually quicker (5) _______ taxis or buses. If you do not know Singapore very well, it is difficult (6) _______  the bus you want. You can take a taxi , but it is (7) _______  expensive than the underground or a bus . On the underground, you find good maps that tell you the names of the stations and show you how to get to them, so that it is easy (8) _______  your way.

1. A. at                                              B. in                                        C. by

2. A. but                                            B. because                               C. when

3. A. many                                        B. a lot                                    C. few

4. A. quick                              B. quickly                                          C. quicker

5. A. so                                   B. like                                                C. than

6. A. to find                            B. find                                     C. finding

7. A. less                                B. more                                   C. most

8. A.   to find                                    B. find                                               C. finding

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Question. My brother graduated from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology last month and ____ for a job since then.

A. has been looking

B. has looked

C. was looking

D. had looked

Choose the correct word A, B, C or D for each gap to complete the following passage:

Mid-Autumn Festival

There are hundreds of festivals in Vietnam each year. (1) _____ Tet holiday, the Mid-Autumn festival is one of the most famous festivals and it is a traditional celebration for Vietnamese (2) _______.

The Mid-Autumn festival is (3) ________on the 15th day on the 8th lunar month (often in late September or early October) in the middle of (4) _______ and it is celebrated for a whole day. On this day, the adults and the parents prepare a special cake called moon cake along with many candies, jellies, grapefruit, bananas, apples, etc. The Mid-autumn celebration is an opportunity for (5) ________ members to reunite. Young people express their gratitude to the elderly.

Question 1:

A. The

B. Therefore

C. Besides

D. So