C/ Read the following passage and choose the option (A, B, C, D) to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks. (1.0pt)

Australia is a country (21) ………………… the Southern Hemisphere which comprises the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and many smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Neighbouring counties (22)……………….. Indonesia, East Timor, and Papua New Guinea to the north, the Solomon, Vanuatu, and New Caledonia to the northeast, and New Zealand to the Southeast. Australia (23)……………………… six states, and two major mainland territories. The (24)…………………… city of Australia ia Canberra. With a population of over 380,000, it’s Australia’s largest island city and  the eighth  largest Ausralian city overall.

Question 21. A. to                 B. on                  C. in                    D. at

Question 22. A. include                 B. contain                 C. come                     D. conclude

Question 23. A. gets                    B. takes                    C. has                        D. begins

Question 24. A. urban               B. capital               C. rural                  D. suburb

IV.Read the passage and choose the best option to complete the gaps.

Once a farmer (26)______ a comfortable life with his family. His chickens laid many eggs which the farmer used to (27)______ to buy food and clothing for his family. One day, he (28)______ to collect the eggs and discovered one of the chickens laid a gold egg. He shouted excitedly to his wife, “We’re rich! We’re rich!” His wife (29)______ to him and they both looked at the egg in amazement. The wife wanted more, so her husband decided (30)______ open all the chickens and find more gold eggs. Unfortunately he couldn’t find any eggs. When he finished all the chickens were dead. There were no more eggs of any kind for the foolish farmer and his greedy wife.

26. A. lived B. live C. lives D. living

27. A. selling B. sell C. sells D. sold

28. A. go B. goes C. went D. is going

29. A. run B. runs C. is running D. ran

30. A. cutting B. to cut C. cut D. A&B

2. Choose the best option to complete each sentence. Circle A, B or C.

Choose the best option to complete the sentence.

He spent a year in India and loves spicy food ............... the food is, ............... he likes it.

A. The hotter/ the more and more

B. The hotter/the more

C. The more and more hot/ the more

D. The hottest/ the most

Choose the best option to complete the sentences.

He spent a year in India and loves spicy food ............... the food is, ............... he likes it.

A. The hotter/ the more and more

B. The hotter/the more

C. The more and more hot/ the more

D. The hottest/ the most

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

India is the country x he spent the early year of his life.

A. at which

B. where

 C. that    

D. on which

15.Choose the best option to complete the sentence.
It is a custom in Vietnam that we use _________ to pick up food.

(0.5 Points)

fork

chopsticks

knife

spoon

16.Which word has the odd sound in the underlined part?

(0.5 Points)

respect

accept

ancestor

generation

17.Which sentence is best written form the word cues_
- According / tradition/ you / not /sweep / floor / first day / Tet.

(0.5 Points)

According to tradition, you shouldn’t sweep the floor on the first day of Tet.

According to tradition you mustn’t sweep the floor in the first day of Tet.

According tradition, you shouldn’t sweep the floor on the first day of Tet.

According to tradition, you shouldn’t sweep the floor on first day of Tet.

18.Which sentence has the closest meaning to the original one:
- You must go home now or it’s too late.

(0.5 Points)

You can go home now or it’s too late.

You should go home now or it’s too late.

You are obliged to go home now or it’s too late.

It is necessary for you to go home now or it’s too late.

19.Choose the best option to complete the sentence.
 In our school, students are not _______ to sit on the table.

(0.5 Points)

obliged

needed

allowed

welcomed

20.Choose the best option to complete the sentence.
Showing ______ to older people is a good tradition in our country.

(0.5 Points)

love

behavior

honor

respect

21.Which word has the different stress pattern?

(0.5 Points)

festival

uniform

ancestor

occasion

22.Choose the best option to complete the sentence.
Before leaving the dinner table, do you have to ask for _____.

(0.5 Points)

permit

permission

permitted

permitting