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.

Complete the passage with the suitable words in the box

relatives - top - preparations - holiday - put - are - although - bought

Christmas is the biggest ................(1) of the year in the most of Britain. Celebrations start on 24 December, Christmas eve, ................(2) there have been several weeks of ..................(3) beforehand. The Christmas trees, presents, food, drinks and decorations have been ...............(4). Christmas cards have already been sent to friends and................(5). About a week before Christmas, people usually.............(6) up their decorations and an angel on the .................(7) of the Christmas tree. Family presents .............(8) usually put under the tree.

Fill in the numbered blanks in the passage with ONE suitable word from the box. There                are TWO  extra words.

            Yesterday Tom was supposed to take a (26)___ from London to Paris. He (27)___ up very early, put his (28)___in the boot of his car and tried to start the engine. It wouldn't start Tom lifted the bonnet but he couldn't see what the (29) ____ could be. He immediately called his local (30) ____ to send a mechanic at once. Fortunately, the garage had a man free and he was with Tom within ten (31)____. He quickly saw what the matter was. "You've run out of petrol," he said. Tom felt very foolish. "Why didn't I (32) ____everything last night?" he wondered. Despite all this, he got to the airport on time. He heard an announcement "Passengers on flight BA 292 to Paris are informed that all flights to and from Paris are (33)____due to a heavy snowfall last night". "If only I had decided to go by train" Tom thought.

XI. Complete the passage with the words given in the box.

Mui Ne is located 24 kilometers north-east of the city of Phan Thiet. It is a fishing village as well as a (1)_________ tourism area in Binh Thuan Province. It is found on Highway No.106 and is famous for sweeping sand dunes and beautiful rows of palm trees. The (2)_________is shallow and sloped. The (3)_________ is clean and blue and the sun rarely hides behind (4)_________.

Beside beaches and sand dunes, there are also beautiful (5)_________such as Suoi Tien, the Ong Hoang Building and the Poshanu Cham Tower.

It has long been (6)_________the “Hawaii” of Viet Nam. It has (7)_________ roads under coconut trees, a beautiful beach and cliffs. The typical scenery of this place lies in the (8)_________lines of golden sand and when they are (9)_________ from distance, they look like moving (10)_________.

VII. Complete the passage with the words in the box, then answer the

       Brunei is one of the (31).................... countries in the world. Its population is only 25,000 and (32)........................... of them live in the capital city.  It is also the richest country in Asia and may be the richest country in the world because it has a lot of oil and (33)……..…….... gas  which it exports to Japan. Every week huge tankers carry oil and gas (34)…… the oil-fields of Brunei to Japan. The head of the state in Brunei is Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah. He is the richest man in the world. The Sultan has more than 200 cars and he also has hundreds of (35)..........

IX. Read the following passage and fill in the blanks with the suitable words.
Use the words in the box.(when//// where///// was///// begin ////sheep/////
which /////activities/// despite/// effective/// housework///)
My grandmother is more than ninety years old (1) ....makes her the 
oldest person in the whole family. (2)..... her old age, her memory is still fresh. 
She always tells us that many things used to be different (3) .....she 
was young.My grandma used to (4)..... her day very early. She used to start 
her day at 4 o’clock while everybody else was still in beds. She used to do all the (5).....by herself. She used to make clothes for her children and as for her 
outdoor work, she used to raise some chicken and (6) .....and she also 
used to help the males to grow vegetables.There didn’t use to be many pastime (7) ........ Her hobby used to be listening to the radio. In the evening all the family used to sit by the fire in the sitting room (8) .....all the family gathered at night to tell tales or discuss family matters as wedding, harvest time or to assign the next day’s work.When a member of the family (9) .......ill, she used to show him which herbs to use. She collected them from the near forest or from the mountain. My grandma used to know so many (10)......... methods to cure illnesses.

Choose a suitable word in the box to complete the passage below.

 WORDS:  competitions, interesting, comedy, television, programmes, world.

Nowadays, (1)............................. has become the most popular media of human. There are so many (2)...................... for children such as cartoon series, (3)....................... and music. By sitting at home, watching TV, you can get a whole look all over the (4)...................... . Through TV, children can see many events and (6)................... in the world without travelling anywhere. 

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/ Complete the passage with the words given in the box

      In the United States, almost everyone, at one time or another, has been a (19)________. According to the us government statistics, about one-fifth of the American 20)________ does volunteer work each year. Americans have had the tradition of volunteering and (21)________ one another since the early days of the country. Americans volunteer not because they are forced or paid to (22)________ it. They (23)________ it! Traditional volunteer activities include (24)________ money for people in need, cooking and (25)________ food, doing general labour (such as clean-up (26________ and home repair), providing transportation (such as giving rides to the (27)________ ), and tutoring/ (28)________ young people.

II. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word from the box to complete the passage.

1.

There are (1)__________ seasons in a year in our country. They are spring, summer, fall (2)__________ winter. In the spring, the weather is usually (3)__________. Sometimes it is cold, but not very cold. After spring, it is the summer. In the summer we (4)__________ play sports. In the fall, the weather is often cool. In the winter, it’s usually very cold. We always wear warm clothes.