I.         Choose the word or phrase among a, b, c or d that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

Miri, Mai’s Japanese pen pal, has been in Vietnam for two weeks. Mai took her to many (26) ____ last week. First, they (27) ____ to Da Lat. Like Tokyo, Da Lat is a city of beautiful flowers. Then they (28) ____ to Nha Trang. Miri (29) ____ swimming in the sea and eating seafood while Mai (30) ____ sand castles on the beach. "I (31) ____ by the nice sunshine and good food here," Miri (32) ____ to Mai. Miri also said (33) ____ in Japan is like Nha Trang, but Da Lat is very much like many (34) ____ and quiet towns in her country. She (35) ____ Mai could visit Japan some day and try Japanese special food.

26. a. markets                     b. places                           c. areas                             d. provinces

27. a. went                          b. was going                    c. visited                          d. were visiting

28. a. moved                       b. changed                       c. flew                              d. visited

29. a. enjoy                         b. enjoys                          c. enjoyed                        d. is enjoying

30. a. is making                  b. makes                           c. made                            d. was making

31. a. am impressed            b. am impressing              c. was impressed              d. was impressing

32. a. says                           b. said                              c. tells                              d. told

33. a. no place                     b. nowhere                       c. everywhere                  d. many places

34. a. crowded                    b. active                           c. busy                             d. peaceful

35. a. asked                         b. wished                         c. promised                      d. wanted

26 - 35. Choose the word  or phrase among a, b, c or d that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

Peter has a very exciting summer holiday this year. His French pen-friend invited him to visit her family in the south of France. Peter (26) _____ by plane from London to Paris. Marie, his French friend, (27) _____ him in Paris and they took a train from Paris to Marseilles. Marseilles is the (28) _____ where Marie’s family lives. It is a very large port. A lot of people live in Marseilles and (29) _____ are many interesting shops and café there. Peter started learning French at school two years ago and he spoke French all the time with Marie and her family. At (30) _____ it was very difficult for him but soon it became (31) _____ easier. One day Marie and her parents (32) _____ Peter for picnic in the mountains. They climbed a big hill. From the top of the hill, they had a wonderful (33) _____. In the (34) _____ they could see the sea. Peter was very sad when it was time to go back to London and school. He is looking (35) _____ to next summer when Marie is going to spend her holidays with her family in England.

26. a. got                             b. moved                          c. went                           d. transferred

27. a. met                            b. saw                              c. took                            d. greeted

28. a. country                      b. town                            c. capital                         d. village

29. a. they                           b. those                            c. these                           d. there

30. a. first                           b. beginning                     c. starting                       d. first time

31. a. much                         b. so                                 c. too                              d. extremely

32. a. brought                     b. took                             c. carried                        d. got

33. a. view                          b. sight                             c. scene                           d. scenery

34. a. space                         b. air                                 c. distance                      d. way

35. a. through                     b. forward                        c. on                               d. out

Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage. Hi Kathy, I'm writing to you from Con Dao island, where I'm working as a volunteer for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). I have just come here for two days but I have (1) oldest and largest global (2) since the mid-1980s. It (3). done so many things. Do you know that IUCN is one of the organisations? IUCN has worked in Vietnam to protect endangered wild animals, especially the sea turtles in Vietnam. In Con Dao island, many sea turtles swim to the islands between the fourth and seventh lunar months and lay their eggs in the sand before retuming to the sea. However, the number of sea turtles (4) over the last 30 years because of overfishing, pollution and destruction of nesting beaches. During the days, we have taken part in coastal clean-ups. At night, we have guarded turtle nests, protected eggs (5). poachers and released baby sea turtles back into the ocean early in the morning. It's hard work but it's enjoyable and I've met a lot of great people. The best part about working for IUCN is that I can help endangered animals and still have fun at the same time. I hope you're having fun, too. See you in a month. All the best, Hong Nguyen 1. A. never B. still C. already D. yet 2. A. environmental B. environmentalist C. environmentally D. environment 3. A. intend B. serve C. decides D. aims 4.A. decreased B. has decreased C. are decreasing D. decreases 5. A. with B. to C. from D. on Giúp mình với

I.          Choose the word or phrase among a, b, c or d that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

People often call New York “The Big Apple”. Why? In the 1920s and 1930s, jazz musicians (26) _____ wanted to work in New York.

“There are a lot of apples on the tree,” they said, “but (27) _____ you take New York City, you take The Big Apple!” and they want some today, (28) _____!

More than twenty million people (29) _____ New York every year, (30) _____ of them say it is the most (31) _____ city in the world.

When visitors think (32) _____ New York, they usually think about Manhattan, an island 21.5 kilometres long and 3.7 kilometres (33) _____. But New York City has five “boroughs”: Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens and Staten Island. The city (34) _____ 10,000 kilometres of streets, and seven million (35) _____ more people live there.

26. a. who                           b. all                                 c. that                               d. they

27. a. before                        b. once                             c. when                            d. until

28. a. also                            b. well                              c. so                                 d. too

29. a. go                              b. visit                              c. come                            d. arrive

30. a. one                            b. lots                               c. each                              d. much

31. a. excited                      b. exciting                        c. excite                           d. excitement

32. a. about                         b. for                                c. to                                  d. with

33. a. narrow                       b. high                              c. wide                             d. large

34. a. is                               b. has                               c. gets                              d. takes

35. a. and        b. or     c. but   d. with

II. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.
Either boys or girls, usually aged from seven to ten, play the two-person game of “Mandarin’s Box”. They
draw a rectangle on the ground and (1) it into ten small squares called “rice fields” or “fish
ponds”.
They also draw two additional semi-circular boxes at the two (2) of the rectangle,
which are called “mandarin’s boxes” – the game’s name, each person has 25 small pebbles and a bigger stone.
Each player places the stone in one of the mandarin’s boxes and five small pebbles in each of the other
squares. Then the game begins. The first player takes up the contents of one square on his or her side of the
board, but not a mandarin’s box and distributes the pebbles one by one, (3) with the text square in (4)
direction. Since each square contains five pebbles at the beginning, the first move will distribute five
pebbles to the left or right.
After the last pebble is distributed, the player takes the contents of the following square and repeats the
distribution (5) . But if the following square is one of the mandarin’s boxes, the turn ends and
passes to the other player.
If the last pebble falls into a square that precedes one empty square, the player wins all the contents of the
square following the empty square and (6) these pebbles from the board. However, if there are two or
more empty squares in a row, the player (7) his or her turn.
Once a player has taken pebbles from the board, the turn is (8) to the other player. If all five
squares on one player’s side of the board are emptied at any time, that player must place one pebble he or she
has aside back in each of the five squares so that the game can resume.
The game (9) until the two mandarin’s boxes both been (10) . At the end of the game, the player
with more pebbles wins, with each of the large stones counting as ten points.
1. A. divide B. share C. separate D. leave
2. A. aims B. ends C. small points D. stops
3. A. start B. starting C. start D. having started
4. A. no B. all C. either D. both

5. A. action B. method C. change D. process
6. A. ends B. disappears C. leaves D. removes
7. A. loses B. succeeds C. fails D. wins
8. A. gone B. made C. handed D. rewarded
9. A. starts B. pauses C. stops D. continues
10. A. held B. taken C. moved D. accepted

Part 1: Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage. (0.25/each) Two of the most important holidays in the United States are Independence Day and Thanksgiving Day. The fourth of July marks the American declaration of independence from Britain. Most towns, big or small, celebrate the fourth of July with parades and fireworks. Families (25)……………..with barbecues or picnics. Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in fall, on the fourth Thursday in November. It is a day (26)……………. people give thanks to the harvest. Most families (27)…………. a large dinner with roast turkey. (28)………… Independence Day and Thanksgiving Day are national holidays.

25. A. celebrating B. celebration C. celebrated D. celebrate

26. A. where B. which C. when D. in which

27. A. have B. buy C. help D. take

28. A. Besides B. Both C. Either D. Nor