III. Reading comprehension: Choose the words or phrases that best fit the blank spaces. 2ms

Ha long Bay

Ha Long  Bay of the Descending Dragon – is very .....(24)..... with both Vietnamese and .....(25)..... tourists. One of the .....(26)..... of Ha Long is the Bay’s .....(27)..... water and limestone mountains. The Bay’s water is clear .....(28)..... the spring and early summer. Upon arriving .....(29)..... Ha Long City, visitors will go along to Chay Beach. From the beach, visitors can hire .....(30)..... and go out to the Bay. It is here that visitors will find some of Southeast Asia’s most .....(31)..... sites. Dau Go Cave is one of the most beautiful .....(32)..... at Ha Long. It was the cave in which General Tran Hung Dao hid .....(33)..... stakes to beat the Mongols on Bach Dang River in 1288.

24. A. familiarly B. famous C. popular D. friendly

25. A. nation B. nationality C. international D. national

26. A. attractions B. places C. spaces D. sites

27. A. running B. noisy C. going D. calm

28. A. when B. during C. as D. while

29. A. in B. to C. on D. at

30. A. a boat B. a ship C. a ferry D. a yacht

31. A. beautiful B. beautifully C. beautifulness D. beauty

32. A. places B. areas C. caves D. regions

33. A. wood B. wool C. wooden D. woolen

III. Reading comprehension: Choose the words or phrases that best fit the blank spaces. 2ms

Ha long Bay

Ha Long  Bay of the Descending Dragon – is very .....(24)..... with both Vietnamese and .....(25)..... tourists. One of the .....(26)..... of Ha Long is the Bay’s .....(27)..... water and limestone mountains. The Bay’s water is clear .....(28)..... the spring and early summer. Upon arriving .....(29)..... Ha Long City, visitors will go along to Chay Beach. From the beach, visitors can hire .....(30)..... and go out to the Bay. It is here that visitors will find some of Southeast Asia’s most .....(31)..... sites. Dau Go Cave is one of the most beautiful .....(32)..... at Ha Long. It was the cave in which General Tran Hung Dao hid .....(33)..... stakes to beat the Mongols on Bach Dang River in 1288.

1. A. familiarly B. famous C. popular D. friendly

2. A. nation B. nationality C. international D. national

3. A. attractions B. places C. spaces D. sites

4. A. running B. noisy C. going D. calm

5. A. when B. during C. as D. while

6. A. in B. to C. on D. at

7. A. a boat B. a ship C. a ferry D. a yacht

8. A. beautiful B. beautifully C. beautifulness D. beauty

9. A. places B. areas C. caves D. regions

10. A. wood B. wool C. wooden D. woolen

IV. Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning to the first:          (2 Ms)

1. The Smiths have tidied the house for Tet .  

      The house ...............................................................................................................................

2. The last time he met her was in 2005.

      He hasn't.................................................................................................................................

3. The young man said, “I must  go to Cairo tomorrow”.                       

      The young man.......................................................................................................................

4. "Do you have any friends in this town ?",  she asked me.           

       She asked me….......................................................................................................................

ĐỀ 2

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others:(1m)

      5.  A. these B. thank C. this D. their

      6   A. started  B. decided  C. visited  D. helped

         7.  A. diet                                         B. disappear                       C. fill                                    D.  drill

      8.  A. no                                      B. note                               C. son                     D. go

II. Choose the best answers. (3ms)  

9. The festival was ___________________in the communal house yard.
     A. designed B. met C. organized        D. started

10.It’s difficult to find ____________________at busy times in Da Lat.
       A. accommodation B. waterfalls  C. mountains        D. resorts

11.The cup of coffee kept him ___________________all night.
      A. alone           B. aloud  C. awake         D. asleep

12.Angkor Wat was _____________________built for Hindus.  
      A. immediately           B. gradually  C. traditionally         D. originally

13.He is _____________________forgetting his homework.
      A. always B. often   C. never         D. usually

14.Liz is interested in the _____________________contest.
      A. rice-cooked    B. rice-cooking              C. cooking-rice         D. cooked-rice

15.Would you ____________________waiting here for a moment ?
         A. like B. please     C. let         D. mind

16. I don’t know how ____________________the game.
        A. to play B. played     C. play         D. playing

17. Mrs. Thoa was cooking ____________________Tuan arrived home.
        A. because B. when      C. while        D. since

18. Six people from each team will participate ____________________this contest.
        A. to B. with      C. in        D. for

19. Last night I … television when the phone rang.

         A. watched            B. was watching          C. have watched       D. watches

20. Will you pick me … after the party?

          A. up                       B. on                            C. over                     D. through  

Ha long Bay

Ha Long – Bay of the Descending Dragon – is very..... (29)..... with both Vietnamese and..... (30)..... tourists. One of the..... (31)..... of Ha Long is the Bay's..... (32)..... water and limestone mountains. The Bay's water is clear..... (33)..... the spring and early summer. Upon arriving..... (34)..... Ha Long City, visitors will go along to Chay Beach. From the beach, visitors can hire..... (35)..... and go out to the Bay. It is here that visitors will find some of Southeast Asia's most..... (36)..... sites. Dau Go Cave is one of the most beautiful..... (37)..... at Ha Long. It was the cave in which General Tran Hung Dao hid..... (38)..... stakes to beat the Mongols on Bach Dang River in 1288.

29. A. familiarly B. famous C. popular D. friendly

30. A. nation B. nationality C. international D. national

31. A. attractions B. places C. spaces D. sites

32. A. running B. noisy C. going D. calm

33. A. when B. during C. as D. while

34. A. in B. to C. on D. at

35. A. a boat B. a ship C. a ferry D. a yacht

36. A. beautiful B. beautifully C. beautifulness D. beauty

37. A. places B. areas C. caves D. regions

38. A. wood B. wool C. wooden D. woolen

EX 11: Choose the word which best fits each gap.

The Ha Long Bay is (1) ________ in QuangNinh Province in Vietnam. The name ofthe bay is roughly

translated to descending dragon in Vietnamese. The bay is a UNESCO World Heritage (2) ________ and is

lined by over a 1600 (3)________ islands and islets.

Legend has it that, when the Vietnamese were protecting their territory (4) ________ invaders, they

offered prayers to their gods who then sent dragons as the protectors of the place. (5) ________ the invaders

were approaching via sea, the dragons spat out Jewelscreating islands that lined the bay and obstructed the ships

and boats of the invaders.

I.      Choose the word (a, b, c or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.

(16) _____ the 18^th (17) _____ wealthy Englishmen (18) _____ waistcoats, breeches and (19) _____ under long frock coats with deep cuffs, (20) _____ plumed tricorne (= three-cornered) hats and buckled shoes. Women’s dresses were (21) _____ over hoop petticoats, with a small apron and lace cap. Both (22) _____ wore white powdered wigs and (23) _____ make-up. Later, (24) _____ women wore silk dresses with sack-backs (= lengths of material descending from the shoulders to the ground). Wigs (25) _____ after a tax was put on hair powder. Meanwhile, agricultural workers wore smocks (= loose shirts), while peasant women wore simple wool dresses.

16. a. In                              b. At                                  c. On                                 d. From

17. a. decade                      b. year                               c. century                          d. age

18. a. wear                          b. wore                              c. worn                              d. has wore

19. a. stock                         b. stocking                         c. stocks                            d. stockings

20. a. as well as                  b. so well as                      c. as long as                       d. so long as

21. a. worn                          b. made                             c. shown                            d. designed

22. a. kinds                         b. persons                          c. sexes                              d. groups

23. a. used to                      b. get used to                     c. used                               d. using

24. a. aristocrat                   b. aristocracy                     c. aristocrats                      d. aristocratic

25. a. appeared                   b. has appeared                 c. disappeared                   d. has disappeared

Ha Long  Bay of the Descending Dragon – is very .....(24)..... with both Vietnamese and .....(25)..... tourists. One of the .....(26)..... of Ha Long is the Bay’s .....(27)..... water and limestone mountains. The Bay’s water is clear .....(28)..... the spring and early summer. Upon arriving .....(29)..... Ha Long City, visitors will go along to Chay Beach. From the beach, visitors can hire .....(30)..... and go out to the Bay. It is here that visitors will find some of Southeast Asia’s most .....(31)..... sites. Dau Go Cave is one of the most beautiful .....(32)..... at Ha Long. It was the cave in which General Tran Hung Dao hid .....(33)..... stakes to beat the Mongols on Bach Dang River in 1288.

1. A. familiarly B. famous C. popular D. friendly

2. A. nation B. nationality C. international D. national

3. A. attractions B. places C. spaces D. sites

4. A. running B. noisy C. going D. calm

5. A. when B. during C. as D. while

6. A. in B. to C. on D. at

7. A. a boat B. a ship C. a ferry D. a yacht

8. A. beautiful B. beautifully C. beautifulness D. beauty

9. A. places B. areas C. caves D. regions

10. A. wood B. wool C. wooden D. woolen

Read the passage, then answer the questions
Ha Long Bay of the Descending Dragon – is popular with both Vietnamese and international tourists. It was recognized by UNESCO as a World heritage Site in 1994. One of the attractions of Ha long is the Bay’s calm water with limestone mountains. The Bay’s water is clear during the spring and early summer.Upon arriving in Ha Long city, visitors can go along Chay’s Beach. From the beach, they can a boat and go out to the Bay. It is heard that the visitors can find some of Southest Asia’s most beautiful sites.Dau Go Cave is one of the most beautiful caves at Ha Long. It was the cave in which General Tran Hung Dao hid wooden stakes to beat the Mongols on Bach Dang River in 1288.
1.Is Ha Long Bay popular with Vietnamese and interational tourists?
2.When was it recognized by UNESCO as a World heritage Site?
3.What is one of the attractions of Ha long?
4.What is the Bay’s water like?

I.       Choose the word (a, b, c or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.

(16) _____ country is more beautiful than a town and (17) _____ to live in. Many people think so, and go to the country for the summer holidays though they cannot live there all the year (18) _____. Some have a cottage (19) _____ in a village (20) _____ they can go there whenever they can find the time.

English villagers are not all alike, but in some (21) _____ they are not very different (22) _____ each other. Almost every village has a church, the round or square tower of which can be seen for many miles around. Surrounding the church is the churchyard, where people are buried.

The village green is a (23) _____ stretch of grass, and houses or cottages are built round it. Country life is now fairly comfortable and many villages have water (24) _____ through pipes into each house.

Most villages are (25) _____ close to some small towns that people can go there to buy what they can’t find in the village shops.

16. a. A                               b. An                                c. The                             d. Æ

17. a. pleasant                     b. please                           c. pleased                       d. pleasure

18. a. round                        b. through                        c. length                         d. whole

19. a. build                          b. built                             c. building                      d. builds

20. a. because                     b. if                                  c. such that                     d. so that

21. a. roads                         b. streets                          c. ways                           d. routes

22. a. with                           b. from                             c. between                      d. on

23. a. width                        b. wide                             c. wider                          d. widely

24. a. brought                     b. brings                           c. bringing                      d. bring

25. a. such                           b. too                               c. enough                        d. so

IV. Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces. 

This American (21) _____ is the main business and cultural center of the Midwest. New York is famous (22) _____ its music, opera, and theater. It also (23) _____ excellent museums. When shopping (24) _____ this city, you can (25) _____ a long row of fashionable stores on North Michigan Avenue. This area (26) _____ the Magnificent Mile. One of the world’s (27)____buildings, the John Hancock Center, is (28) _____ on this avenue. 

opera (n) nhạc kịch ​​​​avenue (n) đại lộ 

row (n) hàng, dãy ​​​​fashionable (adj) sang trọng

21. a. city ​​​b. capital​​c. area ​​​​d. ground

22. a. about ​​​b. with​​​c. on​​​​d. for

23. a. have ​​​b. has​​​c. there is​​​d. there are

24. a. in​​​b. at​​​c. on​​​​d. of

25. a. visit ​​​b. to visit​​c. visiting​​​d. to visiting

26. a. call ​​​b. calls​​​c. called​​​d. is called

27. a. tall ​​​b. taller​​c. more tall​​​d. tallest

28. a. either ​​​b. neither​​c. also​​​​d. too

V. Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it. 

A recent survey shows that Britons hate their neighbors. The results are alarming. 80% of the people who took part in the L1rvey feel that their neighbors are inconsiderate. 25C/c don’t talk to the people who live next door and 10% don’t even know their names. In fact, one million householders in Britain would like to move because of the people that live next door. 

The biggest cause of friction is noise. Many of the complaints about noise came from people who live in flats and divided houses. The other major problems are arguments about car parking spaces, and old people complaining about the young. 

inconsiderate (adj): thiếu quan tâm ​​​​​survey (n): khảo sat

friction (n): sự xích mích

29. What does the word ‘hate’ in line 1 mean?

a. dislike someone very much​​​​​b. like someone very much

c. love someone very much​​​​​d. proud of someone

30. We could replace ‘took part in’ in line 2 with _____. 

a. ‘participated in’ ​​b. ‘joined’​​c. ‘cared for’ ​​​d. a & b are correct

31. ______of the people who took part in the survey don’t know their neighbors’ names. 

a. 80% ​​​b. 25% ​​c. 10% ​​​d. One million

32. How many householders in Britain would like to move because of their neighbors?

a. 80% of them ​​b. 25% of them ​c. 10% of them ​​d. one million

33. Which of the following is true?

a. Just some Britons hate their neighbors. 

b. 80% of the -people who took part in the survey feel that their neighbors are nice. 

c. Noise isn’t the biggest cause of friction. 

d. One of the major problems is arguments about car parking places.