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

It is great to watch sportsmen in their national costumes ______ into the stadium. 

A. marching 

B. marched 

C. having marched

D. to march 

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

It is great to watch sportsmen in their national costumes________into the stadium

A. marching

B. marched

C. having marched

D. to march

Mark the letter A, B,C or D to show the underlined part that needs correction.

It is of (A) great importance (B) that he prepares (C) very carefully before taking part (D) in the National examination for GCSE.

A. of

B. importance 

C. prepares

D. taking part 

l. Put the name of the celebration in each blank.
Halloween, New Year's Day ,Boxing Day, Passover, Christmas, Mother's Day, Easter ,Father's Day, Mid-Fall Festival
1. It is celebrated in Viet Nam on the 15th of August in a lunar year
2. It is celebrated on 26 December, the day after Christmas Day
3. It is celebrated on the second Sunday in May when people give cards or gifts to their mothers
4. It is celebrated in late March or early April in memory of freeing of the Jews from being slaves in Egypt.
5. It is celebrated on the third Sunday in June when people give cards or presents to their fathers
6. It is celebrated on Sunday in March or April when Christians think about Christ coming back to life.
7. It is celebrated on 25 December when Christians remember the birth of Christ
8. It is celebrated on the first day of the year, January 1st
9. It is celebrated in the night of October 31, when children wear costumes and go from door to d oor to ask for candy.

Parents whose children show a special interest in a particular sport have a difficult decision to (1) ______ about their children’s career. Should they allow their children to train to become top sportsmen and women? For many children it (2) ______starting very young and school work, going out with friends and other interests have to take second place. Another problem is of course money. In many countries money for training is (3) ______ from the government for the very best young sportsmen and women. Many parents are understandably concerned that it is dangerous to start serious training in a sport (4)_____ an early age. What is clear is that very (5) _______ people reach the top and both parents and children should be prepared for failure even after many years of training.

Question 1: A. do B. plan C. make D. prepare

Question 2: A. should B. means C. helps D. tries

Question 3: A. should B. available C. possible D. enormous

Question 4: A. at B. in C. from D. on

Question 5: A. little B. many C. a few D. few

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

 Tet is a national and (1) __________festival in Viet Nam. It is a good occasion for every Vietnamese to be returned to think (2) _________ their past activities and hope for good luck when the year to come.

Before Tet all houses are cleaned and (3) _________with yellow apricot flowers and colorful lanterns. Everybody is looking (4) __________ to a more favorite life.

On the New Year’s Eve, children are smartly dressed. They hope to (5)________  money put in a small red envelopes as they wish longevity to their grandparents and parents. Wrong doings should be absolutely avoided on these days.

1.   A. summer               B. modern            C. music                         D. traditional

2.   A. about                            B. to                     C. after                           D. for

3.   A. decorate              B. decorating        C. decorated                   D. decorates

4.   A. for                       B. forward            C. after                           D. at

5.   A. make                             B. borrow             C. receive                       D. sell

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

Tet is a national and (1) ……… festival in Viet Nam. It is occasion forevery Vietnamese to be reunited to think (2) …………… their past activities and hope for good luck in the year to come. Before Tet all houses are white washed and (3) ………… with yellow apricot flowers and colorful lanterns. Everybody is looking forward to a more favorable life. On the New Year’s Eve, children are smartly dressed. They are hoping to (4) ………… money put in small red envelopes as they are wishing longevity (5) ……….. their grandparents and parents.

     1.  A. traditional        B. modern            C. music               D. summer

     2.  A. to                     B. after                 C. about                D. for

     3.  A. decorate           B. decorates          C. decorating        D. decorated

     4.  A. buy                  B. receive              C. sell                   D. make

     5.  A. for                    B. to                     C. with                 D. from

Read the following passage and mark the letter A. B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 42.

In ancient Greece, athletic festivals were very important and had strong religious associations. The Olympic athletic festival, held every four years in honour of Zeus, eventually lost its local character, became first a national event, and then, after the rules against foreign competitors had been abolished, international. No one knows exactly how far back the Olympic Games go, but some official records date from 776 B.C.

The Games took place in August on the plain by Mount Olympus. Many thousands of spectators gathered from all parts of Greece, but no married woman was admitted even as a spectator. Slaves, women and dishonoured people were not allowed to compete. Records show that the evening of the third day was devoted to sacrificial offerings to the heroes of the day, and the fourth day, that of the full moon, was set aside as a holy day. On the sixth and last day all the victors were crowned with holy garlands of wild olive from a sacred wood. So great was the honour that the winner of the foot race gave his name to the year of his victory. How their results compared with modern standards, we unfortunately had no means of telling.

After an uninterrupted history of almost 1,200 years, the Games were abolished in A. D. 394 because of their pagan origin. It was a great many years before there was another such international athletic gathering. The Greek institution was brought back into existence in 1896 and the first small meeting took place in Athens. After the 1908 London Olympics, success was re-established and nations sent their best representatives.

Today, the Games are held in different countries in turn. The host country provides vast facilities, including a stadium, swimming pools and living accommodation, but competing countries pay their own athletes' expenses. Athletic contests are still the main feature, but now many more sports are represented, women compete, the ancient pentathlon, for example, has been modified into a more comprehensive test, and the marathonraces, initiated in 1896, are now a celebrated event.

The Olympics start with the arrival in the stadium of a torch, lighted on Mount Olympus by the sun's rays. It is carried by a succession of runners to the stadium. The torch symbolizes the continuation of the ancient Greek athletic ideals, and it burns throughout the Games until the closing ceremony.

The word "continuation" (the last paragraph) is closest in meaning to ______

A. keep going

B. a progress 

C. process

D. marching