Choose the word or the phrase or sentence that best completes each unfinished sentence below or that best keeps the meaning of the original sentence if it is substituted for the underlined word or phrase.

He ________ to find a job but he had no luck.

A. hardly tried

B. hard tried

C. tried hardly

D. tried hard

IV. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to complete each sentence.

15. The toad was very ___ because he tried to find way to the heaven to sue God.

A. mean                      B. generous                           C. kind                       D. brave                    

16. ______ nice the weather is today!

A. That                       B. Which                                C. What                      D. How

17. My father sometimes goes ____ in the forests. He'd like to find some more food for our family.

A. hunted                   B. hunting                              C. to hunt                   D. hunt            

18. -  "_____ finish the work today?" -" Yes, you must"

A. Ought we to          B. Do we have to                  C. May we                 D. Can we

19. The 54 ethnic peoples of Vietnam are ____ , but they live peacefully.

A. diverse                  B. alike                                   C. unlike                    D. similar                               

20. Most of my friends prefer detective stories ____ cartoons.

A. to                            B. from                                   C. than                        D. as

21. ____ spring comes, many Vietnamese villages prepare for a new festival season.

A. Nevertheless        B. When                                 C. While                     D. However

22. You should buy the blue sweater. It suits you ____ than the red one.

A. better                     B. good                                   C. the best                  D. well                                                  

23. A tradition is something we do that is special and ___ down through the generations.

A. is passing              B. is passed                           C. passed                   D. passing

 24. "Do you think that I ___ apologize to him?"

A. should                   B. could                                 C. may                        D. need

25. In 2010, Ha Noi ___ its 1000^th anniversary.

A. commemorated                B. remembered         C. celebrated             D. worshipped               

26. _____ ethnic group has a larger population, the Tay or the Ede?

A. Why                       B. Who                                   C. Which                    D. What        

27. The ____ of quan ho singing has been recognized as a world heritage.

A. song                       B. performance                     C. preservation         D. procession                       

28. Saint Giong was unable to talk, smile, or walk ____  he was three years old.

A. while                     B. if                                         C. even though          D. because                  

29. While I ___ the performance, I met one of my old friends.

A. am watching         B. watch                                 C. watched                 D. was watching

IV. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to complete each sentence.

15. The toad was very ___ because he tried to find way to the heaven to sue God.

A. mean                     

B. generous                          

C. kind                      

D. brave                    

16. ______ nice the weather is today!

A. That                      

B. Which                               

C. What                     

D. How

17. My father sometimes goes ____ in the forests. He'd like to find some more food for our family.

A. hunted                  

B. hunting                             

C. to hunt                  

D. hunt            

18. -  "_____ finish the work today?" -" Yes, you must"

A. Ought we to         

B. Do we have to                 

C. May we                

D. Can we

19. The 54 ethnic peoples of Vietnam are ____ , but they live peacefully.

A. diverse                 

B. alike                                  

C. unlike                   

D. similar                               

20. Most of my friends prefer detective stories ____ cartoons.

A. to                           

B. from                                  

C. than                       

D. as

21. ____ spring comes, many Vietnamese villages prepare for a new festival season.

A. Nevertheless       

B. When                                

C. While                    

D. However

22. You should buy the blue sweater. It suits you ____ than the red one.

A. better                    

B. good                                  

C. the best                 

D. well                                                  

23. A tradition is something we do that is special and ___ down through the generations.

A. is passing             

B. is passed                          

C. passed                  

D. passing

 24. "Do you think that I ___ apologize to him?"

A. should                  

B. could                                

C. may                       

D. need

25. In 2010, Ha Noi ___ its 1000^th anniversary.

A. commemorated               

B. remembered        

C. celebrated            

D. worshipped               

26. _____ ethnic group has a larger population, the Tay or the Ede?

A. Why                      

B. Who                                  

C. Which                   

D. What        

27. The ____ of quan ho singing has been recognized as a world heritage.

A. song                      

B. performance                    

C. preservation        

D. procession                       

28. Saint Giong was unable to talk, smile, or walk ____  he was three years old.

A. while                    

B. if                                        

C. even though         

D. because                  

29. While I ___ the performance, I met one of my old friends.

A. am watching         

B. watch               

C. watched                

D. was watching

         Once a fox was roaming around in the dark. Unfortunately, he fell into a well. He tried his best to come out but all in vain. So, he had no other alternative but to remain there till the next morning. The next day, a goat came that way. She peeped into the well and saw the fox there. The goat asked  “ What are you doing there, Mr. Fox?”

The sly fox replied, “ I came here to drink water. It is the best I have ever tasted. Come and see for yourself”. Without thinking even for a while, the goat

jumped into the well, quenched her thirst and look for a way to get out. But just like the fox, she also found herself  helpless to come out.

         Then the fox said, “ I have an idea. You stand on your hind legs. I’ll climb on your head and get out. Then I shall help you come out too”. The goat innocent enough to understand the threwdness of the fox and did as the fox said and helped him get out of the well.

          While walking away, the fox said, “Had you been intelligent enough, you would never have got in without seeing how to get out”.

1. Circle the best anwers: (0.75 pts)

26. The fox was in the well because ………………………… .

A. she came there to drink water.

B. she unfortunately fell into the well.

C. the goat pushed her down.                                  

D. he jumped into the well.

27. The fox get out of the well by………………………

A. climbing on the wall.

B. using a ladder.

C. climbing on the goat’s head.                               

D. being helped by someone.

28.Which sentence is NOT true about the goat? ( according to the text)

A. The next day, the goat came to the well.

B.  The goat was cheated by the fox.

C. Without thinking the goat helped the fox

D. The goat also found herself  help to come out of the well.

2. Answer the questions: (1.0 pt)

29. Did the fox try his best to come out of the well but all in vain?

………………………………………………………………………………

30. What sentence did  the goat ask the fox at the well?

……………………………………………………………………………… 

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentence in the following questions

The film was not interesting. However, he tried to watch the whole film

A. In spite of the film uninteresting, he tried to watch the whole film

B. Uninteresting as the film was, he tried to watch the whole film

C. Despite of uninteresting film, he tried to watch the whole film

D. Uninteresting as was the film, he tried to watch the whole film

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentence in the following questions.

The film was not interesting. However, he tried to watch the whole film.

A. In spite of the film uninteresting, he tried to watch the whole film.

B. Uninteresting as the film was, he tried to watch the whole film.

C. Despite of uninteresting film, he tried to watch the whole film.

D. Uninteresting as was the film, he tried to watch the whole film.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

On April 3, 1972, a man came out of the Hilton hotel in Manhattan and started walking down the street. He stopped, (26)______ his hand with a strange object in it, put it to his ear and started to talk into it. This was the beginning of mobile phone (27)_______, more than 30 years ago. That man was Motorola's project manager, Martin Cooper, who was (28)______ his 34th birthday that day. The strange object was the first mobile phone, which was nicknamed "the shoe" because of its unusual (29)_______. Mr. Cooper had gone to New York to introduce the new phone. The first call he made was to his rival, Joe Engel at AT&T's research centre. Engel was responsible for the development of the radiophones for cars. "I called him and said that I was talking on a real mobile phone (30)_____ I was holding in my hand," said Cooper. "I don't remember what he said in reply, but I'm sure he wasn't happy." The quality of the call was very good, because although New York had only one base station at that time, it was being used by only one user - Martin Cooper.
Question 27:

A. past

B. times

C. history

D. story

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

On April 3, 1972, a man came out of the Hilton hotel in Manhattan and started walking down the street. He stopped, (26)______ his hand with a strange object in it, put it to his ear and started to talk into it. This was the beginning of mobile phone (27)_______, more than 30 years ago. That man was Motorola's project manager, Martin Cooper, who was (28)______ his 34th birthday that day. The strange object was the first mobile phone, which was nicknamed "the shoe" because of its unusual (29)_______. Mr. Cooper had gone to New York to introduce the new phone. The first call he made was to his rival, Joe Engel at AT&T's research centre. Engel was responsible for the development of the radiophones for cars. "I called him and said that I was talking on a real mobile phone (30)_____ I was holding in my hand," said Cooper. "I don't remember what he said in reply, but I'm sure he wasn't happy." The quality of the call was very good, because although New York had only one base station at that time, it was being used by only one user - Martin Cooper.
Question 26:

A. pulled

B. raised

C. lifted

D. rose