This American (1) _______is the main business and cultural center of the Midwest. New York is famous (2) _________  its music, opera and theater. It also (3) _____ excellent museums. When shopping (4) _______ this city, you can (5) ____ a long row of fashionable stores on North Michigan Avenue. This area (6) _______ the Magnificent Mile. One of the world’s (7)___ buildings, the John Hancock Center, is (8) ________ on this avenue.

1.      A. city                        B. capital                 C. area                   D. ground

2.      A. about                     B. with                    C. on                                D. for

3.      A. have                      B. has                     C. there is                         D. there are

4.      A. in                           B. at                       C. on                               D. of

5.      A. visit                        B. to visit                 C. visiting                          D. to visiting

6.      A. call                         B. calls                    C. called                            D. is called

7.      A. tall                         B. taller                   C. more tall                       D. tallest

8.      A. either                     B. neither                C. also                             D. too

Question 5. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best fits each of the blank spaces to complete the passage. (1pt):

MY DREAM HOUSE

My dream house is (21) _____ the countryside. It has lots of rooms and windows. There is a big bookshelf in the living room. Everyone in my family can read their favourite (22) _____ in this room. There is a kitchen in my dream house. There my mum and I can (23) ______ together. There is a fridge and it has drinks and snacks. There (24) ____   extra bedrooms, so my friends can sleep over. My dream house also has a big garden. I can plant flowers(25) _____ vegetables there.

21. A. on                              B. in                                     C. at                                     D. for

22. A. toys                          B. pens                                C. notebooks                      D. books

23. A. do                             B. make                               C. cook                                D. have

24. A. is                               B. are                                   C. give                                 D. be

25. A. and                           B. so                                    C. or                                     D. but

IV. Choose the word (A, B, C, or D) that best fits each of the blank spaces.

The Sound of Me Linh Drums is a famous Vietnamese (1) .............. It was (2) ............. by Viet Dung and Vinh Dien in 1960. It is a history play (3) ............ in Me Linh. The people there are very unhappy, because their home is controlled by the Han dynasty. Thi Sach tries to fight the Han's army, but he is killed (4) ........... To Dinh. His wife - Trung Trac and her sister - Trung Nhi are very angry. They raise an army to fight the Han dynasty. The sisters (5) ............ the fight and To Dinh runs away. The sisters (6) .............. Vietnam and become known as Hai Ba Trung. Many people know this Vietnamese play.

1. A. play       B. novel         C. movie         D. song

2. A. write      B. written       C. writing        D. to write

3. A. save      B. set             C. play            D. made

4. A. on          B. with           C. of                D. by

5. A. win         B. play           C. fail              D. set

6. A. make          B. win            C. save           D. sell

Choose one word or phrase that best fits the blank space in each sentence.
6. Louis Pasteur is a world – famous ______________ chemist.
A. French B. American C. English D. Chinese
7. He invented the process of pasteurization and developed vaccines for several diseases including _____.
A. cancer B. rabies C. lung D. throat
8. Marie Curie was born _____________ November 7th, 1867.
A. in B. at C. to D. on
9. Marie Curie ______________ a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911.
A. awarded B. had awarded C. was awarded D. had been
awarded
10. Marie Curie harbored the dream of a ________career which was impossible for a woman at that
time.
A. scientist B. scientifically C. science D. scientific
11. Elizabeth Blackwell was born _________ England ________ 1821.
A. in / on B. in / in C. on / in D. on / on
12. One day Elizabeth Blackwell decided that she wanted ____________ a doctor.
A. to become B. become C. became D. becoming
13. Alexandre Yersin was born in 1863 in _______________.
A. America B. Switzerland C. France D. Germany
14. Alexandre Yersin died on January 3rd, 1943, _________ the age of 80.
A. in B. of C. at D. on
15. Alexandre Yersin discovered Da lat in the ____________ century.
A. 16th B. 17th C. 18th D. 19th
16. Shakespeare is a world – famous ______________.
A. singer B. actor C. playwright D. scientist
17. I wish she ______________ to the party yesterday.
A. came B. had come C. have come D. has come

IV. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

     English is the most important in the world today. A very large (21)______ of people understand and use English in many countries of the world.

   Indeed English is a very useful language. If we speak English we can go to any place or country we like. We shall not find it hard to (22) _______people understand what we want to say.

English also helps us to learn all kinds of subjects. Hundreds of books are published in English every day in many countries to teach people many useful things. The English language has, (23)_______, helped to spread ideas and knowledge to all the corners of the world. There is no subject that cannot be taught in English.

As English is used so much everywhere in the world, it has helped to make the countries in the world friendlier. The leaders of the world use English (24) _____one another. The English language has also helped to spread better understanding and friendship among countries of the world.

Lastly, a person who knows English is respected by people. It is for all these (25) ____that I want to learn English.

21. A. few                   B. deal                         C. amount                   D. number

22. A. get                    B. let                           C. persuade                 D. make

23. A. however           B. therefore                 C. athough                  D. otherwise

24. A. understand       B. understanding        C. to understand         D. understood

25. A. reasons             B. causes                     C. effects                    D. results

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) that best fits the gap in each of the following sentences.  

1. Singapore is famous for its __________ and green trees. 

A. cleanliness           B. cleanly               C. cleaning       D. clean 

2. I’m looking forward to ________ you this weekend. 

A. see B. seeing C. have seen D. be seeing 

3. More and more city dwellers suffer _______ coughing or breathing problems because of air pollution. 

A. under B. into C. about D. from 

4. In some English speaking countries, turkey and pudding are _______ food at Christmas. 

A. national        B. historical                 C. traditional          D. possible 

5. The USA has a population of 304 million, and it’s the third_______ country in the world. 

A. smallest B. largest           C. narrowest D. highest               

6. Science is used in all corners of the world for the __________ of people. 

A. interest B. need C. profits D. benefit 

7.  People will take _________ of robots to do household chores. 

A. chance B. condition C. advantage D. success 

8. Many people think the cyber world will _________ the real world. 

A. take B. provide C. take place D. replace 

9. The invention of penicillin is very useful because it has  _______ lots of lives. 

A. lost B. brought C. saved D. solved 

10. Email ________ are often necessary to join social networking sites, online games, and virtual worlds.  

A. address B. information C. senders D. accounts  

IV/ Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that fits each blank in the following passage.( 1,5pt)

          Our arrival in New York was spectacular. It’s skyscrapers and the Statue of Liberty  make a beautiful sight. New York has a ____ (1) _____of over seven million and it is  probably the world’s most famous city. The inhabitants of the “Big Apple”  come ____ (2) _____ many different countries. There are more nationalities in New York ______ (3) ___in any other places on the earth. It is also has more tourists than any other city except  London, especially in the summer. _____ (4) ____come from all over the world and  have a wonderful time. There are so many _____ (5) ____for them to get enthusiastic about – whether it’s some of the_____ (6) ____ museums in the world or the charming little streets of Greenwich Village.

1.    A. attraction  B. impression       C. population                D. people

2.    A. from                   B. by                    C. for                             D.  in

3.    A. than                   B. rather               C. of                               D. to

4.    A. Visit                   B. Visitors            C. Workers                    D. Goers

5.    A. attraction  B. place                C. area                            D. Sights

6.   A. best                      B. better               Cgood                             D.well

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

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

From a European perspective, the first explores were engaged in the settlement and discovery of the 'new world'. However, the history of the United States is but a recent episode (16) _____ comparison with the history of the North America continent and its (17) _____. Between 54 million and 2 million years ago, the continent evolved into the form we know today. At least 15,000 to 20,000 years ago, nomadic hunters began to migrate from Asia across the Bering Strait.

By the fifteenth century, when the European nations were 'discovering' America, the country (18) _____ by minimum of 2 million natives. Most of the tribes had developed some kind of agriculture or (19) _____ while remaining as hunters and retaining nomadic characteristics. They roamed the high western plains, hunted mountain valleys, and farmed along the river from coast to coast. There was considerable diversity and there (20) _____ several hundred different languages among the wide-ranging tribes. Several tribes, such as Iroquois, were very (21) _____ in achieving political unit and extending their influence.

The native (22) _____ were very well adapted to their environment and without the aid of natives, the first European settlers might not have survived. Many native vegetables, (23) _____ maize and potatoes became important staples. Moreover, native trackers, guided expeditions and taught hunters and explorers the ways of the land. For years, U.S. history began with Columbus, but today the cultures and contributions of the early inhabitants of the Americans (24) _____ studied and acknowledged. The story of the North America begins the true origin of the continent and (25) _____ people

16. a. in                               b. on                                 c. when                            d. Æ

17. a. civil                           b. people                          c. civilian                         d. inhabitant

18. a. was inhabited            b. inhabited                      c. has been inhabited       d. had inhabited

19. a. fish                            b. fishes                           c. fishing                          d. fisher

20. a. was                            b. were                             c. had been                       d. has been

21. a. success                      b. succeed                        c. successful                     d. successfully

22. a. people                       b. peoples                         c. nations                         d. settlers

23. a. so like                        b. example                       c. such as                         d. so as

24. a. had                            b. has                               c. is                                  d. are

25. a. it’s                             b. hers                              c. this                               d. its