V. Choose the word which best fits each gap.

            Breakfast is the (1) ............................... important meal of the day. It provides the nutrients your body needs for good health, the calories it nees for (2) ................ and helps to maintain your blood sugar level. Studies have shown that people who don’t have breakfast have a low blood sugar lever and are often slow, tired, hungry and (3) .................. to concentrate. Surprisingly, breakfast actually plays a part in weight control. It’s easier to (4) .............. weight if you eat in the morning ratherthan later in the day. Dividing the day’s calories (5) ..................... three meals helps take off weight more efficently then (6) .................... breakfast and having two larger meals a day does.

1. a. healthy                             b. tasty                                    c. main                                     d. most

2. a. strength                           b. power                                  c. energy                                  d. effort

3. a. able                                  b. enable                                  c. unable                                  d. capable

4. a. lose                                  b. put                                       c. gain                                      d. drop

5. a. in                                     b. into                                      c. up                                        d. for

6. a. skipping                           b. making                                c. buying                                 d. serving

V. Choose the word which best fits each gap.

            Breakfast is the (1) ............................... important meal of the day. It provides the nutrients your body needs for good health, the calories it nees for (2) ................ and helps to maintain your blood sugar level. Studies have shown that people who don’t have breakfast have a low blood sugar lever and are often slow, tired, hungry and (3) .................. to concentrate. Surprisingly, breakfast actually plays a part in weight control. It’s easier to (4) .............. weight if you eat in the morning ratherthan later in the day. Dividing the day’s calories (5) ..................... three meals helps take off weight more efficently then (6) .................... breakfast and having two larger meals a day does.

1. a. healthy                             b. tasty                                    c. main                                     d. most

2. a. strength                           b. power                                  c. energy                                  d. effort

3. a. able                                  b. enable                                  c. unable                                  d. capable

4. a. lose                                  b. put                                       c. gain                                      d. drop

5. a. in                                     b. into                                      c. up                                        d. for

6. a. skipping                           b. making                                c. buying                                 d. serving

VIII. Choose the word which best fits each gap. The Temple of Literature was (1) ___________ in 1070 under Ly Thanh Tong’s dynasty. The temple is divided into five courtyards. The first courtyard stretches (2) ___________ the main gate to Dai Trung gate. The second stands out with Khue Van Cac Pavilion. The third courtyard is (3)___________ doctor names were listed on stone tablets above tortoise backs. There are a total of 82 tombstones, with names and places of birth of 1307 doctors. The fourth courtyard is dedicated to Confucius and his 72 honoured students, as (4) ___________ as Chu Van An – a famous teacher known for his devotion to teaching. The last and also furthest courtyard is Thai Hoc house, which used to be the Imperial Academy (QuocTuGiam) – the first (5) ___________ of Vietnam. Thai Hoc house holds a small (6) ___________ of old time costumes for students and mandarins. 1. a. constructed b. build c. erected d. considered 2. a. since b. from c. to d. in 3. a. when b. who c. what d. where 4. a. long b. good c. well d. far 5. a. university b. temple c. house d. academy 6. a. collect b. colleting c. collection d. collective

• For questions (1 - 8), read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).

                                                                                                      BLUE DIAMONDS

  Blue diamonds are the world’s most expensive diamonds, with some valued (0) ...... AT....... over 350 million US dollars. However, no one knew (1) ............... recently precisely where these rare stones came from.

  Most diamonds are formed from pure carbon under extreme heat 150 to 200 kilometers underground, and (2) ............... is thought that volcanic eruptions bring them to the earth’s surface. Research by scientists has revealed, however, that blue diamonds were probably formed somewhere (3) ............... 600 and 800 kilometers down, in a part of the earth’s interior known (4) ............... the lower mantle.

  These researchers analyzed 46 blue diamonds, all of (5) .............. contained minerals only found in the lower mantle. (6) .............. only were these stones formed four times nearer the earth’s core (7) ............... normal diamonds, but they also contain an element called boron that is mostly found on the earth’s surface. What seems to have happened, (8) ............... to the researchers, is that billions of years ago, rocks containing boron were carried down into the lower mantle by movements of the earth’s tectonic plates, and were eventually returned to the surface by volcanic action.

• For questions 9 – 16, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).

                                                                                                 A HISTORY OF SURFING

The history of surfing undoubtedly goes (0) BACK a long way. It seems to (9) .......... formed a central part of the culture of the Polynesian people, who were inhabitants of islands in the Pacific Ocean (10) .......... as Samoa, Tonga, and Hawaii. These people did not regard surfing (11) .......... a mere recreational activity. For them, it was much (12) .......... of an art. Although surfing disappeared from many parts of Polynesia in (13) .......... early twentieth century, a small number of people in Hawaii kept the tradition alive. In 1912, it spread to the east coast of the United States, and in particular to Virginia Beach, (14) .......... became an important surfing center. Surfing developed quite rapidly from then on, and the design of surfboards became more sophisticated. However, (15) .......... was not until the 1960s that surfing came to be a truly global phenomenon, boosted not only by the success of surfing films (16) .......... also by pop songs about surfing culture.