II. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word from the box to complete the passage.

1.

There are (1)__________ seasons in a year in our country. They are spring, summer, fall (2)__________ winter. In the spring, the weather is usually (3)__________. Sometimes it is cold, but not very cold. After spring, it is the summer. In the summer we (4)__________ play sports. In the fall, the weather is often cool. In the winter, it’s usually very cold. We always wear warm clothes.

IV. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word from the box to complete the passage. (1pt)

    Thousands of people (1) ______ at the August Revolution Square in front of the Hanoi Opera House from 8:30 p.m to 9:30 p.m on March 29 to join the 2014 Earth Hour Campaign. The lights and unnecessary electrical appliances of the (2) ___________, shops and local families around the Hoan Kiem Lake and the Hanoi Opera House were (3) ___________ off during one hour of the campaign. A wide variety of unique arts performances were held at the Square to (4) ____________ this year’s Earth Hour. This is the sixth time Vietnam responds to the Earth Hour campaign launched by the World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF). ‘Let’s unite to save the Earth’ is the message that this year campaign conveys to people around the world.

II. Fill each blank in the following passage with a suitable word from the box.

in                 kitchen        an                          chairs                              is

my                live               room                      armchair               restaurants

I (1)………....... in a small room (2)………....... New York. It’s part of (3)………...... old house. I have one (4)………...... and a kitchen and I share a bathroom with three other people. In (5)………...... room, there’s a bed, an (6)………...... and a coffee table, and I have a television and a hi-fi, too. In the (7)………......, there (8)…… …......a cooker and a sink. There’s a small table and two (9)…… …......, too. The kitchen’s small, but it’s OK. There are lots of pubs, cafes and (10)…… …...... on the street, so I don’t cook a lot.

Fill in each blank with one suitable word in the box to complete the passage. There are two extra words.

      Would you like to know how people in Spain welcome New Year? Eating twelve (31) …………………… .Tradition has it that you have to eat them one by one, in time with the striking of the clock (32)…………..…… midnight on 31 December. If you manage to eat all the grapes in time, you will have a year of prosperity and good (33) ……………….. Whether or not you believe in magic, try the experience – it’s great fun. On this day, family or friends usually get together for a (34) …………… dinner and then have the twelve grapes. In many towns and villages, people go to a central square or an iconic place where there is a large clock, to eat the grapes (35) …………………… and share the last minutes of the old year.

I. Fill in each blank with one suitable word from the box to complete the passage.

REBECCA STEVENS

Rebecca Stevens was the first woman to climb Mount Everest. Before she went up the highest 1)………   in the world, she was a journalist and 2)… ……… in South London.

In 1993, Rebecca left her job and 3)……  … family and traveled to Asia with some other climbers. She found that life on Everest is very difficult. “You must 4)…  ………. everything on your back,” she explained, “so you can only take things that you will need. You can’t wash on the mountain, and in the end I didn’t even take a toothbrush. I am usually a 5)……  ….. person but there is no water, only snow. Water is very heavy so you only take enough to 6)…   …!”

III. Read the following passage and fill in each blank with a suitable word from the box.( 1.5 pt) 
student     does        make       dishes       clean      take
Today I want to talk about housework in my family.
I think I do the most housework in my family. I __________(17) the kitchen every day. I do the___________ (18), too. My mom does the shopping. She's a teacher in a school. My sister is a college _____________(19). She doesn’t do anything! She doesn’t ____________(20) her bed or clean her room. My dad cleans her room after work. He's a chef in a restaurant so he makes dinner. He ____________(21) the laundry and cleans the bathroom, too. Hmm. Now, I really think about it, my dad does the most housework.

V. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word from the box to complete the passage.(1pt)
much              happen             on              many            pollution 
Visual pollution can (1) ______________ outside or inside your house. When you are in the street, do you look around and see too many telephone poles, overhead power lines, or advertising billboards? This is known as a ‘negative visual environment’, and it causes visual (2) ______________. For many communities, visual pollution also includes uncut weeds, graffiti, litter, and even badly cared-for buildings. This kind of pollution can be present in your house, too. If you dump clothes or school things (3) ______________ the floor, it causes visual pollution. A room with too (4) ______________ furniture placed in an untidy way is another example of visual pollution in the house. You may not know that when you go out without wearing appropriate clothing, you can also cause this type of pollution.

VI. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word from the box to complete the passage. (1pt) 

Light pollution is not as serious as water (1)_______ air pollution. Moreover, it is the type of pollution that occurs (2)_______ in cities than in rural areas. In the past, we could sit outside at night and look at glittering stars in the sky and light from objects in the space. Nowadays, cities are covered with lights from buildings, streets and advertising displays. The real problem is that it is very (3)_______ to apply light to almost everything at night. Millions of tons of oil and coal are used to produce the power to light the sky. Eye strain, loss of vision and stress are (4)_______ people may get from light pollution. 

1. A. but         B. or       C. so      D. yet

2. A. more     B. much     C. many       D. a lot

3. A. waste    B. wastes      C. wasting         D. wasteful 

4. A. who        B. why         C. what           D. which