V. Read the text and choose the correct answer A, B, c or D for each of the gaps.

A Train Announcement

Welcome on board the TGV 740. We are now (26)______Paris. We will arrive (27)______ Marseilles at 3:00 p.m. We offer free beverages in each car. Please have as much coffee, tea, or soft drinks (28)______ you wish. There is a restaurant on the train. You may purchase a meal there during the trip. The restaurant is in car 11. We will make two stops on this trip. We will pick (29)______ passengers in Provence and Dijon. Passengers changing trains can ask the attendant for a free timetable. This will (30)______ you with your onward trip. Please note that (31)______ is only permitted in cars 15 and 23. Newspapers are (32)______given to all passengers. Mobile phones and the Internet may be (33)______ cars 18 and 25. If you need assistance, please (34)______ the button near your seat to contact a cabin attendant. Please sit back, relax, and enjoy the trip. We are pleased to have you on board. We look forward to (35)______ you again in the future

26. A. arriving B. leaving C. coming D.reaching

27. A. at B. on C.to D. in

28. A. as B. and C. than D. more

29. A. of B.up C. off D. down

30. A. provide B. supply C. bring D. help

31. A.smoking B. smoke C. smoked D. smoker

32. A. bought B.given C. used D. found

33. A. on B.in C. at D. to

34. A. turn B. put C. press D. stick

35. A. serving B. serve C. served D. server

Read the text and choose the correct answer A,B,C or D for each of the gaps

A Train Announcement

Welcome on the TGV 740. We are now (1)_____Paris. We will arrive (2)______Marseilles at 3:00 p.m. We offer free beveragers in each car. Please have as much coffee, tea, or soft drinks (3)________you wish.There is a restaurant on the train. You may purchse a meal there during the trip. We will pick (4)________ passengers in Provence and Dijon. Passengers changing trains can ask the attendant for a free timetable. This will (5) ________ you with your onward trip. Please note that (6)_______ is only permittedin cars 15 and 23. Newspapers are (7)_______ to all passengers. Mobile phones and the Internet may be used (8)________ cars 18 and 25. If you need assistance, please (9)________ the button near your seat to contact a cabin attendant. Please sit back, relax, and enjoy the trip. We are pleased to have you on board.

1. Arrving leaving coming reaching

2. At on to in

3. As and than more

4. Of up off down

5. Provide supply bring help

6. Smoking smoke smoked smoker

7. Bought given used found

8. On in at to

9. Turn put press stick

•    Read the text and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each of the gaps.

After a tour in Cu Chi, we are moving to Mot Thoang Vietnam craft village (26) ______  at Phu Binh Village, Ho Chi Minh City. Arriving at Mot Thoang Vietnam, we observe on-the-spot (27) ______craft persons weave tho cam (ethnic brocade fiber), (28) ______wooden logs into wonders and weave rattan into home appliances. Mot Thoang Vietnam can (29) ______your need to know what many of Vietnam's traditional craft villages are like. The quarter of craft villages at Mot Thoang Vietnam is quiet, but not boring (30) ______craft persons chat amidst the clacking sound of wooden cudgels hitting a chisel caused by a sculptor or a (31) ______used for weaving cloth. Sitting a little far from the sculptor and the weaver (32) ______ the craftsmen and women in their simple but unique attire making giay gio (poonah paper) and inlaid gold-leaf items, doing the (33) ______and the farming. We enjoy a traditional Vietnamese lunch at the village. After lunch, more walking to the traditional house of Vietnam from South to North with different (34) ______. Watching a traditional dance show by the (35) ______people. 

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III. Read the text and choose the correct answer A, B, or C to each question.

1. Life in 100 years will be very different from now. We will travel by flying car. All we will need to do is to choose a place on a screen inside the car. Then, we will just sit and relax because the car will drive itself. The car will take us anywhere in a very short time. Traffic problems will be the thing of the past. Also, we don’t need to go to the supermarket to do the shopping. We will buy things from home with a click of the mouse on the computer. We will have holidays on others planets. We won’t have to do the housework as our robots will do all the housework for us. They will cook our favourite meals and do the washing – up afterwards.

1.   How will we travel in 100 years?

      A. By plane                    B. By train                            C. By flying car                   D. By car

2.   When we want to go to a place, we will just need to __________

      A. tell the car the name of the place.

      B. choose the place on a screen inside the car.

      C. type the name of the place on your phone.

      D. click of the mouse on the computer.

3.   We will __________ to drive our car.

      A. not need                    B. need                                 C. need someone                  D. have to

4.   Traffic jams __________.

      A. will happen                                                             B. will get worse.                

      C. will become serious.  D. will not happen

5.   How will we do our shopping?

      A. We will go to the supermarket to do our shopping.

      B. The robots will do the shopping for us.

      C. We will use the computer to do our shopping.

      D. The robots will take you to the shopping mall.

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

A: “When will we meet: at 7:30 or 8:00?”

B: “I don’t mind. ___       ___ is convenient for me.”

A. Either time 

B. Neither of them 

C. Both time 

D. Neither time  

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 from 25 to 29. Fill in the appropriate word in question 26

Environmental Concerns

Earth is the only place we know of in the universe that can support human life. (25) _____, human activities are making the planet less suitable to live on. As the western world carries on consuming two-thirds of the world’s resources while half of the world’s population do so just to stay alive, we are rapidly destroying the (26) ______ resources we have by which all people can survive and prosper. Everywhere fertile soil is (27) ______ built on or washed into the sea. Renewable resources are exploited so much that they will never be able to recover completely. We discharge pollutants into the atmosphere without any thought of the consequences. As a (28) ______, the planet’s ability to support people is being reduced at the very time when rising human numbers and consumption are making increasingly heavy demands on it.

The Earth’s natural resources are there for us to use. We need food, water, air, energy, medicines, heat, shelter and minerals to (29) _______ us fed, comfortable, healthy and active. If we are sensible in how we use  the resources, they will remain indefinitely. But if we use them wastefully and excessively, they will soon run out and everyone will suffer.

A. individual

B. alone

C. lone 

D. solitary

Read the text below and choose the correct word or phrase (A, B, C or D) for each space. Write your answer on the answer sheet. (2.5 points)

SHARKS

Sharks are some of the most frightening creatures in our oceans. They are well prepared for feeding under water because they can (1) _____ very well, and they can also (2) _____ movement through special lines on the sides of their bodies. These make sharks very (3) _____ for smaller sea creatures that become their food.

Although sharks are similar (4) _____ other fish in a number of ways, their bodies are different. For example, unlike other fish, most sharks (5) _____ to swim all the time in order to breathe and stay alive, (6) _____ they hardly sleep at all. Also, if sharks are turned over on their backs, the can stop moving (7) _____ . This is a very useful technique for reasearchers (8) _____ are often required to (9) _____ sharks. It allows them to (10) _____ out more about these fascinating creatures.

1. A. watch B. look C. notice D. see

2. A. touch B. feel C. know D. catch

3. A. dangerous B. difficult C. serious D. important

4. A. with B. from C. to D. of

5. A. ought B. need C. must D. should

6. A. so B. as C. but D. or

7. A. perfectly B. finally C. fully D. completely

8. A. which B. who C. what D. whose

9. A. sort B. care C. deal D. handle

10. A. discover B. search C. find D. study

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 from 25 to 29. Fill in the appropriate word in question 27

Environmental Concerns

Earth is the only place we know of in the universe that can support human life. (25) _____, human activities are making the planet less suitable to live on. As the western world carries on consuming two-thirds of the world’s resources while half of the world’s population do so just to stay alive, we are rapidly destroying the (26) ______ resources we have by which all people can survive and prosper. Everywhere fertile soil is (27) ______ built on or washed into the sea. Renewable resources are exploited so much that they will never be able to recover completely. We discharge pollutants into the atmosphere without any thought of the consequences. As a (28) ______, the planet’s ability to support people is being reduced at the very time when rising human numbers and consumption are making increasingly heavy demands on it.

The Earth’s natural resources are there for us to use. We need food, water, air, energy, medicines, heat, shelter and minerals to (29) _______ us fed, comfortable, healthy and active. If we are sensible in how we use  the resources, they will remain indefinitely. But if we use them wastefully and excessively, they will soon run out and everyone will suffer.

A. neither

B. sooner

C. rather

D. either

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 from 23 to 27. Fill in the appropriate word in question 26

  School exams are, generally speaking, the first kind of tests we take. They find out (23) _____________ much knowledge we have gained. But do they really show how intelligent we are? After all, isn’t it a fact that some people who are very successful academically don’t have any common sense?

  Intelligence is the speed at which we can understand and react to new situations and it is usually tested by logic puzzles. (24) _____________ scientists are now preparing advanced computer technology

that will be able to ‘“read” our brains, for the present, tests are still the most popular ways of measuring intelligence.

  A person’s IQ is his intelligence (25) _____________ it is measured by a special test. The most common IQ tests are run by Mensa, an organization that was founded in England in 1946. By 1976 it had 1,300 members in Britain.

  Today there are 44,000 in Britain and 100,000 worldwide, (26) _____________ in the US. People taking the tests are judged in relation to an average score of 100, and those (27) _____________ score over 148 are entitled to join Mensa. This works out at 2% of the population.

A. enormously

B. considerably

C. mainly

D. highly