VIII. Fill in each numbered space with ONE suitable word. (5 pts)

A lantern festival will kick off a long night of New Year's celebrations at the Hoi An Statute Park on December 31.

City planners say the  night gala will (1)_______ at 8.30pm and  be followed by (2) ______ awards ceremony  for  the (3)______ Hoi An tourism video clips, a wedding photo contest and a fashion show of (4) ______  designers,  including Papillon Noir and Chula, a dress line originally (5) _____ Ha Noi.

The event's organising committee said the night will include a bartender contest, break dance and flashmob, and local folk-song and dance (6) ______. The city will also (7) ____ the arrival of the 1.8 millionth foreign tourist (8) ______ central Quang Nam Province.

A street dance and carnival will take (9) ______ at the park before holding a prayer ceremony for world peace on New Year's Eve.

The city will also extend a kind welcome to the first tourist group to arrive in Hoi An (10) _____ January 1 by hosting them on their first day in the city.

Your answers:

VIII. Fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word. (2 pts)

            Television  owes its origins to many inventors. But it was the single -minded determination of an amateur’ John Logie Baird ‘that led (1)…….. the first live television broadcast.

            Born in Scotland in 1888 and educated in Glassgow’ John Logie Baird earned a living (2)………a razor-blade salesman. In the 1890s Guglielmo Marconi showed that sound could (3)……..sent by radio waves. Baird became convinced that a similar system could transmit a picture. He spent most of (4)……..spare time working on his ideas in his tiny workshop without any commercial support. He had to use his own earnings to continue his research. In 1924 ‘Baird successfully transmitted the general outline of a figure over more (5)……… three meters. He continued to experiment and (6) ………October 25 ‘1925  transmitted a recognizable image of a doll. He ran down to the office on the office on the ground floor and persuaded one of the boys to come upstairs. (7)………boy became the first  living image transmitted by television. Overnight ‘Baird became famous and the money (8) ……..he needed to continue his research was at (9)……...made one from London to New York. He continued experimenting  (10) ………spent his last years exploring the possibility of color television.

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word :

Alice is a new English friend of (1) ............ She is very (2)........... to tell me about her new (3).......... Her lessons begin at nine each morning and (4) ................ until hafl past ten. Then she has a (5) .......... for a quarter of an hour. During this time she usually talks to her friend about many things such (6) .............. the last class or last night's movie, (7).......... She has five (8) .............. English. The first term lasts four months from September or December. Alice tries her (10) .............. to become a good student in the class.

fill in each numbered balank with one suitable word 

mary is a new english friend of ....... . She is very . to tell me about her new ...... Her lesson begin at nine each morning and .. until half past ten . the n she has a ......  for  a quater of an hour . during this time she usualy talks to her friend about many thing such ....... the last class or last night 's movie , .... she has five .......... in the morning and three in the afternoon . marys favorite .... english . the firt tern lasts four month from september to december . mary tries her ............. to become a good student in the class . 

fill in each numbered balank with one suitable word 

mary is a new english friend of ....... . She is very . to tell me about her new ...... Her lesson begin at nine each morning and .. until half past ten . the n she has a ......  for  a quater of an hour . during this time she usualy talks to her friend about many thing such ....... the last class or last night 's movie , .... she has five .......... in the morning and three in the afternoon . marys favorite .... english . the firt tern lasts four month from september to december . mary tries her ............. to become a good student in the class . 

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word

Alice is a new English friend of (1) …... She is very (2) ….. to tell me about her new (3) ….. Her lessons begin at nine each morning and (4) ….. until half past ten. Then she has a (5) ….. for a quarter of an hour. During this time she usually talks to her friend about many things such (6) …..the last class as last night’s movie. She has five (7) …… in the morning and three in the afternoon. Alice’s favorite (8) ….. English. The first term lasts four months from September to December. Alice tries her (9) ….. to become a (10) …..student in the class.

III. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word. (2,0 points)
The ancient town of Hoi An lies on the Thu Bon River, 30 km south of Da Nang. It was formerly a major
trading centre in Southeast Asia (1)…………. the 16 th and 17 th centuries. Hoi An was also an important port for
Dutch, Portugese, Italian, Chinese, Japanese and other merchant vessels from the Far East.
Hoi An is(2)……………for its temples, pagodas, small tile-roofed houses (3)…………narrow streets. All
the houses were made of wood and their pillars were carved with ornamental designs.
One of the main (4)…… …… of Hoi An is the Japanese Covered Bridge, which was built
(5)…………….the 16 th century and is still well-preserved. All visitors to Hoi An are recommended a visit to the
Assembly Hall of Cantonese Chinese Congregation. This house was (6)………… in 1855 and still keeps many
precious objects that (7)……………….to the Chinese community of Hoi An. Another attractive address to
(8)………………is Tan Ky House, which was constructed nearly two centuries (9)……………as a house for the
Vietnamese merchant. The house now looks almost exactly (10)……………it did in the early 19 th century.

Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with one suitable word.

      Write your answers in the spaces that follow. (15 pts)

Television owes its origin to many inventors. But it was the single–minded determination of an amateur inventor, John Logie Baird, that led ---(1)--- the first live television broadcast.

Born in Scotland in 1888 and educated in Glasgow, John Logie Baird earned a living ---(2)--- a razor–blade salesman. In the 1890s Guillermo Marconi showed that sound could ---(3)--- sent by radio waves. Baird became convinced that a similar system could transmit a picture. He spent most of his spare time ---(4)--- on his ideas in his tiny workshop without ---(5)--- commercial support. He ---(6)--- to use his ---(7)--- earnings to continue his research. In 1924, Baird successfully transmitted the general outline of a figure over more ---(8)--- three metres. He continued to experiment and ---(9)--- October 25, 1925 transmitted a recognisable image of a doll. He ran ---(10)--- to the office on the ground floor and persuaded one of the office boys to come upstairs. The boy became the first living image ---(11)--- by television.

Overnight, Baird became famous and the money ---(12)--- he needed to continued his research was at ---(13)--- made available. In 1927 he made a transmission from London to Glasgow and in 1928 he made ---(14)--- from London to New York. He continued experimenting and ---(15)--- the rest of his life exploring the possibility of colour television.