I.       Choose the word or phrase (a, b, c or d) that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

CANADA

Canada is the largest (11) _____ in the world. Its population is not very large, however. About 25 million people live in Canada - less than half the population of Britain or France and only one thirtieth of the population of India. Canada is in North America and its (12) _____ is Ottawa. It is a rich country with a lot of natural resources. In southern Canada the land is very good (13) _____ farming and Canada exports a lot of wheat. In the north there are magnificent forests. In the west (14) _____ some very high mountains called the Rockies. Canada also has many minerals such as petroleum, gas, copper and zinc. Canada (15) _____ first settled by French pioneers. In the eighteenth century there were wars between Britain (16) _____ French, and Canada came under British rule. Since 1931 Canada (17) _____ an independent member of the British Commonwealth. English and French are both official (18) _____ in Canada.

11. a. town                          b. city                                c. village                            d. country

12. a. city                            b. town                              c. capital                            d. area

13. a. for                             b. in                                   c. at                                   d. with

14. a. it is                            b. there are                        c. they are                          d. there is

15. a. has                             b. was                                c. is                                    d. had

16. a. with                           b. from                              c. and                                d. or

17. a. is                               b. was                                c. would be                        d. has been

18. a. talks                          b. speeches                        c. languages                       d. words

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

 My village is about 50 kilometers from the city center. It is a very (1)_________ place where people (2)_________ flowers and vegetables only. It is very famous of its pretty roses and picturesque scenes. The air is quite fresh, however, the smell of the roses make people (3)___________ cool. In spring, my village looks (4)____________ a carpet with plenty of colors. Tourists come to visit it so often. Nowadays, with electricity, it doesn’t take the villagers much time (5)___________ the roses.

IV. Choose the word or phrase among A, B C or D that best fits the blank in the following passage.
My village is about 50 kilometers from the city center. It is a very (1) ________ place where people (2) ________
flowers and vegetables only. It is very famous for it pretty roses and picturesque scenes. The air is quite fresh,
however, the smell of the roses make people (3) ________ cool. In spring, my village looks (4) ________ a carpet
with plenty of colors. Tourists come to visit it so often. Nowadays, with electricity, it doesn’t take the villagers
much time (5) ________ the roses.
1. A. beauty B. beautiful C. beautify D. beautifully
2. A. plant B. plants C. grow up D. grows up
3. A. feel B. feeling C. felt D. to feel
4. A. as B. like C. alike D. same
5. A. water B. watering C. to water D. watered

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

          The country and the city have advantages and (1)____________. People in the country live in more beautiful surroundings. They enjoy (2) _______ and quietness, and can do their work at their own  space because  no one  is in a (3)___________. They live in larger, more comfortable houses,and their neighbors are more friendly, and ready to help them when  they need it. Their life, however, can be boring  and they may be isolated, which is a serious problem if they are ill or want to take children to school.

          The city has all the services that the country lacks, but it also has a lot of disadvantages. Cities are often polluted. They not (4)          have polluted air but also have noisy streets. Everyone is always in a hurry and this (5)              that people have no time to get to know each other and make friends.

1.A. joy              B. enjoyment             C. happiness               D. disadvantages

2.A.quiet            B. quietly                  C. peace                      D. peaceful

3.A.hurry           B. hurried                  C. hurriedly                D. hurrying

4.A. never          B. ever                       C. hardly                    D. only

5.A. aims            B. means                   C. asks                       D. said

Ex5: Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

There is now increasing concern about the world’s energy (33) ___________, particularly about those involving fossil (34)___________. In less than a hundred years we shall probably use up all the present (35)___________ of oil and gas. The world’s coal reserves should last longer but, once used, these cannot (36)___________. It is important, therefore, that we should develop such (37)___________ sources of energy as solar energy as well as water and wind power, classed as renewable energy.

33. *

possessions

resources

goods

materials

34. *

fuels

powers

forms

energies

35. *

findings

productions

amounts

sources

36. *

updated

repeated

renewed

produced

37. *

traditional

alternative

revolutionary

surprising

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

The country and the city have advantages and (1) ………………. People in the country live in more beautiful surroundings. They enjoy (2) ……………… and quietness, and can do their work at their (3) ……………… pace because no one is in a (4) ………………. they live in larger, more comfortable houses, and their neighbors are more friendly, and ready to help them (5) ………………. they need it. Their life, however, can be (6) ……………….and they may be isolated, which is a serious problem (7) ………………. they are ill or want to take children to school.

     The city has all the services that the country lacks, but it (8) …………… has a lot of disadvantages. Cities are often polluted. They not (9) …………… have polluted air but also have noisy streets. Everyone is always in a hurry and this (10) ……………… that people have no time to get to know each other and make friends.

1.  A. joy                     B. enjoyment         C. happiness         D. disadvantages

2.  A. quiet                   B. quietly               C. peace                 D. peaceful

3.  A. less                     B. own                   C. just                    D. only

4.  A. hurry                  B. hurried              C. hurriedly                       D. hurrying

5.  A. when                  B. which                C. what                  D. that

6.  A. bore                   B. bored                 C. boring                D. bores

7.  A. unless                 B. because             C. although                        D. if

8.  A. also                    B. yet                     C. already              D. so

9.  A. never                  B. ever                   C. hardly                D. only

10.  A. aims                 B. means                C. asks                   D. said

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

Mui Ne is located 24 kilometers northeast of Phan Thiet city. It is a fishing village as well as a familiar tourism area in Binh Thuan province. (46) ……………………lovely scenery of swaying coconut trees, Mui Ne, meaning “sheltered peninsula”, is one of the famous and popular holiday (47) ……………………in the world with 15-kilometer strip of resorts along the beach.

Thanks to the shallow and slopped beaches, the blue and clean water, nice sun rarely behind the clouds and cliffs battered by the waves of the sea, sometimes Mui Ne is (48) ……………………Hawaii of Viet Nam. The beaches are fantastic with activities such as surfing and kitesurfing. But the most (49) ……………………scenery at Mui Ne is (50) ……………………lines of golden sand which is called “Sand Dunes” by local people. The sand is always moving because of the wind and looks like moving waves from afar and that is (51) ……………………the dunes never (52) ……………………the same. The scenery is more fascinating at dawn. Mui Ne is really a good (53) ……………………for those who are interested in photography.

There are also many interesting sites at Mui Ne such as Po Sah Inu Tower, the ancient Cham building that was built in the 8th century, some workshops (54) ……………………fish sauce. Mui Ne market and fishing harbour are also a good chance (55) ……………………daily life of local fishermen.

46. A. For                          B. With                              C. Through                        D. In

47. A. destinations             B. places                            C. camps                            D. seasons

48. A. regarded                  B. found                            C. judged                           D. considered

49. A. attraction                 B. attracted                        C. attractive                       D. attracting

50. A. moved                     B. moving                         C. changed                         D. changing

51. A. reason                     B. the reason                     C. reason why                    D. the reason why

52. A. look                         B. look at                           C. look like                        D. look for

53. A. perfect                     B. best                               C. ideal                              D. wonder

54. A. make                       B. makes                           C. made                             D. making

55. A. to discover              B. for discovering             C. discovering                   D. to be discovered

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

I live in a small village called Northville. There are about 2000 people here. I  love the village (23)                                                      it is very quiet and life is slow and easy. The village is always clean; people look (24)                                                                 it with great care. The air is always clean, too. People are much friendlier here than in a city because everyone (25) _                                                       the others, and if someone has a problem, there are always people who can help.

There are only a few things that I don't like about Northville. One thing is that we have not got many things to do in the evening; we haven't got (26)                                                                                    cinemas or theaters. The other thing is that people always talk about (27)                                                                                                                                   , and everyone knows what everyone is doing. But I still prefer village life to life in a big city.