* Write the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. Do you have the complete ………………………to spend the holiday the way you wish? (free)
2. I’m going to buy a tent which is light enough for backpacking and ………………………. (tour)
3. The ………………………have been trying to protect this forest for years. (environment)
4. I’m very happy that my parents let me make my own ………………………about holiday destinations.(decide)
5. For the more ………………………tourists, there are trips into the mountains with a local guide.(adventure)

* Complete the sentence with a / an or the, or write Ø for zero article.
1. Albany is ……………capital of ……………New York State.
2. ……………film was shot on location in ……………Philippines.
3. I lived on ……………Main Street when I first came to ……………town.
4. ……………Norway is ……………country on ……………Scandinavian Peninsula.
5. ……………British are famous for the amount of ……………fast food they eat.
6. Where did you put ……………plane ticket that I gave you on ……………Monday?
7. While I was in Japan, I stayed in ……………hotel with walls made of ……………paper.
8. My brother likes to have ……………breakfast in ……………bed on ……………Saturday morning.
9. Because there was ……………huge rainstorm, the flight was delayed for more than ……………hour.
10. You can sit on the beach and watching ……………sun go down over ……………Arabian Sea and it’s
quite wonderful.
11. I don’t know why you always put ……………sugar in your coffee if you are trying to lose ……………
weight.
12. A year after ……………hurricane, ……………tourists are gradually beginning to come back to
……………region.
13. At ……………last minute, David decided to go away for ……………few days and stay in ……………
hotel by ……………sea.
14. We organize tours to ……………wide range of countries in ……………Europe, and also other tours in
……………USA, and ……………South Africa.
15. We spent ……………week in Paris and had ……………great time going up ……………Eiffel Tower, and taking ……………trip along ……………Seine in ……………open boat.

* Choose the word or phrase –A, B, C or D– that best fits the blank space in the following passage.
Mexico City is growing quickly. In 1970, the city had about 9 million people. Now it has over 17 million.
All these people are causing (1) ……………………for the city. There are not (2) ……………………jobs. Also, there is not enough housing. Large families have to live together in small homes. Many homes do not have water. They also do not have bathrooms or electricity. The Mexican government is (3) ……………………about all these problems. It is working hard to make (4) ……………………better in the city.
Why is Mexico City growing so (5) ……………………? Where are all these people coming from? They are coming to the city from the country. Life is hard  on the farms in Mexico. Most people on farms have to live a very simple life. They have no (6) ……………………money for modern things. People think life
in the city must be (7) ……………………. So they leave their farms and move to Mexico City.
All around the world, large cities have the same problems. One of them is air (8) …………………….Mexico City has bad air. It is dirty and (9) ……………………. Cars are one reason for the dirty air. Many Mexicans now own their own cars and drive in the city. The factories in the area also cause air pollution.
These factories put a lot of (10) ……………………into the air. It is not easy to clean up the air in a large city. The government has to make new laws, and everyone has to help.
1. A. problems          B. matters         C. things           D. news
2. A. much                 B. lack               C. enough         D. many
3. A. worried                    B. interested      C. discussed     D. known
4. A. duration                   B. circle            C. live                D. life
5. A. normal                B. fast               C. slow              D. average
6. A. bonus                 B. extra             C. added           D. given
7. A. bad                   B. good             C. better            D. best
8. A. pollution           B. matter           C. complaint      D. comment
9. A. noisy                 B. tidy               C. clear                          D. unhealthy
10. A. dirt                     B. smoke          C. noise            D. pollution

* Fill in each blank with the correct form of the word in brackets.
1. China is the most …………………country of the world. (populate)
2. Population …………………means the pattern of where people live. (distribute)
3. Vietnam’s population is added …………………1 million people each year. (approximate)
4. Overpopulation over 7 billion people causes many social and …………………problems. (environment)
5. Air and water pollution is also one of the increasing problems due to the population ………………….(explode)