Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

The volumn of traffic in many cities in the world today continues to expand. This  caused many problems, including serious air pollution, lengthy delays, and the greater risk of accidents. Clearly something must be done, but it is often difficult to persuade people to change their habits and leave their cars at home.

One possible approach is to make it more expensive for people to use their cars by increasing charges for parking and bringing in tougher fines for anyone who breaks the law. In addition, drivers could be required to pay for using particular routes at different times of the day. This system, known as “road pricing”, has already been introduced in a number of cities, using a special electronic card fixed to the windscreen of the car
Of course, the most important thing is to provide good public transport. However, to get people to give up the comfort of their cars, public transport must be felt to be reliable, convenient and comfortable, with fares kept at an acceptable level.

1.   The word expand in paragraph 1 is closet meaning to_____

A.    decrease                                 B. increase                 C. reduce                   D.develop

2. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a problem caused by more traffic?

A.a serious air pollution                B. greater risks of accidents

 C. people’s habits                           D. very long delays

3. The most important thing to encourage people to use public transport is______

A.high parking fees              B. good public transport

C. road using fees                 D. high charges for public transport

4. The verb “give up” is closet meaning to __________

A. continue using                             B. encourage

C. get bored with                              D. stop using

5. We can learn from the text that___________

A. it is easy for people change their habits.

B. many people will not drive expensive cares

C. more people will use public transport if it is cheap, reliable and comfortable

D. air pollution and lengthy delays cause people to leave their cars at home

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

1. _______ of his bad luck, he won the medal.

A. In spite                  B. Despite                  C. Although               D. Though

2. __________we arrived late, we didn’t miss the first part of the show.

A. Despite                  B. Although               C. In spite of              D. However

3. The movie I saw last night was _____________.

A. excited                  B. exciting                 C. excite                     D. to excite

4. _________ is not very far from here to the city center.

A. That                       B. This                        C. It                             D. There

5. Minh used to ________ his homework late in the evening

A. does                       B. do                           C. doing                     D. did

6.  We should __________ right and left when you go cross the roads

A. see                         B. be                           C. take                        D. look

7. The film was so boring.__________, my father saw it from beginning to the end.

A. Although               B. In spite of              C. However               D. Despite

8. We didn’t find it funny_________ it was a comedy.

A. despite                  B. although                C. in spite of              D. nevertheless

9.  Lan used to go to school ________.

A. with bicycle         B. by foot                   C. in car                     D. by bus

10. _______ his  luck was bad, he won the medal.

A. In spite                  B. Despite                  C. Although               D. However

11. If you walk , you should go on the ____________-.

A. street                     B. pavement              C. traffic light                       D. road

12. We were ____________ with the plot of that film.

A. satisfy                   B. satisfying              C. satisfactory                       D. satisfied

13. It is not very far ___________ here to the city center.

A. of               B. about                     C. from                                   D. for

14. Minh didn’t ___________ to do his homework late in the morning

A. use             B. used                       C. using                      D. uses

15.  It is a ____________ movie. It makes us laugh a lot.

A. hilarious               B. boring                                C. disappointing                   D. frightening

16. He decided to quit his job _______ the high salary.

A. although                B. because     C. however                D. despite

17. I’m sure that she will find the film­­­­­­­___________.

A. interest                  B.  interested             C. interesting             D.  interestingly

18. My father used to go to school ________.

A. with bicycle         B. on foot                   C. in car                     D. on bus

19. The _______ atmosphere is felt around all the villages.

   A. festive                B. festival                  C. air                           D. tradition

20. A lot of cultural and _______ activities are held as part of the Flower Festival in Da Lat.

   A. arts                      B. artist                      C. artistic                   D. art

21. The Academy Awards, commonly ________ as The Oscars, are the most famous film awards in the world.

   A. know                  B. knew                      C. known                   D. be known

22. La Tomatina is a _______ festival to celebrate the tomato harvest.

   A. season                B. seasonal                C. year                        D. annually

23. Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Light, is the ________ holiday of the year in India.

   A. more important B. most important     C. importance           D. most importance

24. It is _______ to see elephants racing in the Elephant Race Festival in Dak Lak.

   A. amaze                 B. amazing                 C. amazed                  D. amazement

25. People put pumpkin ________ outside the homes during Halloween.

   A. lanterns              B. lights                      C. neon signs             D. bulbs

26. - “_____________ are you going to Phu Yen?” - “To attend Hoi Mua Festival.

A. How                    B. What                    C. When                    D. Why

27. ________do people celebrate Diwali? - They celebrate it with music, lights, fireworks and traditional sweets.

A. How                       B. What                      C. Why                       D. Where

28. I found the book so ___________  that I couldn’t take my eyes off the screen.

            A. gripping                B. shocking               C. tiring                      D. boring

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

1. Are  you interesting in classical music?

       A              B             C     D

2. I never find reading books bored.

        A                  B          C        D

3.  My grandmother used to be telling us folktales when we were small.

                    A                              B                                  C                  D

4.  It must be interested to see horse racing.

                  A         B             C                 D

5. It is not safety to pass the red traffic light.

        A           B           C                            D

6. Although heavy rain, my brother went to work.

        A                       B                         C           D

7. In spite of they were tired, they wanted to watch the film.  

      A                                 B                   C               D

8.   He didn’t used to be a doctor, he used to be a manager of a computer company.

                   A                                          B                            C D        

9.   The distance from Hanoi to Can Tho is about 1.877 kilometre.

                A            B                                  C                           D

10.  She got the highest score in her class although her illness.                      

                    A                  B                                   C                 D