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

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

Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage: Alexander Graham Bell, the American (1) ……… and teacher of the deaf, was most famous (2) ……… his invention of the telephone. He was born on March 3, 1847, in Edinburgh, Scotland and educated at the universities of Edinburgh and London. He (3) ……… to Canada in 1870 and to the United states in 1871. In the United States he began teaching deaf mutes, publicizing the system called visible (4) ……… The system, which was developed by his father, the Scottish educator Alexander Melville Bell, shows (5) ……… the lips, tongue and throat are used in the articulation of sound. In 1872 Bell founded a school for deaf – mutes in Boston, Massachusetts. The school subsequently became part of Boston University, (6) ……… Bell was appointed professor of vocal physiology. He became a naturalized U.S citizen in 1882.

Choose the, word or phrase (A. B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage: Are you looking for a cheap, clean, effective (1)_________ of power that doesn’t cause pollution or waste natural resources? Look no further than solar energy (2)_________ our Sun. This power could be provided by the Sun. One percent of the solar energy that reaches the Earth is enough to provide power for the (3) _________ population. Many countries are already using solar energy. Solar panels are placed on the roofs of a house and the Sun’s energy is used (4) _________ water. The energy can be stored for a number of days; so on (5)……………… days you can use solar energy, too.
1. A. source

B. resource

C. resources

D. way

2. A. in

B. from

C. of

D. above

3.

A. all

B. recent

C. total

D. enormous

4. A. heat

B. to heat

C. heating

D. heated

5. A. cloudy

B. cloudless

C. sunny

D. beautiful

III. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage. Have a walk (1) a beach, listen to the sound of the sea waves, and suddenly you see a lot of rubbish on the beach. Pollution takes away all the (2) of our beaches. I feel really annoyed (3) I see plastic bags lying on the sand, cigarette ends buried in the sand, and soda cans floating in the sea. There are a lot of things that we can do. (4) we see rubbish, we should do our part in the protecting the land (5) picking it up and throwing it in dust bins. (6) , we can form some kind of organization that helps (7) the beaches. If everyone does their part, the beaches will be a wonderful and beautiful place. We need to start now (8) the beaches are damaged beyond repair. 1. A. on B. in C. at D. over 2. A. beauty B. beautifully C. beautiful D. being beautiful 3. A. before B. after C. when D. while 4. A. While B. Soon C. Unless D. If 5. A. by B. with C. of D. in 6. A. Nevertheless B. Moreover C. However D. Therefore 7. A. cleaning up B. cleaning up C. clean up D. clean off 8. A. when B. after C. until D. before

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

Nga telephoned Hoa at weekend to _______ (1) arrangements to see the movie Dream City at Sao Mai Movie Theater. Hoa liked the movie so she asked Aunt Thanh's permission. _____ (2), Aunt Thanh said she could go. However, the movie theater was a bit _______ (3) Hoa's house, so she had to _______ (4) her cousin's bike. They arranged _______ (5) outside the theater _______ (6) 6.30 pm, fifteen minutes before the film started.

1.    A. do                    B. make                      C. create                  D. invent

2.    A. Badly              B. Luckily                  C. Occasionally       D. Unfortunately

3.    A. near from        B. long way from       C. far from              D. easy from

4.    A. own                 B. steal                       C. borrow                D. lend

5.    A. to meet            B. to come                  C. to get                   D. to go

       6.   A. early                 B. a bit early               C. from earlier        D. at around

I. Choose the word or phrase marked A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in each
sentence.

1. People use ________to ease the victim’s pain and anxiety.

A. first-aid              B. a weelchair                   C. an ambulance                D. an eye chart

2. I like books _________ in the USA.

A. to print               B. printing              C. printed                D. print

3. Ha Long Bay is recognized ________ UNESCO as the world Heritage site.

A. for           B. by            C. in             D. of

4. The teachers show me how to ________ the environment.

A. protect               B. write                  C. make                  D. recycle

5. That motorbikes ________ in Japan in 2012.

A. is made              B. was made           C. made                  D. were made

6. Vietnam is a ________ country.

A. rice-exporting               B. rice exported                 C. exports rice                   D. exporting- rice

7. The woman ________ by the window is my aunt.

A. is sitting             B. sitting                 C. sat            D. sits

8. Would you mind ________ the door? – No, of course not.

A. closing               B. close                  C. to close              D. to closing

9. It’s _________ to climb up that big tall tree.

A. danger                B. dangerous           C. endanger            D. dangerously

10. I am sure ________ he will pass the exam.

A. what                  B. this           C. where                 D. that

IV. Choose the word or phrase (A,B,C, D) that best fits the blank space in the passage.

        Have you ever (1)­______to Britain? I’ve dreamed of going there (2) ______ I was a little girl and finally, in the spring of 2012, it happened. I was there three weeks and spent much of that time soaking up the culture, history, and scenery of this incredible island. I visited several districts in England, Wales and Scotland and even made a site trip to Ireland. Every place I went to seemed to be more interesting and more beautiful (3) ______ the last.

        The tour I was with began in London. Of all the sights I saw there, the Tower of London was the most (4) ______. The Tower is a building complex of incredibly rich history. Also on the Thames are the Houses of Parliament and, of course, the clock tower housing “Big Ben”. I saw so (5)­______ landmarks I can hardly remember them all. Although it was just a glimpse of London I did, at least, get a chance to see all the most famous places.

1. A. seen                   B. been                  C. taken                 D. done

2. A. for                     B. while                 C. since                  D. because

3. A. than                   B. then                   C. as                      D. with

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

5. A. much                 B. any                    C. many                 D. lot of