Question 8: Choose the word that best fits each of the blanks in the following passage. Write your answers in the numbered blanks provided below the passage. (0) has been done as an example. (10point)

Vietnamese generally shake hands when greeting and parting. Using both hands shows respect as does a (71)______bow of the head. In rural areas, elderly people do not extend their hand are greeted with   a bow.  Women are more (72)______to bow the head than to shake hands. Vietnamese names begin with    the family name and are (73)_______by a given name. For example, in the name Nguyen Van Due, Nguyen is the family name. People address (74)_______by their given  names,  but add  a title that indicates their   perceived (75)_______to the other person. These titles are family related rather than professional. Among colleagues, for example, the (76)_______of the two might combine the given name with the title of Anh   ("Older Brother"). A(n) (77)______greeting combined with the given name and title is Xin chao ("Hello."). Classifiers for gender and familiarity are also combined with the greeting. In formal meetings, business cards are sometimes (78)_______on greeting.

Vietnamese people have a strong (79)______of hospitality and feel embarrassed if they cannot show their guests full respect by preparing for their  arrival. Therefore, it (80)______to visit someone without    having been invited. Gifts are not required, but are appreciated. Flowers, incense, or tea may be proper gifts for the hosts. Hosts also appreciate a small gift for their children or elderly parents

71. A. light                            B. slight                                 C. lightly                    D. lighted

72. A. possible                      B. capable                             C. probable               D. likely

73. A. continued                   B. chased                               C. followed               D. taken

74. A. each one                     B. one other                          C. one the other        D. one another

75. A. relation                       B. relationship                      C. relation                 D. relatives

76. A. younger                      B. most young                       C. youngest               D. young

77. A. easy                            B. basic                                  C. fundamentally      D. elementary

78. A. changed                      B. transferred                        C. reserved                D. exchanged

79. A. sense                           B. sensation                          C. sensitivity             D. sensible

80. A. inactive                      B. inaccurate                         C. inappropriate       D. inexact

Part 4: Complete each sentence with the correct form of ONE of the phrasal verbs below. Write your answers in  the numbered spaces provided below the passage. Each verb is used only once. Write your answers in the  corresponding numbered boxes. (1,5 P) 

  try out         slip up       carry on         get by           put out 

take after    get down     look up       go through      run for  

1. If you’re finding it difficult to _______ on your salary, why don’t you ask for a raise? 

2. I know what you’re _______ and I feel really sorry for you. 

3. In many ways you _______ your father. 

4. If you _______ you’ll get into trouble. 

5. Hilary Clinton has decided to _______the American presidency in the election that will take place next year. 6. You’d better _______ your cigarette because smoking isn’t allowed in here. 

7. If you _______ working so hard, you’ll make yourself ill. 

8. Stop worrying about it. Don’t let this failure _______ you _______. 

9. The car’s in quite good condition but you can _______ it _______ before you make any decision to buy,

10. When I was in New York, I was able to _____ several old friends I hadn’t seen for years. 

#Complete the following passage with an appropriate form of the word in CAPITAL. Write your answer in the numbered box below. 0 has been done as an example. (7pts)#
2. I’ve just bought a new....................................................book. It's got some great recipes in it. (COOK )
3. ________________worry about the destroying of the Amazonian rainforests (SCIENCE)
4. These skyscrapers are very tall_____________ of over twenty storey (BUILD)

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Write the correct FORM of each bracketed word in the numbered space provided in the column on the right.

Celebrities and the media

It is a generally accepted truth these days that it is impossible either to become or to remain (1)      (FAME) without the help of the media. Politicians and those who work in the (2)    (ENTERTAIN) industry make use of the press to court publicity, and (3)     (JOURNAL) are extremely aware that stories about celebrities sell newspapers. However, there are (4)    (GROW) concerns that the media is abusing its position, and that it all too frequently acts (5)       (REASONABLE) in its attempts to break a story. Remember the (6)       (PHOTO) on motorbikes chasing Diana through Paris on the nights she died? Was that (7)         (ACCEPT) behavior or were they quite within their rights to act as they did? The media clearly does have an extremely (8)     (VALUE) role to play, but should it be allowed to print (9)       (ACCURATE) and unresearched stories about celebrities? Surely the media has an (10)        (OBLIGE) to respect the privacy of everyone and print the truth.

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Part 2. Complete the sentences by filling in each blank with the correct form of the word in italic. The number 0 has been done for you as an example. (20 pts) 
                                          The holiday of a lifetime
If you want a truly (1. memory) __________holiday , book with us now! We can  offer you a (2. people ) __________service that no other company can. Our expert staff will provide you with useful (3. inform)  __________ about all of the historic (4. build) __________ and areas that you can visit. On some excursions, for a small (5. add)  __________change, we can even provide you with your own individual guide. A trip with us will give you an insight into the (6. cultural)__________of the region. We try to make sure that nothing is (7. miss)  __________in order to make your trip a (8. marvel) __________one that you will talk about for ages. We have something to offer both those looking for a peaceful time (9. take)__________it easy, and more (10. energy)__________people looking for the adventure of a lifetime.      
Write your answers here:                0/ possible -> Impossible

Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in each space. Write your answer in the numbered bow below. 0 is an example (20 pts)

VI. Each line in the following passage contains one mistake. Write down the mistake and your corrections in the       spaces provided on the right. The first one has been done for you as an example. (10 pts)

Language is considered a significant means for communication in                                                                                                                  (0) ____ for_____  _____of _____

international relations. People in modern world have not longer been kept                                                                                                                  (1) ____________  ____________

to their own countries. Moreover, in older to keep pace with rapid scientific                                                                                                                  (2) ____________  ____________

developments nowadays, they must widen them cooperative relations with                                                                                                                  (3) ____________  ____________

those highly developing nations in other parts of the world. Due to the fact                                                                                                                  (4) ____________  ____________

that no one is unable to communicate with any natives in the world, it is                                                                                                                  (5) ____________  ____________

necessary for people to choose to learn a foreign language like a worldwide  (6)____________  ____________

common means of communication. That is why English has being chosen                                                                                                                  (7) ____________  ____________

by almost people to be a foreign language to master. More and more people                                                                                                                  (8) ____________  ___________

use English and the number of those who learns English as a foreign                                                                                                                  (9) ____________  ____________

language has been increasing so fast and that it is the highest nowadays.     (10) ____________  ____

Read the text below and think of the word which best fits space .Use only one word in each space .The first one has been done for you. Write your answers in the table below. (2,0ms)                         

I (0)............. several good friends but I suppose that my best (1)............. is Ellen. We have been friends with each other (2)............. we were very young because she used to live next door to me. We were in the (3)............. class at school. She has always been much more clever than me at all subjects. I don’t mind (4).............. she often help me with my homework! Anyway, I have always been better at sport than she is. I beat her at tennis and she didn’t like that. In fact, she hates (5)..................  at anything and gets very annoyed if she does. That is the only thing that I don’t like about her. Otherwise, she has a great sense of (6) ................. and she always makes me laugh. We get on very well (7).................. although we have arguments about silly little things sometimes. Ellen and her family moved to another district last year but I (8).................. see her a lot. We’re planning to go on a (9)................around Europe next summer. I’m really looking forward to it because I think we’ll (10)............. a lot of fun and see exciting places.

Part II: Read the following passage and choose the most suitable sentence from the list A - H  for each gap from 1 - 5. There are two extra sentences that you do not need to use. Write your answer in the space provided. (0) has been done as an example. (2,5 points)
      The Sahara’s meager resources are being plundered right to the present day. This is shown most clearly in the dramatic fall in the region’s precious water reserves. The rock is of a type which hinders easy underground storage so the water supply depends on rainfall. (0)        B      . However, the seriousness of the situation goes far beyond mere seasonal changes.
There’s one district where observations go back at least 125 years. Here it is known that wells of the balance beam type were once used in cultivated areas. This way of drawing water is intended for the irrigation of gardens and small plots and works only if there’s water not more than about five metres below the surface.
(1) ______. They have all been replaced by wells from which the water has to be raised by draught animals, because it is now 25 metres down. (2) ______.
In a classic example of a vicious circle, shortage of water has led to the digging of more wells to save the flocks and birds. As these have been deepened the water supply has been further depleted. (3) ______.
The Air region was once regarded as the Switzerland of Africa because of its temperate climate. (4) ______. Nowadays, though, there are only a third of the palms which existed there at the turn of the century. The amount of wildlife has shown a proportionate fall. (5) ______. This is highly dangerous in a world where the overall population is growing rapidly. We cannot afford to lose fertile land.
A. So, too, has the number of human beings who can now survive in the area.
B. This being so, it is easy to understand why it varies.
C. Today, though, not one well of this type exists.
D. This has resulted in soil erosion which then dries out the land still further.
E. Here, then, the water level has evidently dropped by 20 metres in little over a century.
F. It was criss-crossed by valleys filled with palm trees and was thronged with wildlife.
G. Such are conditions in the Sahara Desert in recent times.