I. Choose the best one (A, B, C or D) to complete the sentence.
1. Every house in the street has been demolished.
A. exploded

B. turn up

C. removed

D. turn down

2. In 1990, due to the change of the economic situation, many Dong Ho cooperatives had to
.
A. close down

B. shut

C. close

3. I put the scarf with my mother's
A. purchases

D. close in

, intending to pay for it on my way out.

B. material

C. objects

D. expenditures

4. Craftsmen have to
the domestic and international markets so that they needn't
depend on the middlemen for their sales.
A. find out
5. She

B. find out about

C. find

D. find about

her husband's job for his ill health.

A. accused

B. blamed

6. Making rice paper
of poverty and become well-off.
A applies for

C. caused

jobs and income for many locals, help many families out

B. creates

C. keeps

7. This ring is only made of plastic so it's quite
A. valuable

D. claimed

B. invaluable

D. gets
.

C. worthless

8. Craft village are becoming popular

in Viet Nam.

A. tour attractiveness

B. physical attraction

C. tourism attractions

D. tourist attraction

9. He got an excellent grade in his examination
particularly hard.
A. on account of

B. because

10. The artisan is delighted to
style.
A. express

B. provide

D. priceless

the fact that he had not worked
C. in spite of

D. although

to you the craft of creating prints in an old-age
C. demonstrate

D. explain

11. The government has recently
A. reformed

the building in the old section of the city.

B. adjusted

12. The traditional craft has

C. restored
from generation to generation.

A. been passed down

B. been passed by

C. passed down

D. passed

13. In order to buy his house, he had to obtain a large
A. loan

D. modified

B. finance

from his bank.

C. capital

D. debt

14. The bronze casting craft in Viet Nam dated back from the age of King An Duong Vuong
ancient bronze arrowheads were made.
A. so

B. when

C. because

D. although

15. In the past, local
were chosen to make sophisticated embroidered costumes for the
Vietnamese King, Queen and other Royal family members.
A. skillful artists

B. skilled artisans

C. skill workers

D. skillfully works

II. Give the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. I have little

of going abroad this year. (EXPECT)

2. Almost everybody is interested in

. (SWIM)

3. Don't make mistakes in your next

. (WRITE)

4. Water in an

liquid. (ODOUR)

5. The banks in this city are very efficient and give a speedy

. (SERVE)

6. She always listens

to what she is told. (ATTENTION)

7. In his family, he is a

child. (TROUBLE)

8. There has been a

improvement in her writing. (NOTICE)

9. The price of the house includes many existing
10. It was

and fittings. (FIX)

of me to mislead you like that. (FORGIVE)

11. They were arguing with each other. They had a strong

. (AGREEMENT)

12. No one knew what had happened to the film star. Her sudden
mystery. (APPEAR)

remains a

13. We had not been properly informed. What we have is some
(INFORMATION)

.

14. Was the decision of the judge fair? If not, it was an obvious

. (JUSTICE)

15. I don't want to bother you by causing you any unnecessary
(CONVENIENCE)

.

III.Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence, using the word given.
1. Where did you find out about Disneyland Resort?

(get)

=> Where________________________________________________________________?
2. When did you get up this morning?

(out of)

=> When________________________________________________________________?
3. I'll look through this leaflet to see what activities are organised at this attraction. (read)
=> I'll __________________________________________________________________.
4. They're going to bring out a guidebook to different beauty spots in Viet Nam. (publish)
=> They're_______________________________________________________________?
5. I'm looking forward to the weekend.

(thinking)

=> I'm __________________________________________________________________.
IV. Find the word which has a different sound in the underlined part.
1. A. insect

B. percent

C. wetland

D. extinct

2. A. agencies

B. medicine

C. species

D. circle

3. A. crisis

B. exist

C. primary

D. fertile

4. A. serious

B. thousand

C. found

D. around

5. A. chart

B. postcard

C. leopard

D. hardly

6. A. rival

B. title

C. silver

D. surprise

7. A. golden

B. compete

C. host

D. propose

8. A. clear

B. dear

C. wear

D. sear

9. A. wrestling

B. level

C. medal

D. result

10. A. ranked

B. gained

C. prepared

D. proved

V. Choose the correct answers A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.
1. Although he was under no
of charge.
A. urgency

, the shopkeeper replaced the defective battery free

B. guarantee

C. obligation

D. insistence

2. Old Mr. Brown's condition looks very serious and it is doubtful if he will
A. pull through

B. pull up

C. pull back

D. pull out

3. To be a good short story writer one needs, among other things, a very
A. vivid

B. living

4. This ticket
B. entitles

5. He was completely

C. grants

B. taken down

C. taken in

B. reference

C. article

B. flexible

9. In all
A. odds

B. splatter

D. research

D. fluid

in the stock market.
C. paddle

D. dabble

, there will never be a Third World War.
B. probability

C. certainty

10. He had to retire from the match, suffering from a
A. tom

D. taken through

attitude to life.

C. moveable

8. I'm not serious investor, but I like to
A. splash

D. credits

of the history of the castle and details of the art collection

7. Mark is very set in his ways, but John has a more
A. changeable

D. sparkling

by the thief's disguise.

6. This book gives a brief
in the main hall.
A. outline

imagination.

you to a free meal in our new restaurant.

A. confers

A. taken away

C. bright

.

B. broken

C. slipped

D. possibilities
ligament.
D. sprained

11. You have to be rich to send a child to a private school because the fees are
A. astrological

B. aeronautical

C. astronomical

12. Archaeology is one of the most interesting scientific
A. divisions

B. disciplines

C. matters

D. atmospherical
.
D. compartments

13. It is doubtful whether the momentum of the peace movement can be
A. sustained

B. supplied

C. supported

.

.

D. subverted

14. Conversations you strike up with travelling acquaintances usually tend to be
A. imperative

B. perverse

C. insufficient

15. Charles Babbage's difference engine widely regarded as the
A. ancestor

B. precursor

C. antecedent

.

D. trivial
of the computer.
D. premonition

VI. Read the following passage and choose the best option for each numbered blank.
Hello! My name is Herman. I live in a big city in Germany and it's quite exciting! There are
lots of things to do. My parents bought a flat near a park where I can ride my bike or (1)
skateboarding. My brother is older than me and I also go to the cinema
with him. The city library is a great place. I usually meet my friends there and we do our school
(2)
or study together.
Of course living in a big city is not easy. City life can be fast, tiring and stressful. The streets
are always (3)
and noisy. Because of the cars is polluted sometimes. People are
so busy that they (4)
have time for their neighbours or friends. But I can't see
myself moving to the (5)
. I just love living in the city too much.
1. A. go

B. do

C. play

D. sail

2. A. workshop

B. projects

C. playgrounds

D. competitions

3. A. bored

B. surprised

C. crowded

D. exhausted

4. A. usually

B. always

C. often

D. rarely

5. A. university

B. countryside

C. mountain

D. building