I.

Find the word which has a different sound in the underlined part.

1. A. wipe

B. alive

C. micro

D. link

2. A. cleaner

B. threat

C. ahead

D. instead

3. A. breathe

B. ethane

C. thank

D. healthy

4. A. choose

B. moon

C. food

D. look

5. A. burden

B. survive

C. curtain

D. furnish

6. A. camel

B. sandy

C. travel

D. stable

7. A. dune

B. hummock

C. scrublands

D. gun

8. A. basic

B. desert

C. president

D. season

9. A. separate

B. network

C. dessert

D. crest

10. A. stretches

B. slopes

C. ranges

D. faces

B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I.

Choose the best one (A, B, C or D) to complete the sentence.

1. Villagers are more kind, friendly and warm-hearted than city
A. dwellers

B. foreigners

.

C. beginners

D. movers

2. You can see the
of the suburbs in Ho Chi Minh City with many apartment buildings,
supermarkets, shopping centres, and schools.
A. urban area

B. convenience

C. urban sprawl

3. Dong Khoi Street is the main shopping street in the
A. mind

B. heart

A. funny

B. boring

5. No city in America has
A. as much
6. My passport
A. elapsed

of downtown in Ho Chi Minh City.

C. head

4. It is considered that life in a city is wonderful and

D. living condition

D. spot
.

C. enjoyable

D. helpful

monuments and museums into one area as Washington, DC.
B. such many

C. as many

D. a few

last month, so I will have to get a new one.
B. expired

C. ended

D. terminated

7. The department is also deeply
A. connected

in various improvement schemes.

B. entailed

C. involved

8. His answer was so confused that I could hardly make any
A. interpretation

B. meaning

B. proposal

10. I wish you'd tell me what I
A. shall

C. opportunity

A. friendship

C. should

B. notwithstanding

B. relations

, each one is accompanied by a
C. assuredly

D. provided

C. will

D. terms

old paintings.
B. restoring

14. Hotel rooms must be
A. vacated

D. ought

with their next-door neighbours for the children's sake.

13. He earns his living by
A. reviving

D. prospect

do in this difficult situation.

B. would

12. They always kept on good

D. sense
to do the research.

11. A competitor may submit any number of entries
packet top.
A. supposing

of it at all.

C. intelligibility

9. The main attraction of the job was that it offered the
A. possibility

D. implied

C. reforming

D. replenishing

by noon, but luggage may be left with the porter.
B. evacuated

C. abandoned

D. left

15. The majority of nurses are women, but in the higher ranks of the medical profession women are in a
.
A. rarity

B. minority

C. scarcity

D. minimum

II. Complete each of the following sentences with comparatives or superlatives. Add “the” where
necessary.
1. This is (good)

food I've ever eaten in this country.

2. Peter's new haircut is (trendy)

than the previous one.

3. The building looks much (nice)

in green than the previous white.

4. I had to drive my car along (narrow)

road in the region.

5. Nam's house is (far)

from the city centre than my house.

6. In my opinion, living in the city is (hard)

than living in the country.

7. I think this is (noisy)

part of the city.

8. This place was (dangerous)

than we thought.

9. Could you show me the way to (near)

bus stop?

10. The trip to Nha Trang City was (interesting)

for us.

IV. Complete each of the following sentences using the correct form of a phrasal verb from the box.
showed round

put down

grew up

turned off

thought over

turned down

look up

look forward to

lived up to

get on with

1. Miss Diep didn't know the correct spelling so she had to

it in the dictionary.

2. She's
York.

it

and has made up her mind; she's going to take the job in New

3. Can you
book, please?

your name, telephone number and email address

4. My hotel was amazing and it

all my expectations.

5. Mark was born in the East End, but he
6. The guide

us

in the West End.
the historic parts of the city.

7. He doesn't know why she

his invitation to the party.

8. Vinh is very friendly. He

most of my friends.

9. We are all
10. Miss Hang

seeing our grandparents again.
the Music

and went to bed because it was quite late.

in the

VIII. Use the words given and other words to complete the second sentence so that it has a similar
meaning to the first sentence.

1. We have never stayed at a worse hotel than this.
This

we've ever stayed at.

2. Please continue doing your work and don't let anything interrupt you.
Please

and don't let anything interrupt you.

3. I think Da Nang is not so exciting as Ho Chi Minh City.
I think Ho Chi Minh City

Da Nang.

4. Our city has five big shopping malls.
There

in our city.

5. The Central Tower is the tallest building in this city.
No building in this city

the Central Tower.

6. I'll consider it carefully and give you an answer next week.
I'll

and give you an answer next week.