Grammar and Vocabulary
1. World Cup is the most popular sporting _______ today.
A). team B). incident C). series D). event
2. The series is watched by millions of _______ .
A). view B). views C). viewers D). viewing
3. There was ____ to see from the window, except the vast blackness of the Australian desert below.
A). something B). nothing C). everything D). anything
4. Can you tell me the _____ of these shoes?
A). charge B). price C). amount D). expense
5. I started _____at the age of five.
A). study B). school C). learn D). schooling
6. Breakfast is the first ____ of the day.
A). food B). dinner C). lunch D). meal
7. The child was told to _____ for being rude to his uncle.
A). excuse B). apologize C). forgive D). confess
8. Let us know as soon as possible so that we can start ____ arrangements.
A). fitting B). doing C). making D). fixing
9. We call a man who delivers the mail a _______.
A). newsman B). mailbox C). mailman D). officers
10. Jane is 18 years old, but she sometimes acts as a child. She seems to be ___ for her age.
A). inattentive B). informal C). dishonest D). immature
11. My father asked me _____ of the film.
A). what do you think B). what I think
C). What did you think D). what I thought
12. �What day is today- the 18th or the 19th?� �______. It�s the 20th.�
A). Either B). Neiher C). Both D). Not at all
13. "Tien Quan Ca", the Vietnam National Anthem was _________ in 1944.
A). write B). writing C). written D). wrote
14. He rang James, ____ a good friend as well as his trainer.
A). who was B). that was C). being D). to be
15. Someone called you Patrick, _____?
A). did they B). didn�t they C). did it D). didn�t it
16. The pictures _____ by Picasso are expensive.
A). painting B). painted C).being painted D). to be painted
17. It is not easy to study a foreign language all by ______.
A). oneself B). herself C). itself D). himself
18. She saw me but she didn�t bother ____ hello to me
A). to say B). say C). saying D). to have said
19. It is estimated that about 640 women remain illiterate in ____ world, mostly in developing countries.
A). a B). an C). the D). no article
20 . Nam isn�t at home now. He has �����.. to Vung Tau already.
A). gone B). been C). went D).was
21. Some people are afraid �����. the height.
A). off B). about C). with D). of
22. How ����� is the fence? I think it�s difficult to jump over it.
A). length B). width C). high D). depth
23. Women are increasingly involved ____the public life.
A). in B). with C). from D). of
24. Western women are more _____ than Asian women.
A). depend B). dependent C). independent D). independently
25. She drives very �����.. She has never had an accident.
A). careful B). careless C). carefully D). carelessly
26. I asked her to turn ����. the light because I cannot see anything.
A). off B). of C). on D). away
27. According ��. this newspaper report, we�ve got a 50% chance of living to be 100 years old.
A). for B). to C). by D). with
28. Maybe the ship was in danger _____ running around in the island.
A). in B). of C). out D). at
29. His book was criticized _____ when it was first published.
A). severe B). severely C). severer D). severing
30. Explorers, in space or on land must be extraordinarily ______.
A). bravely B). brave C). braver D). braveness
Reading Comprehension
I/.Read the article below . For question 31-35, you are to choose the best answer to fill in each blank.
THE KIWI
The kiwi lives only in New Zealand. It is a very strange bird because it cannot ��.. (1) ��.
The kiwi is the same size as a chicken. It has no wings or tail. It does not have any feathers like other birds. It has hair on its �. (2)�. Each foot has four toes. Its beak is very long.
A kiwi likes a lot of trees around it. It sleeps �. (3)�� the day because the sunlight hurts its eyes. It can smell things with its nose. It is the only bird in the world that can smell things. The kiwi�s eggs are very big.
There are only a few kiwis in New Zealand now. People never see them. The �. (4)� says that people cannot kill kiwis; New Zealanders want their kiwis to live.
There is a �..(5)�. of a kiwi on New Zealand money. People from New Zealand are sometimes called kiwis.
31. A). fly B). run C). walk D). sing
32. A). body B). toes C). head D). finger
33. A). on B). during C). through D). along
34. A). people B). New Zealanders C). kiwis D). government
35. A). photo B). painting C). picture D). symbol
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