1. Sometimes I feel all of my friends are (intelligent) I am, and yet, sometimes they tell me that they think I am (smart) ___ _ person the class.
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2. One of (popular) holidaysã Vietnam is New Year's.
3. Mercury is (close) planet to the sun. It moves around the sun (fast) any other planet in the solar system.
4. In terms of area, (large) state ____ the Unit�d States is Alaska, but it has one of (small) populations all the states.
5. Nothing is (important) ____ good health. Certainly, gaining wealth is much (important) enjoying good health.
6. You can trust her. You will never meet a (honest) ______ person she is.
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7. Both Bangkok and Venice are famous for their waterways, but Bangkok
has (extensive) canals Venice has.
8. I feel (safe) in a plane . I do in a car.
9. My friend has studied many languages. He ãthinks Japanese is (difficult) all the languages he has studied.
10. One of (bad) nuclear accidents ____ ã the world occurred at Chernobyl in 1986.
IV. Fill in each numbered blank of the following passage with a suitable word.
WESTMINSTER
Royal Westminster is the heart of London, for here are the Houses of Parliament, and (1) country's administration c��tersãaround Whitehall and St. James. You will be (2) Parliament Square and the front (3) the Palace of Westminster with its twin towers of St. Stephens and Victoria. Big Ben is strictly the name of the bell (4) strikes hours in the 320-ft. tower near Westminster Bridge - it has become famous throughout the ( 5) as a symbol of London. Look out for Downing Street as you go (6) Whitehall - the Prime Minster of the day (7) at No. 10.
Nearby at Horse Guards, mounted soldiers on sentry duty can be seen.
(8) are foot guards outside St. James's Palace and afterwards you (9) revisit both places with your camera. Facing the Trafalgar Square fountains (10) the National Gallery- and the inevitable London pigeons.
V. Give the correct form of the given words to complete the following sentences.
I. Van Mieu was ---- of Confucian ways of REPRESENT thought and behaviour.
2. Van Mieu became a place to __ _ brilliant scholars of the nation.
the most 3. Van Mieu was ____ built in 1070 in the Ly
dynasty.
MEMORY ORIGIN 4. The of President Ho Chi Minh's CONSTRUCT
Mausoleum started in 1973.
5. Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam is a ____ of PROUD Vietnamese people.
VI. Read the following passageã and choose the best answer for each blank.
HOAN KIEM LAKE
Right in the middle of the city of Hanoi, Hoan Kiem Lake, or locally (I) __ as Bo Ho that means 'the shore of the lake', is (2) the place for morning exercises, leisure and recreation activities. It is the heart and the beats of the city - thousands of local folks (3) together on the Liberation Day and the photographers snap photos of brides and grooms ( 4) the wedding season.
The lake has the legend way back in the mid-15th century (5) __ Emperor Ly Thai To (Le Loi) got a magical sword from heaven to fight (6) __ the Chinese, the Ming aggressors, out of Vietnam. After that one day when he was out (7) __ in the lake, a giant golden tortoise suddenly grabbed the sword and (8)__ into the water. The lake is also known as 'Ho Hoan Kiem', the Lake of the Restored Sword, (9) __ it is believed the sword was taken to its original divine owners.
On an islet in the middle of the lake towards its south (10) . --the Tqrtoise Tower or the Thap Rua on the top of whichãa red star is often held as an emblem of Hanoi.
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1. A. believed B. known B. much as B. reach
C. considered D. said 2. A. so as
3. A. gather
C. more than C. arrive
4. A. during B. on C. of
5. A. which B. when C. while
6. A. aboveã B. down C. for
7. A. diving B. playing C. sailing 8. A. disappeared B. endangered C. lost 9. A. although B. however C. so I 0. A. sits B. stands C.run
D. more or less D.go
D. within D. what D. against D. walking D. fled D. because D. watches
VII. Each sentence below contains ãan error. Underline it and write- the correct answer in the space provided.
1. Yesterday the temper�ture was enough hot to turn on the 1. ____
air conditioning.
2. My sister types slowlier thanã two other secretaries in . 2. ____
her office.
3. As we continued traveling north, the weather got cold 3. ____
and colder.
4. He doesn't work harder than he used to do one year ago. 4. ____
5. The Historical Museum 1s the farthest of the two 5. ----
' buildings.
6. A hand-made postcard costs twice more than a 6. ____
normal one.
7. He has less friends in his class than he had last year.
8. The director felt badly about not giving Jack the job.
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9. The harder h� tried, the worst he danced before the large 9.
audience.
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friend Peter ..
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VIII. Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.
THE HO CHI MINH MUSEUM (NHA RONG HARBOR)
Nha Rong Harbor, or Uncle Ho's Museum is situated on the junction of the Saigon River, at the end of Nguyen Tat Thanh Street. On June 5th 1911, it was here that President Ho Chi Minh boarded the ship "Latouche Treville Admiral" to . set out on a long journey to find a solution to liberate the country. Nha Rong was formerly the representative office of the French Maritime Transport Company (a subsidiary of the French shipping company "Messageries Pharitimes"). The office was built in 1862 and used as the residence for the general manager as well as the place for selling boat tickets. It has been called Nha Rong (The Dragon House) because there are two statues of dragons on its roof. It was in November 1862 that the first ship left Nha Rong Harbor.
On September 3rd 1979, the HCMC People's Committee made a decision of converting Nha Rong Harbor to ''Uncle Ho's Museum'' (The Ho Chi Minh Museum at Nha Rong Harbor). Plenty of pictures and items relating to President Ho Chi Minh's revolutionary life are shown inside. Since then, the museum has greeted millions of visitors from all over the country as well as from foreign countries.
1. Where is Nha Rong Harbor situated?
2. When did Nguyen Tat Thanh set out from Nha Rong Harbor to find a solution to liberate the country?
3. Why has this building been called Nha Rong (The Dragon House)?
4. What happened in Nha Rong Harbor in November 1.862?
5. What can visitors see when they visit Nha Rong Harbor?
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