(1-3) Supply the correct verb forms:
1. If the weather here ( be ) _______________ better now, we’d go on a picnic .
2. ( You, ever tell) ________________ the lies to anyone ?
3. When I came, they ( prepare ) _________________ to start their trip.
(4-13) Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in each sentence:
4. Many people were injured when the building ____________________.
A. destroyed B. struck C. collapsed D. occurred
5. The ___________________of the volcano was a terrible disaster.
A. eruption B. cyclone C. prediction D. shift
6. He thinks the Internet is very useful, _____________________?
A. doesn’t he B. isn’t he C. doesn’t it D. isn’t it
7. Children _____________are good at home and in school will receive presents from Santa
Claus.
A. who B. which C. whom D. whose
8. She suggests _____________________on a picnic next Sunday.
A. go B. to go C. going D. should go
9. Adults celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival __________________it is often thought as a
festival for children only.
A. because B. although C. however D. therefore
10. Most of the earthquakes in the world occur _____________________the Ring of Fire.
A. at B. on C. from D. in
11. Please turn ___________________the volume. I can’t hear the world news well.
A. on B. up C. down D. off
12. “Let’s go to the pop concert!” – “_______________________”.A. All right B. We go C.
Yes, please D. You’re going
13. What do you think of American films?” – “_____________________”.
A. Yes, I do B. No, I don’t C. I like them D. I think of them
very much
(14-21) Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in the following passage:
A gesture is an action that sends a message from one person to another
(14)____________________ using words. We use gestures to communicate

A B C D
(25-28) Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence:
35. Energy-saving bulbs should be used to save _____________________.
(electric)
36. Is military service ______________________in this country? (compel)
37. Thousands of inhabitants were ______________________killed on May 12. (disaster)
38. Increased traffic _____________________widening the roads. (necessity)
(29-32) Read the advertisement and then decide whether the statements that follow are
True or False. Write True or False in your answer sheet:
Vietnam’s New Year is officially known as Tet. It begins between January twenty-first
and February nineteenth. The exact date changes from year to year. Tet lasts ten days. The first
three days are the most important. Vietnamese people believe that what people act during those
days will influence the whole year. As a result, they make every effort to avoid arguments and
smile as much as possible. Vietnamese people believe that the first person through the door on
New Year’s Day brings either good or bad luck. Children receive lucky money as they do in
other countries.

T F
29. Tet occurs in late January or early February. ______ ______
30. There are two weeks for Lunar New Year. ______
______
31. People should not argue with each other at Tet. ______
______
32. The first visitor on New Year’s Day brings good or bad luck. ______ ______

(33-36) Rewrite the sentences so that they are nearest in meaning to the sentence printed
before them:
33. They haven’t decided the exact time of the match yet.
The exact time _______________________________________________________
34. It was after midnight. Hoverer , we did not feel tired.