Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions from 8 to 19.
_______ of the financial crisis, all they could do was hold on and hope that things would improve.




A.On the top
B.At the height
C.In the end
D.At the bottom

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions from 8 to 19.
I wouldn’t like to be a senior manager. You have to _____ a lot of responsibility.




A.suggest
B.carry
C.convey
D.bear

"Don't forget to return the book to the library."




A.He reminded me of return the book to the library.
B.He reminded me to returning the book to the library.
C.He reminded me to return the book to the library.
D.He reminded me not to return the book to the library.

Exercise 7. Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one.
No one in the team can play better than John.




A.John plays well but the others play better.
B.John as well as other players of the team plays very well.
C.Everyone in the team, but John, plays very well.
D.John is the best player of the team.

Exercise 6. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.
That is a program of Ho Chi Minh City Youth Union to encourage individuals, domestic and foreign organizations buy and use bicycles during the time (41) _____ they enjoy the SEA Games 22 in Ho Chi Minh City then donate the bicycles to poor children.
Preparing for, this program, the Organizing Committee has signed a (42) _____ with Martin - a bicycle-making firm - to purchase 1,000 bicycles, at prices from 850,000 to 1,000,000 VND per bicycle -10% lower than market prices, with nearly 20 different models. In the mid of November, The Organizing Committee will announce, promote, and (43) _____ the program "SEA Games Iron Horses - For Poor Children" through leaflets at airport, on buses, taxis, at information desks, posters, banners, newspapers, and websites of city Youth Union. Besides 1,200 volunteers (44) _____ the SEA Games 22, the Organizing Committee also recruits 100 active volunteers for this program to handle the handover and receiving bikes, instructing participating tourists, giving responses to questions through hot lines.
This program both conveys practical significance and helps international friends to understand further the nation and people of Viet Nam as well as strengthen the friendship and (45) _____ among nations.
(43)




A.public
B.publicly
C.publicizing
D.publicize

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions from 10 to 21.
“She seems _____ for the job.” – “Yes. Everyone thinks she’s perfectly suited for it.”




A.ready-made
B.custom-made
C.tailor-made
D.home-made

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions from 10 to 21.
My friends have just moved to a new flat in the residential area on the _____of Paris.




A.side
B.outskirts
C.suburbs
D.outside

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following exchanges from 1 to 2.
Mary and her friend, Ensoleill, are in a coffee shop.
Mary: “Would you like Matcha ice–cream or Caramen with jam?”
Ensoleill: “______________”.




A.It doesn’t matter.
B.I like eating them all.
C.Yes, I’d love two.
D.Neither is fine. They are good.

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word.
In Britain there is a holiday now which people call Mother’s Day. In the old days many girls from working-class _______(1) in towns and cities and from farmers’ families in the country worked in rich houses. They had to do all the______ (2) and their working day was usually very long, they often______ (3) on Sundays, too. Once a year, it was usually______ (4) Sunday in March, they could visit their mothers. They went home on that day and_______ (5) presents for their mothers and for ______(6) members of their families. They could stay at home only one day, and then they went_____ (7) to their work. People call that day Mothering Day ______(8) Mothering Sunday.Later workers at the factories and girls_______ (9) worked in the houses of rich families received one free day a week, and Mothering Day became Mother’s Day. It is______ (10) last Sunday in March.
_______(3)




A.worked
B.work
C.have worked
D.had worked

(5)...........




A.near
B.farther
C.far
D.urther