REVIEW 2

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

1. A. diploma                B. grotto                C.  doctorate                D. dome

2. A. citadel                B. climate                C.  bachelor                D. diploma

3. A. disease                B. cause                C.  university                D. preserved

II. Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others.

4. A. doctorate        B. dynasty                C.  breathtaking        D. acknowledge

5. A. ecological        B. environmental        C.  archaeological        D. analytical

III. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.

6. If you’re ______________ for further education funding from the government, find out what funding is available to you.

A. legal                        B. capable                C.  eligible                D. affordable

7. UK further education ______________ are recognized and respected by employers and academics worldwide.

A. qualifications        B. experiences                C.  limits                 D. abilities 

8. Her books are often based ______________ folklore and fairy-tales.

A. about                B. in                        C.  with                D. on 

9. The doctor says she is making a good recovery and she should be ______________ in a few days’ time.

A. out and about         B. out and in                C.  around and about D. about and out

10. Besides Con Moong Cave, other significant ______________ sites have been investigated and excavated.

A. important                B. archaeological        C.  technological        D. environmental

11. Ha Long Bay is easily one of the most ______________ UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Viet Nam.

A. surprised                B. shocking                C.  breathless                D. breathtaking

12. Hue Imperial Citadel is the home of Viet Nam’s last royal dynasty ______________ our country from 1802 to 1945.

A. ruled                B. being ruled                 C.  to rule                D. which had ruled

13. It was Jack ______________ taught Mai to use the newest app on the phone last week.

A. which                B. who                        C.  whom                D. when

14. It was ______________ the presentation Nam gave in front of the class.

A. that                        B. which                C.  who                D. whom

15. It was ______________ that teenagers can earn pocket money.

A. do part-time jobs                                B. doing part-time jobs 

C. in doing part-time jobs                        D. by doing part-time jobs

IV. Fill in each blank in the passage with the correct word below. There are three extra words that you do not need.

Ba Be Lake is considered as the biggest natural water lake in Viet Nam, and Ba Be National Park takes a 23,340-hectare area in 7 communes of Ba Be District, Bac Can Province in the northwest of Ha Noi. The terrain covers most of ¹⁶ ______________ rocks inserted with a few earth hills with medium to abrupt
slope.

Ba Be Lake, which has been recognized as a forest preserve area since 1977, is surrounded by                        ¹⁷ ______________ with very original and attractive forms and shapes. Through influenced by three-river ¹⁸ ______________ discharging their water into the lake, lake water remains always blue and its current velocity, is kept constant, giving Ba Be Lake both lake and river ¹⁹ ______________.

The lake has an average depth from 20 to 25m and is deepest at 35m. Lake bed is not plain but with much of submersible mounts and grottoes. There are ideal home ranges for aquatic ²⁰ ______________.

V. Rewrite the sentences using cleft sentences focusing on the underlined parts.

21. The children played football in the garden yesterday afternoon.

22. That company will send a large number of textbooks to poor children in this area.

23. My sister has worked as a shop assistant in the comer shop for a few years.

24. I spent my last summer holiday in the countryside.

25. John will finish his enrolment to that university in July.

VI. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

The Huong Son Complex of Natural Beauty and Historical Monuments is situated ²⁶ ______________ a limestone mountain range, some 60 kilometres southwest of Ha Noi. This mountain range was                    ²⁷ ______________ more than 200 million years ago. The Huong Son Complex area is a natural habitat of many rare and valuable species of tropical fauna and flora ²⁸ ______________ of primitive men in North Viet Nam. ²⁹ ______________ of caves are archaeological ³⁰ ______________, belonging to the Hoa Binh Culture and dating back to over 10,000 years.

In the far past, taking ³¹ ______________ of the local natural beauty, ancient Viet people built a system of hundreds of Buddhist pagodas and temples in caves on mountain sides and streams. The most                ³² ______________ of those is the Huong Tich Cave, which is also the most beautiful natural cave in the country. In this area, the Huong Pagoda Festival, which is held annually, lasts for one month in spring with the ³³ ______________ of hundreds of thousands of people, both the Vietnamese and foreigners. The Huong Son Complex ³⁴ ______________ three groups of pagodas, temples and caves linked with  ³⁵ ______________ by waterways.

26. A. on                B. at                        C.  in                        D. above

27. A. started                B. existed                C.  formed                D. produced

28. A. but also                B. as well as                C.  due to                D. except

29. A. Amounts        B. A number                C.  The number        D. A great deal

30. A. parts                B. regions                C.  sections                D. sites

31. A. advantage        B. benefit                C.  care                        D. notice

32. A. shocking        B. spectacular                C.  surprised                D. available

33. A. presence        B. gathering                C.  contribution        D. participation

34. A. composes of        B. consists                C.  comprises                D. makes up

35. A. one another        B. together                C.  each together        D. themselves

VII. Read the passage, and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each question.

Hue Temple of Letters

Hue Temple of Letters, popularly known as Van Thanh, was dedicated to Confucius and most celebrated Confucian scholars of China and Viet Nam. It was also here that stone steles bearing names of successful candidates in the national examinations in the Nguyen Dynasty were erected.

After Hue had been made capital of the country, the construction of a new Temple of Letters was started in 1808. It was located on the north bank of the Huong River, 500 meters west of the Thien Mu Pagoda. It was once an ensemble of seven buildings and many minor constructions including 32 steles which bore names of doctors and some others. The doctor steles here are not as big as those in Ha Noi. They are all put on tortoises made from stone or marble with various poems and decorations.

Hue Temple of Letters is valuable historic remains. Visiting this temple, tourists can understand more about the tradition of knowledge appreciation and study encouragement of our ancestors from the old times.