I. Pronunciation (1-4) ⇱
II. Choose the answer (A, B, C or D) that best fits the space in each question. ⇱
III. Look at each sign or notice. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) that matches its meaning. ⇱
IV. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best fits each blank space in the following passage. ⇱
My Dinh National Stadium was inaugurated in 2003 with a capacity of 40,192 (17) _______. Recently, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) (18) _______ My Dinh National Stadium in the top 5 best stadiums in Southeast Asia. Located (19) _______ Le Duc Tho Street (My Dinh 1 Ward, Nam Tu Liem District), 10 km southwest of Hanoi city center. This is the venue for major football matches in Vietnam, second only to Can Tho Stadium in scale. The construction cost of the stadium (20) _______$52.983 million with the winning bidder being HISG Group (China). My Dinh National Stadium has 4 stands. Stands A and B (east and west stands, respectively) are covered by a 2,300-ton roof in each stand. These two stands are two stories high and 25.8 m (85 ft) high (21) _______ stands C and D (south and north stand respectively) are one story high and 8.4 m (28 ft) high. (22) _______, this stadium has a capacity of 40,192 seats, including 450 VIP seats and 160 seats for journalists.
IV. Read the following and do as directed. ⇱
The Cu Chi Tunnels are just 35km from the huge metropolis of Ho Chi Minh City, a vast network of passageways awaits below rubber trees, compacted dusty ground and buzzing cicadas. Work on the Cu Chi Tunnels started in 1948. They were originally used to store weapons in the fight against French occupation in the First Indochina War, but by the time the Vietnam War escalated in the 1960s, a 250km warren spanned from Saigon to the border of Cambodia. The tunnels were dug by peasants and villagers with rudimentary tools; transporting tonnes of excess mud to the Saigon River or rice fields at night.
Under the circumstances, they were well built. They were higher than the river to avoid flooding, had access to a well to collect water, and masked ventilation holes within termite mounds and thick grass; defense against the much better equipped US army.
As bombers fired overhead, whole villages and Viet Cong soldiers took shelter underground. Attempts to destroy the tunnels with carpet bombing or flush out soldiers with hand grenades proved largely ineffective, but conditions were dire. Heat and lack of oxygen was overbearing; it was rife with rats, snakes and scorpions; and malaria proved deadly for many. In addition to providing underground shelter, the Cu Chi tunnels served a key role during combat operations, including as a base for Communist attacks against nearby Saigon.
Visitors to Vietnam can now crawl through some of the safer areas of the tunnels, view command centers and booby traps, fire an AK-47 rifle on a firing range and even eat a meal featuring typical foods that soldiers living in the tunnels would have eaten.
a. Decide whether the following sentences are True or False:
b. Choose the correct answer to each question:
VI. Supply the correct form of the word given in each sentence. ⇱
VII. Look at the entry of the word “afraid” in a dictionary. Use what you can get from the entry to complete the sentences with two or three words. ⇱
