1. Choose the correct option A, B, C, or D to complete each sentence.

(Chọn phương án đúng A, B, C hoặc D để hoàn thành mỗi câu.)

1. The city is now a big _____ site with many half-finished buildings.

A. waste                     

B. tourist                                

C. storage                               

D. construction

2. The town is overcrowded and lacks public _____.

A. health                    

B. amenities                           

C. education                          

D. places

3. I used to live in the _____ area, but I moved to a quiet suburb two years ago.

A. downtown             

B. underground                      

C. outskirts                            

D. village

4. The _____ system runs underground, so it doesn’t encounter road congestion.

A. bus                         

B. coach                                 

C. metro                                 

D. taxi

5. This city looks like a _____ jungle with ugly buildings and almost no parks.

A. green                     

B. loveable                             

C. tropical                              

D. concrete

6. I live in a _____ street which is full of people and vehicles moving around all day.

A. quiet                      

B. bustling                             

C. calm                                  

D. empty

7. Bangkok has an excellent _____ system which runs on a railway above the ground.

A. sky train                

B. underground                      

C. ferry                                  

D. taxi

8. Many people compliment Ha Noi on being a _____ tourist destination.

A. dusty                      

B. noisy                                  

C. safe                                    

D. polluted

2. Complete the following tasks.

(Hoàn thành các nhiệm vụ sau.)

a. Choose the option which is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word/ phrase in each sentence.

(Chọn phương án ĐỒNG NGHĨA với từ/ cụm từ được gạch chân trong mỗi câu.)

1. She browsed the shop but didn’t buy anything. She found it a bit pricey.

A. crowded                

B. modern                              

C. attractive                           

D. expensive

2. The underground was packed with people. I couldn’t find a seat.

A. full on                    

B. empty of                            

C. full of                                

D. convenient for

3. Her team is carrying out a project to recycle food waste.

A. running                  

B. proposing                          

C. funding                              

D. aiming

b. Choose the option which is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word/ phrase in each sentence.

(Chọn phương án TRÁI NGHĨA với từ/ cụm từ được gạch chân trong mỗi câu.)

4. Neither Lan nor Hoa stayed home alone last weekend. They went to the shopping mall together.

A. hung out with one another                                    

B. came down with one another

C. got rid of one another                                           

D. looked up to one another

5. Hoa: I never use buses when getting around. They are always late.

Jack: Well, it’s not that bad. They are reliable now.

A. on time                  

B. late                                    

C. timely                                

D. terrible

3. Complete the text with the words and phrases from the box.

(Hoàn thành đoạn văn với các từ và cụm từ trong khung.)

I live in a coastal town. It used to be a beautiful and (1) _____ place. Now, it’s a (2) _____. All we have are big and ugly buildings. There will be even more buildings because (3) _____ are everywhere. The beaches are (4) _____. Pickpockets happen frequently. I think the local government should invest in better (5) _____ such as parks and sports facilities. They should also clean up the beach and increase the (6) _____ in the town.

4. Write the correct forms of the adjectives in brackets.

(Viết dạng đúng của tính từ trong ngoặc.)

1. The (busy) _____ the street is, the less I like it. I hate noisy places.

2. The later it gets at night, the (cold) _____ it becomes.

3. The (light) _____ the street was, the (safe) _____ I felt.

4. The (crowded) _____ the bus got, the more difficult it was for me to breathe.

5. I fear that the more modern city life is, the (friendly) _____ people are to one another.

6. (close) _____ it gets to pick-up time, (difficult) _____ traffic around the school becomes.

7. I think that (expensive) _____ a restaurant is, (good) _____ its service is.

8. (far) _____ the community sports centre is, (convenient) _____ it is for me to go there.

5. Circle a mistake in each sentence below and correct it.

(Hãy khoanh tròn một lỗi sai trong mỗi câu dưới đây và sửa lại.)

1. Safer a city is, the more liveable it becomes.

A. Safer                      

B. the                                     

C. more liveable                       

D. becomes

2. Our city is age-friendly. We make it easy for the elderly to get along by public transport.

A. age-friendly          

B. easy                                   

C. elderly                               

D. get along

3. The bigger the shopping mall is, the attractive it is to teenagers.

A. bigger                    

B. is                                        

C. attractive                           

D. to

4. Although people wanted to carry out with the project, the company stopped funding it.

A. Although               

B. out                                     

C. funding                              

D. it

5. The local authority tried to cut on private car use but they didn’t succeed.

A. local                      

B. cut on                                 

C. use                                     

D. succeed

6. The closer an area is to the downtown, denser its population is.

A. closer                     

B. to                                       

C. denser                                

D. is

7. Many teens prefer hanging in at shopping malls to outdoor places.

A. teens                      

B. in                                       

C. at                                       

D. to

8. Hoang is coming up with a fever. The more time that passes, the higher his temperature is.

A. up with                  

B. more time that passes        

C. higher                                

D. temperature