VIII/. Read the following passage then choose the best answer to fill in the blank: In the United States of America, the national language is (1)....... English. Four hundred years ago, some English people came to North America to live and they brought (2)....... language to this country. Now in the USA, people speak (3)...........English . Most of the words are the (4)............ in American and British English, but the American say some English words not as people (5)........... in England. Canada is (6).......... to the North of the United States of America. It is the larger (7)......... the United States. In Canada, many people (8)............ English because they also came from England many years (9)......... But in some parts of Canada, people speak (10)............ because they came from France. 1. A. also. B. like. C. as. D. not. 2. A. French. B. English. C. Chinese. D. Canadian. 3. A. British. B. American. C. Russian. D. Chinese. 4. A. various. B. similar. C. same. D. like. 5. A. do. B. say. C. talk. D. speak. 6. A. lies. B. situated. C. at. D. in. 7. A. than. B. as. C. more. D. less. 8. A. say. B. tell. C. talk. D speak. 9. A. ago. B. later. C. there. D. here. 10. A. France. B.French. C. Russian. D. Italian. IX/. Use given words to rewrite the second sentence that the meaning not change: 1. It took Mr. Hoang half an hour to walk to work yesterday. =>Mr. Hoang spent....................................................................................................... 2. What is the price of this cap? =>How much....................................................................................................................? 3. You shouldn’t eat too much meat. => You’d............................................................................................................................. 4. Lan is the youngest of the three sisters. =>Lan has ........................................................................................................................... 5. Our house is older than any other house in the living centre => Our house....................................................................................................................... 6. Mai usually works hard. => Mai is usually a…………………………………………………………..…………… 7. There are eight hundred stamps in Hoa’s collection. => Hoa’s collection............................................................................................................. 8. How heavy is the chicken? =>What .............................................................................................................................? 9. How much is this book? =>What is...........................................................................................................................? 10. Listening to music is more interesting than watching TV. => I prefer.............................................................................................................................