Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

Under the city streets

While skyscraper offices and elegant apartment blocks remain the public face of most major cities, these cities also have a mass of secret tunnels and .......(27)...... pipes below ground which keep everything working. This other world exists, forgotten or neglected by all but a tiny number of engineers and historians.

 For example, there are more than 150 kilometers of rivers under the streets of London. Most have been covered over and, sadly, all that .......(28)...... is their names. Perhaps the greatest loss to the city is the River Fleet, a once great river which previously had beautiful houses on its banks. It now goes underground in the north of the city and flows into the River Thames by Blackfriars Bridge.

 The London Underground has 1,000 kilometers of underground railway tracks winding under the capital and more than 100 stations .......(29)...... street level. Along some underground railway lines, commuters can sometimes catch a brief glimpse of the platforms of more than 40 closed stations which have been left under the city. .......(30)...... some are used as film sets, most lie forgotten. Some have had their entrances on the street turned into restaurants and shops, but most entrances have been .....(31)...... down.

Câu 28 (TH):

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions

"I'm sorry I forgot your birthday," he told me

Bill's mother won't let him go out with his friends …………………. .

Câu 22 (TH): Her academic performance has greatly improved since she ……………. her study methods.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

Public speaking is (A) quite a (B) frightening experience for many people as it can produce a (C) status of mind similar to (D) panic.

My new colleague is a bit of a rough ………….. but I think I'm going to like him once I get used to him.

In order to access the building, she had to walk in the street with her walker and risk her safety ............ there were no accessible curb ramps.

I have to ............ my notes once again to make sure I have learned all important details before the exam.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the followings.

"I missed the deadline for cancelling the subject I hate.”

"Oh, well, I guess you'll have to tough it out then until the end of the semester."

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

 Every (A) students (B) was sick last week, (C) so the professor (D) canceled the lecture.

My hairline is ............so rapidly that I need to shop for a wig right away.

In a blizzard, the ............ of very low temperatures, strong wind and suffocating snow often proves fatal.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

But for him, I wouldn't have been able to finish my work.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

 (A) The vineyards of Napa Valley (B) are at once (C) breathlessly vibrant, symmetrical, and (D) the green is profound.

They galloped on horseback …………. the length of the beautiful coastline.

We're having problems ………...... the right material for your dress.