B
X. Choose the correct answers to complete the
passage.
As I remember, (1)_
in the 50s and 60s, Ha Noi was not as crowded as it is today. Bicycles and cyclos were the
main means of transport and the few motorbikes that were around were (2) by rich people. It was rare to see cars or
jeeps.
C
Meanwhile, the tram was the only method of public transport. An old tram station is now home (3)___several retail
outlets that look out over the lake in Dinh Tien Hoang Street.
D
At that time, Hanoians always travelled by tram, not only for its (4)_
you could travel one-way to it's terminus in the former Ha Dong Province, (5).
Ha Noi.
b. place
b. owned
b. in
I still remember on (6)
from school, my friends and I would go to the lake to catch the tram to Botanical
Garden. The sound, clang-clang, clang-clang could be regularly heard from early in the morning until late in the evening,
come rain or(7)_ Time.... decades have passed, but there is still a clang (8)_
in my mind from my
childhood.
1. a. move
2. a. bought
3. a. with
4. a. convenience
5. a. that
6. a. days out
7. a. light
8. a. somewhat
b. importance
b. which
but also the price. For just five cents
is now part of the expanded
c. set
c. sold
c. to
c. comfort
c. where
b. out days
c. off days
b. rise
c. shine
b. somewhere
c. somehow
d. someway
XI. Read the text carefully. Decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F) and
d. back
d. proceeded
d. by
d. condition
d. this
d. days off
d. brighten