Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Ha Long Bay is (23) ____________ UNESCO World Heritage Site and popular travel (24) ____________ in Quang Ninh Province, Viet Nam. The bay features thousands of limestone karsts and isles in various shapes and sizes. Ha Long Bay is a center of a larger zone which (25) ____________ Bai Tu Long Bay to the northeast, and Cat Ba Island to the southwest.

Ha Long Bay has an area of around 1,553km2, including 1,960 - 2,000 islets, most of (26) ____________ are limestone. The core of the bay has an area of 334km2 with a high density of 775 islets. The limestone in this bay has gone through 500 million years of formation in different conditions and environments. The evolution of the karst in this bay has taken 20 million years under the impact of the tropical wet (27) ____________. The geodiversity of the environment in the area has created biodiversity, including a tropical evergreen biosystem, oceanic and seashore biosystem. Ha Long Bay is home to 14 endemic floral species and 60 endemic faunal species.

23. A. a                       B. an                            C. the                          D. x

24. A. situation           B. destination              C. direction                 D. ground

25. A. offers                B. includes                  C. consists                   D. Covers

26. A. them                 B. those                       C. which                      D. whom

27. A. weather                        B. atmosphere             C. climate                    D.season

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

28. What a pity! We cannot try all the special food of the village.

A. We wish we couldn’t try all the special food of the village.

B. We wish we can try all the special food of the village.

C. We wish we could try all the special food of the village.

D. We wish we would try all the special food of the village

29. Nobody has watered the trees since last Friday.

A. The trees hasn’t been watered since last Friday.

B. The trees haven’t watered since last Friday.

C. The trees hasn’t been water since last Friday.

D. The trees haven’t been watered since last Friday.

30. You will pass this entrance examination with enough hard work.

A. If you don’t work hard enough, you will pass this entrance examination.

B. If you work hard enough, you won’t pass this entrance examination.

C. If you don’t work hard enough, you wouldn’t pass this entrance examination.

D. If you work hard enough, you will pass this entrance examination.

31. “Let’s decorate the house for Christmas!” Lan said.

A. Lan advised to decorate the house for Christmas.

B. Lan suggested to decorate the house for Christmas.

C. Lan suggested decorating the house for Christmas.

D. Lan advised decorating the house for Christmas.