I. Choose the most suitable answer to complete the passage below.

In the waters around New York City is a very small island called Liberty Island. On Liberty Island there is a very special statue called the Statue of Liberty. It is one of the most (1) _______ sights in the world.

The Statue of Liberty was a gift (2) _______ the people of France to the people of the United States. The statue was made by a French (3) _______ named Fredric Auguste Bartholdi. The inner support system was designed by Gustave Eiffel, the same man who made the famous Eiffel Tower in Paris.

Liberty, of course, (4) _______ freedom, and the Statue of Liberty was given to the United States to (5) _______ the one-hundredth anniversary of U.S independence from England. The statue was built in France, (6) _______ apart piece by piece, and the rebuilt in the United States. It was opened to the (7) _______ on October 28, 1886.

(8) _______ you might expect, the statue is very big. Visitors can ride an elevator from the (9) _______ to the bottom of the statue. If they want to, they can then walk up the 168 steps to reach the head of the statue where they can look out and enjoy the beautiful (10) _______of the city of New York.

1. A. well-known B. celebrated C. famous D. notorious

2. A. from B. by C. of D. for

3. A. sculpture B. sculptor C. carver D. potter

4. A. indicates B. points out C. clarifies D. means

5. A. organize B.commemorate C. celebrate D. hold

6. A. taken B. brought C. broken D. torn

7. A. humans B. crowd C. people D. public

8. A. So B. Like C. As D. Thus

9. A. surface B. ground C. soil D. level

10. A. sight B. view C. scene D. scenes

II. Put the jumbled words in the right order to make meaningful sentences

1 kinds/ facilities/ there/ neighborhood/ in/ what/ of/ are/ your?

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2. engineer/ years/ worked/ for/ uncle/ as/ thirty/ my/ has/ an/ ov

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3 show/ nearest/ the way/ post-office/ could/ to/ me/ the/ you?

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4. dictionary/ how/ new words/ should/ find out/ pronounce/ use/ to/ the/ you/ this/ to/ correctly.

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5. dangerous/ children's/ have/ objects/ reach/ put/ of/ we/ all/ out/ to.

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6. feel/ to go sailing/ friends/ father/ enough/ his / My/ with/ well/ doesn’t.

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7. because/ was broken down/ the airport/ missed the flight/ car/ Mr. Binh/ the way to / his/ on

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8 left / have not/ uncle/ Thai Nguyen in 2006/ since/ I/ for/ my/ met/ he.

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9. noisier/ but more interesting/ in the countryside/ than/ Living/ is / living/ in the city.

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10. enjoy/ here/ staying / Do/ you/ or/ move/ you/ going to/ are ?

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III. Writing:

Write 150 words about your country.