Gunpowder was first used to make beautiful displays of…………………for celebrations in the 9th century by the Chinese.

Paper was first………………..to make paper money, playing cards or the world’s oldest book – the Diamond Sutra – in the 2nd century by the Chinese.

The cocoons of silkworms were first used…………..silk by the Chinese.

None of the students …………….to class yet.

Samsung Galaxy Tab………………..flash player as well as voice and video calls.

Apple iPad……………………..the single most popular tablet PC ever since 2010.

IBM Watson is an artificially intelligent computer system……………………of answering questions posed in natural language.

The magnetic compass was first used to determine the correct……………by the Chinese.

Biotech drugs, which are…………………from living cells, provide some of the best efforts at curing diseases such as diabetes, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and HIV.

Retinal implants are meant to partially restore vision to people who have lost their…………

Choose the best option to complete the following sentences.

 It is thought that Google………………cars may transform the way we move around cities in the future.

Choose the word whose stress is placed differently from that of the others.

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.

3. The word none in paragraph 2 refers to..................

Mr Nghiep said, “Helping one person to gain their (29)………means bringing happiness to him or herself, freeing two or three more people from (30)………………of the patient, and more importantly, building (31)…………………..for poor patients in society.”

Mr Nghiep said, “Helping one person to gain their (29)………means bringing happiness to him or herself, freeing two or three more people from (30)………………of the patient, and more importantly, building (31)…………………..for poor patients in society.”

Mr Nghiep said, “Helping one person to gain their (29)………means bringing happiness to him or herself, freeing two or three more people from (30)………………of the patient, and more importantly, building (31)…………………..for poor patients in society.”

Together with his former colleagues, Mr Nghiep has (26)……………… billions of VND from individual (27)……………….and organizations to support more than a million poor people nationwide through seven major (28)………………….programmes, such as “ For the children’s smile”, “Bringing light to poor blind people from birth”., “ Sound and Vouce for Deaf and Dumb Children”, : Wheelchairs for people with disabilities and paralysed children”.

Together with his former colleagues, Mr Nghiep has (26)……………… billions of VND from individual (27)……………….and organizations to support more than a million poor people nationwide through seven major (28)………………….programmes, such as “ For the children’s smile”, “Bringing light to poor blind people from birth”., “ Sound and Vouce for Deaf and Dumb Children”, : Wheelchairs for people with disabilities and paralysed children”.

Together with his former colleagues, Mr Nghiep has (26)……………… billions of VND from individual (27)……………….and organizations to support more than a million poor people nationwide through seven major (28)………………….programmes, such as “ For the children’s smile”, “Bringing light to poor blind people from birth”., “ Sound and Vouce for Deaf and Dumb Children”, : Wheelchairs for people with disabilities and paralysed children”.

Mr Nghiep, the former Chairman of the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, retired in 1992, and (25)………………… his Association two years later.

Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

The Buddha of the Poor

More than 26,000 children now have bright (23)…………………..faces after receiving free operations. About 173,000 poor people received free treatment to regain their vision, and nearly 3,400 deaf children were given hearing aids. These are part of the (24)………………………..of the Ho Chi Minh Association for Support of Poor Patients, launched and run by Mr. Nguyen Vinh Nghiep. Mr Nghiep, the former

Chairman of the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, retired in 1992, and (25)………………… his Association two years later. Together with his former colleagues, Mr Nghiep has (26)……………… billions of VND from individual (27)……………….and organizations to support more than a million poor people nationwide through seven major (28)………………….programmes, such as “ For the children’s smile”, “Bringing light to poor blind people from birth”., “ Sound and Vouce for Deaf and Dumb Children”, : Wheelchairs for people with disabilities and paralysed children”.

The “ Free meals for patients and their relatives” programme has offered over 2.6 million free meals to poor people in 10 hospitals. Mr Nghiep said, “Helping one person to gain their (29)………means bringing happiness to him or herself, freeing two or three more people from (30)………………of the patient, and more importantly, building (31)…………………..for poor patients in society.”

In 2002, Mr Nghiep, (32)……………. “The Buddha of the Poor”, was given the national title of Labor Hero in the Reneval Process, and his Association received the title in 2005.