The word “lag behind” is closest in meaning to __________.

All of the following are benefits from the urban renewal project EXCEPT that __________.

The responsibility of city authorities is ____________.

It can be inferred from the passage that along with urban migration ______.

The word “remarkable” is closest in meaning to __________.

The number of urban residents in Vietnam today is __________ more than that in 1986.

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 following questions.

A striking feature of Viet Nam’s remarkable progress over the last few decades is the rapid pace of urbanization. In 1986, there were fewer than there are 13 million urban residents. Today there are 30 million. Cities have become strong growth forces, with urban areas growing twice as fast as the national average rate, and contributing over half of the country’s gross domestic product.

Viet Nam needs to reshape its urbanization process to create more efficient cities - cities that have sufficient population densities are well connected internally and regionally, and well managed. In addition, in line with Viet Nam's strong preference for social equity, cities will need to ensure inclusion of all residents, with no groups or area “left behind."

Meanwhile, rural residents increasingly lag behind their urban counterparts in income and access to services, leading many to migrate to cities. Migration presents challenges for urban management but also opportunities to enhance labor mobility. Fortunately, these trends can be reversed.

For example, four years ago, Alley 76 in Binh Thanh district, Ho Chi Minh City was only narrow enough for one motorbike to get through. Store owner Bui Thi Mai knows how a clean and efficient city can make or break a business. When it rained, the alley was often flooded with floating garbage and mosquitoes. Crime was increasing. Today, after undergoing major upgrading under an urban renewal project, the street is cleaner, safer and trucks carry goods to her door. Her family income has soared and her life has been completely changed.

Urbanization in Viet Nam has ___________.

The recent floods are said to be caused by climate ________ in the northern hemisphere.

The police have been searching _____ for the missing child for several days.

John ___________ the key to his house and had to wait for long hours outside the house for his parents to return home.

Last summer, they met each other while they ________ in London.

In recent years, there has been a sharp rise _________ the number of people out of work.

The company has just ____________ its plans for the coming year, including the opening of new offices in Paris.

What this company needs is a ______ policy for investment in science and technology.

The holiday is also celebrated with small gifts for children and the distribution of food to _________ needy.

As in the West, the early stages of __________ were accompanied by harsh working and living conditions.

Considered the greatest composer of all time, _____.

I ordered a pizza and salad. ________ pizza was nice but ________ salad was disgusting.

Tony was always in trouble with the police when he was young, but now he's a ________ married man.

It is recommended that the government ____ urbanization to maintain sustainable urban areas.

____________ pollutants in the air cannot be seen with our naked eyes, we don’t realize the sources of the increasing pollution level.

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

Burning fossil fuels releases gases and chemicals into the air, _________ leads to air pollution.

There is a chance tha the will not come and we may have to go without him.

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

Find out about computers before you buy one by reading everything up-to-date that you can get your hands on.

Sue doesn't let her kids eat candy.

The number of young people working on farms has decreased sharply.

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

Nowadays, many young boys are computer game addicts.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

Daniel has migrated to a major city. He is asking his friend, Anthony, for some information about the accommodation there.

Daniel: "Are there any flats to rent in the city center?" - Anthony: "_______________"

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.

Patricia and Sandra are discussing environmental problems to prepare for their presentation.

Patricia: “One thing we could do is to convince everyone in the world to use less energy.”

Sandra: “_____________.”

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following sentences.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following sentences.

We have got a few minutes to wait for the train. Let’s have a cup of coffee.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following sentences.

She just lives six doors away. This is very handy.

As mentioned in the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

Why will people have to use food and energy from the countryside around their cities?

Which of the following is NOT mentioned as one of the shortages that cities will face in the 2050s?

The word "their" in paragraph 2 refers to ___________.

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 following questions.

In 1900, just 13 per cent of the world's people lived in cities. In 2008, the number passed 50 per cent for the first time in history. By 2050, the number will be about 70 per cent. The urban population in Asia and Africa will double, and there will be nearly 30 ‘megacities' – cities with more than 10 million people. So what will life be like for people in the cities of the future? Professor of human geography Ben Rhodes describes his vision of the urban world in 2050.

Life in cities will be very different from how it is today. Energy, especially oil, will be very expensive, so many people will probably work at home, or have their work places close to where they live. There will be less traffic on the roads, and it will be easier for people to be close to their families. For these reasons, cities won't have just one centre where everyone goes to work and shop. Instead, we'll probably see cities with many different centres.

It will be difficult to provide enough water, gas and electricity for really big cities, so these will probably stop growing. Many people from the countryside will move to smaller cities of 500,000 people or less. Transport over long distances will be a lot more expensive than it is now, so people will have to use food and energy from the countryside around their cities. They will use local materials for building, and perhaps traditional styles of architecture too.

The thing I really worry about is that energy may become too expensive for many people. In the end we might have two groups of people: a rich group which can afford energy and lives in clean, green areas, and a bigger, poorer group which can't afford energy and has to live in the more polluted parts of the city. This might lead to serious political problems.

By 2050, 70% of the population will live ___________.