V. Fill in the gap with a suitable preposition. ( 5 pts) 1) Your father is very kind ................... David. 2) Hurry or you will be late ..................... school. 3) Were they present ................... the meeting? 4) She was confused ....................... the dates. 5) His book is different ............................ mine. PART C. READING I - Read the following passage, then choose the correct answer to questions (5pts) I went to Australia on a student program last year and I like to (1)_______you about it. I was very (2)_______when I knew I was going to Australia because I had never been there before. I didn’t think about the problems of speaking English (3)_______I met my host family. At first I couldn’t communicate with them because my English was so bad. All the five years I had been learning English wasn’t much used at all (4)_______we didn’t have real practice at school. Even though my grammar was good, my pronunciation wasn’t. My problem is (5)_______ ‘l’ and ‘r’. For example, Australian people often asked “What do you eat in Vietnam?” I wanted to tell them that we eat rice, but they didn’t understand when I said “We eat lice”… 1. A. say B. tell C. talk D. speak 2. A. exciting B. excites C. excited D. excite 3. A. after B. until C. when D. while 4. A. although B. even C. because D. so 5. A. pronouncing B. speaking C. reading D. telling II.Fill in the blank with an appropriate work. (10pts) Learning a language is, in some way, like (1) __________________ how to fly or play the piano. There (2) _________________ important differences, but there is a very important similarity. It is this: learning how to do such things needs lots (3) ___________ practice. It is never simply to “know” something. You must be able to “do” things with what (4) ___________ know. For example, it is not enough simply to read a book on (5) ______________ to fly an aeroplane. A (6) ___________ can give you lots of information about how to fly, but if only read a book and then try to (7) _____________ without a great deal of practice first, you will crash and kill (8) ____________ . The same is true of (9) ______________ the piano. So you think it is enough simply to read about it? Can you play the piano without having lots of (10) _________________ first?