WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS IS NOT TRUE. A. AWARDS VARY IN MONEY...

22. Women’s salaries are becoming important to their housewhole budgets.

A. funds B. costs C. expenses D. fees

VIII. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or

phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Like other big cities in Asia, Hanoi began to (23)________the tram system in the early 1900s. A few

years later, due to its cheap fares and convenience, this system rapidly became one of the most popular

means of transport. There were five tram routes with Hoan Kiem lake as a central station for residents to get

(24) ________ the city and to the suburn areas. However, because of the population boom and the urgent

demand for the upgrading the more modern road system, the rail tracks were (25)________removed and

completely disappeared in 1990.

These days, the fact that the population of the capital has risen remendously results in dramatic

increase in the number of vehicles on the roads. To meet the increasing travel demands and reduce traffic

congestion, the first 13-kilometre skytrain system, connecting Cat Linh and Ha Dong is (26)_______and it is

expected to be completed by 2018. Each four-compartment skytrain with the length of approximately 80

metres and the height of about 3.8 metres has a capacity or 1,362 pssengers. Additionally, a new rail system

including over eight kilometres of skytrain rail and four kilometres of subway rail, (27)__________links

Hanoi Central Station to Nhon, also being built recently. The capacity of each skytrain in this efficient high-

speed rail system is roughly 1,200 passengers.