WOMEN’S SALARIES ARE BECOMING IMPORTANT TO THEIR HOUSEWHOLE BUDGET...

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.