1. Complete the passage with the words given in the box: teacher decided more high teaching to is cover has and Vietnam (44)________ well on its way to integrate with the world and for that reason emphasis on English language skills (45)________ become very essential. Recently, the City Department of Education and Training (46)________ to recruit foreign native English speakers to teach in elementary, middle and (47)________ schools in Vietnam. The policy calls for social contributions to improve English language (48)________ from primary schools to senior high schools by employing only foreign native English teachers. Each student will chip in VND120,000 ($5.8) a month to (49)________ the $35 an hour salary of the foreign (50)________. Compared (51)________ traditional English teaching methodology, it is better that thousands of students in the City have a chance of practicing listening (52)________ speaking skills with native English speakers, who create a (53)________ exciting atmosphere in classrooms for students. 2. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word Christmas is always held (54)________ December the twenty fifth every year. Every family in England decorates a Christmas tree and puts (55)________ in the middle of the living room. And Santa Claus plays an important (56)________ in this festival. There is a poem to relate him. In 1823, The patron Nicholas of children, Saint Nicholas appeared in a poem (57)________ A Visit Saint Nicholas. The character in the poem (58)________ a fat jolly man who wore a (59)________ suit and gave children (60)________ on Christmas Eve. The poem, which was (61)________ by Clement Clarke Moore, an American professor, became popular (62)________ the USA. Santa Claus is based (63)________ the description of Saint Nicholas in this poem.