1.they are staying in a rented accomodation for the time _____ (going/being/making/doing )
2. Expressing ____ confidence is important to those who want to succeed in ___ job interview (a/the , the /x , a/a , x/a)
3. I am just ____ the point for my pay rise (on/up/back/until)
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In the United States, it is important to be on time , or punctual , for an appointment , a class, a meeting, etc. However, this may not be true in all countries. An American professor discovered the difference while teaching a class in a Brazilian university. The two-hour class was scheduled to begin at 10 A.M. and end at 12. On the first day , when the professor arrived on time, no one was in the classroom. Many students came after 10:30 A.M. Two students came after 11 A.M. Although all the students greeted the professor as they arrived, few apologized for their lateness．Were these students being rude? He decided to study the students’ behavior.
The professor talked to American and Brazilian students about lateness in both an informal and a formal situation：at a lunch with a friend and in a university class, respectively．He gave them an example and asked them how they would react, If they had a lunch appointment with a friend，the average American student defined lateness as 19 minutes after the agreed time，On the other hand．the average Brazilian student felt the friend was late after 33 minutes．
In an American university, students are expected to arrive at the appointed hour．In contrast, in Brazil，neither the teacher nor the students always arrive at the appointed hour．Classes not only begin at the scheduled time in the United States，but also end at the scheduled time．In the Brazilian class, only a few students left the class at 12：00；many remained past 12：30 to discuss the class and ask more questions．While arriving late may not be very important in Brazil , neither is staying late.
The explanation for these differences is complicated. People from Brazilian and North American cultures have different feelings about lateness. In Brazil, the students believe that a person who usually arrives late is probably more successful than a person who is always on time. In fact , Brazilians expect a person with status or prestige to arrive late, while in the United States lateness is usually disrespectful and unacceptable. Consequently, if a Brazilian is late for an appointment with a North American, the American may misinterpret the reason for the lateness and become angry.
As a result of his study, the professor learned that the Brazilian students were not being disrespectful to him. Instead, they were simply behaving in the appropriate way for a Brazilian student in Brazil. Eventually, the professor was able to adapt his own behavior so that he could feel comfortable in the new culture.
A. True/False Statements:
1. On the first day of class, the professor arrived
late.
2. All the students in the class were on time.
3. The professor decided to study the behavior
of Brazilian and American students.
4. In an American university, it is important to be
on time.
5. In a Brazilian class, the students leave
imme diately after the class is fi nished.
6. In an American university, many students probably
leave immediately after the class is fi nished.
7. Most North Americans think a person who is late
is disrespectful.
8. In Brazil, most successful people are expected to
be on time.
9. As a result of the study, the professor changed
the Brazilian students’ behavior.
1. Choose the correct item.
1. The soldiers were exhausted and couldn't move back any further, so they had no choice but to
A surrender С invade
В conquer D retreat
2. After long months of negotiations, the two sides finally signed a peace…….. .
A treaty С truce
В disarmament D contract
3. The police the protesters and brought them to the police station.
A attacked С defeated
В arrested D defended
4. The came on board and inspected all the sailors on the ship.
A ally С admiral
В pacifist D private
5. I don't think he is a very good leader because he has no control………the soldiers in his company.
A over В on
С in D at
6. There were people protesting here earlier, but now everything's fine: it's all control.
A in В under
С over D behind
7. I'm sorry, but there's nothing I can do about the situation: it's….. my control.
A away from С far from
В out of D beyond
8. The army camp is beyond that mountain. There's…….chance that we'll reach it before nightfall.
A slight В small
С few D little
9. It's not always easy for a soldier to carry….. orders.
A out В on
С off D up
10. through the mountains on horse back was an amazing experience.
A Hiking С Trekking
В Wandering D Marching
11. Many people want to……their history back as far as they can and discover who their ancestors were.
A find В search
С trace D track
12. Very occasionally, an outstanding person comes along who changes the….of history.
A course С path
В route D way
13. Amelia Earhart…..history in 1928 when she became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic.
A fixed В did
С prepared D made
14. Jane was going to pay for the trip, but when she saw how much it was going to cost, she backed
A away В out
С off D up
15. The Louvre Museum in Paris is……in history: it used to be the palace of the French kings.
A recorded С steeped
В full D loaded
16. You really should buy a DVD player! You have to move with the….. .
A times В time
С timing D timer
17. On 5th November 1605, Guy Fawkes tried to blow…….. the Houses of Parliament in London.
A down В off
С up D away
18. He's involved….. a number of research projects.
A at В in
С on D to
19. It can be very difficult to bring……. political change because people generally like things that are familiar.
A about В on
С around D up
20. Up until midnight, one group of soldiers were keeping watch, then another group took
A in В up
С over D on
2. Fill in the missing word.
1. Columbus................................. America, didn't he?
2. It happened .................................accident.
3. When a person feels strongly enough about something, they are sometimes willing to die.......................... the cause.
4. Alexander Graham Bell ..................................................the telephone.
5. In the UK people get the .................................................to vote at the age of 18.
6. It's really terrible! She never stops complaining: she moans…........................the time!
7. Martin Luther King believed..................…..equal rights for every one.
8. It's not possible! She can't ........................borrowed my new dress without asking me!
9. He didn't need ...................................clean the flat: Sarah had already done it.
10. Sheila.................................. have taken the dog for a walk: he's not in his basket.
3. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence using the word given. Use between two and five words.
1. When I got to the site, the archaeologists had already started digging.
time The archaeologists had already started digging.............................………..to the site.
2. I'm sure they didn't see me.
have They............................ me.
3. The last time they contacted us was over a year ago.
heard We...................................... for over a year.
4. How did they find out about our plans?
known How.............................. our plans?
5. Taking the bikes without asking them would not be right
to I think it ..................................to take the bikes.
4. Fill in the correct word derived from the word in bold.
1. We should try to give more ...................................... to our children. COURAGE
2. You're so careless; you should…….................... that you keep your things safe. SURE
3. I didn't listen to the entire speech; could you.. . . . . . . .. . …… it for me? SUMMARY
I don't go to the hairdresser's; I usually........................……. my hair myself. STRAIGHT
The forecast said that weather conditions would..................…. , so be prepared for more rain. WORSE
5. Find the unnecessary word for each sentence.1. A thousand years ago few of people could read or write. .......................
2. This building is one of the more oldest in the world. .......................
3. They invented the machine while were still at university. .......................
4. The old man passed far away in his sleep. .......................
5. The Pharaoh had a daughter called by Nefertiti. .......................
6. Circle the correct response.1. A: I didn't pass my driving test.
B: a. That was nice of them!
b. Better luck next time!
2. A: Jane was here. You've just missed her.
B: a. Just my luck!
b. How embarrassing!
3. A: I won the lottery! I'm rich!
B: a. Yeah, right!
b. Not at all!
4. A: Wasn't it Mozart who composed Swan Lake?
В: а. I don't believe it!
b. I haven't a clue.
5. A: It's the second time my purse has been stolen this month!
B: a. Oh, you lucky thing!
b. I can't believe your luck!
I. Circle the best option A, B, C or D to complete each sentence.\
1. Easter is a joyful festival _________ comes in early spring.
A. who B. where C. whom D. which
2. They were having dinner _________ I arrived.
A. what B. when C. while D. how
3. John is proud _________ his father and loves him so much.
A. about B. for C. of D. in
4. Mrs. Hoa is generous to the poor _________ she is not rich.
A. even though B. as C. however D. so
5. My shoes are dirty. I'd better take them _________ before I come in.
A. away B. up C. on D. off
II. Write the correct form of the verb in each bracket.
1. My class ________ (visit) Uncle Ho's mausoleum last weekend.........................
2. We ________ (not meet) our classmates since we left school.........................
3. If we don't try to control pollution, it ________ (be) too late.........................
4. My father _______ (leave) Hanoi for Ho Chi Minh City two days ago.........................
5. Every day, my sister walks to school, but today she _________ (go) by bike.........................
III. Give the correct form of the words given in brackets.
1. Tet or Lunar New Year holiday is the most important _______ for Vietnamese people. (CELEBRATE)........................
2. Follow the instructions on the back of the packet ________. (CARE)........................
3. Tsunamis, earthquakes and typhoons are ________ disasters. (NATURE)........................
4. ________, the meat associated with Easter is lamb. (TRADITION)........................
Read the following passage anh mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits blank.
In the United States and Canada, it is very important to (1)_____ a person directly in eyes when you are having a conversation with him or her. If you look down or to the side when the (2)_____ person is talking ,that person will think that you are not interestd in what he or she is saying .This, of couse, is not polite. If you lok down or to the side when you are talking, it (3)_____ that you are not honest. However ,people who are speaking will sometimes look away for (4)____ seconds when they are thinking or trying to find the right word. But they always turn immediately back to look the listener directly in the eyes. These social rule are (5)____ for two men, two women, a man and a woman, or an adult and a child.
1. A.look B. get C. talk D. notice
2. A. other B. others C. another D. one
3. A. seem B. come C. turn D. Become
4. A. a little B. a few C. few D. little
5. A.such as B.likely C. the same D. like
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The perception of today’s youngsters as media-savvy cynics could hardly be further from the truth. Instead, this
generation of keen consumers may turn witty advertising into an endangered species. Julia Day reports
The youth of today are cynical, media-savvy, seen it all, done it all, wouldn’t-be-seen-dead-in-the-T-shirt types
who appreciate only the most achingly trendy adverts, TV shows and magazines, right? Wrong: that was so last generation.
Today’s youngsters don’t “get” clever ads, are not in the least suspicious of commercials ercials, don’t know the difference between newspapers’ political stances, or TV channels, and they don’t mind admitting it. In short, they are not half as media, marketing and advertising literate as we might have thought, according to new research
commissioned by five media groups – Guardian Newspapers, Channel 4, Carlton Screen Advertising, media buying
agency OMD, and Emap Advertising.
As a result media companies and advertisers are going back to basics to arouse the interest of 15- to 24-year-olds with instant impact messages, plain product pictures, bigger posters, annoying jingles, celebrity endorsements and repetitive ads. Today’s youth are a far cry from today’s thirtysomethings who grew up as commercially-naive kids weaned on the cold war, no national commercial radio, three national TV stations, grant-funded higher education, sponsorship-free Glastonbury festivals and regular strikes and student protests.
Now a lifetime of MTV, the internet, dawn-till-dusk advertising and PlayStation gaming has created a generation
so used to being bombarded with fast-turnover information, they filter it instantly without paying much attention to its meaning. This is a generation of “thoroughbred consumers” says Stuart Armon, managing director of 2cv: research, the company that conducted the so-called Roar research into the media habits of the nation’s youth. “Previous generations were suspicious of advertising, they might have liked ads, but they wouldn’t necessarily buy the product. But this generation has been consuming since they were born. They don’t see any reason to be suspicious,” says Armon.
One young panellist in the focus group research embodied this attitude: “If the advert is good, you think their
product will be good because the more they can spend on advertising, the more money they are obviously getting for
their product.” Armon says the trend has become more pronounced over the seven years that the continuous tracking
study has been running, but has reached a peak in the latest round of interviews with 600 youngsters.
“Advertising is accepted and expected. Young people don’t see anything wrong in being sold to and think that if a product is in a TV ad, it must be good. It’s a myth that they are interested in clever ads – they are not willing to decipher complicated mmessages, they want simple ones.” Many panellists dramatically illustrated this point by revealing they thought Budweiser’s “Real American Heroes” ad, ironically celebrating “Mr foot-long hot dog inventor”, was an ad for hot dogs rather than beer, even though the ad might not be aimed at them.
However, many loved Heineken’s ironic ad featuring Paul Daniels singing Close to You, purely because it made
them laugh. “They are looking for an instant message. If it’s not there, they don’t take any notice. And they literally,
and naively, believe celebrities in ads really use the products they are advertising,” says Armon. A girl panellist from Birmingham commented: “In some of the Nike ads they’ve got all these well-known footballers. You think, ‘Oh my God, they’ve got everybody famous there.’ You think it must be good if they want it.”
The youngsters only read newspapers for the celebrity gossip and sport, rather than news, and couldn’t distinguish between papers’ political stances. They also failed to distinguish between TV channels – they access TV through programmes, not channels, for example watching Sky because The Simpsons is on, not because it’s Sky.
The results of the research deeply worry Sid McGrath, planner at the ad agency that made the infamous “You’ve
been Tango’ed” ads, HHCL and Partners. But they do not surprise him. “My worry is that the youth of today are not
being called upon to flex their intellectual muscles enough,” he says.
“There is instant gratification everywhere – in food it’s Pot Noodles or vending machines, even their pop icons are one-dimensional figures delivered on a plate. Young people are living vicariously through other people’s lives and are not asking for much at the moment. A lot of stimulation is ‘lean back’ – it doesn’t require as much involvement as it used to.”
He says advertising is changing as a result: “Lots of the most popular ads at the moment are happy, clappy, fun.
Easy to digest. They’ve got notice or inclination to decode ads.” One reason behind the shift, McGrath believes, is that young people want relief from the traumas of real life: “Advertising is becoming the opium of the masses rather
than the educator.”
16. Research shows that, compared with the previous generation, young people today are _____.
A. less perceptive B. more sensitive C. more worldly-wise D. better informed
17. In paragraph 3, the word ‘stances’ is closest in meaning to which of the following?
A. attitudes B. situations C. functions D. places
18. According to new research by five media groups, today’s youngsters are _____.
A. able to understand the language of advertising
B. unable to ‘read’ the messages in the many forms of advertising
C. bright enough to do some research before buying something
D. a bit wary of adverts
19. Advertisements aimed at the present young generation _____.
A. are using a variety of new techniques B. are technologically sophisticated
C. are making use of old techniques D. are becoming more subtle
20. It can be inferred that celebrity endorsements are advertisements _____.
A. that show viewers how to become famous
B. that famous people like watching
C. where famous people say they use and like certain products
D. where viewers are invited to take part in a phone-in progra e
21. Young people seem to believe that costly advertising _____.
A. makes no difference to the popularity of the product B. is the mark of a good quality product
C. means the product is probably overpriced D. does not inspire customer confidence
22. According to Stuart Armon, youngsters today pay more attention to an advert _____.
A. if its message is i ediately obvious B. if it is on their favorite TV channel
C. if it gives them something to think about D. if it has a witty element
23. Sid McGrath is concerned that young people these days _____.
A. are encouraged to eat too much B. are given too many choices
C. are not required to drink D. do not get enough exercise
24. The author uses the phrase ‘living vicariously’ in the penultimate paragraph to mean that young people _____.
A. want to become more sophisticated than other people
B. do not imitate people around the
C. do not rely on their own feeling or senses to understand the world around the
D. want to be independent of other people
25. According to McGrath, many advertisements today are adapting to satisfy youngsters’ desire to _____.
A. understand their problems B. see the funny side of their problems
C. forget their problems D. find solutions to their problems
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1, I found difficult to move to the city to live because it is too noisy and polluted there.
2, Are you ready with the competition this year?
3, I don't come back home very often because the fee for the journey is so high.
4, My brother is going to the college to study this year, so I won't meet him very often.
5, she bought a LG camera because she needs it for her job.
6, The damages to my house after the storm is not very bad although it was a strong one.
7, In my opinion I think you should change your eating habit.
8, Some parents think that their children need more physical activities, but other don't.
9, You aren't doing the exercise like I told you yesterday.
1 I am meeting Peter tonight. He is taking us to a restaurant.2 The ferry leaves at 9.00 from Dover and lands at 10.45 in Calais.3 My parents are celebrating their wedding anniversary next Sunday. They are going to Paris.4 I am not giving a lecture this afternoon. And I am not teaching tomorrow either.5 Why doesn't the exhibition open tomorrow? 6 How are you getting to the party tonight? Are you catching a bus?
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26. The applications must be handed in _________ January1st.
A. at B. through C. since D. by
27. Do you know _________?
A. how old was the earth B. how old is the earth
C. how old the earth is C. how old the earth was
28. “ Is he the man who came here yesterday?”. I wanted to know _________
A. if he is the man who came here yesterday
B. if he was the man who came here the day before
C. if he was the man who had come here the day before
D. if he was the man who had come there the day before
29. The police asked them where _________
A. does Jack stay B. Jack stays C. is Jack staying D. Jack was staying
30. He said to me, “Shut this door, don’t lock it.”- He told me that_________
A. to shut the door, don’t lock it. B. shut the door, not lock it.
C. shut the door, don’t lock it. D. to shut the door, not to lock it.
31. He told me that _________
A. he has just finished typing. B. he just finished typing.
C. he had just finished typing D. had he just finished typing.
32. He said to us that everything_______all right.
A. will be B. may be C. can be D. would be
33. The man asked me what my name was. He said, “_________?”
A. What your name is B. What’s your name
C. What your name was D. What was your name
34. I don’t think he’s qualified _______the job.
A. to B. with C. for D. of
35. He asked me _______to her birthday party the night before.
A. whether I come B. if I would come C. if I come D. whether I had come
36. She asked me _________ .
A. where did I come from ? B. where I came from
C. where I came from ? D. where I came from .
37. ________to attend the course , you have to pass the exam .
A. If you will want B. If you should want C. If you may want D. If you want
38. They want to know __________ .
A. which grade was I in B. which grade was I on.
C. which grade I was in D. which grade I was on.
39. He told me __________ .
A. He will have to leave the city tomorrow .
B. He will have to leave the city the following day .
C. He would have to leave the city tomorrow .
D. he would have to leave the city the following day .
40. He wants to know _________ .
A. whether I would come back from school the next day .
B. whether I would come back from school tomorrow.
C. whether I will come back from school the next day .
D. whether I will come back from school tomorrow.
41. I wonder ___________ .
A. why he doesn’t love his family . B. why doesn’t he love his family .
C. why does he love his family ? D. why loves his family ?
42. The village __________near the foot of a mountain and by a river .
A. goes B. lies C. comes D. stands
43. The journey to the village is very _______________
A. interested B. interesting C. disinterested D. interest
44. It is an ___________day to me at the seaside with my friends .
A. enjoyable B. enjoyment C. enjoyably D. enjoy
45. After a long walking , they feel tired and ____________ .
A. hunger B. hungryly C. hungrily D. hungry
46. He wishes he _________the exam .
A. passes B. passed C. have passed D. pass
47. She loves to watch the stars _________night .
A. on B. in C. at D. of
48. Learning a_________language is not easy
A. foreiner B. foreign C. foreigning D. foreigned
49. She asked me _________
A. Where do you come from B. where I came from
C. Where you come from D. Where I did come from
50. Oh, dear! Let me try _________
A. remember B. remembering C. to remember D. remembered
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. I _________ (INVITE) all my relatives to my _________ (ENGAGE) party next month.
2. I _________ (PREFER) parties with no theme, so I _________ (NOT / GO) to the fancy dress party this weekend.
3. We _________ (PLAN) a _________ (LEAVE) party for the exchange students from France this Saturday.
4. My sister has _________ (CURL) hair, but she _________ (WANT) straight hair, so she’s going to the hairdressers on Friday.
5.Sorry, I _________ (NOT / UNDERSTAND) your message. Are we meeting at 9 o’clock in the morning, or 9 o’clock at night? – I’m a bit _________ (CONFUSE).
