II. Complete the sentences with the words in part I.
1. I really enjoy ___________ comic books when I have no work to do.
2. He enjoyed sitting in his armchair, ___________ and reading the newspaper.
3. She was always on her phone talking and ___________.
4. Internet addicts spend too much time ___________.
5. ___________ has become very popular with teenagers, especially online games.
6. Helen fancies ___________ with her friends at weekends.
7. He’s useless at ___________. He won’t even put up a shelf.
8. Trang is fond of ___________. She made lots of beautiful bead bracelets and necklaces.
9. ___________ is many girls’ favourite pastime. They take pleasure in lookingat the goods displayed in shop windows.
10. My sister is very good at ___________. She can fold paper into animals, birds, flowers, etc.
II. Complete the sentences with the words in part I.
1. I really enjoy ___________ comic books when I have no work to do.
2. He enjoyed sitting in his armchair, ___________ and reading the newspaper.
3. She was always on her phone talking and ___________.
4. Internet addicts spend too much time ___________.
5. ___________ has become very popular with teenagers, especially online games.
6. Helen fancies ___________ with her friends at weekends.
7. He’s useless at ___________. He won’t even put up a shelf.
8. Trang is fond of ___________. She made lots of beautiful bead bracelets and necklaces.
9. ___________ is many girls’ favourite pastime. They take pleasure in lookingat the goods
displayed in shop windows.
10. My sister is very good at ___________. She can fold paper into animals, birds, flowers, etc.
1. Reading the passage and do exercise TRUE or FALSE
In the first year of high school, Nam had some difficulties in learning English. His pronunciation of English words was really bad and his English grammar was worse. He did not know how to improve them. One afternoon after the lesson, his teacher of English took him to the school library and showed him comettes of pronunciation drills keep in a glass bookcase. She also told him how to use an English. English dictionary help him to improve his English grammar. “ Now I think you know what you should do ”, said she. He made much progress and only one year later he won the first prize in the English speaking contest.
1.Nam’s pronunciation of English words was good => ……………
2. His teacher of English took him to the school library =>………………..
3.His English grammar was worse. =>……………
4.A year later he won the second prize in the English speaking contest. =>………
V. Read the following passage. Decide if the statements from 17 to 20 are True or False and choose the correct answers (A, B, C, or D ) for questions 21 and 22. ( 1.5 pts. )
Long time ago, there was a king in Tibet who loved to eat fish. His love for fish was so great that he could eat almost nothing if there was no fish on the table. It happened one year that there was no rain. Month after month, there was less water in the river, and less and less fish, until there was no fish at all, even for the king. The king could not eat anything. He sent men to all the fishermen’s villages in the country to announce that the man who brought fish to the king’s table could have any reward he asked for. Some time passed and a poor fisherman appeared in front of the king’s palace, carrying a tremendous fish. When the guard at the gate saw the fish, he asked the fisherman to give it to him. Needless to say, the fisherman did not agree and insisted on giving the fish to the king himself. The guard finally agreed to let him go on the condition that the fisherman had to give him half of his reward. After the fisherman met the king, the king asked him what he wanted for the reward. Surprisingly, the fisherman asked for a thousand blows and he shared his reward to the guard at the gate. This gave the guard a lesson about being dishonest.
17. It was difficult for the king in Tibet to have a meal without fish.
A. True B. False
18. There was no rain and there were no fish at all.
A. True B. False
19. The king offered a reward for fish.
A. True B. False
20. The guard hadn’t been given a lesson about being dishonest from fisherman.
A. True B. False
21. Why did a poor fisherman come to the palace?
A. Because he wanted the king’s reward
B. Because he wanted to see the king.
C. Because he wanted to see the palace.
D. Because he had a fish to bring to the king’s table.
22. Why did the fisherman ask for blows as his reward?
A. Because he wanted to teach the king a lesson.
B. Because he wanted to teach the guard a lesson.
C. Because he liked blows.
D. Because he wanted to make the king angry.
VI. Choose the word( A, B, C, or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage. ( 1.5 pts.)
Language (23) ___________ learn words in different ways. Some learners make a (24) _ and put into it the meanings of new words in their mother tongue, and try to learn them by heart. However, others do not. Instead, they write one or two example sentences with each new word (25) remember how to use the word in the right way.
In order to remember words better, some learners even write each word and (26)___________ use on a small piece (27) paper and stick it somewhere in their house so as to learn it at any time.
Many language learners do not try to learn all new words they come across. They usually underline or highlight only the words they want to learn. This helps them remember important
(28) ________________
23. A. learning | B. learns | C. learner | D. learners |
24. A. novel | B. story | C. list | D. book |
25. A. in order that | B. in order to | C. so as | D. so as that |
26. A. it | B. his | C. their | D. its |
27. A. of | B. in | C. on | D. under |
28. A. prepositions | B. words | C. grammar | D.pronunciation |
VII. Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence. (1.5pts)
29. My grandmother can read without glasses.
A. good B. worse C. well D. the best
30. Tom should improve his Spanish correctly.
A. pronounce B. pronunciation C. pronounceable D. pronounced
31. ,the villagers hold the festival in Spring.
A. Tradition B. Traditional C. Traditionally D. Traditionalism
32. Good morning. I’m for the activities for this summer.
A. enrol B. enrollment C. enrolling D. enrolled
33. He was of his achievements in the field of sports.
A. pride B. proud C. prided D. pridefully
34. My parents always me to study hard.
A. encouraged B. encouragements C. encourage D. encouragingly
VIII. Rearrange the words, groups of words in a correct order to make complete sentences. (0.5pt)
35. to do/ modern equipment/ everything without/ Mom had/ the help of/./
A. Mom had to do everything without the help of modern equipment.
B. Mom had to do the help of modern equipment everything without.
C. Mom had to do modern equipment the help of everything without.
D. Mom had to do everything without modern equipment the help of.
36. locked cupboards/ It is safe/ medicine in/ to keep/./
A. It is safe locked cupboards medicine to keep.
B. It is safe to keep medicine in locked cupboards.
C. It is safe medicine in locked cupboards to keep.
D. It is safe to keep locked cupboards medicine in.
IX. Rewrite each of the following sentences in another way so that it means almost the same as the sentence printed before it. (1.0pt)
37. You aren’t allowed to make noise in the library.
A. You must make noise in the library.
B. You mustn’t make noise in the library.
C. You must to make noise in the library.
D. You mustn’t made noise in the library.
38. Jane plans to buy a new computer next year.
A. Jane isn’t going to buy a new computer next year.
B. Jane isn’t going to bought a new computer next year.
C. Jane is going to buy a new computer next year.
D. Jane is going to bought a new computer next year.
39. The teacher said: “ Please give Tim this dictionary”
A. The teacher asked Tim’s mother to give him that dictionary.
B. The teacher asked Tim’s mother to notgive him that dictionary.
C. The teacher asked Tim’s mother not to give him that dictionary.
D. The teacher asked Tim’s mother give him that dictionary.
40. He began to study English two years ago.
A. He has studied English two years ago.
B. He has study English two years ago.
C. He has studied English for two years.
D. He has study English for two years.
Reading II. Fill in each blank with one word from the box to complete the paragraph.
1. Elvis Presley
successful, driver, career, successfully, problems, head, recorded, films, difficulty, sing |
Elvis Presley was born in 1935 in Mississippi. Later, his poor family moved to Memphis, in search of better opportunities. Elvis used to be a truck (1) …… . One day in 1954, he (2) …… a song at the Memphis Recording Studio to send his mother as a birthday gift. Sam Philips, the studio (3) …… heard him sing and recognized Elvis's potential in music. Elvis's (4) ….. was interrupted in the late 1950s when he went into the army. When he came out, he acted in several movies. His (5) …… were not very good but financially (6) …… . He had many (7) ……… with his weights and drugs. He died in 1977 at the age of 42.
2. Traditions and customs in Great Britain.
likes papers prefers rich keep theatres very
national kept more pick by little with
Every nation and every country has its own customs and traditions. In Britain, traditions play a (1) ..... important part in the life of people than in other countries. English men are proud of their traditions and carefully (2) ........ them up.
It has been the law for about 300 years that all (3) ...... are closed on Sundays. No letters are delivered , only a few Sunday (4) ...... are published.
To this day an English family (5) ....... a house with a garden to a modern house with central heating . English people like gardens. Sometimes the garden in front of the house is a (6) ....... square covered ( 7) ...... cement painted green in imitation of grass and a box of flowers.
Holidays are especially (8) ........ in old traditions and are different in Scotland, Ireland, Wales and England. Christmas is a great English (9) ..... holiday, and in Scotland it is (10)......., except by clerks in banks, all shops and factories are working.
1)mary studies worse than her brother does
-) mary does not
2)nam really loves to play the piano
-)nam really enjoys
3) no one in my group is more intelligent than van
-)van
4)she doesnt live with her grandparents any more
-) she used
5) my mother was very tired she went to work
-)althought
Find and correct the mistake in each sentence
The (A) assistant asked (B) Helen whether (C) those was (D) too small for her.
Read the following passage, then answer the questions.
In the first year of lower secondary school, I had some difficulties in learning English. My English pronunciation was really bad & my English grammar was worse. I did not know about this. One afternoon after the lesson, my English teacher told me to wait for her outside the classroom. She took me to the school library & showed me cassettes of pronunciation drills kept in a glass bookcase. She also told me how to use an English – English dictionary to improve my English grammar. “Now I think you know what you should do”, said she. I made much progress & only one year later, I won the first prize in the English Speaking Contest held for secondary school students in my hometown.
1. How was his English grammar in the first year?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. Who wanted to meet him one afternoon after the lesson?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
3. Did she show him cassettes of pronunciation drills to help him improve his English grammar?
..........................................................................................................................................................
4. What prize did he win in the English Speaking Contest one year later?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
IV. Choose the correct answer.
1. Does she fancy ______ a book to younger children?
A. reads B. reading C. to read D. read
2. My 6-year old brother really enjoys ___________ in the rain, which is sometimes dangerous.
A. play B. played C. playing D. plays
3. Have you ever been in such a situation _____________?
A. before B. yet C. already D. lately
4. I know she has worked much_____________ this semester than she did last semester.
A. more hardly B. hardlier C. more harder D. harder
5. They love _____________ with their friends.
A. eat out B. ate out C. having eaten D. to eat out
6. This is one of the most ridiculous things that I_____________ in my life.
A. heard B. have heard C. hear D. will hear
7.___________ is the most popular individual outdoor activity in the UK.
A. Staying indoors B. Walking C. Playing football D. Doing DIY