Correct the verbs form. (Passive Infinitive and Gerund)
1.
A: You know Jim Frankenstein, don't you?
B: Jim Frankenstein? I don't think so. I don't recall ever (meet) ......... him.
2. Tim was in the army during the war. He was caught by the enimy, but he managed to escape. He is lucky (escape) ....... with his life
0. Are these true or appropriate? If yes, please tick (tick ). If they are Not. fix them:
1. My brother, who is in the army, he came to see us.
2. The path is created by hikers every summer.
3. John Graham's latest film set in the north of Australia is his first for
more than five years.
4. I have to go to the hospital on Monday, which means I won't be able to see you.
5. It's one of the most interesting books I've read this year.
6. The building where I used to work has 24 floors.
7. The reason is because I don't know but no one told me.
8. I don't know the name of the man who helped me.
9. He is now able to beat his father, from whom he learned how to play chess.
Read the following text about Bill Gate, the co-founder of Microsoft, and choose the best answer.
Bill Gates is the co-founder of Microsoft, the world’s largest PC software company. He is among the richest people in the world. Bill Gates’ interest in computers started when he was a teenager. After high school, he was accepted to several top colleges in the USA: Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. He chose to go to Harvard to study law. At Harvard, he focused more on his interest in computer than on coursework. He often relaxed by playing video games in Harvard’s computer lab. He left Harvard before graduating because he wanted to open a software company with his friend Paul Allen. However, he later said, “ I don’t think dropping out is a good idea.” In 2007, he received an honorary degree from Harvard. He began his speech by saying this to his father in the audience. “I’ve been waiting more than 30 years to say this: Dad, I always told you I’d come back and get my degree.” Bill Gates is no longer working full time for Microsoft. He is now, with his wife, running The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation which aims to improve healthcare, reduce poverty, and promote education around the world.
When did Bill Gates first develop his interest in computers?
A. during his teenage years
B. when he went to university
C. when he was at nursery school
Mệnh đề liên hệ 21. A dictionary is a book. It gives you the meaning of words 22. The man was very kind. I talk to him yesterday 24. The children are playing soccer in the stadium. Do you know them? 25. The little boy lost his way. He is crying over there 26. Kim Lien is a village. HCM was born and lived there 27. HN is an ancient city. Many customs are still on this lovely area 28. Vu Quoc Viet is a famous artist. I love his works very much 29. Teacher's Day is a day. All the students show their gratitude to their teacher on that day 30. Quynh Dao is a famous writes. Quynh Dao's works are widely read all over the world 31. Sa Pa is a famous city. Many visitors travel to this city for their holiday
Read the passage, and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each question.
Recently, we made a trip to visit Dong Ho village with a desire to meet the old artisan – Nguyen Huu Sam. Just when we arrived villagers at the dyke in the village and talked with the villagers about the artisan, they immediately told us about him.
The old house owned by the artisan is situated in a long alley of the village. On the walls of the house there are many folk paintings in different genres, from daily life paintings to landscape paintings shown in a set of “four seasons”.
Mr. Sam told us about his past. When he was three years old, he was instructed in the craft of making Dong Ho paintings by his father. At five, he could help his father apply the Dong Ho paintings, and learn how to print the paper with proper colours. At seven, he was able to draw with a pen and make the most difficult samples. Years went by and the soul of Dong Ho folk paintings has kept seashell powder paint to the poonah-paper.
In the 1940s, this craft flourished. At that time, he was assigned by his parents to take the paintings to the market for sale. Mr. Sam said that 17 families in the village have been engaged in making Dong Ho paintings.
Artisan Sam has always been devoted to the making of Dong Ho paintings and has waited for opportunities to restore this traditional craft. In 1967, when the local authorities assigned him to restore the traditional genre of Dong Ho folk paintings, he gathered 50 villagers with professional skills and collected hundreds of woodblocks to establish the Dong Ho Painting Cooperative. Thanks to his efforts, such famous painting as "Rat's wedding", “Rooster”, “Scene of jealousy” and “Writing verses about precious flowers" have been revived. Dong Ho paintings have been available in many parts of the world such as Japan, France, Germany, Singapore and the United States.
The themes of Dong Ho paintings are about ………..
A. landscapes
B. weddings
C. various aspects of life
D. animals and flowers
Read the passage, and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each question.
If parents bring up a child with the sole aim of turning the child into a genius, they will cause a disaster. According to several scientists, this is one of the biggest mistakes which ambitious parents make. Generally, the child will be only too aware of what his parents expect, and will fail. Unrealistic parental expectations can cause great damage to children.
However, if parents are not too unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are ambitious in a sensible way, the child may succeed in doing very well - especially if the parents are very supportive of their child.
Michael is very lucky. He is crazy about music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons for him. They even drive him 50 kilometers twice a week for violin lessons. Michael's mother knows very little about music, but his father plays the trumpet in a large orchestra. However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling.
Winston, Michael's friend, however, is not so lucky. Both his parents are successful musicians, and they set too high a standard for Winston. They want their son to be as successful as they are and so they enter him for every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always seems quiet and unhappy.
One of the serious mistakes parents can make is to …………
A. push their child into trying too much
B. help their child to become a genius
C. make their child become a musician
D. neglect their child's education
Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.
Neil Armstrong was the first person (1)…….. on the moon. He was born in Ohio on August 5, 1930. While he was in college, he left to serve in the U.S. Navy. He flew planes during the Korean War. Then he came back to college and finished the degree he (2)……... He later (3)…….. a master's degree too.
Armstrong became an astronaut in 1962. He was the commander of Gemini 8 in 1966. Neil Armstrong (4)…….. the first successful connection of two vehicles in space.
Armstrong’s second flight was Apollo 11 in 1969, and he was the mission commander. He flew with Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins. Armstrong and Aldrin landed on the moon in a lunar module named "Eagle". With more than half a billion people (5)…….. on television, Armstrong (6)……… the ladder and said, "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." and Aldrin (7)……. him shortly. They explored the surface for two and a half hours, collecting samples and taking photographs.
They left behind an American flag, and a plaque reading, "Here men from the planet Earth first (8)………..upon the moon. July 1969 A.D. We came in (9)…….for all mankind."
After almost a day, they blasted off. They docked with Collins in (10)……….around the noon. All three then flew back to the Earth.
Question 1
A. walk
B.walking
C.to walk
D.walked
I. Complete the sentences with the phrasal verbs from the box.
set up * grown up * turned up * broken up * holding up * brought up * dressed up
1. He was …………………………by his aunt.
2. An accident is …………………………traffic.
3. He …………………………as a cowboy for the prom.
4. She has just …………………………with her boyfriend.
5. Their children have all …………………………and left home now.
6. The police …………………………roadblocks on routes out of the city.
7. We arranged to meet at 7.30, but she never ………………………….
Choose the correct answer A, B, or c to complete each sentence.
I said that I remembered _____with him in a handicraft village, but he said I was mistaken.
A. to work
B. working
C. work
Read the passage and choose the best answer to the question.
AN EXCITING TRIP
I have just received a letter from my brother, Tim. He is in Australia. He has been there for six months. Tim is an engineer. He is working for a big firm and he has already visited a great number of different places in Australia. He has just bought an Australian car and has gone to Alice Springs, a small town in the center of Australia. He will soon visit Darwin. From there he will fly to Perth. My brother has never been abroad before, so he is finding this trip very exciting.
Whom was this passage written about?
A. Tim
B. Tim’s brother or sister
C. an engineer
D. Darwin
