He _______ to anyone suspicious when the class was over.
A. was not seen to talk B. was not seen talking
C. was not being seen walking D. had not seen to talk
1)I haven't seen this film before---> This is____________
2) I was not there at the time, he said --->He denied_________
3) The bus takes longer than the train----> The train does_______________
4) I have never seen such a mess in my life! ------>Never in ________________
5) My father is the owner of that car ------> That car________
1. when I got home I found that water...........down the kitchen walls
A. run B. was running C has run D had been running
2 after he .............his Enlish course , he went to England to continue his study
A has finish B had finished C was finished D would finish
3. how ..............since we ...........college
a. are you/left b. were you/left c. have you been/ have left d. have you been/ left
4. I................much of you lately. We ..............three months ago
A. haven't seen / last met B. didn't see/ met C. haven"t seen/ have meet D. didn"t see/have met
5. when I arrived at the meeting the first speaker............speaking and the audience........
A. just finished/were clapping B. had just finished/had clapped C. had just finished/ were clapping D. just finished/ had clapped
6. he...........his job last month and then he.......out of work
A. lost/was B. was lost/had been C. has lost/was D. lost/ has been
7. In the 19th century, it ......tow or three months to across North America by covered wagon
A. took B. had taken C. had been taken D was taking
8.she ........to Ha Noi last year
A. went B. go C. goes D. is going
9. Right now, Jim ..............the newspaper and Kathy .......dinner
A. reads/has cooked B. is reading/is cooking C. has read/ was cooking D. read/ will be coking
1, If had follow your advice, I........happier now
a, am b, should be c, will have been d, have been
2, If I.......more time, I should take up golf as a hobby
a, have b, had c, has
3, If he..............here now , we would ask his opinion
a, is b, were c, has been d, had been
4, If I ..........the chance , I would have trained to be a dortor
a, would had b, would have c, have had d, had had
5, If I were you ...........phone and tell her you're going to be late
a, I'd b, I'lll c, I'd have d, I
6, If I ..........convenient , lets it go out for a drink tonight
a, be b, is c, was d, were
7, If you ......time, please write to me
a, have b, had c, have had d, has
8, If it .........tomorrow, we may postpone going on a picnic
a, will rain b, rains c, shall rain d, raining
9, If you hadn't watched that late mivie last night , you ..........sleepy now
a, wouldn't have been b, wouldn't be c, might have not been d, wouldn't have been being
10, If you...........as I told you, you ............sorry now
a, did/would b, had done/had not been c, do /would not be d, had done/would not be
11, If only I .............him now
a, see b, saw c, have seen d, seen
Write the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets.
1. You can’t really have seen a UFO! You (imagine) things!
2. Linda was busy when we (go) to see her yesterday. She _________________study) for an exam.
3. The festival is held by the Hanoi City Department of Tourism (preserve) and develop traditional trade villages in Hanoi.
4.The owner of Hakata Traditional Craft and Design Museum (close) it down because of dropping profit.
5. Conical hat making (be) a traditional craft for hundreds of years.
6. The building (complete) at the end of last month.
7. Individuals should be responsible for (revive) local culture.
8. (you/ ever/ be) to Bat Trang Ceramic Village?
I.Use used to or didn't use to with the right form of the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences:
1. My brother......................interested in Geography when he was at school. (not/be)
2.It might surprise you to know that he.............................a wild life. (lead)
3. Paper money.............................on these Pacific islands. (not/be used)
4. When David was young, he..............................of becoming a magician. (dream)
5. Our school..........................................elective subjects. (not/have)
6. This was my favourite bicycle. I..................................everywhere on it. (ride)
7. Entertainment for the children in my village............................as simple as playing hide-and-seek or going swimming in the river. (Be)
8. Houses.................in light yellow only. They were not as diverse in colour as they are now. (be painted)
Rewite the sentences using INVERSION OF SO or SUCH.
1. He had been working so hard that he had hardly seen his family.
2. The situation was such that the smallest incident could have started a riot.
3. She performed it so well that many said that it was perfect.
Choose the correct sentence among A, B, C or D which has the same meaning as the given one
1. This sweater must be washed in warm water
A. You must wash this sweater in warm water
B. Wash this sweater in warm water, pleased
C. Warm water has to be washed in this sweater
D. We had to wash this sweater in warm water
2. I have never seen this style of jeans before
A. It's this style of jeans that I have never seen
B. It's the first time I've ever seen this style of jeans
C. It's the new chance that I saw this style of jeans
D. It's the fact that I have ever seen this style of jeans
3. The secretary wrote the report in half an hour
A. It took the secretary half an hour to write the report
B. It took half an hour for the secretary to write the report
C. It took the secretary half an hour writing the report
D. It took the secretary half an hour wrote report
4. Farmer Lum was planting some flowers when we came
A. Some flowers were being planted by Farmer Lum when we came
B. Some flowers were being planted when we came by Farmer Lum
C. Some flowers were being planted by Farmer Lum when we came
D. Some flowers were being planted by Farmer Lum when we were come
5. How long have you worked as a designer?
A. When have you worked as a designer?
B. When did yoj start working as a designer?
C. When did you design your work?
D. When did you begin working for a designer?
Choose the correct sentence among A, B, C or D which has the same meaning as the given one
1. You must return the books by this Friday
A. The books must been returned by this Friday
B. The books have be returned by this Friday
C. The books have to return by this Friday
D. The books must be returned by this Friday
2. Barbara hasn't rung for hours
A. It is hours since Barbara last rang
B. It is hours for Barbara last rang
C. It is hours since Barbara has rung
D. It is hours for Barbara to ring
3. People say that Lan is a good student
A. It is said that Lan is a good student
B. Lan is said to be a good student
C. A and B are correct
D. Neither A or B is correct
4. He doesn't have a stylish tie and he wants to have one very much
A. He wishes to be had a stylish tie
B. He wishes that he has a stylish tie
C. He wishes he had a stylish tie
D. He wishes he will have a stylish tie
5. The last time I saw her was in 2005
A. I haven't seen her for 2005
B. I haven't seen her since 2005
C. I haven't seen her that was in 2005
D. I saw her since 2005
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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
BÀI 2:
There was nothing unusual about Wellington Street, or so I thought as I was growing up. The cobbled street, one
of four identical streets next to each other, was calm, apart from the occasional sound of raised voices from the pub on the corner. Everybody said hello to each other, although rarely much more than that. It was the kind of street that in the past had covered the whole of the north-west of England, affordable housing for the workers, the kind of street that used to be the heart of a community. Now it was a relic, unchanged while the modern world went on around it.
The first time I got a sense that my childhood world was not going to remain the same forever was when a letter
arrived from the local council saying that a meeting was being held locally to discuss the development of the area. I
remember wondering why areas had to be developed and I asked my father. He said that people just liked changing
things for the sake of it but my mum interrupted him and explained that the houses needed modernizing. Even then I
could see this as another move in their ongoing argument about money and location. Mum, with her keen sense of
social position and always very aware of what the neighbours thought, wanted to move into a better house, which Dad took to mean a more expensive house.
The evening of the meeting came around and my dad and I went along. It had already started when we got there
and one of the councilors was trying to explain the plans, although the general reaction from the audience was far from positive. I don’t remember the details, but I remember some shouting, until finally one of our neighbours stood up and said that he wasn’t giving his permission for any of it. I remember the councilor saying then, ‘We don’t need permission. We’re telling you, not asking you.’
The mood when we got home was tense. Although she tried to hide it, I think Mum was secretly quite pleased.
Dad sat and frowned at the TV for a while, before Mum brought him a cup of tea. I was surprised when it was he who broke the silence after a minute or two and said, ‘There are one or two nice places up around Ladybride.’ Mum said nothing. She just sipped her tea and looked at me and smiled.
46. The writer describes the street as a place where _____.
A. people felt they were part of a co unity B. people resisted the fast pace of motion life
C. everyone quietly got on with their own life D. everyone could afford their own house
47. Streets of this kind had been built in the past because they were _____.
A. comfortable B. long-lasting C. traditional D. cheap
48. What did the writer NOT understand when the letter arrived?
A. why things had to change B. why his parents were arguing
C. who had organised the meeting D. where they were going to live next
49. Why didn’t the writer’s father want to move house?
A. He knew why the area had to be developed.
B. He didn’t understand why they wanted to change things.
C. He didn’t want to live in a modern house.
D. It would cost them more.
50. Why did the mother’s mother want to move house?
A. She liked to impress other people. B. She didn’t like the neighbours.
C. She knew it would annoy the writer’s father. D. She thought the local council would help.
51. During the meeting, most people were _____.
A. shocked by what they learned B. unhappy about the proposals
C. sympathetic to the councilor D. confused by the explanation
52. Why was the writer surprised by what his father said?
A. He knew that his father was watching television.
B. He thought that it would upset his mother.
C. He knew that what his father said was wrong.
D. He thought his mother would have made the suggestion.
53. According to the passage, who would make a final decision on the development of the area?
A. People in the area B. The councilors C. Home owners D. The writer’s father
54. What would be the most suitable title for this extract?
A. An unhappy childhood B. A difficult marriage C. The wrong decision D. Changing times
55. It can be inferred from the passage that _____.
A. people at the meeting supported the plan to develop the area
B. everybody in the area wanted to modernize their house
C. the writer said that he didn’t give permission for the development
D. the writer’s father finally agreed to move the house
