English is (1) ______ language all over the world. Many countries, such as: the USA, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa use English as the first language, many others use it as the second language. If you speak (2) _____ well, you can talk with many people of different nationalities. Besides, a lot of the magazines and newspapers are published in English .Therefore, if you can read English, you can get useful knowledge of tradition, culture, custom of other countries.
In order to (3) _____ your English, you should make good preparation for the next lesson, and do all the exercises given by the teachers. In class, be ready to answer your (4) ______ and take important notes. You can also enrich your English vocabulary by reading English books, looking up any new words that you come across. Some beginners even write the words many times and try to learn them by heart. Whenever possible, you can speak English to the teachers, to friends or foreigners. Listening to the tapes is the good way to improve your English. And remember that revision is important. You should revise what you have learnt so as to practice the words or sentence structures well. Mastering the four language skills is not easy. An English proverb says: “Everything is difficult before it is easy”. Try your best so that English can become easy for you.
1. A. more difficult B. the most popular C. the most interesting D.more popular 2. A. Japanese B. French C. English D. Spanish 3. A. understand B. know C. study D. improve 4. A. parents’questions B. teacher’s questions C. teacher’s answers D. teacher’s lessons Vb. Read the passage again and choose the right answer for each question below. (1 point) 1. Is listening to the tapes is the good way to learn English? A. Yes, he is. B. No, there isn’t. C. Yes, it is. D. No,it isn’t. 2. Name some countries use English as the first language. A. England, Rusia, China B. Viet Nam, India, Japanese C. The USA, Australia, Canada D. England, Laos, France 3. Why can you get useful knowlegde of tradition, culture of other countries if you can read English? A. Because a lot of the magazines and newspapers are published in English. B. Because many countries speak English. C. Because English is very popular. D. Because English is very important. 4. Who can a student speak English to? A. He can speak English to his grandparents. B.He can speak English to famers. C. He can speak English to his English teachers or his friends. D.He can speak English to his neighbors.
I. Choose the word whose UNDERLINED part is pronounced differently from the others. (2 points)
1. A. equipment B. upset C. end D. help
2. A. folk B. hold C. photo D. neighbor
3. A. fairy B. train C. afraid D. wait
4. A. excited B. prince C. once D. escape
5. A. how B. now C. know D. cow
6. A. what B. where C. when D. who
7. A. please B. teach C. head D. meat
8. A. talked B. stopped C. noted D. laughed
9. A. books B. cats C. stamps D. weeds
10. A. enough B. young C. cousin D. mountain
II. Fill in the blank with the correct form of verbs. (2 points)
1. Would you like (listen) to listen to some music?
2. Yesterday, Ba (go) went to Da Nang by car.
3. Nam enjoys (play) playing soccer after school.
4. Lan asked me (go) to go to the supermarket.
5. Mai is (buy) going to buy a new bicycle next week.
6. I think you should (do) do the morning exercise.
7. They used (go) to go to work by train.
8. Don’t let children (play) play alone.
9. You ought to (do) do the homework yourself.
10. My father stopped (smoke) smoking.
III. Complete the sentences with right prepositions. (2 points)
1. What did you do on the ninth of April, 2002? (April 9th , 2002)
2. Are you interested in studying English?
3. Does it rain in spring?
4. I am different from my sister.
5. I don’t know what he is doing at the moment.
6. That’s very kind of you to help me.
7. I’ll be home before 7.00 because I want to see the seven o’clock news.
8. I go to school on Monday Saturday.
9. We’ve not seen her since 2006.
IV. Arrange these words to make sentences. (2 points)
1. homework/ The/ to/ students/ ought/ their/ carefully/ do/ .
=> The students ought to do their homework carefully.
2. has/ the/ chores/ to/ today/ Mai/ do/ herself/ .
=> Mai has to do the chores herself today.
3. clean/ The/ teacher/ me/ told/ to/ blackboard/ the/ .
=> The teacher told me to clean the blackboard.
4. She/ my class/ is/ enough/ old/ in/ not/ to be/ .
=> She is not old enough to be in my class.
5. how/ English/ to/ me/ tell/ study/ you/ Could/ ?
=> Could you tell me how to study English ?
6. them/ Their/ told/ last year/ lot of/ grandmother/ stories/ a/ .
=> Their grandmother told them a lot of stories last year.
7. next week/ class/ going/ Our/ is/ zoo/ the/ to/ .
=> Our class is going to the zoo next week.
8. I/ Nha Trang/ old/ ten/ been/ was/ since/ have/ years/ to/ I/ .
=> I have been to Nha Trang since I was ten years old.
9. some/ buy/ I/ to/ notebooks/ need/ .
=> I need to buy some notebooks.
10. should/ My/ said/ teacher/ my/ I/ time/ English/ on/ spend/ more/ .
=> My teacher said I should spend more time on my English.
Va. Choose the word or phrase that best fits the gap to complete the passage. (1 point)
English is (1) ______ language all over the world. Many countries, such as: the USA, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa use English as the first language, many others use it as the second language. If you speak (2) _____ well, you can talk with many people of different nationalities. Besides, a lot of the magazines and newspapers are published in English. Therefore, if you can read English, you can get useful knowledge of tradition, culture, custom of other countries.
In order to (3) _____ your English, you should make good preparation for the next lesson, and do all the exercises given by the teachers. In class, be ready to answer your (4) ______ and take important notes. You can also enrich your English vocabulary by reading English books, looking up any new words that you come across. Some beginners even write the words many times and try to learn them by heart. Whenever possible, you can speak English to the teachers, to friends or foreigners. Listening to the tapes is the good way to improve your English. And remember that revision is important. You should revise what you have learnt so as to practice the words or sentence structures well. Mastering the four language skills is not easy. An English proverb says: “Everything is difficult before it is easy”. Try your best so that English can become easy for you.
1. A. more difficult
B. the most popular
C. the most interesting
D.more popular
2. A. Japanese
B. French
C. English
D. Spanish
3. A. understand
B. know
C. study
D. improve
4. A. parents’questions
B. teacher’s questions
C. teacher’s answers
D. teacher’s lessons
Vb. Read the passage again and choose the right answer for each question below. (1 point)
1. Is listening to the tapes is the good way to learn English ?
A. Yes, he is.
B. No, there isn’t.
C. Yes, it is.
D. No,it isn’t.
2. Name some countries use English as the first language.
A. England, Rusia, China
B. Viet Nam, India, Japanese
C. The USA, Australia, Canada
D. England, Laos, France
3. Why can you get useful knowlegde of tradition, culture of other countries if you can read English?
A. Because a lot of the magazines and newspapers are published in English.
B. Because many countries speak English.
C. Because English is very popular.
D. Because English is very important.
4. Who can a student speak English to?
A. He can speak English to his grandparents.
B.He can speak English to famers.
C. He can speak English to his English teachers or his friends.
D.He can speak English to his neighbors.
