1.she is a very .................singer. people don't like her at all(popular)
2.this knife is ...................It can't cut anything(use)
3.our students are going to have a ............check-up next Monday(medicine)
4.in the countryside, people often know all the people video games because they can be ...............(addict)
5.I'd like a nice..........orange(juice)
6.edison's most famous.............was the electronic bulb(invent)
Your headache and you sneeze and cough. Your nose is all stuffed up, and it keeps running, so you have to blow it every few minutes. You know by these _____ that you have a cold, and you feel completely miserable. You are not sure if you will live through the day.
Everyone suffers ______ the common cold at some time or other. It isn't a serious illness, but over a billion dollars a year is spent on different kinds of cold medicine every year. This medicine can relieve the symptoms. That is, it can make you cough less. Make your head intense, and stop your nose running for a while. However, it can cure your cold. So far ______ no cure for the common cold and no medicine to prevent it. Althrough there is no cure or preventive medicine for cold, people have all kinds of ideas about _____ prevent and treat cold. Some people think that if you eat a lot of onions, you won't catch cold. Others say that you should avoid getting wet and chilled or you will catch cold. However, this is apparently not so.
1. A. diseases B. fevers C. cures D. symptoms
2. A. about B. from C. of D. with
3. A. it is B. they are C. there is D. there are
4. A. what B. why C. where D. how
People drink a lot of tea. There are (1) ______ kinds of tea. There is black tea. There is
red tea. There is yellow tea. People drink a lot of tea in China. Some people drink it
because it is (2) ______ for them. It makes them healthy. Many people drink it because it
tastes very good. It is delicious. People drink a lot of green tea in Japan. People drink a
lot of green tea in Korea, too. In Vietnam, some people drink coffee first. (3) _______
they drink tea. People drink a lot of tea in England. Every afternoon, everybody drinks
tea. It is “tea time”. English people add milk to their tea. Many people drink black tea (4)
_______ the U.S. In the South of U.S, People drink “sweet tea”. Sweet tea is cold black
tea with sugar. Most tea comes from China. Some tea comes from India or Sri Lanka.
Kenya, Japan, and Indonesia also (5) _______ a lot of tea.
1.A. a lot B. a C. an D. many
2.A. excited B. good C. bad D. interested
3.A. Then B. But C. Before D. When
4.A. to B. at C. in D. on
5.A. grow B. plants C. grows D. comeII.
Read the following passage and do the tasks. (2.0 points)
Beatrice Harrison (1892 – 1965) was a British cellist. She was active in the first half of theBeatrice Harrison (1892 – 1965) was a British cellist. She was active in the first half of the
20th century. Beatrice Harrison's performances became well known through broadcast in theearly days of BBC sound radio. One night in 1924 when Beatrice was playing her cello in her garden at Oxted, she heard a bird echo her playing. She started again, and the bird sang with her. The sound was so beautiful, and she knew it was a nightingale. Surprisingly, the next nights after that, the nightingale was there again, and Beatrice played duets with the wild bird. It was so nice: she wanted to share her pleasure with other people. She decided to persuade the BBC to set up their microphones in the garden. After some time, they were able to record the tune. These records became successful and very popular in the 1930s.
a) Answer the following questions.
1. Was Beatrice Harrison a British cellist?
_________________________________________________________________________
2. When was she active?
_________________________________________________________________________
3. Where did she decide to persuade the BBC to set up their microphones?
_________________________________________________________________________
b) Write True (T) or False (F) next to each statement if it is true or false.
4. Beatrice Harrison heard a bird echo her playing one night in 1924. _______
5. Beatrice Harrison didn’t want to share her pleasure with other people. _______PART D: WRITING (2.0 POINTS)
I. Rewrite each of the following sentences so that it means the same as the first one,
beginning with the given words. (1.0 point)
1. She is interested in watching films on the television every day.
She enjoys _____________________________________________________________
2. Cycling is faster than walking.
Walking isn’t as _________________________________________________________
3. Nam didn’t go to school because he was sick yesterday.
Nam was sick, ___________________________________________________________
4. I think playing soccer is interesting.
I find __________________________________________________________________
5. We began learning English three years ago.
We have _______________________________________________________________
yes,you (1) right. But in the forest,of (2) ,it is better to listen to birds (3) and other natural suonds like the wind in the trees.
People cannot live (4) music.they listen to music,they dance to music,they learn to play musical (5) .
Music education at (6) is very improtant.There is special lirerature for music teachers and for all people who are (7) in it.
Specialists exxplain it very well,and we (8) understand,every things, especiallly if music is performed (9) illstrate their talks.It is an art that (10) life.
Fill in the blanks with the suitable words.
1. Mr Bill Gate is a very.....man.
2. We don't like going to he beach these days. It's too.....
3. She wants to visit Love valley in Da Lat because it's very.....
4. The.....people often live in slums.
5. We like our new office. It's .....
What are they?
1. ( 4 letters) _____________
A. It is something we eat with fish, meat and vegetables
B. It consists of white grains
C. It is the main food of the Vietnamese people
2. ( 3 letters) _________________
A. We can have it hot or cold but it os not something we eat
B. It is nice to have some on cold days
C. Some people like it with a little sugar
3. ( 7 letters) _______________
A. It is something interesting to eat
B. We have it after the main meal
C. It often consists of some kinds of fruit
4. ( 7 letters) __________________
A. It is a kind f poultry people don't eat it raw
B. Vegetables don't eat it
C. Some people like it fried and eat it with their hands
5. ( 4 letters) ________________
A. It does not have lungs, but it has special bones
B. There are small ones and big ones
C. It needs water to live
This building is very beautiful but it is (safe)...for people to live in
What are they ?
1 , ( 4 letters ) ______
A , It is something we eat with fish , meat and vegetables
B , It consists of ehite grains
C , It is main food of the Vietnamese people
2 , ( 3 letters )______
A , We can have it hot or cold bit it is not something people
B , It is nice to have some on cold days
C , Some people lite it with a little sugar
3 , ( 7 letters )________
A , It is something interesting to eat
B , We have it after the main meal
C , It often consists of some kinds of fruit
4 , ( 7 letters )_______
A , It is a kind of poultry people don't eat it raw
B , Vegetarians don't eat it
C , Some people like it fried and eat with their hands
5 , ( 4 letters ) ______
A , It does not have lungs , bot it has special bones
B , There are small ones and bis ones
C , It needs water to live
Read the passage and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D). Write your answers on the answer sheet.
You have a headache and you sneeze and cough. Your nose is all stuffed up, and it keeps running, so you have to blow it every few minutes. You know by these (1)............ that you have a cold, and you feel completely (2)................ . You are not sure if you will live through the day.
Everyone suffers (3)................ the common cold at some time or other. It isn't a serious (4)................, but people spend over a billion dollars a year on diffierent kinds of cold medicine every year. This medicine can relieve the symptoms. That is, it can make you cough (5)................., make your head less intense, and stop your nose (6)............... for a while. However, it can't cure you cold. So far, (7)................ no cure for the common cold and no medicine to prevent it.
(8)................. there is no cure or preventive medicine for colds, people have all kinds of ideas about (9)................. to prevent and treat colds. Some people think that if you eat a lot of onions, you won't catch cold. (10)................... say that you should avoid getting wet and chilled, or you will catch cold. However, this is apparently not so.
1. A. diseases B. fevers C. cures D. symptoms
2. A. sad B. hungry C. miserable D. thirsty
3. A. from B. of C. with D. about
4. A. misery B. illness C. headache D. wrong
5. A. less B. fewer C. much D.more
6. A. walking B. jogging C. running D. flowing
7. A. it is B. there is C. they are D. there are
8. A. Although B. Because C. However D. But
9. A. what B. why C. where D. how
10. A. Other's B. Another C. Others D. Other