Connect each pair of sentences,using the conjunction of conjunctive adverb given in brackets.
1.On new Year's Eve,the Vietnamese put fruits on the altar.They also arrange watermelon and traditional cakes such aschung cakes.(and).
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2.Many people go to pagodas or churches on New Year's Day to pray for the coming year.Mny others remain in their home in front of the altar to welcome the ancestors through prayee.(while).
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3.People from Western countries do not follow ances worship.Ances worship is considered a type of religious practices in some Asian countries.(although)
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4.Xoan singing is still in the memory of folk artists in Phu Tho Province.They always try their best to hand down offspring the old style of singing in the activities of the clubs.(because)
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IX. Mỗi câu sau có một lỗi sai, gạch chân và sửa các lỗi sai đấy .
1. Ba and Song plays football every afternoon with Khai and me
2. We buy two new rackets yesterday. We are going to play tennis this afternoon
3. I’m not going to do the homework for you . you should do it itself
4. Our neighbors invited my friend and I to dinner with them
5. You should try your best learning hard to pass the exam
6. Bob lived in Rome for three years and he doesn’t want to move to other city
7. They write the meaning of new words by their mother tongue.
8 . How many countries will participate on the Olympic Games?
9. This job is a lot different with what I’m used to .
10. Not only the bathroom was flooded, and also the rest of the house
Nowadays almost every secondary school don't allow students to use mobile phones at school. Do you agree or disagree with that regulation? Write a paragraph of about 100- 120 words to express your point of view
Read the passage about Chol Cham Thmay Festival,and do the tasks the follow.(why)
Chol Cham Thmay Festival
This holiday is a New Year festival in ancient calendar of Khmer people.Held in mid-April,the festival occurs in 3 days(4 days for the leap year).People prepare new clothes,food and drinks for whole festival days.They also repair,clean and decorate their house.Everyone is excited to care for holiday.
At night of New Year's Eve,every family prepares a lavish meal,burns incense and candles to welcome the new god,farewell the old good.On the altar,they present 5 flower branches,5 candles,5 insence,5 cereal seeds and fruit crops.They pray for health and luck in the New Year.
On the first New Year-Chol Sangkran Chmay,major activities are bathing,dressing nice,bringing sacrifice gifts to the temple in good time which has been selected.
On Wonbof day-the second day,the make rice offerings and cover the sand moutain.People cook rice and bring it to the temple in the morning and the afternoon.
On Lom Sak day-the third day,they do Buddha bathing and monk-bathing ceremony.In the morning,people bring breakfast to monks and listen to the sermon.At noon,they burn the lamps,offer sacrifice gifts and bring fragrant water to bathe Buddha statues.After the ceremony at the templ,the monks go to the grave to pray for the souls of those who died.
Task 1.Match a words in column A with its definition in column B,writing the answer in each blank.
Answer | A | B |
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1.lavish(adj) 2.farewell(v) 3.monk(n) 4.sermon(n) 5.fragrant(adj) 6.pray(v)
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A.to speak to good to give thanks or to ask for something B.a speech on a religious C.large in amount or number D.having a pleasant smell E.say goodbye F.a man who has decided to live a religious life in a community |
Task 2:Read the passage again,and then answer the following questions.
7.What is the festival?
8.When is it held?And how long does it last?
9.What do people prepare to celebrate the festival?
10.How do Khmer people prepare the altar at night of New Year's Eve?
11.What do people do on the first New Year day?
12.When do people cook rice and bring it to the temple?
13.When do they do Buddha bathing and monk-bathing ceremony?
14.What do the monks do after doing Buddha bathing and monk-bathing ceremony?
Read the passage then fill in the blank with a missing word.
Bill Gate is a very famous person in the (1) ___________ industry. He has been chief executive (2) ___________ Microsoft Corporation for several years. He is also the richest person (3) ___________ the USA. How did he do it? He (4) ___________ a lot from his parents. While he was going to school, (5) ___________ father went to college, and became a successful lawyer. From this Bill learned that you have to work hard (6) ___________ you want something. His mother was very busy teacher, (7) ___________ she also going to the party. From this, Bill learned something else: if you want to work hard and play (8) __________, you have to make a schedule.
Read the passage carefully then decide if the statements true or false.
One of the most wonderful inventions of the past one hundred years is the telephone. This familiar, handy instrument has become a highly important part of daily life. The first telephone was installed in 1877. Today there are over 170 million telephones in the world. The average person in North America makes over six hundred calls a years.
The word telephone came from the Greek tele and phone, which means “distant” and “sound”. These words actually describe what the telephone does. It carries sound over a distance rapidly and accurately by using electric currents. The telephone transmits speech so that it sounds natural and has enough volume for conversation to take place as if the speakers were in the same room. Any telephone can be quickly connected to almost any other telephone anywhere in the world.
Statements |
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2. The first telephone was installed in 1878. |
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3. The Greek word phone means distant |
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4. The telephone sends out speech that helps people talk each other. |
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Use the proper form or tense of the verbs in parentheses to fill in each blank.
1.Cheese...............................(make)from milk.
2.The question is difficult.................................(answer)
3.While I was on vocation,my camera.........................(steal)from my hotel.
4.Hurry up!Everybody...................(wait)for you.
5.They(search).........................................................the victims when we came to the palace of accident.
6.His wounds........................................so carefully that he got well soon.(treat).
7.Would you mind..............................................the volume of your radio?It's midnight.(adjust)
8.She has promised...................harder.(work)
9.If Trang had an alarm clock,she(arrive)..........................to school on time.
10.The doctor advised me(go)..................jogging every morning.
Complete each sentence so it means the same as the sentence above.
1.The Bedford River Festival is held in Bedford,England,and thousands of European visitors come. (When)
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2.We won't hold the festival.It costs too much money.(if)
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3.He got up late,so he had no time for breakfast.
Because____
4.Have you read the book I lent you the book yesterday.(Combine,using "which")
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5.The woman was wearing a red h.She was sitting behind you.(Combine,using "who")
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6.A sports car goes faster than an ordinary car.(slowly)
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7.A business person travels more expensively than a tourist.(cheaply)
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8.When he was young,he live in Hanoi.
He used_____
9.My parents are very busy.They spend a lot of time talking care of us.(although)
10.My father used to go fishing in the pond near the woods.
13.Minh often rides his motorbike very carefully.
14.We will use less electricity in the future.
Less electricity _____
15.The students in my school will use public transport when travelling long distance.
Public transport_____
16.I will turn off the lights when leaving a room or going to bed.
The lights _____
Although they are young,they can finish this project effectively.(but)
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Write the correct form of the words given in the capital letters to complete the following sentences.
Their children have quite ............characters.(Difference)
My brother bought a new .............road yesterday.(fish )
Mr.Jane runs his business very............(success.)
I like the city life because there are many kinds of............(entertain)
The scouts do the........work.(volunteer)
II. Find the word which has different stress pattern from the others.
1.A. person B. father C. teacher D. enjoy
2. A. prefer B. enjoy C. mother D. agree
3.A. doctor B. father C. picture D. fancy
4.A. pollution B. visit C. listen D. open
5.A. depend B. advise C. affect D. listen
6.A. affect B. father C. teacher D. picture
7. A. prefer B. enjoy C. mother D. affect
8.A. affect B. happen C. pollution D. fancy
9.A. pollution B. picture C. village D. factory
10.A. illustrate B. believe C. affect D. village
11. A. artistic B. historic C. dramatic D. scientific
12. A. medical B. national C. chemical D. historical
13.A. athletic B. dramatic C. scientific D. heroic
14.A. medical B. hospital C. politic D. electric
15.A. chemical B. physical C. environmental D. medical
III. Choose A, B, C, D for each gap in to the following sentences.
1. Air___________, together with littering, is causing many problems in our cities today.
A. pollute B. pollution C. polluting D. polluted
2. The road in front of my office is always __________ when it rains heavily.
A. to flood B. flooding C. flood D. flooded
3. Singapore is famous for its __________ and green trees.
A. cleanliness B. cleanly C. cleaning D. clean
4. In some English speaking countries, turkey and pudding are ___________ food at Christmas.
A. national B. historical C. traditional D. possible
5. The USA has a population of 304 million, and it’s the third_________ country in the world.
A. smallest B. largest C. narrowest D. highest
6. The roof of the building _____________ in a storm a few days ago.
A. damaged B. was damaged C. has damaged D. has been damaged
7. A severe tropical___________ is called a typhoon.
A. drought B. rain C. flood D. storm
8. As soon as the floodwater ___________ down, people ____________ their houses.
A. went - cleaned B. had gone – cleaned C. went - had cleaned D. had gone – had cleaned
9. If I were you, I … do something to prevent him from littering.
A. would B. did C. will D. do
10.Earth … by the gravity of the Sun and orbits around it.
A. holds B. is held C. is holding D. held
11. By the time we … to the cinema, the film had started.
A. gets B. had got C. has got D. got
12. When the policeman came there, the robber …
A. had left B. has left C. left D. was left
13. All people who were without homes in the flood were provided with … accommodation.
A. short B. temporary C. present D. instant
14. Seven of ten people prefer face-to-face … when having a date.
A. language B. contact C. code D. sign
15. When thermal pollution happens, the water temperature in streams, rivers, lakes and oceans ... .
A. changes B. keeps C. remains D. stays
16. Australia is home to … animals like kangaroos and koalas.
A. only B. rare C. unique D. precious
17. If you were the president, what … you do to help the environment?
A. will B. did C. would D. do
18.The Maori in New Zealand greet each other by … their noses.
A. touching B. punching C. blowing D. rubbing
19. The village’s drinking water … with poisonous chemicals since the factory came into operation.
A. contaminates B. is contaminated C. has contaminated D. has been contaminated
20. When the policeman came to the scene, the driver of the car …
A. have left B. had left C. leaves D. was left
21. All people who were without homes in the flood were provided with … accommodation.
A. short B. temporary C. present D. instant
22. I believe that our new manager has the … to work well in this business environment.
A. inflexible B. flexibly C. flexibility D. flexible
23. If the factory … dumping poison into the lake, all the fish and other aquatic animals will die.
A. continues B. continued C. will continue D. continue
24. You will recognize Jenny when you see her. She … a red hat.
A. wears B. is wearing C. will wear D. will be wearing
25. the famer rides the buffalo____carts loaded full of rice home
A. draw B.drawing C.drew D.drawn
26. Little Pascal ……a mechanical calculator which could do additions or subtractions very quickly.
A. discovered B. found C. found out D. invented
27. Robots save workers from ………dangerous tasks.
A. making B. having C. performing D. carrying
28. Many people believe that robots have made workers jobless………that is not necessarily true.
A. but B. and C. so D. or
29. Recent ………developments have made robots more user-friendly and intelligent.
A. science B. scientist C. scientific D. scientifically
30. Teenagers spend most of their time playing computer games, ………they lost their interests in daily activities.
A. moreover B. so C. however D. as a result
31. Science and technology have ………the life safe, secure and comfortable.
A. transformed B. made C. done D. changed
32. The teacher __________ me that I had better devote more time to science subjects such as physics, chemistry, and biology.
A. said B. talked C. spoke D. told
33. Science is used in all corners of the world for the __________ of people.
A. interest B. need C. profits D. benefit
34. If you __________ something, you should patent it as quickly as possible.
A. invented B. will invent C. have invented D. are inventing
35. Sciences and technology have enormous ______________ on economic development.
A. affects B. effects C. affect D. effect