1. Operation Stargate was the name of a secret spying operation that was run by the Pentagon in the United States for over 20 years. The aim of the operation was to (1) ............... the possibility of using mind readers, clairvoyants and astrologers to help with spying operations. The pentagon employed six of these psychic people, and the experiments were held at a secret military base in Maryland. Put in special rooms, the psychics were asked to concentrate on particular spting operations. By using a technique called 'remote viewing', they were asked to (2) ............... solutions to specific problems. The team had a limited number of successes. They were able to give (3) ............... of the layout of the building where American diplomats were held hostages in 1979, and on another occasion they assisted Customs officials by describing exactly where a drug dealer could be found. When a US diplomat was kidnapped in Italy, they described the town he was in and in addition said exactly what the building looked like. (4) ..............., they had many more failures than successes. In the end, the government ordered the CIA to take over the mission. The team was then examined by a group of experts, who were not (5) ............... by the results. They decided that (6) ............... the psychics had been right a few times, this had probably just happened by (7) ............... At other times, they were probably repeating information that they had (8) ............... in newspapers orr magazines. The military authorities now have the (9) ............ task of explaining to (10) ......... they wasted $ 20 million on the project.
1- A. look through B. look down on C. look up D. look into
2- A. come into B. come up with C. come across D. come up agianst
3- A. description B. definition C. plan D. details
4- A. But B. Yet C. Although D. However
5- A. impressive B. impressing C. impressed D. impression
6- A. despite B. although C. in spite of D. besides
7- A. chance B. possibility C. occasion D. opportunity
8- A. come into B. come round C.come across D. come up against
9- A. embarrassed B. embarrassing C. embarrassment D. embarrass
10- A. critical B. criticize C. criticism D. critics
2, Điền từ vào chỗ trống:
curious, fold, illness, misbehaved, gestures, touched, opportunity, refused, manners, lonely
When Helen Keller was a baby, she had a fever. After her (1) ...... she became blind, deaf and dumb. It was the beginning of a (2) ...... life. No one could understand Helen and she couldn't see, hear or talk to people. As she grew older, she was (3) ....... to know what was going on around her. She (4)....... the lips of others when they spoke but she could not understand them. No one could understand Helen's (5)........ This made her very angry and she often kicked and screamed until she was very tired. Doctors couldn't help Helen. Her parents became exasperated when they couldn't find a teacher for her. It looked as though Helen would never have an (6)...... to learn. Things changed when Annie Sullivan decided to take up the challenge to teach Helen. During Annie's first breakfast with the Kellers, Helen (7)........ She grabbed other people's food off their plates and (8)....... to use a spoon. Annie took almost 2 hours to teach Helen how to (9).......... her napkin and eat properly. During that time, Helen lost her temper, but Annie was determined to teach naughty Helen table (10)...... Amazingly, Helen soon learned many things through the careful guidance of Annie Sullivan, her mentor.
3. Viết lại câu:
In Whales we saw Edward II'S birthplace.
In Whales we saw the castle ....................
1. Operation Stargate was the name of a secret spying operation that was run by the Pentagon in the United States for over 20 years. The aim of the operation was to (1) ............... the possibility of using mind readers, clairvoyants and astrologers to help with spying operations. The pentagon employed six of these psychic people, and the experiments were held at a secret military base in Maryland. Put in special rooms, the psychics were asked to concentrate on particular spting operations. By using a technique called 'remote viewing', they were asked to (2) ............... solutions to specific problems. The team had a limited number of successes. They were able to give (3) ............... of the layout of the building where American diplomats were held hostages in 1979, and on another occasion they assisted Customs officials by describing exactly where a drug dealer could be found. When a US diplomat was kidnapped in Italy, they described the town he was in and in addition said exactly what the building looked like. (4) ..............., they had many more failures than successes. In the end, the government ordered the CIA to take over the mission. The team was then examined by a group of experts, who were not (5) ............... by the results. They decided that (6) ............... the psychics had been right a few times, this had probably just happened by (7) ............... At other times, they were probably repeating information that they had (8) ............... in newspapers orr magazines. The military authorities now have the (9) ............ task of explaining to (10) ......... they wasted $ 20 million on the project.
1- A. look through B. look down on C. look up D. look into
2- A. come into B. come up with C. come across D. come up agianst
3- A. description B. definition C. plan D. details
4- A. But B. Yet C. Although D. However
5- A. impressive B. impressing C. impressed D. impression
6- A. despite B. although C. in spite of D. besides
7- A. chance B. possibility C. occasion D. opportunity
8- A. come into B. come round C.come across D. come up against
9- A. embarrassed B. embarrassing C. embarrassment D. embarrass
10- A. critical B. criticize C. criticism D. critics
2, Điền từ vào chỗ trống:
curious, fold, illness, misbehaved, gestures, touched, opportunity, refused, manners, lonely
When Helen Keller was a baby, she had a fever. After her (1) ...... she became blind, deaf and dumb. It was the beginning of a (2) ...... life. No one could understand Helen and she couldn't see, hear or talk to people. As she grew older, she was (3) ....... to know what was going on around her. She (4)....... the lips of others when they spoke but she could not understand them. No one could understand Helen's (5)........ This made her very angry and she often kicked and screamed until she was very tired. Doctors couldn't help Helen. Her parents became exasperated when they couldn't find a teacher for her. It looked as though Helen would never have an (6)...... to learn. Things changed when Annie Sullivan decided to take up the challenge to teach Helen. During Annie's first breakfast with the Kellers, Helen (7)........ She grabbed other people's food off their plates and (8)....... to use a spoon. Annie took almost 2 hours to teach Helen how to (9).......... her napkin and eat properly. During that time, Helen lost her temper, but Annie was determined to teach naughty Helen table (10)...... Amazingly, Helen soon learned many things through the careful guidance of Annie Sullivan, her mentor.
3. Viết lại câu:
In Whales we saw Edward II'S birthplace.
In Whales we saw the castle ....................
1. Operation Stargate was the name of a secret spying operation that was run by the Pentagon in the United States for over 20 years. The aim of the operation was to (1) ............... the possibility of using mind readers, clairvoyants and astrologers to help with spying operations. The pentagon employed six of these psychic people, and the experiments were held at a secret military base in Maryland. Put in special rooms, the psychics were asked to concentrate on particular spting operations. By using a technique called 'remote viewing', they were asked to (2) ............... solutions to specific problems. The team had a limited number of successes. They were able to give (3) ............... of the layout of the building where American diplomats were held hostages in 1979, and on another occasion they assisted Customs officials by describing exactly where a drug dealer could be found. When a US diplomat was kidnapped in Italy, they described the town he was in and in addition said exactly what the building looked like. (4) ..............., they had many more failures than successes. In the end, the government ordered the CIA to take over the mission. The team was then examined by a group of experts, who were not (5) ............... by the results. They decided that (6) ............... the psychics had been right a few times, this had probably just happened by (7) ............... At other times, they were probably repeating information that they had (8) ............... in newspapers orr magazines. The military authorities now have the (9) ............ task of explaining to (10) ......... they wasted $ 20 million on the project.
1- A. look through B. look down on C. look up D. look into
2- A. come into B. come up with C. come across D. come up agianst
3- A. description B. definition C. plan D. details
4- A. But B. Yet C. Although D. However
5- A. impressive B. impressing C. impressed D. impression
6- A. despite B. although C. in spite of D. besides
7- A. chance B. possibility C. occasion D. opportunity
8- A. come into B. come round C.come across D. come up against
9- A. embarrassed B. embarrassing C. embarrassment D. embarrass
10- A. critical B. criticize C. criticism D. critics
2, Điền từ vào chỗ trống:
curious, fold, illness, misbehaved, gestures, touched, opportunity, refused, manners, lonely
When Helen Keller was a baby, she had a fever. After her (1) ...... she became blind, deaf and dumb. It was the beginning of a (2) ...... life. No one could understand Helen and she couldn't see, hear or talk to people. As she grew older, she was (3) ....... to know what was going on around her. She (4)....... the lips of others when they spoke but she could not understand them. No one could understand Helen's (5)........ This made her very angry and she often kicked and screamed until she was very tired. Doctors couldn't help Helen. Her parents became exasperated when they couldn't find a teacher for her. It looked as though Helen would never have an (6)...... to learn. Things changed when Annie Sullivan decided to take up the challenge to teach Helen. During Annie's first breakfast with the Kellers, Helen (7)........ She grabbed other people's food off their plates and (8)....... to use a spoon. Annie took almost 2 hours to teach Helen how to (9).......... her napkin and eat properly. During that time, Helen lost her temper, but Annie was determined to teach naughty Helen table (10)...... Amazingly, Helen soon learned many things through the careful guidance of Annie Sullivan, her mentor.
3. Viết lại câu:
In Whales we saw Edward II'S birthplace.
In Whales we saw the castle ....................
1. ___________ Jenny knew the good news, she told her parents.
A. By the time B. While C. As soon as D. Whenever
2. John is a university student, _________ is Helen.
A. too B. and C. also D. so
3. She said she ________.
A. was a teacher B. will be a teacher C. is a teacher D. can be a teacher
4. Emily said that her teacher ___________to London ___________.
A. will go / tomorrow B. went / tomorrow
C. would go/ the next day D. had gone/ the next day
5. He told me that he ___________ his mom the previous night.
A. calls B. would call C. has called D. had called
6. Laura said she had worked on the assignment since________.
A. yesterday B. two days ago C. the day before D. the next day
7. We'll have to go without John if he_____________ soon.
A. won't arrive B. will arrive C. arrives D. doesn't arrive
8. If she ___________ to see us, we will go to the zoo.
A. came B. come C. comes D. is coming
9. If my father ________ me up, I'll take the bus home.
A. doesn’t pick B. don’t pick C. not pick D. picks
10. Last year, I (take)_____________a holiday in Hanoi.
A. take B. will take C. had taken D. took
11. We________Peter since he moved to work in our company.
A. had known B. knew C. have known D. know
12. I know that he __________ in the library at this moment.
A. was working B. works C. are working D. is working
13. His doctor advised him __________ smoking.
A. to give up B. give up C. giving up D. gave up
14. Students ________________ marks in the test are high will be given a book by Ms. Nga.
A. whom B. which C. whose D. that
1. The young star managed to _______ his nerves to ease past his opponent in the first round. A. pursue B. conquer C. derive D. adjust
2. In class, she would _______ and get into a really heavy sleep, even experience dreams. A. doze off B. cuddle up C. lay off D. crease up
3. “Nancy, have you _______ your mind yet what you’re doing this evening?” “I still don’t know.” A. taken up B. brought up C. made up D. slipped up
4. Environmentalists are keen to _______ us to dispose of rubbish and waste in more environmentally-friendly ways. A. assure B. promise C. persuade D. plead
5. I’d rather _______ a film with subtitles than one dubbed into English. A. watching B. to watch C. watched D. watch
6. Students are _______ not just to describe what they have done but also to analyze results when they write a research report. A. restricted B. expected C. modified D. accepted
7. Although Dave had no external injuries, doctors later found that he was _______ from internal bleeding. A. fluctuating B. suffering C. varying D. risking
8. In the story, Cinderella’s coach _______ a pumpkin at midnight. A. turned into B. made into C. changed around D. switched on
9. The university system leaders are _______ to test college students before they return to campus this fall. A. converting B. enduring C. refining D. planning
10. The council is _______ banning vehicles from the town center to relieve congestion. A. assuming B. considering C. concerning D. demanding
V. READING COMPREHENSION
A. Choose the one option - a, b, c or d - that best fits each of the numbered blank.
Marie Curie, the Polish-born French (1) ..................... was a courageous and determinal woman. She left her home for Paris to (2) ..................... her interest in science. Living in (3) ….................. , she still (4) …….............. to graduate at the top of her class. She met Pierre Curie (5) ..................... after graduation and (6) …………… him a year later. Together, Pierre and Marie (7)...................... the most famous husband-and-wife (8) ...................... in science history. They (9) ….................. the Radioactive elements, Polonium and Radium. They (10) …….............. the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903.
1. a. biologist b. mathematician c. chemist d. physicist and chemist
2. a. follow b. take c. pursue d. satisfy
3. a. poverty b. loneliness c. wealth d. difficulty
4. a. made b. managed c. harbored d. worked
5. a. immediately b. soon c. shortly d. rightly
6. a. married b. left c. divorced d. devoted
7. a. built b. organized c. established d. formed
8. a. couple b. partnership c. scientists d. partners
9. a. discovered b. invented c. built d. made
10. a. had awarded b. awarded c. were awarded d. were awarding
She (get)_________ to her feet, (slip)_______ into her coat, and (go)______ to the door. When she (open)________ it, she (look)_______ back at her mother
1.She was very appreciative_____all the support she got from her friends.(Giải thích với ạ)
A. of B. for C. on D. with
2.Her latest novel is coming____in paperback soon.(Giải thích với ạ)
A. across B. off C. out D. about
3.As you’ve arrived late, you’ll have to______the time you have lost.(Giải thích với ạ)
A. make up to B. do up to C. do up for D. make up for
4.Mary is jealous_____her sister because she is much more popular.(Giải thích với ạ)
A. on B. of C. for D. with
5.Your skirt needs taking_____; it's too large.(Giải thích với ạ)
A. up B. on C. over D. in
6.Can you make_____the meaning of this passage?(Giải thích với ạ)
A. out B. for C. up D. into
7.He’s such a hard man to_____as he’s always flitting from one site to another.(Giải thích với ạ)
A. pin in B. lock in C. narrow down D. nail down
8.Don't be put______by his manner. He always acts that way.(Giải thích với ạ)
A. on B. away C. off D. down
9.His proposal met_____total opposition from the committee.(Giải thích với ạ)
A. about B. by C. for D. with
10.You ought to stand_____your little brother when the others tease him.(Giải thích với ạ)
A. over with B. by for C. about with D. up for
1/ Don’t .......... to pick up the tickets. a remind b forgot c remember d forget 2/ We feel sorry ……….. Jane. She lost all her money. a with b for c to d about 3/ It took him ages to …………………. living in the new town a use to b get used to c used to d accustomed 4/ A trolley is washed……….soap and water or mopped with an antiseptic a no word is needed b for c with d by 5/ We aren’t in Vietnam, we are …………. holiday in Holland a for b on c at d in 6/ Would you like.....................sugar in your drink? a some b little c a lot of d many 7/ The lesson is …………..difficult that nobody can understand it. a such b very c a lot d so 8/ Do you know ………………? a her name is what b what her name is c what her name d what is her name 9/ I’ll give you a lift to the station if ………… in a hurry. a you’re b you’ll be c you’d be d you were 10/ ……… John, tell him I’ll phone him later. a you seen b you saw c you see d you’ll see 11/ Her father tried to stop her ………… so many chocolates. a eaten b ate c eating d eats 12/ It .................. him over two months to cross the Atlantic Ocean. a spent b cost c took d lasted 13/ I’m afraid you’re not ………… to take your driving test. You’ll have to wait until you’re 17. a very old b old enough c enough old d too old 14/ The crowd at a football match are often ………… a excited b exciting c excite d to excite 15/ The fish is still……………… a life b survivor c fast d frozen 16/ She eats a……………..….for lunch a sandwich b cereal c fruits d snacks 17/ Bandage scissors ........................... for cutting bandages. a use b are using c used d are used 18/ Who is going to .................. the telephone? a pick b answer c respond d reply 19/ The air in our city is very dirty. It is ………………….. a fresh b pollute c polluted d healthy 20/ I ............. so tired yesterday that I ........... asleep at work a was/ fell b am/ falling c fell/ was d were/ fell