Mark the letter A B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
1 thought she was ill because she was absent from class yesterday.
A. She might have been ill because she didn't go to school yesterday.
B. She should have been ill because she didn't go to school yesterday.
C. She must have been ill because she didn't go to school yesterday.
D. She could have been ill because she didn't go to school yesterday,
3. I (see)............................. a car accident while I (wait) ............................ for you on this corner yesterday.
4. Mr. John (be) ......................... principal of our school since last year.
5. Mr. Smith (teach) ........................ at this school since he ( graduate) ...................... in 1980
6. My father (not watch) .................... tv every night
You haven't eaten anything since yesterday afternoon. You ______ be really hungry!
A. can
B. will
C. must
D. might
Bài 1: complete the sentences using the past simple from of verbs
1: I........(start) school when I was four.
2: Where.....you.........(go) for your birthday last summer ?
3: She..........(sell) her old.........(buy) a new one.
4: He retired and.........(move) to the country.
5: I........(walk) to school yesterday.
6: I.........(stand) undeer the tree When it begen to rain.
7: We really..........(enjoy) our holiday last summer.
8: He tried to escape but the police..........(stop) him.
9: He...........(be) taxi driver in Germany in 1985.
10: He.........(not understand) what she said last night.
Bài 1: complete the sentences using the past simple from of verbs
1: I........(start) school when I was four.
2: Where.....you.........(go) for your birthday last summer ?
3: She..........(sell) her old.........(buy) a new one.
4: He retired and.........(move) to the country.
5: I........(walk) to school yesterday.
6: I.........(stand) undeer the tree When it begen to rain.
7: We really..........(enjoy) our holiday last summer.
8: He tried to escape but the police..........(stop) him.
9: He...........(be) taxi driver in Germany in 1985.
10: He.........(not understand) what she said last night.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
It’s often said that we learn things at the wrong time. University students frequently do the minimum of work because they’re crazy about a good social life instead. Children often scream before their piano practice because it’s so boring. They have to be given gold stars and medals to be persuaded to swim, or have to be bribed to take exams. But the story is different when you’re older.
Over the years, I’ve done my share of adult learning. At 30,1 went to a college and did courses in History and English. It was an amazing experience. For starters, I was paying, so there was no reason to be late - I was the one frowning and drumming my fingers if the tutor was late, not the other way round. Indeed, if I could persuade him to linger for an extra five minutes, it was a bonus, not a nuisance. I wasn’t frightened to ask questions, and homework was a pleasure not a pain. When I passed an exam, I had passed it for me and me alone, not for my parents or my teachers. The satisfaction I got was entirely personal.
Some people fear going back to school because they worry that their brains have got rusty. But the joy is that, although some parts have rusted up, your brain has learnt all kinds of other things since you were young. It has learnt to think independently and flexibly and is much better at relating one thing to another. What you lose in the rust department, you gain in the maturity department.
In some ways, age is a positive plus. For instance, when you’re older, you get less frustrated. Experience has told you that, if you’re calm and simply do something carefully again and again, eventually you’ll get the hang of it. The confidence you have in other areas - from being able to drive a car, perhaps - means that if you can’t, say, build a chair instantly, you don’t, like a child, want to destroy your first pathetic attempts. Maturity tells you that you will, with application, eventually get there.
I hated piano lessons at school, but I was good at music. And coming back to it, with a teacher who could explain why certain exercises were useful and with musical concepts that, at the age of ten, I could never grasp, was magical. Initially, I did feel a bit strange, thumping out a piece that I’d played for my school exams, with just as little comprehension of what the composer intended as I’d had all those years before. But soon, complex emotions that I never knew poured out from my fingers, and suddenly I could understand why practice makes perfect.
It can be inferred from paragraph 4 that maturity is a positive plus in the learning process because adult learners ____________.
A. pay more attention to detail than younger learners
B. have become more patient than younger learners
C. are less worried about learning than younger learners
D. are able to organize themselves better than younger learners
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
It’s often said that we learn things at the wrong time. University students frequently do the minimum of work because they’re crazy about a good social life instead. Children often scream before their piano practice because it’s so boring. They have to be given gold stars and medals to be persuaded to swim, or have to be bribed to take exams. But the story is different when you’re older.
Over the years, I’ve done my share of adult learning. At 30,1 went to a college and did courses in History and English. It was an amazing experience. For starters, I was paying, so there was no reason to be late - I was the one frowning and drumming my fingers if the tutor was late, not the other way round. Indeed, if I could persuade him to linger for an extra five minutes, it was a bonus, not a nuisance. I wasn’t frightened to ask questions, and homework was a pleasure not a pain. When I passed an exam, I had passed it for me and me alone, not for my parents or my teachers. The satisfaction I got was entirely personal.
Some people fear going back to school because they worry that their brains have got rusty. But the joy is that, although some parts have rusted up, your brain has learnt all kinds of other things since you were young. It has learnt to think independently and flexibly and is much better at relating one thing to another. What you lose in the rust department, you gain in the maturity department.
In some ways, age is a positive plus. For instance, when you’re older, you get less frustrated. Experience has told you that, if you’re calm and simply do something carefully again and again, eventually you’ll get the hang of it. The confidence you have in other areas - from being able to drive a car, perhaps - means that if you can’t, say, build a chair instantly, you don’t, like a child, want to destroy your first pathetic attempts. Maturity tells you that you will, with application, eventually get there.
I hated piano lessons at school, but I was good at music. And coming back to it, with a teacher who could explain why certain exercises were useful and with musical concepts that, at the age of ten, I could never grasp, was magical. Initially, I did feel a bit strange, thumping out a piece that I’d played for my school exams, with just as little comprehension of what the composer intended as I’d had all those years before. But soon, complex emotions that I never knew poured out from my fingers, and suddenly I could understand why practice makes perfect.
It is implied in the last paragraph that when you learn later in life, you __________.
A. should expect to take longer to learn than when you were younger
B. find that you can recall a lot of things you leamt when younger
C. can sometimes understand more than when you were younger
D. are not able to concentrate as well as when you were younger
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets:
1. I (not be) very happy yesterday.
2. I (buy) a ticket for the football match yesterday.
3. Kate (not know) about the exam and she did very badly.
4. I went to the shop but I (not have) any money.
5. It (be) a great film in 2010.
6. I (leave) my school bag at school this moring.
7. Our teachers (tell) us to be quiet yesterday.
7. The people in the caffe (not be) friendly when I was there yesterday.
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets:
1. I (not be) very happy yesterday.
2. I (buy) a ticket for the football match yesterday.
3. Kate (not know) about the exam and she did very badly.
4. I went to the shop but I (not have) any money.
5. It (be) a great film in 2010.
6. I (leave) my school bag at school this moring.
7. Our teachers (tell0 us to be quiet yesterday.
7. The people in the caffe (not be) friendly when I was there yesterday.