Write the correct from of the words in the words in brackets 1. Nowadays young people want to leave home as soon as th...

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4 tháng 3 2018 lúc 20:01

Giúp mình nhé The perception of today’s youngsters as media-savvy cynics could hardly be further from the truth. Instead, this generation of keen consumers may turn witty advertising into an endangered species. Julia Day reports The youth of today are cynical, media-savvy, seen it all, done it all, wouldn’t-be-seen-dead-in-the-T-shirt types who appreciate only the most achingly trendy adverts, TV shows and magazines, right? Wrong: that was so last generation....

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The perception of today’s youngsters as media-savvy cynics could hardly be further from the truth. Instead, this
generation of keen consumers may turn witty advertising into an endangered species. Julia Day reports

The youth of today are cynical, media-savvy, seen it all, done it all, wouldn’t-be-seen-dead-in-the-T-shirt types
who appreciate only the most achingly trendy adverts, TV shows and magazines, right? Wrong: that was so last generation.

Today’s youngsters don’t “get” clever ads, are not in the least suspicious of commercials ercials, don’t know the difference between newspapers’ political stances, or TV channels, and they don’t mind admitting it. In short, they are not half as media, marketing and advertising literate as we might have thought, according to new research
commissioned by five media groups – Guardian Newspapers, Channel 4, Carlton Screen Advertising, media buying
agency OMD, and Emap Advertising.

As a result media companies and advertisers are going back to basics to arouse the interest of 15- to 24-year-olds with instant impact messages, plain product pictures, bigger posters, annoying jingles, celebrity endorsements and repetitive ads. Today’s youth are a far cry from today’s thirtysomethings who grew up as commercially-naive kids weaned on the cold war, no national commercial radio, three national TV stations, grant-funded higher education, sponsorship-free Glastonbury festivals and regular strikes and student protests.

Now a lifetime of MTV, the internet, dawn-till-dusk advertising and PlayStation gaming has created a generation
so used to being bombarded with fast-turnover information, they filter it instantly without paying much attention to its meaning. This is a generation of “thoroughbred consumers” says Stuart Armon, managing director of 2cv: research, the company that conducted the so-called Roar research into the media habits of the nation’s youth. “Previous generations were suspicious of advertising, they might have liked ads, but they wouldn’t necessarily buy the product. But this generation has been consuming since they were born. They don’t see any reason to be suspicious,” says Armon.

One young panellist in the focus group research embodied this attitude: “If the advert is good, you think their
product will be good because the more they can spend on advertising, the more money they are obviously getting for
their product.” Armon says the trend has become more pronounced over the seven years that the continuous tracking
study has been running, but has reached a peak in the latest round of interviews with 600 youngsters.

“Advertising is accepted and expected. Young people don’t see anything wrong in being sold to and think that if a product is in a TV ad, it must be good. It’s a myth that they are interested in clever ads – they are not willing to decipher complicated mmessages, they want simple ones.” Many panellists dramatically illustrated this point by revealing they thought Budweiser’s “Real American Heroes” ad, ironically celebrating “Mr foot-long hot dog inventor”, was an ad for hot dogs rather than beer, even though the ad might not be aimed at them.

However, many loved Heineken’s ironic ad featuring Paul Daniels singing Close to You, purely because it made
them laugh. “They are looking for an instant message. If it’s not there, they don’t take any notice. And they literally,
and naively, believe celebrities in ads really use the products they are advertising,” says Armon. A girl panellist from Birmingham commented: “In some of the Nike ads they’ve got all these well-known footballers. You think, ‘Oh my God, they’ve got everybody famous there.’ You think it must be good if they want it.”

The youngsters only read newspapers for the celebrity gossip and sport, rather than news, and couldn’t distinguish between papers’ political stances. They also failed to distinguish between TV channels – they access TV through programmes, not channels, for example watching Sky because The Simpsons is on, not because it’s Sky.

The results of the research deeply worry Sid McGrath, planner at the ad agency that made the infamous “You’ve
been Tango’ed” ads, HHCL and Partners. But they do not surprise him. “My worry is that the youth of today are not
being called upon to flex their intellectual muscles enough,” he says.

“There is instant gratification everywhere – in food it’s Pot Noodles or vending machines, even their pop icons are one-dimensional figures delivered on a plate. Young people are living vicariously through other people’s lives and are not asking for much at the moment. A lot of stimulation is ‘lean back’ – it doesn’t require as much involvement as it used to.”

He says advertising is changing as a result: “Lots of the most popular ads at the moment are happy, clappy, fun.
Easy to digest. They’ve got notice or inclination to decode ads.” One reason behind the shift, McGrath believes, is that young people want relief from the traumas of real life: “Advertising is becoming the opium of the masses rather
than the educator.”

16. Research shows that, compared with the previous generation, young people today are _____.
A. less perceptive B. more sensitive C. more worldly-wise D. better informed
17. In paragraph 3, the word ‘stances’ is closest in meaning to which of the following?
A. attitudes B. situations C. functions D. places

18. According to new research by five media groups, today’s youngsters are _____.
A. able to understand the language of advertising
B. unable to ‘read’ the messages in the many forms of advertising
C. bright enough to do some research before buying something
D. a bit wary of adverts
19. Advertisements aimed at the present young generation _____.
A. are using a variety of new techniques B. are technologically sophisticated
C. are making use of old techniques D. are becoming more subtle
20. It can be inferred that celebrity endorsements are advertisements _____.
A. that show viewers how to become famous
B. that famous people like watching
C. where famous people say they use and like certain products
D. where viewers are invited to take part in a phone-in progra e
21. Young people seem to believe that costly advertising _____.
A. makes no difference to the popularity of the product B. is the mark of a good quality product
C. means the product is probably overpriced D. does not inspire customer confidence
22. According to Stuart Armon, youngsters today pay more attention to an advert _____.
A. if its message is i ediately obvious B. if it is on their favorite TV channel
C. if it gives them something to think about D. if it has a witty element
23. Sid McGrath is concerned that young people these days _____.
A. are encouraged to eat too much B. are given too many choices
C. are not required to drink D. do not get enough exercise
24. The author uses the phrase ‘living vicariously’ in the penultimate paragraph to mean that young people _____.
A. want to become more sophisticated than other people
B. do not imitate people around the
C. do not rely on their own feeling or senses to understand the world around the
D. want to be independent of other people
25. According to McGrath, many advertisements today are adapting to satisfy youngsters’ desire to _____.
A. understand their problems B. see the funny side of their problems
C. forget their problems D. find solutions to their problems

BÀI 2:

There was nothing unusual about Wellington Street, or so I thought as I was growing up. The cobbled street, one
of four identical streets next to each other, was calm, apart from the occasional sound of raised voices from the pub on the corner. Everybody said hello to each other, although rarely much more than that. It was the kind of street that in the past had covered the whole of the north-west of England, affordable housing for the workers, the kind of street that used to be the heart of a community. Now it was a relic, unchanged while the modern world went on around it.

The first time I got a sense that my childhood world was not going to remain the same forever was when a letter
arrived from the local council saying that a meeting was being held locally to discuss the development of the area. I
remember wondering why areas had to be developed and I asked my father. He said that people just liked changing
things for the sake of it but my mum interrupted him and explained that the houses needed modernizing. Even then I
could see this as another move in their ongoing argument about money and location. Mum, with her keen sense of
social position and always very aware of what the neighbours thought, wanted to move into a better house, which Dad took to mean a more expensive house.

The evening of the meeting came around and my dad and I went along. It had already started when we got there
and one of the councilors was trying to explain the plans, although the general reaction from the audience was far from positive. I don’t remember the details, but I remember some shouting, until finally one of our neighbours stood up and said that he wasn’t giving his permission for any of it. I remember the councilor saying then, ‘We don’t need permission. We’re telling you, not asking you.’

The mood when we got home was tense. Although she tried to hide it, I think Mum was secretly quite pleased.

Dad sat and frowned at the TV for a while, before Mum brought him a cup of tea. I was surprised when it was he who broke the silence after a minute or two and said, ‘There are one or two nice places up around Ladybride.’ Mum said nothing. She just sipped her tea and looked at me and smiled.

46. The writer describes the street as a place where _____.
A. people felt they were part of a co unity B. people resisted the fast pace of motion life
C. everyone quietly got on with their own life D. everyone could afford their own house
47. Streets of this kind had been built in the past because they were _____.
A. comfortable B. long-lasting C. traditional D. cheap
48. What did the writer NOT understand when the letter arrived?
A. why things had to change B. why his parents were arguing
C. who had organised the meeting D. where they were going to live next
49. Why didn’t the writer’s father want to move house?
A. He knew why the area had to be developed.
B. He didn’t understand why they wanted to change things.
C. He didn’t want to live in a modern house.
D. It would cost them more.
50. Why did the mother’s mother want to move house?
A. She liked to impress other people. B. She didn’t like the neighbours.
C. She knew it would annoy the writer’s father. D. She thought the local council would help.
51. During the meeting, most people were _____.
A. shocked by what they learned B. unhappy about the proposals
C. sympathetic to the councilor D. confused by the explanation
52. Why was the writer surprised by what his father said?
A. He knew that his father was watching television.
B. He thought that it would upset his mother.
C. He knew that what his father said was wrong.
D. He thought his mother would have made the suggestion.
53. According to the passage, who would make a final decision on the development of the area?
A. People in the area B. The councilors C. Home owners D. The writer’s father
54. What would be the most suitable title for this extract?
A. An unhappy childhood B. A difficult marriage C. The wrong decision D. Changing times
55. It can be inferred from the passage that _____.
A. people at the meeting supported the plan to develop the area
B. everybody in the area wanted to modernize their house
C. the writer said that he didn’t give permission for the development
D. the writer’s father finally agreed to move the house

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Lớp 9 Tiếng anh TEST 1

hiền nguyễn

9 tháng 4 2020 lúc 10:02

READING :Read the passage , and do the tasks that follow . Nicks voice is changing . It is one of the many developments that happen to both girls and boys when they reach puberty : a boys voice gét deeper than a girls s. At puberty , boys bodies begin producing a lot of the hormone testosterone , which causes in several parts of the body , including the voice . For starters , a boys larynx , also know as the voice box , grows bigger , which causes your voice to get deeper. Along with all the...

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READING :Read the passage , and do the tasks that follow .

Nick's voice is changing . It is one of the many developments that happen to both girls and boys when they reach puberty : a boy's voice gét deeper than a girls 's.

At puberty , boy's bodies begin producing a lot of the hormone testosterone , which causes in several parts of the body , including the voice . For starters , a boy's larynx , also know as the voice box , grows bigger , which causes your voice to get deeper.

Along with all the other changes in your body , you might notice that your throat area looks a little diferent . For boys wherevihe larynx grows bigger , part of it sticks out in the part of the neck at the front of the throat and forms the Adam's apple . For girls , the larynx also grows bigger but not as much as a boy's . That is why girls don't have Adam's apples.

While your body is getting used to these changes , your voice can be difficult to control . A guy's voice "cracks " or "breaks" because his body is getting used to the changing size of his larynx . Fortunately , the cracking and breaking is only temporary . It usually lasts no longer than a few months.

Generally , a boy's voice will start to change somewhere between the ages of 11 and 15- although it can be earlier or later for some .

Task 1 : Read the text , and identifi whether the statements are true (T) or false (F) .

........... 1 A boy's voice gets deeper than a girl's because the boy reaches puberty.

........... 2 The larynx may be responsible for creating the sound of your voice.

........... 3 When boy's reach puberty , they only change in their voice .

........... 4 Girls don't have Adam's apples because their larynx doesn't grow bigger .

........... 5 We can't see Adam's apples of girls .

........... 6 When boys reach puberty , they can't control their voice .

........... 7 In general , boys don't have the same age of puberty .

........... 8 The changes of voice often last a few months .

Task 2 : Finds words in the passage to match these definitions .

1................................. : (of a sound ) lower.

2................................. : any of the chemical which affects the development of living things.

3................................. : lasting for a short time .

4................................. : a stage when a person develops from a child into an adult.

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Lớp 9 Tiếng anh TEST 1

Lê Thị Mộng Thùy

24 tháng 12 2019 lúc 4:11

Clothes can tell a lot about a person. Some people like very colorful clothes because they want everyone to look at them and they want to be the center of things. Other people like to wear nice clothes, but their clothes are not colorful or fancy. They do not like people to look at them. Clothes today are very different from the clothes of the 1800s. One difference is the way they look. For example, in the 1800s all women wore dresses. The dresses all had long skirts. But today women do not alwa...

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Clothes can tell a lot about a person. Some people like very colorful clothes because they want everyone to look at them and they want to be the center of things. Other people like to wear nice clothes, but their clothes are not colorful or fancy. They do not like people to look at them. Clothes today are very different from the clothes of the 1800s. One difference is the way they look. For example, in the 1800s all women wore dresses. The dresses all had long skirts. But today women do not always wear dresses with long skirts .Sometimes they wear short skirts. Sometimes they wear pants. Another difference between 1800s and today is the cloth. In the 1800s, clothes were made only from natural kinds of cloth. They were made from cotton, wool, silk, or linen. But today, there are many kinds of man-made cloth. A lot of clothes are now made from nylon, rayon, or polyester.
Answer the questions: 1. Why do some people like very colorful clothes ?
2. Were the clothes of the 1800s the same as clothes today ?
3. Who wore dresses with long skirts in the 1800s?
4. What is another difference between 1800s and today?
5. Are there many kinds of man -made cloth ?
PART D. WRITING (2,5ms) I/ Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first. (1,5m)
1. It's a pity I can't play the guitar well
. I wish.. ...
2. I have been doing homework for two hours.
I started.....
3. Study hard or you will fail the final exam.
-If you...
4. They will build a new market near my
- A new market......
5. "Are you going to my party tonight?"
She asked me...... She asked me ......2. She asked me if / whether I was going to her party that night.
6. "Why don't you come to class today?"
she asked me. She asked me. house
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Lớp 9 Tiếng anh TEST 1

Nam Cung Nhật Phương

14 tháng 6 2019 lúc 15:59

Read and choose the best word for each sentence. Christianity mainland Ocean searching earn mixed pineapples serious explorer necklace races traditions 1. Out in the Pacific......, 3700 kilometers from Los Angeles, are the islands of Hawaii, the 50th state of the United States. 2. In 1778, Captain James Cook, the great English...., visited Hawaii. 3. Captain Cook put Hawaii on his maps of the Pacific. Ships.....for whales began stopping there for supplies. 4. In 1...

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Read and choose the best word for each sentence.

Christianity mainland Ocean searching earn mixed pineapples serious explorer necklace races traditions 1. Out in the Pacific......, 3700 kilometers from Los Angeles, are the islands of Hawaii, the 50th state of the United States. 2. In 1778, Captain James Cook, the great English...., visited Hawaii. 3. Captain Cook put Hawaii on his maps of the Pacific. Ships.....for whales began stopping there for supplies. 4. In 1820, a small group of people from the eastern United States came to teach the Hawaiian people about...... 5. These people started farms in Hawaii to grow sugarcane and, later,....... 6. People from the various groups have married each other, so today the groups are partly.....
7. A lei is a long......made from beautiful fresh flowers. Hawaiian people give these to visitors. 8. Hawaiians.......most of their money from tourists. 9. Sometimes when people from different countries,........., and traditions live together, there are problems. 10. Hawaii has many few.......problems. In general, the people of Hawaii have learned to live together on those beautiful islands in peace

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Lớp 9 Tiếng anh TEST 1

sdrftgyhujkmnbvgh

26 tháng 4 2020 lúc 6:13

Mark the tetter A, B, c, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. 9. Lets go for a walk this evening, ________? A. wont we B. will we C. shall we D. don’t we 10. He couldn’t________himself laughing at the expression on his friends face. A. help B. stop C. escape D. avoid 11. - “When did he go away?” –“________minutes ago.”...

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Mark the tetter A, B, c, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

9. Let's go for a walk this evening, ________?

A. won't we B. will we C. shall we D. don’t we

10. He couldn’t________himself laughing at the expression on his friend's face.

A. help B. stop C. escape D. avoid

11. - “When did he go away?” –“________minutes ago.”

A. Few B. A few C. A little D. Many

12. Most people prefer flying ________ going by sea because it's much faster.

A. from B. than C. to D. over

13. The problem with my grandfather is that he suffers from constant ________

A. sleepy B. sleepless C. sleeplessness D. asleep

14. I want you to________these instructions exactly.

A. take up B. put out C. turn up D. carry out

15. Amy and Anna look like sisters but actually they're not________.

A. family B. relation C. familiar D. related

16. Staying in a guesthouse costs________renting a room in a dormitory.

A. twice more than B. twice as much as

C. as much twice as D. as much as twice

Mark the letter A, B, c, or D to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.

17. - “What can I do for you, madam?”

- “_______”

A. I'd like a kilo of apples. B. You can go your own way!

C. OK. Thanks a lot. D. Excuse me. I'm busy.

18. - “We appreciate your contribution to the success of our project.”

- “_______”

A. It pleased me. B. It was my pleasure,

C. That's alright. D. You can say that again.

Mark the letter A, B, c, or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

19. I only have time to tell you the main idea of it, not the details.

A. story B. gist C. list D. start

20. Wildlife on Earth is disappearing fast and will continues to do so unless urgent action is taken.

A. vanishing B. damaging C. polluting D. destroying

Mark the letter A, B, c, or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

21. Fruit and vegetables grew in abundance on the island. The islanders even exported the surplus.

A. large quantity B. small quantity C. excess D. sufficiency

22. I think that the local authority should prohibit and fine heavily anyone catching fish in this lake.

A. allow B. discourage C. recognize D. agree

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, c, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Rivers are one of the world's most important natural resources. Many cities are on large rivers, and (23) _______every country has at least one river that plays an important part in the lives of its people.

Besides transportation, rivers (24) _______ food, water for crops, water to drink, and opportunities for recreation for people who live along their banks. And in order to get water for crops, engineers sometimes build a dam (25) _______a river and let the water become a lake behind the dam. Then people can use their water not only to irrigate fields but also to make electricity for homes and industries.

However, the water often becomes (26) _______ when cities on river banks grow in size and the number of industries increases. We are learning that it is necessary to keep rivers clean if we want to enjoy the (27) _______of the natural resources.

23. A. many B. a lot C. plenty of D. almost

24. A. provide B. support C. assist D. create

25. A.over B. across C. among D. under

26. A. crowded B. overloaded C. polluted D. excited

27. A. interests B. benefits C. tips D. receipts

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, c, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

In early days no medical college took a woman student. Elizabeth Blackwell, however, was determined to become a doctor. The young American wrote

again and again to a number of medical colleges, asking if she could be enrolled but each time the answer was NO.

Then one day, to her surprise, she got a letter from the dean of a college in Geneva, which said YES.

At first Geneva College, like the other colleges, was not willing to enroll Elizabeth. But later the important people of that college learned that Elizabeth's application had the support of a famous doctor, and they were afraid to offend that man.

So the dean decided to play a trick by turning the matter over to the student's general meeting of the college, thinking that the students would be the last to agree to take Elizabeth.

When the boy students met, most students took no interest in the matter. Of the rest, some considered the young American's idea interesting and some thought by having Elizabeth they would be proud of their college training the world's first woman doctor. Very soon the students all agreed to accept Elizabeth.

The dean of Geneva College was of course very sorry to learn this, but seeing that he could do nothing to keep Elizabeth out, he gave in.

28. Elizabeth was surprised by the dean's letter, because it promised her to_______.

A. have free medical education B. go to Geneva

C. become a student in his college D. go to Italy

29. At first Geneva College_______accepting Elizabeth.

A. did not consider B. thought about

C. was interested in D. was not aware of

30. When the student body met to consider Elizabeth's application, _______.

A. most students were serious

B. many of the students showed no interest in the matter

C. most students took interest in the matter

D. most of the students were not joking

31. Some students thought if they let Elizabeth join them they could make_______.

A. her proud B. the dean proud

C. Geneva College proud D. him proud

32. The dean was very sorry when he saw his trick_______.

A. worked B. continued C. succeeded D. failed

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Lớp 9 Tiếng anh TEST 1

Euphoria

26 tháng 6 2018 lúc 10:12

Điền vào chỗ trống với the và một trong những tính từ sau: young, rich, injured, poor, homeless, old, disabled, unemployed 1.It’s said that people nowadays experience a better life than those in the past. Researchers have shown that human life expectancy is higher than ever, due to the improvement of health care services as well as the modern lifestyles. In addition, thanks to the development of the internet, (1) are able to take part in various kinds of online courses without d...

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Điền vào chỗ trống với the và một trong những tính từ sau:
young, rich, injured, poor, homeless, old, disabled, unemployed

1.It’s said that people nowadays experience a better life than those in the past. Researchers have shown that human life expectancy is higher than ever, due to the improvement of health care services as well as the modern lifestyles. In addition, thanks to the development of the internet, (1) are able to take part in various kinds of online courses without difficulty while (2) can find a job via websites or social networks easily.

2.However, some claim that in today’s world, people are suffering from more stress and tensions. (3) often have to face with pressure at work whereas (4) are likely to feel isolated from their children in such a crowded world as a nursing home. As a result, their communication as well as their relationship is put in danger. Last but not least, there is an increasing gap between rich and poor in almost every part of the world. Whilst (5) have more and more wealth (6) even do not have enough food or clothes.

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Lớp 9 Tiếng anh TEST 1

ko co ten

9 tháng 11 2018 lúc 23:22

Write the correct from the words in brackets 1. As a ............................. businessman,he couldnt imagine real poverty. ( wealth) 2. I can never make-up strories- I have absolutely no..............,..,, .(imagine) 3. People who are ............................. lack the basic reading and writing skills.( literate) 4. People didnt pay much attention to .............................. appearance a decade ago. ( physic) 5. Overreacting is surely the main cause of.........,,.......(obese...

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Write the correct from the words in brackets

1. As a ............................. businessman,he couldn't imagine real poverty. ( wealth)

2. I can never make-up strories- I have absolutely no..............,..,, .(imagine)

3. People who are ............................. lack the basic reading and writing skills.( literate)

4. People didn't pay much attention to .............................. appearance a decade ago. ( physic)

5. Overreacting is surely the main cause of.........,,.......(obese)

6. ............................... couples do not have the same right as married couples.(marry)

7. This approach can help identify common .............................. and their causes.(behave)

8. She appears to actually like the man,which I find ........................... .( credible)

9. Today,.......................... and loyalty mean nothing in the workplace. (Senior)

10. I found the ending of the novel a bit ................................. .(believe)

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Lớp 9 Tiếng anh TEST 1

bich lien

11 tháng 2 2018 lúc 16:36

Giải giúp mình với ! PART I: (3.0 pts) Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) which best completes each sentence. Circle the letter you choose. 1. Your plan was completely _______. It didn’t work at all. A. used B. useful C. useless D. usefully 2. Claire wanted to make tea, _______ she heated some water. A. so B. but C. although D. so tha...

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Giải giúp mình với !

PART I: (3.0 pts) Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) which best completes each sentence. Circle the letter you choose.

1. Your plan was completely _______. It didn’t work at all.

A. used B. useful C. useless D. usefully

2. Claire wanted to make tea, _______ she heated some water.

A. so B. but C. although D. so that

3. A man from our village, ________ children I teach, was on T.V. last night.

A. who B. whom C. where D. whose

4. I am responsible for the preparation,________?

A. aren’t I B. am I C. am not I D. don’t I

5. _____ I use your car?- Of course. Here’s the key.

A. May B. Must C. Need D. Should

6. “Would you like a glass of green tea?”

A. No, let’s not. B. No, I don’t. C. No, thanks. D. No, I wouldn’t.

7. Peter behaved so badly at the party. I wish I _______ him.

A. do not invite B. did not invite C. had not invited D. would not invite

8. That car runs at _______ speed of 180 miles _______ hour.

A. the / an B. a / the C. a / a D. the / a

9. We need _______ money to send our son to Oxford University.

A. a large sum of B. a few of C. many D. lot of

10. Mary was the_______________ of the three sisters.

A. clever B. clever as C. cleverer D. cleverest

11. I didn’t have an umbrella, so I got wet.

A. If I had had an umbrella, I wouldn’t get wet.

B. If I had had an umbrella, I would get wet.

C. I had had an umbrella, I wouldn’t have got wet.

D. Had I had an umbrella, I wouldn’t have got wet.

12. The president refused to make any judgement ______ the situation.

A. on B. with C. about D. to

13. I am fed ______ hanging around here with nothing to do.

A. up on B. out of C. up with D. by

14. The test is taking place ______ a week’s time.

A. in B. at C. for D. on

15. You can borrow this car if you promise to look ______ it carefully.

A. into B. at C. after D. up

PART II: (2.0 pts) Fill each gap in the passage with one suitable word from the box. Write your answers in the space provided under this passage.

barely created destroyed drop every

widespread factors natural pests from

Famine is a prolong food shortage that causes (1)________ hunger and death. Throughout history, famine has truck at least one area of the world (2) ________ few years. Most of the developing nations of Africa, Asia and Latin America have (3)________ enough food for their people. Millions in these countries go hungry. When food production or imports (4) ________ for any reason, famine may strike and thousands or millions of people may die.

Many famines have more than one cause. For example, the great Bengal famine of 1943 in Eastern India was caused by both (5)________ and historical events. World War II (6)________ a general food shortage and let to the cutoff of rice imports from Burma, which had been occupied by the Japanese. Then a cyclone (7)________ much farmland. Famine struck, and more than one and a half million persons died.

Nearly all famines result (8)________ crop failures. The chief causes of crop failure include drought, too much rainfall and flooding, and plant diseases and (9) ________. Many other (10) ________ may also help create a famine.

Your answers:

1 _______________________ 6 _______________________

2 _______________________ 7 _______________________

3 _______________________ 8 _______________________

4 _______________________ 9 _______________________

5 _______________________ 10 _______________________

PART III: (2.5 pts) Write the correct FORM of each bracketed verb in the numbered spaces provided in the column on the right. (0) has been done as an example.

I woke up while the flight attendant (0. serve ) breakfast. I (1.come) home after a long time abroad. I had been away for over twenty years. I wondered whether things (2.change) much. The plane landed and the bus (3. take) us to the terminal building. After I (4. collect) my luggage, I walked out of the baggage hall. I had a big surprise. Almost half my family (5. be) there to meet me. It was wonderful.

“You (6. not recognize) the old town,” my sister told me. “Almost everything (7. change) since you last saw it. The old town hall (8. destroy) by a fire about five years ago. They (9.build) a new one at the moment. They (10. build) it for the past three years in fact, but they haven’t finished it yet.

0. was serving

1/_____________

2/_____________

3/_____________

4/_____________

5/_____________

6/_____________

7/_____________

8/_____________

9/_____________

10/_____________

PART IV : (1.0 pt): Identify the words or phrases ( A, B, C, or D) that must be changed for the sentence to be correct. Circle the letter you choose.

1. When a patient’s blood pressure is much higher than it should be, a doctor usually

A B C

insists that he will not smoke.

D

2. First raise your hand, and then, you should repeat after me.

A B C D

3. It is believed that pollute is one of the main causes of species extinction.

A B C D

4. People should organize different activities to protect these rarely animals.

A B C D

5. The important thing is to believe that the problems can be solve and not to give up

A B C D

PART V: (1.0 pt) Read the following passage and circle the answers A, B, C or D which is most accurate according to the information given in the passage.

Laptop computers are popular all over the world. People use them on trains and airplanes, in airports and hotels. These laptops connect people to their workplace. In the United States today, laptops also connect students to their classroom.

Westlake College in Virginia will start a laptop computer program that allows students to do schoolwork anywhere they want. Within five years, each of the 1500 students at the college will receive a laptop. The laptops are part of a $10 million computer program at Westlake, a 100-year-old college. The students with laptops will also have access to the Internet. In addition, they will be able to use email to “speak” with their teachers, their classmates, and their families. However, the most important part of the laptop program is that students will be able to use computers without going to computer labs. They can work with it at home, in a fast food restaurant or under the trees- anywhere at all!

At Westlake College, more than 60 percent of the staff use computers. The laptops will allow all teachers to use computers in their lessons. As one Westlake teacher said, “Here we are in the middle of Virginia and we’re giving students

a window on the world. They can see everything and do everything.”

1. The main purpose of the laptop program is to give each student a laptop to _____.

A. use for their schoolwork B. access the Internet

C. work at home D. connect them to libraries

2. Why is the word “speak” in the second paragraph in quotation marks?

A. They don’t really talk.

B. They use the computer language.

C. Laptops have speakers.

D. None of the above reasons is correct.

3. Which of the following is true about Westlake College?

A. All teachers use computers.

B. 1500 students have laptops.

C. It is an old college in America.

D. Students there can do everything.

4. A window on the world in the last paragraph means that students can _____.

A. attend lectures on information technology

B. travel around the world

C. get information from around the world

D. have free laptops

PART VI: (2.0 pts) Write the correct FORM of each bracketed word in the numbered space provided below.

1. We were very pleased with the ( WARM) of his welcome.

2. I feel like a (STRANGE) in this city.

3. It’s my (RESPONSIBLE) to postpone the meeting.

4. (POLITE) is an important factor in communication.

5. A pharmacist’s job requires him or her to work (CARE) and quickly.

6. Tom was accused of stealing some (CONFIDENCE) documents.

7. Scientists consider it (BELIEVE) that gods create volcanic eruption.

8. Tom spoke ( BREATH) because he was so excited.

Your answers:

1 _______________________ 5 _______________________

2 _______________________ 6 _______________________

3 _______________________ 7 _______________________

4 _______________________ 8 _______________________

PART VII: (2.0 pts) Read the following passage carefully and choose the best word, A, B, C, or D to fill in each gap.

Can you imagine what Thomas Edison’s life was like in the years after he had invented the electric lamp? Many things had to be invented and built before electric lamps could really _____(1)______ by all; machines to _____(2)______ the electricity each home ; things ____(3)_____ it certain that the electricity in the wires did not ____(4)_____ fires; things to send electricity ____(5)_____ the right places.

Everything that was ____(6)_____ had to be thought of and ____(7)____ by Edison and the men who worked with him. There was no place where they could buy the things they ____(8)____ . Edison made 360 inventions or ___(9)_____ in order to send electric power to ____(10)____ it was wanted.

1. A. use B. used C. be used D. be using

2. A. measure B. test C. obtain D. take

3. A. make B. to make C. making D. to be made

4. A. like B. put C. start D. begin

5. A. to B. by C. at D. in

6. A. obtained B. accepted C. tried D. needed

7. A. building B. built C. was building D. build

8. A. need B. are needing C. were needing D. needed

9. A. less B. least C. much D. more

10. A. whoever B. wherever C. whatever D. whenever

SECTION II: WRITING (6.5 pts)

PART I: (2.5 pts) Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it.

1. We like to lie on the beach all day.

® We enjoy __________________________________________________

2. My mother never allows me to go out alone at night.

® My mother never lets_________________________________________

3. If you don’t start working hard now, you won’t be able to pass the final test.

® Unless_____________________________________________________

4. I was sick with the flu, I still had to study for the test.

à Although___________________________________________________

5. The tea is too hot for me to drink.

® It is such___________________________________________________

6. You forgot to switch on the washing machine, didn’t you?

® You didn’t__________________________________________________

7. Anne could not go to university because of her financial difficulties.

® Because Anne_______________________________________________

8. The doctor suggested we should walk every day for extra exercise.

® The doctor recommended us____________________________________

9. The book was interesting to most children.

® Most children_______________________________________________

10. “ How many survivors are there?”, asked the journalist.

® The journalist asked__________________________________________

PART II: (4.0 pts) In about 150-180 words, write a composition on this topic.

“The important of reading books”

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I.Use used to or didnt use to with the right form of the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences: 1. My brother......................interested in Geography when he was at school. (not/be) 2.It might surprise you to know that he.............................a wild life. (lead) 3. Paper money.............................on these Pacific islands. (not/be used) 4. When David was young, he..............................of becoming a magician. (dream) 5. Our school............................

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I.Use used to or didn't use to with the right form of the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences:

1. My brother......................interested in Geography when he was at school. (not/be)

2.It might surprise you to know that he.............................a wild life. (lead)

3. Paper money.............................on these Pacific islands. (not/be used)

4. When David was young, he..............................of becoming a magician. (dream)

5. Our school..........................................elective subjects. (not/have)

6. This was my favourite bicycle. I..................................everywhere on it. (ride)

7. Entertainment for the children in my village............................as simple as playing hide-and-seek or going swimming in the river. (Be)

8. Houses.................in light yellow only. They were not as diverse in colour as they are now. (be painted)

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