X: There are 11 mistakes in the following passage. Read, underline then correct them. The first one has been done for you as an example.

   An increased number of people is now going on trip to Egypt. last year, for example, about one or a half million tourists visited Egypt. The people of Egypt is about fifty million and the capital is El Qahira, a busy city of just under nine millions people. Although the temperature is hot, dry and most of country is desert, but average climate from October to March is not too high. Most famous sights are the Pyramids at Giza. However it's also pleasant to see Alexandria and several other places.

Your answer:  0. increased -> increasing

      1........................->..........................    6..........................-> ...........................

      2........................->..........................    7..........................-> ...........................                                       

      3........................->..........................    8..........................-> ...........................

      4........................->..........................    9..........................-> ...........................   

      5........................->..........................   10.........................-> ...........................

Make short exchanges about travelling in the future, using prediction with will or won’t.

number 0 has been done for you as an example.

0.  people/ travel by rocket/ Yes.

     A: Will people travel by rocket?

     B: Yes, they will.

1.  regulations for flying cars/ Yes.

     A:                                                                                                                                      

     B:                                                                                                                                      

2.  driverless cars/ popular in the next decade/ Yes.

     A:                                                                                                                                      

     B:                                                                                                                                      

3.  more accidents in the sky/ No.

  A:                                                                                                                        B:    

4.  all vehicles/ solar energy/ Yes.

     A:                                                                                                                                      

     B:                                                                                                                                      

5.  a kind of train in the sky to carry a lot of passengers/ No.

     A:                                                                                                                                      

     B:                                                                                                                                      

6.  driverless cars/ prevent/ accidents/ Yes.

     A:                                                                                                                                      

     B:                                                                                                                                      

Exercise 2: Decide what part is pronounced /ə/ or /ɜː/ in each word, the first one has been done for you as an example.

      0.   further Æ further->/ɜː/

      1. occur                 2. circus                 3. German             4. burden               5. colonel

      ......................        ......................        ......................        ......................        ......................

      6. courtesy            7. surgeon             8. burglar              9. curtain               10. purchase

      ......................        ......................        ......................        ......................        ......................

III. Circle the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting. the first one has been done as an example. (0,5point)

       Example: Mr. Phong enjoys rides his bike to work

                        A                    B           C                 D

1. We have known her when we lived and worked in New York

                  A                   B             C                       D

2. There is an England examination on Friday, 11th December, isn’t there?

        A                 B                                                          C                  D

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

    There has been an outbreak of avian influenza, better known as bird flu in Asia recently. The first (1) _____ died two weeks ago in Vietnam and there have been the cases reported since in Thailand, and there are some suspected cases in Cambodia as well as.

    Wild birds are affected by a large number of flu viruses, just as the humans and other animals are, but they are normally exclusive to birds. If the viruses manage to mutate, they can to jump the species barrier and infect human beings. The first case (2) _____ someone died was in Hong Kong in 1997.

    There are the several different forms of bird flu, ranging from mild to very (3) _____ infections, which spreading rapidly and kill many of the birds they infect. It is spread by wild birds-ducks, in particular – which carry the virus, but aren't killed by it. They can spread the virus to farm birds through (4) _____ contact or by the contaminating water supplies.

          World Health Organization officials have attributed the spread of bird flu to human contact with the droppings of infected birds and (5) _____ sanitation. There was no evidence at first that the virus spread from person to person, though there has been a case of this happening being investigated by scientists.

Điền ô số 1

A. victim

B. casualty

C. sufferer

D. infector

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

    There has been an outbreak of avian influenza, better known as bird flu in Asia recently. The first (1) _____ died two weeks ago in Vietnam and there have been the cases reported since in Thailand, and there are some suspected cases in Cambodia as well as.

    Wild birds are affected by a large number of flu viruses, just as the humans and other animals are, but they are normally exclusive to birds. If the viruses manage to mutate, they can to jump the species barrier and infect human beings. The first case (2) _____ someone died was in Hong Kong in 1997.

    There are the several different forms of bird flu, ranging from mild to very (3) _____ infections, which spreading rapidly and kill many of the birds they infect. It is spread by wild birds-ducks, in particular – which carry the virus, but aren't killed by it. They can spread the virus to farm birds through (4) _____ contact or by the contaminating water supplies.

    World Health Organization officials have attributed the spread of bird flu to human contact with the droppings of infected birds and (5) _____ sanitation. There was no evidence at first that the virus spread from person to person, though there has been a case of this happening being investigated by scientists.

Điền ô số 4

A. direct

B. straight

C. immediate

D. square

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

    There has been an outbreak of avian influenza, better known as bird flu in Asia recently. The first (1) _____ died two weeks ago in Vietnam and there have been the cases reported since in Thailand, and there are some suspected cases in Cambodia as well as.

    Wild birds are affected by a large number of flu viruses, just as the humans and other animals are, but they are normally exclusive to birds. If the viruses manage to mutate, they can to jump the species barrier and infect human beings. The first case (2) _____ someone died was in Hong Kong in 1997.

    There are the several different forms of bird flu, ranging from mild to very (3) _____ infections, which spreading rapidly and kill many of the birds they infect. It is spread by wild birds-ducks, in particular – which carry the virus, but aren't killed by it. They can spread the virus to farm birds through (4) _____ contact or by the contaminating water supplies.

    World Health Organization officials have attributed the spread of bird flu to human contact with the droppings of infected birds and (5) _____ sanitation. There was no evidence at first that the virus spread from person to person, though there has been a case of this happening being investigated by scientists.

Điền ô số 2

A. where

B. when

C. which

D. why

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

    There has been an outbreak of avian influenza, better known as bird flu in Asia recently. The first (1) _____ died two weeks ago in Vietnam and there have been the cases reported since in Thailand, and there are some suspected cases in Cambodia as well as.

    Wild birds are affected by a large number of flu viruses, just as the humans and other animals are, but they are normally exclusive to birds. If the viruses manage to mutate, they can to jump the species barrier and infect human beings. The first case (2) _____ someone died was in Hong Kong in 1997.

    There are the several different forms of bird flu, ranging from mild to very (3) _____ infections, which spreading rapidly and kill many of the birds they infect. It is spread by wild birds-ducks, in particular – which carry the virus, but aren't killed by it. They can spread the virus to farm birds through (4) _____ contact or by the contaminating water supplies.

    World Health Organization officials have attributed the spread of bird flu to human contact with the droppings of infected birds and (5) _____ sanitation. There was no evidence at first that the virus spread from person to person, though there has been a case of this happening being investigated by scientists.

Điền ô số 3

A. strict

B. severe

C. serious

D. heavy

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

    There has been an outbreak of avian influenza, better known as bird flu in Asia recently. The first (1) _____ died two weeks ago in Vietnam and there have been the cases reported since in Thailand, and there are some suspected cases in Cambodia as well as.

    Wild birds are affected by a large number of flu viruses, just as the humans and other animals are, but they are normally exclusive to birds. If the viruses manage to mutate, they can to jump the species barrier and infect human beings. The first case (2) _____ someone died was in Hong Kong in 1997.

    There are the several different forms of bird flu, ranging from mild to very (3) _____ infections, which spreading rapidly and kill many of the birds they infect. It is spread by wild birds-ducks, in particular – which carry the virus, but aren't killed by it. They can spread the virus to farm birds through (4) _____ contact or by the contaminating water supplies.

    World Health Organization officials have attributed the spread of bird flu to human contact with the droppings of infected birds and (5) _____ sanitation. There was no evidence at first that the virus spread from person to person, though there has been a case of this happening being investigated by scientists.

Điền ô số 5

A. awful

B. bad

C. terrible

D. poor