THE NIGHT BEFORE

Jane lay awake. She had...................preparing for the next day ....................a long time and now she couldn't sleep. Her team..................playing the local champions at water polo in the final and Jane was the captain. She..........................feeling the pressure.

She turned over and remembered how she..........................learned to swim. Her father had taught her. They.....................go to the local pool every day after school and her father ....................to show her what to do. She hadn't liked the water at first, but she soon .................used to it. She learned quickly and joined the water polo team. She had ................their youngest member!

She quickly got used to scoring goals and................................under pressure, but tomorrow was different. It was the biggest match of her life. She closed her eyes again and tried to get to sleep. "I .....................used to have problems sleeping", she thought to herself. "But then again, I didn't .................to be the captain of the team". She watched the lock change slowly and knew that it was going to be a long night.

David played in his first big football match last week. He was a (1)__________ player and did not know anyone in his team. During the first forty minutes he (2)__________ a goal and then helped his team to score another goal. After the second goal, he found that there was a (3)__________ mistake. He was on the wrong side! “My friends didn’t believe me,” David said. “In fact I cannot believe it myself.” The mix-up began as (4)__________ as David arrived at the Banana football ground before the start of the match against Orange. “Where are the changing rooms?” David asked someone at the entrance. The man did not say anything but showed him to the Orange room. Everyone was surprised to see David but they thought he was a new (5)__________ of their team! In the second half of the match David got for Banana and the result was a 2-2 draw.

1. A. new B. old C. beautiful D. strong

2. A. gave B. received C. scored D. lost

3. A. friendly B. terrible C. good D. well

4. A. long B. good C. well D. soon

5. A. member B. family C. player D. trainer

Joe and his fellow mountaineers knew that if they encountered any (1) ….. ............(SEE) hazards it was unlikely that anyone could assist them. The mountain was on an (2) .........…..(INHABIT) island and they were the only people there. Help was a long boat journey away. The mountain had an (3) ….. ......(FAME) reputation and many previous expeditions had been unsuccessful. They had already tried two routes to the summit and found them (5) ….. .... (PASS) Now they were trying the third. Joe had a note, in almost (6) ….......(LEGIBLE) handwriting, from the leader of a previous expedition advising him to try it. The information in the note had proved (7) ….......(VALUE) and they had made good progress at first. For the last two days, however, bad weather had confined them to their tent. It would be (8) …..........(RESPONSE) to climb in such conditions. The climbers had found their equipment reliable but were (9) …......... (SATISFY) with their tent, which leaked badly. They had not (10) …..........(TREAT) it in any way but it was not fit for purpose. Joe suspected the tent material was inflammable because their cooker almost set it on fire. Eventually, the weather improved and the climbers set off once more, (12) …...............(DAUNT) by the challenges ahead of them.

I. Fill in each blank with the simple past tense of the verb from the box
Play, go, do, buy, teach, lose, score, win, become, enjoy
1. My friends and I ... swimming yesterday morning.
2. We really ... the game last Sunday.
3. In 1958, at the age of 17, Pele ... his first World Cup.
4. The Canadian hockey team ... six goals against Switzerland.
5. The home team... very well, but they lost the match.
6. My father ... me how to ride a bike.
7. I ... a new baseball cap last week.
8. At the age of 17, Messi ... the youngest offical player and goal scorer in the Spanish La Liga.
9. She has a black belt in karate. She first ... karate when she was seven.
10. Argentina ... 1-0 to Germany in the final

VIII. Read the passage and circle the best answer. A. In the match(1) ……. Nguyen Du team and Trung Vuong Club which took place last Sunday, Nguyen Du team beat Trung Vuong Club by three goals to two. The last time the two teams met, Trung Vuong Club won by three goals (2)……. nil, so Nguyen Du Club were making a great discussion to win this match. In the first half of the (3) ………. , Trung Vuong Club was leading by two (4) …… . However, Trung Vuong Club (5) ……. a number of careless mistakes during the second half. This was after their player, Minh, missed the ball, slipped and ( 6) ……. heavily. Nguyen Du team then (7) …….. two lucky goals, and in the few minutes before the finish, Vinh shot the ball into the net, bringing the score to three goals to two. Nguyen Du team(8) ………. well this season and their fans have good reason to be proud. Trung Vuong Club too, has had good results up to now. This is the first game they lost

1. A. on B. between C. of

2. A. to B. by C. for

3. A. play B. match C. performance

4. A. matches B. players C. goals

5. A. is making B. makes C. made

6. A. falls B. fell C. is falling

7. A. had B. scored C. put

8. A. plays B. has played C. played

B.

Kate has three (1) …………..a day: breakfast, lunch and dinner. She usually (2) ………….. breakfast at home. She has bread, eggs and milk (3) …………..breakfast. (4)……..school, Lan and her friends always (5) …………..lunch at one o’clock. They often have fish or meat, vegetables for lunch. Kate has dinner (6) ………….. her parents at home at 7 o’clock. They often have meat or fish, bread, chicken (7) …….. vegetables for dinner. After dinner, they eat (8) ………….. fruits or cakes. Kate (9) ………….. dinner because it is a big and happy meal of the day. Her family goes out for dinner (10) ……….. a month

1. A. breakfast B. lunch C. meals D. cooking

2. A. have B. has C. do D. does

3. A. on B. in C. to D. for

4. A. At B. In C. On D. For

5. A. has B. have C. having D. to have

6. A. to B. for C. with D. and

7. A. and B. or C. to D. in

8. A. a B. an C. any D. some

9. A. like B. likes C. to like D. not like

10. A. one B. one time C. once D. once time

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 questions.

In the 1960s, The Beatles were probably the most famous pop group in the whole world.  Since then, there have been a great many groups that have achieved enormous fame,  so it is perhaps difficult now to  imagine  how  sensational  The  Beatles  were  at  that  time.  They  were  four  boys  from  the  north  of England and none of them had any training in music.  They started by performing and recording songs by black Americans and they had some success with these songs. Then they started writing their own songs and that was when they became really popular. The Beatles changed pop music.  They were the first pop group to achieve great success from songs they had written themselves. After that it became common for groups and singers to write their own songs. The Beatles did not have a long career. Their first hit record was in 1963 and they  split up in 1970. They stopped doing live performances in 1966 because it had become too dangerous for them – their fans were so excited that they surrounded them and tried to take their  clothes as souvenirs!  However, today some of their songs remain as famous as they were when they first came out. Throughout the world many people can sing part of a Beatles song if you ask them.

The first songs of the Beatles were

A. Written by themselves

B.   Broadcast on the radio

C.  Paid a lot of money

D.  Written by black Americans

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 questions.

In the 1960s, The Beatles were probably the most famous pop group in the whole world. Since then, there have been a great many groups that have achieved enormous fame, so it is perhaps difficult now to imagine how sensational The Beatles were at that time. They were four boys from the north of England and none of them had any training in music. They started by performing and recording songs by black Americans and they had some success with these songs. Then they started writing their own songs and that was when they became really popular. The Beatles changed pop music. They were the first pop group to achieve great success from songs they had written themselves. After that it became common for groups and singers to write their own songs. The Beatles did not have a long career. Their first hit record was in 1963 and they split up in 1970. They stopped doing live performances in 1966 because it had become too dangerous for them - their fans were so excited that they surrounded them and tried to take their clothes as souvenirs! However, today some of their songs remain as famous as they were when they first came out. Throughout the world, many people can sing part of a Beatles song if you ask them.

The first songs of the Beatles were __________.

A. written by black American

B. broadcast on the radio

C. paid a lot of money

D. written by themselves