Bài 2:

1. Mike was the......in his family;all his brothers wre much taller

A. lowest B. slightest C. shortest D. littlest

2. John swims very well and.........does his brother

A. also B. even C. too D. so

3. The child was told to..........for being rude to his uncle

A. apologize B. excuse C. forgive D. confess

4. She lives very far.....here

A. to b. for C. from D. in

5. It is divided..........2 regions

A. in B . to C. into D. on

6. She enjoys the.........of the mosque

A. peace B. friendliness C. design D. cotton

(MONG CÁC BẠN GIÚP MÌNH)

Read the following text about Bill Gate, the co-founder of Microsoft, and choose the best answer.

Bill Gates is the co-founder of Microsoft, the world’s largest PC software company. He is among the richest people in the world. Bill Gates’ interest in computers started when he was a teenager. After high school, he was accepted to several top colleges in the USA: Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. He chose to go to Harvard to study law. At Harvard, he focused more on his interest in computer than on coursework. He often relaxed by playing video games in Harvard’s computer lab. He left Harvard before graduating because he wanted to open a software company with his friend Paul Allen. However, he later said, “ I don’t think dropping out is a good idea.” In 2007, he received an honorary degree from Harvard. He began his speech by saying this to his father in the audience. “I’ve been waiting more than 30 years to say this: Dad, I always told you I’d come back and get my degree.” Bill Gates is no longer working full time for Microsoft. He is now, with his wife, running The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation which aims to improve healthcare, reduce poverty, and promote education around the world.

When did Bill Gates first develop his interest in computers?

A. during his teenage years

B. when he went to university

C. when he was at nursery school

rEAD THE FOLLOWING TEST ABOUT bILL gATE, THE CO-founder of Mirrosoft, and do the takes below

Bill Gates is the co-founder of Microsoft, the world’s largest PC software company. He is among the richest people in the world. Bill Gates’ interest in computers started when he was a teenager. After high school, he was accepted to several top colleges in the USA: Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. He chose to go to Harvard to study law. At Harvard, he focused more on his interest in computer than on coursework. He often relaxed by playing video games in Harvard’s computer lab. He left Harvard before graduating because he wanted to open a software company with his friend Paul Allen. However, he later said, “ I don’t think dropping out is a good idea.” In 2007, he received an honorary degree from Harvard. He began his speech by saying this to his father in the audience. “I’ve been waiting more than 30 years to say this: Dad ,I always told you I’d come back and get my degree.” Bill Gates is no longer working full time for Microsoft. He is now, with his wife, running The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation which aims to improve healthcare, reduce poverty, and promote education around the world

2)decide if the follwing statements are true (T) of false (F)

1. after high school, gates was accepted to only middle-ranking colleges in the USA ->______

2. At harverd, he focuel more on his coursework than his interesr in computer ->_____

3. he didn't know gow to relax his har work ->____

4. he regretted that he had dropped out of harvard ->___

Read the passage the do the tasks that follow. (Hãy đọc đoạn văn này và làm các bài tập theo sau.)

Everyone has a number of acquaintances, but no one has many friends, for true friendship is not common, and there are many people who seem to be incapable of it. For a friendship to be close and lasting, both the friends must have some very special qualities.

The first quality is unselfishness. A person who is concerned only with his own interests and feelings cannot be a true friend. Friendship is a two-sided affair; it lives by give-and-take, and no friendship can last lone which is all give on one side and all take on the other.

Constancy is the second quality. Some people do not seem to be constant. They take up an interest with enthusiasm, but they are soon tired of it and feel the attraction of some new object. Such changeable and uncertain people are incapable of a lifelong friendship.

Loyalty is the third quality. Two friends must be loyal to each other, and they must know each other so well that there can be no suspicions between them. We do not think much of people who readily believe rumours and gossip about their friends. Those who are easily influenced by rumours can never be good friends.

Trust is perhaps the fourth quality. There must be mutual trust between friends, so that each can feel safe when telling the other his or her secrets. There are people who cannot keep a secret, either of their own or of others’. Such people will never keep a friend long.

Lastly, there must be a perfect sympathy between friends - sympathy with each other’s aims, likes, joys, sorrows, pursuits and pleasures. Where such mutual sympathy does not exist, friendship is impossible. 

Task 1. Fill each blank with a suitable word /phrase. (Điền vào mỗi chỗ trống bằng một từ/ cụm từ thích hợp.)

  Acquaintance        mutual         give-and-take       loyal to

  incapable of          unselfish      friend                   suspicious 

1. Good friendship should be based on…………….understanding.

2.The children seem to be………..working quietly by themselves.

3. He is a(n)………..man. He always helps people without thinking of his own benefit.

4. A(n) …………is a person one simply knows, and a(n)………….is a person with whom one has a deeper relationship.

5. You can't always insist on your own way - there has to be some…………..

6. Despite many changes in his life, he remained   …………his working principles.

7. He started to get………….when she told him that she had been to Britain for many times.

Task 2. Which of the choices A, B, C or D most adequately sums up the ideas of the whole passage? (Lựa chọn nào trong A, B, C hoặc D tóm tắt thích hợp nhất các ý tưởng của đoạn văn.)

A. A friend in need is a friend indeed

B. Conditions of true friendship

C. Features of a good friend

D. Friends and acquaintances

1. He dressed but instead of returning to his duties, lay back on his bed, _____ depressed and exhausted.
 A. specifically      B. relatively           C. deeply                             D. particularly

2. She always has a _____ for being a bread maker, but her mother imposes her opinion that she must become a teacher on her.

A. hunger B. urge C. thirst D. peak

3. He didn’t want to _____ a fuss with his wife at the public place, so he just kept silent.

A. pass B. claim C. make D. run 

4. The monitor always goes to class on time to set a good _____ for the whole class.

A. motion B. example C. mistake D. hobby

5. For the _____ of those who have already read the chapter, I won’t go into it in too much detail here today. A. chance B. sake C. help D. invent

6. I don’t want to listen to any more of your half-_____ ideas. Come back when you have some ideas that aren’t impractical and stupid.

A. mashed B. peeled C. rinsed D. baked

7. You should take notice of warnings which state that guard dogs are on _____. 

 A. alert B. patrol C. defence D. watch

8. The experience of marvelling at the diversity of wildlife and stunning scenery does not _____ cheap.

A. cost B. come C. find D. charge

9. Daniel didn’t work here for very long, but he definitely made his _____ on the place. 

 A. impression B. mark C. point D. stamp

10. The interest in him _____ to such a degree that his exploits made front page news.
 A. mounted B. augmented C. elevated D. ascended

1. He dressed but instead of returning to his duties, lay back on his bed, _____ depressed and exhausted.

A. specifically B. relatively C. deeply D. particularly

2.  She always has a _____ for being a bread maker, but her mother imposes her opinion that she must become a teacher on her.

A. hunger             B. urge          C. thirst           D. peak

3. He didn’t want to _____ a fuss with his wife at the public place, so he just kept silent.

A. pass            B. claim           C. make                 D. run

4. The monitor always goes to class on time to set a good _____ for the whole class.

 A. motion               B. example           C. mistake              D. hobby

5. For the _____ of those who have already read the chapter, I won’t go into it in too much detail here today.

A. chance          B. sake          C. help             D. invent

6. I don’t want to listen to any more of your half-_____ ideas. Come back when you have some ideas that aren’t impractical and stupid.

A. mashed             B. peeled          C. rinsed               D. baked

7. You should take notice of warnings which state that guard dogs are on _____. A. alert               B. patrol           C. defence          D. watch

8. The experience of marvelling at the diversity of wildlife and stunning scenery does not _____ cheap.

A. cost            B. come          C. find         D. charge

9. Daniel didn’t work here for very long, but he definitely made his _____ on the place.  

A. impression          B. mark C. point D. stamp

10 . The interest in him _____ to such a degree that his exploits made front page news.

A. mounted B. augmented C. elevated D. ascended