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In the first year of lower secondary Nam had some (1) ____________ in learning English. His (2) ______ of English words was really bad and his English grammar was worse. He didn’t know how to improve it. One afternoon after the lesson, his English teacher told him (3) ____________ for her out of the classroom. She took him to school library and showed him cassettes of pronunciation drills kept in a glass bookcase. She told him how to use an English- English (4) _____________ to improve his English grammar. He made (5) _________ progress and only one year later. He (6) ____________ the first prize in the English Speaking Contest held for secondary school students in his hometown.

1. A. words B. grades C. difficulties D. sounds

2. A. pronunciation B. pronunciations C. pronounce D. pronouncing

3. A. waited B. wait C. to wait D. not to wait

4. A. book B. atlas C. brochure D. dictionary

5. A. much B. many C. some D. no

6. A. had B. won C. knew D. gave

(02)

In Scotland, there is a popular legend (1) _________ a monster. The monster lives in a lake (2) ______ Loch Ness, near the town of Inverness. Loch Ness is 32 km (3) ___________, 5km wide and very, very deep. The monster’s name is Nessie. People say that she is very big and she has a long neck, like (4) ______ snake.

The legend of the monster is very _____________ (5) and millions of tourists from all over the world come to Loch Ness. Everybody wants to be the first person to see Nessie. Come to Scotland and Loch Ness - that person may _________ (6) you!

1. A. in B. at C. on D. about ____

2. A. called B. calls C. calling D. call ____

3. A. length B. long C. lengthen D. longer ____

4. A. a B. an C. the D. ____

5. A. fame B. famous C. famously D. infamous ____

6. A. are B. was C. were D. be ____

(03)

Many household (1) __________ are very dangerous. Young children may think that chemicals and drugs are soft drinks or candy, so they may drink or eat (2) ___________. Therefore you must put them in locked cupboard. You must not let children play in the kitchen because it is dangerous. Children (3) _________ play with matches. Just one match can (4) ____________ fire. Each year, fires (5) ___________ houses and injure people. You must (6) ____________ electrical sockets so that children cannot try to put anything into them.

1. A. subjects B. appliance C. thing D. objects

2. A. they B. theirs C. their D. them

3. A. must B. mustn’t C. don’t have to D. have to

4. A. do B. cause C. have D. play

5. A. destroy B. hurt C. collapse D. kill

6. A. close B. discover C. wraps D. cover

(04)

A new shopping (1) ___________ is opening in Nam’s neighborhood today. It is very different (2) _____ the present shopping area. All the shops are under one roof. That will be very (3) _____________, especially during the hot and humid summer months. Customers will shop (4) ________ comfort and (5) ___________ the weather. Some people in the neighborhood, (6) ______________, are not happy about the changes.

1) A. mall B. discount C. Comfort D. market
2) A. with B. from C. for D. in
3) A. convenience B. convenient C. inconvenient D. conveniently
4) A. on B. with C. in D. at
5) A. don’t notice B. haven’t noticed C. won’t notice D. aren’t noticing
6) A. but B. however C. although D. and

(05)

Hang is thirteen years old. She is a pretty girl with ___________________________ (1) hair. She lives at 805, Hau Giang Street in Ho Chi Minh City with her parents and her ­­__________________ (2) Hanh and Huong. She is a hard-working student who always ______________ (3) good grades. Her classmates often say, "Hang is very sociable _____________ (4) helpful. She is always willing to help us ____________ (5) difficult exercises..." That's why Hang has a lot of friends. Her best friends are Mai and Lan, with whom she often ______________ (6) her feelings.

1. A. long black wavy B. black long wavy C. wavy black long D. long wavy black

2. A. younger sisters B. two young C. younger two D. two young sister

3. A. gives B. works C. gets D. makes

4. A. but B. and C. or D. also

5. A. with B. for C. of D. at

6. A. talks B. shares C. tells D. says

(06)

Have you ever wanted to do something (1) ________________? Five years ago Bill Slade read about an organization calls Earth Watch. Earth Watch finds (2) ______________ for expeditions to study and explore different parts of the world.

Bill decided (3) _____________ an expedition to study elephants in Africa. And he counted birds in the rain forests of South America. He planted (4) ___________ in Europe and he studied whales in the Pacific Ocean. Bill said, ‘It was (5)______________work, but we had a lot of fun, and I learned a lot, (6)_______.’

1. A. different B. the same C. differently D. difficultly ____

2. A. volunteers B. activities C. programs D. resources ____

3. A. join B. to join C. joining D. to joining ____

4. A. banks B. parks C. lakes D. trees ____

5. A. easy B. hardly C. hard D. easily ____

6. A. also B. too C. either D. all are correct ____

(07)

There are also (1) ____________ ways of learning the same number of words. For example, (2) _______ you try to learn ten words in two days, you can do so in two ways. You can learn the first five words the first day, and then learn the other five the next day. However, because (3) ______________ is necessary; you can learn all the ten words the first day and revise them the next day. This helps you (4) _________________ the words more times.

Language learners should try different ways of learning words so as to find (5) ____________ the best way for themselves. Ask (6) ___________________ the question: How should I learn words?

1. A. differ B different C. differently D. indifferent

2. A. so B. however C. after that D. if

3. A. revision B. revise C. review D. revising

4. A. to practice B. practicing C. practice D. practices

5. A. up B. out C. in D. off

6. A. yourself B. yourselves C. myself D. themselves

(08)

Some people learn a second language (1) __________. Other people have trouble learning (2) ______ new language. There are several ways to make learning English a little easier and (3) __________ interesting. The first step is to feel about learning English. If you believe that you can (4) ___________, you will learn. Be patient! You do not have (5) _________________ everything all at once. It is natural to make mistakes when you learn (6) __________________ new.

1. A. ease B. easy C. easily D. easiest

2. A. two B. a C. an D. three

3. A. as B. at C. more D. than

4. A. learn B. to learn C. learnt D. learning

5. A. understand B. to understand C. understood D. be understood

6. A. something B. nothing C. think D. thought

(09)

Lan wanted to (1) _______for the activities for this summer, and the secretary helped her do that. She got (2) __________________ and filled it out for Lan. She asked Lan about her personal details such (3)­ ____ her name, her date of birth, her address, her phone number, and so on. Lan also told the secretary about her (4)______________ (drawing, outdoor activities and acting). After (5) __________________ filling out the form, the secretary told Lan to (6) __________the form to her teacher immediately and ask her to sign it.

1. A. enroll B. write C. play D. take

2. A. an order form B. a receipt C. a document D. an application form

3. A. as B. like C. at D. that

4. A. things B. study C. hobbies D. chores

5. A. to finish B. finished C. finish D. finishing

6. A. take B. bring C. send D. make

1.______ 2.______ 3.______ 4.______ 5.______ 6.______

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