Fran Taylor is a nurse. When she works the morning (1)___, she wakes up very early, at 5:30. She goes to work at 6:00, and she is very (2)___ all day. It’s an important job. Fran helps the doctors and (3)___ the patients. When she finishes work, she walks (4)___ home. She never gets the train (5)___ the bus. She has dinner and watches TV or (6)___ books to relax after a working day.

1. A. job B. shift C. task D. exercise

2. A. free B. difficult C. busy D. easy 

3. A. looks after B. takes care C. looks for D. takes after

4. A. to B. for C. from D. back 5.

A. but B. or C. and D. so

6. A. reads B. read C. is reading D. was read

V. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage. (1.5pts) Let me tell you more about my parents. My Mom is a (21)_____. She looks after the family. Three mornings a week, she works part-time at a local supermarket. She and other women also cook lunch (22)_____homeless people every weekend. My Dad is a mechanic. He repairs machines in a factory. He works five days (23)_____week for about 40 hours, sometimes in the morning (24)_____sometimes in the afternoon. He (25)_____the morning shift. He has (26)_____days off than my mom. However, when he has an afternoon free, he plays golf. 21. A. housewife B. housework C. homework D. household 22. A. with B. for C. at D. to 23. A. two B. the C. a D. an 24. A. and B. because C. so D. but 25. A. has B. prefers C. does D. volunteers 26. A. fewer B. better C. worse D. less

VIII. 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 numbered blank.        

Minh’s hobby is singing. She (1)…………singing very much. When her brother (2)………….a karaoke set last month, Minh was so glad that she (3)…… every day after dinner. She likes to sing only English songs. In fact, she has already sung all the songs found (4)………..the karaoke discs. Minh is singing in the karaoke (5)……….organized by the RC Center this Saturday. Her family is going there to support her.

Question 1. A. wants            B. thinks                    C. enjoys                    D. hate

Question 2. A. invented      B. bought                   C. discovered                        D. made

Question 3. A. sing               B. sang                       C. sung                       D. singing

Question 4. A. on                 B. of                            C. about                     D. under

Question 5. A. battle            B. company               C. institution             D. competition

Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best fits the blank space in the passage.

Nga telephoned Hoa at weekend to _______ (1) arrangements to see the movie Dream City at Sao Mai Movie Theater. Hoa liked the movie so she asked Aunt Thanh's permission. _____ (2), Aunt Thanh said she could go. However, the movie theater was a bit _______ (3) Hoa's house, so she had to _______ (4) her cousin's bike. They arranged _______ (5) outside the theater _______ (6) 6.30 pm, fifteen minutes before the film started.

1.    A. do                    B. make                      C. create                  D. invent

2.    A. Badly              B. Luckily                  C. Occasionally       D. Unfortunately

3.    A. near from        B. long way from       C. far from              D. easy from

4.    A. own                 B. steal                       C. borrow                D. lend

5.    A. to meet            B. to come                  C. to get                   D. to go

       6.   A. early                 B. a bit early               C. from earlier        D. at around

V. Read the passage and tick true (T) or false (F).

Liz always gets up very early – at five o’clock in the morning. She has breakfast and then goes to work by bus at twenty past five. She works from six fifteen in the morning until two thirty in the afternoon. She usually eats lunch at a quarter past eleven.

In the afternoon, Liz visits her family, goes shopping or plays badminton with friends at about half past four. She eats dinner at ten to six and then watches the seven o’clock news program. She goes to bed at ten or ten thirty. That is the end of a busy day of Liz.

1. Liz often gets up at five in the morning. => ______

2. She starts her work at six o’clock. => ______

3. She has lunch at eleven fifteen. => ______

4. She has dinner at 5.50 p.m. => ______

5. She goes to bed at ten fifty. => ______

Read the following text and then do the following quiz.

Ann lives in London. She is twenty-nine and works for the BBC. She interviews people on an early morning news program called The World Today. Every weekday she gets up at 3:00 in the morning because the program starts at 6.30. She loves her work because it is exciting and she meets a lot of very interesting people, but she loves her weekend, too.

On Fridays she comes home from the BBC at about 2.00 in the afternoons and she just relaxes. On Friday evenings she doesn’t go out, but sometimes a friend comes for dinner. He or she brings wine and they cook. Ann loves cooking. They listen to music or just chat.

On Saturday mornings she gets up at 9.00 and she goes shopping. Then in the evenings she sometimes goes to the theater or opera with a friend – she loves opera. Then they eat in her favorite Chinese restaurant. On Sunday mornings she stays in bed late. She doesn’t get up until 11.00. Sometimes in the afternoons she visits her sister. She lives in the country and has two children. She likes playing with her niece and nephew, but she leaves early because she goes to bed at 8.00 on Sunday evenings.

Choose the best answer.

Question. Why does she love her work?

A. Because she can meet interesting people.

B. Because it’s funny.

C. Because it’s very easy to do.

D. Because she can earn a lot of money.

Read the following text and then do the following quiz.

Ann lives in London. She is twenty-nine and works for the BBC. She interviews people on an early morning news program called The World Today. Every weekday she gets up at 3:00 in the morning because the program starts at 6.30. She loves her work because it is exciting and she meets a lot of very interesting people, but she loves her weekend, too.

On Fridays she comes home from the BBC at about 2.00 in the afternoons and she just relaxes. On Friday evenings she doesn’t go out, but sometimes a friend comes for dinner. He or she brings wine and they cook. Ann loves cooking. They listen to music or just chat.

On Saturday mornings she gets up at 9.00 and she goes shopping. Then in the evenings she sometimes goes to the theater or opera with a friend – she loves opera. Then they eat in her favorite Chinese restaurant. On Sunday mornings she stays in bed late. She doesn’t get up until 11.00. Sometimes in the afternoons she visits her sister. She lives in the country and has two children. She likes playing with her niece and nephew, but she leaves early because she goes to bed at 8.00 on Sunday evenings.

Choose the best answer.

Question. What does she do on Friday afternoons?

A. She plays computer games.

B. She relaxes.

C. She goes out with her friends.

D. She goes shopping.

Read the following text and then do the following quiz.

Ann lives in London. She is twenty-nine and works for the BBC. She interviews people on an early morning news program called The World Today. Every weekday she gets up at 3:00 in the morning because the program starts at 6.30. She loves her work because it is exciting and she meets a lot of very interesting people, but she loves her weekend, too.

On Fridays she comes home from the BBC at about 2.00 in the afternoons and she just relaxes. On Friday evenings she doesn’t go out, but sometimes a friend comes for dinner. He or she brings wine and they cook. Ann loves cooking. They listen to music or just chat.

On Saturday mornings she gets up at 9.00 and she goes shopping. Then in the evenings she sometimes goes to the theater or opera with a friend – she loves opera. Then they eat in her favorite Chinese restaurant. On Sunday mornings she stays in bed late. She doesn’t get up until 11.00. Sometimes in the afternoons she visits her sister. She lives in the country and has two children. She likes playing with her niece and nephew, but she leaves early because she goes to bed at 8.00 on Sunday evenings.

Choose the best answer.

Question. Where does Ann’s sister live?

A. She lives in a city.

B. She lives in the country.

C. She lives in a town.

D. She lives in a province.

Read the following text and then do the following quiz.

Ann lives in London. She is twenty-nine and works for the BBC. She interviews people on an early morning news program called The World Today. Every weekday she gets up at 3:00 in the morning because the program starts at 6.30. She loves her work because it is exciting and she meets a lot of very interesting people, but she loves her weekend, too.

On Fridays she comes home from the BBC at about 2.00 in the afternoons and she just relaxes. On Friday evenings she doesn’t go out, but sometimes a friend comes for dinner. He or she brings wine and they cook. Ann loves cooking. They listen to music or just chat.

On Saturday mornings she gets up at 9.00 and she goes shopping. Then in the evenings she sometimes goes to the theater or opera with a friend – she loves opera. Then they eat in her favorite Chinese restaurant. On Sunday mornings she stays in bed late. She doesn’t get up until 11.00. Sometimes in the afternoons she visits her sister. She lives in the country and has two children. She likes playing with her niece and nephew, but she leaves early because she goes to bed at 8.00 on Sunday evenings.

True or False?

Question. She works for the World Tomorrow.

A. True

B. False