VIII.       Choose the correct answer A, B, c or D to fill each blank in the following passage.

                Coin collecting is one of the most popular hobbies in the world. Most coin (1)…………. enjoy trying to have a complete set of a country’s coins. Some people collect coins for pleasure; (2)                              collect coins in order to sell them later. From coins, we can also (3)……………. something about certain famous people and events in a country’s (4)______. Many beginning collector go to the bank and buy coins. Then they (5)                 coins for their collection.

1.A. collectors               B. collecting                                  C. collected                                   D. collections

2.A. another                  B. other                                          C. others                                        D. the other

3.A. teach                      B. learn                                          C. give                                            D. offer

4.A. history                   B. nature                                       C. science                                      D. geography

5.A. look                        B. see                                             C. watch                                        D. find

IX. Read the article and then decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).

                After school Susan goes home to do her model-making. She loves making models. She started about a year ago. She needs about two weeks to make a model. Then she puts it on the shelf in her bedroom. She has about twenty models now. She thinks she will need to get another shelf soon. Last term she tried to start a club for model-making at school but the teachers and other children weren’t interested. She thinks she has a lot of fun anyway.

                                                                                                                                                                              True       False

1.Susan makes models when she stays at school.                                                                                        o            o

2.She has made her models for about one year.                                                                                           o            o

3.It takes her two weeks to make two models.                                                                                              o            o

4.She will need another shelf for her models soon.                                                                                       o            o

5.Susan tried to start a club for model making and the teachers

 and other children were interested in it very much.                               

V. Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in the list.
find
history
others 
learn 
collectors
Coin collecting is one of the most popular hobbies in the world. Most coin (1)........enjoy trying to have a 
complete set of a country’s coins. Some people collect coins for pleasure, (2).............collect coins to sell 
them later. From coins, we can also (3)...............something about certain famous people and events in a 
country’s (4).......... . Many beginning collectors go to the bank and buy coins. Then they (5)..............coins 
for their collection.

II.Give the correct form of the word given to complete the sentence

1. Minh is very …………….. and he paints very well. (CREATE)

2. Nam’s hobby is collecting coins. He is a coin …………… (COLLECT)

3. My uncle often takes a lot of ……………. photos. (BEAUTY)

4. I like reading books because it ………………. my knowleadge. (WIDE)

5. I think collecting old bowls is a very ……………. hobby. (BORE)

6.The most popular after-school..........in Vietnam are football and badminton.(ACT)

7.English is an..........and important subject.(INTEREST)

8.Scinence books are very........for our study of the world.(USE)

9.Ba is famous stamp.........(COLLECT)

10.They learnt to play a.......instrument(MUSIC)

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Choose the word or phrase among a, b, c or d that best fits the blank space in the following passage

Coin collecting is one of the most important hobbies in the world . Most coin (1).......... simply enjoy trying to acquire a complete set of a nation's coin . Some people collect coins as works of art . (2)....... collect them as an investment , to be sold later at a profit . Through coins , a collector can also (3)......... something about certain famous people and events in a country's (4)................ . Imaginative coin collectors can build many types (5)............. collection

1. A. collecting B. collection C. collected D. collectors

2. A. The other B. Others C. Another D. Other

3. A. offer B. learn C. give D. teach

4. A. geography B. nature C. history D. science

5. A. of B. in C. for D. on

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Complete the sentences with whose, who, which, or where.

126. Tom, _________ who sister is a teacher, is in my class.

127. The White House, _________ the US president lives, is in Washington.

128. My brother, _________ works in Warsaw, earns a lot of money.

129. Venice, is in Italy, _________ is a very old city.

130. The Ritz Hotel, _________ we stayed last year, is very expensive.

131. John Lennon, _________ was born in 1940, was a member of The Beatles.

132. My car, _________ I bought last month, broke down again.

133. Molly, _________ father is from Paris, speaks French very wel

Today, the Secret Service is the agency of the United States government that is charged with the protection of the president and family members of the president. Any time that the president appears in public, neatly dressed Secret Service agents are clearly in evidence alongside the president. Secret Service agents might also accompany a presidential spouse to a committee meeting, on a shopping trip, to a charity event, or out for a walk in the park. Agents accompany the president’s children to school on a daily basis, sitting unobtrusively but hardly unnoticed in the background throughout each hour of class, and tag along with the president’s children on dates and to any type of social event.

The Secret Service is so much in evidence around the president and members of the president’s family, one might question why the activities of these agents are considered secret. The name of the agency, however, is -not derived from its duty in protecting the president but from its original covert duty in protecting the economy of the young United States from counterfeiters. Before the Civil War, the official currency of the United States was in coins; however, after the war, the government began issuing paper money. This new paper currency was easy for counterfeiters to replicate, and soon counterfeit bills flooded the country. Secret Service agents, as part of the Department of the Treasury, posed as criminals interested in purchasing large sums of counterfeit bills in order to gather evidence against counterfeiters and put them out of their illegal business. For quite some time, the government preferred to keep the public in the dark about the extent of the counterfeiting at that time, afraid that the public would lose confidence in the country’s paper money if they knew that there was so much counterfeit money mixed in with the real thing.

It was not until 1901 that the role of the Secret Service was expanded from protecting the currency of the country to protecting its president. In that year, then President William McKinley was shot by an assassin in Buffalo, New York. Sadly, he died eight days later from the wounds inflicted during the assassination attempt. At that time, the Secret Service was assigned to protect the president, in addition to its other duties, and it has carried out that assignment, often not in a secretive fashion, to this day.

2.   Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?

A.Protection of the United States Presidency

B.  The Duties of the Secret Service

C. The President and Family Members of the President

D.The Role of the Secret Service in Protecting the Currency of the United States

3.   Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as a responsibility of the Secret Service?

A.Shopping for the president

B.  Accompanying the president on public appearances

C.  Going for walks with the presidents spouse

D.Attending school with the president’s children

4.   According to paragraph 2, the Secret Service is called secret           .

A.because its duty in protecting the president is unknown to the public.

B. because of its original covert duty in protecting the economy of the young United States from counterfeiters.

C. because it keeps the public in the dark about its duty of protecting members of the president’s family.

D.because its assignment to protect the president is carried out in a secretive fashion.

5.   It can be inferred from the passage that before the Civil War          .

A.paper money was used extensively

B. counterfeiting of paper money was not a big problem for the U.S. government

C. coins were relatively easy to counterfeit

D.Secret Service agents spent most of their time protecting the president and his family

6.   The expression “posed as” in line 16 is closest in meaning to which of the following?

A. talked with        B. chased after       C. pretended to be             D. looked for

7.   The word “them” in line 19 refers to    …………..

A.counterfeiters

B. secret agents

C. counterfeit bills

D.criminals

8.   According to the passage, the government kept its citizens uninformed about the extent of early counterfeiting because the government………….

A.worried that counterfeiters would learn to make better counterfeit currency

B. believed that the amount of counterfeiting would increase

C. felt embarrassed about how easy it was to counterfeit the currency

D.feared that the citizens would stop using paper currency

9.   All of the following are similar in meaning to “covert” (line 12) EXCEPT………….

A.    hidden              B. secret                  C. overt                                 D. concealed

10.  The word “it” in line 27 refers to………….

A.the assassination attempt

B. the role

C. the country

D.Secret Service

11.  According to the last paragraph,…………...

A.By 1901, the Secret Service had stopped protecting the currency of the country

B.  the role of the Secret Service was widened as a result of the assassination of President William McKinley

C.  since the assassination of President William McKinley, protecting the president has become the sole duty of the Secret Service

D.protecting the president has always been a secret operation

Today, the Secret Service is the agency of the United States government that is charged with the protection of the president and family members of the president. Any time that the president appears in public, neatly dressed Secret Service agents are clearly in evidence alongside the president. Secret Service agents might also accompany a presidential spouse to a committee meeting, on a shopping trip, to a charity event, or out for a walk in the park. Agents accompany the president’s children to school on a daily basis, sitting unobtrusively but hardly unnoticed in the background throughout each hour of class, and tag along with the president’s children on dates and to any type of social event.

The Secret Service is so much in evidence around the president and members of the president’s family, one might question why the activities of these agents are considered secret. The name of the agency, however, is -not derived from its duty in protecting the president but from its original covert duty in protecting the economy of the young United States from counterfeiters. Before the Civil War, the official currency of the United States was in coins; however, after the war, the government began issuing paper money. This new paper currency was easy for counterfeiters to replicate, and soon counterfeit bills flooded the country. Secret Service agents, as part of the Department of the Treasury, posed as criminals interested in purchasing large sums of counterfeit bills in order to gather evidence against counterfeiters and put them out of their illegal business. For quite some time, the government preferred to keep the public in the dark about the extent of the counterfeiting at that time, afraid that the public would lose confidence in the country’s paper money if they knew that there was so much counterfeit money mixed in with the real thing.

It was not until 1901 that the role of the Secret Service was expanded from protecting the currency of the country to protecting its president. In that year, then President William McKinley was shot by an assassin in Buffalo, New York. Sadly, he died eight days later from the wounds inflicted during the assassination attempt. At that time, the Secret Service was assigned to protect the president, in addition to its other duties, and it has carried out that assignment, often not in a secretive fashion, to this day.

2.   Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?

A.Protection of the United States Presidency

B.  The Duties of the Secret Service

C. The President and Family Members of the President

D.The Role of the Secret Service in Protecting the Currency of the United States

3.   Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as a responsibility of the Secret Service?

A.Shopping for the president

B.  Accompanying the president on public appearances

C.  Going for walks with the presidents spouse

D.Attending school with the president’s children

4.   According to paragraph 2, the Secret Service is called secret           .

A.because its duty in protecting the president is unknown to the public.

B. because of its original covert duty in protecting the economy of the young United States from counterfeiters.

C. because it keeps the public in the dark about its duty of protecting members of the president’s family.

D.because its assignment to protect the president is carried out in a secretive fashion.

5.   It can be inferred from the passage that before the Civil War          .

A.paper money was used extensively

B. counterfeiting of paper money was not a big problem for the U.S. government

C. coins were relatively easy to counterfeit

D.Secret Service agents spent most of their time protecting the president and his family

6.   The expression “posed as” in line 16 is closest in meaning to which of the following?

A. talked with        B. chased after       C. pretended to be             D. looked for

7.   The word “them” in line 19 refers to    …………..

A.counterfeiters

B. secret agents

C. counterfeit bills

D.criminals

8.   According to the passage, the government kept its citizens uninformed about the extent of early counterfeiting because the government………….

A.worried that counterfeiters would learn to make better counterfeit currency

B. believed that the amount of counterfeiting would increase

C. felt embarrassed about how easy it was to counterfeit the currency

D.feared that the citizens would stop using paper currency

9.   All of the following are similar in meaning to “covert” (line 12) EXCEPT………….

A.    hidden              B. secret                  C. overt                                 D. concealed

10.  The word “it” in line 27 refers to………….

A.the assassination attempt

B. the role

C. the country

D.Secret Service

11.  According to the last paragraph,…………...

A.By 1901, the Secret Service had stopped protecting the currency of the country

B.  the role of the Secret Service was widened as a result of the assassination of President William McKinley

C.  since the assassination of President William McKinley, protecting the president has become the sole duty of the Secret Service

D.protecting the president has always been a secret operation

IV, Give the correct form of the word given to complete the sentences:

1, Tim's hobby is collecting coins. He is a coin ............ (COLLECT)

2, I think carving eggshells is a very ............ (BORE) hobby.

3, Reading books can also develop our ............. (IMAGINE)

4, Piano is one of the most popular........ (MUSIC) instruments.

5, I like surfing the Internet because it............. (WIDE) my knowledge.

6, You can buy a lot of beatiful ................. (DECORATE) for Christmas.

7, Is the Temple of Literature a .................(CULTURE) place in Ha Noi?

8, The students were............... (CARE) prepared for the final exam.

9, The school is quite normal, but its................ (SURROUND) are really nice.

10, Thong Nhat palace is a tourist.............. (ATTRACT) in Ho Chi Minh City.