Part 6: Each sentence has ONE mistake. Find the mistakes and correct them: (1,0m)

1. He hard tried to find a job but he had no luck.

2. Mrs. Thanh said that she was flying to Paris now.

3. I think it’s difficult solve this problem.

4. Some designers have taken inspiration in Vietnam’s ethnic minorities.

5. What would you do if you invited into a flying saucer?

6. A daily newspaper was published in Germany in 1550, wasn’t they?

7. Mrs Yen forgot to turn on the faucet when she left for work.

8. We went to Hanoi to watch the parade on National Day last year because we live in Nam Dinh.

Part 6: Each sentence has ONE mistake. Find the mistakes and correct them: (1,0m)

1. He hard tried to find a job but he had no luck.

2. Mrs. Thanh said that she was flying to Paris now. ……now……à ……then………

3. I think it’s difficult solve this problem. .…………à ………………

4. Some designers have taken inspiration in Vietnam’s ethnic minorities.

5. What would you do if you invited into a flying saucer?

6. A daily newspaper was published in Germany in 1550, wasn’t they?

7. Mrs Yen forgot to turn on the faucet when she left for work. On à off

8. We went to Hanoi to watch the parade on National Day last year because we live in Nam Dinh.

Exercise 2. Find and correct the mistakes in the sentences.

1. She wish she could speak English well.

2. I wish it didn’t rained now.

3. I wish I am a doctor to save people.

4. I wish I have more time to look after my family.

5. He wishes it didn’t rain yesterday.

6. I wish my father gives up smoking in the future.

7. I wish I studied very well last year.

8. I wish you will come to my party next week.

9. I wish it stops raining now.

10. I wish you are my sister.

11. She wishes she is the most beautiful girl in the world.

12. I wish Miss Brown will stay with us next week.

13. I wish I am at home with my family yesterday.

14. I wish I could been there with you.

15. Lan wish she could go home.

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.

The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City. For a long time, it has been a newspaper of record in the United State and one of the world’s great newspapers. Its strength is in its editorial excellence; it has never been the largest newspaper in terms of circulation.

The Times was established in 1851 as a penny paper whose editors wanted to report the news in a restrained and objective fashion. It enjoyed early success as its editors set a pattern for the future by appealing to a cultured, intellectual readership instead of a mass audience. However, in the late nineteenth century, it came into competition with more popular, colorful, if not lurid, newspapers in New York City. Their publishers ran sensational stories, not because they were true, but because they sold newspapers. Despite price increases, the time was losing £1,000 a week when Adolph Simon Ochs bought it in 1896.

Ochs built the Times into an internationally respected daily. He hired Carr Van Anda as editor. Van Anda placed greater stress than ever on full reporting of the news of the day, and his reporters maintained and emphasized existing good coverage of international news. The management of the paper decided to eliminate fiction from the paper, added a Sunday magazine section, and reduced the paper’s price back to a penny. In April 1912, the paper took many risks to report every aspect of the sinking of the Titanic. This greatly enhanced its prestige, and in its coverage of two world wars, the Times continued to enhance its reputation for excellence in world news.

In 1971, the Times was given a copy of the so-called “Pentagon Papers,” a secret government study of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam war. When it published the report, it became involved in several lawsuits. The U.S. Supreme Court found that the publication was protected by the freedom-of-the-press clause in the First Amendment of the U.S Constitution. Later in the 1970s, the paper, under Adolph Ochs’s grandson, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, introduced sweeping changes in the organization of the newspaper and its staff and brought out a national edition transmitted by satellite to regional printing plants

According to the passage, the Times has a national edition that is

A. protected by the Supreme Court

B. printed in the form of a Sunday magazine

C. shipped by train and air transport daily

D. transmitted by satellite to regional printing plants

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.

The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City. For a long time, it has been a newspaper of record in the United State and one of the world’s great newspapers. Its strength is in its editorial excellence; it has never been the largest newspaper in terms of circulation.

The Times was established in 1851 as a penny paper whose editors wanted to report the news in a restrained and objective fashion. It enjoyed early success as its editors set a pattern for the future by appealing to a cultured, intellectual readership instead of a mass audience. However, in the late nineteenth century, it came into competition with more popular, colorful, if not lurid, newspapers in New York City. Their publishers ran sensational stories, not because they were true, but because they sold newspapers. Despite price increases, the time was losing £1,000 a week when Adolph Simon Ochs bought it in 1896.

Ochs built the Times into an internationally respected daily. He hired Carr Van Anda as editor. Van Anda placed greater stress than ever on full reporting of the news of the day, and his reporters maintained and emphasized existing good coverage of international news. The management of the paper decided to eliminate fiction from the paper, added a Sunday magazine section, and reduced the paper’s price back to a penny. In April 1912, the paper took many risks to report every aspect of the sinking of the Titanic. This greatly enhanced its prestige, and in its coverage of two world wars, the Times continued to enhance its reputation for excellence in world news.

In 1971, the Times was given a copy of the so-called “Pentagon Papers,” a secret government study of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam war. When it published the report, it became involved in several lawsuits. The U.S. Supreme Court found that the publication was protected by the freedom-of-the-press clause in the First Amendment of the U.S Constitution. Later in the 1970s, the paper, under Adolph Ochs’s grandson, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, introduced sweeping changes in the organization of the newspaper and its staff and brought out a national edition transmitted by satellite to regional printing plants

The passage implies that the newspaper’s reputation

A. decreased when it lowered its price to a penny

B. grew because Adolph Ochs bought it in 1896

C. increased because of its coverage of the Titanic’s sinking

D. decreased because it could not compete with other New York papers

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 from 55 to 64.

The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City. For a long time, it has been a newspaper of record in the United State and one of the world’s great newspapers. Its strength is in its editorial excellence; it has never been the largest newspaper in terms of circulation.

The Times was established in 1851 as a penny paper whose editors wanted to report the news in a restrained and objective fashion. It enjoyed early success as its editors set a pattern for the future by appealing to a cultured, intellectual readership instead of a mass audience. However, in the late nineteenth century, it came into competition with more popular, colorful, if not lurid, newspapers in New York City. Their publishers ran sensational stories, not because they were true, but because they sold newspapers. Despite price increases, the time was losing £1,000 a week when Adolph Simon Ochs bought it in 1896.

Ochs built the Times into an internationally respected daily. He hired Carr Van Anda as editor. Van Anda placed greater stress than ever on full reporting of the news of the day, and his reporters maintained and emphasized existing good coverage of international news. The management of the paper decided to eliminate fiction from the paper, added a Sunday magazine section, and reduced the paper’s price back to a penny. In April 1912, the paper took many risks to report every aspect of the sinking of the Titanic. This greatly enhanced its prestige, and in its coverage of two world wars, the Times continued to enhance its reputation for excellence in world news.

In 1971, the Times was given a copy of the so-called “Pentagon Papers,” a secret government study of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam war. When it published the report, it became involved in several lawsuits. The U.S. Supreme Court found that the publication was protected by the freedom-of-the-press clause in the First Amendment of the U.S Constitution. Later in the 1970s, the paper, under Adolph Ochs’s grandson, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, introduced sweeping changes in the organization of the newspaper and its staff and brought out a national edition transmitted by satellite to regional printing plants

What is the main idea of the passage?

A. The New York Times publishes the best fiction by American writers

B. The New York Times became highly respected throughout the world

C. The New York Times broadcasts its news to TV stations via satellite

D. The New York Times lost its prestige after the Vietnam War