One thing that was really a turning point for me was when I learned Spanish. I was always kind of scared of learning a foreign language, yet I was really envious of kids (1) ______ could speak another language. When I started learning Spanish, (2) ______, I found that I was pretty good at it. The moment I reached that breakthrough stage - you know, when you discover you can actually speak and (3) ______ with people in the language - I felt really proud of myself. I realized that learning a foreign language was not an impossible thing after all. Now I can speak three: Spanish, Italian, and German. And I am (4) ______ Korean this year.

1. A. who                           B. which                 C. whom                D. what

2. A. therefore                   B. however             C. though              D. but

3. A. practice                     B. express              C. communicate   D. tell

4. A. doing                         B. making               C. taking               D. speaking

Mình cần câu trả lời chính xác  ạ.

Read the paragraph and choose the most suitable answer A ,B ,C or D for each of the gaps.

I started (1)_______ English when I was 14 years old after five years of studying Russian. In the (2)_______ I encountered some difficulties learning the language, but I tried my (3)_______ to overcome them. Firstly, my English pronunciation was (4)_______ by the way I spoke Russian. To solve this problem, I practiced by listening to tapes in English every day. I played the tape, stopped after each sentence, and (5)_______ the sentence several times. At school, I joined an English speaking club (6)_______ was organised by a teacher from Britain. She understood my difficulty and helped me very much in improving my pronunciation. Secondly, I found it really hard to learn English vocabulary. In Russian, the way you write the word is the way you pronounce it. However, English spelling is often (7)_______ from its pronunciation. To get over this difficulty I started using the dictionary. Whenever I learnt a new word, I looked it (8) _______ carefully in the dictionary. Then I tried to remember the way to read and write the word. After that, I wrote the word down several (9)_______ in a notebook. Gradually, I got (10)_______ to the spelling system of the language. Now I’m confident that my English has become much better.

Question 1

A. getting

B.learning

C.writing

D.reading

Read the passage then choose the true (T) of false (F) statements.

In the first year of lower secondary school, I had some difficulties in learning English. My English pronunciation was really bad and my English grammar was worse. I did not know about this. One afternoon after the lesson, my teacher of English told me to wait for for her outside the classroom. She took me to the school library and showed me cassettes of pronunciation drills Kelt in a glass bookcase. She also told me how to use an English-English dictionary to improve my English grammar. "Now I think you know what you should do", did she. I made much progress and only one year later, I won the first prize in the English speaking contest held for secondary school. Students in my home town.

1. What difficulties did Nam have in learning English in the first year?

A. The pronunciation C. Both pronunciation and grammar

B. The grammar D. The way of improving his pronunciation

2. How was his English pronunciation?

A. It was really bad C. It was wonderful

B. It was really good D. It was very interesting

3. Who wanted to meet him one afternoon after lesson?

A. His teacher B. One of his friends C. His father D. His mother

4. What did he win in the English speaking contest one year later?

A. The first prize B. the second prize C. the third prize D. fourth prize

*Give the correct form of the words in parentheses.
- These medicines can work well with your........................... (Ill)
- Every week, there are two.........................from Ha Noi to Ho Chi Minh city. (Fly)
- He is a well-known............................ (Photograph)
- The........................she gave last night was marvelous. (Perform)
*Read the passages and fill in each blank with a suitable word.
How Nam has improved his English
In the first year of lower secondary..............(1), I had some difficulties in learning English. My English pronunciation...............(2)readly bad and my English grammar was worse. I did not................(3)how to improve them. I didn't want my father..............(4)mother to know about this. One afternoon after thes lesson, my teacher.............(5)English told to me to wait................(6)her outside thes classroom. She took....................(7)to the school library and showed me tapes of pronunciation drills kept in a glass bookcase. She also told me how to use an English-English dictionary to...............(8)my English gammar . 'Now I think you know what you should do' she said. I made much progress and only one year, I won the first..................(9)in the English speaking contest...................(10)for secondary school students in my hometwon.

 VI. Read the passage carefully.

In the first year of  lower secondary school. I had some difficulties in learning English. My English pronunciation was really bad and my English grammar was worse. I did not know how to improve them. I didn’t want my father and mother to know about this. One afternoon after the lesson, my teacher of English told me to wait for her outside the classroom. She took me to the school library and showed me cassettes of pronunciation drills kept in the glass bookcase. She told me how to use an English-English dictionary to improve my English grammar. “Now I think you know what you should do”, said she. I made much progress and only one year later, I won the first prize in the English Speaking Contest held for the secondary students in my hometown.

1/  Did Nam get any difficulties in learning English in the first year ?

_______________________________________________________

2/ Who wanted to meet him one afternoon after the lesson ?

___ ____________________________________________________

3/ Where did nam and his teacher go after that ?

_______________________________________________________

In the first year of lower secondary 1……………………., I had some difficulties in learning English. My English pronunciation 2………………………. really bad and my English grammar was worse. I did not 3………………………..how to improve them. I didn’t want my father 4………………………… mother to know about this. One afternoon after the lesson, my teacher 5………………….......................... English told me to wait 6…………………………… her outside the classroom. She took 7………………………… to the school library and showed me tapes of pronunciation drills kept in a glass bookcase. She also told me how to use an English- English dictionary to 8……………………………. my English grammar. “Now I think you know what you should do” she said. I made much progress and only one year later, I won the first 9…………………… in the English Speaking Contest 10……………………for secondary school students in my hometown.

Read the following paragraph and complete it with one suitable word in each blank.

I was very excited to know that I was going to Australia for a study tour (1)_______ four months. I didn't think (2)______ the problems of speaking English until I met my host family. At first, I couldn't communicate (3)_______ them because my English was so bad. All the eight years I had been learning English wasn't much used at all because we didn't have real practice at school. Even (4)_________ my grammar was good, my pronunciation wasn't. My problem is pronouncing 'l' and 'n'. For (5) _______, I wanted to tell them that " I have lots of homework today ", but I said " I have note of homework today", so they misunderstood me. My host mum (6)_________ me a lot by correcting my bad pronunciation. I usually practised by talking to (7)____________ when I had a shower, so no one could hear me. After four months, my English was (8)_______ better. Apart from English, I learnt to make my (9)________ breakfast and lunch. I had to rice a bicycle to school every day. I went swimming and tired sailing. Sometimes I also tired skiing. It was wonderful. But (10)_____ most valuable thing was that I learnt to be by myself and to be independent.

Read the following paragraph and complete it with one suitable word in each blank.

I was very excited to know that I was going to Australia for a study tour (1)_______ four months. I didn't think (2)______ the problems of speaking English until I met my host family. At first, I couldn't communicate (3)_______ them because my English was so bad. All the eight years I had been learning English wasn't much used at all because we didn't have real practice at school. Even (4)_________ my grammar was good, my pronunciation wasn't. My problem is pronouncing 'l' and 'n'. For (5) _______, I wanted to tell them that " I have lots of homework today ", but I said " I have note of homework today", so they misunderstood me. My host mum (6)_________ me a lot by correcting my bad pronunciation. I usually practised by talking to (7)____________ when I had a shower, so no one could hear me. After four months, my English was (8)_______ better. Apart from English, I learnt to make my (9)________ breakfast and lunch. I had to rice a bicycle to school every day. I went swimming and tired sailing. Sometimes I also tired skiing. It was wonderful. But (10)_____ most valuable thing was that I learnt to be by myself and to be independent.

Read the following paragraph and complete it with one suitable word in each blank.

I was very excited to know that I was going to Australia for a study tour (1)_______ four months. I didn't think (2)______ the problems of speaking English until I met my host family. At first, I couldn't communicate (3)_______ them because my English was so bad. All the eight years I had been learning English wasn't much used at all because we didn't have real practice at school. Even (4)_________ my grammar was good, my pronunciation wasn't. My problem is pronouncing 'l' and 'n'. For (5) _______, I wanted to tell them that " I have lots of homework today ", but I said " I have note of homework today", so they misunderstood me. My host mum (6)_________ me a lot by correcting my bad pronunciation. I usually practised by talking to (7)____________ when I had a shower, so no one could hear me. After four months, my English was (8)_______ better. Apart from English, I learnt to make my (9)________ breakfast and lunch. I had to rice a bicycle to school every day. I went swimming and tired sailing. Sometimes I also tired skiing. It was wonderful. But (10)_____ most valuable thing was that I learnt to be by myself and to be independent.