II. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word to complete the following passage.

MY HOME TOWN

I was born in one of the most interesting cities in Malaysia. It has a rich, colourful history and many parts of the city have hardly changed at (1) .......................... during the last five centuries. However, nowadays, it is (2) ......................... longer the trade centre that it once (3) ....................... . It is difficult to imagine that at one time its harbour (4) ....................... to be visited by over 2,000 ships a week, and that the huge warehouses along the quayside would have (5) ......................... full of spices and silks, jewels and tea.

The old city centre is small, which (6) ......... it very easy to explore (7) ....................... foot. A river neatly divides the town, (8) ....................... only physically but in spirit, too. On one side, you find many grand houses, but on crossing the river, you find yourself in ancient Chinatown, where you really take a step back into the past.

It is great fun to wander through the colourful, noisy backstreets. As well as having shops that sell a wide range of clothes and shoes, some of these streets are also famous (9) ............................ high quality antiques. Unfortunately, most of the bargains disappeared many years ago. However, (10) ........................ you look around carefully, you can still come across an interesting souvenvir.

II. Fill in the blank with a suitable word in the box.

     One of the first novels in the history of literature (1)            written in England in 1719. It was Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. Daniel Defoe was born (2) London in the family of a rich man. When Daniel was a schoolboy, be began to write stories. After (3)                school, he worked in his father’s shop and (4)             articles for newspapers. Defoe visited many countries and met many people. That helped him (5)           in his writings.

     In 1719, when Defoe was sixty years old, he wrote the novel Robinson Crusoe which (6)     _________ him famous. Defoe used in his book a true story about a sailor who (7)__________ on an island for four years. Robinson Crusoe in Defoes novel lived on an island for twenty-eight years. People liked (8)                           novel in England and in many other countries, Daniel Defoe wrote other books. (9)               , his novel Robison Crusoe was the (10)          famous. Defoe was not a rich man when he died in 1731.

III. Read the passage, and then answer the questions.

     Have you ever seen the film School of Rock? It’s about a rock musician who became a teacher. The film is based on a real music school which is run by Paul Green. Paul Green started the first School of Rock in 1998 in Philadelphia in the USA.       He gave students rock music lessons after school, but he wanted to do more. Now      he gives them the chance to play in rock concerts. “Some of our students have never played in front of a real audience before. We teach them how to do it.” he says. He has already taught hundreds of young people to be rock performers, and now there are 30 schools of rock in different towns in the USA.

     1.  How many students has he taught?

          _______________________________________________________

     2.  How many schools of rock are there in the USA?

          _______________________________________________________

     3.  When did Paul Green start his first rock school?

          _______________________________________________________

     4.  What is the film School of Rock about?

          _______________________________________________________

     5.  What does he teach his students to do?

          _______________________________________________________

IV. Read the text about an artist. Choose the correct answer: A, B, or C.

          You can’t buy a drawing by Julian Beever and you can’t see his work in a gallery or museum. Julian makes his amazing pictures on the pavements of city streets. People have called him “the Pavement Picasso” and perhaps you have seen his pictures on the Internet.

          Julian has made hundreds of pieces of “pavement art” in different countries - in many parts of Europe and also in the USA, Australia, Japan, Argentina, and Brazil.

          His drawings can take three or four days to finish. But because he draws with chalk, the drawings only stay for a short time. When people walk on them or when it rains, they quickly disappear. For Julian, this isn’t a problem. The drawings survive in the photos he has taken, and this is the most important thing for him.

          Julian’s fame hasn’t come from experts in the art world, but from the Internet. “The reason why my work has become well known is because people like it and they’ve sent it to each other on the Internet,” he says. “So I know that what I do is popular.”

          Julian Beever is from Leicestershire in England, but he now lives in Belgium.

1. Julian Beever makes drawings                 .

         A. outside              B. on his computer                 C. for exhibitions in a gallery

2. He has worked                     .

         A. in a few cities     B. in lots of countries              C. with hundreds of people

3. His pictures                          .

         A. are easy to draw B. look good when it rains      C. don’t stay for a long time

4. Lots of people know Julian’s art because                    .

          A. they know a lot about art

          B. he has sent photos to them

          C. they have seen it on the net

5. Julian Beever              .

          A. hasn’t lived in Britain

          B. hasn’t tried to be a star in the art world

          C. isn’t very interested in photos

❼. WRITING

I.  Complete sentences with too or either.

1. We often go to the library on Sunday afternoon, they..................................

2. Susan can speak Japanese, Tom..................................................................

3. Minh didn't see the train, Nga......................................................................

4. Hoa will fly to Hong Kong next month, and her mother..............................

5. The pineapples aren’t ripe. And the durians ................................................

6. March is hot, and May ...............................................................................

7. The boys shouldn’t smoke cigarettes and the girls........................................

8. I don’t know how to use a computer and my friends...................................

9. She likes eggs, and her brothers ..................................................................

10. They stayed at home last night, and their children......................................

II. Combine the sentences. Use the words in brackets.

1.  Mr. Pike teaches history of arts. Mrs May teaches history of music. SAME SUBJECT

          _______________________________________________________

2.  This bike is 800,000 VND. That bike is 600,000 VND (PRICE ... DIFFERENT)

          _______________________________________________________

3.  Linda didn’t go to the concert show last night. Susan didn’t go to the concert show last night. (EITHER)

          _______________________________________________________

4.  Classical music is interesting. Folk music is interesting. (AS ... AS)

          _______________________________________________________

5.  Mr. Owen speaks English. Mrs. Phan speaks English. (SAME LANGUAGE)                       

III.    Complete each sentence so that it means the same as the sentence above.

1. This room is larger than the one at the end of the corridor of the art gallery.

The room at the end of the corridor of the art gallery is not______________________ .

2. I think action films are more exciting than romance films.

In my opinion, romance films are not______________________________________ .

3. Salvador Dali’s paintings are different from Picasso’s paintings.

Picasso’s paintings are not ______________________________________________ .

4. I am interested in comic books, and my brother is also interested in comic books.

I am interested in comic books, and my brother is ____________________________ .

5. My mother doesn’t like thrillers. I don’t like them.

My mother doesn’t like thrillers, and I don’t_________________________________ .

6. She takes photographs and collects coins as hobbies.

Her hobbies are ______________________________________________________ .

7. “Chèo” or “Cải lương” are considered some kinds of traditional opera in Viet Nam.

Viet Nam has some kinds of_____________________________________________ .

8. My sister sings better than me.

I don’t sing__________________________________________________________ .

9. Ballets and modern dance are quite different.

Ballets and modern dance are not _________________________________________ .

10. The project was shorter than we thought at first.

The project was not as   
HƠI DÀI NHƯNG LÀM HỘ MÌNH VS;-; CÁM ƠN BẠN NHANH NHẤT CÓ THỂ ĐC K Ạ?

I. Fill in each blank with one suitable word from the box to complete the passage.

REBECCA STEVENS

Rebecca Stevens was the first woman to climb Mount Everest. Before she went up the highest 1)………   in the world, she was a journalist and 2)… ……… in South London.

In 1993, Rebecca left her job and 3)……  … family and traveled to Asia with some other climbers. She found that life on Everest is very difficult. “You must 4)…  ………. everything on your back,” she explained, “so you can only take things that you will need. You can’t wash on the mountain, and in the end I didn’t even take a toothbrush. I am usually a 5)……  ….. person but there is no water, only snow. Water is very heavy so you only take enough to 6)…   …!”