• For questions 1 - 7, read the three texts below and decide which answer (A, B, c, or D) best fits each gap.

This book began when I (1) ............. a suggestion to try my hand as a political journalist nine years ago. What makes this (2) .............  so wonderfully bearable is that unfashionable as it now is to say so, I'm rather fond of British Members of Parliament. They can be dreadfully silly, of course, and there are days when they irritate (3) ............. measure. Occasionally, even, comes a moment when an MP's speech or behavior (4) .............  genuine anger, goading me into an attempt at lofty (5) ............. But I always regret it. It rarely reads well the next day. There are other journalists to ride high horses and my mission, I think, is to remind readers that their MPs are often more (6) .............  than they are wicked and that, through the laughter, we may discern the outlines of arguments, ambitions, even principles. MPs are mostly human, rarely scaling the heights nor often touching the depths to (7) .............   the famous figures of history fly. Only a handful among them are of unusual intelligence but many are effective and most are hard-working.

1, A. agreeable B. approved       C. accepted     D. agreed

2, A. slavery       B. servitude     C. maid      D. charwoman

3, A. far off      B. yonder     C. further on    D. beyond

4, A. arouses       B. awake     C. set off        D. enkindle

5, A. condemnation   B. condemn     C. self-condemnation    D. admonition

6, A. ludicrous   B. ridiculous     C. laughable     D. outrageous

7, A. whichever   B. whose     C. whomsoever     D. which

1. Complete the sentences by using the suitable verbs in the past form

read           swim          try           teach            close

1. They were tired, but they...............to finish their work before deadline.

2. Some years ago, my father.............................Math at university.

3. I................."The Adventure of the Cricket" last summer.

4. It was very cold. We..................the windows.

5. Let's go to Sao Mai swimming pool. We.....................there last weekend. It was amazing.

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II/ Circle a mistake in A, B, C or D and correct it

1.      My uncle drove  careless  some years ago ,but now he doesn’t.

              A       B                  C           D

2.      Critics found his performance  as King Lear disappointed.

              A        B      C             D

3.      Titanic film made a strong impression  for me.

                 A  B         C        D

4.      Daniel Craig and Halle Berry are both entertaining and talent   actors.

                              A           B          C       D

11. He (try)……………..(avoid)………………(answer)………………..my questions.

12. Have you finish (write)…………………your composition yet?

13. I remember (post)…………………….this letter today. It’s important.

14. Tim suggested (walk)………………….for a while, but nobody wanted (go)…………….out.

15. Andrew doesn’t mind (walk)………………..home ,but his sister would like (get)……………..a taxi.

16. Before he (let)…… us (go). , he made us (promise)………. (not tell)….. anyone what we (hear)…………..

17.Tim suggested (walk)………………….for a while, but nobody wanted (go)…………….out.

18. My uncle used (be)………………..a footballer, but he had to stop (play)……………….because of an injury.

19. She has to ask the boys………(stop) (make) ……………….noise.

20. Since the teacher (begin)………..(teach)……..this lesson, he (not smile)…………..

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11. What you (do) ... at 8 p.m yesterday.
12. His uncle (teach) ... English in our shool five years ago.
13. The old man (fall) ... as he (get) ... info the bus.
14. When I saw him, he (sit) ... asleep in a chair.
15. She ... (visit) her aunt next week.
16. Last Monday, while I (read) ... a book, the phone rang.
17. They (not speak) ... to each other since they quarreled.
18. I (try) to learn English for years, but I (not succeed) ... yet.
19. I (not see) ... her seen last week.
20. John (do) ... his homework already.