1. the truth only came out on the publication of the general's personal diaries
⇒ only when the general's personal diaries were published did the truth come out
1. the truth only came out on the publication of the general's personal diaries
⇒ only when the general's personal diaries were published did the truth come out
Choose the underlined words or phrases that are not correct in standard written English.
1. The mouse avoided to be caught by coming out only when the two cats were outside.
2. After two months without work, he regretted to leave his job at the bank.
3. The computer, the marvel of the machine age, was in use since 1946
4. When I realized I was wrong, I apologized to him about my mistake.
5. I was prevented of arriving on time by a delay in the railway system.
6. We’ve warned him about swim in that part of the river.
7. Have you been provide with enough money for the journey?
8. Think it over and let me know your decision tomorrow, shall you?
Read and choose the best word for each sentence.
Christianity mainland Ocean searching earn mixed pineapples serious explorer necklace races traditions 1. Out in the Pacific......, 3700 kilometers from Los Angeles, are the islands of Hawaii, the 50th state of the United States. 2. In 1778, Captain James Cook, the great English...., visited Hawaii. 3. Captain Cook put Hawaii on his maps of the Pacific. Ships.....for whales began stopping there for supplies. 4. In 1820, a small group of people from the eastern United States came to teach the Hawaiian people about...... 5. These people started farms in Hawaii to grow sugarcane and, later,....... 6. People from the various groups have married each other, so today the groups are partly.....A.Rewrite each of the following sentences with the given words in such a way that it mean the same á the sentences printed above it
1.press photograpers are banned from taking photographs backstage
On no ................................................................................................
2 we had only just arrived home when the police called
Scarcely...........................................................................
3 the Prime Minister has harly ever made a speech as inept as this
Rarely.........................................................
4 just after the play stared there was a power failure
Hardly.........
5 you won't allowed in until your identify has been checked
Only................................
1 The teacher's criticism has....................Tom's interest in learning . (die)
2 The staff's bad behavior has brought ...........................................to the whole company. ( graceful)
3 Panda is.......................................... to China only. (nation)
4 Traditional.......................................................are good source of fun and entertainment. (celebrate)
5 The public wre angry with the Minister's.......................................to tell the truth about the bribery. (refuse)
[DIV][FIX]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.
After only 50 minute flying from Ho Chi Minh City, you will set foot on the tropical paradise of Vietnam and the world: PhuQuoc Island.
The island has a roughly triangular shape with a north-south length of 50km and a west-east width of 25km. A great part of the terrain is filled with beautiful sandy beaches, but there is a mountainous region with 99 peaks, among which the Peak of Chua Mountain is the tallest one at 603 meters. Due to PhuQuoc’s location in the Gulf of Thailand, its climate is sub-equatorial with a temperate weather all year round, making trips to PhuQuoc possible any time in the year. However, the best time to travel to this island is during the dry season, from November until March, when the sky is blue and clear and the rains are away.
PhuQuoc is most famous for its the cuisines and a natural wonderful coastline. The most famous food of PhuQuoc is fish sauce, which has become quite popular all over Vietnam and the world. Besides, another thing worth trying there is the spicy yet interesting black pepper. However, the factor that will definitely intrigue you to visit PhuQuoc is its untouched coastline featuring several heavenly beaches. They have yet to be explored to their full ability, but this fact might be actually positive as it gives the shores a romantic beauty that you can find in nowhere else in the world.
Question 20: What is PhuQuoc Island regarded as?
A. Pearl of the Orient
B. Tropical Paradise
C. City of Eternal Spring
D. Lanterns Paradise
Question 21: What are PhuQuoc’sspecialities?
A. red pepper and fish sauce
B. black pepper and dried fish
C. red pepper and soya sauce
D. spicy black pepper and fish sauce
Question 22: Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. PhuQuoc Island is located in the Gulf of Thailand.
B. The beaches in PhuQuoc Island have been explored to their full potentials.
C. PhuQuoc’s dry season begins from November and lasts through March.
D. The island is roughly triangular in shape.
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.
Not so many years ago, the word vitamin was known only to a few scientists. Today it is very widely used, and the importance of vitamins in our foods is common knowledge.
Vitamins are life - giving substances found in foods and are needed for the proper growth and general health of the body. The different kinds of vitamins are indicated by letters of the alphabet. At the present time, vitamins A, Bl, B2, c, D, E and G are known. A proper diet should contain a collection of foods in which all of these vitamins are present. Vitamins are also prepared and sold in tablet and capsule form.
Each vitamin has its particular work to do in the life - giving process. Vitamin B1, for example, benefits appetite and digestion. It also helps the body grow. Another vitamin helps the blood to clot, so that danger of bleeding to death in case of injury is lessened. Still another makes the eyes stronger of seeing at night. Airplane pilots need plenty of this vitamin. Scientists think vitamins may have some effect on keeping the hair from turning gray.
28. Which of the following is NOT directly stated in the article but is a reasonable conclusion from the reading?
A. Scientists have known about vitamins for centuries.
B. Vitamins are medicines given to cure diseases.
C. To get all the vitamins a person must eat a variety of foods.
D. A few people know the value of vitamins.
29. This article as a whole is about______.
A. diet in relation to health B. prevention of diseases
C. what vitamins are and what they do D. how scientists discovered vitamins
30. We know the name of vitamins through______.
A. the pictures B. the food
C. the letters of the alphabet D. the different tastes
31. The word “another” in the last paragraph refers to which of the following?
A. vitamin B. food C. diet D. medicine
32. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Vitamins can be taken only by eating the foods in which they are found.
B. Vitamins can be prepared in tablet and capsule form.
C. Vitamins have an important effect on health.
D. Each vitamin has its particular work to do
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.
Not so many years ago, the word vitamin was known only to a few scientists. Today it is very widely used, and the importance of vitamins in our foods is common knowledge.
Vitamins are life - giving substances found in foods and are needed for the proper growth and general health of the body. The different kinds of vitamins are indicated by letters of the alphabet. At the present time, vitamins A, Bl, B2, c, D, E and G are known. A proper diet should contain a collection of foods in which all of these vitamins are present. Vitamins are also prepared and sold in tablet and capsule form.
Each vitamin has its particular work to do in the life - giving process. Vitamin B1, for example, benefits appetite and digestion. It also helps the body grow. Another vitamin helps the blood to clot, so that danger of bleeding to death in case of injury is lessened. Still another makes the eyes stronger of seeing at night. Airplane pilots need plenty of this vitamin. Scientists think vitamins may have some effect on keeping the hair from turning gray.
28. Which of the following is NOT directly stated in the article but is a reasonable conclusion from the reading?
A. Scientists have known about vitamins for centuries.
B. Vitamins are medicines given to cure diseases.
C. To get all the vitamins a person must eat a variety of foods.
D. A few people know the value of vitamins.
29. This article as a whole is about______.
A. diet in relation to health B. prevention of diseases
C. what vitamins are and what they do D. how scientists discovered vitamins
30. We know the name of vitamins through______.
A. the pictures B. the food
C. the letters of the alphabet D. the different tastes
31. The word “another” in the last paragraph refers to which of the following?
A. vitamin B. food C. diet D. medicine
32. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Vitamins can be taken only by eating the foods in which they are found.
B. Vitamins can be prepared in tablet and capsule form.
C. Vitamins have an important effect on health.
D. Each vitamin has its particular work to do
READING :Read the passage , and do the tasks that follow .
Nick's voice is changing . It is one of the many developments that happen to both girls and boys when they reach puberty : a boy's voice gét deeper than a girls 's.
At puberty , boy's bodies begin producing a lot of the hormone testosterone , which causes in several parts of the body , including the voice . For starters , a boy's larynx , also know as the voice box , grows bigger , which causes your voice to get deeper.
Along with all the other changes in your body , you might notice that your throat area looks a little diferent . For boys wherevihe larynx grows bigger , part of it sticks out in the part of the neck at the front of the throat and forms the Adam's apple . For girls , the larynx also grows bigger but not as much as a boy's . That is why girls don't have Adam's apples.
While your body is getting used to these changes , your voice can be difficult to control . A guy's voice "cracks " or "breaks" because his body is getting used to the changing size of his larynx . Fortunately , the cracking and breaking is only temporary . It usually lasts no longer than a few months.
Generally , a boy's voice will start to change somewhere between the ages of 11 and 15- although it can be earlier or later for some .
Task 1 : Read the text , and identifi whether the statements are true (T) or false (F) .
........... 1 A boy's voice gets deeper than a girl's because the boy reaches puberty.
........... 2 The larynx may be responsible for creating the sound of your voice.
........... 3 When boy's reach puberty , they only change in their voice .
........... 4 Girls don't have Adam's apples because their larynx doesn't grow bigger .
........... 5 We can't see Adam's apples of girls .
........... 6 When boys reach puberty , they can't control their voice .
........... 7 In general , boys don't have the same age of puberty .
........... 8 The changes of voice often last a few months .
Task 2 : Finds words in the passage to match these definitions .
1................................. : (of a sound ) lower.
2................................. : any of the chemical which affects the development of living things.
3................................. : lasting for a short time .
4................................. : a stage when a person develops from a child into an adult.
1. Fill each of the blanks in the passage with one suitable word
With the coming of the motor car at the end of the last century a new era in personal transport was born. The early motorist certainly (1) his problems- ………perhaps the biggest one being (2) his vehicle would start or not. This ………problem has almost (3) today but others have (4) its place. More ……… ………traffic and faster vehicles mean that, (5) safe and reliable a car may be, its ………driver has to have (6) more driving skill than ever before.………Today's drivers cannot neglect their own direct and personal (7) for ………the accidents that happen on the road every year. A good driver has many things (8) his make- up. Some of (9) , such as experience and skill, will come ……… ………only in (10) , but others - just as important - must (11) part of him ……… ………from the start. These qualities are a (12) of responsibility for the safety of ………others, a determination to (13) on the job of driving, patience and courtesy. ………Together, these become what is generally known (14) the drivers' attitude.………(15) everyone is patient (16) nature or gifted with good (17) ……… ………of concentration. But because attitude is (18) important a part of safe ……… ………driving, every driver must (19) a real effort to develop these qualities - and ………this effort must start from the (20) beginning of the first driving lesson.