Complete each sentence with the correct form of the word in brackets:
16. The play was ________ bad. (EMBARRASS)
17. He suffered loss of _______ for weeks after the accident. (MEMORIZE)
18. The golden wedding was a truly _______ occasion for the old couple. (MEMORY)
19. It was a _______ experience. (TERRIFY)
20. I'm ______ of losing you. (TERRIFY)
21. It surprises everyone that the child can _______ long poems easily. (MEMORY)
22. She enjoys creating _______ worlds for children. (IMAGINE)
23. Somebody had ______ thrown a lighted cigarette in the litter bin. (CARE)
24. Speaking of travelling, are you going anywhere ______ this year? (EXCITE)
25. The crowd were silent for one minute in _______ of those who had died. (MEMORIZE)
26. It is often very ________ to make a speech in front of a lot of people for the first time. (EMBARRASS)
27. I don't want to make friend with him because I don't like his ______ look. (SNEAK)
28. He _____ looked into her diary while she was out getting dinner. (SNEAK)
29. We need an _______ accountant to do the job, not a greenhorn. (EXPERIENCE)
30. Your rudeness caused a lot of _______ for me at the party. (EMBARRASS)
12. He took charge of the firm after his father had resigned, but he couldn’t do the business well because of his lack of __________.
a. experiment b. service c. hobby d. experience
13. After every semester some best students are always __________ prizes and scholarship.
a. awarded b. devoted c. obtained d. prevented
14. Vaccinating is the best __________ of some certain infectious disesases.
a. prevent b. prevention c. preventing d. preventor
15. The course required regular __________. Peter was not allowed to take the examination because of his several absences.
a. entertainment b. compliment c. attendance d. expectation
1. My father still hasn’t really recovered from the death of my mother.
A. looked after B. taken after C. gone off D. got over
2. The bomb exploded with a loud bang which could be heard all over the town.
A. went on B. went out C. went off D. went away
3. John, could you look after my handbag while I go out for a minute.
A. take part in B. take over C. take place D. take care of
4. Bill seems unhappy in his job because he doesn’t get _______ his boss.
A. up to B. on for C. on well with D. in with
5. Why do they ______ talking about money all the time?
A. keep on B. give up C. take after D. stop by
6. My father gave up smoking two years ago.
A. liked B. continued C. stopped D. enjoyed
7. The government hopes to _________ its plans for introducing cable TV.
A. turn out B. carry out C. carry on D. keep on
8. When the tenants failed to pay their bill, the authorities decided to _____ the gas supply to the flat.
A. cut down B. cut out C. cut off D. cut up
9. I was born in Scotland but I ________ in Northern Ireland.
A. grew up B. raised C. brought up D. rose
20. The Taste Of the tiny church ………………every memory of my childhood.
A. brought up B. brought off C. brought back D. brought in
IV. READING COMPREHENSION
A. Choose the one option - a, b, c or d - that best fits each of the num bared blank.
Louis Braille was born in 1809 in Coupvray. He was a French (1) .................. of the blind. He (2) …................ was blind from the age of three, and in 1818 he went to the National Institute for the Young Blind in Paris. Soon showing marked (3) .................... in both science and music, he became famous in Paris as an organist and violoncellist. In 1826 Braille began teaching the blind in the school . Braille is known for his idea of (4) .................... the Briberies “point writing” system , used for coded army messages, to enable the blind to read. Point writing consists of embossed dots and dashes on cardboard; the Braille system (10) ................... from it is used successfully today, in slightly modified form, and in many countries.
1. a. designer b. doctor c. teacher d. lawyer
2. a. who b. whom c. himself d. for himself
3. a. activity b. ability c. intelligence d. determination
4. a. expressing b. learning c. bringing d. modifying
5. a. made b. taken c. done d. derived
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions from
Everyone needs (A) special care and attention (B) so that he or she (C) will grow up into (D) a responsible human being.
A. needs
B. special care and attention
C. he or she
D. into
. WRITING: Make questions from the underlined words or phrases:
1. He is doing homework.
→ _________________________________________
2. A serious accident happened yesterday.
→___________________________________________________
3. I spoke to her last night.
→__________________________________________________________
4. Miss Phuong teaches English at a high school.
→_____________________________________________________
5. He goes to school by bike.
→______________________________________________________
6. Phong studies at Chu Van An High School.
→_______________________________________________________
7. We went to Lan’s birthday party last week.
→____________________________________________
8 Miss Phuong loves teaching because she loves working with children.
→____________________________________________
9. Mr Vy often get up at 4:30.
→____________________________________
10. It takes forty-five minutes to get ready.
→___________________________________________________
He is a ……. . He looks after plants, trees and animals in the forest”.
A. forest B. forester C. forestor D. forestry
19. The accident __________ while he was driving very fast on the street.
A. was happening B. happened C. had happened D. happens
20. Last Monday Alex __________ her lessons carefully before she went to class.
A. prepared B. was preparing C. prepares D. had prepared
21. Nam went to Australia for his study in 2000 after he __________ English for 4 years in Vietnam.
A. had learnt B. has learnt C. learnt D. was learning
22. I __________ to school by bus every day.
A. went B. go C. am going D. was going
23. My family __________ Ha Long Bay 5 years ago.
A. visit B. had visited C. visited D. have visited
24. Thomas __________ school when he __________ 5 years old.
A. went/was B. had went/was C. went/had been D. goes/is
25. Mary: Where is John? > Alex: He _________ in the garden with his father at the moment.
A. works B. is working C. was working D. worked
26. My sister often makes me _________ the floor every evening.
A. clean B. to clean C. cleaning D. cleaned
27. It takes my mother 15 minutes to prepare the breakfast every day.
A. to have B. to buy C. to get ready D. to clean up
28. The ladder __________ off while Nam __________ the wall yesterday, so he was badly injured.
A. fell/painted B. was falling/was painting C. had fallen/painted D. fell/was painting
29. Last night I __________ TV before I __________ to bed
A. had watched/went B. watched/was going C. watched/went D. watched/had gone
30. He used to harbor a dream of _________ career when he was at high school.
A. science B. scientist C. scientific D. scientifically
31. She usually practices _________ English with her friends.
A. to speak B. speaking C. speak D. to peaking
32. Tom _______ a student, and he _______ to school by bus every day.
A. is/is going B. was/goes C. was/went D. is/goes