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doing
to have
to rain-raining
to decide-to go
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meeting-to see
asking-answering
trying-to persuade-doing
watching
doing
to have
to rain-raining
to decide-to go
answer
to swim
meeting-to see
asking-answering
trying-to persuade-doing
PHẨN C: ĐỌC HIỂU
I. Chọn từ thích hợp trong ô trống dưới đây điền vào mỗi chỗ trống để hoàn thành đoạn văn.
However with save Therefore of and
In Western countries, electricity, gas and water are not luxuries but necessities. Companies now realize that consumers want products that will not only work effectively, but also (21) ................. money. For most North American households, lighting accounts for 10 percent to 15 percent of the electricity bill. (22) ..............., this amount can be reduced by replacing an ordinary 100-watt light bulb with an energy saving-bulb. These bulbs use a quarter (23) ................. the electricity of standard bulbs and last eight times longer. (24) ................., consumers can save about US$7 to US$21 per bulb. In Europe, there is a labeling scheme for refrigerators, freezers, washing machines (25) ................ tumble dryers. The label tells the consumers how much energy efficiency each model has, compared (26) ................. other appliances in the same category.
II. Đọc đoạn văn và trả lời câu hỏi.
Thomas Edison was born on February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio. When he was at school, his teacher considered him to be a slow student. Because hearing problems, Edison had difficulty in following the lessons. But with only three months of formal education he became one of the greatest inventors and industrial leaders in history. Edison’s most famous invention was the electric light bulb. He also invented the phonograph, and made improvements to the telegraph, telephone and motion picture technology.
Edison had a special life. He married twice with five children. He loved books had excellent memory and always showed curiosity about science. Although he had hearing problems, he refused to have an operation for his deafness. He said that silence helped him concentrate. He always worked very hard and often had only four hours of sleep every day. He used to say “Genius was 1percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration”. When he died on October 18, 1931, he was still working on new ideas.
Question 27. When was Thomas Edison born?
Question 28. Did he have difficulty in hearing?
Question 29. What was Edison’s most famous invention?
Question 30. How long did he use to work every day?
PHẦN D: VIẾT
I. Chọn từ hoặc cụm từ gạch chân (A, B, C hoặc D) được sử dụng chưa đúng.
Question 31. We decided (A) to go (B) for a picnic (C) despite it rained very (D) heavily.
Question 32. Tom doesn’t (A) like (B) durians and (C) so does his (D) brother.
Điền vào mỗi chỗ trống 1 cụm từ được cho bên dưới. Chia động từ theo đúng thì nếu cần.
look over catch up on pick out run into
check out take off take back sit down
Today I am going to the library because I need to (1) a book I (2) two weeks ago and then (3) a new book to read. One of my favourite things is to (4) my shoes,(5) on the sofa, and hold a real book in my hands as I devour the pages. Of course I could (6) a list of e - books and download one to my smartphone, but it's just not the same experience. I also like going to the library because there is always a chance I might (7) an old friend there. Sometimes ,y best friend and I meet at the library for coffee and (8) each other's news before we find new books to take home. I really enjoy my library visits
E6:Phần này gồm 10 câu (từ câu 1-10), mỗi câu có một động từ cho sẵn trong ngoặc. Điền dạng đúng của động từ này vào chỗ trống.
1.They don't have a daughter. They wish they (have) _________a daughter.
2.She behaves badly. I wish she (behave) __________ better.
3.He doesn't have a car. He wishes he (have) _________a car.
4.He isn't a billionaire. He wishes he (be) __________a billionaire.
5.My friend lives in the countryside. My friend wishes she (live) __________ in the city.
6.I am a worker. I wish I (not be)_________ a worker.
7.My friend talks too much. I wish my friend (not talk) _________so much.
8.My father has to work very hard. I wish my father (not have) _________to work so hard.
9.Some students wish they (can) __________wear casual clothes to school.
10.I wish I (earn) __________enough money to travel around the world.
Exercise 1: Chọn đáp án đúng để điền vào chỗ trống (chú ý: ký hiệu “x” có nghĩa là không cần mạo từ)
1. We are looking for _______ place to spend ________ night.
A. the/the B. a/the C. a/a D. the/a
2. Please turn off ________ lights when you leave ________ room.
A. the/the B. a/a C. the/a D. a/the
3. We are looking for people with ________experience.
A. the B. a C. an D. x
4. Would you pass me ________ salt, please?
A. a B. the C. an D. x
5. Can you show me ________way to ________station?
A. the/the B. a/a C. the/a D. a/the
6. She has read ________interesting book.
A. a B. an C. the D. x
7. You’ll get ________shock if you touch ________ live wire with that screwdriver.
A. an/the B. x/the C. a/a D. an/the
8. Mr. Smith is ________ old customer and ________ honest man.
A. An/the B. the/an C. an/an D. the/the
9. ________ youngest boy has just started going to ________ school.
A. a/x B. x/the C. an/x D. the/x
10. Do you go to ________ prison to visit him?
A. the B. a C. x D. an
11. ________eldest boy is at ________ college.
A. a/the B. the/x C. x/ a D. an/x
12. Are you going away next week? No, ________ week after next.
A. an B. a C. the D. x
13. Would you like to hear ________ story about ________ English scientist?
A. an/the B. the/the C. a/the D. a/ an
14. There’ll always be a conflict between ________ old and ________ young.
A. the/the B. an/a C. an/the D. the/a
15. There was ________ collision at ________ corner.
A. the/a B. an/the C. a/the D. the/the
16. My mother thinks that this is ________ expensive shop.
A. the B. an C. a D. x
17. Like many women, she loves ________ parties and ________gifts.
A. the/ a B. a/the C. a/a D. x/x
18. She works seven days ________ week.
A. a B. the C. an D. x
19. My mother goes to work in ________ morning.
A. a B. x C. the D. an
20. I am on night duty. When you go to ________ bed, I go to ________ work.
A. a/x B. a/the C. the/x D. x/x
Exercise 2: Câu chuyện sau được chia thành các câu nhỏ, hãy đọc và điền mạo từ thích hợp “a/an/ the hoặc x (không cần mạo từ)” vào chỗ trống:
1. There was ________knock on ________door. I opened it and found ________small dark man in ________blue overcoat and _______woolen cap.
2. He said he was ________employee of ________gas company and had come to read ________meter.
3. But I had ________suspicion that he wasn't speaking ________truth because ________meter readers usually wear ________peaked caps.
4. However, I took him to ________ meter, which is in ________dark corner under ________ stairs.
5. I asked if he had ________ torch; he said he disliked torches and always read ________ meters by ________light of ________match.
6. I remarked that if there was ________leak in ________ gas pipe there might be ________ explosion while he was reading ________meter.
7. He said, “As ________matter of ________fact, there was ________explosion in ________last house I visited; and Mr. Smith, ________owner of ________house, was burnt in ________face.”
8. “Mr. Smith was holding ________lighted match at ________time of ________explosion.”
9. To prevent ________possible repetition of this accident, I lent him ________torch.
10. He switched on ________torch, read ________meter and wrote ________ reading down on ________back of ________envelope.
11. I said in ________surprise that ________meter readers usually put ________readings down in ________book.
12. He said that he had had ________book but that it had been burnt in ________fire in________ Mr. Smith's house.
13. By this time I had come to ________conclusion that he wasn't ________ genuine meter reader; and ________moment he left ________house I rang ________police.
Exercise 3: Điền mạo từ thích hợp “a/an/the hoặc x (không cần mạo từ)”” vào chỗ trống.
14. Are John and Mary ________cousins? ~
No, they aren't ________cousins; they are ________brother and ________sister.
15. ________fog was so thick that we couldn't see ________ side of ________road. We followed ________car in front of us and hoped that we were going ________right way.
16. I can't remember ________exact date of ________storm, but I know it was on ________Sunday because everybody was at ________church. On ________Monday ________post didn't come because ________roads were blocked by ________fallen
trees.
17. Peter thinks that this is quite ________ cheap restaurant.
18. A: There's ________murder here. ~
B: Where's ________body?~
A: There isn't ________body. ~
B: Then how do you know there's been ________murder?
19. Number ________hundred and two, - ________house next door to us, is for sale.
It's quite ________nice house with ________big rooms ________back windows look out on ________park.
20. I don't know what ________price ________owners are asking. But Dry and Rot are ________agents. You could give them ________ring and make them ________offer.
21. ________postman's little boy says that he'd rather be ________dentist than ________doctor, because ________dentists don't get called out at ________night.
22. Just as ________air hostess (there was only one on the plane) was handing me ________cup of ________coffee ________plane gave ________lurch and ________ coffee went all over ________person on ________other side of ________gangway.
23. There was ________collision between ________car and ________cyclist at ________ crossroads near ________my house early in ________morning.
24. Professor Jones, ________man who discovered ________new drug that everyone is talking about, refused to give ________press conference.
25 Peter Piper, ________student in ________ professor's college, asked him why he refused to talk to ________press.
Bài 6 : Chọn động từ cho sẵn dưới đây để điền vào chỗ trống sao cho thích hợp.

1.We _________ visiting Hawaii for our vacation, but we changed our mind.
2. Iva and Isis _________ to talk to everyone about their secret project.
3. The Smiths _________ spending time together.They always look happy when they are riding their bicycles or watching television.
4. I don’t _________ working hard. Hard work gives a person character.
5. Could you please _________ staring at me! It is making me crazy!
6. My husband and I will _________ adopting a baby. We have talked about it a lot already, but we will keep talking about it.
7. The students _________ to have a party at the end of the semester.
8. My mother _________ to water my plants. Now they are all dead.
9. They _________ to work together.They shook hands on the deal.
10. I _________ eating spinach. I would rather eat nothing at all!
11. Maria _________ to teach full-time, but she could only find a part-time job.
12. Jose _________ smoking last week.
13. We _________ to go to the bank early in the morning. We cannot go in the afternoon or in the evening because we must get the money immediately.,
14. Ms. Kelly and her friend _________ eating pizza! It is their favorite food.
15. The buyers _________ to pay $200,000 for the house. They are not sure if it will be accepted.
E9. Mỗi câu có một động từ cho sẵn trong ngoặc. Điền dạng đúng của động từ này vào chỗ trống.
1.I always have to ride my motorbike home. I wish I (not live) ___________so far from school.
2.My family members are having a wonderful holiday at Mui Ne beach. I wish my best friends (be) ____________ here.
3.It's raining heavily. He wishes he (have) _____________ an umbrella now.
4.Our class's monitor is very bossy and unfriendly. I wish I (be) _____________ the monitor of the class.
5.My roommate feels homesick. She wishes she (be) _____________ with her parents now.
6.Mai wishes her brother (buy) _____________ her an MP3 player so that she could listen to music.
7.I wish I (can) ___________ speak English well. I have to welcome some foreign guests now.
8.Trang wishes these exercises (not be) ______________ so difficult.
9.Students sometimes wish they (not have) _____________ exams.
10.I am scared of mice and snakes. I wish I (not be) ______________scared of mice and snakes.
E2: Fill in the blank with the correct forms of one of the verbs given. (Điền vào chỗ trống với dạng đúng của một trong các động từ cho sẵn.) face, look, get, deal, keep
1. The cinema is so small that it cannot ________ up with the increasing demands of local residents.
2. Many British craft villages have to _________ up to the fact that traditional craft skills are at risk of dying out.
3. It is traditional for artisans in this village _________ on well with each other.
4. Youngsters in the neighbourhood _________forward to the opening of the new sports centre since last week.
5. At present, they. _________ with lots of complaints from customers about the quality of these products
Chọn một phương án đúng (A, B, C hoặc D) để điền vào chỗ trống trong đoạn văn sau.
Jeans are very popular with young people all over the world. Some people say that jeans are the "uniform" of youth. But they haven't always been(1) ______. The story of jeans started almost two hundred years ago. People in Genoa, Italy made pants. The cloth (2) ______ was made in Genoa was called "jeanos". The pants were called "jeans". In 1850, a saleman in California began selling pants made of canvas. His name was Levi Strauss. (3) ______ they were so strong, "Levi's pants" became popular with gold miners; farmers and cowboys. Six years later; Levis began (4) ______his pants with blue cotton cloth called denim. Soon after, factory workers in the United States and Europe began wearing jeans.
1. A. popularly B. popular C. popularity D. popularize
2. A. which B. who C. what D. whom
3. A. Although B. But C. Because D. So
4. A. doing B. taking C. inventing D. making
Chọn một phương án đúng (A, B, C hoặc D) để điền vào chỗ trống trong đoạn văn sau
The word Jeans comes from a kind of material (1) _______ was made in Europe. The material, called Jean, was named after sailors from Genoa in Italy, because they wore clothes made from it. In the 18th century jean cloth was made (2) ______from cotton and workers at that time loved wearing it because the material was very strong and did not wear out easily. In the 1960s, many university and college students wore jeans. Designers (3) ______different styles of jeans to match the 1960s’ fashion: embroidered jeans, painted jeans and so on. In 1970s more and more people started wearing jeans because they became cheaper. In the 1980s jeans finally became high fashion clothing, when famous designers started making their own styles of jeans, with their own labels on them. Sales of jeans went up and up. But in the 1990s the worldwide economic situation got worse, and the sale of jeans stopped growing. (4) ______, jeans have never been out of fashion, and today young generation is still fond of wearing them.
1. A. who B. whom C. that D. whose
2. A. completely B. complete C. completion D. completing
3. A. made B. took C. did D. caused
4. A. Although B. Because C. However D. Therefore