A Closer Look 2
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CHOOSE THE WORD WHICH HAS A DIFFRENT STRESS PATTERN FROM THE OTHERS(WHY)
1. A.malnutrition B.prohibition C.recommendation D.superstitious
2. A.application B.congratulation C.recreation D.education
3. A.exhaustion B.maintenance C.opinion D.pollution
4. A.reduction B.competition C.objection D.appearance
5. A.comparison B.organization C.communicatiom D.socialization
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CHOOSE THE WORD WHICH HAS A DIFFRENT STRESS PATTERN FROM THE OTHERS(WHY)
1. A.malnutrition B.prohibition C.recommendation D.superstitious
2. A.application B.congratulation C.recreation D.education
3. A.exhaustion B.maintenance C.opinion D.pollution
4. A.reduction B.competition C.objection D.appearance
5. A.comparison B.organization C.communicatiom D.socialization
Read the passage then fill in the blank with a missing word.
Bill Gate is a very famous person in the (1) ___________ industry. He has been chief executive (2) ___________ Microsoft Corporation for several years. He is also the richest person (3) ___________ the USA. How did he do it? He (4) ___________ a lot from his parents. While he was going to school, (5) ___________ father went to college, and became a successful lawyer. From this Bill learned that you have to work hard (6) ___________ yo...
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Read the passage then fill in the blank with a missing word.
Bill Gate is a very famous person in the (1) ___________ industry. He has been chief executive (2) ___________ Microsoft Corporation for several years. He is also the richest person (3) ___________ the USA. How did he do it? He (4) ___________ a lot from his parents. While he was going to school, (5) ___________ father went to college, and became a successful lawyer. From this Bill learned that you have to work hard (6) ___________ you want something. His mother was very busy teacher, (7) ___________ she also going to the party. From this, Bill learned something else: if you want to work hard and play (8) __________, you have to make a schedule.
Read the passage carefully then decide if the statements true or false.
One of the most wonderful inventions of the past one hundred years is the telephone. This familiar, handy instrument has become a highly important part of daily life. The first telephone was installed in 1877. Today there are over 170 million telephones in the world. The average person in North America makes over six hundred calls a years.
The word telephone came from the Greek tele and phone, which means “distant” and “sound”. These words actually describe what the telephone does. It carries sound over a distance rapidly and accurately by using electric currents. The telephone transmits speech so that it sounds natural and has enough volume for conversation to take place as if the speakers were in the same room. Any telephone can be quickly connected to almost any other telephone anywhere in the world.
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3. The Greek word phone means distant |
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4. The telephone sends out speech that helps people talk each other. |
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Read the passage about Chol Cham Thmay Festival,and do the tasks the follow.(why)
Chol Cham Thmay Festival
This holiday is a New Year festival in ancient calendar of Khmer people.Held in mid-April,the festival occurs in 3 days(4 days for the leap year).People prepare new clothes,food and drinks for whole festival days.They also repair,clean and decorate their house.Everyone is excited to care for holiday.
At night of New Years Eve,every family p...
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Read the passage about Chol Cham Thmay Festival,and do the tasks the follow.(why)
Chol Cham Thmay Festival
This holiday is a New Year festival in ancient calendar of Khmer people.Held in mid-April,the festival occurs in 3 days(4 days for the leap year).People prepare new clothes,food and drinks for whole festival days.They also repair,clean and decorate their house.Everyone is excited to care for holiday.
At night of New Year's Eve,every family prepares a lavish meal,burns incense and candles to welcome the new god,farewell the old good.On the altar,they present 5 flower branches,5 candles,5 insence,5 cereal seeds and fruit crops.They pray for health and luck in the New Year.
On the first New Year-Chol Sangkran Chmay,major activities are bathing,dressing nice,bringing sacrifice gifts to the temple in good time which has been selected.
On Wonbof day-the second day,the make rice offerings and cover the sand moutain.People cook rice and bring it to the temple in the morning and the afternoon.
On Lom Sak day-the third day,they do Buddha bathing and monk-bathing ceremony.In the morning,people bring breakfast to monks and listen to the sermon.At noon,they burn the lamps,offer sacrifice gifts and bring fragrant water to bathe Buddha statues.After the ceremony at the templ,the monks go to the grave to pray for the souls of those who died.
Task 1.Match a words in column A with its definition in column B,writing the answer in each blank.
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1.lavish(adj) 2.farewell(v) 3.monk(n) 4.sermon(n) 5.fragrant(adj) 6.pray(v)
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A.to speak to good to give thanks or to ask for something B.a speech on a religious C.large in amount or number D.having a pleasant smell E.say goodbye F.a man who has decided to live a religious life in a community |
Task 2:Read the passage again,and then answer the following questions.
7.What is the festival?
8.When is it held?And how long does it last?
9.What do people prepare to celebrate the festival?
10.How do Khmer people prepare the altar at night of New Year's Eve?
11.What do people do on the first New Year day?
12.When do people cook rice and bring it to the temple?
13.When do they do Buddha bathing and monk-bathing ceremony?
14.What do the monks do after doing Buddha bathing and monk-bathing ceremony?
Use the proper form or tense of the verbs in parentheses to fill in each blank.
1.Cheese...............................(make)from milk.
2.The question is difficult.................................(answer)
3.While I was on vocation,my camera.........................(steal)from my hotel.
4.Hurry up!Everybody...................(wait)for you.
5.They(search).........................................................the victims when we came to the palace of accident.
6.His wounds...........................
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Use the proper form or tense of the verbs in parentheses to fill in each blank.
1.Cheese...............................(make)from milk.
2.The question is difficult.................................(answer)
3.While I was on vocation,my camera.........................(steal)from my hotel.
4.Hurry up!Everybody...................(wait)for you.
5.They(search).........................................................the victims when we came to the palace of accident.
6.His wounds........................................so carefully that he got well soon.(treat).
7.Would you mind..............................................the volume of your radio?It's midnight.(adjust)
8.She has promised...................harder.(work)
9.If Trang had an alarm clock,she(arrive)..........................to school on time.
10.The doctor advised me(go)..................jogging every morning.
II. Find the word which has different stress pattern from the others.
1.A. person B. father C. teacher D. enjoy
2. A. prefer B. enjoy C. mother D. agree
3.A. doctor B. father C. picture D. fancy
4.A. pollution B. visit...
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II. Find the word which has different stress pattern from the others.
1.A. person B. father C. teacher D. enjoy
2. A. prefer B. enjoy C. mother D. agree
3.A. doctor B. father C. picture D. fancy
4.A. pollution B. visit C. listen D. open
5.A. depend B. advise C. affect D. listen
6.A. affect B. father C. teacher D. picture
7. A. prefer B. enjoy C. mother D. affect
8.A. affect B. happen C. pollution D. fancy
9.A. pollution B. picture C. village D. factory
10.A. illustrate B. believe C. affect D. village
11. A. artistic B. historic C. dramatic D. scientific
12. A. medical B. national C. chemical D. historical
13.A. athletic B. dramatic C. scientific D. heroic
14.A. medical B. hospital C. politic D. electric
15.A. chemical B. physical C. environmental D. medical
III. Choose A, B, C, D for each gap in to the following sentences.
1. Air___________, together with littering, is causing many problems in our cities today.
A. pollute B. pollution C. polluting D. polluted
2. The road in front of my office is always __________ when it rains heavily.
A. to flood B. flooding C. flood D. flooded
3. Singapore is famous for its __________ and green trees.
A. cleanliness B. cleanly C. cleaning D. clean
4. In some English speaking countries, turkey and pudding are ___________ food at Christmas.
A. national B. historical C. traditional D. possible
5. The USA has a population of 304 million, and it’s the third_________ country in the world.
A. smallest B. largest C. narrowest D. highest
6. The roof of the building _____________ in a storm a few days ago.
A. damaged B. was damaged C. has damaged D. has been damaged
7. A severe tropical___________ is called a typhoon.
A. drought B. rain C. flood D. storm
8. As soon as the floodwater ___________ down, people ____________ their houses.
A. went - cleaned B. had gone – cleaned C. went - had cleaned D. had gone – had cleaned
9. If I were you, I … do something to prevent him from littering.
A. would B. did C. will D. do
10.Earth … by the gravity of the Sun and orbits around it.
A. holds B. is held C. is holding D. held
11. By the time we … to the cinema, the film had started.
A. gets B. had got C. has got D. got
12. When the policeman came there, the robber …
A. had left B. has left C. left D. was left
13. All people who were without homes in the flood were provided with … accommodation.
A. short B. temporary C. present D. instant
14. Seven of ten people prefer face-to-face … when having a date.
A. language B. contact C. code D. sign
15. When thermal pollution happens, the water temperature in streams, rivers, lakes and oceans ... .
A. changes B. keeps C. remains D. stays
16. Australia is home to … animals like kangaroos and koalas.
A. only B. rare C. unique D. precious
17. If you were the president, what … you do to help the environment?
A. will B. did C. would D. do
18.The Maori in New Zealand greet each other by … their noses.
A. touching B. punching C. blowing D. rubbing
19. The village’s drinking water … with poisonous chemicals since the factory came into operation.
A. contaminates B. is contaminated C. has contaminated D. has been contaminated
20. When the policeman came to the scene, the driver of the car …
A. have left B. had left C. leaves D. was left
21. All people who were without homes in the flood were provided with … accommodation.
A. short B. temporary C. present D. instant
22. I believe that our new manager has the … to work well in this business environment.
A. inflexible B. flexibly C. flexibility D. flexible
23. If the factory … dumping poison into the lake, all the fish and other aquatic animals will die.
A. continues B. continued C. will continue D. continue
24. You will recognize Jenny when you see her. She … a red hat.
A. wears B. is wearing C. will wear D. will be wearing
25. the famer rides the buffalo____carts loaded full of rice home
A. draw B.drawing C.drew D.drawn
26. Little Pascal ……a mechanical calculator which could do additions or subtractions very quickly.
A. discovered B. found C. found out D. invented
27. Robots save workers from ………dangerous tasks.
A. making B. having C. performing D. carrying
28. Many people believe that robots have made workers jobless………that is not necessarily true.
A. but B. and C. so D. or
29. Recent ………developments have made robots more user-friendly and intelligent.
A. science B. scientist C. scientific D. scientifically
30. Teenagers spend most of their time playing computer games, ………they lost their interests in daily activities.
A. moreover B. so C. however D. as a result
31. Science and technology have ………the life safe, secure and comfortable.
A. transformed B. made C. done D. changed
32. The teacher __________ me that I had better devote more time to science subjects such as physics, chemistry, and biology.
A. said B. talked C. spoke D. told
33. Science is used in all corners of the world for the __________ of people.
A. interest B. need C. profits D. benefit
34. If you __________ something, you should patent it as quickly as possible.
A. invented B. will invent C. have invented D. are inventing
35. Sciences and technology have enormous ______________ on economic development.
A. affects B. effects C. affect D. effect
Read the text below and decide which answer A,B,C or D best fits each sppace.(Why)
When you are in Hong Kong,you can go about by taxi,by tram,by bus,or(1)________underground.I myself prefer the underground(2)________it is fast,easy and cheap.There are(3)_____trams and buses in Hong Kong,and one cannot drive along thr road(4)______and without many stops.The underground is therefore usually quicker(5)__________taxis or buses.If you do not know Hong Kong very well,it is very difficult(6)________...
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Read the text below and decide which answer A,B,C or D best fits each sppace.(Why)
When you are in Hong Kong,you can go about by taxi,by tram,by bus,or(1)________underground.I myself prefer the underground(2)________it is fast,easy and cheap.There are(3)_____trams and buses in Hong Kong,and one cannot drive along thr road(4)______and without many stops.The underground is therefore usually quicker(5)__________taxis or buses.If you do not know Hong Kong very well,it is very difficult(6)____________the bus you want.You can take a taxi,but it is(7)_______expensive than the underground or a bus.On the underground you find good maps that tell you the names of the stations and show you(8)________to get to them,so that it is easy to find your way.
1.A.in B.by C.on D.with
2.A.because B.when C.so D.but
3.A.some B.a lot C.many D.few
4.A.quick B.quicker C.quickly D.quickest
5.A.as B.than C.so D.like
6.A.finding B.to find C.found D.to finding
7.A.more B.much C.as D.too
8.A.who B.when C.what D.how
VI. Reading
1/Read the text about Alexander Graham Bell and do the tasks
Alexander Graham Bell is widely known as inventor of the first telephone. He was born on March 3rd, 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. When he was 23, Bell emigrated to Canada with his parents and the next year moved to the United States to teach deaf-mute children. With his colleague Thomas Watson , Bell worked very hard on the experimentation to invent devices such as the harmonic telegraph ( used to send multiple messa...
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VI. Reading
1/Read the text about Alexander Graham Bell and do the tasks
Alexander Graham Bell is widely known as inventor of the first telephone. He was born on March 3rd, 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. When he was 23, Bell emigrated to Canada with his parents and the next year moved to the United States to teach deaf-mute children. With his colleague Thomas Watson , Bell worked very hard on the experimentation to invent devices such as the harmonic telegraph ( used to send multiple messages over a single wire) and phonautograph ( used to draw the shape of the sound waves. The first telephone communication was said to have happened between Bell and Watson in 1876 while Bell was at one end of the line, and Watson worked on the telephone in other room. The first transmitted words were, ‘ Mr Watson, come here . I want to see you’
a. Decide if the statements are T or F
1.Alexander Graham Bell is Scottish.
2.He spent all his life in Canada
3.He worked with the deaf when he moved to the USA
4.He wanted to create a device that can transmit human voice
5.He was able to succeed right from the first experiment
6.He worked on his inventions all by himself
b. Answer the questions
1.What is Bell ‘s ‘harmonic telegraph’ ?
2.What is Bell ‘s ‘phonautograph’
3.When did the first communication over happened and how did it happen?
3/ Read the following text carefully and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each of the gap.
Ewan McGregor was (29)_____ in Scotland in 1971. He decided to be an (30)______ when he was only nine and he (31)_____his first film in 1992. So far in his career he has appeared (32)_____ a lot of different types of films, including comedies, musical, dramas and the Star Wars movies. In his career Ewan has worked with (33)_____ like Cameron Diaz and Nicole Kidman, and his films have won (34)_____ of awards. He loves acting and when he finished (35)_______ the musical, Moulin Rouge, he said, “I have never been happier to do anything in my life”.
29. A. bear B. born C. bearing D. beared
30. A. acting B. actress C. actor D. action
31. A. made B. played C. worked D. starred
32. A. at B. on C. with D. in
33. A. directors B. actors C. actresses D. writers
34. A. a lots B. lots C. much D. some
35. A. to film B. filmed C. film D. filming
4/ Read the text and do the tasks
Almost a hundred thousand people were killed and half a million homes destroyed as a result of an earthquake in Tokyo in 1923. The earthquake began a minute before noon when the habitants of Tokyo were cooking their midday meals. Thousand of stoves were overturned as soon as the earth began to shake . As a result, small fires broke out everywhere and quickly spread. The fire engines were prevented from going to help because many of the roads had cracked open. It was impossible to use fire fighting equipment as most of the water pipes had burst. Consequently, over ninety percent of the damage was caused by fire rather than by the collapse of buildings
* These sentenses are T (true ) or F ( false )
1, A hundred thousand people were killed in Tokyo in 1923 because of an earthquake
2. The earthquake began a minute before midnight
3. The fire engines were prevented from going to help because most of the water pipes had burst
4. Over ninty percent of the damage was caused by fire
Connect each pair of sentences,using the conjunction of conjunctive adverb given in brackets.
1.On new Years Eve,the Vietnamese put fruits on the altar.They also arrange watermelon and traditional cakes such aschung cakes.(and).
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2.Many people go to pagodas or churches on New Years Day to pray fo...
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Connect each pair of sentences,using the conjunction of conjunctive adverb given in brackets.
1.On new Year's Eve,the Vietnamese put fruits on the altar.They also arrange watermelon and traditional cakes such aschung cakes.(and).
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2.Many people go to pagodas or churches on New Year's Day to pray for the coming year.Mny others remain in their home in front of the altar to welcome the ancestors through prayee.(while).
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3.People from Western countries do not follow ances worship.Ances worship is considered a type of religious practices in some Asian countries.(although)
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4.Xoan singing is still in the memory of folk artists in Phu Tho Province.They always try their best to hand down offspring the old style of singing in the activities of the clubs.(because)
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Question VI. Read the passage and circle the best answer to each of the following questions about it (1,0p)
Almost a hundred thousand people were killed and half a million homes destroyed as a result of an earthquake in Tokyo in 1923. The earthquake began a minute before the noon when the inhabitants of Tokyo were cooking their midday meals. Thousands of stoves were overturned as soon as the earth began to shake. As a result, small fires broke out everywhere and quickly spread. The fire engines...
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Question VI. Read the passage and circle the best answer to each of the following questions about it (1,0p)
Almost a hundred thousand people were killed and half a million homes destroyed as a result of an earthquake in Tokyo in 1923. The earthquake began a minute before the noon when the inhabitants of Tokyo were cooking their midday meals. Thousands of stoves were overturned as soon as the earth began to shake. As a result, small fires broke out everywhere and quickly spread. The fire engines were prevented from going to help because many of the roads had cracked open. It was impossible to use fire fighting equipment as most of the water pipes had burst. Consequently, over ninety percent of the damage caused by fire rather than by the collapse of the buildings.
1. How many people were killed in the earthquake in Tokyo in 1923?
A. Ten thousand people B. Almost a hundred thousand people
C. Thousands of people D. Many people
2. When did the earthquake begin?
A. began a minute before the noon in 1923 B. began a minute before the noon in 1924
C. began a minute before the noon in 1925 C. began a minute before the noon in 1922
3. What happened as soon as the earth began to shake?
A. people died B. the water pipes had burst
C. Thousands of stoves were overturned D. the roads had cracked open
4. Why was the fire engines prevented from going to help?
A. because the water pipes had burst B. because no one helped
C. because small fires broke out everywhere D. because many of the roads had cracked open
5. What was most of the damage caused by?
A. fire B. the roads C. water pipes D. the collapse of the buildings