1. Complete the sentences with the correct verb forms.
Mark Twain, the author of the The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, is one of Americe's best loved storytellers. He _________ (1) (grow up) in a small town on the Mississippi River. As a young boy, he ________ (2) (greatly/admire) the pilots of the riverboats and dreamed about being a riverboat pilot on the mighty river. He pursued hs dream, and by the age of 22, he himself ________ (3) (be come) a riverboat pilot. Later in life, when he _____________ (4) (become) a writer, many of his stories ___________ (5) (Contain) elements of his own experiences. He _______ (6) (write) many humorous stories and articles about life on the MIssissippi River before he (work) on a new story for several months before his death, but he _______ (9) (never/finish) it. Over the years since his death, his boyhood home in Hannibal, Missouri, __________ (10) (become) a favorite place for Americans to visist to learn about Twain and life on the Mississippi at the turn of the 19 century.
13. We are rehearsing a play for the school anniversary ........... (celebrate)
14. He was ill on the day of the Pop festival ............... (Fortunate)
15. The new that Mr Nam had inherited a million dollars make his friend ........ (excite)
III. Read the following passage then answer the questions. (2ms)
Alfred Bernard Nobel (1833-1896), a Swedish scientist, was invented dynamite. He allowed his invention to be used in peace. However, he saw it being used in war to destroy things, he was very unhappy. On his death he left all his money to be spent upon a prize every year. The Nobel Prize is now one of the greatest prizes that a person can ever receive. It is given every year for the best work in one of the following subjects: physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and peace.
* Write true (T) or false (F) for each sentence. (1m)
1. Alfred Bernard Nobel was born in 1896.
2. The Nobel Prize is now one of the biggest prizes.
* Answer the following questions. (2ms)
1. What did Alfred Bernard Nobel invent?
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2. Did he leave all his money for the Nobel Prize after his death?
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3. Why was he very unhappy?
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4. What subjects are the Nobel Prize given?
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel was a famous nineteenth-century engineer. He (1) _________ born in 1806 in Portsmouth, a seaport in the South of England. In 1923, after studying (2) _________ two years in Paris, he started (3) _________ for his father, (4) _________ was an engineer and inventor. He had been born near Rouen in France but in 1792 had left France for the US and had later settled in England. Both father and son were responsible for the design (5) _________ construction of the first tunnel under the River Thames. The digging of this tunnel was (6) _________ in 1825 and completed twenty years later. Today, it (7) _________ part of the London Underground system.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel went (8) _________ to design the Great Britain (1845), (9) _________ was the first large ship to be built (10) _________ iron instead of wood. It was powered (11) _________ steam and made regular crossings of the Atlantic. Remarkably, this ship is (12) _________ in existence. It (13) _________ been restored and can be seen in Bristol (14) _________ it was originally built. (15) _________ of Brunel’s great engineering achievements was the construction of the Great Western Railway from London to Bristol. He designed all the stations, bridges, tunnel and viaducts along the line.
Brunel’s ideas were ahead of his time and had difficulties in convincing people that they were realistic, and, indeed, some of his projects were very ambitious, but he (16) _________ determined to find (17) _________ to the (18) _________ difficult problems. Overwork ruined his health and he (19) _________ at the age of fifty-two in 1859. The work of Brunel, and his father, has always been highly regarded and Brunel University, founded in 1966, is (20) _________ after both of them.
I . supply the correct word form
1. mom had to do everything............... the help of modern equipment ( with )
2. please tell me the tale , grandma .......... stories are great ( tradition )
3. after his wife ............. the farmer married again ( death )
4. ............ the new wife was very cruel to Little Pea ( fortunate )
5. everyone was ............. at the soccer match ( excite )
6. a fairy appeared and ........... changed her old clothes ( MAGIC )
7. the tiger wanted to see the farmer's ............... ( wise )
8. in that story , the prince got ........... to a poor girl ( marry )
9. her father soon died of a ........... heart ( break )
10. he was ........... to say that ( fool )
II Complete the passage with the right form of the verbs
Roger Federer 1.......................( be) on of the greatest tennis players in history . He 2.......................( be ) born in 1981 in Switzerland . He 3 ...................( spend ) his childhood in the suburb of Munchenstein , with the family home just a short walk from the football and tennis stadiums . His early life 4 .....................( be ) dominated by sport and he 5 ......................( be ) four when he first 6 ...........................( pick ) up a tennis racket . It 7.....................( be ) at the Old Boys Tennis Club in Basle that Roger Federer first 8 ...........................( receive ) proper instruction on how to apply pace and spin to a tennis ball . He 9 .......................( practice ) extremely hard and by the age 11 he 10 ........................ ( be ) among his country's top junior tennis player . At 14 , Federer 11 ......................( decide ) to leave home and join the Swiss national center at Ecublens even though he 12 ....................... ( not / like ) the idea of being away from his family . He 13 .....................( turn ) pro in 1998 , and with his victory at Wimbledon in 2003 he 14 ..............................( become ) the first Swiss man to win a Grand Slam singles championship . He 15 ...........................( be ) one of the most loved athletes not only because of his successful career but also for being a great role model for all other tennis players
Cho dạng đúng của động từ trong ngoặc:
1. He is engrossed in doing(science)................ research.
2. Oil spills are a great(threaten)............. to the undersea world.
3. He wants(width)................ his knowledge of the subject.
4. You may be surprised at the large(varied).................. of animals in national parks.
IV) Read the text and decide which answer best fits each space:
Ruyard Kipling, one of Endland's (26) ______ famous writers, was born in Bombay, India, in 1865, where his English father was working for the British government. Kipling spent his (27) ______ chilhood in India. At six he was to (28) ______ England and educated in an English school. From 1882 until 1883 he was (29) ______ of his school paper. He went back to India in 1883. There he became (30) ______ in writing and worked for a newspaper. When he was 21 he (31) ______ his first book, which was a small book of poetry. Before he was 24 he had brought out a small collection of short stories. There were well-liked and were full of brilliant descriptions and accurate observations.
Between 1887 and 1899 Kipling traveled (32) ______ the world. He visited China, Japan, and he lived for a few years in America, where he married an American woman. Diuring this (33) ______, he wrote several of his most (34) works, the stories for children, which made him famous: The Jungle Books (1894), Kim (1901) and Jusst So Stories (1902). He also published several books of poetry during this time. Kipling returned to England from America and spent the of (35) ______ his life there until his death in 1936.
26. A.such B.most C.extreme D.too
27. A.early B.starting C.young D.beginning
28. A.carried B.transported C.travelled D.taken
29. A.president B.chairman C.editor D.boss
30. A.liked B.interested C.fond D.taken
31. A published B.took out C.invented D.created
32. A.on B.around C.though D.across
33. A.part B.section C.moment D.period
34. A.common B.popular C.usual D.ordinary
35. A.rest B.last C.end D.period