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1. Despite the time of the year, yesterday's temperature was enough hot=>hot enoughto turn on the air conditioning.2. Michael ran more slow=>slowly because he had just had an operation. 3. Do you remember what time must we=>we must be present at the meeting?4. Even though men are physically strongerthan women, they are less healthier=>healthy and die younger. 5. Most vacationers enjoy playings ports or swim=>swimming in lakes and oceans Câu trả lời: 1. Despite the time of the year, yesterday's temperature was enough hot=>hot enoughto turn on the air conditioning.2. Michael ran more slow=>slowly because he had just had an operation. 3. Do you remember what time must we=>we must be present at the meeting?4. Even though men are physically strongerthan women, they are less healthier=>healthy and die younger. 5. Most vacationers enjoy playings ports or swim=>swimming in lakes and oceans

sửa lại lỗi sai1. Despite the time of the year, yesterday's temperature was enough hot to turn on the air conditioning.2...

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Nguyễn Hà My

10 tháng 8 2016 lúc 10:17

Part 3: You are going to read a newspaper article by a British student who worked at a summer camp in the US. Seven paragraphs have been removed from the article. Choose from the paragraphs A-H the one which fits each gap (124-130). There is one extra paragraph which you do not need to use. (7 points)SUMMER CAMP: A SOAP OPERAEvery June, thousands of British students fly to the United States to spend their holidays working at summer camps. In return, they get a free return flight, full board, poc...

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Part 3: You are going to read a newspaper article by a British student who worked at a summer camp in the US. Seven paragraphs have been removed from the article. Choose from the paragraphs A-H the one which fits each gap (124-130). There is one extra paragraph which you do not need to use. (7 points)

SUMMER CAMP: A SOAP OPERA

Every June, thousands of British students fly to the United States to spend their holidays working at summer camps. In return, they get a free return flight, full board, pocket money and the chance to travel. Lucy Graham joined a camp and spent eight weeks working with six to sixteen-year-olds.

I applied at the last minute and was so thrilled at the prospect of spending the holidays doing something more exciting than working in the local supermarket that I hastily accepted the only job left - in the camp laundry.

(124) ___ On arrival I was told by the camp director that I would be doing the washing for 200 children - on my own. Any romantic dreams I'd had quickly turned into nightmare reality. For the first week, the party sent out by the jobs agency - nine students, including me - became a full-time cleaning squad, getting the place ready for its grand opening.

(125) ___ The children's arrival also brought 50 American counsellors to look after them, and the opening of the laundry. At first, I had to work from 8.45 in the morning till 10.30 at night to get all my work done. Considering there was no hot water in the laundry and the machines were old, the washing came out remarkably well.

(126) ___ The kitchen workers, maintenance man and myself found that we were on the lowest level of the camp's class system. Our four British counsellor friends had a much better time. They got friendly with their American colleagues and were respected by the children. They were also given tips by parents after the holiday.

(127) ___ As for the camp itself, it had a large lake and excellent sporting facilities. But because organised activities for the children carried on into the evening, we usually didn't get the chance to use them. However, much more annoying were my room-mates, three 18-year-old girls who worked in the dining room.

(128) ___ On top of that, the camp food was poor, with child-size portions; fresh fruit and vegetables were rare. One catering worker even stood over the pineapple rings, checking that you took only one each.

(129) ___ However, I couldn't set off as soon as the children left because we had to stay on for a few days, cleaning and closing down the camp. My last duty was to load up the rubbish bags and take out any clothes the children had thrown away, in case their parents asked about them.

(130) ___ What's more, without the free ticket I got to the US - and the rail ticket from my parents - I would never have seen Niagara Falls, gone up the Empire State Building or had my picture taken with Mickey Mouse at Disney World.

A They had never been away from home before, and spent most of the night screaming with excitement. Sometimes, the only way to get any rest was to pretend to be ill and sleep in the medical centre.

B We weren't so lucky. We were never invited to join in the evening activities. When we did manage to get out of the camp, our evenings tended to consist of eating ice-cream at the local gas station.

C As a result, the standard of the camp you end up in is usually a question of luck. However, the agencies do hold meetings where you can ask representatives from camps about the facilities and the nature of the work you will be expected to do.

D We swept out the bedrooms and scrubbed the lavatories, gymnasium and kitchen. We polished the cooking equipment, put up the sports nets and carried any luggage sent on ahead to the bedrooms.

E On the whole it had been well worth it. Despite the washing, the camp's plus points had been a beautiful setting, meeting a great bunch of travelling companions and doing far more reading for my university course than I would have done at home.

F All these disadvantages meant that Saturdays, our days off, were highly valued. The places we visited then, such as New York City, gave me an appetite for travelling later on. If I hadn't done that, I would have regretted it - there is so much to see and do and I was keen to get on with it.

G But with so many clothes to wash and dry, some did get mixed up. I had six-year-olds marching up and telling me that their parents would be very angry if I didn't find their favourite sweater.

H I started to have my doubts while squashed between the swimming instructor and the sports teacher during the three-hour minibus ride to the camp, which was in a tiny town about 90 miles from New York City.

Your answer:

124. ……….…………… 125. …………………… 126. ……………………

127. ……………………. 128. …………………… 129. ……………………

130. …………………….

Part 4: Read the passage and fill in each gap with ONE suitable word. (10 points)

We have seen photographs of the whole earth taken from great distances in outer space. This is the first time, the (131) ………….. first time, in man's long history that such pictures have been possible. (132) ………….. many years most people have believed that the earth was ball-shaped. A few thought it was round and (133) ………….., like a coin. Now we know, beyond doubt, that those few were (134) …………. The photographs show a ball-shaped (135) …………., bright and beautiful. In colour photographs of the earth, the sky is as (136) …………. as coal. The (137) ………….. looks much bluer than it usually does to us. All our grey (138) ………….. are a perfect white in colour; because, of course, the (139) ………… is for ever shining on them. We are (140) ………….. to live on the beautiful earth.

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Lớp 11 Tiếng anh Luyện tập tổng hợp

Trần Nghiên Hy

22 tháng 2 2018 lúc 15:14

Combine the following pairs-or groups of sentences by meas of relative pronouns, making any changes necessary 1. You sent me a present. Thank you very much for it 2 She was dancing with a student. He had a slight limp 3. Iam looking after some chidren. They are terribly spoilt 4. The bed has no mattress. I sleep on this bed 5. Romeo and Juliet were lovers. Their parents hated each other 6. There wasn`t any directory in the telephone box. I was phoning from this box 7. This is Mrs Jones....

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Combine the following pairs-or groups of sentences by meas of relative pronouns, making any changes necessary

1. You sent me a present. Thank you very much for it

2 She was dancing with a student. He had a slight limp

3. Iam looking after some chidren. They are terribly spoilt

4. The bed has no mattress. I sleep on this bed

5. Romeo and Juliet were lovers. Their parents hated each other

6. There wasn`t any directory in the telephone box. I was phoning from this box

7. This is Mrs Jones. Her son wn the championship last year

8. I was siiting in a chair. It suddenly collapsed

9. Mr Smith said he was too busy to speak to me. I had some specially to see him

10. The man was siiting at the desk. I had some to see his man

11. I missed the train. I usually catch this train. And I had to travel on the next. This was a slow train ( Make into one sentences)

12. His girl friend turned out to be an enemy spy. He trusted her absoluetly

13. The car had bad brakes. We were in this car. And the man didn`t know the way. This man was driving( Make into one sentences)

14. This is the story of a amn. His wìe suddenly loses her memory

15. We`ll have to get across the frontier. This will be difficult

16. a man brought in a small girl. Her hand had been cut by flying glass

17. The car crashed into a queue of people. Four of them were killed

18. The roads were crowed with refugess. many of them were wounded

19. I was waiting for a man. He didn't turn up ( The man......)

20. Tom came to the party in patched jeans. This surprised the other guests. Most of the other guests were wearing evening dress

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Lớp 11 Tiếng anh Luyện tập tổng hợp

Ngô Quỳnh

4 tháng 8 2019 lúc 11:29

Complete the following sentences with the Word given : together,celebrated,server,confident ,quiet ,decoration ,enthusiastic ,decorate,ìnluenced ,gifts ,milestone,received. 1. His salary was raised because he was very....... 2. The silver anniversary is often.......on people is twenty fifth wedding anniversary 3. Each year to celebrate their wedding anniversaries, couples in the united states often have....... dinner at home or at a restaurant. 4. I think all the woory has.......my mind 5....

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Complete the following sentences with the Word given : together,celebrated,server,confident ,quiet ,decoration ,enthusiastic ,decorate,ìnluenced ,gifts ,milestone,received.

1. His salary was raised because he was very.......

2. The silver anniversary is often.......on people is twenty fifth wedding anniversary 3. Each year to celebrate their wedding anniversaries, couples in the united states often have....... dinner at home or at a restaurant. 4. I think all the woory has.......my mind 5. My teachers always advise me to be.....in any situation 6. What kind of.......do people often bring to a wedding party? 7. The result of his work marked a......of his life 8. They are very happy to be......for their silver anniversary 9. I have just.....a letter from my younger sister 10. We bought a lot of......for his birthday party 11. What foods and drinks are often.......at a party? 12. In Vietnam, people often......... their house with flowers at Tet

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Lớp 11 Tiếng anh Luyện tập tổng hợp

Phương Anh Nguyễn

12 tháng 10 2019 lúc 19:56

help me ; thanks trc ạ DERIVATIVES or WORD FORMATION Ex1: 1 :After his parents died ,he was sent to an ...........(ORPHAN) 2:Some of my ............(CLASS) are going to my birthay party 3:Huy makes friends very easily beacause he is very (SOCIAL) 4:Is this bag big enough for these ............(GROCER) 5:We like our Math teacher for these ............(HUMOROUS) 6:He is the most respected person in my .............(NEIGHNOR) 7:Tam and Quang rarely talk freely about themselves .They re...

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help me ; thanks trc ạ DERIVATIVES or WORD FORMATION

Ex1:

1 :After his parents died ,he was sent to an ...........(ORPHAN)

2:Some of my ............(CLASS) are going to my birthay party

3:Huy makes friends very easily beacause he is very (SOCIAL)

4:Is this bag big enough for these ............(GROCER)

5:We like our Math teacher for these ............(HUMOROUS)

6:He is the most respected person in my .............(NEIGHNOR)

7:Tam and Quang rarely talk freely about themselves .They 're very .........(RESERVE)

8:We are making .........for the trip to dien bien next week (ARRANGE)

9:Tom is woring as an ........to Professor Brown (ASSIST)

10:I can think of ...........reason for not attending the metting (COUNT)

11:They are ........a new computer system at the computer Exposition (DEMONSTRATION)

12:Some ............ are not very satisfied with the service of Thang Loi hotel (CUSTUMS)

13:The conpany has arranged for the ..............of the furniture to Mrs .Lien's home (DELIVER)

14: Be careful to cover the .............sockest for the safety of the children (ELECTRIC)

15: Every .......... in my neighborhood has at least one TV set (HOUSE)

16:The children ...........himself by playing with a kitchen knife (INJURY)

17:I am going to shop for a rice.................what brand do you recommend (COOK)

18:Cook the meat in the ..........for at least 30 minutes (STEAM)

19:The thief had ...........before the police arrived (APPEAR)

20:You can buy sports .........at the store overthere (EQUIP)

21:We enjoy listening to some .......folk songs when we were in Hue (TRADITION)

22:The old man was highly respected for his .............(WISE)

23:My sister was very ...........when her cat was run over by a car (SET)

24:There was great ..........in the cuty when the team won the Football cup (EXCITED)

25:There should be a law to prevent ..........to anmals (CRUEL)

26: His ...........at the party embarrassed everyone (BEHAVE)

27: Our project wouldn't be successful without you kind ..............(COOPERATE)

28: ..........in the sports competition is open to everyone regardless of age and ***** (PARTICIPATE)

29 :Our English lessons always begin with a .........drill of the new words (PRONOUNCE)

30:On the whole the hotel provide .........service (SATISFY)

31:Read through the passage and ........any words you don't understand (LINE)

32: You don't have to .............the grammar rules to be able to do these exercises (MEMORY)

33:Remember to check for ...........mistakes before hading in your composition (SPELL)

34:If you want to join the club ,please fill in this .............(APPLY)

35:Do you happen to know what summer .......our school are going to arganize?(ACTIVE)

36:I think ...........games are good for our health (DOOR)

37:One of the aims o the International Scout Association is to encourage good .............(CITIZEN)

38:Madonna's latest album can be found in music shops .............(WORLD)

39:Pedestrians shuold walk on the ..........,not in the street (WALK)

40:Tom failed to be admitted to the university because of his poor ............achiveements (ACADEMY)

41:Send the letter by .......... if you want it to reach the recipient in time (AIR)

42:The ...........in the area are against the building of the expressway (RESIDE)

43:Come to stay at our hotel we are sure to give the greatest ..........and good service (COMFORTABLE)

44:The supermarket is offering a wide ..........of spring clothes for you yo choose from (SELECT)

45:Rice cooked in clay pot is one of the ........in this restaurant (SPECIAL)

46:I want to become a press ............when I grow up (PHOTOGRAPH)

47: Hoa brought a dictionary in her .........for the E nghlish lesson (PACK)

48:As soon as my younger brother could tell the time ,he was given ..........(WRIST)

49:Television is one of the cheapest form of ............(ENTERTAIN)

50: I prefer the ........... village to the noisy city (PEACE)

51: Some of my .............are living in the countryside (RELATION)

52:My father plans to live............in the countryside after he retires (PERMANENT)

53:Read the user's manual carefully ,it will give you a lot of useful .............(INFORM)

54:This part of the library is for college students only it is not ..........to high school pupils (ACCESS)

55:I didn't sleep very well that night and got a terrible headache the ..........morning (FOLLOW)

56:Few people want to eat that restaurant because of the ..... smell from the garbage dump nearby (PLEASE)

57:Our ........are doing their best to improve the people 's quality of life (GOVERN)

58:What's the ..........time of your flight? (DEPART)

59:I'm going to buy a motorcycle .I'm tired of riding on ..........bese (CROWD)

60:English is an ..........and impoetant subject (INTEREST )

61:The most popular after school ..........in our country is soccer (ACT)

62:Today we have literature ,.............education and hictory (PHYSICS)

63:The library in our city has over 50 ............(EMPLOY)

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Lớp 11 Tiếng anh Luyện tập tổng hợp

Dương Nguyễn

25 tháng 2 2019 lúc 19:39

EXERCISE 1:REPLACE THE UNDERLINED CLAUSES BY A INFINDITIVE OR INFINITIVE PHRASE 1.I dont like him playing in the street.I wish we had a garden that he clould play in. 2.He simply loves parties.he is always the first who comes and the last who leaves. 3.the last person who leaves the room must turn off the light. 4.the first man who was intervieswed was entirely unsuitable 5.Ive got a bottle of wine but I havent got anything that I could open it with EXERCISE 2: USE REDUCED RELATIVE CLAUSES...

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EXERCISE 1:REPLACE THE UNDERLINED CLAUSES BY A INFINDITIVE OR INFINITIVE PHRASE

1.I don't like him playing in the street.I wish we had a garden that he clould play in.

2.He simply loves parties.he is always the first who comes and the last who leaves.

3.the last person who leaves the room must turn off the light.

4.the first man who was intervieswed was entirely unsuitable

5.I've got a bottle of wine but I haven't got anything that I could open it with

EXERCISE 2: USE REDUCED RELATIVE CLAUSES IN PLACE OF THE RELATIVE CLAUSES

1.we had a river in which we could swim

2.Here are some accounts that you must check

3.the last student that was interviewed was tom

4.we visited hanoi.which is the capital of vietnam

5.my father.who is pilot.often goes abroad

6.I was the only one who realized him

7.I have some homework which I must do tonight

8.Our solar system is in a galaxy that is called the milky way

9.I was awakened by the sound of a laughter which came from the room which was next to mine at the motel

10.there are six reports which have to be typed today

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Lớp 11 Tiếng anh Luyện tập tổng hợp

Nguyễn Thị Minh Trang

21 tháng 4 2020 lúc 12:23

The little chefs Hilary Rose travels to Dorset, in the south of England, to investigate a cookery course for children. There must be something in the air in Dorset, because the last place you’d expect to fi nd children during the summer holidays is in the kitchen. Yet in a farmhouse, deep in the English countryside, that’s exactly where they are – on a cookery course designed especially for children. It’s all the idea of Anna Wilson, who wants to educate young children about cooking and eating i...

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The little chefs Hilary Rose travels to Dorset, in the south of England, to investigate a cookery course for children. There must be something in the air in Dorset, because the last place you’d expect to fi nd children during the summer holidays is in the kitchen. Yet in a farmhouse, deep in the English countryside, that’s exactly where they are – on a cookery course designed especially for children. It’s all the idea of Anna Wilson, who wants to educate young children about cooking and eating in a healthy way. ‘I’m very keen to plant the idea in their heads that food doesn’t grow on supermarket shelves,’ she explains. ‘The course is all about making food fun and enjoyable.’ She thinks that eight is the perfect age to start teaching children to cook, because at that age they are always hungry. 9() These children are certainly all smiles as they arrive at the country farmhouse. Three girls and four boys aged from ten to thirteen make up the group. They are immediately given a tour of what will be ‘home’ for the next 48 hours. 10 But one thing is quite clear – they all have a genuine interest in food and learning how to cook. Anna has worked as a chef in all sorts of situations and has even cooked for the crew of a racing yacht, in limited space and diffi cult weather conditions. 11 ‘Kids are easy to teach,’ she insists, ‘because they’re naturally curious and if you treat them like adults they listen to you.’ Back in the kitchen, Anna is giving the introductory talk, including advice on keeping hands clean, and being careful around hot ovens. 12 Judging by the eager looks on their young faces as they watch Anna’s demonstration, they are just keen to start cooking. The children learn the simplest way, by watching and then doing it themselves. They gather round as Anna chops an onion for the fi rst evening meal. Then the boys compete with each other to chop their onions as fast as possible, while the girls work carefully, concentrating on being neat. 13 When they learn to make bread, the girls knead the dough with their hands competently, while the boys punch it into the board, cheerfully hitting the table with their fi sts. The following morning, four boys with dark shadows under their eyes stumble into the kitchen at 8.30 a.m. to learn how to make breakfast (sausages and eggs, and fruit drinks made with yoghurt and honey). We learn later that they didn’t stop talking until 4.30 a.m. 14 Ignoring this, Anna brightly continues trying to persuade everyone that fruit drinks are just as interesting as sausages and eggs. Anna has great plans for the courses and is reluctant to lower her standards in any way, even though her students are so young. 15 ‘And I like to keep the course fees down,’ Anna adds, ‘because if the children enjoy it and go on to teach their own children to cook, I feel it’s worth it.’ If this course doesn’t inspire them to cook, nothing will.

A This is followed by a session on ‘knife skills’, which will be important later on.

B She always uses top- quality ingredients, such as the best cuts of meat and the fi nest cheeses, so there’s clearly no profi t motive in this operation.

C As they wander round, they argue lightheartedly about who has had the most experience in the kitchen.

D In the garden, they learn about the herbs that they will use in their cooking.

E Their obvious tiredness may explain why one of them goes about the task so carelessly that the ingredients end up on the fl oor.

F This is particularly true of young boys, who are happy to do anything that will end in a meal.

G As a result, she has a very relaxed attitude to cooking, constantly encouraging the children and never talking down to them.

H This contrast will become something of a theme during the course.

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Lớp 11 Tiếng anh Luyện tập tổng hợp

Kim Taehyung

19 tháng 3 2020 lúc 0:56

Pronunciation 1. A. machine B.shrill C.sugar D.slide 2. A.splt B.splay C.splash D.splatter 3. A.sprite B.spring C.sprint D.sprinkle 4. A.shrill B.shrimp C.shrine D.shrink 5. A.split B.splinter C.splint D.splice 6. A. primitive B. particular C. continuous D. connected 7. A. amount B. mental C. dependence D. opinion 8. A. section B. grammar C. unsuccessful D. demonstrate 9. A. harvest B. circumstances C. produce D. ceremony 10. A. research B. ability C. compa...

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Pronunciation 1. A. machine B.shrill C.sugar D.slide 2. A.splt B.splay C.splash D.splatter 3. A.sprite B.spring C.sprint D.sprinkle 4. A.shrill B.shrimp C.shrine D.shrink 5. A.split B.splinter C.splint D.splice 6. A. primitive B. particular C. continuous D. connected 7. A. amount B. mental C. dependence D. opinion 8. A. section B. grammar C. unsuccessful D. demonstrate 9. A. harvest B. circumstances C. produce D. ceremony 10. A. research B. ability C. companion D. understand Multiple choice 1. She was the last applicant_______. A. to interview B. to be interviewing C. to be interviewed D. to have interviewed 2. I'm hungry. Is there any food_______? A. to be eaten B. for me eating C. eating D. to eat 3. English is an important language_______. A. to master B. for us to master C. which we have to master D. All are correct 4. "What's all that noise about?" "We had a bad accident_______at the factory." A. happening B. happened C. happen D. has happened 5. I wrote to the company_______the them for a catalogue. A. asking B. demanding C. enquiring D. applying 6. I have heard nothing from him since_______. A. he had left B. he leaves C. he has left D. he left 7. Lack of rain early in the season means that the field_______a poor crop. A. surrendered B. yielded C. generated D. suffered 8. Can you find any_______equipment in this department? A. electric B. electrified C. electrical D. electricity 9. You cannot grow crops on_______land. A. exhaustion B. exhaust C. exhausting D. exhausted Error Identification 1. The world's rain forests are being cut down at the rate on 3,000 acres per hour. A B C D 2. Many scientists fear that the earth will run out essential natural resources before the end of the 20th century. A B C D 3. Because much species of plants and animals in Hawaii are threatened withe xtinction within a short period of time, scientists are A B C tryingdesperately to rescue them. D 4. Her many friends,among who I like to be considered, gave her encouragement .A B C D Gap filling There is now increasing concern about the world's energy_______(1), particularly about those involving fossil_______(2). In less than a hundred years we shall probably_______(3) all the present_______(4) of oil and gas. The world's coal_______(5) should last longer but,once used, these cannot be_______(6). It isimportant, therefore, that we should develop such_______(7) sources of energy as solar energy as well as water and wind_______(8), (classed as_______(9) energy). Until these energy_______(10) are widely used, itis important for developed countries to reduce energy consumption as much as possible. 1. A. possessions B. resources C. goods D. materials 2. A. fuels B. powers C. forms D. energies 3. A. end B. compete C. total D. exhaust 4. A. findings B. productions C. amounts D. sources 5. A. reserves B. stores C. mines D. contents 6. A. updated B. repeated C. renewed D. produced 7. A. traditional B. alternative C. revolutionary D. surprising 8. A. force B. strength C. power D. motion 9. A. repeatable B. continual C. renewable D. continuous 10. A. goods B. supplies C. provisions D. materials Word forms 1. He's just bought a car with_____________________operated windows. (electric) 2. The railway line was_____________________in the 1950s. (electric) 3.___________________is the process of changing something so that it worksby______________. (electric) 4. You can be paid in cash weekly or by cheque monthly, those are thetow______________. (alter) 5. Gas and oil_________________always increases in cold weather. (consume) 6. Health-concious________________want more information about the food they buy.(consume) 7. We should pay more attention to renewable sources of energy such as wind and___________power. (sun) 8. We are doing our best with the_________________resources available. (limit) 9. ___________________damage threatens the whole of civilization. (environment) 10. The weather_____________________improved. (gradual) Fill in each gap with a suitable preposition 1. Zoology is more closely related___________biology than it is to botany. 2. Are you interested___________working with them? 3. I certainly hope that David is aware___________all the problems imvolved. 4. Mr. Minh is responsible___________hiring and firing employees. 5. Bred is capable___________doing better work than he's doing at the present. Reduce the relative clauses to participle phrases 1. I don't like people who arrive late. I........................................................................................................................................................ 2. I live in the house which was built a century ago. I......................................................................................................................................................... 3.The people who work here are very interesting. The..................................................................................................................................................... 4. The handkerchief which was embroidered by my sister was really beautiful. The..................................................................................................................................................... 5. I want you to meet the woman who taught me how to drive. I......................................................................................................................................................... 6. Do you know the woman who is coming toward us? Do....................................................................................................................................................... Rewrite the following sentences,using infinitive phrase 1. We had a river in which we could swim. We...................................................................................................................................................... 2. My brother is the only one that realized the danger. My...................................................................................................................................................... 3. He is always the first that comes and the last that goes. He....................................................................................................................................................... 4. The Queen Elizabeth is the largest ship which has been built on the island. The..................................................................................................................................................... Rewrite the following sentences, using relative clause 1. The last person to be interviewed yesterday was Jack. The............................................................................................................................................... 2. Valentine was the first woman to fly into space. Valentine...................................................................................................................................... 3. The only person to remain in the classroom was Peter. The............................................................................................................................................... 4. Is there any place for us to stay tonight? Is................................................................................................................................................... 5. This is the second person to be killed in that way. This......................................................................................................................................

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Lớp 11 Tiếng anh Luyện tập tổng hợp

Đặng Huỳnh Trâm

6 tháng 3 2020 lúc 21:46

Giúp mình nha! Fill in the gap with a suitable particle. 1. We were making................London but we turned off at Banbury by mistake. 2. Personally, I would put no faith.............him-hes the most unreliable person I know. 3. They ran...............economic problems about half way through the season. 4. The board of directors has tried to put the case..............his removal from the team. 5. The management has put their declining popularity...............to poor results. 6. Norwic...

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Giúp mình nha!

Fill in the gap with a suitable particle.

1. We were making................London but we turned off at Banbury by mistake.

2. Personally, I would put no faith.............him-he's the most unreliable person I know.

3. They ran...............economic problems about half way through the season.

4. The board of directors has tried to put the case..............his removal from the team.

5. The management has put their declining popularity...............to poor results.

6. Norwich was 3-1 down with only 2 minutes to go and there was little they could do to come..............

7. The entire team have put..............a good performance.
8. She worked as a nurse...............one time, but she's been a pharmacist for 20 years now.

9. Most athletes are............. the peak of their abilities between the age of 24 and 28.

10. They had four-day holiday, then began work..............earnest.

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The Penny Black It might not have looked very impressive, but the Penny Black, now 170 years old, was the first stamp to be created and it launched the modem postal system in Britain. Before 1840 and the arrival of the Penny Black, you had to be rich and patient to use the Royal Mail. Delivery was charged according to the miles travelled and the number of sheets of paper used; a 2-page letter sent from Edinburgh to London, for example, would have cost 2 shillings, or more than £7 in today’s mo...

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The Penny Black

It might not have looked very impressive, but the Penny Black, now 170 years old, was the first stamp to be created and it launched the modem postal system in Britain.

Before 1840 and the arrival of the Penny Black, you had to be rich and patient to use the Royal Mail. Delivery was charged according to the miles travelled and the number of sheets of paper used; a 2-page letter sent from Edinburgh to London, for example, would have cost 2 shillings, or more than £7 in today’s money. And when the top-hatted letter carrier came to deliver it, it was the recipient who had to pay for the postage. Letter writers employed various ruses to reduce the cost, doing everything possible to cram more words onto a page. Nobody bothered with heavy envelopes; instead, letters would be folded and sealed with wax. You then had to find a post office - there were no pillar boxes - and hope your addressee didn't live in one of the several rural areas which were not served by the system. If you were lucky, your letter would arrive (it could take days) without being read or censored.

The state of mail had been causing concern throughout the 1830s, but it was Rowland Hill, an inventor, teacher and social reformer from Kidderminster, who proposed a workable plan for change. Worried that a dysfunctional, costly service would stifle communication just as Britain was in the swing of its second industrial revolution, he believed reform would ease the distribution of ideas and stimulate trade and business, delivering the same promise as the new railways.

Hill’s proposal for the penny post, which meant any letter weighing less than half an ounce (14 grams) could be sent anywhere in Britain for about 30p in today’s money, was so radical that the Postmaster General, Lord Lichfield, said, 'Of all the wild and visionary schemes which I ever heard of, it is the most extravagant.’ Lord Lichfield spoke for an establishment not convinced of the need for poor people to post anything. But merchants and reformers backed Hill. Soon the government told him to make his scheme work. And that meant inventing a new type of currency.

Hill quickly settled on 'a bit of paper covered at the back with a glutinous wash which the user might, by applying a little moisture, attach to the back of a letter’. Stamps would be printed in sheets of 240 that could be cut using scissors or a knife. Perforations would not arrive until 1854. The idea stuck, and in August 1839 the Treasury launched a design competition open to ‘all artists, men of science and the public in general’. The new stamp would need to be resistant to forgery, and so it was a submission by one Mr Cheverton that Hill used as the basis for one of the most striking designs in history. Cheverton, who worked as a sculptor and an engineer, determined that a portrait of Queen Victoria, engraved for a commemorative coin when she was a 15-year-old princess, was detailed enough to make copying difficult, and recognisable enough to make fakes easy to spot. The words ‘Postage’ and ‘One Penny’ were added alongside flourishes and ornamental stars. Nobody thought to add the word ‘Britain’, as it was assumed that the stamps would solely be put to domestic use.

With the introduction of the new postal system, the Penny Black was an instant hit, and printers struggled to meet demand. By the end of 1840, more than 160 million letters had been sent - more than double the previous year. It created more work for the post office, whose reform continued with the introduction of red letter boxes, new branches and more frequent deliveries, even to the remotest address, but its lasting impact on society was more remarkable.

Hill and his supporters rightly predicted that cheaper post would improve the ‘diffusion of knowledge’. Suddenly, someone in Scotland could be reached by someone in London within a day or two. And as literacy improved, sections of society that had been disenfranchised found a voice.

Tristram Hunt, an historian, values the ‘flourishing of correspondence’ that followed the arrival of stamps. ‘While I was writing my biography of Friedrich Engels I could read the letters he and Marx sent between Manchester and London,’ he says. ‘They wrote to each other three times a day, pinging ideas back and forth so that you can almost follow a real-time correspondence.’

The penny post also changed the nature of the letter. Weight-saving tricks such as cross-writing began to die out, while the arrival of envelopes built confidence among correspondents that mail would not be stolen or read. And so people wrote more private things - politically or commercially sensitive information or love letters. ‘In the early days of the penny post, there was still concern about theft,’ Hunt says. ‘Engels would still send Marx money by ripping up five-pound notes and sending the pieces in different letters.’ But the probity of the postal system became a great thing and it came to be expected that your mail would not be tampered with.

For all its brilliance, the Penny Black was technically a failure. At first, post offices used red ink to cancel stamps so that they could not be used again. But the ink could be removed. When in 1842, it was determined that black ink would be more robust, the colour of the Penny Black became a sort of browny red, but Hill’s brainchild had made its mark.

Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.

1. One of the characteristics of the postal service before the 1840s was that

A. postmen were employed by various organisations.
B. letters were restricted to a certain length.
C. distance affected the price of postage.
D. the price of delivery kept going up.

2. Letter writers in the 1830s

A. were not responsible for the cost of delivery.
B. tried to fit more than one letter into an envelope.
C. could only send letters to people living in cities.
D. knew all letters were automatically read by postal staff.

3. What does the text say about Hill in the 1830s?

A. He was the first person to express concern about the postal system.
B. He considered it would be more efficient for mail to be delivered by rail.
C. He felt that postal service reform was necessary for commercial development.
D. His plan received support from all the important figures of the day.

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