1 to perform => performing
2 had => have
3 took => take
We earn our _____ (LIVE) in America today in peaceful ______ (COMPETE) with people all across the Earth. Profound and _____ (POWER) forces are shaking and _____ (MAKE) our world, and the urgent question of our time is whether we can make change our friend and not our enemy. This new world has already _____ (RICH) the lives of millions of Americans who are able to _____ (COMPETITION) and win in it. But when most people are working harder for less, when others cannot work at all, when the cost of health care devastates families and threatens to _____ (BANK) our enterprises, great and small, when the fear of crime robs law abiding citizens of their _____ (FREE), and when millions of poor children cannot even imagine the lives we are calling them to lead, we have not made change our friend.
VI.Read the passage carefully, tlien decide whot hen the following,statement are true T) or false (F)
There are nine planets in our solar system. These planets each have their atmosphere and environmental conditions. Scientists have been trying to research other planets to see if it is possible for life to exist on the other eight own bodies in space.
Mercury and Pluto are probably the most difficult to research because of their position in the solar system. Mercury is so close to the sun that with our current technology a space shuttle would burn up before it even reached its atmosphere. Pluto is so far away that some scientists believe that it may not even be a planot but a large asteroid or comet. A space shuttle can not trave that far away because it is so far away from the sun that it would freeze.
Many scientists also believe that our solar system is not alone in the uni- with us. It is difficult to know if there is life present elaewhere in the universe. for many years to come. yerse. Many believe there are several other systems that share the uhiverse .The universe is a complex structure of space that may continue to be a mysterey for many years to come
32. There are nine planets in our solar system, besides Earth.
33. It is difficult to study the planet Mercury because it is very close to the sun.
34. We don't know much about Pluto even though we can see it up close
35. Pluto may not be a planet, according to some scientists.
36. Scientists have got enough information about the universe
(13-16) Use the correct tense or form of the verbs in parentheses:
13. Ao dai used to ________ in our school many years ago. (wear)
14. How about ____________ exhaust fume ? (reduce)
15. I don't like ___________ like that. (follow)
16. We should practice ___________ English in class regularly. (speak)
(17-22) Use the correct form of the words in parentheses:
17. Loan is not satisfied with her ______________ for Christmas. (prepare)
18. How can we reduce water ____________? (polute)
19. We often go _______________ on the weekends. (picnic)
20. I had a most __________________ experience this morning. (please)
21. What would be the most effective means of ____ our products? ( advertise )
22. TV ____________ children to see how people around the world live and think. (able)
II. Read the text below and pick out ONE extra word in each line. Write your answer in the box provided.( Tìm và sửa lỗi sai )
1. ........... Let me tell you about our trip. Did you know that Sara is afraid of be
2. ........... flying? We had arranged it with her family to go to France for a few days.
3. ........... I have always wanted to see Paris and would love to live in there one day.
4. ........... Well, we got to the airport and Sara appeared being nervous. I asked her if
5. ........... she was okay and she was said she was fine, so we continued on our way.
6. ........... We went through passport control and I could see so that Sara wasn’t
7. ........... keen on going any further more. Just then, a voice announced, “We regret to
8. ............ inform passengers that Flight 114 to France is been cancelled.” That was
9. ............ our flight! Sara said she was glad because of she was too frightened to
10. .......... fly anyway! So, we all went to home. That was the end of that trip!
III – Fill in each blank with up, on, for, to, from or with . (1m)
At the end of the street all could see a manger and some hay, the place where the trip must end. The star they had followed shone down upon the manger and lit (1)_______ strange light. Because it was only a small place, and because there were so many (2)________ the party of the Kings, the shepherds stepped (3)________ one side. They wanted the King and the gifts to go first. The oldest of the wise men saw this and said “Come. Do not make yourselves small before us. Join us and come to see the child. It doesn’t matter if we come from far or near, or if we are poor or rich, we come (4)________ for the same reason. We should enter together. IV – There are four mistakes in the following paragraph. Identify the mistakes and correct. (2ms)He went into the house. His hands and feet were as cool as the snow outside. He put his arms around his wife and kissed her. He had done a decision. He said, “Ida, tonight, we are really going to eat and drink, no more saving. I want plenty of good. I’m going to open that bottle of wine we’ve been keeping”. Ida’s eyes brightened. Adam said, “There are people who has less than we do. Let us be happy with what we have. 1.____________ 2._________ 3.___________ 4._____________
are you looking forward toanother busy week? You should be according to some experts. They argue that the stress encountered in our daily lives is not(1)............good for us, but essential to survival. They say that the response to(2)........, which creates a chemical called adrenalin, helps the mind and body to act quickly(3).......... emergencies.Animals and human beings use it to meet the hostile conditions which exist on the planet.Whilst nobody denies the pressures of everyday life,(4)................ is surprising is that we are yet to develop successful ways of(5)............ with them. Even the experts consider the current strategies to be inadequate and often dangerous. They believe that(6)................... trying to manage our response to stress with drugs or relaxation technques, we must exploit it. Apparently, research shows that people who create conditions of stress for themselves (7).............. doing exciting and risky sports or looking for challenges, cope much better (8)............ life's problems. Activities of this type have been shown to create a lot of emotion; people may actually cry or feel extremely uncomfortable. But there is a point at which they have succeeded and know that it was a positive(9)...................
Tìm lỗi sai và sửa
1. He became interest in reading while he was working in the city library
2. My father há retired three years ago and he is now living on his pension
3. If only we had a bigger house we can invite our friend to stay
4. It took me so many time to learn this lesson
5. They listened to their teacher carefully, as they understood the lesson easily
6. The boy broke the window when he is playing football with his friends.
7. Peter and Jone plays badminton every Saturday with Maria and me
8. She wishes he will stop interrupting her whenever she speaks
9. Flat television are too expensive for we to buy at this time
10. The police ordered the man don't remove his handsfrom the steering wheel.
I. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap.
Food, glorious food
These days it's very hard to get people to agree (11) ___anything. But there's one thing we can all accept - people like food! However, what makes good food is (12) ___a universal concept — something considered repulsive in one part of the world is a delicious lunch in another.For example, many of us (13) ___been brought up to believe that insects are for swatting rather (14) ___eating, but in fact (15) ___are an important part of the diet in many places and provide a valuable source of protein.
Perhaps the problem really is that we have become too unadventurous - we are now so (16) ___to vacuum- packed, tasteless ready-made meals that we are unwilling (17) ___ try anything unusual. Yet many less obvious combinations of food can change our tastes - simple touches (18) ___combining carrots with sugar enhances their flavour - and how about trying strawberries with a bit (19) ___pepper? There's food out there for everyone and if you look hard (20) ___you are sure to find something you love.
It is widely recognized that we have to protect the environment, not only for our own sake but for our next generations' as well. Write a composition of around 200 words to say what you would and would not do in order to keep the world unpolluted, fresh and green.
