Most students, in their own countries have had little opportunity to practise using English. When foreign learners first have the (1) .......... to speak to an English-speaking person they may have a shock: they often (2) ............ great difficulty in understanding. I'll just mention three of the possible reasons for this.
First, it seems to students that English people speak very quickly. (3) ........., they speak with a variety of accents. Third, different styles of speech are used. For all of these reasons (4) ........... will have difficulty, mainly because they lack everyday practice in listening to English people speaking English.
(5) .............. can a student do then to overcome these difficulties? Obviously, attend English classes and if a language laboratory is available, use it as (6) ............ as possible. He should listen to programs in English on the radio and TV. Perhaps, most important of (7) .................. , he should take every opportunity to meet and speak with native English-speaking people.
In addition, the student probably has difficulty in speaking English fluently. The advice here will seem (8) .......... to follow but it's necessary. Firstly, he must simplify what he wants to say so that he can express himself reasonably and clearly. Secondly, he must try to think in English, (9) ............ translate from his mother tongue. This will only begin to take place when his use of English become automatic; using a language laboratory (10) ...listening to as much English as possible will help.
điền Tell, say, speak, talk, ask vào chỗ trống
1- Be quiet, I have something to.............
2- the president refused to...... to waiting journalists
3- I had to.......the teacher what to do next
4- are you .me you didn't have any help with this?
I.Complete the sentences, using the given words in the brackets.
1. Mr. Brown wants to use solar energy. Mr. Brown does not have enough money to buy necessary equipment. (but)
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2. Shakespeare died in 1616. He had written more than 37 plays before then. (by the time)
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3. Douglas fell off his bicycle last week. He has had to use crutches to walk. (since)
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4. I turned off the lights. After that, I left the room. (before)
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5. The frying pan caught on fire. I was making dinner at that time. (while)
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6. I won’t return my book to the library. I’ll finish my research project first. (until)
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Use the words or phrases to complete the letter.
Dear Mary,
1. I / have / great time / here in England.
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2. I / be / here / three months / my university term / start / two months ago.
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3. I / live / dormitory / some foreign students.
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4. They / come / different parts / the world.
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5. They / be / very friendly and pleasant, / and / their English / much better / mine.
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6. I practice / speak English / them / every day.
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7. Now / make /good progress.
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8. My pronunciation / much better / and / I / understand / almost everything.
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9. I / hope / my English / considerably / improve / the end / course.
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10. Write / me / soon.
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Yours truly,
Mai Lan
Reorder the words to make the sentences.
1. her/ is/ phone/ choosing/ tone/ for/ ringback/ a/ to/ Lan / set/ song.
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2. her/ She/ in/ kept/ order/ watch/ at/ late/ on/ to/ avoid/ being/ glancing.
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3. reading/ board/ at/ Nga/ be/ the/ 8.00/ will/ tomorrow/ message/ a.m.
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4. ages/ , / hasn’t/ their/ has/ replied/ Peter/ yet/ received/ he/ but/ email/ for/ it.
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5. than/ Snail/ is/ much/ it/ mail/ email/ is / slower/ not/ because/ favoured.
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TEST 2 UNIT 10
I.Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others.
1. A.charity B.reality C.quality D.density
2. A.curiosity B.personality C.community D.university
3. A.additive B.positive C.primitive D.possessive
4. A.nationality B.mobility C.. equality D.majority
5. A.transitive B.effective C.positive D.sensitive
II. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.
6. A study shows that teenagers use text messaging to communicate with their friends more than .
A.to send email B.to write letters C.emailing D.texting
7. The communication services, along with chat rooms, continue to be an important part of children's online interactions.
A.online B.offline C.direct D.phone
8. Email are often necessary to join social networking sites, online, and virtual worlds.
A.address B.information C.senders D.accounts
9. Email, and chat rooms let children with friends and family members.
A.talk B.say C.speak D.communicate
10. Skype is a voice allowing users to talk to others across the world.
A.hardware B.software application C.Internet access D.web browser
11. Luckily, there are many communication techniques to help overcome .
A.foreign languages B.culture shocks C.language barriers D.sound barriers
12. A non-native speaker most likely can recognise the - the non-verbal communication.
A.second language B.official language C.sign language D.body language
13. The facial expressions for happiness, sadness, anger, surprise, fear, and disgust are the same across
A.languages B.cultures C.habits D.people
14. Seven of 10 people prefer face-to-face when having a date.
A.code B.sign C.language D.contact
15. We should not passwords with anyone.
A.share B.send C.bring D.lend
III. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences with the correct verb form.
16. I with my aunt when I go to Ha Noi next summer.
A.stay B.staying C.stayed D.will be staying
17. "When is your math exam?" - "Well, at this time tomorrow, I for it.”
A.will sit B.Will be sitting C.sit D.is sitting
18. You'll recognize Jenny when you see her. She a red hat.
A.wears B.is wearing C.will wear D.will be wearing
19. Do you spend a lot of time to music?
A.listen B.to listen C.listening D.to be listening
20. How many times have I told you football in the street?
A.not to play B.do not play C.not playing D.will not play
21. I don't mind up early in the morning.
A.get B.to get C.getting D.to getting
22. It was nice of her to let me her laptop.
A.borrow B.to borrow C.borrowing D.to borrowing
23. She is looking forward her grandparents again soon.
A.see B.to see C.seeing D.to seeing
I.Complete the sentences, using the given words in the brackets.
1. Mr. Brown wants to use solar energy. Mr. Brown does not have enough money to buy necessary equipment. (but)
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2. Shakespeare died in 1616. He had written more than 37 plays before then. (by the time)
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3. Douglas fell off his bicycle last week. He has had to use crutches to walk. (since)
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4. I turned off the lights. After that, I left the room. (before)
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5. The frying pan caught on fire. I was making dinner at that time. (while)
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6. I won’t return my book to the library. I’ll finish my research project first. (until)
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Use the words or phrases to complete the letter.
Dear Mary,
1. I / have / great time / here in England.
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2. I / be / here / three months / my university term / start / two months ago.
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3. I / live / dormitory / some foreign students.
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4. They / come / different parts / the world.
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5. They / be / very friendly and pleasant, / and / their English / much better / mine.
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6. I practice / speak English / them / every day.
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7. Now / make /good progress.
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8. My pronunciation / much better / and / I / understand / almost everything.
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9. I / hope / my English / considerably / improve / the end / course.
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10. Write / me / soon.
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Yours truly,
Mai Lan
Reorder the words to make the sentences.
1. her/ is/ phone/ choosing/ tone/ for/ ringback/ a/ to/ Lan / set/ song.
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2. her/ She/ in/ kept/ order/ watch/ at/ late/ on/ to/ avoid/ being/ glancing.
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3. reading/ board/ at/ Nga/ be/ the/ 8.00/ will/ tomorrow/ message/ a.m.
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4. ages/ , / hasn’t/ their/ has/ replied/ Peter/ yet/ received/ he/ but/ email/ for/ it.
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5. than/ Snail/ is/ much/ it/ mail/ email/ is / slower/ not/ because/ favoured.
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1. Could/ you/ tell/ me/ what/ the symbol/ Scotland? (Use the given words to write a complete sentence)
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2. poison/ Sewages/ lakes/ from/ such/ and/ water/ factories/ bodies/ as/ rivers(Use the given words to write a complete sentence)
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Fill each gap with few, a few, little or a little.
1. She asks us ............. questions
2. I can speak ............. French, not enough to speak to him
3. .......... people went to the meeting, so they cancelled it.
4. There are only ....... books on the shelf.
5. My father is eating....... chicken soup.
6. They will have ......milk for breakfast.
7. There are ..... Letters in the letter-box.
8. He has ... money and he will buy ............ vegetables.
9. Hurry up of we'll be late. We've got very ............. time.
10. Very.... people come to hear him play the piano because they are too busy.
11. There are ........... cars parked outside the bank today.
12. Lam so cold that there is very ............. feeling in my legs.
II. Read the following text and use the words given in the box to fill in the blanks.
due to about depth likely of
surface amounts some miles more
The moon very (l) _____________ has a very small core, just 1 to 2 percent of the moon's mass and roughly 420 (2) _____________ (680 km) wide. It likely consists mostly (3) _____________ iron, but may also contain large (4)_____________ of sulphur and other elements.
Its rocky mantle is (5) _____________ 825 miles (1,330 km) thick and made up of dense rocks rich in iron and magnesium. Magmas in the mantle made their way to the (6) _____________ in the past and erupted volcanically for (7)_____________ than a billion years - from at least four billion years ago to fewer than three billion years past.
The crust on top averages (8) _____________ 42 miles (70 km) deep. The outermost part of the crust is broken and jumbled (9) _____________ all the large impacts it has received, a shattered zone that gives way to intact material below a (10) _____________ of about 6 miles (9.6 km).
V. Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence. (1.5 pts
1.Be careful ! __________ can kill. (electrical)
2.Bell started experimenting with ways of transmitting _________ over a long distance. (speak)
3.Please take this form to your teacher and ask her _______________ it. (signature)
4.She enjoy the ____________ atmosphere of the local library. (peace)
5.Many __________ have taken part in the Green Summer Program. (person)
6.The kitchen can be a __________ place for children. (danger)
III. Fill in a blank with a suitable word.
Speech is one of the most important (17) __________of communicating. It consists of far more than just making noises. To talk and also to be understood by other people, we (18)______________ speak a language, that is, we have to use combinations of sounds that everyone agrees to stand for a particular object or idea. Communication would be impossible if everyone made up their own language. (19)____________ a language properly is very (20)________________. The basic vocabulary of English is not very large, and only about 2,000 words are needed to speak it quite well. But the more idea you can express, the more precise you can be about their exact meaning. The way we say the words is also very important. Our tone (21)__________ voice can express many emotions and show whether we (22) ____________pleased or angry, for instance.
17. A. ways B. example C. solution D. programs
18. A. has to B. have to C. don’t have to D. didn’t have to
19. A. Learn B. learns C. learning D. learners
20. A. expensive B. peaceful C. interesting D. important
21. A. of B. at C. about D. for
22. A. will be B. were C. are D. must be