The 1990s

In January 1990, I was at primary school and in January 2000, I was at university! I left primary school in September 1990 and went to a secondary school five kilometres from my house. I took the bus every day at 7.30am and didn't get home until 5 o'clock in the evening. What a difficult life!

My family bought a satellite TV in 1990 and a new video the next year. In 1994, my brother bought a computer and I got a bicycle the same year.

I left my school in 1997 but decided not to go to university like most people: instead, I went walking in France alone for three months and then drove around America for three months with my brother. For the first six months of 1998, I got a job in a health food shop and then went to university in October 1998 in Wales.

Find all the verbs in the past simple tense:

Which ones are irregular?:

Give the correct form of the verbs.

Last month, I attended a reunion of students who had been on the same course as me at university ten years earlier. When I left university, I didn't keep in touch with many people - just my closest friends and one or two of the lecturers - so I (1. not know) who or what to expect. When I arrived at the hotel where the reunion was being held, most of the guests (2. already / arrive). They 3. (chat) in small groups, or in the queue for food, or at the bar. Everyone seemed to have someone to talk to except me. I (4. make) my way to the bar and stood patiently (5. wait) for the barman to notice me. After what seemed an age, I (6. tap) on the shoulders and someone shouted, I didn’t believe it! ‘You, at the university reunion!' I turned round quickly and faced at a man of about my age that I (7. not recognise) at all. He seemed to know me through, and continued, "How are you? What you (8. do) since I left?" Instead of explaining that I didn't know him, I found myself replying 'I am fine, erm'..., I work in computing now, but I spent five years abroad working as a voluntary teacher'. For the next hour, this man told me his whole life story while I (9. desperately / search) for someone I knew. I managed to talk to a couple of my old lecturers, but my strongest memory of the evening was that I (10. have) a reunion with someone that I didn't even know!

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the opinion that best completes each of the following exchanges.

Mary and Jane are talking about John.

– Mary: “I was so disgusted by his accusations that I packed up my things and left right then and there.”

– Jane: “______. No one can put up with his selfishness.”

A. Why?

B. I don’t blame you

C. Are you serious?

D. I doubt that

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 35 to 42.

TEACHING IN INDIA

by Elise Cooper

  ‘Elise in India’. That was the name of my blog last year when I took a year out between school and university. I was lucky enough to get a teaching job abroad through an international organization. I was going to work in a school attached to a children’s home in north-west India. There were eight of us on the week-long introduction course in the capital, Delhi. As well as advice and ideas for teaching we were given information about health and local customs, and learned a few essential phrases in the local language.

  Another course member, Lucy, was coming to the same school as me and we were both nervous when we set off on the 15-hour bus ride to the children’s home. I had worked as a classroom assistant before, but here I wouldn’t be much older than some of my pupils. How would I manage? My worries disappeared once we reached the home. Our rooms were on the top floor above the girls’ bedrooms and from the window we looked out across flat fields full of fruit trees and could just see the snow-covered mountain tops in the distance.

  There were 90 children in the home, aged between five and 20. In addition there were a small number of pupils who came in each day from the area around. Although they were a little shy to start with, they were so keen to ask us questions that we quickly became friends.

  Lucy and I taught four lessons a day, mainly spelling, reading and general knowledge. We had a textbook but since it wasn’t very exciting, we tried to make the lessons more interesting with activities and games. This wasn’t always easy: there was a mixture of ages in each class because pupils had begun their education at different times. Like schoolchildren everywhere, they didn’t always behave perfectly in class. However, they used to send us notes apologizing afterwards, or thanking us for an interesting lesson, so we didn’t really mind.

  The best fun came after school, though. We spent many happy hours playing games or football or just chatting with the children. On Friday afternoons, Lucy and I were in charge of sport, which had just been introduced at the school. Trying to organize fifty children into cricket teams is something I’ll never forget. Another of my memories is playing in goal for a boys’ football game. Even though Lucy and a group of little girls joined in as extra goalkeepers, we still managed to let the other side score!

  I was terribly sad to leave. I felt I had learned as much as - if not more than - my pupils from the experience.

Which adjective best describes the job of getting pupils’ attention to the general knowledge lessons?

A. effortless

B. time-consuming 

C. simple

D. challenging

My name is Nguyen Minh Trung. I am a new student in class 7A. I am from Da Nang and my family still lives there. In Ho Chi Minh City, I live with my grandparents at 21/3B Nguyen Trai Street. My new school is not far from our house- about one kilometer, so I go to school by bike. There are a lot of students in my new school. But I don’t have any friends. I am unhappy. I miss my parents, my sisters and my friends in Da Nang.

*Answer the questions: (1m)

1. What is his full name ?

->........................................................................................................

2. Does she miss her parents and her sisters ?

................................... trả lời giùm

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.

In the USA, futher education generally refers to education undertaken by adults of all ages after leaving full time study. It doesn’t include degree courses (1) ______ at college or university directly after leaving high school, which come under (2)______ education. Futher education includes everything from basic reading and writing skills for illiterate to full – time professional and doctorate degrees at university. On many university (3) ______, more students are enrolled in futher education courses than in (4)______ degree programmes. Often adult education students don’t need to be high school or college graduates or take any tests or interviews, and they’re generally (5)______ on a first – come, first – served basis. A high school diploma is (6)______ for some courses, although General Educational Development (GED) tests allow students to (7) ______ a high school equivalency diploma. Adult education courses may be full-time or part-time and are provided by two and four- year colleges, universities, community colleges, (8) ______ schools, and elementary and high schools. Courses are also provided by private community organizations, government (9) ______ , and job training centres. More and more adult education programmes are becoming (10) ______ on the Internet, including courses which offer university or continuing education credits for completion.

Question 1:

A. Gone

B. Brought

C. Taken

D. set

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.

In the USA, futher education generally refers to education undertaken by adults of all ages after leaving full time study. It doesn’t include degree courses (1) ______ at college or university directly after leaving high school, which come under (2)______ education. Futher education includes everything from basic reading and writing skills for illiterate to full – time professional and doctorate degrees at university. On many university (3) ______, more students are enrolled in futher education courses than in (4)______ degree programmes. Often adult education students don’t need to be high school or college graduates or take any tests or interviews, and they’re generally (5)______ on a first – come, first – served basis. A high school diploma is (6)______ for some courses, although General Educational Development (GED) tests allow students to (7) ______ a high school equivalency diploma. Adult education courses may be full-time or part-time and are provided by two and four- year colleges, universities, community colleges, (8) ______ schools, and elementary and high schools. Courses are also provided by private community organizations, government (9) ______ , and job training centres. More and more adult education programmes are becoming (10) ______ on the Internet, including courses which offer university or continuing education credits for completion.

Question 6:

A. permitted

B. brought

C. requested

D. required

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.

In the USA, futher education generally refers to education undertaken by adults of all ages after leaving full time study. It doesn’t include degree courses (1) ______ at college or university directly after leaving high school, which come under (2)______ education. Futher education includes everything from basic reading and writing skills for illiterate to full – time professional and doctorate degrees at university. On many university (3) ______, more students are enrolled in futher education courses than in (4)______ degree programmes. Often adult education students don’t need to be high school or college graduates or take any tests or interviews, and they’re generally (5)______ on a first – come, first – served basis. A high school diploma is (6)______ for some courses, although General Educational Development (GED) tests allow students to (7) ______ a high school equivalency diploma. Adult education courses may be full-time or part-time and are provided by two and four- year colleges, universities, community colleges, (8) ______ schools, and elementary and high schools. Courses are also provided by private community organizations, government (9) ______ , and job training centres. More and more adult education programmes are becoming (10) ______ on the Internet, including courses which offer university or continuing education credits for completion.

Question 9:

A. businesses

B. organizations

C. agencies

D. companies