THE WASTE GENERATION
One of the most striking statistics that I have seen in a long time is that 5 per cent of all the energy used in the United States is consumed by computers that have been left on all night.
I can’t confirm this personally, but I can (56)____________ tell you that on numerous occasions I have looked out of hotel rooms late at night, in a (57)____________ of American cities, and been struck by the fact that every light in every neighbouring office building is still on, and that computer (58)____________ are indeed flickering.
Why don’t Americans turn these things off? For the same reason, I suppose, that so many people here let their car engines (59)____________ when they pop into a shop, or leave lights blazing all over the house, or keep the central heating on so hot – because, in short, electricity, petrol and other energy sources are so (60)____________ cheap, and have been for so long, that it doesn’t occur to them to (61)____________ otherwise.
Why, after all, put up with the annoying experience of having to wait 20 seconds for your computer to (62)____________ up each morning when you can have it at your immediate command by (63)____________ it on all night?
We are terribly (64)____________ of resources in this country. The average American uses twice as much energy to get (65)____________ life as the average European. With just 5 per cent of the world’s population, we consume 20 per cent of its resources. These are not statistics to be proud of.
56: A. firmly B. certainly C. doubtlessly D. well
57: A. centre B. part C. variety D. rarity
58: A. controls B. screens C. rooms D. workers
59: A. continue B. run C. go D. work
60: A. interestingly B. proportionally C. relatively D. definitely
61: A. manage B. carry out C. behave D. perform
62: A. warm B. go C. turn D. be
63: A. letting B. allowing C. running D. leaving
64: A. consuming B. carefree C. wasteful D. useful
65: A. by B. over C. along D. through

11. I’m sad to think that all my plants __________ by the time I ___________ from holiday.

        A. will die – return                                                   B. died – returned

        C. may have died – have returned                     D. had died – could return

12. The exhaust pipe on my car ___________ for days when finally it ___________ off on the high way.

        A. rattled – had fallen                                                             B. had been rattling – fell

        C. was rattling – fell                                                                 D. may rattle – falls

13. I __________ for a very long time, so I ___________ very angry with them.

        A. had been waiting – was                                    B. have been waiting – was

        C. have waited – was                                                              D. have been waiting – was

14. Mary ___________ a delicious meal till yesterday evening.

        A. has cooked                                                                            B. hasn’t cooked

        C. hadn’t cooked                                                                      D. doesn’t ever cook

15. When he came out of the cave, he ___________ still like a statue for a while.

        A. stands                                        B. is standing                   C. has stood                        D. stood

16. He ___________ smoke eight years ago. But he ____________ it up now.

        A. used to – had given                                                            B. use to – gave

        C. used to – has given                                                             D. is used to – gives

17. Though world food production ___________ since 1950, people still ___________ from shortages in various parts of the world.

        A. has been doubling – maybe suffering

        B. has doubled – suffer

        C. had been doubled – could be suffering

        D. has been doubled – suffers

18. He can’t remember any of the bad habits he ____________ when he was younger.

        A. had                                           B. has had                           C. were having  D. had had

19. By the end of next month, the author ____________ his sixth novel.

        A. has written                                                                            B. will have been writing

        C. has been writing                                                  D. will have written

20. Steve ___________ to the manager after lunch the day before.

        A. spoke                                       B. was speaking C. had spoken                   D. has spoken

Bài 2. Tìm và sửa lỗi

1. I feel readly tired. I wish I didn't go to the party last night

2. I have broken my pencil. May I borrow one of your?

3. When Iwas on holiday last summer, I was going to the beach everyday

4. Tom used to going to school by bus. Now he goes by bike

5. Mary is used to do her homework by herself

6. On winer day, we all used to sit around the fire and told stories

7. The Chinese build the Great Wall over two thousand years ago

8. We get used to live in the countryside before we moved to HCM city

Complete the sentence with the correct form of the word in parentheses

1. You can get all _________ you need on the Internet. (inform)

2. ‘Does the price of the holiday include __________ ?’ I asked the tourist officer (accommodate)

3.

. I was amazed by the ____________ of the scenery. (magnificent)

4. The hotel is located in the _________district of the city. (center)

5. My hobbies are traveling and ___________. (photo)

6. He was _________ in having some good friends to help him. (fortune)

7. The new hotel can __________600 guests at a time. (accommodation)

8. The table was placed _________ with six nice chairs around. (center)

9. This dictionary is a little too expensive for me, but it is extremely _________.(inform)

I think you are very _______. You look very nice in these photos. (photo)

Complete each sentence with two to five words including the word in bold. 

26. They had eaten all the food by the time I got there. had

All the food .................................................................................... by the time I got there.

27. You must finish the project by Wednesday afternoon. be

The project .............................................................................. by Wednesday afternoon.

28. Mr Brown sent us a wedding invitation. was

A wedding invitation ...... ..................................................................... to us by Mr Brown.

29. They should inform the citizens as soon as possible. should

The citizens .................................................................................... as soon as possible. 

1. terribly / about / He / his / was / holiday / excited

2. I / he / died of shock / when / told / nearly / the price, / me

3. a child / was / I / when/ play / I / the guitar / used to.

4. outside / took / burned it / We / all the rubbish / and

5. / changed /  beautiful /A fairy / appeared / and Little Pea’s rags / into / clothes.

6. he / when / with /brought / the farmer / some straw / returned, /him.

7. shoe / Little Pea / Of course, / fitted / the lost /.

8. used to / Dad / traditional stories / tell / after dinner / us /.

9. The farmer / he / called wisdom / said / something / had / .

10. comfortable life / a poor famer / a / with his family / lived / Once

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 43 to 50.

        When we moved to our new house near the sea, I was eight years old. Even before that I had spent every summer messing about on boats. My dad had taught me to sail before I learnt to ride a bike so I knew how I wanted to spend my time at the new house- I was going to get my own boat and sail it everyday. The house was only a few meters from the water's edge, and in rough weather the waves would come crashing into the front garden. I used to sit with my nose pressed to the glass, fascinated by the power of the ocean. I grew up watching the skies to see if it was going to rain; would I be going sailing that afternoon or not?

          Of course I sometimes wished I could live in the town like my friends. I used to get angry with my parents, who had taken early retirement because they seemed incapable of getting anywhere on time. Dad drove me the eight miles to school everyday, but I was often late because he had been walking on the cliffs earlier in the morning and had lost track of time. When I was taking my university entrance exams, I used to stay over at a friend's in town, just in case. All in all, I was lucky to grow up by the sea and I still love to sail.

The phrase "All in all "in the passage  is closest in meaning to ___________.

A. In all      

B. In the whole     

C. On general       

D. On the whole

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 43 to 50.

        When we moved to our new house near the sea, I was eight years old. Even before that I had spent every summer messing about on boats. My dad had taught me to sail before I learnt to ride a bike so I knew how I wanted to spend my time at the new house- I was going to get my own boat and sail it everyday. The house was only a few meters from the water's edge, and in rough weather the waves would come crashing into the front garden. I used to sit with my nose pressed to the glass, fascinated by the power of the ocean. I grew up watching the skies to see if it was going to rain; would I be going sailing that afternoon or not?

        Of course I sometimes wished I could live in the town like my friends. I used to get angry with my parents, who had taken early retirement because they seemed incapable of getting anywhere on time. Dad drove me the eight miles to school everyday, but I was often late because he had been walking on the cliffs earlier in the morning and had lost track of time. When I was taking my university entrance exams, I used to stay over at a friend's in town, just in case. All in all, I was lucky to grow up by the sea and I still love to sail.

Growing up by the sea, the writer felt ___________.

A. excited   

B. angry      

C. unlucky            

D. lucky

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.

When we moved to our new house near the sea, I was eight years old. Even before that I had spent every summer messing about on boats. My dad had taught me to sail before I learnt to ride a bike so I knew how I wanted to spend my time at the new house- I was going to get my own boat and sail it everyday. The house was only a few metres from the water's edge, and in rough weather the waves would come crashing into the front garden. I used to sit with my nose pressed to the glass, fascinated by the power of the ocean. I grew up watching the skies to see if it was going to rain; would I be going sailing that afternoon or not?

Of course I sometimes wished I could live in the town like my friends. I used to get irritated with my parents, who had taken early retirement because they seemed incapable of getting anywhere on time. Dad drove me the eight miles to school everyday, but I was often late because he had been walking on the cliffs earlier in the morning and had lost track of time. When I was taking my university entrance exams, I used to stay over at a friend’s in town, just in case. All in all, I was lucky to grow up by the sea and I still love to sail.

Growing up by the sea, the writer felt ______________.

A. unlucky

B. irritated

C. excited

D. lucky