Who are the best drivers? Which drivers are the safest on the roads? According to a recent survey, young and inexperienced drivers are the most likely to have an accident. Older drivers are more careful. Young men have the worst accident records of all. They often choose faster cars with bigger engines. One of the most interesting facts in the survey is that passengers have an effect on the driver. When young male drivers have their friends in the car, their driving becomes worse. When their wife or girlfriend is in the car, however, their driving is better. But this is not true for women. Their driving is more dangerous when their husband or boyfriend is in the car. However, if their small children are riding in the car, they drive mor slowly and safely.

1. Are inexperienced drivers careful driver ?

2. Who have an effect on the driver ?

3. Who hace the worst accident records of all ? Why ?

4. When do young male drivers drive carefully ?

5. How do women drive when their small children in the car ?

1. It was one of the ………………………experiences in my life.

A. bad                    B. worse                 C. worst                 D. bader      

2. ………………….….people go to the movies now than ten years ago.

A. Few                   B. Fewer                C. Less                   D. Little

3. Kevin and Anna have got three children. ………………………..is 13 years old.

A. The eldest          B. The elder            C. The old              D. Old

4. Her illness was ……………….……more serious than we thought at first.

A. much                 B. less                    C. so                      D. as

5. Although she is very popular, she is not …………………..her sister.

A. as pretty             B. pretty as             C. as pretty than      D. prettier than

6. Ha is ………………………….…student in her class.

A. good                  B. best                    C. a best                 D. the best

7. My new shoes cost me………………..……the last pair that I bought.

A. time three                                 B. three times as much as

C. three times more than             D. as much three times as

8. This motorbike is not ………………...yours.

A. so economical as                                B. as economical than    

C. more economical as                D. economical than

9. The faster he walks, ………………..

A. more tired             B. he gets tired     C. he gets more tired         D. the more tired he gets

10. Paris is much……………….…than the city where I was born.

A. modern              B. more modern      C.  moderner           D. more modern than

11. He drives……………...his brother.

A. more careful than         B. more carefully      C. more carefully than     D. as careful as

12. Tuan writes more………………….with fewer mistakes than the previous term.

A. careless              B. careful               C. carefully                       D. carelessly

13. My father is happy because I get…………..……. results at school.

A. bad                    B. good                  C. intelligent           D. well

14. Peter does better at school because he works ……..……..

A. harder                B. more carelessly            C. more lazily                   D. worse

15. It gets…………………when the winter is coming.

A. cold and cold     B. the coldest and coldest    C. colder and colder    D. more and more cold

Choose the correct word A, B or C for each gap to complete the following passage.

Yesterday, Carlos went (1) ……………… La Tomatina. The festival is held on were the last Wednesday of August every year in Būnol, Spain. (2) ……………… were thousands of people there. In the morning, many people tried (3) ……………… up the pole to get the ham. At 11 a.m, they (4) ……………… a jet from the water cannons and the chaos began. Bags of tomatoes from trucks were (5) ……………… to the crowds, and they began throwing tomatoes at one another.

Question 1

A. At

B. in

C. To

Choose the best answer to complete the sentences

1 The Japanese eat a lot of fish instead of meat ............ they stay more healthey

A because B although C so D but

2 Americans .............. the tradition of volunteering since the early days of the healthy

A had B have had C has had D to have

3 Eating a lot of junk food may lead to..............

A obesity B worst C worse D as well as

4 This year is muscical festival is not ................ it was last year

A as good as B worst C worse D to have

5 The themes of the puppet shows are................

A city B country C rural D urban

6 How many novels .............. Charles Dickens ................?

A have-wrote B dose-write C did-write D did-wrote

7 Nowadays people spend hours .............. in front of computers

A sit B on siting C to sit D siting

V. Read and choose

Who are the best drivers? Which drivers are the safest on the roads? According to a recent survey, young and inexperienced drivers are the most likely to have an accident. Older drivers are more careful. Young men have the worst accident records of all. They often choose faster cars with bigger engines. One of the most interesting facts in the survey is that passengers have an effect on the driver. When young male drivers have their friends in the car, their driving becomes worse. When their wife or girlfriend is in the car, however, their driving is better. But this is not true for women. Their driving is more dangerous when their husband or boyfriend is in the car. However, if their small children are riding in the car, they drive mor slowly and safely.

0. Who have the worst accident records of all?

A. Young men

B. Young women

C. Old men

D. Inexperienced men

1. According to the survey, who are the most likely to have an accident?

A. Young and inexperienced drivers.

B.Old and inexperienced drivers.

C. Young and old drivers.

D. Old and experienced drivers.

2. Young men are likely to choose ___________

A. expensive cars

B. fast cars with big engines

C. slow cars with big engines

D. fast cars with small engines

3. Who have an effect on the driver?

A. Parents

B. Policeman

C. Families

D. Passengers

4. When young male drivers have their wife or girlfriend in the car, thay drive ___________.

A. worse

B. more carefullyr

C. better

D. faster

5. If a child of a woman is in the car, how is the woman sdriving?

A. it's better

B. it's worse

C. it stays the same

D. it's nicer

6. The word 'they' in bold in the last sentence refers to _____________.

A. women

B. husbands

C. boyfriends

D. small children

Who are the best drivers ? Which drivers are the safest on the roads ? According to a recent survey , young and in experienced drive are the most likely to have an accident . Older drivers are more careful .Young men have the worst accident records of all .They often (4)………….. faster cars with bigger engines. One of the (5) interesting facts in the survey is that passengers have an effect on the driver. When men have (6)........ friends in the car, their driving become worse. When their wife or girlfriend is in the car, (7)………….. , their driving is better . But opposite is true for women . Their driving is (8) …………. dangerous when their husband or boyfriend is in the car .

Yesterday, Carlos went (1) La Tomatina. The festival is held on the last Wednesday of August every year in Buñol, Spain. (2)___ were thousands of people there. In the morning, many people tried (3) up the pole to get the ham. At 11 a.m., they (4)_________a jet from the water cannons and the chaos began. Bags of tomatoes from trucks were (5)___________on the crowds, and they began throwing tomatoes at one another. They all had to wear goggle (6) ____their eyes.

After one hour, they saw another jet and stopped (7) . The whole town square (8) ____red with rivers of tomato juice. Finally, they tried tomato Paella, (9) _________Spanish rice dish. Together with local people and tourists, they enjoyed the (10) ________food and drink.

1. A. at B. in C. to D. from

2. A. There B. They C. That D. This

3. A. climb B. climbed C. climbing D. to climb

4. A. saw B. see C. seen D. seeing

5. A. thrown B. threw C. throw D. throwing

6. A. protecting B. to protect C. protected D. protect

7. A. to throw B. throw C. throwing D. thrown

8. A. were B. are C. was D. is

9. A. tradition B. traditional C. traditionally D. traditionalize

10. A. badly B. better C. well D. good

Choose the sentence that has the same meaning as the first.

11. He drives more carelessly than he used to.

A. He doesn’t drive as carefully as he used to.

B. He doesn’t drive carefully than he used to.

C. He doesn’t drive as carefully than he used to.

D. He doesn’t drive as carefully he does.

12. No one in our club can speak English as fluently as Mai.

A. Mai speaks English more fluently than no one in our club.

B. Mai is the worst English speaker in our club.

C. Mai speaks English as fluently as other people in our club.

D. Mai speaks English the most fluently in our club.

13. The sooner you stop smoking cigarettes the better you’ll feel.

A. As soon as you feel better, you’ll try to stop smoking.

B. You feel so much better since he stopped smoking.

C. Though you feel better, you still smoke.

D. When you stop smoking, you’ll begin to feel better.

14. No one in the class is taller than Dave.

A. Dave is taller student in the class.

B. Dave is the tallest student in the class.

C. Dave is the taller student in the class.

D. Dave is tallest student in the class.

15. The crowd became increasingly angry at the long delay.

A. The crowd became very angry because the delay was so long.

B. The longer the delay was, the angrier the crowd became.

C. The more increasingly the crowd became, the longer the delay was.

D. The more the crowd became angry at the delay, the longer they feel.

16. In spite of trying very hard, we failed in the final match.

A. Although we tried very hard, we failed in the final match.

B. We made all our efforts so that we could gain success in the final match.

C. Whatever efforts we had made, we weren’t able to win in the final match.

D. We failed in the final match as a result of all our great efforts.

17. Although old-age pensions have risen considerably, they haven’t kept pace with the cost of living.

A. The cost of living is so high that they couldn’t keep with it.

B. Despite the fact that old-age pensions have risen considerably, the cost of living isn’t going down.

C. Old-age pensions may have risen considerably, but they haven’t kept pace with the cost of living.

D. The cost of living hasn’t been kept with no matter how high the old-age pensions are.

Give the right forms of words in the brackets to finish the following sentences:

1. With so many choices, it is hard to .......................... what to buy.   (decision)

2. The earthquake is one of the worst natural ......... that we have experienced.(disastrous)

3. Life in the country is more ....... than life in the city.  (comfort)

4. James Watt, who was a Scottish scientist, ............. steam engine.   (invent)

5. He didn't feel happy because he worked ............................. .  (success)