V.Complete the sentences with the words from the box. Use each word once only.

orbit operate comet float microgravity

launch mission astronomy astronaut spacesuit

1. The mission not only taught NASA about Venus , but also how to ____ a spacecraft far from Eaeth.

2. The tail of a ___ can extend over 84 milion miles , nearly the distance between the earth and the sun.

3. The ___ of Apollo 11 was to land two men on the lunar surface and return them safely to Earth.

4. Sally Ride became the first American waman ___ to fly in space in 1983 when she was 32 year old.

5. People ___ in space because there is no gravity to pull them towards anything

6. In ___ , astronauts can move things that weigh hundreds of pounds with just the tips of their fingers .

7. The ___ of Apollo 13 was delayed from March 12^th to April 11^th , 1970 to give the new prime crew more time to train.

8. Was Viet Nam's first telecom satellite Vinasat - 1 put into ___ on April 18^th , 2008.

9. This ___ was worn by astronaut Neil Armstrong , the first human to set foot on the Moon .

10. Quang ia interested in ___ . He can spend hours studying the sun , moon , stars and planest.

Bài 1 :Put the verbs in brackets in the past simple tense os past perfect tense

1. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin (collect).................... some moon dust samples before they (return)............. to Earth.

2. By the time Yang Liwei (become)................. the first person sent into space by the Chinese space program in 2003, NASA already (send).................... over 100 people.

3. After the spaceship Soyuz 37 (be)............. in orbit around the earth, Pham Tuan and Viktor Gorbatko (conduct)...................some experiments.

4. When we (arrive)..................... in Kennedy Space Center, the space shuttle already (launch)................. into space.

5. Dennis Tito already (complete)............... 900 hours of training by the time he (fly)...............into space in 2001.

(1-10) Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in each sentence: 1/ Although I am very busy, I try to find time to __________ to my grandparents every weekend. A.take a break B. pay a visit C. look after D. take care 2/ It takes me about three hours __________ the report. A. to suffer B. to succeed C. to complete D. to invent 3/ Most people are interested in the ________ of photographs taken by disabled students. A. population B. environment C. popularity D. exhibition 4/ The deaf and dumb use sign language to __________ . A. speak B. control C. communicate D. speaks 5/ _____ farming is a hard work, I enjoy country life. A. Although B. However C. Because D. Since 6/ Choose the best response: “ Who’s Sam? – “ ___________ .” A. The handsome guy near the door B. I’m afraid I missed him C. I want to see it D. He really likes it 7/ We must learn English at school because it’s a(n) _________ subject. A. optional B. compulsory C. international D. national 8/ What is the __________ of your country? – About over 80 million people. A. separation B. introduction C. impression D. population 9/ The advertisement said Academy of language had many ________ and native English teachers.. A. information B. well-qualified C. experience D. time-consuming 10/ Nobody can deny the __________ of the internet in our life. A. benefits B. inspiration C. information D. reputation

Answer: 1/ _____ 2/ _____ 3/ _____ 4/ _____ 5/ _____ 6/ _____ 7/ _____ 8/ _____ 9/ _____ 10/ _____

(11-12) Choose the underlined word or phrase(A,B,C, or D) that needs correcting: 11/ His mother is one which taught him the first lesson on kindness. A B C D 12/ My dear friends, I wish you will visit us someday this summer. A B C D Answer: 11/ _____ 12/ _____

(13-16) Use the correct tense or form of the verbs in parentheses. 13/ She suggests we __________ by bikes instead of by motorbikes to save energy. (travel) 14/ When it began to rain, the children ____________ in the yard. ( play) 15/ My father __________ for the telephone company twenty years ago. ( work) 16/ We used ___________ in Da Lat, but now we live in Ho Chi Minh City. (live) Answer:
1/ _____ 2/ _____ 3/ _____ 4/ _____

17-22) Use the correct form of the words in parentheses: 17/ The crowd shouted ___________ when Zidane scored the first goal for the French team. ( excite) 18/ Huy Dat was _________ in finding his lost bicycle, so he decided to buy a new one ( succeed) 19/ His new car __________ a lot of fuel. ( consumer) 20/ Tsunami, earthquakes and typhoons are natural ________ . (disastrous) 21/ Their aim was ti free women from domestic _________ . ( slave) 22/ It would be more _________ to turn off the air-conditioner before leaving . ( economy) Answer: 1/ _____ 2/ _____ 3/ _____ 4/ _____ 5/ _____ 6/ _____




(23-28) Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in the following passage: About 50 or so kinds of modern plastic are made fromoil, gas, or coal-non-renewable natural resources. We (23)___________ well over three million tones of the stuff in Japan each year and, sooner or late, most of it is thrown away. A high (24) ________ of our annual consumption is in the form of packaging and this constitutes about seven percent by weight, of our domestic (25) ___________ . Almost all of it can be recycled, but very little of it is, though the plastic recycling (26) ________ is growing fast. The plastic itself has extremely rich energy. It also has higher calorific ( 27) _________ than coal and one (28) __________ of “ recovery” strongly favored by plastic manufacturers is the conversion of waste plastic into a fuel.

23/ A. import B. remove C. consume D. consign 24/ A. rate B. proportion C. portion D. amount 25/ A. goods B. refuse C. rubble D. requirements 26/ A. plant B. manufacture C. industry D. factory 27/ A. value B. degree C. effect D. demand 28/ A. mechanism B. measure C. medium D. method Answer: 1/ _____ 2/ _____ 3/ _____ 4/ _____ 5/ _____ 6/ _____


(29-32) Read the dialogue and then decide whether the statements that follow are true or false. Write True or False in your answersheet: At high school Sally Ride became interested in science. At the university she studied English and Physics. After completing her study at Stanford University, She worked as a researcher. In 1977 she was one of 1000 women and 7,000 men who applied for the astronaut training program. She was 25. She was one of the 35 women who were accepted to start the program in 1978. As part of her training she learned to be a jet pilot and a flight engineer. She married during her training. Her husband , Hawley, is also an astronaut.
They do not plan to have any children yet. When NASA decided to put a woman into space, none of Sally’s friends were surprised that they choose Sally. She has always been a person who wanted to go further. So when the space suttle Challenger carries her on her first mission into space, Sally did what she had often done before: she left the world behind. ____ 29/ She was the first American woman to go into space. ____ 30/ Sally was the jet pilot before she entered the space program. ____ 31/ More men entered the space program. ____ 32/ Sally and her husband want to have children soon. (33-36) Rewrite the sentences so that they are nearest in meaning to the sentence printed before them.

33/ Everyone loves Hong Nhung because she behaves well.

Because of _________________________________________________________

34/ Although It rained heavily, we still went to school.

 Despite ____________________________________________________________

35/ His father used to tell him what to do.

 He used to _________________________________________________________

36/ They said that Gia Hy is the best student in his class.

 Gia Hy ____________________________________________________________