32.B

33.D

34.C

35.A

36.B

36. What is the best title for the passage ?

A. Thomas Edison’s many inventions B. Improvements in telephone and telegraph

C. The History of Menlo Park D. An accidental invention

37. In what year did the invention of phnograph occur ?

A. 1876 B. 1877 C. 1878 D. the article does not say

38. What was Edison working on when he created the phonograph ?

A. A telegraph repeater B. A telegraph diaphragm

C. A telephone repeater D. A telephone diaphragm

39. According to the passage, how was the phonograph made ?

A. With a telephone needle and a recorder B. From a recording of a telegraph

C. With only a telegraph repeater D. From a combination of telephone & telegraph part

40. According to the passage, how did Edison test his new invention ?

A. He made improvements to the machine. B. He used a carbon transmitter.

C. He read a children’s rhyme. D. He produced the audience voice.

29. What is the best title for the passage?

A. Thomas Edison’s invention.

B. Improvements in telephone and telegraph

C. The History of Menlo Park

D. An accidental invention

30. In what year did the invention of phonograph occur?

A. 1876                                                                         B. 1877                             

C. 1878                                                                         D. the article does not say

31. What was Edison working on when he created the phonograph?

A. A telegraph repeater                                               B. A telegraph diaphragm

C. A telephone repeater                                               D. A telephone diaphragm

32. According to the passage, how did Edison test his new invention?

A. He made improvements to the machine.               B. He used a carbon transmitter.

C. He read a children’s rhyme.           D. He produced the audience voice

     The invention of the phonograph happened quite by accident. Thomas Edison moved to Menlo Park, New Jersy in 1876, where he established an industrial research laboratory. There, Edison was working on a carbon telephone transmitter to improve the existing Bell telephone system.

      In that laboratory a year later, Edison invented the phonograph while he was trying to improve a telegraph repeater. He attached a telephone diaphragm to the needle in the telegraph repeater; in this way, he was able to reproduce a recording that could be played back. After he made some improvements to the machine, he tested it. He recited “Mary Had a Little Lamb” into the machine and played his voice back to a very surprised audience.

29. What is the best title for the passage?

A. Thomas Edison’s invention.

B. Improvements in telephone and telegraph

C. The History of Menlo Park

D. An accidental invention

30. In what year did the invention of phonograph occur?

A. 1876                                                                         B. 1877                             

C. 1878                                                                         D. the article does not say

31. What was Edison working on when he created the phonograph?

A. A telegraph repeater                                               B. A telegraph diaphragm

C. A telephone repeater                                               D. A telephone diaphragm

32. According to the passage, how did Edison test his new invention?

A. He made improvements to the machine.               B. He used a carbon transmitter.

C. He read a children’s rhyme.           D. He produced the audience voice

26. What is the best title for the passage?

A. Thomas Edison’s many inventions

B. Improvements in telephone and telegraph

C. The History of Menlo Park

D. An accidental invention

27. In what year did the invention of phonograph occur?

A. 1876 B. 1877 C. 1878 D. the article does not say

28. What was Edison working on when he created the phonograph?

A. A telegraph repeater

B. A telegraph diaphragm

C. A telephone repeater

D. A telephone diaphragm

29. According to the passage, how was the phonograph made?

A. With a telephone needle and a recorder

B. From a recording of a telegraph

C. With only a telegraph repeater

D. From a combination of telephone & telegraph part

30. According to the passage, how did Edison test his new invention?

A. He made improvements to the machine.

B. He used a carbon transmitter.

C. He read a children’s rhyme.

D. He produced the audience voice.

VI/Read the following passage, then choose the correct answer to questions Singapore is an island city of about three million people. It’s a beautiful city with lots of parks and open spaces. It’s also a very (1)______ city. Most of the people (2)______ in high-rise flats in different parts of the island. The business district is very modern with (3)______ of high new office buildings. Singapore also has some nice older sections. In Chinatown, there (4)______ rows of old shop houses. The government buildings in Singapore are very beautiful and date from the colonial days. Singapore is famous (5)______ its shops and restaurants. There are many good shopping centers. Most of the goods are duty free. Singapore’s restaurants sell Chinese, Indian, Malay and European food, and the prices are quite reasonable.

1. A. large B. dirty C. small D. clean

2. A. live B. lives C. are living D. lived

3. A. lot B. lots C. many D. much

4. A. is B. will be C. were D. are

5. A. in B. on C. at D. for

B D C B

The invention of the phonograph happened quite by accident. Thomas Edison moved to Menlo Park, New Jersy in 1876, where he established an industrial research laboratory. There, Edison was working on a carbon telephone transmitter to improve the existing Bell telephone system.
In that laboratory a year later, Edison invented the phonograph while he was trying to
improve a telegraph repeater. He attached a telephone diaphragm to the needle in the telegraph
repeater; in this way, he was able to reproduce a recording that could be played back. After he made some improvements to the machine, he tested it. He recited “Mary Had a Little Lamb” into the machine and played his voice back to a very surprised audience.

a)Was the phonograph an accidental invention

Yes, it was.

Exercise 1 : Đọc kỹ đoạn văn rồi điền từ còn thiếu vào chỗ trống mỗi câu.

You may use the telephone every day but how much you know about it. Alexander Bell invented the first telephone in 1876. Bell was born in Scotland in 1847 but later he decided to emigrate to America and taught in a school for the deaf-mutes . Bell was interested in sound , so he wanted to be able to send sound through a wire . He did many experiments with his assistant , Thomas Watson . Bell finally succeeded . He invented the first telephone . Later other inventions made better ones but the way the telephone works is still the same

1. In 1976 => 1876 Alexander...Bell invented the first telephone.....

3. Bell wanted to be able to sen through a wire because he was...interested in sound....

4..........Thomas Watson....was Bell’s assistant

Exercise 2 : Đọc kỹ đoạn văn rồi điền từ còn thiếu vào chỗ trống mỗi câu.

The invention of the phonograph happened quite by accident . Thomas Edison moved to Menlo Park, New Jersy in 1876, where he established an industrial research laboratory . There, Edison was working on a carbon telephone transmitter to improve the exosting Bell telephone system

In that laboratory a year later, Edison invented the phonograph while he was trying to improve a telegraph repeater . He attached a telephone diaphragm to the needle in thetelegraph repeater ; in this way , he was able to reproduce a recording that could be played back. After he made some improvements to the machine, he tested it . He recited ‘‘Mary had a little lamb’’ into the machine and played his voice back to a very surprised audience

2. Thomas Edisom established an industrial research laboratory in........Menlo Park, New Jersy in......1976

3. He invented...... the phonograph....while he was trying to improve a telephone repeater

4. The invention of the........phonograph happened quite......by accident

he following passage, then choose the correct answer to questions 26- 35.

            The traffic light signal was invented by a railway signaling engineer. It was installed (26)_________The House of Parliament in 1868. It (27)_________like any railway signal of the time, and was operated by gas. (28)_________, it exploded and killed a policeman, and the accident (29)_________further development until cars became common.

            (30)_________traffic lights are an American invention. Red-green (31)_________were installed in Cleveland in 1914. Three-color signals, (32)_________by hand from a tower in the (33)_________of the street, were installed in New York in 1918. The (34)________lights of this type to (35)________in Britain were in London, on the junction between St James’s street and Piccadilly in 1925.

26.   A. outside                       B. out                          C. out of                      D. outdoors

27.   A. resembled                   B. looked                    C. showed                   D. seemed

28.   A. However                    B. Therefore                C. Although                D. Despite

29.   A. forbade                       B. avoided                  C. discouraged                        D. disappointed

30.   A. New                           B. Recent                    C. Modern                   D. Late

31.   A. methods                     B. systems                   C. means                     D. ways

32.   A. worked                       B. operated                 C. turned                     D. held

33.   A. heart                           B. focus                       C. halfway                  D. middle

34.   A. original                       B. primary                   C. first                         D. early

35.   A. show                           B. appear                     C. happen                    D. become

Read the following passage, then choose the correct answer to questions 26- 35.

            The traffic light signal was invented by a railway signaling engineer. It was installed (26)_________The House of Parliament in 1868. It (27)_________like any railway signal of the time, and was operated by gas. (28)_________, it exploded and killed a policeman, and the accident (29)_________further development until cars became common.

            (30)_________traffic lights are an American invention. Red-green (31)_________were installed in Cleveland in 1914. Three-color signals, (32)_________by hand from a tower in the (33)_________of the street, were installed in New York in 1918. The (34)________lights of this type to (35)________in Britain were in London, on the junction between St James’s street and Piccadilly in 1925.

26.   A. outside                       B. out                          C. out of                      D. outdoors

27.   A. resembled                   B. looked                    C. showed                   D. seemed

28.   A. However                    B. Therefore                C. Although                D. Despite

29.   A. forbade                       B. avoided                  C. discouraged                        D. disappointed

30.   A. New                           B. Recent                    C. Modern                   D. Late

31.   A. methods                     B. systems                   C. means                     D. ways

32.   A. worked                       B. operated                 C. turned                     D. held

33.   A. heart                           B. focus                       C. halfway                  D. middle

34.   A. original                       B. primary                   C. first                         D. early

35.   A. show                           B. appear                     C. happen                    D. become

Read the following passage, then choose the correct answer to questions 26- 35.

   The traffic light signal was invented by a railway signaling engineer. It was installed (26)_________The House of Parliament in 1868. It (27)_________like any railway signal of the time, and was operated by gas. (28)_________, it exploded and killed a policeman, and the accident (29)_________further development until cars became common.  (30)_________traffic lights are an American invention. Red-green (31)_________were installed in Cleveland in 1914. Three-color signals, (32)_________by hand from a tower in the (33)_________of the street, were installed in New York in 1918. The (34)________lights of this type to (35)________in Britain were in London, on the junction between St James’s street and Piccadilly in 1925.

26. A. outside                               B. out                         

      C. out of                                  D. outdoors

27.   A. resembled                         B. looked                   

       C. showed                              D. seemed

28.   A. However                            B. Therefore               

       C. Although                           D. Despite

29.   A. forbade                              B. avoided                   

       C. discouraged                     D. disappointed

30.   A. New                           B. Recent                     

       C. Modern                       D. Late

31.   A. methods                     B. systems                   

       C. means                        D. ways

32.   A. worked                       B. operated                 

       C. turned                         D. held

33.   A. heart                           B. focus                       

        C. halfway                       D. middle

34.   A. original                       B. primary                   

        C. first                            D. early

35.   A. show                           B. appear                     

       C. happen                        D. become

1 being

2 requiring 

3 to wash

4 however

5 such

IV

26 A

27 B

28 A

29 C

30 C

31 B

32 B

33 D

34 C

35 B

1. In order to being a good salesclerk, you mustn’t be rude to the customers.

=> be

2. According to the sign on the restaurant door, all dinners are requiring to wear shirts and shoes.

=> required

3. My mother always made me to wash my hands before every meal.

=> wash

4. Although his leg was broken however, he managed to get out of the car.

bỏ

5. The information I got from the assistant was such confusing that I didn’t know what to do.

=> so

So…..that = such….that : quá….đến nỗi… So adj/ adv that…….. = such N that…..

IV/Read the following passage, then choose the correct answer to questions 26- 35.

The traffic light signal was invented by a railway signaling engineer. It was installed (26)_________The House of Parliament in 1868. It (27)_________like any railway signal of the time, and was operated by gas. (28)_________, it exploded and killed a policeman, and the accident (29)_________further development until cars became common. (30)_________traffic lights are an American invention. Red-green (31)_________were installed in Cleveland in 1914. Three-color signals, (32)_________by hand from a tower in the (33)_________of the street, were installed in New York in 1918. The (34)________lights of this type to (35)________in Britain were in London, on the junction between St James’s street and Piccadilly in 1925.

26. A. outside B. out C. out of D. outdoors

27. A. resembled B. looked C. showed D. seemed

28. A. However B. Therefore C. Although D. Despite

29. A. forbade (forbid) B. avoided C. discouraged D. disappointed

30. A. New B. Recent C. Modern D. Late

31. A. methods B. systems C. means D. ways

32. A. worked B. operated C. turned D. held

33. A. heart B. focus C. halfway D. middle

In the center/ in the heart of the city In the middle of the street: ở giứa phố

34. A. original B. primary C. first D. early

35. A. show B. appear C. happen D. become