11. I don't know what happened-one minute, she was talking to me, and the next minute, she just fell ________!

     A. on                             B. out                            C. over                          D. up

12. The moment I met my wife, I ________ her completely.

     A. fell for                      B. came across              C. went back on            D. handed in

13. I've ________ with that show-can you tell me what happened in the latest episode?

     A. dropped out              B. fallen behind             C. gone down               D. kept pace

14. With all of these medical bills, I just don't have any more money to ________.

     A. fall back on              B. cut down                  C. get off                       D. run off

15. Apparently, Gina ________ Dave last week, and now they're not talking to each other at all.

     A. came up with            B. fell out with              C. went on with            D. went back on

16. The board must ________ a plan to put the city back on its financial feet.

     A. go down with           B. come around             C. come up with            D. drop out of

17. I think she ________ all of that money when her grandmother died.

     A. came into                  B. came round               C. came off                   D. came on

18. There are job vacancies from time to time. I'll let you know if anything ________.

     A. gets by                      B. puts on                      C. comes up                  D. carries out

19. It's ________ that several ministers received payments from the company.

     A. make for                   B. come out                   C. carry on                    D. set up

20. Tom's brother asked him to ________ the music so that he could sleep.

     A. close down               B. go up                        C. turn down                 D. stand up

My name's David. One day I was walking home when I saw a fire in the downstairs window of a very big house. I went to the (1) door and shouted loudly but nobody came. There was a telephone in the street near the house so I phoned and told someone about the fire. After about five minutes a fire engine with blue lights on the top came round the (2) . It was very exciting! Firemen were running everywhere, throwing water on the fire and then, suddenly, everything was all right again. I went into the house with the firemen. The kitchen was badly burnt and it (3) terrible but the other rooms in the house were fine. Then this man arrived. I knew him! He was a famous footballer but he was also the man who lived in the big house. He (4) me very much and asked me for my name and address. Then, two days later, a letter arrived for me. Inside the (5) there were two tickets to see my favourite team play! How good was that?

VI. Reading

1/Read the text about Alexander Graham Bell and do the tasks

Alexander Graham Bell is widely known as inventor of the first telephone. He was born on March 3^rd, 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. When he was 23, Bell emigrated to Canada with his parents and the next year moved to the United States to teach deaf-mute children. With his colleague Thomas Watson , Bell worked very hard on the experimentation to invent devices such as the harmonic telegraph ( used to send multiple messages over a single wire) and phonautograph ( used to draw the shape of the sound waves. The first telephone communication was said to have happened between Bell and Watson in 1876 while Bell was at one end of the line, and Watson worked on the telephone in other room. The first transmitted words were, ‘ Mr Watson, come here . I want to see you’

a. Decide if the statements are T or F

1.Alexander Graham Bell is Scottish.

2.He spent all his life in Canada

3.He worked with the deaf when he moved to the USA

4.He wanted to create a device that can transmit human voice

5.He was able to succeed right from the first experiment

6.He worked on his inventions all by himself

b. Answer the questions

1.What is Bell ‘s ‘harmonic telegraph’ ?

2.What is Bell ‘s ‘phonautograph’

3.When did the first communication over happened and how did it happen?

3/ Read the following text carefully and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each of the gap.

Ewan McGregor was (29)_____ in Scotland in 1971. He decided to be an (30)______ when he was only nine and he (31)_____his first film in 1992. So far in his career he has appeared (32)_____ a lot of different types of films, including comedies, musical, dramas and the Star Wars movies. In his career Ewan has worked with (33)_____ like Cameron Diaz and Nicole Kidman, and his films have won (34)_____ of awards. He loves acting and when he finished (35)_______ the musical, Moulin Rouge, he said, “I have never been happier to do anything in my life”.

29. A. bear B. born C. bearing D. beared

30. A. acting B. actress C. actor D. action

31. A. made B. played C. worked D. starred

32. A. at B. on C. with D. in

33. A. directors B. actors C. actresses D. writers

34. A. a lots B. lots C. much D. some

35. A. to film B. filmed C. film D. filming

4/ Read the text and do the tasks

Almost a hundred thousand people were killed and half a million homes destroyed as a result of an earthquake in Tokyo in 1923. The earthquake began a minute before noon when the habitants of Tokyo were cooking their midday meals. Thousand of stoves were overturned as soon as the earth began to shake . As a result, small fires broke out everywhere and quickly spread. The fire engines were prevented from going to help because many of the roads had cracked open. It was impossible to use fire fighting equipment as most of the water pipes had burst. Consequently, over ninety percent of the damage was caused by fire rather than by the collapse of buildings

* These sentenses are T (true ) or F ( false )

1, A hundred thousand people were killed in Tokyo in 1923 because of an earthquake

2. The earthquake began a minute before midnight

3. The fire engines were prevented from going to help because most of the water pipes had burst

4. Over ninty percent of the damage was caused by fire

Read the passage and choose the best answer in the table to fill in ach blank

spread danger rainstorm dry raging happened

A forest fire(1)...............in the west of Quang Ninh Province last week. How it started is unknown, but three days later it was still (2)...............out of control. The weather was(3)................and windy, so it (4).................quickly, and many surrounding districts were in (5)................ Fortunately, on the fourth day, there was a (6)................which helped to put it out.

HELP ME!

Question VI. Read the passage and circle the best answer to each of the following questions about it (1,0p)

Almost a hundred thousand people were killed and half a million homes destroyed as a result of an earthquake in Tokyo in 1923. The earthquake began a minute before the noon when the inhabitants of Tokyo were cooking their midday meals. Thousands of stoves were overturned as soon as the earth began to shake. As a result, small fires broke out everywhere and quickly spread. The fire engines were prevented from going to help because many of the roads had cracked open. It was impossible to use fire fighting equipment as most of the water pipes had burst. Consequently, over ninety percent of the damage caused by fire rather than by the collapse of the buildings.

1. How many people were killed in the earthquake in Tokyo in 1923?

A. Ten thousand people B. Almost a hundred thousand people

C. Thousands of people D. Many people

2. When did the earthquake begin?

A. began a minute before the noon in 1923 B. began a minute before the noon in 1924

C. began a minute before the noon in 1925 C. began a minute before the noon in 1922

3. What happened as soon as the earth began to shake?

A. people died B. the water pipes had burst

C. Thousands of stoves were overturned D. the roads had cracked open

4. Why was the fire engines prevented from going to help?

A. because the water pipes had burst B. because no one helped

C. because small fires broke out everywhere D. because many of the roads had cracked open

5. What was most of the damage caused by?

A. fire B. the roads C. water pipes D. the collapse of the buildings