Question I: Fill in each gap with ONE word to complete the passage. (5pts)

Miss Nga lives in  a small house (31)……. Thanh Hoa City. She teaches English  at  a school  there. She usually (32)……... breakfast at seven in the morning and she has lunch at twelve o'clock in the canteen of the school. She teaches his students in the morning. She teaches them dialogues (33) ……. Wednesdays to Fridays. On Mondays she teaches them grammar and vocabulary. In the evening, she usually stays at (34)…….. and reads books. She sometimes goes to the supermarket. She always goes to (35) …….. at ten o'clock.

Question I: Fill in each gap with ONE word to complete the passage. (5pts)

Miss Nga lives in  a small house (31)……. Thanh Hoa City. She teaches English  at  a school  there. She usually (32)……... breakfast at seven in the morning and she has lunch at twelve o'clock in the canteen of the school. She teaches his students in the morning. She teaches them dialogues (33) ……. Wednesdays to Fridays. On Mondays she teaches them grammar and vocabulary. In the evening, she usually stays at (34)…….. and reads books. She sometimes goes to the supermarket. She always goes to (35) …….. at ten o'clock.

I. Complete the sentences, using although, despite/in spite of. Sometimes, two answers are possible.

1. ___ the story of the film was good, I didn't like the acting.

2. Iwent to see the film ___ feeling really tired.

3. Ireally enjoyed the Water War ___ most of my friends said it wasn't a very good film.

4. ___ careful preparation, they had a lot of difficulties in making the film.

5. ___ the film was gripping, Tom slept from beginning to end.

VII. Fill in each blank with a suitable word to complete the paragraph (2 points)

GOOD AT LANGUAGES

At school, Sarah Biggs says she was very bad at languages. Now she speaks English, Spanish and Italian and works (1)____________ a bilingual secretary in a travel company in England. (2)____________ several foreign languages at work is not easy, but for Sarah, and other multi-lingual secretaries like her, it is all standard practice.

Sarah comes from Spain, (3)____________ she attended school and college. But it was time spent abroad after college that encouraged her interest in languages.

In her job, Sarah has a great deal more responsibility than the title of secretary would suggest. She stresses the importance of (4)____________ fluent in Spanish because part of her job is dealing (5)____________ customers from Latin America. (6)____________ such clients come from abroad, she has to translate everything they say into English. She is given (7)____________ time for preparation at all, so this aspect of her job is one of the (8)____________ difficult.

It is important for Sarah to be up-to-date with changes (9)____________ her own language, so she reads Spanish newspapers and books looking for new additions to her vocabulary. Sarah says she (10)____________ not give up this job even if they offered her a better salary in another company.

IV.Look at the picture and read the story. Write some words to complete the sentences about the story. You can use 1, 2, 3 or 4 words.

Harry and Emma’s funny dinner

Harry and his sister, Emma, decided to cook the dinner one evening because their mother was in bed. She had a very bad headache. “How about chocolate soup? Let’s make that,” said Emma. “You can’t put chocolate in soup,” laughed her brother. “Mum only puts in tomatoes or chicken and other things like that. Let’s just make some cheese sandwiches and a chocolate cake.” “OK,” said Emma.

First, Harry made the sandwiches. “This is easy,” he thought. “No, we need flour and sugar for the cake, Harry,” said his sister. “They’re on the top shelf in the cupboard.” “OK,” said Harry. “I’ll get some butter and chocolate too. Mum always puts those in the fridge.” “All right,” said Emma. “And bring some of the big brown eggs too, please. We need to put twelve in the cake.”

Emma mixed everything together in a bowl and then put the cake in the cooker. The children were washing the floor in the kitchen when their father arrived home. “That smells great! What is it?” he said and opened the cooker to look inside. “A lovely chocolate cake!” said the children. “How many eggs did you use?” asked Dad. “Twelve,” said Emma. Dad smiled. “It will taste great, I’m sure. Let’s give it a name. How about ‘Emma’s Chocolate Egg cake’?” The children laughed and they all sat down to eat their dinner.

1.    The children’s mother had a ………………………………………that evening.

2.    The children decided to put ………………………………..in the sandwiches.

3.    The flour and sugar were on ……………………………………in the cupboard.

4.    Harry took the butter and chocolate from the ………………………………

5.    Emma put twelve …………………………….in the cake.

6.    When their father came in, the children ………………………………the kitchen floor.

7.    Emma and Harry’s father looked inside ………………………………….

8.    Dad called the cake ………………………………….