I.Put in a suitable article ( a / an / the ) if necessary :

1.I have …….. big supper , I can’t sleep at …….. night .

2.Summer is ….. warmest season but ….. summer of 1971 was unusually cool .

3.Love of money is ……… root of all evil .

4……. statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship from France to ….… United States .

5……… big books on the table are for my history class .

6.Tung’s father bought him ……… bicycle that he had wanted for his birthday .

7. He lay down _____ ground and looked up at _____ sky.

8. You’ll find _____ information you need at _____ top of _____ page 24.

9. _____ moon goes around _____ earth every 27 days.

10. He doesn’t usually have _____ lunch, but he always eats _____ good breakfast.

11. If you live in _____ foreign country, you should try and learn _____ language.

12. _____ next train to Brighton leaves from _____ Platform 5.

13. Last year we visited _____ Canada and _____ United States.

14. _____ highest mountain in _____ Africa is _____ Kilimanjaro.

15. _____ Mediterranean Sea is the sea between _____ Africa and _____ Europe.

I. Fill ONE suitable word into each of numbered blaks in the passage.

Australia is a big country, but nearly all Australians live near the sea. On hot summer days, you can see thousands of people at the beach. Many beaches have waves (1)______ are very high.

These large waves are known as surf and the people who ride them are called surfers. Surfing is a skill, and it needs learning. Don’t (2)______ to be able to surf properly the (3)______ time you try. However, by practising a few times you will learn (4)______ to do it.

Surfing is not a new sport. Perhaps its origins need explaining. It started hundreds (5)______ years ago in Hawaii. Men swam (6)______ to sea to catch fish and found they could come back to land very quickly by riding the waves. These first surfers did not (7)______ a board. They were “body surfers”. Many people (8)______ do this type of surfing today.

After a while people started to use boards and rode the waves by lying, kneeling or standing (9)______ them. These first surfboards were made of wood and the water made them rot after a while. Today, surfboards are made of plastic or fibreglass (10)______.

Read the e-mail and choose the best answer (A, B or C) to each question.

From: huynhnhi@fastmail.com

To: peter@quickmail.com

Add Cc/ Add Bc:

Subject: Summer trip

Dear Peter,

We are having a great summer trip in Da Lat. This is a nice city. The weather is cool in the morning and quite cold at night. I really love this kind of weather. We rent a villa instead of staying in a hotel. It is big and a little bit scary because there are just a few people here. The view, however, is totally wonderful. There is a small garden with roses and I love it a lot. Wish you were here with us. You will love it for sure. We will go back to Ho Chi Minh City tomorrow. I miss Da Lat so much. How about your summer, Peter? I hope to hear from you soon.

From Viet Nam with love,

Huynh Nhi

1. What season is it?

A. Spring B. Summer C. Fall

2. What is the weather like?

A. Hot in the morning - cold at night

B. Cold in the morning - hot at night

C. Cool in the morning - cold at night

3. What is NOT true about the letter?

A. Nhi's family is staying in a hotel.

B. Nhi loves the weather in Da Lat so much.

C. Da Lat is a beautiful city

4. Why is the villa scary?

A. Because it is big.

B. Because the weather is really cold.

C. Because not many people live here.

5. Who is Nhi writing to?

A. Nhi's sister B. Nhi's friend C. Nhi's father

I am Alan from Canada.We have long ,cold winter and short,hot summers.In the summer go sailing and play basketball,but in winter I play ice hockey and go ice-skating.We have a holiday home near a lake, so I go fishing a lot,too.My favourite season is fall.I love the color of trees-red,gold,orange,yellow and brown

1 What is the weather like in winter in Canada?

2 what does Aln he do in summer?

3 What does he do in summer?

4 Where does he go fishing?

5 Why does he love fall?

II. Read the email and answer the questions

Dear Peter,

We are having a great summer trip in Da Lat. This is a nice city. The weather is cool in

the morning and quite cold at night. I really love this kind of weather. We rent a villa instead of

staying in a hotel. It is big and a little bit scary because there are just few people here. The view,

however, is totally wonderful. There is a small garden with roses and I love it a lot. Wish you

were here with us. You will love it for sure. We will go back to Ho Chi Minh City tomorrow. I

will miss Da Lat so much. How about your summer, Peter? I hope to hear from you soon.

From Viet Nam with love,

Nhi Pham

1. What is the weather like?

________________________________________________________

2. Are they staying in a hotel?

________________________________________________________

3. Who is Nhi writing this letter to?

________________________________________________________

4. When will they go back to HCM city?

________________________________________________________

VII. Give the correct form of the words in comparative.

1.   Which is the ..................... (big) city in Viet Nam ?

2.   Spring is .................. (warm) than Fall. But Summer is the ................... (hot) season of a year.

3.   Hoa is the ..................... (good) student in our class.

4.   The Nile River is the ..................... (long) river in the world.

5.   The city is ..................... (noisy) than the country.

X. Put in a /an or the where necessary. Leave an empty space if the sentence is already complete.

1.      I don’t usually like staying at _________ hotels, but last summer we spent _________ few days at a very nice hotel by _________ sea.

2.      _________ tennis is my favorite sport. I play once or twice _________ week if I can, but I’m not _________ very good player.

3.      I won’t be home for _________ dinner this evening. I’m meeting some friends after _________ work and we are going to _________ cinema.

4.      _____________ unemployment is very high at the moment and it’s very difficult for _____________ people to find _________ work.

5.      There was _________ accident as I was going _________ home last night. Two people were taken to ________ hospital. I think ________ most accidents are caused by ________ people driving too fast.

6.      Carol is _________ economist. She used to work in _________ investment department of _________ Lloyds Bank. Now she works for _________ American bank in _________ United States.

7.      What’s _________ name of _________ hotel where you’re staying? ~ _________ Imperial. It’s in _________ Queen Street in _________ city centre. It’s near _________ station.

8.      I have two brothers. _________ older one is training to be _________ pilot with _________ British Airway. _________ younger one is still at _________ school. When he leaves _________ school, he hopes to go to _________ Cambridge University to study law.

9.      Frank Lloyd Wright is _________ name of _________ famous architect. He is _________ architect who designed _________ Guggenheim Museum in New York. He also designed _________ hotel in Tokyo. _________ hotel was designed to withstand _________ earthquakes.

10.  _________ meals we had weren’t very good. We had _________ breakfast in the hotel, and that wasn’t too bad. We usually went out for _________ lunch because _________ lunch they served in the hotel was always the same. And _________ dinner we had at the hotel on our first evening was pretty awful, so we tried a few restaurants. On our last evening we had _________ marvellous meal in a Chinese restaurant.

I. Đọc đoạn văn sau và điền vào mỗi chỗ trống một từ thích hợp

There are four [1]............. in a year in Vietnam. [2]............. are spring, summer, fall and witer. The [3]........... in the spring is usually warm and fine. There are [4]................ flowers in the spring. In the summer, the weather is hot. It's always [5]............. When the fall comes, the weather becomes cool. We have much rain in the fall. [6]............ is the season of umbrellas. After fall, comes winter. It's a dry season. The weather is cold and it [7]................. rain very often. But it [8]............. snows in witer in  Vietnam. My favorite season is autumn because the weather is autumn is not very cold [9]............... not very hot. The weather is cool so it is very good [10]............. our health

Choose the word or phrase among A, B, Cor D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

My Experience on an Elephant Safari

We went on an elephant safari at a place (1)…… Camp Jubalani in South Africa. They take visitors on safaris twice a day: once in the morning and once at night. Guests cango on as many rides as they like, but they don’t (2)…… you ride an elephant if you are younger than twelve years old. Luckily, I’m fifteen! On our first safari, I felt really scared. I remember thinking we could have gone on a beach holiday instead! As I was climbing onto the elephant, I wondered how I was going to control (3)….. a big animal. I soon (4)….. that I ought not to have worried so much. They made you sit with an experienced elephant trainer. You can’t ride (5)……. your own. During the trek, we saw giraffes, zebras, lions, and rhinos. My parents took a lot of photos. I would have taken photos myself but I’d (6)……… my camera in my room. I can’t remember exactly how long the safaris lasted, but it must have been a couple of hours because we got (7)…….. just (8)……. for lunch. We stayed at Camp Jubalani for three days and went on four elephant safaris. We could have gone on more than that, but on one of the days my mum wasn’t very well. Anyway, it was a (9)……… holiday. I’d definitely (10)…….an elephant safari.

Question 1

A. call

B.is called

C.called

D.calling