. Rewrite each of the following sentences so that it means the same as the first one, beginning with the given words. (10 pts)

1. Getting the tickets for the match tomorrow is not difficult.

ð He _______won't have any difficulty in getting the tickets for the match tomorrow._____________

2. How about going camping this weekend?

ð Why ______don't we go camping this weekend?________?

3. There's no need for the students to wear uniforms on Mondays.

ð The students ___don't need to wear uniforms on Mondays.____

4. John didn't find driving on the left very difficult..

ð It ______is not very difficult for John to drive on the left.___________.

5. I was late for school this morning. My sister was, too.

ð Both ______my sister and I were late for school this morning.___________________

6. The exam was easier than we thought.

ð The exam wasn't ___________as hard as we thought.______.

7. They won't be able to come to the party on Sunday.

ð It will _____be impossible for them to come to the party on Sunday._______.

8. It takes me about two hours each day to do my homework.

ð I spend ____ about two hours each day doing my homework.______

9. She is the worst cook in the world.

ð Nobody ______in the world cooks worse than she does.________________

10. The library contains over 30 million books.

ð There ____are over 30 million books in the library.__

1 - d

2 - c

3 - b

4 – f

5 - a

6 - e

1 - d: A young child is speaking to his mother.

(Đứa bé đang nói chuyện với mẹ.)

2 - c: Two women are running in the park.

(Hai người phụ nữ đang chạy trong công viên.)

3 - b: Two men are having dinner.

(Hai người đàn ông đang ăn tối.)

4 - f: A girl is playing a musical instrument.

(Một cô bé đang chơi nhạc cụ.)

5 - a: A boy is watching TV.

(Một cậu bé đang xem truyền hình.)

6 - e: A man is looking for a mosquito.

(Một người đàn ông đang tìm kiếm một con muỗi.)

1 – d

2 – a

3 – b

4 – c

1d

2e

3b

4a

5c

1. She likes her __________teaching_________ job very much. (teach)

2. The climate in my country is _______different_____________ from that in yours. (difference)

3. Most students in her class are _____mentally______________ retarded. (mental)

4. If you want to be successful, you must overcome the ______difficulty_____________ in your life. (difficult)

5. Marie Curie is a famous __________chemist_________. (chemistry)

6. English is considered as an ______national_____________ language in the world. (nation)

7. Miss Lan Phuong loves _________working__________ with children. (work)

8. This road is often ________crowded___________ in the morning. (crowd)

9. At Mai’s party last night we sang and danced _____happily______________. (happy)

10. We are ________satisfied___________ with what we have. (satisfy)

11. She hasn’t been feeling well ____recently___________. (recent)

12. It will be very ___________interesting____ to see that film. (interst)

13. The weather is _______beautiful________. We should go fishing. (beauty)

14. I agree with your ________suggestion_______. (suggest)

15. She can sing very ______well_________. (good)

16. Can you go _______________ with me? (swim)

17. Marie Curie is a famous ____chemist___________ in the world. (chemistry)

18. You should drive _____carefully__________ on this road at night. (careful)

20. She is an ­____intelligent___________ student. (intelligence)

Rewrite the following sentences so that they stay the same in meanings with the previous ones.

33. The coffee was not strong enough to keep us awake. (fell asleep/weak)

à__________________  We fell asleep as the coffee was weak.______________________________________________________________________

34. I have never listened to jazz music before. ( ever)

à___________________this is the first time i have ever listened to jazz music_____________________________________________________________________

35. Noisy as the hotel was, they stayed there. (although/despite)

à___________________ although the hotel was noisy/despite the hotel's noise, they stayed there._____________________________________________________________________

36. “I’ll let you know the answer by the end of this week”, Tom said to Janet. (to give)

à____________________________ Tom promised to give Janet the answer by the end of that week.____________________________________________________________

combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.

37. The coffee was very strong. He couldn’t drink it. (too)

à_______________________  The coffee was too strong for him to drink._________________________________________________________________

38. I met the workers. Reporters interviewed them last week. (who/ passive voice)

à__________________ I met the workers who were interviewed by reporters last week.______________________________________________________________________

39. You don’t try to work hard. You will fail in the exam. (unless)

à_________________ Unless you try to work hard, you will fail in the exam._______________________________________________________________________

40. My brother can’t find a job. He is very well-qualified.(in spite of/although)

à_______________________ My brother can't find a job even although he is very well-qualified./ in spite of being very well-qualified__________________________________________________

Rewrite the following sentences so that they stay the same in meanings with the previous ones.

33. The coffee was not strong enough to keep us awake. (fell asleep/weak)

à We fell asleep as the coffee was weak.

34. I have never listened to jazz music before. ( ever)

à This is the first time I have ever listened to jazz music 

35. Noisy as the hotel was, they stayed there. (although/despite)

à Although the hotel was noisy, they stayed there.

36. “I’ll let you know the answer by the end of this week”, Tom said to Janet. (to give)

à Tom promise to give Janet the answer by the end of this week

combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.

37. The coffee was very strong. He couldn’t drink it. (too)

à The coffee was too strong for him to drink 

38. I met the workers. Reporters interviewed them last week. (who/ passive voice)

à I met the workers who were interviewed by the reporters last week

39. You don’t try to work hard. You will fail in the exam. (unless)

à_ Unless you try to work hard. You will fail in the exam.

40. My brother can’t find a job. He is very well-qualified.(in spite of/although)

à My brother can’t find a job although is very well-qualified.

Lời giải:

A: 1-2

B: 2

C: 3

D: 3

E: 2-3

Bài nghe: 

Speaker 1 During my years as a visiting professor, I was once invited to my student’s wedding in Hoa Binh province. It was fabulous to see the guests in their traditional wedding clothes, and witness the different wedding customs. I don’t know the language, but I could say everyone was welcoming the bride into the new family and wishing the couple all the best. My student said that he had spent 3 years living with his fiancé’s family before getting the girl’s permission to marry her.

Speaker 2 It was so nice to be part of the ceremony. I was fascinated by all the singing throughout the day. All the exchanges between the two families, I mean the greetings, the good wishes, the teachings of the superiors, were inthe form of songs and chants. You could feel their joy and emotions through the music. I managed to make out the meanings of the lyrics thanks to the books and articles about traditional weddings I had read.

Speaker 3 That was the first time I had been to a wedding ceremony in Viet Nam. I was lucky enough to have a chance to see the bride receiving the water from a family member and pouring it into a container. It was so solemn. The bride looked gorgeous! I had watched a documentary about this practice. Well, it reminds the bride of her duties as a caretaker of her own family. Attending a traditional ceremony like that was something I had always wanted to do, but I didn’t manage it on my first trip to Viet Nam. 

Tạm dịch: 

Diễn giả 1: Trong những năm làm giáo sư thỉnh giảng, có lần tôi được mời dự đám cưới của một học trò ở tỉnh Hòa Bình. Thật tuyệt vời khi nhìn thấy các vị khách trong trang phục cưới truyền thống của họ và chứng kiến những phong tục đám cưới khác nhau. Tôi không biết ngôn ngữ của họ, nhưng tôi có thể biết rằng mọi người đang chào đón cô dâu vào gia đình mới và chúc cặp đôi mọi điều tốt đẹp nhất. Học sinh của tôi nói rằng cậu ấy đã trải qua 3 năm sống với gia đình vợ sắp cưới trước khi được cô gái đồng ý kết hôn.

Diễn giả 2: Thật tuyệt khi được là một phần của buổi lễ. Tôi bị mê hoặc bởi tất cả tiếng hát suốt cả ngày. Mọi sự giao lưu giữa hai gia đình, ý tôi là những lời chào hỏi, những lời chúc tốt đẹp, những lời dạy bảo của các bậc bề trên, đều dưới hình thức là những bài hát và câu hò. Bạn có thể cảm nhận được niềm vui và cảm xúc của họ thông qua âm nhạc. Tôi đã hiểu được ý nghĩa của lời bài hát nhờ những cuốn sách và bài báo về đám cưới truyền thống mà tôi đã đọc.

Diễn giả 3: Đó là lần đầu tiên tôi đến dự một lễ cưới ở Việt Nam. Tôi may mắn được chứng kiến cô dâu nhận nước từ người nhà đổ vào thùng. Nó thật trang trọng. Cô dâu trông thật lộng lẫy! Tôi đã xem một bộ phim tài liệu về hành động này. Ừm, nó nhắc nhở cô dâu về nghĩa vụ của mình với tư cách là người chăm sóc gia đình của mình. Tham dự một buổi lễ truyền thống như thế là điều mà tôi luôn muốn làm, nhưng tôi đã không thực hiện được trong chuyến đi đầu tiên đến Việt Nam.

1. I like swimming in my free time.

--> c. An activity you enjoy

2. I like to swim only when it’s hot.

--> b. A preference or a good idea

3. My dad likes to go fishing at weekends.

--> b. A preference or a good idea

4. Asian people like to eat with chopsticks.

--> a. A custom

1.

1 the arrangement of people or objects in a painting or photograph

2 a person who makes illegal copies of money, documents, etc. in order to cheat people

3  To cut lines into a piece of glass, metal, etc. in order to make works or a picture

4  Producing very clear pictures in your mind

5  What a person likes or prefers

6 a wooden frame to hold a picture while it is being painted

7 a person whose job is to repair old buildings, works of art,etc. so that they look as they did when new

8 a person who gives money and support to artists and writers

9 to formally choose someone to do a special piece of work

10 used in a way that is different from the usual meaning

11 to find or discover sb/st by looking carefully for them/it

12 to sit or stand in a particular position in order to be painted, drawn or photographed

2. 

1 stable

2 sideshow

3 bourgeois

4 underway

5 core

6 pseudonym

7 ravaged

8 heated

9 global

10 insufficient