Read the passage, and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each question.

If parents bring up a child with the sole aim of turning the child into a genius, they will cause a disaster. According to several scientists, this is one of the biggest mistakes which ambitious parents make. Generally, the child will be only too aware of what his parents expect, and will fail. Unrealistic parental expectations can cause great damage to children.

However, if parents are not too unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are ambitious in a sensible way, the child may succeed in doing very well - especially if the parents are very supportive of their child.

Michael is very lucky. He is crazy about music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons for him. They even drive him 50 kilometers twice a week for violin lessons. Michael's mother knows very little about music, but his father plays the trumpet in a large orchestra. However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling.

Winston, Michael's friend, however, is not so lucky. Both his parents are successful musicians, and they set too high a standard for Winston. They want their son to be as successful as they are and so they enter him for every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always seems quiet and unhappy.

One of the serious mistakes parents can make is to …………

A. push their child into trying too much   

B. help their child to become a genius

C. make their child become a musician

D. neglect their child's education

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

If parents bring up a child with the sole aim of turning the child into a genius, they will cause a disaster. According to several leading educational psychologists, this is one of the biggest mistakes which ambitious parents make. Generally, the child will be only too aware of what his parents expect, and will fail. Unrealistic parental expectations can cause great damage to children.However, if parents are not too unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are ambitious in a sensible way, the child may succeed in doing very well – especially if the parents are very supportive of their child. Michael Collins is very lucky. He is crazy about music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons for him. They even drive him 50 kilometers twice a week for violin lessons. Michael’s mother knows very little about music, but his father plays the trumpet in a large orchestra. However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling. Winston Smith, Michael’s friend, however, is not so lucky. Both his parents are successful musicians, and they set too high a standard for Winston. They want their son to be as successful as they are and so they enter him for every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always seems quiet and unhappy.

One of the serious mistakes parents can make is to_____.

A. help their child to become a genius

B. make their child become a musician

C. neglect their child’s education

D. push their child into trying too much

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 38 to 45.

If parents bring up a child with the sole aim of turning the child into a genius, they will cause a disaster. According to several leading educational psychologists, this is one of the biggest mistakes which ambitious parents make. Generally, the child will be only too aware of what his parents expect, and will fail. Unrealistic parental expectations can cause great damage to children

However, if parents are not too unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are ambitious in a sensible way, the child may succeed in doing very well – especially if the parents are very supportive of their child.

          Michael Collins is very lucky. He is crazy about music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons for him. They even drive him 50 kilometers twice a week for violin lessons. Michael’s mother knows very little about music, but his father plays the trumpet in a large orchestra. However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling.

          Winston Smith, Michael’s friend, however, is not so lucky. Both his parents are successful musicians, and they set too high a standard for Winston. They want their son to be as successful as they are and so they enter him for every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always seems quiet and unhappy.

Question:One of the serious mistakes parents can make is to______.

A. push their child into trying too much.

B. help their child to become a genius.

C. make their child become a musician.

D. neglect their child’s education.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the comet answer to each of the questions.

If parents bring up a child with the sole aim of turning the child into a genius, they will cause a disaster. According to several leading educational psychologists, this is one of the biggest mistakes, which ambitious parents make. Generally, the child will be only too aware of what his parents expect, and will fail. Unrealistic parental expectations can cause great damage to children.

            However, if parents are not too unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are ambitious in a sensible way, the child may succeed in doing very well – especially if the parents are very supportive of their child. Michael Collins is very lucky. He is crazy about music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons for him. They even drive him 50 kilometers twice a week for violin lessons. Michael’s mother knows very little about music, but his father plays the trumpet in a large orchestra. However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling.

            Winston Smith, Michael’s friend, however, is not so lucky. Both his parents are successful musicians, and they set too high a standard for Winston. They want their son to be as successful as they are and so they enter him for every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always seems quiet and unhappy.

One of the serious mistakes parents can make is to ………..

A. push their child into trying too much

B. help their child to become a genius

C. make their child become a musician

D. neglect their child’s education

2. They often went the beach at weekends.
 They used  ……………………………………………………………………………………..
3. Tom was a good employee and worked hard.
 Tom used ……………………………………………………………………………………..
​4. He doesn’t make a lot of mistakes in spelling again.
 He used ……………………………………………………………………………………..
5. There was a big old tree in the school yard, but now there isn’t.
 There used ……………………………………………………………………………………..
6. My little sister doesn’t usually stay up late. 
 My little sister isn’t used ……………………………………………………………………..
7. I find driving on the left difficult.
 I am not used ……………………………………………………………………………………..
8. When he was young, he lived in Ha Noi.
 He used ……………………………………………………………………………………..
9. The boy was often taken to the movies at weekends.
 The boy used ……………………………………………………………………………………..

Read the following passage andmark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correctanswerto each ofthe questions from 36 to 42.

If parents bring up a child with the sole aim of turning the child into a genius, they will cause a disaster. According to several leading educational psychologists, this is one of the biggest mistakes which ambitious parents make. Generally, the child will be only too aware of what his parents expect, and will fail. Unrealistic parental expectations can cause great damage to children.

However, if parents are not too unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are ambitious in a sensible way, the child may succeed in doing very well — especially if the parents are very supportive of their child. Michael Collins is very lucky. He is crazy about music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons for him. They even drive him 50 kilometers twice a week for violin lessons. Michael's mother knows very little about music, but his father plays the trumpet in a large orchestra. However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling.

Winston Smith, Michael's friend, however, is not so lucky. Both his parents are successful musicians, and they set too high a standard for Winston. They want their son to be as successful as they are and so they enter him for every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always seems quiet and unhappy.

One of the serious mistakes parents can make is to __________.

A. push their child into trying too much

B. help their child to become a genius

C. make their child become a musician

D. neglect their child's education

II. PRACTICE

I. Write the correct form of the verbs:
1. They gave up (gamble) ……………… long ago.
2. Try to avoid (make) ……………… a lot of mistakes in your thesis.
3. It is no use (drink) ……………… a lot of alcoholic drinks.
4. The director (hold) ……………… another meeting next week.
5. We are looking forward to (hear) ……………… from you next week.
6. Would you mind (put) ……………… your pet snake somewhere else?
7. It’s no use (wait) ……………… for her too long.
8. It is no use (tell) ……………… lies to anyone.
9. I am beginning (understand) ……………… what you have told me.
10. The boy does not know how (use) ……………… a computer.
11. I am nervous about (make) ……………… friends with her.
12. People liked (go) ……………… to the movie because they showed another world.
13. Editors are responsible for (write) ……………… editorials.
14. People enjoyed (listen) ……………… to the early radio programs.
15. I’d love (have) ……………… an opportunity of (meet) ……………… you again.
16. I love (eat) ……………… organs, but I dislike (peel) …………them.
17. It is no use (ask) ……………… him (lend) ……………… you any money.
18. You begin (learn) …………a language by (listen) ……………… to new sounds.