Exercise 4: Complete the sentence with the words in the box.
embarrassed recognize calm conflict independence
1. Now keep.......................... everyone, the police are on their way.
2. I was too.......................... to admit that I was scared.
3. Vietnam gained its........................... n 1945.
4. Doctors are trained to........................... the symptoms of different diseases.
5. There was a lot of.......................... between him and his father.
Exercise 5: Choose the best answer.
1. The new................ that provides advice for older people is totally free.
A. emotion B. helpline C. co-founder
2. They had an awful fight one year ago, but now they’ve................. their conflicts.
A. overcomed B. collaborated C. resolved
3. Some people think that schools put too much................ on students nowadays.
A. interest B. emotion C. pressure
4. Overcoming negative feelings is a/ an................ control skill.
A. cognitive B. emotion C. housekeeping
5. Many young people are now involved in drug ...............
A. trafficking B. resolving C. housekeeping
6. This work would help her................ her fear of being alone.
A. collaborate B. resolve C. overcome
7. He was proud of himself for being the................ of the company.
A. co-founder B. helpline C. guidance
8. How can you................ to stay calm under pressure?
A. overcome B. manage C. communicate
9. Her son showed an early................. in music.
A. emotion B. expectation C. interest
10. He decided to drop................ and set up his own company.
A. off B. out C. on
Exercise 6: Turn these sentences into reported speech.
1. She said, “I can’t find my umbrella”.
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2. They said, “We are learning English now”.
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3. “My friend is coming next week”, Tom said.
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4. “I’ll help my mum with housework this weekend” he said.
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5. “We shall overcome this difficulty”, they said.
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6. “My father is a doctor here”, my friend said.
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7. “I am going on holiday tomorrow”, the boy said to his neighbor.
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8. “You will have to finish all these exercises before next week”, the teacher said to his students.
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9. “I came back here early yesterday,” she said.
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10. “I’ve broken the vase,” she said.
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11. “I will never see you again,” the boy said to the girl.
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12. He said to her, “You are my friend.”
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13. Johnny said to his mother, “I don’t know how to do this exercise.”
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14. “We are waiting for the school bus”, said the children.
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15. Mary said, “My father died a year ago”.
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Exercise 7: Change the sentences below into direct speech.
1. My mother told me that she was sad then.
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2. One of my friends said that she liked learning English with her teacher.
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3. The doctor told me that I could leave the hospital that day.
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4. The film director said that she was willing to work then.
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5. The teacher told his students that he would be busy the following month.
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6. Tom invited me to his birthday party.
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7. She said the doctor had written her a prescription.
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8. He said that he had a toothache.
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9. She said she went to the museum every day.
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10. They said they were going to the supermarket.
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11. She said that the doctor had given her some pills.
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12. He said he had received the report.
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13. John said that he had finished studying his lesson.
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14. Mary told John that she couldn’t go to the movies with him.
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15. Mary told her friend she should expect to see him/her the following Wednesday.
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7. A. enjoy B. provide C. divide D. expect
8. A. to B. on C. between D. with
9. A. interested B. want C. would D. ought
10. A. relax B. revive C. reset D. repeat
Your answers:
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II. Read the passage and answer the questions by choosing the best answer: (1.0 mark)
In Viet Nam, there is great excitement built up well before Tet Nguyen Dan. First, every family organizes a trip to the cemetery to visit the graves of their ancestor. After that, to create an air of prosperity, wealth and fun for the first three days of the Lunar New Year, people are kept busy cooking traditional foods, buying gifts, and making other preparations. Certain items deemed to be bought or made are banh chung, dried watermelon seeds, tea, dried sausages, fruit (fresh and candied), ornamental plants and flowers. Red and yellow flowers are ideal as they make the house more welcoming. On the New Year's days, only good comments and wishes can be expressed. Children receive their Li xi (or red envelopes with lucky money inside). People make a visit to family members, neighbors, and close friends. And people who live apart from their family try to get together on these days. Clearly enough, games and various forms of entertainment are staged and these often last a week. Varying traditional specialties including wrestling, buffalo fighting, dragon dancing take place in different regions.
1. Before Tet, people usually _________.
A. are very busy with the preparations B. have great excitement and fun
C. rebuild their ancestral graves D. spend time on traveling
2. Which of the following, according to the passage, is not usually eaten during Tet?
A. candied fruit B. sausages
C. watermelon D. beef stew
3. Why are red and yellow flowers popular in decorating the house at Tet?
A. Because they are pleasant and cheap. B. Because they make the house look comfortable to be in.
C. Because they represent good luck. D. Because they are attractive and not very expensive.
4. On the New Year's days, _________.
A. people are busy cooking traditional foods B. everybody receives their “lucky money”.
C. only good comments can be made D. houses are cleaned and decorated with trees and flowers
5. Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?
A. Tet is period of concord and hope. B. Tet is an occasion for a family to get together.
C. Tet is a good time to visit others. D. Tet is a great season of joy and of entertainment.
Your answers:
1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. |
III. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word. (2.0 marks)
TRAVELING
A hundred years ago, most people traveled on foot, by train, or on horseback. Railways made (1) ______ possible to travel rapidly over long distances. (2) _____ were also becoming popular, after the invention of the air - filled tire, which made cycling a lot more comfortable. Buses, trams and underground railways (3) _____ invented, and cities all over the (4) _____ already had traffic jams. There were very (5) ______ private cars and city streets were still full of horses.
What a difference a hundred years have made? Nowadays we have got used (6) _____ the problem of private cars, and some cities are (7) _____ noisy and polluted that in many places vehicles have been banned from the city center. (8) _____ will we travel in a hundred years’ time? Perhaps by then there will be only personal helicopters. (9) ______may be no need to travel to work or school in the future, since everyone will have a computer at home. There might even be more (10) _____ walking and horse - riding, for pleasure and exercise.
Your answers:
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PART IV: WRITING
I. Complete the second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first one. (2.0 marks)
1. “Close the office door but do not lock it”, the manager said to me.
The manager asked ..........................................................................................
2. “Why don’t you complain to the company, Jane?”, said Mr. John.
Mr. John suggested ..........................................................................................
3. The books interest me more than the films.
I think ...............................................................................................................
4. I didn’t arrive in time to see my aunt off at the airport last night.
I wasn’t.............................................................................................................
5. You can improve your English by practicing speaking every day.
If ......................................................................................................................
6. It was such hot news that I couldn’t help announcing it to my classmates.
The news ..........................................................................................................
7. We live far from our relatives. We miss them very much.
The ...................................................................................................................
8. I would like, moreover, to choose my own clothes for my brother’s wedding.
What’s ............................................................................................................
9. Couldn’t you take a bus to the station?
Wasn’t ............................................................................................................?
10. There is always trouble when he comes to visit us.
Whenever .......................................................................................................
PART I. PHONETICS
I . Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others. (1.0 mark)
1. A. object B. convenient C. operation D. contact
2. A. parachute B. machine C. champagne D. orchestra
3. A. grow B. shower C. below D. window
4. A. inspiration B. minority C. design D. practicality
5. A. meat B. bear C. meaning D. steamer
Your answers:
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II . Identify the word whose stressed pattern is different from that of the others.(1.0 mark)
1. A. subject B. gather C. conduct D. symbol
2. A. encourage B. material C. compulsory D. mausoleum
3. A. challenging B. religion C. poetry D. fashionable
4. A. adequate B. facility C. traditional D. participate
5. A. relative B. family C. different D. establish
Your answers:
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PART II: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
I. Choose the best answers to completes each sentence. (2.0 marks)
1. I’ll give her the message as soon as she …….. tomorrow.
A. comes back B. will come C. is coming D. has come
2. He is thought ……… in a foreign country when he was 20.
A. to work B. to have worked C. working D. has worked
3. We got our car ………yesterday.
A. wash B. to wash C. washing D. washed
4. Get me some stamps,………..?
A. have you B. will you C. do you D. don’t you
5. Some large cities have measured to ………… air pollution.
A. fight B. minimize C. cover D. grow
6. When Bill retires, he’s going to ……….. golf.
A. take after B. take off C. take down D. take up
7. He drank only ……….. water.
A. a lot of B. much C. a little D. less
8. I’d like to ………. an appointment to see the doctor.
A. do B. say C. organize D. make
9. It isn’t quite ………. that he will be present at the meeting.
A. interested B. certain C. exact D. right
10. Paper money ……….. for over a thousand years.
A. used B. is used C. has used D. has been used
Your answers:
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II. Put the correct form of the words: (1.0 mark)
1. Some of these traditional dresses have been _____________. (MODERN)
2. Many Vietnamese women today continue to wear the ao dai - the unique and ______________ dresses. (FASHION)
3. We are really impressed by the ____________ of these villagers. (FRIEND )
4. Internet is a wonderful _______________ of modern life. (INVENT)
5. The Malaysian unit of ________________ is the ringgit? (CURRENT)
Your answers:
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III. Find and correct a mistake in each sentence: (1.0 mark)
1. Everyone felt tired, because they sat down to have a rest.
2.Streets of Bangkok are usually crowding with people selling food, clothing, flowers and souvenirs.
3. He asked me what I would use English in the future.
4.It often takes my mom half an hour getting to work by underground every morning.
5. A daily newspaper was published in Germany in 1650, didn’t it?
Your answers:
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PART III: READING
I. Choose the most suitable answer A, B, C, or D to complete the following passage. (2.0 marks)
Computer (1)__________ enormous impact on our life nowadays. We do shopping, work, or visit places of scenic beauty with help of computers. We pay bill prepared by computers. We read newspapers and magazines which have been produced on computers. We (2)_______ letters from and send letters to almost every part of the world with the help of the computers. And we can (3)_________learn foreign languages on computers.
What makes computer a miraculous device ? Each time ( 4)________ it on, with appropriate hardware and software, it is capable of doing almost (5)_______ you ask. It is a calculating machine (6)________ speeds up calculations : it can add, subtract, multiply, and (7)________ with lightning speed and perfect accuracy. It is a personal communicator which helps you to interact ( 8)_________other computers and with people around the world. And if you (9)_________ to entertain, you can (10)_________ with computer games or computer CD music.
1. A. have B. have had C. are having D. had
2. A. receive B. post C. borrow D. lend
3. A. only B. ever C. even D. just
4. A. put B. let C. take D. turn
5. A. thing B. anything C. something D. all things
6. A. which B. whose C. where D. when
I. Read the following passage and put a word in the box in each of the numbered blanks.
John Lennon was born in Liverpool in 1940.He was always (1).............. on music and played in pop groups (2).................school and Art College. John got married (3)........................ Cynthia in 1962 and they had a son, (4)...........name was Julian. At that (5)..............,John was member of a group (6) ….........."The Beatles". Many beautiful songs(7).............. written by John and wherever the group went, crowds of fans gathered to see them. They(8)................. scream and faint when"The Beatles"played,and lot of people(9)..............their hair cut in a Beatles style.Soon everyone had heard of "The Beatles"and John was(10).............richer than he had ever been.
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
II. Choose the correct word A, B, C or D for each gap to complete the following passage.
Computerization in high schools in the US has had a good effect (1)…………………… students’ learning. Students today learn quite (2)…………………..from in the past. Firstly, computers can help teachers explain the lessons interestingly in the classroom, which allows students (3)…………………..a clearer idea about what is being taught. Secondly, CD-ROM and the Internet can provide students with a lot of data resources that can be got by simple keystrokes or mouse-clicks. This (4)……………………. the speed at which students learn by minimizing the time spent on searching for information. To sum up, computerization has enabled high school students to learn in faster, easier and (5)………………………….. efficient ways.
1. A. in B. to C. on D. with
2. A. differently B. different C. differ D. difference
3. A. getting B. gets C. to get D. get
4. A. decreases B. increases C. gets D. rises
5. A. less B. much C. a lot D. more
III. Read the following passage and do the tasks below.
London, the capital of Great Britain, is situated on the Thames River. It is the largest city in Europe with a population of over 8 million. It is divided into four parts: the City, Westminster, the West End and the East End. The City is small in area but it is the commercial heart of London. Many banks and offices are situated there. The Tower and St. Paul’s Cathedral is very large and fine. It was built in 1710. Westminster is the center of the administration. We can see the Houses of Parliament there. It is a beautiful building with two towers and a very big clock called Big Ben. Westminster Abbey is opposite the Houses of Parliament. The West End with the best and most expensive clubs, restaurants and theaters, beautiful houses and parks is the place where rich people live. Working people live in the East End where there are no parks or gardens and no fine houses.
A. Write T (True) or F (False) on each sentence.
1. …………… London is the largest city in the world.
2. …………… Rich people live in the West End.
B. Answer the questions.
1. How many parts is London divided into?
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2. Is Westminster the center of the administration?
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3. Which place do working people live in?
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I.Find the word which is pronounced differently from the others.
1.A. switch 2.A. laughs 3.A. watched 4.A. ethnic 5.A. angle | B. stomach B. cars B. reduced B. through B. face | C. match C. stops C. coughed C. without C. page | D. catch D. works D. raised D. thought D. angel |
II. Find the word whose stress partern is differently placed.
1.A. collect 2.A. improvement 3.A. university 4.A. graduation 5.A. intelligent | B. advise B. invader B. documental B. agricultural B. difficult | C. practice C. department C. historic C. industrial C. interesting | D. prepare D. generous D. electricity D. recommend D. hospital |
III. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.
1. Air ________ , together with littering, is causing many problems in our cities today.
A. pollute B. pollution C. polluting D. polluted
2. If I were you, I _________ do something to prevent him from littering.
A. would B. did C. will D. do
3. The Maori in New Zealand greet each other by ____________ their noses.
A. touching B. punching C. blowing D. rubbing
3. Many people believe that robots have made workers jobless __________ that is not necessarily true.
A. so B. and C. but D. or
4. People from other planets may use ______ to communicate, which is not possible for human beings.
A. landlines B. letters C. chat rooms D. telepathy
5. Teenagers often use abbreviations when ___________.
A. texting B. video conferencing C. sending letters D. talking
6. People who cannot hear or speak often communicate using ___________.
A. pictures B. sounds C. codes D. signs
7. The ___________ in technology allow astronomers to know more about outer space.
A. developments B. science C. exploration D. discovery
8. Alexander Graham Bell was a great ___________, who invented the telephone.
A. developer B. conservationist C. scientist D. explorer
9. We can see many international programs ________ different channels.
A. in B. on C. at D. of
IV. Supply the corect tense or form of the verb in parentheses.
1.Don’t worry! She (be)........................... in a few minutes.
2.Tom (wash)......................... his hands. He has just repaired the T.V set.
3.I’d rather we (have)............................. more time together.
4.There (be).............................. a lot of changes since computers were invented
5.We don’t like the film (show)................................. on television last night.
V.Find and correct the mistakes.
1. People think computers never do any mistakes, but in fact, they do.
2. Going to the cinema is an enjoyable way relaxing at weekend.
3. He appears being a perfect man but in fact, he is very rude to his wife.
4. The youth nowadays prefer pop music than traditional music.
5. I'm looking forward to hear from you .
6. They asked me don’t talk during the discussion.
7. Would you mind if I ask you a private question?
8. They happily looked at their children to play in the yard.
9. This is the first time I visited a famous place in Hanoi.
10.Our teacher told to us to spend more time at home practicing our pronunciation.