Louis Braille ⁽¹⁾ ……………… in 1809 in Coupvray. He was a French ⁽²⁾ ……………… of the blind. He himself was blind from the age of three and in 1818 he went to the National Institute for the Young Blind in Paris. Soon showing marked ability in both science and ⁽³⁾ ………………, he became famous in Paris an organist and violoncellist. In 1826 Braille began ⁽⁴⁾ ……………… the blind in institute. Braille is known for his idea of modifying the Barbier “point writing” system, used for coded army messages to enable the blind to read. Point writing consists of embossed dots and dashes on cardboard; the Braille system derived from it is used ⁽⁵⁾ ……………… today, in slightly modified form, and ⁽⁶⁾ ……………… many countries.

1. A. is born                            B. was born                       C. bears                              D. bore 

2. A. principal                         B. customer                       C. engineer                        D. teacher

3. A. music                             B. mathematics                  C. foreign language           D. literature

4. A. teach                              B. to teach                         C. teaching                        D. taught 

5. A. succeed                          B. success                          C. successful                      D. successfully 

6. A. on                                  B. in                                   C. at                                   D. over

11. We started …………………. English in 2000.

A. learning                              B. learn                              C. to learning                     D. learned

12. I enjoyed German …………………. I wasn’t very good at it. 

A. but                                     B. and                                C. although                        D. because

13. Anybody know ………………….. Earl Varney is these days?

A. when                                  B. where                            C. why                               D. who

14. How would you like …………………. the summer in Italy?

A. spend                                 B. spending                       C. to spend                        D. to spending

15. Cultural values are …………………. from parent to child.

A. transmit                             B. transmitting                   C. transmitted                    D. transmited

16. The laboratory began doing experiments on rats. 

A. conducting                        B. carrying out                   C. performing                    D. All are correct.

17. …………………. were waiting for the shop to open. 

A. Customers                         B. Emigrant                       C. Assistant                       D. Orders

18. - “My mother is ill in hospital.”                 - “………………….……..”

A. I don’t think so      B. Oh, she is unlucky   C. No problem      D. I’m sorry to hear that

19. - “Can I speak to Mr. Johnson, please?”  - “………………….………”

A. I’m Mr. John                     B. Hold on, please             C. No, you can’t                D. Yes, you can.

20. - “Will you come to our party tonight?”   - “………, but I’ll have an important meeting.”

A. I like it        B. I will come             C. I’d like coming       D. I’d love to

Choose the word whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others:

1. A. demonstrate                   B. stationery                      C. exhibition                      D. countless

2. A. customer                        B. commercial                    C. outside                          D. distance

3. A. emigrate                         B. conduct                         C. device                           D. transmit

4. A. directory                        B. volunteer                       C. arrange                          D. invention

5. A. message                         B. mobile                           C. patient                           D. agree

6. A. assistant                         B. reserved                        C. telephone                      D. experiment

7. A. distance                         B. demonstrate                  C. message                         D. commercial

8. A. conduct                         B. assistant                        C. introduce                       D. invention

9. A. customer                        B. directory                       C. mobile                           D. emigrate

10. A. experiment                   B. introduce                       C. exhibition                      D. volunteer

2. table/ large/ was/ in the kitchen/ There/ a/ wooden/ round.

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3. have/ money/ buy/ that/ We/enough/ to/ didn’t/ a car.

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4. important/ our life/ strongly/ I/ that/ role/ in/ believe/ play/ friends/ that/ an.

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5. playing/ reading/ video games/ spend/ Children/ than/ books/ more time/ nowadays.

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6. characters/ friends/ different/ very/ close/ We are/ although/ we have/ quite.

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7. to understand/ clear/ weren’t/ His instructions/ enough/ for me.

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8. American/ generosity/ is/ character/ the/ of/ part.

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9. but/ enough/ I / to study / don’t have/ would like/ abroad/ money/ I.

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10. dress/ pretty/ She/ a/ green/ wearing/ new/ is/ long.

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11. near his house/ volunteer work /his free time/ at a local orphanage/ doing /he spends.

He spends ___________________________________________________________.

12. I spend /of all my friends, /are the ones /most of / Peter and Jack/ my time with.

 Of all my friends , _____________________________________________________.

13. in the west / the sun / rises / and /in the east /sets.

The sun ______________________________________________________________.

14. my English/ of the club /I don’t think/ to be /is good enough/a member.

I don’t think __________________________________________________________.

15. black / My younger / hair /short/ has/ curly/ brother.

 My younger _________________________________________________________________.

16. student /a hard – working /good grades / who always/ Mike is / gets.

Mike is ______________________________________________________________.

17. at home / Jane / alone / old enough / isn’t / to stay.

Jane ________________________________________________________________.

18. a letter / from / yesterday / I / my old friend / to receive/ happy/ was/ enough.

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19. the peaceful /the local library /of /We like / quiet /and/ atmosphere.

We like ______________________________________________________________.

20. Nien around /introduced her/ yesterday /Lan showed/ and / to many new friends.

Lan showed __________________________________________________________.

1. His classmates don’t like him because he is very ___________ . (friend)

2. Henry is not very _____________, except on the subjects of his plants .( talk)

3. A child whose parents have died is called an ____________. (orphanage)

4. They enjoyed the _________ of summer evenings in the countryside .( peaceful)

5. It was _________________ of him to offer to pay for us both . (generosity)

6. An ___________ is a home for children whose parents were dead . (orphan)

7. Mary is very ___________ and always ready to help . (social)

8. I am ______________ enough to  have a lot of friends . (luck)

9. Role – play is ___________ in developing communication skills . (help)

10. Ba and his friends have different ______________ .( characteristic)

11. Peter was ________ at being left out of the team . (happy)

12. My friends usually enjoy my sense of _________________. (humorous)

13. He treated them with ________________ and thoughtfulness . (generous)

14. I find him quiet ___________ in class . (reserve)

15. My sister played the piano very ___________________ last night . (beautiful)

16. Sometimes , my friends get _______________ about my jokes . ( annoy)

17. What a _________________ face she has ! (love)

18. I am _________________ sorry for the delay . (extreme)

19. Her new glasses change her ____________________. (appear)

20. Her good behaviors make Lan more _____________ (beauty)

21. Young students are very ____________ in pictures books. (interest)

22. We had an _____________ vacation last year.  (enjoy)

23. Look! The boy is sleeping __________ in the middle of the meadow.  (peace)

24. Nam felt quite lonely in a new school because he had no friends. He was ___________. (friend)

25. He has a short ___________ black hair (curl)

26. They enjoy the _____________ atmosphere in the meeting (friend)

27. _____________, the barber cut my hair too short. (lucky)

28. Getting to the village is a very _____________ journey. (interest)

29. In my class, Bao is the most ______________ (sociability)

30. People in my country are famous for their ____________. (friend)

An individual has several relationships in their studying and working environment. To me, it is necessary to maintain friendship in daily life. As friends have no age limit. Everyone has friends, some are best friends, and others are friends. Having good friends brings people many advantages. They help us in different aspects of life, whenever we are in trouble or whatever we do. Friend is the one we can freely share opinion, thought, emotion and confidence. One feels better, trustful and comfortable when having a suitable friend. There are a large number of things friends can do together such as: traveling to new lands, going shopping in addition to sharing hobbies. Friendship is priceless and it has to be built on love, trust, caring without any exaggeration, flattery and pretensions. Therefore, a true friendship stands by you through thick and thin and makes you feel not lonely when being in a crowd. Besides, friendship has positive and negative effects in life. If we have good friends, they make us a happier and worthy life. In contrast, they may ruin our career and living if we choose bad friends. Therefore, no matter how often we meet each other, but how much you care and feel for another in good times as well as in bad times. Since famous saying states that: “To live life without the experience of friendship, is life without living”.

Answer True or False

   1. Everybody has at least one relationship in their life.                                    _________

   2. Elderly people can’t make friends with each other.                                     _________

   3. A suitable friend helps us feel better, trustful and comfortable.                  _________

   4. We only have advantages when we have friends.                                       _________

   5. What is the passage mainly about?

       A. How to make friends                                             B. How to choose a good friend.

       C. Friends and work                                                   D. The importance of a good friendship

   6. What can be inferred from the passage?  

       A. No one needs true friendships.                              B. Friendship doesn’t affect our life.

       C. Life without friendship is meaningless.                 D. Friendship is only for the rich.