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Trang 1UNIT 9: THE POST OFFICE
A PHONETICS
I Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words.
II Choose the word that has stress pattern different from that of the other words.
B VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR * Circle the best answer for each sentence.
7) The hotel staff is friendly and
8) We are proud our staff, who are always friendly and efficient
9) EMS stand for
10) If someone want to send a document and does not want to lose its , facsimile service will help you
11) People can buy daily in many local post office in early morning
12) All post offices in Viet Nam are equipped with advanced
13) Fax transmission has now become a cheap and way to transmit texts and graphics over distance
14) If you to your favourite newspapers and magazines, they will be delivered to your house early
in the morning
15) Post offices offer a special mail service which is called
16) Your EMS mail will be in the shortest possible time
17) The message introduces the provided by the National Post Office
18) I cannot tell you all I heard
19) I can answer the question you say is very difficult
20) This is Mr Jones, invention has helped hundreds of deaf people
21) Tom, sits next to me, is from Canada
22) The volunteers, enthusiasm was obvious, finished the work quickly
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24) My friend, I visited lask week, is taking a holiday soon
25) The doctor re examining a patient was taken to hospital last night
26) A pacifist is a person believes that all wars are wrong
27) My friend, hated horror film, refused to go to the cinema with me
C READING * Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.
Between the Revolutionary period and the World War I, the United States post office was set out
to improve transportation of the post office mails From those early days to the present, the post office has helped develop and subsidize every new mode transportation in the United States Transportation has been the most important element in mail delivery Even when the general public had still suspected
of the security of a new means of transportation, the post office experimented with inventions that offered potential for moving the mail faster, occasionally suffering embarrassment, ridicule, or even abuse in the process
As mail delivery evolved from foot to horseback, stagecoach, steamboat, railroad, automobile, and airplane, with intermediate and overlapping use of balloons, and helicopters, post office mail contracts ensured the income necessary to build the great highways, rail lines, and airways that eventually spanned the continent
By the turn of the 19th century, the U.S Post Office had purchased a number of stagecoaches for operation on the nation’s better post roads – a post road being any road on which the mail travels – and continued to encourage new designs to improve passenger comfort and carry mail safely
28) The passage is about
A transportation of the Post Office in the US B the Post Office in the Revolutionary period
C the Post Office in the World War I D transportation and public ideas
29) According to the passage, the main purpose of the Post Office is
C to deliver mail as safely and fast as possible
D to subsidize every new mode of transportation
30) Which means of transportation used in the Post Office is NOT referred in the passage?
31) The Post Office
A has never used helicopters in delivery D makes no contribution to build roads
B contributes income to build highways, railroads, and airways
C has never been the first to use a new means of transportation
D WRITING * Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting.
31) The waiter whom served us yesterday was polite and friendly
A B C D
32) This class is only for people who’s first language is not Chinese
A B C D
33) The man with who I spoke in the meeting used to work here
A B C D
34) He is moving to Lang Son city, that is in the north-east of Viet Nam
A B C D
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A B C D
UNIT 10: NATURE IN DANGER
A PHONETICS
I Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words.
II Circle the word that has stress pattern different from that of the other words.
B VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
* Circle the best answer for each sentence.
7) Many rare o animals are in danger of extinction
8) People are destroying the environment by adding to it
9) Many efforts have been made to protect nature
10) Many species of animals are threatened and could easily become
11) Many animals are for their fur and other valuable parts of their bodies
12) They started a campaign to smoking among teenagers
13) Dinosaurs became millions of years go
14) The chemical from cars and factories make the air, water and soil dangerously dirty
15) Human beings are for the changes in the environment
16) By cutting down trees, we the natural habitat of birds and animals
17) aren’t effective anymore because insects have become resistant to them
18) They started a campaign to smoking among teenagers
19) He is the singer about I often tell you
20) The concert I listened last weekend was boring
21) That’s the girl to my brother got engaged
22) I like the village I used to live
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23) I don’t know the reason she hasn’t talked to me recently
24) The little girl I borrowed this pen has gone
25) The speech _ we listened last night was information
26) The boy to I lent my money is poor
27) The knife we cut bread is very sharp
28) The authority gathered those villagers they explained the importance of forests
C READING
* Read the passage carefully then circle the correct answers.
Many environmental experts are pessimistic about the future of our (29) They say that in the next few years harmful (30) will further damage the (31) layer, there will be more losses
of irreplaceable tropical (32) , and serious (33) pollution will cause the (34) itself to change They also warm us that Third World (35 will continue to suffer ecological (36) , while the (37) countries consume the vast majority of the world’s (38) Animals are also at (39) It is feared that some (40) species may soon die out, as their natural (41) are destroyed In some cases, the only way to save rare species from (42) is to breed them in (43)
D WRITING
* Circle the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting.
43) I have two brothers, both of them are studying in England
A B C D
43) It was a kind of machine with that we were not familiar
A B C D
44) Radio stations at which broadcast only news first appeared in the 1970s
A B C D
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A B C D
they are accountable?
46) The song to that we listened last night was beautiful
A B C D
UNIT 11: SOURCES OF ENERGY
A PHONETICS
I Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words.
II Circle the word that has stress pattern different from that of the other words.
B VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR * Circle the best answer for each sentence.
7) Non-renewable energy sources are running
8) In some countries people use wind or sea as the environment friendly energy sources
9) People have used coal and oil to electricity for along time
10) Coal and oil are non-renewable sources
11) People on earth are need of more nuclear energy
12) energy uses natural sources of energy such as the sun, wind, or water for power and fuel, rather than oil, coal, or nuclear power
13) Oil, coal and natural gas are fuels made from decayed material
14) All fossil fuels are resources that cannot be replaced after use
15) We should develop such sources of energy as solar energy and nuclear energy
16) Increased consumption will lead to faster of our natural resources
17) heat comes from deep inside the earth
18) “Have you ever met the man over there?” “No Who is he?”
19) The boy the piano is my son
20) by his parent, this boy was very sad
21) We have apartment the park
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23) Nellie Ross of Wyoming was the first woman _ governor in the United State
24) in large quantities in the Middle East, oil became known as black gold because of the large profit it brought
25) She is the only in the discussion to using nuclear power
26) Johnny was the last applicant for a position in that energy station
27) The instructions by Professor Johnson helped us know more about the danger of energy pollution
C READING
* Circle the item among A, B, C or D that best answers the question about the passage.
Energy is fundamental to human beings, especially to poor people – the one- third of humanity that does not have modern energy supplies like electricity, with which their life could be improve
Many people who live in countryside have to gather fuel wood This takes a lot of time Moreover,
it causes indoor air pollution because of heavy smoke For many people living in rural areas in developing countries of the world, biogas is the large energy resources available and costs almost nothing The main use of biogas is for cooking and heating As biogas is smoke-free, it helps solve the problem of indoor air pollution Moreover, plant waste and animal manure cost almost nothing
The tendency to use renewable energy sources is on the increase when non-renewable ones are running out In the near, people in the developing countries may use wind or sea waves as the environment-friendly energy sources
28) What is the role of energy to human beings?
29) What do poor people in countryside do to have energy?
30) How long does it take to gather fuel wood in the countryside?
A Not much time B A lot of time C Very little time D Half an hour a day 31) According to the passage, what energy sources do poor people often use for fuel?
32) What is the main use of biogas?
A It is used mainly for cooking and heating B It is mainly used for lighting
C It is mainly used for operating D It is mainly used for producing in factories 33) According to the passage, what is the most awful effect of using fuel wood?
A It causes indoor air pollution B It may cause fire
34) Why, according to the passage, is biogas introduced to poor people?
C Because they like it
D Because it is the largest energy resources available in the countryside and cheap
35) What, according to the passage, are the main advantages of using biogas?
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36) The tendency to use renewable energy sources
37) What, according to the passage, may be used as the environment-friendly energy sources/
D WRITING
* Circle the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting.
38) The man to speak to me is John’s brother
A B C D
39) He is the second person be killed in that way
A B C D
40) They work in a hospital sponsoring by the government
A B C D
41) It an essay writing in 1779, Judith Sargeant Murray promoted the cause of women’s education
A B C D
42) A dam is wall building across river to shop the river’s flow and collect the water
A B C D
UNIT 12: THE ASIAN GAMES
A PHONETICS
I Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words.
II Circle the word that has stress pattern different from that of the other words.
B VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR * Circle the best answer for each sentence.
7) The Vietnamese participants took in the 14th Asian Games with great enthusiasm
8) from several countries competed in many Asian Game
9) How many sports are there the 14th Asian Games?
10) The quiet country roads are ideal for cycling The word “cycling” is closest in meaning to “ ”
A driving a car B riding a bicycle C kicking a ball D playing football 11) The Olympic Games is one of the biggest sporting all over the world
12) Swimming is one of the sports
13) can help n athlete to improve the strength of muscles and the appearance of the body
14) On some special occasions, people often march and demonstrate to show their
15) Vietnam won 3 gold in the 15th Asian Games
16) Nearly 500 from 11 nations took part in the first Asian Games in New Delhi, Indian
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17) There were many scientists at the meeting, several of were very young
18) This is the novel I’ve been expecting
19) I’m not the man you are looking for?
20) Fencing was first introduced at the 13th Asian Games, in Bangkok, Thailand in 1998
21) Each country sends its best athletes participation expresses the friendship and solidarity
22) He rang James, a good friend as well as his trainer
23) came from France were really more friendly than any others
A The athletes, that B The athletes whom C The athletes who D The athletes which
24) That is Mr Pike, a referee, I told you about
25) This is a picture in the newspaper of a high jumper leg was seriously hurt
26) I like the book you lent me last week
27) I know the man Miss White is talking to
C READING * Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.
The Asian Games owes its origins to small Asian multi-sport competitions The Far Eastern Championship Games were created to show unity and cooperation among three nations: Japan, the Philippines and China The first games were held in Manila, the Philippines in 1931 Other Asian nations participated after it was organized
After World War II, a number of Asian countries became independent Many of the new independent Asian countries wanted to use a new type of competition where Asian dominance should not be shown by violence and should be strengthened by mutual understanding In August 1948, during the 14th Olympic Game in London, India representative Guru Dutt Sondhi proposed to sports leaders of the Asian teams the idea of having discussions about holding the Asian Games They agreed to form the Asian Athletic Federation A preparatory was set up to draft the charter for the Asian amateur athletic federation In February, 1949, the Asian athletic federation was formed and used the name Asian Games Federation It was formed and used the name Asian Games Federation It was decided to hold the first Asian Games in 1951 in New Delhi the capital of India They added that the Asian Games would be regularly held once every four years
28) The text is about
A the origin of the Asian Games B the Far Eastern Championship Games
29) The Far Eastern Championship Games
A were held in Manila after World War II B were held in Japan
C were attended by all countries in Asia D had the participation of only three nations
30) The 14th Olympic Games took place
A in 1913 B in August 1948 C before the World War II D In February 1949 31) The Asian Games A were suggested establishing by a Londoner B were first held in China
Trang 9C were first held in India D were held in the same year of the 14th Olympic Games 32) The Asian Games were first held in A 1931 B 1941 C 1948 D 1951
D WRITING * Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting.
33) This year, that is for the first time, the event is open to all amateur athletes along with the
A B C D
traditional professional
34) Something was strange happened yesterday has been worrying me I really don’t know
A B C
what to do
D
35) The 14th Asian games, held in Korea in 2002, attracted many participants
A B C D
36) Their efforts was much appreciated at the Asian Games
A B C D
37) How many participant took part in the 15 th Asian Games?
A B C D
UNIT 13: HOBBIES
A PHONETICS
I Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words.
II Circle the word that has stress pattern different from that of the other words.
B VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR * Circle the best answer for each sentence.
7) My father is an guitarist
8) He is very good at people singing with his guitar
9) My uncle is interested in stamps
10) She is a very accomplished pianist The word “accomplished” is closest in meaning to “ ”
11) A is a series of musical notes that is pleasant and easy to remember
12) If you a singer or a musician, you play one part of a piece of music while they sing or play the main tune
13) My for my mother is infinite
14) I am quite keen on my father’s valuable stamp
15) I had forgotten all about it about it because I had been so with other things
16) You should not indulge yourself anything that can form a bad habit
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17) He keeps a lot of pictures and paintings He is at art
18) I really admire him, for his
19) I don’t know the title but I recognize the of this song
20) I don’t have much money, so I bought the camera
21) I bought the golden fish
22) It was Tom to help us
23) the police had rescued from the fire
24) my parents gave me the fish tank
25) I first met my girlfriend
26) on the phone
27) a high level of blood cholesterol
28) It is the library
C where I often borrow books from D from that I often borrow books
29) England won the World Cup
A It was in 1966 that B It was on 1966 that C It was in 1966 when D It was 1966 in that 30) took my car
C READING
* Circle the item among A, B, C or D that best answers the question about the passage.
I like to be near water – sea, lake or river That I probably because I was born in a village by the sea, and I have lived most of my life close to water When I am in some place which is far from lake, river and sea, I am restless and I always feel that there is something missing, even though it is sometimes hard for me to decide what it is
Of course, the sports I like are the ones which need water – sailing, rowing and swimming It is possible to swim in small swimming pools, but rowing and sailing are impossible without a lot of water Rowing is best in a river and sailing on the sea or a big lake, but one can do some sailing on a river and one can certainly row on a lake or the sea when the weather is good
Of the three sports – swimming, rowing and sailing – I like rowing best because it is the easiest to continue during the winter, when the water is too cold for comfortable swimming and the sea is often