Read the text and choose the option that best fits each of the blanks.. hopeless used proud essential allergic fond afraid interested angry covered Two years ago I went to a language sch
Trang 1I Tick (√) the correct column for the ending sounds of the words given
/S/ /IZ/ /Z/
1 thinks
2 arranges
3 invites
4 knows
5 uses
6 watches
/S/ /IZ/ /Z/
7 drops
8 coughs
9 organizes
10 plays
11 leaves
12 hats
II Read the text and choose the option that best fits each of the blanks.
hopeless used proud essential allergic fond afraid interested angry covered
Two years ago I went to a language school in England and stayed in a host family At the time I was (1) at English and couldn’t understand them very well, but I could see they were more than a little mad They got (2) _ with me when I arrived because I didn’t take my shoes off They were really (3) _ of their house and (4) _ of getting even a bit of dirt on their carpet But my big problem was in the bedroom I am (5) _ to cats and there, sitting on the bed, which was (6) _ in cat hair, was the ugliest animal you have ever seen “He always sleeps here,” they said “You soon get (7) _ to him.” I explained that I wasn’t very (8) _ of animals but they didn’t seem
to be the least bit (9) _ in what I said The next day, I went to the accommodation office at school and said it was (10) _ to change family
III Choose the word or phrase that has closest meaning to the underline words or phrase
1 Dad is always to give a hand with cleaning the house
A help B Give a part of his body C Use his hand
2 My mother takes the responsibility for running the household
A moving quickly B Making the house run C Managing
3 In my attempt to win a place at university, I am under a lot of pressure
4 Whenever problems come up, we discuss them frankly
5 We are in a very close-knit family
A happy B knitting C Having a closed relationship
6 My mother has to work on a night shift once a week
IV Match the word in column A with the suitable meaning in column B
1 caring
2 responsibility
3 mend
4 attempt
5 mischievous
6 obedient
7 supportive
8 confident
a try; make an effort
encouragement
d doing what one is told to
do
e showing sympathetic
concern
Trang 2f trust; feeling of certainty
V Complete the following sentences with a suitable form of the word from the list above
1 She revised her lesson well and could answer all the questions with
2 My brother is quite good at _ electrical appliances such as TV and fridge
3 Our neighbors have been very _ since we moved to this village
4 If you decide to do it, you should take the _ for all the consequences
5 I don’t think _ children are less creative than those who are naughty and stubborn
6 Young children need a _ environment in which they can feel the love and care of their parents
7 My little brother is very naughty; our grandparents always say he is as _a monkey
8 Hurry up! We must _ to reach the top of the hill before it gets dark
VI Choose the correct option
1 Everything is going well We didn’t have/haven’t had any problems so far.
2 Lisa didn’t go/hasn’t gone to work yesterday She wasn’t feeling well.
3 Look! That man over there wears/is wearing the same sweater as you.
4 Your son is much taller than when I last saw him He grew/ has grown a lot.
5 I still don’t know what to do I didn’t decide/haven’t decided yet
6 I wonder why Jim is/ is being so nice to me today He isn’t usually like that.
7 Jane had a book open in front of her, but she didn’t read/ wasn’t reading it.
8 I wasn’t very busy I didn’t have /wasn’t having much to do.
9 It begins/ It’s beginning to get dark Shall I turn on the light?
10 After leaving school, Tim got/has got a job in a factory.
VII Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past tenses:
1 While I _ (have) a bath, someone _ (knock) on the door
2 When I nearly reached the office, I suddenly _ (remember) I _ (forget)
to turn off the gas stove
3 Laura felt so tired that she _( fall) asleep on the sofa
4 While Pat _ (clean) the house, she _(notice) a secret door behind the wardrobe
5 They had a good rest when all their guest _(leave)
6 When _(you, last play) for the national team?
7 I (not, listen) so I missed what the teacher said
8 It _ (rain) hard all day yesterday
9 James _(drive) home alone a deserted street when he _(see) a strange animal
10 The robbers _ (run) away by the time the police (arrive)
VIII Read the text and choose the option that best fits each of the blanks.
for facts inform however other
occupy called defined absent leaders
Family life continue to (1) _ a somewhat ambiguous position in public debate and policy in Britain today On the one hand, references to the important of family, however, (2) _, or understood, are rarely (3) _ from speeches at political party
Trang 3conferences or statement from religious (4) On the (5) _ hand, in contrast to some other European countries, we do not have minister with special responsibilities (6) _ ‘the family’ and nor do we have anything like a coherent program that could be (7) _ a family policy
Some sociologists might lend their support to particular programs or social policies, on the basis of the evidence as they see it More often, (8) _, the popular impression would seem to be that the sociologists provide the (9) _ about family life and that these facts, thus ‘discovered’ provide the basis for public statement or, possibly, public policy For instance, sociologists may provide facts about the circumstances of lone mother and their children and these studies may (10) _ policy-makers