The coach told the boys that it was time for you to go home.. The coach tells the boys that it was time for them to go home.. The coach told the boys that it is time for them to go home.
Trang 1From each number, pitch out one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
2 A term B necessary C semester D mother
II.Vocabulary and Grammar
Choose the best answer
1 Please ask them in this area.
a) don’t smoke b) not smoking c) to not smoke d) not to smoke
2 Tim 13 films and I think her latest is the best.
3 My birthday is February 2nd.
4 You should learn your lesson
5 “The students went on a canoe trip yesterday.”
“I heard it was ”
6 “Do you think your father will worry if we’re late?”
“Maybe we’d better him.”
7 I said “Happy Birthday” before Lan a present.
Trang 2a) give b) will give c) gave d) giving
8 Tam last night when the telephone
a) slept-rang b) slept- was ringing c) was sleeping-rang d) was sleeping-was ringing
9 “Would you like to go to the movie with me tonight?” “ - ”
a) Yes, please b) I’m sorry I’d love to c) No, than d) Yes, I’d love to.
10 John doesn’t play tennis David doesn’t play tennis.
a Both John and David doesn’t play tennis b Neither John nor David plays tennis.
c Not either John or David plays tennis d Not only John but also David doesn’t play tennis.
11 The coach said, “It’s time for you to go home, boys!”
a The coach told the boys that it was time for you to go home.
b The coach tells the boys that it was time for them to go home.
c The coach told the boys that it is time for them to go home.
d The coach told the boys that it was time for them to go home.
12 _ the old man spoke very slowly and clearly, I couldn’t understand him at all.
13 She started learning English ten years ago.
a) She has not learnt English before b) She has started learning English for ten years.
c) She has learnt English for ten years d) She has learnt English since ten years.
14 They spent a lot of money on food and clothes.
a) A lot of money was spent on food and clothes b) A lot of money were spent on food and clothes.
c) A lot of money on food and clothes were spent d) A lot of money on food and clothes was spent.
15 There is a detective film _ at the Thang Long Theater.
16 She gets used to _ her bike.
17 You need a good pair of paddles to play _.
badminton
18 A(n) can take a patient to hospital quickly.
19 The water was rising……….
20 Sally ……… him to com home early.
21 I tried my……… not to laugh.
22 We should learn this poem………
23 She arrived early……… a good seat.
A so that to get B in order get C in order to get D so that getting
24 You must improve your spelling.
A make something better B become better C make something worse D become worse
25 We left at 6 a.m ……… late.
A so as not to be B so as not being C so as to be D so as not being
Trang 326 There ……… so much violence.
A wasn’t use to B weren’t used to being C used not to be D used not being
27 He decided ……… what would happen.
A to stay and see B staying and seeing C to stay and seeing D staying and seeing
28 Ann ………… downstairs and hurt her back.
29 David’s school ………… is very bad this term.
30 People go to a ……… to look at the famous works of art.
31 I’d like to go ……… very much.
32 Hoa is reading short stories ………… Jack London.
33 This book is ……… that I try to read it from beginning to end at one time.
A so interesting B so interested C such interesting D too interesting
34 “Let it be” is a famous song ……… It is one of the best works by this band.
A singing by the Beatles B was sung by the Beatles
35 My mother ………… me that I should wake up earlier.
36 Peter broke his leg when he fell ………… his bike.
37 You should ……… your lesson before the examination.
38 Hung is ……… do the crossword puzzles.
A intelligent enough to B intelligent enough C enough intelligent D enough intelligent to
39 Her math result is ……… than her English result.
40 His father is very proud ……… him.
41 Students should work ………… to make their parents happy.
42 Keep all dangerous things out of children’s ………… .
43 When I was young, I used ……… on a farm.
44.Don’t worry about us We can ourselves
45.The old man asked me if I _ a flying saucer.
A have ever seen B had ever seen C ever saw D have ever been seeing
46.Have you decided _ to cook for dinner this evening?
47.Don’t touch that chair It _
A has just been painted B is being painted C is painted D was painted
48.I can’t stand Jack He _ always his dirty dishes on the table.
A does/leave B has/left C is/leaving D was/leaving
Trang 449.When I arrived at the station, Mary _ for me
50.Floods and droughts can easily _ a harvest.
51.To remember the words you have learned, you have to _ them often.
52.You are always late You need a(n) _ to wake you up earlier.
A alarm clock B watch C answering machine D clock
53.I am sure that they will tell us about
54.I ‘m delighted _ you passed your exam.
55.The flight at 6.00 has been delayed.
56.We will plant trees and flowers along the or in the parks
a sidewalks b pavements c sideways d a and b
57 Everybody loves her because she is an girl.
a interesting b interested c interests d anxious
58 Mai looks her mother
a as b the same c like d as same as
59 You should drive The traffic is heavy.
a careful b more careful c more carefully d most carefully
60 Don’t trust Bill He is a kind of person who doesn’t do what he says he will He is
so
a reliable b unreliable c easy- going d friendly.
61 Where is the ? I want to fry these potatoes.
a steamer b saucepan c frying pan d cooker
62 Some of the products are at cheaper
a prices b costs c prizes d charges
63 If you want any further information please the head- office.
a relate b contact c connect d combine
64.My brother works for a company called FPT He has worked for them ……… he graduated from university.
65.We should use cloth bags ……… of plastic bags.
66.Farmers collect household and garden waste to make ………
67.What’s the correct ……… of this word?
a pronounce b pronunciation c pronounced
68.We are having a plan to help them by ……… them to do things.
encouraging
69 Do you mind closing the door?
A yes, I do B no, I don’t mind C yes, I don’t D no, I do mind
70 Do you mind if I take a photo?
A yes B No C please do D I cannot
71 Daewoo cars _ in Korea.
A is made B is make C are make D are made
72 You should learn how _the computer.
A using B use C used D to use
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A chicken-raise B chicken-raising C raising- chicken D raise- chicken
74 Viet Nam is a _ country.
A export-rice B exporting-rice C rice-exporting D rice-export
75 We bought this house last year.
This house last year.
A are bought B is bought C was bought D were bought
76 “ We are learning how to make cakes” said the schoolgirls.
The schoolgirls said _ `
A we were learning how to make cakes.
B they were learning how to make cakes.
C she were learning how to make cakes.
D he were learning how to make cakes.
77 These medicines can _your headache.
A ease B elevate C revive D affect.
A pointed out B showed C spoke D said
78 She has already his cup five times.
A refilled B reused C reduced D recycled
79 Sorry I’m late, but I feed my little son before leaving home.
80 Smith writes very quickly He’s finished his essay.
81 What are you going to do? - I don’t know I haven’t made my mind yet.
82 This is the first I’ve ever lived far from home.
83 Phong rang his friend in Nha Trang yesterday, and he said it raining there.
84 The last time I saw Khang, he looked very relaxed He explained that he’d been on holiday the week.
85 This film must be new We’ve seen it before.
86 He hates to do something by others.
87 I don’t want much sugar in my coffee Just………., please.
88 It took us an hour………to Nha Trang.
89 A person who can't speak or hear is called
a a character b a deaf c a bind d a deaf-mute
90 My parents will their wedding anniversary next month.
a make b celebrate c remember d promise
91 If you don't understand many words, you can them up in the dictionary.
a look b get c find d finish
92 The in Vietnam usually begins in December and ends in July.
a football match b football team c football fan d football season 93.He ran to the station to the early train.
a ride b drive c catch d go
94 He prefers country life city life.
a more than b than c to d better than
Trang 6Ex 1- Read the following passage, then answer questions 1 - 5 After each question there are four options marked A,B,C or D Choose the correct answer by writing down its corresponding letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet.
It is five o’clock in the evening when Rene Wagner come home from work She walks into the living room and looks at her three children They are 14,13 and 9 years old They are watching TV The living room is a mess There are dirty socks on the floor and cookies on the sofa Games and toys are everywhere Rene is angry, “This place is a mess” she tells her children, “I can’t work all day and then
do housework all evening I’m not going to do housework!” Rene doesn’t do housework She doesn’t clean or wash dishes She doesn’t wash clothes, either Every evening she sits on the sofa and watches TV.
After two weeks, every plate, fork and glass in the house is dirty All the children’s clothes are dirty Every garbage basket is full The house is a mess.
Then, one day Rene comes home from work and gets a big surprise The kitchen is clean The children clean the kitchen !
The next day, the living room is clean, and the children are washing their clothes Rene tells the children “OK, I’ll do the housework again But you have to help me.”
Now Rene and her three children do the housework together Then they all sit on the sofa and watch TV !
1 When Rene came home from work, she found the house ……… .
2 Rene told her children ………
3 Two weeks later, the house was ………
4 Some days later, the house was clean again because ……… .
C her children didn’t do housework D she did housework again.
5 Now Rene does housework again because ……… .
C her children wash their clothes D her children don’t do it
Ex 2 – Choose the suitable words for this passage by circling A, B, C or D
HOW TO BE A FRIEND OF THE EARTH There ……(1)…… many simple things we can do to stop the ……(2)……of the environment First of all, we should not dump our rubbish without ……(3)……which things, such as bottles and paper can ……(4)…… We should put objects that we can recycle in ……(5)…… bins Secondly, instead of taking our car wherever we go, we ought to leave it at home ……(6)…… possible, and go
on foot or ……(7)…… public transport When we have to drive to the supermarket ……(8)…… our shopping, we should always remember ……(9)…… our own bags ……(10)……we don’t need to use the supermarket’s plastic bags.
Ex 3 :Choose the best word to complete this passage
Trang 7VietNam is a country in the (1) Asia It has an area of 329,566 sq km Ha Noi is the (2) and HO Chi Minh is the (3) city The population of Viet Nam is about 80 (4) It has an age- old culture and a long tradition of fighting against foreign invaders Viet Nam is now a (5) country of ASEAN and many other (6) organizations such as APEC, WTO
Viet Nam (7) rice, coffee and many farm (8) Viet Nam has (9) of tourist attractions and World Heritage Sites such as Ha Long bay, Phong Nha cave, Hoi An ancient town etc… and is now known as a safe and attractive (10) for tourists the world over
Vietnamese people are proud of their country They have been trying hard to build it into a powerful and prosperous one.
Ex 4 Choose the best option to fill in each blank to complete the following passage.
Most people think of computers as very modern inventions, products of our new technological age But actually the idea for a computer (1) worked out over two centuries ago by a man (2)
Charles Babbage
Babbage was born (3) 1791 and grew up to be a brilliant mathematician He drew up plans for several calculating machines (4) he called “engines” But despite the fact he (5) building some of these he never finished any of them Over the years people have agued (6) his machines would ever work recently, however, the Science Museum in London has finished building (7) engine based on one of Babbage’s designs (8) has taken six years to complete and more (9) four thousand parts have been specially made Whether
it works or not, the machine will be on show at a special exhibition in the Science Museum
(10) remind people of Babbage’s work.
Ex 5 Read the text and choose the best answer to fill in each gap
Have you ever followed instructions for knitting something or have you read a piece of music? If you have, you have behaved in a similar way(1) a computer A computer obeys a program to carry out a particular task Just (2) a knitting pattern is expressed in numbers and piece of
music in lines and dots, so a computer program is (3) in the form of programming language
Like the English language (or any other language), there are (4) of grammar, and a program must be correct in every way
There are hundreds of programming language, but only (5) are well-known and widely
used The most popular language which is used in offices(6) Cobol This language is used for
printing payrolls and keeping records of goods Engineers and scientists use Fortran
(7) carry out calculations (8) neither of these two programs is very
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computers, chiefly (9) it is easy to learn and use.
(10) these languages are useful for many purposes, it is time that a new simple program was devised Such a program ought to be not only easy to use but also completely reliable.
Ex 6 Read the passage and do the exercises below:
A good memory is a great help in learning a language Everybody learns his own language by remembering what he hears when he is a small child, and some children like boys and girls who live abroad with their parents seem to learn two languages almost as easily as one In school, it isn't so easy
to learn a second language because the pupils have little time for it; and they are busy with other subjects as well.
The best way for most of us to remember things is to join them in our mind with something which
we know already or which we easily remember because we have a picture of it in our mind That is why it is better to learn words in sentences, not by themselves, or to see, or do, or feel what a word means when we first use it
A) Choose the best answer: (2 marks)
1) What helps us a lot in learning a language?
a time b a good memory c objects d a second language
2) Boys and girls can learn two languages easily when they live in .
a their country b a familiar country c the USA d a foreign country
3) Students are always with their school subjects.
a free b good c busy d easy
4) According to the writer, learning is better.
a words b sentences c other subjects d pictures
Ex 7 Read the passage and choose the most appropriate answer A, B, C or D
How Nam has improved his English
In the first year of lower secondary school, I had some difficulties in learning English.
My English pronunciation was really bad and my English grammar was worse I did
not know how to improve them I didn’t want my father and mother to know about this.
One afternoon after the lesson, my teacher of English told me to wait for her outside
the classroom She took me to the school library and showed me cassettes of
pronunciation drills kept in a glass bookcase She also told me how to use an
English-English dictionary to improve my English-English grammar “Now I think you know what you
should do”, said she I made much progress and only one year later, I won the first
prize in the English Speaking Contest held for secondary school students in my
hometown.
1 What difficulties did Nam have in learning English in the first year?
A The pronunciation
B The grammar
C Both pronunciation and grammar
D The way of improving his pronunciation
2 Who wanted to meet him one afternoon after the lesson?
A His teacher
B One of his friends
Trang 9C His father
D His mother
3 Where did Nam and his teacher go after that?
A to the town library
B to the school library
C to the teachers’ room
D to his house
4 What did the teacher show him then?
A A glass bookcase
B An English-English dictionary
C An English Grammar book
D Cassettes of pronunciation drills
5 What did he win in the English Speaking Contest one year later?
A The first prize
B The second prize
C The third prize
D The fourth prize
Ex 8 Read the following passages and decide if the statements are True (T) or False (F).
Machu Picchu is an ancient city in Peru The construction of the city started in 1450 The city covers about 13 square kilometers For centuries, the city was buried in the jungle and was not discovered until 1911 Today, Machu Picchu is one of the most famous tourist attractions in all parts of South America The Great Wall of China is the longest man-made structure ever built Much of what exists of the wall today was built during the Ming dynasty in the late 1400s, although parts of the wall are much older and go back to around 200 B.C The wall is about 11
meters high The main part of the wall stretches for about 3,400 kilometers.
T F
1 Machu Picchu is a modern city in Peru.
2 People began to build the city in 1450.
3 The city was built on the area of thirty square kilometers.
4 People found the city buried in the jungle in 1911.
5 The city is attractive to many tourists from South America.
6 The Great Wall of China was constructed by man.
7 The wall was built during the Ming dynasty in 1400.
8 Many parts of the wall were built around 200 B.C.
9 The wall is about 11 meters high.
10 The main part of the wall is about 3,400 kilometers long.
IV.writing
Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning.
1 How long have you studied medicine?
=> When ?
2 John was too ill to go to school.
=> John wasn’t
3 I’ve never talked to the headmaster before.
=> It’s……….
4 “ Don’t make such a mess in your room,” said Mrs Quyen to her son.
=> Mrs Quyen told………
5 The last time we went to London was two year ago.
=> We haven’t………
Trang 106.Viet does not play badminton as well as he used to.
=> Viet used to………
7 Your bag is different from mine.
=> Your bag isn’t the………
8 Trung is the most intelligent student in my class.
=> No one………
9 It’s necessary for us to drive so fast.
=> Driving……….
10 The movie was very bad I couldn’t see it.
=> The movie was not ………
11 Remember to check your flight numbers.
=> Don’t
12 It was such bad news that Helen burst into tears.
=> The news
13.They have given her a bunch of flowers.
A bunch of
14 He asked his mother “ Must I go now ? ”
He asked
15 They need to paint these pieces of furniture
These pieces of
16.It’s three years since I last spoke to her.
I ……… …………
17.Keeping the environment clean is very important.
It’s ………
18.He was delighted to receive his aunt’s letter.
He was delighted that he ……….
19.They will show the time machine to the public when they finish it.
The time machine ………
20.He failed the exams because of his laziness
Because he ……….
21.I came to see Jane yesterday She was cooking dinner then.
àWhen
22.Ho Chi Minh City is my place of birth.
àI was
23 Please don’t interrupt me while I am speaking.
I’d rather
24 Get up now or you’ll be late for school.
If
25 The water was so cold that the children couldn’t swim in it.
The water wasn’t
26 People should stop experiments on animals.
Experiments
27 I don’t think you should go to work today.
You’d better
28 Mandy is excited about going to Greece on holiday.
Mandy is looking
29 The dentist will have to take out the infected tooth.
The infected tooth 30.”You shouldn’t spend your weekend in the city”
She advised me
31 I felt tired after a long trip, so I went to bed early.
Feeling tired
32 They made him sign a paper admitting his guilt.
He was