DAP AN DE THI HSG

Parker be has been an English teacher for twenty-nine years.. She first start started teaching English at a small school in the countryside.. Learning English is necessary.. It is acknow

Name: _

I GIVE THE CORRECT FORM OF VERBS GIVEN:

1 She (leave) left chool last year Since then she (work) has worked as a waitress at a local pub

2 They felt tired and hungry, so they (sit) sat down under a tree and (rest) rested for lunch

3 Let’s (get) get the house (clear) cleared up before he arrives

4 Last year we (install) installed ordinary light bulbs in our house, but now we (use) use energy-saving ones

5 A: In your places, I (a go) would go by air

B: If I (b have) had enough money, I (c take) would take your advice

6 -John lost (a lose) his job last month and since then he has been (b be) out of work

- Do you know why he lost (c lose) his job?

- Because he was (d be) very rude to his boss

7 Yesterday morning, when I arrived (a arrive) at the airport, Sophie was waiting (b wait) for me She was wearing (c wear) a pink dress and looked (d look) very pretty

8 I'm sorry I (not finish) haven’t finished this work yet

9 Poems as well as plays (write) were written by William Shakespeare

10 How many times have you (be) been to Van Mieu?

11 They like (chat) chatting They use the Internet very often

12 I (have) had a phone call while I (surf) was surfing the web yesterday

13 If he saves up, he soon (be able) will soon be able to afford a new car

14 What a mess! Duc’ toys (not put) haven’t been put away

15 If you feel like (stay) staying with us, just send us a fax

16 My sister and I (stay) were staying at our grandparents when we (meet) met our great grand aunt for the first time

17 Viet Nam is (be) a country which exports a lot of rice

18 The house where the dead man was found is being guarded by the police to prevent it from (enter) being entered

19 Mrs Parker (be) has been an English teacher for twenty-nine years She first (start) started teaching English at a small school in the countryside After (teach) teaching there for ten years, she (move)moved to a big city

20 They have lived in that house since it (build) was built

21 Mary (work) worked with her own computer when she was a student at university

22 Many buildings in our city (heat) will be heated by solar energy in 2050

23 My brother prefers (play) playing football to watching it.

24 My friends (wait) were waiting for me when I got to the stadium

25 Nothing (do) has been done since he moved here

26 To avoid (attack) being attacked again, the milionaire hired some guards

27 Listen to these students! What language are they (speak) speaking?

28 What would you (do) do if you had a lot of money?

29 Did you advise Jane (join) to joinin the Vietnamese speaking contest?

30 Who (carry) will carry your bag when you climb Mount Phanxipang?

31 In Viet Nam, it (not snow) doesn’t snow in winter except for Sa Pa and Lang Son

32 We (always/ make)are always madeto work hard by our parents

33 Their gradparents prefer (watch) watching basketball to (play) playingit

II REWRITE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES:

1 The story was very interesting to me

I was very interested in the story

2 Your writing is so small that I can’t read it

Your writing is not large enough for me to read

3 Learning English is necessary

It is necessary to learn English.

4 We will go there unless it rains

If it doesn't rain, we will go there

5 The man couldn’t speak He was so surprised

The man was too surprised to speak

6 The remark was so unexpected that she didn’t know what to say

It was such an unexpected remark that she didn’t know what to say

7 You’re the worst guitarist in the world

No one in the world plays the guitar as badly as you (do).

8 It was a waste of time writing that letter

I needn’t have written that letter

9 “Let’s check everything once more,” said the man in chief

The man in chief suggested checking everything once more

10 Although the fish appears to be harmless, it is quite dangerous

Contrary to its harmless, the fish is quite dangerous

11 The students really appreciate the teacher’s sense of humor

What the students really appreciate is the teacher's sense of humor

12 It is acknowledged that Vietnam had a complete control over SARS from a very early stage of the epidemic

Vietnam is acknowleged to have had a complete control over SARS from a very early stage of the epidemic.

13 He didn’t remember anything about it, and neither did she

He forgot everything about it, and so did she

14 We couldn’t have managed it if our father hadn’t encouraged us

If it hadn’t been for my father’s encouragement, we couldn’t have managed it

15 I wish I had applied for that job

It is a pity (that) I didn’t apply for that job.

16 Would you please give me a hand?

Would you mind giving me a hand?

17 I can't understand him because he speaks so quickly

If he didn't speak so quickly, I could understand him.

18 Although he took a taxi, he arrived late for the concert

In spite of taking a taxi, he arrived late for the concert

19 The suitcase is so heavy that I can't carry it

It is such a heavy suitcase that I can't carry it.

20 People say that he is an excellent footballer

He is said to be an excellent footballer

21 Barbara cooks better than Mike does

Mike doesn't cook as well as Barbara (does).

22 She asked, "How many Japanese students are there in your class, Tom?"

She asked Tom how many Japenese students there were in his class

23 Julia has been working for this company for six years

Julia started working for this company six years ago.

24 I don’t find it difficult to get up early in the morning

I am used to getting up late early in the morning

25 Larry didn’t buy the shirt because she didn’t have enough money

If Larry had had enough money, she would have bought the shirt

III READ, THEN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW

Mozart, who was born on January 27, 1756 in the Austrian city of Salzburg, was neither the first nor the last child prodigy, but he was certainly the greatest He was born into a moderately prosperous family where his unmatched musical genius made itself known extremely early Mozart began learning to play the harpsichord at three and his earliest known work was composed in 1761 when he was five, the age at which he also first appeared in public From the age of six, when his father took him on the first foreign tour, Mozart toured the courts and musical centres of Austria, Germany, France, England, Holland, Switzerland and Italy It has been calculated that Mozart spent almost a third of his short life - he died at the age of 35 - travelling As Mozart matured, he continued to

tour and give concerts Mozart also wrote a lot of operas His first opera, Mitridate, Re di Ponto, was performed in Milan when he was 14, and it was the first of many successes in

the theatre

1 How rich was Mozart’s family?

2 When did he take the first step into the world of music as a composer?

3 What did he do on his first tour to some major European countries?

4 Why is it possible to name Mozart “A travelling composer”?

5 What expression in the passage means “an exceptionally clever child”?

IV Rewrite the following sentences, using the words in brackets:

1 Although the weather was bad, we went to school on time.(spite)

In spite of the bad weather, we went to school on time.

2 Unless he changes his way of living, he'll meet a lot of troubles (if)

If he doesn't changes his way of living, he'll meet a lot of trouble

3 It's important to do the homework

- Doing the homework is important

4 No one in this class is more intelligent than Peter

- Peter is the most intelligent in this class

5 She isn't old She cannot get married.(combine using "enough")

She isn't old enough to get married

V

FILL IN EACH SPACE WITH A SUITABLE WORD

ritish and American English have a lot of words which look the same but have different meanings Nobody ever gets (.1) in _trouble if they make a mistake, although you may get a strange look if you ask for the wrong clothes There are some American English words that the British don’t use at (2) all _ However, most of the (3)_differences _ between British and American English are small You can usually understand what words (4) mean _ from the context

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VI

FINISH EACH OF THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT

IS AS SIMILAR AS POSSIBLE IN MEANING TO THE ORIGINAL SENTENCE

1 "Please sit down,” the teacher said to me

The teacher asked me to sit down

2 Let’s go camping tomorrow

Why don’t we go camping tomorrow ?

3 I fell asleep because the film was boring

The film was so boring that I fell asleep

4 “ What are you doing?”, she asked me

She wondered what I was doing

VII FILL IN EACH SPACE WITH A SUITABLE WORD

Rebecca Sharp is 22 years old and (1) she _ lived in Seaford all her life Her mother died(2) _when she was a baby and she was (3) _brought up by her father She always wanted to be a carpenter (4) like _ him, so when she was fifteen, she left school and became his apprentice They worked (5) together until his death two years ago

Regular (6)_ situation _is getting harder and harder to find job in Seaford(7). _most _of Rebecca’s friends have gone to the cities to find jobs (8)

casual jobs around the town She lives (10) by _ herself with a ginger cat named Blue.

VIII FILL IN EACH SPACE WITH THE CORRECT PREPOSITION:

1 Her parents were very proud of her when she got the scholarship

2 This suit is differrent from the one I saw yesterday

3 The passage is written in English

4 Vietnamese women usually wear Ao dai, sometimes _at work, and specially

_on special occasions

5 They named the school _after a famous Vietnamese hero

6 Famous designers often make their own styles of _ clothes _with their own labels on them