The gains from literacy education for women and girls extend 3 ……… the family to the entire community.. Andrew promised to take the brown pair.. Andrew asked to take the brown pair.. Pet
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I. Write the transcriptions from the words:
1. Broad
-2. Precious
-3. Problem
-4. Planning
-5. Library
-6. Blush
-7. Prepare
-8. Broken
-II. Match a word in A with its meaning or definition in B A B 1 illiterate (a) 2 eradicate (v) 3 promotion (n) 4 campaign (n) 5 minority (n) 6 honorable (a) 7 relevant (a) 8 combat (n) a a fight b making s.th successful or popular c to destroy s.th completely d connected with what is happening or being talked about e acting in a way that makes people respect you f the smaller number or part of a group, less than haft g a plan to do a number of thing in order to achieve a special aim h not able to read or write III. Complete each sentence with a suitable word in column A of exercise II Make any changes in the form if necessary 1. We need to work on the ……… of health not the treatment of disease 2. The only……… thing to do was to resign 3. Please enclose all the………documents with your visa application 4. The ……… against illiteracy was extremely difficult 5. The number of……… people in the remote areas of Viet Nam is gradually decreasing 6. Only the……… comes to class today 7. Smallpox had now been………
8. The company ran a successful advertising……… to promote its new brand of washing powder
IV. Report each sentences using the verbs below and a to-infinitive clause
refuse, ask (2), invite, advise, agree, promise, remind
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She -
2. -“You shouldn’t drink too much coffee at night.” said Bob
Bob -3. -“Don’t be late for class again, Jim.” said the teacher
The
teacher -4. -“Would you like to
go out for dinner with us tonight." said Mary
Mary -5. -“All right, I’ll pick you up at 6pm tonight." she said to me
She -6. -“Don't forget to water the flowers for me, Tom." said mother
Mother -7. -“Don't worry, I'll help you with the money." Said he
He
-8. -“I'm sorry I can't lend you this book I need it right now." said Minh
Minh -V. Use the given word d to make meaningful sentences
1. Jack / invite / me / birthday party / last week
-2. My / mother want / younger brother / an architect
-3. My parents / encourage / me / take part in / outdoor activities
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-4. She / promise / help / me / housework.
-5. He / remind / son / turn off / lights / before / go / bed
-6. My father’s friend / offer / give / me / job
-7. I persuade / Janet / enter /competition
-8. The teacher / allow / us / use / calculators / exams
VI. Complete the passage with the words from the box
Literacy is the (1) ……… point for women and girls to acquire new skills and greater independence With greater (2) ………, women and girls become aware of their own value The gains from literacy education for women and girls extend (3) ……… the family to the entire community Women and girls are main producers of food and handicrafts in the highland and midland rural areas of Vietnam Women and girls are usually (4) ……… also for the marketing of products and for many of the other cooperative undertaking of the village, hamlets The (5)
……… of their work, particularly through the introduction of new ideas, depends to
a large extent on the (6) ……… skills attained by the women and girls involved The provision of literacy education (7) ……… women and girls become a (8) ……… if the development process is to gain the momentum so urgently needed Every literacy effort should foster self-confidence in women and girls
………ù……….………
MOCK TEST
A PHONETICS
I. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other.
literacy confidence priority starting success beyond for responsible
Trang 44. A bridge B bright C brigade D brill
II. Pick out the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the others.
7. A highland B volunteer C population D transportation
8. A technique B effective C literacy D minority
9. A gradually B neighbourhood C continue D primary
10. A eradicate B honorable C illiterate D receiving
B VOCABULARY & STRUCTURE
I. Choose the best answer (A, B, C, or D) that best completes each sentence.
11 He ………… his friends to go boating with him
A attracted B persuaded C appealed D suggested
12 You will not succeed……….working harder
13 You’re………your time trying to persuade him; he’ll never help you
14 The doctor advised him……….and to take up some sport
A stop smoke B stop smoking C to stop smoking D to stop to smoke
15 The conductor asked………in the bus
A them to please not to smoke B that they should not smoke
C them not to smoke D them to not smoke
16 My main………to the new bypass is that it will spoil the country side
A object B objection C objective D objecting
17 The doctor told him………sweets and chocolate to lose weight
A to keep at B to keep off C to keep back D to keep up
18 There was no……… in waiting longer than half an hour, so we left
19 If he phones,………him to buy some potatoes on the way home
20 I have told him never………….here again
21 The most important thing we should do now is to tackle the problem of widespread…
A illiterate B illiteracy C literate D literacy
22 We must struggle………corruption within the party
23 “Where are the children?” – “I saw………in the yard.”
A them playing B they playing C them to play D they play
24 The company directors asked the local authorities to ………….in the dispute and Prevent an imminent strike
A intervene B interact C participate D interpose
25 Not until the early 1900s………… to vote in the US
A women were allowed B they allowed women
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II. Choose the underlined part (A, B, C or D) that needs correcting.
26 David asked me telling him the time
A B C D
27 They warned not to climb the mountain in such bad weather
A B C D
28 They voluntarily spent their summer vacations to teach illiterate people to read
A B C and write
D
29 The policeman ordered the suspect to not remove his hands from the hood of the car A B C D
30 When the bell rang, the students have left the class
A B C D
III. Choose the correct sentences (A, B, C or D) which has the same meaning
as the given one.
31 “Could you lend me your pen?” Tom said to Jerry.
A Tom asked Jerry to lend him her pen
B Tom asked to lend Jerry’s pen
C Tom asked if Jerry could lend you her pen
D Tom asked if Jerry could lend her his pen
32 “Right I’ll take the brown pair.” Andrew said.
A Andrew promised to take the brown pair
B Andrew wanted to take the brown pair
C Andrew agreed to take the brown pair
D Andrew asked to take the brown pair
33 “If I were you, Bill I’ll buy the house.” Stephen said.
A Stephen suggested Bill to buy the house
B Stephen advised Bill to buy the house
C Stephen promised Bill that he would buy the house
D Stephen forced Bill to buy the house
34 “I’ll definitely return it to you tomorrow.” John said.
A John said that he’ll return it to me the next day
B John promised to return it to me the next day
C John told that he’ll return it to me the next day
D John decided to return it to me the next day
35 “Shall I carry your suitcase, Mary?” said Peter.
A Peter promised to carry Mary’s suitcase
B Peter decided to carry Mary’s suitcase
C Peter wanted to carry Mary’s suitcase
D Peter offered to carry Mary’s suitcase
C READING
I. Reading the passage below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) that best
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(36)………… has been much debate about the (37)……… “learning difficulty” in recent years While it is agreed that some children and adults do find it (38)………… difficult to learn than others, one wonders (39)……… these individuals actually have (40)……… learning, or if they just learn differently
Research has shown, (41)………….that the minds of dyslexics do in fact operate in
a different way to (42)……… of non-dyslexic people They show increased activity (43)…………response to certain things where other people don’t, especially when (44)……… with graphics and design, which is (45)……….dyslexics often excel at the arts Perhaps the difference then is more important than the difficulty!
Dyslexics (n): người mắc chứng khó đọc
Graphics (n): đồ họa
Excel (v): trội hơn, xuất sắc hơn
40 A difficulty B obstacle C hardship D problem
44 A dealing B solving C discussing D meeting
II. Read the passage below and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to each
question.
Parents often have dreams for their children’s future They hope their children will have a better life than they had They dream that their children will do things that they couldn’t do Parents who come to the U.S from foreign countries hope their children will have better education here They think their children will have more
career choices and more successful lives They make many sacrifices so that their children will have more opportunities They think their children will remain close to
them because of this Some children understand and appreciate these sacrifices and remain close to their parents However, other children feel ashamed that their parents are so different from other Americans
46. Parents often dream of………
A. their children’s making a lot of money in the future
B. one day seeing their children become famous people
C. one day living on their children’s money
D. a bright future for their children
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A. their children will have a lot of careers
B. their children will become successful director
C. their children will have more opportunities for good education
D. their children will make a lot of sacrifices
48. Parents think their children will remain close to them because………
A. they give their children a lot of money
B. of their sacrifices
C. they know their children will be successful in their lives
D. they are living in the foreign country
49. The word career in line 4 is closest in meaning to……….
50. The word close in line 6 is closest in meaning to……….