The Vietnamese participants took ______ in the 14th Asian Games with great enthusiasm.. Read the passage and do the tasks followed The Asian Games owes its origins to small Asian multi-
Trang 1I Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced
differently
1 A
advance
d
B develo ped
C missed D gathe
red
2 A
wonders
B particip ants
C medals D recei
ves
3 A
ignorantl
y
B avid C oficial D gigan
tic
4 A
strength
B event C athlete D
wrestling
II Choose the word that has the main stress placed
differently
1.a hobby b guitar c modest d common
2.a discarded b successful c profitably d accomplished
3.a ignorant b continual c gigantic d indulge
4.a occupy b admire c organize d classify
5.a category b regular c relative d equipment
III Choose the best answer to complete the following
sentences
1 The Vietnamese participants took in the 14th Asian Games
with great enthusiasm
A notice B notes C part D role
2 I’m not the man you are looking for
A which B who C whose D whom
3 Fencing was first introduced at the 13th Asian Games, in
Bangkok, Thailand in 1998
A to be held B holding C held D which held
4 It was a letter she received from her aunt yesterday
A that B whom C It D where
5 My father is an guitarist
A accomplishing B accomplish C accomplishment D
accomplished
6 It Peter and Sandra who travelled together on the ship to
Asia
A is B was C were D be
7 I first met my girlfriend
A It was in London that B It was in London where
C It was London that D It was London which
8 the police had rescued from the fire
A The baby B It is the baby whom
C The baby that D It was the baby whom
9 It was the woman that us English last year
A taught B teaches C has taught D had taught
10 You should not indulge yourself _ anything that can form a bad habit
A in B on C at D for
11 This is a picture in the newspaper of a high jumper leg was seriously hurt
A who B whom C whose D which
12 “Would you like some more tea?” – “ ”
A It doesn’t matterB I’m OK C Yes, please D Here you are
13 Sandra was the last girl out into the road
A jumped B to jump C jumping D jumps
14 David: “That’s a very nice skirt you’re wearing!”Julia: “ ”
A That’s nice B I’m glad you like it
C That’s all right D I like it
15 took my document?
A It is Peter that B It was Peter that
C Was it Peter that D Was that Peter
16 Thousands of people along the roads watched the bicycle racing
A to stand B that standC standing D stood
IV Fill in each blank with an appropriate preposition
1 My uncle is very good at accompanying people singing his guitar
2 My brother is fond tennis
3 I have not been very successful playing the guitar
4 He's keen collecting coins
5 I usually give the common stamps to my friends
6 She was free to indulge leisure activity like reading
Trang 27 I don't need these papers - you can throw it .
8 John is very interested all sorts of sport
9 I classify my books diferent categories.
10.Books provide the reader so many facts and so much
information
V Complete the following sentences
1 It was the student who (run) across us
yesterday
2 I’ll continue to make my (collect) richer and
richer
3 It (be) _ Mr Hung that teaches English at my school.
4 It is the floor that (clean) by his wife every
evening
5 The money (collect) in the flat belongs to the
National Bank
6 It (be) _ last Sunday that my father bought a new
car
7 The picture which (sell) last week was painted by
Picasso
8 The next person (perform) in the concert is Chi
Pu
9 I would not call myself an avid stamp (collect) .
10 Tim has a friend (work) as an engineer for 2
years
VI Read the following passage and then choose best answer
(1) most popular fields in collecting have specialized
commercial dealers that trade in the items being collected, as well
as related accessories Many of these dealers (2) as collectors
themselves, then turned their hobby into a (3) There are some
limitations on collecting, however Someone (4) has the financial
means to collect stamps might not be able to collect sport cars, for
example
1 A Ø B A C An D The
2 A starts B started C start D starting
3 A profession B professional C professor D professed
4 A whose B which C that D whom
VII Read the passage and do the tasks followed
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
Choose the best answer to the questions
1 How many nations took part in the first games?
A 1 B 2 C 3 D 4
2 The word They in the second paragraph refers to
A discussions B Guru Dutt Sondhi
C sports leaders D the Asian teams
Decide whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F).
1 After World War II, a few new independent Asian countries wanted
to use a new type of competition
2 The Asian athletic federation was named Asian Games Federation
in 1949
Trang 3VIII Rewrite these sentences so that the second sentence
means the same as the first one using cleft sentence and
relative clause
1 I met the same boy yesterday (Cleft sentence)
It
2 The flat is very dirty He lives in it
The flat _
3 I met Mr Smith on the train to Hanoi two weeks ago (Cleft
sentence)
It
4 The secertary has just sent Jack some document (Cleft sentence)
It
5 The person asked me some very difficult questions He
interviewed me
The person
6 Michelangelo is one of Italy’s greatest artists He lived until he
was 90
Michelangelo
7 She bought him a computer at this shop (Cleft sentence)
It _
8 The handkerchief was really beautiful It was embroidered by my
sister
The handkerchief _
9 His appearance frightened the children (Cleft sentence)
It
10 Mary will send me the present by post (Cleft sentence)
It