1. He doesn’t help his mother with housework.
→ I wish...
2. He can’t pass the examination.
→ He wishes...
3. They often went to Paris on weekends.
→ They used...
4. Someone turned off the lights when I went out.
→ The lights...
5. We have learnt English for 4 years.
→ We started...
6. I can’t speak English very well.
→ I wish...
7. I’m sorry my father isn’t here now.
→ I wish...
8. I liked chocolate very much when I was a child.
→ I used...
9. They have changed the traditional ao dai a lot since then.
→ The ...
10. Laura hasn’t written to her mother for a month
→ Laura didn’t...
UNIT : 5 THE MEDIA
I./ Choose the word which is pronounced differently from the other.
1. A. faded B. planted C. watched D. handed
2. A. buses B. bookcasesC. places D. telephones
3. A. located B. prayed C. depended D. divided
4. A. impressed B. missed C. named D. washed
5. A. picnics B. novels C. poets D. comics
6. A. blankets B. shrines C. heros D. pagodas
7. A. regions B. friends C. puppets D. designers
8. A. symbols B. crosses C. sales D. styles
9. A. embroidered B. gathered C. relaxed D. played
10. A. collected B. raised C. invited D. located
II./ Pick out the word that has the main stressed syllable different from the others :
1. A. together B. enjoy C. million D. official
2. A. temple B. population C. currency D. capital
III./ Choose the best option to complete these following sentences 1. All right. Stop talking. I’m beginning _______what you mean.
A. to understand B. understanding C. to be understood D. being understood 2. He used to collect stamps. He gave up _______stamps long ago.
A. to collect B. collected C. collecting D. to have collecte 3. It’s no use _______children_______quiet. They are always noisy.
A. to ask/ to keep B. asking/ keeping C. to ask/ keeping D. asking/ to keep 4. I remember _______him somewhere but I can’t tell where it was.
A. to see B. seeing C. to be seeing D. to be seen
5. Town______used to go through city streets, shouting about the things they wanted to sell.
A. shouters B. criers C. singers D. dancers 6. Messages that a person receives or send on the computer are______.
A. data B. information C. e-mail D. texts 7. Hoa Hoc Tro is one of the most______magazines for teenagers.
A. like B. dislike C. know D. popular 8. Living in a far-away town I can`t get______to the Net easily.
A. access B. work C. connect D. relation
9. My parents always think that chatting on the internet is time -______;it `s a waste of time.
A. spending B. worling C. consuming D. getting 0. Without a_____,you can not access to the internet.
A. machine B. television C. computer D. translator 11. The next stage of the______of Television is interactive TV
A. revolution B. resolution C. development D. invention 12. Thanks to Television we can enjoi various international programs on different
A. channels B. ways C. forms D. parts
13. Television______can enjoi various interesting programs by selecting the right channels . A. lookers B. watchers C. viewers D. seers
14. Throught Television we can see and learn about people, places and things in_____lands . A. near B. next to C. faraway D. distance
15. TV brings______and sound from around the world into millions of homes A. pictures B. images C. visages D. portraits 16. There are a lot of people here,______?
A. are they B. are there C. aren`t there D. aren`t they 17. They had to go home,______?
A. hadn`t they B. didn`t they C. had they D. did they 18. We should avoid_____our environment.
A. to pollute B. polluting C. polluted D. pollute 19. He apologized for_______me______so long.
A. keeping/ waiting B. keep/ wait C. keeping/ to wait D. to keep/ waiting 20. It‘s too hot now. Why don`t we go_____?
A. to swim B. swimming C. swim D. to have swim 21. Is it possible______you_____your office?
A. to see/ at B. to see/ for C. seeing/ at D. seeing/ for 22. It takes me about two hours______to Vung Tau
A. ride B. riding C. to ride D. rode 23. “ Do you think I should buy this suit?”
“______my opinion, it `s too expensive”
A. In B. To C. From D. For 24. The neighbors complained______the noise.
A. for B. to C. about D. with 25. Whould you mind______me how to use this machine?
A. to show B. showing c. show D. to have shown 26. Let `s go to the cinema tonight,______?
A. don`t we B. let we C. shan`t we D. shall we 27. This book isn`t very interesting,______?
A. isn’t it B. is it C. is this D. isn’t this 28. Tom has never written to you,______?
A. hasn’t he B. has he C. hasn’t Tom D. has Tom 29. Mr. Brown needs to leave right now,______?
A. needn`t he B. doesn`t he C. need he D. does he 30. Everything is all right,______?
A. isn’t every thing B. is every thing C. is it D. isn’t it 31. He refused______with me.
A. go B. to go C. going D. having gone 32. He offered_____me his notebook.
A. lend B. lending C. to lend D. having lend 33. John, stop______at those magazines and pay attention.
A. look B. to look C. looking D. to having looked 34. Have you even thought_____moving to another town?
A. from B. of C. at D. by 35. I `ll do the cooking when I have finished______the floor.
A. clean B. cleaning C. to cleaned D. cleaned 36. The nurse suggested_____two aspirins.
A. to take B. take C. taking D. being taken 37. We can`t depend______his help. We have to do the work______ourselves
A. on/ by B. on/ with C. by/ with D. with/ by 38. How much time do you spend______a web a day?
A. to surf B. surfing C. surf D. to have surfed 39. Listen to what Iam saying,______?
A. don`t you B. do you C. will you D. can you 40. I don’t like using the Internet because it has some _______ .
A. benefits B. advantages C. limitations D. disadvantage
41. Cathy has three jobs, so she has a high _________ .
A. income B. fee C. bill D. money
42. The _______ tell us what is happening in our city, in our country, and in the world.
A. communication B. advertisements C. media D. forecasts 43. You should watch the news every day. It’s very ________ .
A. informative B. time-consuming C. costly D. boring
44. No one can _____ the advantages of using computers. They help us do our work quickly and efficiently.
A. refuse B. deny C. agree D. accept
45. Most children enjoy _______ advertisements on TV.
A. to watch B. watch C. to watching D. watching
46. Do you think too much time is spent __________ the Internet ?
A. to use B. for use C. to using D. using
47. The first color TV pictures __________ in 1928.
A. produced B. were produced C. is produced D. produce 48. The first printed newspaper _________ in China.
A. appeared B. was appeared C. has appeared D. is appeared 49. Our lives ________ since the Internet was invented.
A. improve B. improved C. have improved D. are improving 50. I lived deep in the country, without easy access _______ medical facilities.
A. to B. towards C. for D. in
IV. Choose the underlined words or phrases that are not correct in standard written English.
1. I am not very tall . I wish I was taller.
2.Would you like comingand visit me next summer.
3.Lan enjoyed the peaceful atmostphere during Maryam was praying.
4.Ba has to walk to school, so he wishes he has a bicycle
5. He use to write to me once a week , but he doesn’t write anymore.
6. We are good friends. We knew each other for a long time.
7. In the 1970s jeans became cheaper because many people began wearing jeans.
8.Wearing casual clothes makes students to feel self-confident.
9. I have visited London in 1996.
10. If you will be there tomorrow, you will meet Nam your old classmate.