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Read the passage then fill in the blank with a missing word.
Bill Gate is a very famous person in the (1) ______computer_____ industry. He has been chief executive (2) ______officer of_____ Microsoft Corporation for several years. He is also the richest person (3) ______in_____ the USA. How did he do it? He (4) ______learned_____ a lot from his parents. While he was going to school, (5) ______his_____ father went to college, and became a successful lawyer. From this Bill learned that you have to work hard (6) _____if______ you want something. His mother was very busy teacher, (7) ____but_______ she also going to the party. From this, Bill learned something else: if you want to work hard and play (8) ______hard____, you have to make a schedule.
Read the passage carefully then decide if the statements true or false.
One of the most wonderful inventions of the past one hundred years is the telephone. This familiar, handy instrument has become a highly important part of daily life. The first telephone was installed in 1877. Today there are over 170 million telephones in the world. The average person in North America makes over six hundred calls a years.
The word telephone came from the Greek tele and phone, which means “distant” and “sound”. These words actually describe what the telephone does. It carries sound over a distance rapidly and accurately by using electric currents. The telephone transmits speech so that it sounds natural and has enough volume for conversation to take place as if the speakers were in the same room. Any telephone can be quickly connected to almost any other telephone anywhere in the world.
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2. The first telephone was installed in 1878. |
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3. The Greek word phone means distant |
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4. The telephone sends out speech that helps people talk each other. |
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1/Read the text about Alexander Graham Bell and do the tasks
Alexander Graham Bell is widely known as inventor of the first telephone. He was born on March 3rd, 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. When he was 23, Bell emigrated to Canada with his parents and the next year moved to the United States to teach deaf-mute children. With his colleague Thomas Watson , Bell worked very hard on the experimentation to invent devices such as the harmonic telegraph ( used to send multiple messages over a single wire) and phonautograph ( used to draw the shape of the sound waves. The first telephone communication was said to have happened between Bell and Watson in 1876 while Bell was at one end of the line, and Watson worked on the telephone in other room. The first transmitted words were, ‘ Mr Watson, come here . I want to see you’
a. Decide if the statements are T or F
1.Alexander Graham Bell is Scottish. T
2.He spent all his life in Canada F
3.He worked with the deaf when he moved to the USA T
4.He wanted to create a device that can transmit human voice T
5.He was able to succeed right from the first experiment F
6.He worked on his inventions all by himself F
b. Answer the questions
1.What is Bell ‘s ‘harmonic telegraph’ ?
=> It is used to send multiple messages over a single wire.
2.What is Bell ‘s ‘phonautograph’
=> It is used to draw the shape of the sound waves.
3.When did the first communication over happened and how did it happen?
=> The first telephone communication was between Bell and Watson in 1876. Bell was at one end of the line and Watson was working in another room. The first transmitted words were, “Mr Watson, come here. I want to see you.”
3/ Read the following text carefully and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each of the gap.
Ewan McGregor was (29)_____ in Scotland in 1971. He decided to be an (30)______ when he was only nine and he (31)_____his first film in 1992. So far in his career he has appeared (32)_____ a lot of different types of films, including comedies, musical, dramas and the Star Wars movies. In his career Ewan has worked with (33)_____ like Cameron Diaz and Nicole Kidman, and his films have won (34)_____ of awards. He loves acting and when he finished (35)_______ the musical, Moulin Rouge, he said, “I have never been happier to do anything in my life”.
29. A. bear B. born C. bearing D. beared
30. A. acting B. actress C. actor D. action
31. A. made B. played C. worked D. starred
32. A. at B. on C. with D. in
33. A. directors B. actors C. actresses D. writers
34. A. a lots B. lots C. much D. some
35. A. to film B. filmed C. film D. filming
Visual pollution has a greater effect on people than you may think. I remember when I went to a big city, I was really scared because so much graffiti on the building's wall. Then I looked up, and I saw a lot of power lines over my head. Although they were not dangerous, I still felt unsafe since I thought they might fall down. These things prevented me from enjoying the beautiful sights of the city.
I also remember the time when I was a student at a university. Once I was so busy with my assignments that I did not tidy my room for two weeks. Looking at the messy room caused me so much stress that I did not want to study. Then I decided to clean the room and put my thing in their proper places. I also bought a small plants and placed it in a corner of the room. These simple actions increased my motivation and helped me to focus on my learning
Questions.
1. How did the author feel when she saw the power lines?
=> She felt unsafe when she saw the power lines
2. Why did she have that feeling?
=> Since she thought they might fall down
3. What was she busy with?
=> She was so busy with her assignments
4. What happened when she looked the messy room?
=> Looking at the messy room caused her so much stress that she did not want to study.
5. What did she do for her room?
=> She decided to clean the room and put her thing in their proper places. She also bought a small plants and placed it in a corner of the room.
fill in each blank with the appropriate form of the word in brackets(why)
1 there is a ..collection.. of book on the shelf (collect)
2 it is very .....inconvenient..... for people in remote areas to get to hospitals. (convenient)
3 he is very ....skillful....with his hands . (skill)
4 it is said that water collected from the local stream is ....unsafe....... to drink . (safe)
5 we want ................ relations with all countries . (friend)
6 i like to eat ...healthily... , so i eat a lot of fruits and vegetables every day.(health)
7.it usually rains(heavy)__much more heavily___in central vietnam than in other regions.
8.(athlectics)___Atheletes___who take part in this sports games come from every part of the world.
9.my father has a large ____colection_____in coins.(collect)
10.Thy had an____interesting___trip to her home village(interest)
1 there is a ..collection.. of book on the shelf (collect)
2 it is very .....inconvenient..... for people in remote areas to get to hospitals. (convenient)
3 he is very ....skillful....with his hands . (skill)
4 it is said that water collected from the local stream is ....unsafe....... to drink . (safe)
5 we want ................ relations with all countries . (friend)
6 i like to eat ...healthily... , so i eat a lot of fruits and vegetables every day.(health)
7.it usually rains(heavy)__much more heavily___in central vietnam than in other regions.
8.(athlectics)___Atheletes___who take part in this sports games come from every part of the world.
9.my father has a large ____colection_____in coins.(collect)
10.Thy had an____interesting___trip to her home village(interest)
A.PHONETIC
I. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined.
1. A. chemistry B. machine C. character D. Christmas
2. A. fields B. flowers C. lemons D. parks
3. wanted B. smiled C. lived D. played
4. A.honey B. donkey C. survey D. money
5. A. stripe B. string C. spring D. trip
II.Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from that of the others.
1.A. competition B. education C. vegetarian D. musicsian
2.A. festival B. resource C. station D. history
3.A. worship B. belong C. enjoy D. behave
4.A. confusion B. companion C. communication D. magician
5.A. minorities B. populated C. activity D. experience
B. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARIES.
I.Choose the correct option for each gap in the sentences.
1. Tet is an occasion for family ............. in Viet Nam.
A. visiting B. meeting C. reunions D. seeing
2. Saint Giong was unable to talk, smile, or walk…………. he was three years old.
A. If B. because C. while D. even though
3.He …………. cross the street when the traffic light is green for pedestrians.
A. should B. shouldn’t C. ought D. oughtn’t
4. Would you like to go…………… a walk………… the park this afternoon?
A. to -at B. for - at C. to - in D. for- in
5. At school, the teacher and students………….. follow the rules.
A. has to B. have to C. need to D. haven’t to
II. Put the words in brackets into the right form to complete the sentences.
1. I'm so .....exciting..... about your trip . It's going to be amazing ( excite )
2. I'd like .....to visit...... the Viet Nam Museum of Etthnology this weekend ( visit )
3. While I .......was watching........ the performance , I met one of my friends ( watch )
4. When I was a small child I fancied ........flying....... kites in the field (fly )
5. My close friend gave me a .....wonderful..... present on my birthday . I like it so much ( wonder )
III. Identify a mistake in each sentence and correct it.
1.Vietnam is a multicultural country with 54 ethnic groups->group
2. We speak English fluent->more fluently now than last year .
3. We broke with tradition by make->by making sponge cakes for the Mid - Autumn Festival instead of moon cakes .
4. You has->have to take off your hats when you go to the pagoda.
5. However->when spring comes , many Vietnamese villages prepare of a new festival season .
C. READING
I.Read the passage and choose the best option A,B,C,D to complete it.
The Rice - cooking (1) ......... was held in communal house yard about one kilometer a way from (2) .......... There were three (3) ...........: water-fetching, fire- making and rice-cooking. The festival (4)......... one day. In the water-fetching (5) ............ , one person from each team had (6)............ to the river to get the (7) ........... In the fire-making contest two team members had to make a fire in the (8) ........... way. They tried to rub pieces of (9) ................. together to make the fire. Six people from each team (10)....... in the Rice-cooking Festival . They had to separate the rice from the husk and then cook the rice.
1. A. holiday B. contest C. festival D. competition
2. A. mountain B. city C. house D. river
3. A. holidays B. contests C. festivals D. competitions
4. A. takes B. took C. laking D. take
5. A. contest B. contests C. test D. tests
6. A. to run B. run C. ran D. running
7. A. bamboo B. rice C. fire D. water
8. A. strange B. tradition C. traditional D. traditionally
9. A. bamboo B. rice C. fire water
10. A. participate B. participates C. participating D. participated
II. Read the fairy tale Cinderella and do the tasks below.
Once upon a time there was a young girl called Cinderella. Cinderella was living happily with her family when her mother died. Her father married an evil widow with two daughters. Cinderella’s stepmother and two stepsisters mistreated her. She had to wear old clothes and work hard while the sisters wore fancy clothes and had fun. A good witch helped Cinderella. She turned Cinderella’s old dress into a beautiful gown. Cinderella went to a party and a handsome prince politely invited her to dance with him. He fell in love with her and wanted to find out who she was. Cinderella left the party in a hurry and didn’t tell the prince her name. but she left a glass slipper, and the prince used that to find her. They got married and lived happily ever after.
1.Answer true (T) or false (F)
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a. Cinderella was living happily with her family when her motherdied. |
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| b. Her father married a kind woman. | x | |
| c. Her stepmother and two stepsisters were very kind to her. | x | |
| d. The prince got married to the girl who fitted the left glass slipper. | x |
2. Ansewer the questions.
a. What did Cinderella’s father do when his wife died?
He married an evil widow with two daughters
b. How did Cinderella’s stepmother and two stepsisters treat her?
They treated her badly
c. Who turned Cinderella’s old clothes into a beautiful gown?
A good witch did
d. What did the prince use to find Cinderella?
He used a glass slipper
D.WRITING
I. Rewrite the sentences using the words in brackets
1. You are Vietnamese , you shoud know the story of Chung cakes.
If you are vietnamese, you should know the story of chung cakes
2. He likes to listen to pop music than to watch TV after school.
He prefers listening to pop music to watching tv after school
3. A sports car goes fater than an ordinary car .
An ordinary car goes more slowly than a sports car
II. Make sentences from the words given
1. Last night / they / enjoy / watch / show very much
last night, they enjoyed watching the show very much
2. - A : I phoned you aroud 9 p.m last night , but no reply .
-B : Oh / I / do / some Internet research / Vietnamese legends / my project .
Oh, i was doing some internet research on vietnamese legends for my project
I was a (1)______ in a remote area of Myanmar. Once (2)______ month I went downtown to collect the post and then walked from village (3)______ village, (4)______ were far away from each other. In each village, I delivered (5)______ collected the post. I also used (6)______ and write letters for the villagers. Most of them were (7)______. I also passed (8)______ the news I (9)______ from the town and the other villages. The people treated me well. It was a hard (10)______ but I loved it.
U Sein Tun from Myanmar
1. A. delivery person B. postman C. collector
2. A. a B. an C. the
3. A. by B. near C. to
4. A. who B. which C. that
5. A. and B. but C. so
6. A. read B. to read C. to reading
7. A. literate B. illiterate C. famous
8. A. on B. down C. up
9. A. hear B. have heard C. had heard
10 A. work B. job C. assignment