Put the verbs in the present progressive tense: 3/ I (have)....dinner at 8 o’clock yesterday. 4/My father(not wash)...the car from five to six yếtrday. 5/ Last night, I(drop)...a plate when I (do)...the washing up. 6/ The light(go)...out while we (have)...dinner. 7/ He(sit)...in a bar when I (see) ...him 8/This time last year we(live)...in France 9/Last night while I (do)...my homework, my brothers(play)...computer games 10/The bell(ring)..while Tom (take)...a bath. 11/ I (pay)...for my things when I (hear)...someone call my name. 12/What you (do)...at 10 o’clock yesterday? You( study)...?

1.A notice                    B.surface               C.contact               D.effect

2.A humid                    B.airmail                C.discuss               D.pancake

3.A area                       B.comfort               C.market                D.concern

4.A customer                B.delicious             C.grocery               D .resident      

5.A organize                  B.discussion          C.restaurant          D neighbor

6.A frying                      B.towel                   C.socket                D include

13. The man ……………son sits next to me in this class is our new English teacher.

14. Mr Son is an architect …………… designed our house.

15. I’ll stay with Long, …………… brother is one of my closest friends.

16. Let me read the only one letter …………… he wrote to you.

17. This is the most interesting story …………… I’ve ever read.

18. We saw the man and his dog …………… going to the market.

19. My aunt will buy the house …………… we are staying now.

20. The hotel …………… we stayed was very clean and comfortable.

21. We first met in 1980 …………… I first took part in the English speaking contest.

22. The time …………… we have to finish and hand in the test is 10:30.

23. The girl …………… you want to talk to has left the city.

24. The boy …………… father is an English teacher is hard-working.

25. She is the lady …………… husband is a director.

26. We don’t remember the day …………… child was born.

27. I will introduce to you the place …………… many tourists go.

28. The teacher …………… is in charge of my class is a Math teacher.

29. The city …………… she comes from is a famous tourist place.

30. Here is the city …………… she painted in her book.

31. Hue is the city …………… she was born.

-fill in blanks with a, an, the or rỗng.

1 i usually listen to ... radio and watch ... television.

2 he lives in ... small flat near..... center of the city.

3 what is.. biggest city in ... world.

4 i cant play ... football but i can play ... piano.

5 they often have... good lunch at.... home, but last night they had ... lunch  at the restaurant.

6..... moon goes round.... earth

7 i hope you have..... lovely time and... good weather.

8 we learn .... english two hours..... day.

9 ......... peters are fond of listening to music.

10 look outside. .... sky is getting very dark.

11 we are proud of ... rapid development of .... VN.

12 VN is .... multicultural country with 54 ethnic group

13 .... ethinic minority people in the village are very friendly.

14 among the ethnic minorrities, ... Tay have the largest population.

15 if you want to have ... great time, you can go to ..... local open-air market. ...... sight there is beautiful.

The Galveston Hurricane

Coastal towns are changed forever when hurricane winds strike. On September 8, 1900, the citizens of Galveston, Texas, found out how true this would be for them. The city was ravaged by winds that reached nearly 130 miles per hour. Unlike today’s world, where weather stations are often able to give warnings about impending hurricanes, leaving people time to prepare for upcoming storms, those living in the 1900s had no way of knowing the magnitude of what was about to happen. When the storm was over, one-sixth of Galveston’s population—approximately 10,000 people—was gone. The death toll was staggering, but especially sad were the deaths of many children. At St. Mary’s orphanage in Galveston, all but three of the children living there were reported to have perished that day. Thousands were left homeless after the hurricane. Volunteer agencies such as the Red Cross rushed to help those in need. Through the caring of others and the help of its citizens, Galveston managed to rebuild; however, those who survived the hurricane would be forever changed by what had occurred.

Question

1.    What does the text imply about the hurricane of 1900 and the events surrounding the storm?

a.     Galveston was prepared for a storm of this magnitude.

b.      The citizens were taken by surprise at the force of the storm.

c.     People who live in coastal towns are always ready to leave when bad weather erupts.

d.      Many people in Galveston were homeless before the storm ever hit.

2.    Choose the best definition for the word coastal as it is used in the first paragraph.

a.     a slope or area that is downhill

b.      a rural area

c.     a town built near the ocean

d.      a city that is a tourist attraction

3.    Which statement is not a fact about the story?

a.     The Galveston hurricane occurred on September 8, 1900.

b.      Winds from the hurricane reached nearly 130 mph.

c.     Citizens of Galveston knew the risk they were taking by living in a coastal city.

d.      Many children died as a result of the Galveston hurricane.

4.    Where in the text can you find information about the number of deaths as a result of the hurricane?

a.     the title of the text

b.      the first paragraph

c.     the second paragraph

d.      the third paragraph

5.    Which would be the best source to learn about other hurricanes that have happened in Texas?

a.     a newspaper article about the hurricane that hit Galveston on September 8th

b.      an encyclopedia entry about hurricanes

c.     a research paper comparing the world’s worst hurricanes and tsunamis

d.      a book about natural disasters in the state of Texas

The Great Quake

          Today, in most industrialized countries in the world, buildings are designed to withstand various, unexpected natural disasters. Safety measures are installed in modern-day designs to help contain the spread of fire, and design engineers make sure newer structures are deliberately planned to hold against the violent shifting of the earth during an unexpected earthquake. However, such deliberate design and planning was not the case during the early 1900s. On April 18, 1906, in the morning hours of the day, the citizens of San Francisco, California, were witnesses to an earthquake so monumental the tremors were felt as far north as Oregon. Neither the city nor its people were prepared for what would happen next: the devastation of their city. The actual earthquake only lasted two minutes. Of course, the violent tremors must have seemed much longer to the actual eyewitnesses, but the fires that came after the earthquake lasted for nearly three days. The enormous loss from the disaster included the lives of at least five hundred people, and an estimated three thousand acres of the city were destroyed. This disaster is often called simply the “Great Quake” because of the vast destruction that occurred.

1.    Why do you think the author included the first paragraph in this reading passage?

a.     to provide a visual image for the reader

b.      to give factual information about the Dust Bowl

c.     to describe what it would be like to be blind

d.      to give a strong conclusion to the text

2.    Compare the word flux as it is used in the third paragraph to the examples below. Choose the sentence that uses the word flux in a similar way.

a.     All of the computers were not working because the entire system was in a flux.

b.      The flux of tourists to the area caused overcrowding at every train station.

c.     Because of the flux in her temperature, the doctor worried about her recovery.

d.      She felt a flux of emotions when she was around her former boyfriend.

3.    What is one inference the reader can make about the Dust Bowl of the 1930s?

a.     With better soil management, much of the Dust Bowl could have been prevented.

b.      Lack of rain was the only cause of the Dust Bowl.

c.     The Great Plains should be prepared to face another disaster similar to what occurred in the 1930s.

d.      The Great Depression was the key cause of the dust storms that ravaged the Great Plains.

4.    Which sentence would be a good concluding sentence for the first paragraph?

a.     Don’t ever stop thinking about it.

b.      The Dust Bowl of the 1930s was an environmental and natural disaster that caused unimaginable tragedy.

c.     Earthquakes, tornadoes, and hurricanes are all natural disasters that can occur in the United States.

d.      Having a farm on the Great Plains was the dream of many immigrants.

5.    Which statement is not a fact about the Dust Bowl?

a.     The Dust Bowl was the worst natural disaster of all time.

b.      The Dust Bowl occurred in the Great Plains.

c.     Many farmers of the Great Plains moved West.

d.      Lack of rain was one cause of the Dust Bowl.