Read the text and decide which word best fits each blank by circling the letter A, B, C or D
United Parcel Service (UPS) believes that its employees should give the firm a fair day’s
work for a fair‟s day pay. The package delivery firm seems willing to give more than a fair‟s day pay. But in (1) ………………. , UPS expects maximum output from its employees.
Since 1920s, the firm‟s industrial engineers have been studying every detail of every task (2) ………………. by most UPS employees. From their studies have come time and motion standards that (3) ………………. how those tasks are performed and how long they should take. Drivers, for example, are expected to walk to a customer‟s door at a speed of exactly three feet per second. They are told to knock as soon as they get there, rather than (4) ………………. time looking for a doorbell. Work engineers are (5) ……………….  riding with drivers, timing everything from stops at traffic lights, to wait at customers‟ doorway, to stairway climbs, to coffee break. And they are not (6) ……………….  . to pointing out the occasional inefficiency. Additionally, supervisors ride with the least good drivers, noting how they work and constantly (7) ……………….  them until their work is up to standard. The (8) ………………. of all this work engineering is efficiency, and UPS has been called one of the most efficient companies anywhere. It's also a highly profitable company. Most drivers take the regimentation in stride: many show (9) ……………….  in meeting the UPS standards each day. Others, however, feel that they are constantly being pushed, that it is impossible for them to (10) ……………….  at work. UPS officials claim that the standards provide accountability. And, they say, employees who work according to UPS standards should feel less tired at the end of the day.

Read the passage and use ONLY ONE suitable word to fill in each gap 

In a village on the east coast of Scotland, people were waiting for news. Two of fishing-boats had been caught in the storm which had blown up during the night. In the cottages round the harbor people stood by their doors .......(1) worried to talk. The rest of the fishing fleet had ......(2) the harbor before dark, and the men from these ships waited and watched with the wives and families of the missing men. Some had .......(3) thick blankets and some flasks of hot drinks, knowing that the men ........(4) be cold and tired. When dawn began to break over in the east, a small point of light was ............(5) in the darkness of the water and a few minutes later, ................(6) was a shout. ...............(7) long, the two boats were turning in, past the lighthouse, to the inside of the harbor. The men ..............(8) helped out of their boats, and ...............(9) they were stiff ..............(10) cold and tiredness, they were all safe.

Fill in each blank with one suitable preposition or particle 

1. Dishonesty is foreign ……………. his nature.

2. Yuri Gagarin lifted………………..into space aboard the Vostok 1 at 9.07 a.m. Moscow time

……………….. 12th April, 1961.

3. She was free to indulge …………… leisure activity like reading.
4. Is it OK if I write …………… pencil?
5. If we leave ………… the station ……… once, we arrive ………… ten minutes ………… hand.
6. Her bright red hair made her stand …..……from the others.

IV.  Write a sentence with wish for each situation:

1. My family usually went to the pagoda on the first day of the new year. Now we don’t do that anymore.

àI wish

2. There’s a handicraft exhibition in my school tomorrow but I can’t go because I’m still sick.

à

3. I’m going to my hometown for the summer holiday. But there isn’t Internet there so it will be boring.

à

4. Sometimes I want to come back to my childhood so that I can play traditional games with my friends.

à

5. Trung really likes the new speaker model, but it is too expensive for him to afford it.

à

6. You are driving too dangerously!

à

7. I used to suffer from school-bullying because I was weak and too shy.

à

8. I feel bored as I was born and grew up in a poor countryside.

à

9. We lost the match because we didn’t try our best.

à

10. My father said that he missed his first job regretfully.

àMy father wished
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Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same

1. I intended to call you yesterday, but I forgot.                        GOING

 …………………………………………………………….

2. We used to spend Sunday afternoons working in the garden.         WOULD

 …………………………………………………………….

3. Paul had the iritating habit of making trouble.                      ALWAYS

 …………………………………………………………….

4. Diana wasn’t always as rude as that .                                    BE

 …………………………………………………………….

5. I felt happy about the improvement in Jean’s condition.       BETTER

 …………………………………………………………….

6. I wasn’t very keen on sport in those days.                                      USE

 …………………………………………………………….

7. I might possibly go to the theater tonight.                             WAS

 …………………………………………………………….

8. I had to go past your house so I decided to drop in.              PASSING

 …………………………………………………………….

9. Susan booked out before we got to her hotel.                       BY THE TIME

 …………………………………………………………….

10. What did you do at the moment of the explosion?              WHEN

 …………………………………………………………….

Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same

1. What time is the train for Nottingham?                                 LEAVE

 …………………………………………………………….

2. What do you intend to do now?                                           GOING

 …………………………………………………………….

3. You’ll find me waiting outside the station.                                     BE

 …………………………………………………………….

4. Who will be your assistant on this project?                           WORKING

 …………………………………………………………….

5. Scientists are on the point of making a vital breakthrough.    ABOUT

 …………………………………………………………….

6. Maria is pregnant again.                                                       HAVE

 …………………………………………………………….

7. I’ll be home late         .                                                                  UNTIL

 …………………………………………………………….

8. No one knows who is going to win the match.                     WHAT

…………………………………………………………….

9. David is bound to be here on time.                                                WON’T

 …………………………………………………………….

10. Mary and Alan’s wedding is next weekend.                       MARRIED

 …………………………………………………………….

Read the following text and decide which answer best fits each numbered blank.
I'm Linh and now I (1) _____________ at a high school in the United States. My biggest
challenge in the United States is the language (2) _____________. I (3)_____________ English for
five years but I still face difficulties in communication. For all the time, I feel nervous to understand

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what other people were saying and why they were laughing. (4)_____________I go to see an American
movie, I still can't understand the actors. Maybe because spoken English has a lot of idioms
and communication (5)_____________ may happen due to cultural differences.
Leaving home and (6) _____________ to study in a new country can be a stressful experience.
However, I have learned some ways to overcome my problem. First, I usually tell people that I am
learning English in case they don't understand me. Second, I listen (7)_____________. If I don't
understand something for the first time, I'm not afraid (8) _____________ questions as many times as it
is necessary. Watching people speak also help me to add new words to my vocabulary. Finally, my big
fear is public speaking, so I decided (9) _____________down what I want to speak. This is good
because I already have some words and sentences in my mind, instead of (10) _____________ during
the presentation.
1. A. am studying B. study C. studies D. will be studying
2. A. difficulties B. world C. barrier D. communication
3. A. study B. studies C. have studied D. studied
4. A. When B. Which C. Who D. Why
5. A. barrier B. breakdown C. interaction D. distance
6. A. travelling B. travel C. to travel D. travels
7. A. careful B. carefully C. careless D. carelessly
8. A. to raise B. raises C. raise D. raising
9. A. write B. to write C. writing D. writes
10. A. think B. to think C. thinks D. thinking