CÁC CHỦ ĐIỂM NGỮ PHÁP CẦN LƯU Ý 1 enable Sb to do Sth 2 await = wait for 3 Had it not been for + Noun = If it hadn’t been for + Noun 4 allow Sb to do Sth 5 It takes Sb somethime to do Sth 6 pay for St.
CÁC CHỦ ĐIỂM NGỮ PHÁP CẦN LƯU Ý enable Sb to Sth await = wait for Had it not been for + Noun = If it hadn’t been for + Noun allow Sb to Sth It takes Sb somethime to Sth pay for Sth tell Sb to Sth so + Adj + that + Clause = Such [+ a / an] + Noun [phrase] + that + Clause at 42 = at the age of 42 10 This is the first time + Clause (V chia HTHT) 11 Câu bị động: Sơ đồ: CĐ: S + VCĐ + O BĐ: S + be + VIII + (by O) (be với VCĐ) CCĐ: They say (that) he is intelligent CBĐ1: It is said that he is intelligent CBĐ2: That he is intelligent is said CBĐ3: He is said to be intelligent 12 Câu trực tiếp Câu gián tiếp: Lùi động từ khứ mức CTT: “Do you understand the lesson?” he asked me B1: Chuyển câ kể: You understand the lesson B2: Lùi V: You understood the lesson B3: He asked me if / whether I understood the lesson 13 start + Ving 14 Only later + Clause (phải dạng đảo ngữ) 15 advise Sb to Sth 16 suggest + Ving: làm việc có S làm Clause (Vbare): khuyên người khác làm việc 17 intend to Sth = have an (no) intention of doing Sth 18 put an end to Sth 19 divide Sth into Sth 20 It is important / necessary that + Clause (Vbare) 21 wish + Clause 22 There is + Noun + Ving 23 Do / Would you mind + Ving? 24 to be good at + Ving 25 to be concerned about 26 derive from 27 to interfere with: can thiệp vào 28 as a result of: kết 29 like + Noun ≠ as + Clause 30 need + Ving = need + to be + VIII (need helping = need to be helped) 31 If it hadn’t been for + Noun ≈ But for + Noun: khơng vì… 32 hold Sth in store for Sb: đem lại cho 33 see Sb Sth 34 If … not ≈ Unless (If I don’t go there ≈ Unless I go there) 35 Only when + Clause1 + Clause2 (đảo ngữ) 36 Dạng rút gọn: Since / When / As / Before / After / Because + Clause1, Clause2 Khi S1 (của Clause1) ≡ S2, người ta rút gọn câu cách bỏ Since / When / As / Because, bỏ S1, chuyển V1 dạng Ving, Clause2 giữ nguyên Ex: Because the children got good marks, they could have a big party Getting good marks, the children could have a big party 37 There is no point in + Ving: ích để … 38 It’s [high] time for Sb to Sth 39 It’s [high] time + Clause (V QKĐ, to be = were) 40 Would rather + V Clause (V QK): thích làm điều (người nói khơng làm) 41 No matter what + Clause1, Clause2 42 43 struggle for / against 44 to live on 45 wear a pink dress ≈ to be dressed in a pink dress 46 be in love with Sb ≈ fall in love with Sb 47 so as to V ≈ in order to V ≈ to V ≠ so as not to V ≈ in order not to V ≈ not to V 48 could have VIII: có khả (dự đốn hành động (không đã) xảy QK) 49 apologize for Sth (Ving) 50 long for 51 in spite of + Noun (Ving) 52 be used to + Noun (Ving) 53 as soon as (when, before, after) + Clause (V HTĐ): có ý diễn tả thời gian tương lai 54 to be bored of / with Sth 55 What + Clause + V ex: What he said is wrong S S 56 If S were …, … ≈ Were S …, … Ex: If the painting were to prove valuable, it would be a pity to have given it away ≈ Were the painting to prove valuable, it … SESSION ONE: PHẦN I: ĐỌC HIỂU: Bài 1: Chọn từ thích hợp để điền vào chỗ trống câu (mỗi từ sử dụng lần, có từ không sử dụng): worth satellites normally journals mild pile homeless message normal exactly throat feed spread fair rights fact Barbara has a sore throat She can hardly talk Many famous people have written journals They are very interesting to read I don’t understand exactly what you mean Saudi Arabia cannot grow enough food to feed its population It is a fact that the Earth is round Peter spread his papers all over the table and then put them in order Bài 2: Đọc đọc trả lời câu hỏi kèm theo: I English is the native or official language on one-fifth of the land area of the world It is spoken in North America, Great Britain, Australia, and New Zealand In South Africa and India it is one of the official languages More people study English than any other language In many countries, the textbooks in universities are in English Many university classes are taught in English even though the native language is not English English is the language of international communi-cation It is the language of international business, re-search, and science More than three-fourths of the world's mail is written in English More than three-fifths of the world’s radio stations use English More than half of the scientific and research journals are in English Most other languages have borrowed many English words Questions: Where, according to the text, is English used as the native language? in North America, Great Britain, Australia, and New Zealand Why is it necessary for students in many countries to know English? Because in many countries, the textbooks in universities are in English Many university classes are taught in English even though the native language is not English How many mails in the world are written in English? More than three-fourths of the world's mail is written in English Is English important in science? How you know? Yes Because more than half of the scientific and research journals are in English What language have most of the languages in the world borrowed? English II.”What time is it?”“I don’t have enough time.”“Is it time to go yet?”“Hurry up ! We’re going to be late.” We talk about time every day We measure it by the second, minute, hour, day, week, month, year, and century But what is time? No one can say exactly what it is It is one of the greatest mysteries of our lives We don’t know exactly what time is, but our ability to measure it is very important It makes our way of life possible All the members of a group have to measure time in the same way Time lets us put things in a definite order We know that breakfast comes before lunch The reading class is after the writing class Children can’t play until school is over Time enables us to organize our lives The earliest people saw changes around them They saw day and night, the changes of the moon, and the seasons They started measuring their lives by these changes Then people started inventing clocks The Chinese invented a water clock in the eleventh century, but the Egyptians had them long before that As water dripped from one container to another, it measured the passing time Questions: Why is time a mystery? Because no one can say exactly what it is How we measure time? We measure it by the second, minute, hour, day, week, month, year, and century Why is our ability to measure time important? Because it makes our way of life possible How does time enable us to organize our lives? Time lets us put things in a definite order For example, we know that breakfast comes before lunch The reading class is after the writing class Children can’t play until school is over III When the early settlers, especially the English, arrived in the New World, the hardships and dangers awaiting them were totally unexpected Had it not been for some friendly Indians, the colonists never would have survived the terrible winters They knew nothing about planting crops, hunting animals, building sod houses, or making clothing from animal skins Life in England had been much simpler, and this new life was not like what the Spanish explorers had reported Questions: What faced the early settlers when they arrived in the New World? the hardships and dangers What were the Indians like? They were friendly Could the early colonists survive the terrible winters? Yes What did the Indians teach them? planting crops, hunting animals, building sod houses, or making clothing from animal skins Where were the early settlers from? England IV In 1920, after some thirty-nine years of problems with disease, high costs, and politics, the Panama Canal was officially opened, finally linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by allowing ships to pass through the fifty-mile canal zone instead of travelling some seven thousand miles around Cape Horn It takes a ship approximately eight hours to complete the trip through the canal and costs an average of fifteen thousand dollars, one-tenth of what it would cost an average ship to round the Horn More than fifteen thousand ships pass through its locks each year Questions: When was the Panama Canal officially opened? In 1920 In what year was construction probably begun on the canal? In 1881 How long is the canal zone? 50 miles On the average, how much would it cost a ship to travel around Cape Horn? 150,000 dollars How many ships travel through the Panama Canal annually? More than 15,000 V Clocks as we know them were probably developed by very religious people in Europe in the thirteenth cen-tury They needed to know the exact time so they could pray at the right times By the 1700s, people had clocks and watches that were accurate to the minute Some clocks were beautiful They had very complicated moving parts Some had figures of people or animals that moved on the hour or quarter hour Others played music The movement of the parts is beautiful to watch when you open these clocks Questions: Who developed clocks? very religious people in Europe Why did they develop clocks? Because they needed to know the exact time so they could pray at the right times When did people have very accurate clocks? By the 1700s Describe some kinds of clocks at that time Some clocks were beautiful They had very complicated moving parts Some had figures of people or animals that moved on the hour or quarter hour Others played music What can you see when you open these clocks? The movement of the parts Bài 3: Đọc đọc tìm từ thích hợp để điền vào chỗ trống: A Greenland is the largest island in the world It covers over 2,000,000 (two million) square kilometers Most of it lies / is inside the Arctic Circle, and a huge sheet of ice covers 85% (85 percent) of it Imagine that a map of Greenland is on top of a map of Europe Greenland stretches / spreads from London to the middle of the Sahara Desert The ice sheet is more than 1.6 kilometers thick, and it never melts There is probably only rock under the ice, but no one knows for sure Along the sea coast, mountains rise above the sea There are a few low trees in the southwest, but no forests Snow covers everything in winter, but in summer very low plants cover the ground between the sea and the ice sheet Norwegian Vikings were the first Europeans to see the island in A.D 875, but no one visited it until 982 Three years later a few Vikings went to live there In 1261 the people in Greenland decided to join Norway Norway and Denmark united in 1380 This union ended in 1814, and Greenland stayed with Denmark Greenland is fifty times larger than Denmark, but it is still a part of this small country B.There was once a large, fat woman who had a small, thin husband He had a job in a big company and was given his weekly wages every Friday evening As soon as he got home on Fridays, his wife used to make him give her all his money, and then she used to give him back only enough to buy his lunch in the office every day One day the small man came home very excited He hurried into the livingroom His wife was listening to the radio and eating chocolates there.”You’ll never guess what happened to me today, dear,”he said He waited for a few seconds and then added,”I won ten thousand pounds on the lottery !” “That’s wonderful !”said his wife delightedly But then she thought for a few seconds and added angrily,”But wait a moment ! How could you afford to buy the ticket?” PHẦN II: VIẾT Bài 1:Viết câu sau dùng từ, cụm từ cho sẵn: I’ve / looking / job / three weeks / haven’t / yet I’ve been looking for a job for three weeks but I haven’t found any yet father / told / not / go / far My father told me not to go so far what / man / wearing / you saw What was the man wearing when you saw him? they / go / countryside / honeymoon They are going to go to the countryside on their honeymoon they / prepare / special dinner / today They are preparing a special dinner today concert hall / so crowded / saw / heard / nothing The concert hall was so crowded that I saw and heard nothing Elvis / died / 42 / sudden Elvis died at (the age of) 42 suddenly not tell / new job / got / recently He hasn’t told me about the new job he has got recently going to / new friends / meet / hostel I am going to meet some new friends at the hostel 10 She sings / now / than / she used to She sings now better than she used to Bài 2: Viết lại câu sau cho không đổi nghĩa câu gốc: 1.It was such good weather that we went swimming The weather was so good that we went swimming I haven’t eaten this kind of food before This is the first time I have eaten this kind of food They think the owner of the house is abroad The owner of the house is thought to be abroad I like swimming best of all sports My favourite sport is swimming The teacher asked Tom whether he had any hobbies “Do you have any hobbies?”, the teacher asked Tom Tom has also been collecting stamps for five years He also started collecting stamps five years ago I didn’t realize who he was until later Only later did I realize who he was He had over 3000 stamps in his collection There were over 3,000 stamps in his collection The doctor advised me to rest The doctor suggested I rest 10 She didn’t say a word as she left the room She left the room without saying a word 11 I don’t intend to apologize to either of them I have no intention of apologizing to either of them SESSION TWO: PHẦN I: ĐỌC HIỂU: Bài 1: Chọn từ thích hợp để điền vào chỗ trống câu (mỗi từ sử dụng lần, có từ khơng sử dụng): blow for homeless through damaged normally beautiful worth provision drought flood terribly overpopulated injured pollute cars summer Factories and cars pollute the air Fall, winter, spring and summer are the four seasons Tom’s car hit a tree, and he was badly injured Some countries are overpopulated They have too many people The heavy rains in the mountains caused a bad flood along the river There is a drought when it doesn’t rain for a long time The provision of food for hungry people is very important Ann’s new diamond ring is worth $5,000 Each class normally has fifteen students, but this semester there are only twelve 10 Paul had an accident last night His car was damaged but no one was hurt Bài 2: Đọc đọc trả lời câu hỏi kèm theo: I Mahomed comes from Tripoli, a large port north of Beirut He has a married sister who lives in Australia Nine months ago Mahomed and his parents came to Australia to live with his sister.”We are homesick for Lebanon all the time But it was terrible with the war there Shooting in the streets all the time There was no work, nothing We just stayed at home all the time Two friends of mine from school were killed And my brother He was killed, too He was twenty-four years old He went to the shop and was shot in the street Just like that It was terrible” Mahomed has a brother-in-law who works in Beirut He was able to give the family money for air fares to Australia Questions: Why did they decide to move to Australia? Because it was terrible with the war in Lebanon What happened to Mahomed’s brother and friends? They were killed Who paid for their flight to Australia? Mohamed’s brother-in-law II Yesterday afternoon Frank Hawkins was telling me about his experiences as a young man Frank is now the head of a very large business company, but as a boy he used to work in a small shop It was his job to repair bicycles and at that time he used to work fourteen hours a day He saved money for years and in 1938 he bought a small work-shop of him own During the war Frank used to make spare parts for aeroplanes At that time he had two helpers At the end of the war, the small work-shop became a large factory which employed seven hundred and twenty-eight people Frank smiled when he remembered his hard early years and the long road to success He was still smiling when the door opened and his wife came in She wanted him to repair their son’s bicycle Questions: What did Frank Hawkins tell me? about his experiences as a young man What does Frank do? What did he use to do? Frank is now the head of a very large business company He used to work in a small shop to repair bicycles Did he work hard as a boy? What did he buy in 1938? Yes In 1938 he bought a small work-shop of him own Why did Frank feel happy when remembering his hard early years? Because it was a long road to success./ Because he was successful in his life III Read the article below For questions 1-5, you are to choose one best answer, (a), (b), (c), or (d), to each question Then put a cross on the letter that corresponds to your answer you have chosen Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in the nineteenth century, and later came to the United States Several members of his family did a great deal to encourage him in the field of science His father was most instrumental by supervising his work with the deaf While he dealt with the deaf and investigated the science of acoustics, his studies eventually led to the invention of the multiple telegraph and his greatest invention-the telephone The last quarter century of his life was dedicated to advances in aviation What was considered to be Alexander Graham Bell’s greatest invention? a multiple telegraph b.telephone c aviation d acoustics To what did Bell dedicate the last of his life? a acoustical science b aviation c adventure d architecture What can we conclude about Alexander Graham Bell? a.He worked very hard, but never achieved success b.He spent so many years working in aviation because he wanted to be a pilot c He dedicated his life to the science and the well-being of mankind d.He worked with the deaf so that he could invent the telephone Which of the following statements is not true? a Bell was born in the eighteenth century b Bell worked with the deaf c Bell experimented with the science of acoustics d Bell invented a multiple telegraph How many years did Hell dedicate to aviation? a.100 b.25 c.35 d.50 Bài 3:Đọc đọc tìm từ thích hợp để điền vào chỗ trống: In developing countries where three-fourths of the world’s population live, sixty percent of the people who can’t read and write are women Being illiterate doesn’t mean that they are not intelligent It does mean it is difficult for them to change their lives They produce more than half of the food In Africa, eighty percent of all agricultural work is done by women There are many programs to help poor countries develop their agriculture However, for years, the programs provided money and training for men What kind of food they eat in Europe? In Europe, people eat more flesh and less grain Why are flesh and fat needed in the Arctic regions? Because they seem to be very necessary for keeping up the heat of the body What does the word ”latter” refer to? Man of another race Bài 3:Đọc đọc tìm từ thích hợp để điền vào chỗ trống: Mother Teresa Mother Teresa was born in Yugoslavia on August 27 th 1910 She grew up with her brother and sister in a very happy family, and attended the government school near her home when she was eighteen At that time, some missionaries from Yugoslavia were working in Calcutta, and they often wrote to the school about their job She decided to join them When she finished school, she went first to Ireland and after that to India, where she began to train for the religious life After training, she was sent to Calcutta, where she taught geography at a high school and eventually became Principal However, although she loved teaching, in 1946 Mother Teresa left the school and went to work in the slums of Calcutta She did some nursing training in Patna, and then began her work helping the poor and comforting the dying in the streets of the city Gradually, others came to help her, and her work spread to other parts of India Mother Teresa was a well-known figure Dressed in her white and blue sari, she was photographed all over the world, as she travelled to open many schools and hospitals in different countries In 1979, she was awarded the Nobel Prize – a small tribute to the lifetime of love and service she has given to the poor She died on September 5, 1997, to the greatest grief of the whole world PHẦN II: VIẾT Bài 1:Viết câu sau dùng từ, cụm từ cho sẵn: police / look / murderer / two days The police have been looking for the murder for days what / population / of / Manchester? What is the population of Manchester? my sister / in love / best engineer / factory My sister was in love with the best engineer of the factory car / fast and comfortable / than / motorcycle A car is faster and more comfortable than a motorcycle I/already finish / read / long novel / Arthur Hailey I have already finished reading a long novel written by Arthur Hailey Bài 2: Viết lại câu sau cho không đổi nghĩa câu gốc: Ví dụ:The door was so heavy that the child couldn’t open it It won’t make any difference if it rains because we’ll still go We’ll still go although it rains We left quietly, so that we wouldn’t disturb the children So as not to disturb the children, we left quietly I’m sure he didn’t know that his brother was seriously ill He couldn’t possibly have known that his brother was seriously ill His second attempt on the world record was successful He broke the world record successfully at the second attempt This will be the orchestra’s first performance outside London This will be the first time the orchestra has performed outside London Arthur said he was sorry he had hurt her feelings Arthur apologized for having hurt / hurting her feelings He remembered, and so did she He didn’t forget, and neither did she When is the council going to something about the city’s traffic problems? It’s high time something about the city’s traffic problems were done SESSION SEVEN: PHẦN I: ĐỌC HIỂU: Bài 1: Chọn từ thích hợp để điền vào chỗ trống câu (mỗi từ sử dụng lần, có từ khơng sử dụng): SAVINGS LIAR FREEDOM INCONSISTENT CHILDHOOD RIDICULOUS SUCCESSFUL EVENTUALLY PROOF ECONOMICAL THREATEN Although the police suspected him of the crime, since they had no definite proof that he was involved, they could not arrest him I spent my childhood in the country After hours of going from one hotel to another, we eventually found one which was not fully booked The trouble with Mr Brown is that he’s so inconsistent One minute he goes mad when you come late; the next he says nothing You never know where you are You can’t wear those trousers, Sally They’re far too tight You look ridiculous in them It is much more economical to buy that car After 15 years in prison John was given his freedom If you threaten me I will simply inform the police When Bill and Jane retire, they are planning to spend all their savings on a Mediterranean holiday 10 Don’t believe any word Tim says He is a terrible liar Bài 2: Đọc đọc trả lời câu hỏi kèm theo: I Jack was a young sailor He lived in England, but he was often away with his ship One summer he came back from a long voyage and found new neighbours near his mother’s house They had a pretty daughter, and Jack soon loved her very much He said to her, ”My next voyage will begin in a few days’ time, Gloria I love you, and I’ll marry you when I come back I’ll think about you all the time, and I’ll write to you and send you a present from every port.” Jack’s first port was Freetown in Africa, and he sent Gloria a parrot from there It spoke five languages When Jack’s ship reached Australia, there was a letter from Gloria It said, ”Thank you for the parrot, Jack It tasted much better than a chicken.” Questions: Where did Gloria live? Near Jack’s mother’s house Where did Jack send Gloria the parrot from? Freetown in Africa Who could speak five languages? The parrot What did Gloria to the parrot? She ate it II SECONDHAND SMOKE Most people know that cigarette smoking is harmful to their health Scientific research shows that it causes many kinds of diseases In fact, many people who smoke get lung cancer However, Edward Gilson has lung cancer, and he has never smoked cigarettes He lives with his wife, Evelyn, who has smoked about a pack of cigarettes a day throughout their marriage The Gilsons have been married for 35 years No one knows for sure why Mr Gilson has lung cancer Nevertheless, doctors believe that secondhand smoke may cause lung cancer in people who not smoke Nonsmokers often breathe in the smoke from other people’s cigarettes This is secondhand smoke Edward Wilson has been breathing this type of smoke for 35 years Now he is dying of lung cancer However, he is not alone The US Environmental Protection Agency reports that about fifty-three thousand people die in the United States each year as a result of exposure to secondhand smoke The smoke that comes from a lit cigarette contains many different poisonous chemicals In the past, scientists did not think that these chemicals could harm a nonsmoker’s health Recently, though, scientists changed their opinion after they studied a large group of nonsmokers They discovered that even nonsmokers had unhealthy amounts of these toxic chemicals in their bodies As a matter of fact, almost all of us breathe tobacco smoke at times, whether we realize it or not For example, we cannot avoid secondhand smoke in restaurants, hotels, and other public places Even though many public places have nonsmoking areas, smoke flows in from the areas where smoking is permitted It is even harder for children to avoid secondhand smoke In the United States, nine million children under the age of five live in homes with at least one smoker Research shows that these children are sick more often than children who live in homes where no one smokes The damaging effects of secondhand smoke on children also continue as they grow up The children of smokers are more than twice as likely to develop lung cancer when they are adults as children of nonsmokers The risk is even higher for children who live in homes where both parents smoke People are becoming very aware of the danger of secondhand smoke As a result, they have passed laws that prohibit people from smoking in many public places Currently, 45 states in the United States have laws that restrict, or limit, smoking The most well-known law forbids people to smoke on short domestic airline flights, i.e., flights within the country After smoking for most of her life, Evelyn Gilson has finally quit She feels that if more people know about the dangers of secondhand smoke, they will stop, too Her decision comes too late to help her husband However, there is still time to protect the health of others, especially children, who live with smokers Questions: What may be a reason why Edward Wilson has lung cancer? Secondhand smoke What is secondhand smoke? the smoke from other people’s cigarettes Why might secondhand smoke harm nonsmokers? Because it contains many different poisonous chemicals What are some laws that prohibit smoking in certain places? 45 states in the United States have laws that restrict, or limit, smoking The most well-known law forbids people to smoke on short domestic airline flights, i.e., flights within the country What is the main idea of this passage? The dangers of secondhand smoke Bài 3:Đọc đọc tìm từ thích hợp để điền vào chỗ trống: HOW TELEVISION WAS INVENTED Television owes its origins to many inventors But it was the single-minded determination of an amateur inventor, John Logie Baird, that led (1) to the first live television broadcast Born in Scotland in 1888 and educated in Glasgow, John Logie Baird earned a living (2) as a razor-blade salesman In the 1890s Guliedmo Marconi showed that sound could (3) be sent by radio waves Baird became convinced that a similar system could transmit a picture He spent most of (4) his spare time working on his ideas in his tiny workshop without (5) any commercial support He (6) had to use his (7) small earnings to continue his research In 1924, Baird successfully transmitted the general outline of a figure more (8) than metres He continued to experiment and (9) on October 25, 1925 transmitted a recognizable image of a doll He ran (10) down to the office on the ground floor and persuaded one of the office boys to come upstairs (11) The boy became the first living image transmitted by television Overnight, Baird became famous and the money (12) which he needed to continue his research was at (13) once made available In 1927 he made a transmission from London to Glasgow and in 1928 he made (14) another from London to New York He continued experimenting (15) and spent his last years exploring the possibility of colour television PHẦN II: VIẾT Bài 1:Viết câu sau dùng từ, cụm từ cho sẵn: As/soon/get/ back/holiday/I/longing/next As soon as I got back from the holiday, I was longing for the next one In spite/ doctor/warn/keep/smoke In spite of the doctor’s warning, he kept smoking She/ believed/ taken/ revolutionary activities She is believed to have taken some revolutionary activities It/impossible/work/that condition It is impossible to work in that condition Since/she/not certain/way/asked/policeman/ Since she was not certain of the way, she asked the policeman make / laws / effective / only / this way We can make laws effective only in this way Bài 2: Viết lại câu sau cho không đổi nghĩa câu gốc: Thanks for reminding me about this meeting; otherwise I would have missed it If you hadn’t reminded me about this meeting, I would have missed it I don’t normally go into town by car I’m not used to going into town by car I would like to express my thanks for everything you have done for me I’d like to say how thankful I am for everything you have done for me Don’t you regret not learning to swim? Don’t you wish you had learned to swim? Mary will be ready any minute, and then we must leave We must leave as soon as Mary is ready The last time I saw him was when I lived in London I have not seen him since I left London I’ve got to get a new computer What I really have got to get is a new computer The play was so boring that we left in the interval We were so bored with the play that we left in the interval “Mark, could you write up the report immediately?” Peter said Peter told Mark that he should write up the report immediately SESSION EIGHT: PHẦN I: ĐỌC HIỂU: Bài 1: Chọn từ thích hợp để điền vào chỗ trống câu (mỗi từ sử dụng lần, có từ khơng sử dụng): HELPFUL BEGIN UNCOMFORTABLE HOMELESS BELIEF INDUSTRIAL PROUD RETIREMENT SIMILARITY COMPARISON OF ENDLESS I write endless letters of application, but got no reply In comparison with most other countries, Britain has a very high rate of heart attack These old people have saved a lot of money for their retirement The industrial area of the city is not very attractive Many homeless families have to live in hostels He was very proud of the work he had done He doesn’t agree with the belief that there is life on other planets There is a great similarity between Hari and his twin brother These shoes look quite smart but they are terribly uncomfortable 10 It’s a nice shop and the assistants are all polite and very helpful Bài 2: Đọc đọc trả lời câu hỏi kèm theo: I The general opinion abroad is that London has fog or rain or both, everyday of the year, but on the day that I arrived it was fine and warm, there was a bright sun and a cloudless sky The next day it was just as beautiful; there was a slight wind that gently moved the leaves on the trees, and you could smell the spring in the air ”Life is grand”, I thought as I walked in Kensington Gardens It was a straight road and I found the way quite easily When I got my first sight of the Gardens the beauty of it nearly took my breath away The trees were just bursting into leaf, fresh and green and lovely, and there were beds of spring flowers, red and yellow and blue, in the beautiful, smooth grass under the trees Questions: What is the weather like in London according to general opinion? London has fog or rain or both What was the weather like when the writer visited London? It was fine and warm What season did the writer feel in London? The spring What was his feeling when he first saw the Gardens? The beauty of it nearly took his breath away II There are people whose immortality begins from the moment of their death Hemingway is one of them He was a great man The whole of his creative work was a long struggle, for Hemingway, the man and the writer, had many enemies Perhaps his great enemy was war He hated it with all his heart, with his whole body, in which 28 bullets had left their traces Hemingway hated those who made business of war In an introduction to his novel ”A Farewell To Arms”, Hemingway said that wars started by people who profited from them, and he suggested that those warlike people should be shot on the very first day of war, by sentence of the people Hemingway hated fascism He never surrendered He fought against it with the pen and the sword Questions: What type of people did Hemingway belong to? He was one of the people whose immortality begins from the moment of their death Why was his creative work a long struggle? Because he had many enemies Who started wars, according to Hemingway? Wars started by people who profited from them How did he fight against fascism? With the pen and the sword III A World Health Organization team investigating the deadly SARS virus says it is possible there is more than one cause of the illness The group, which is meeting with experts in southern China, says it has found evidence that both the bacteria chlamydia and the coronavirus could be sources of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Chlamydia is normally transmitted sexually, and the coronavirus is commonly found in animals Scientists believe SARS originated in China's Guangdong province, and are racing to find its cause so they can develop a cure On Friday, China issued a public apology for the way it handled early information about the epidemic The head of the Chinese Center for Disease Control, Li Leming, admitted there was poor communication between China's medical departments and mass media in providing timely information about the disease SARS has claimed at least 85 lives worldwide, about half of them in China More than 2500 people are infected in 18 countries On Saturday, Hong Kong reports 39 new cases of SARS and three more deaths from the disease Malaysia said on Saturday that a man who died six days ago was probably the country's first known victim of SARS Malaysian officials say the 64-year-old man, who died in a Kuala Lumpur hospital on Sunday, last visited China and Singapore last month Taiwan, Indonesia and the Philippines are among 14 places where suspected cases have been reported, but not appear in WHO statistics Because the disease is being carried around the world by travelers, many governments are advising citizens against visiting affected areas In the Asia-Pacific region in particular, governments are imposing strict quarantines and urging citizens to wear face masks Questions: According to WHO experts, what could be the sources of SARS? Both the bacteria chlamydia and the coronavirus Where was SARS believed to come from? China’s Guangdong province How many Chinese people died of SARS? About 43 Where did the first Malaysian victim travel before his death? He last visited China and Singapore last month What did the Asian-Pacific governments advise their citizens to do? To wear face marks Bài 3:Đọc đọc tìm từ thích hợp để điền vào chỗ trống: In the thirteenth- century Wales there was a handsome young prince called Llewellyn He was very fond of hunting and used to go out (1) to the forests and mountains with his favourite hunting dog (2) whose name was Gelert One (3) day, however, he left Gelert at (4) home to guard his baby son who was only a few months old (5) In the evening when the prince returned (6) from hunting he saw that his house was in (7) a terrible mess The furniture had (8) been knocked over and there was blood on the walls He could not find his baby son Then he saw his dog Gelert running towards him, covered with (9) blood The prince thought that the dog had attacked and killed his son He was (10) violently angry, drew his sword and killed the dog with one blow However, when he looked around his house more carefully he found his son lying under a chair, alive very(11) well Then he saw the dead body of a huge wolf He realized that Gelert had saved (12) his son’s life by fighting the wolf The prince was horrified of (13) the mistake he had made and when he buried the dog he built an enormous pile of (14) stones to mark the spot, which can still be seen today He never went(15) hunting again PHẦN II: VIẾT Bài 1:Viết câu sau dùng từ, cụm từ cho sẵn: Sally/ cleverest/class Sally is the cleverest student in the class I/not/hear/them/speak/softly I couldn’t hear them because they spoke too softly Walking/rain/him/pleasure Walking in the rain gives / makes him a pleasure Travel/plane/expensive/than/train Traveling by plane is more expensive than by train I/love/rich/famous I love to be rich and famous Bài 2: Viết lại câu sau cho không đổi nghĩa câu gốc: It’s ages since she last wrote to me She has not written to me since ages If the painting were to prove valuable, it would be a pity to have given it away Were the painting to prove valuable, it would be a pity to have given it away The door was so heavy that the child couldn’t open it The door was too heavy for the child to open Why isn’t this TV working? What’s wrong with this TV? It wasn’t necessary for them to call for help after all They didn’t need to call for help after all The last time I played football was in 1990 I haven’t played football since 1990 I invited my friend to have a cup of tea I asked my friend “Would you like to have a cup of tea?” / I asked if my friend would like to have a cup of tea Janet is the best tennis- player in the club No one in the club plays tennis as well as Janet He plays the guitar better than I I don’t play the guitar as well as he does 10 They have been living in this house for six years now They moved to this house six years ago SESSION NINE: PHẦN I: ĐỌC HIỂU: Bài 1: Chọn từ thích hợp để điền vào chỗ trống câu (mỗi từ sử dụng lần, có từ không sử dụng): TERRIFIED ARRIVAL POLITICIAN POEMS MISUNDERSTOOD EXPECTATION REFUSE CRIMINAL EMPLOYER REASON UNFORTUNATELY I’d love to come to your party, but unfortunately, I have to go somewhere else John Jameson is a famous criminal who stole five million pounds from a bank Churchill was not only a famous politician but also a respected historian He has very high expectation of his only son Roy was dismissed after being told by his employer that he must leave in a month’s time He regularly writes poems for our newspaper The arrival of the new guest caused trouble to my aunt Sorry about the mistakes I misunderstood the instructions you gave me Many people still refuse to believe that smoking is harmful 10 My wife is terrified of spiders Bài 2: Đọc đọc trả lời câu hỏi kèm theo: I A tiny village school is soon to celebrate its 110th birthday Five years ago it seemed certain to close but parents and other villagers fought the local education authority and raised funds to keep it open It is now ending its first term as a school run by the village community and the villagers are proud of their achievement They were furious when education chiefs tried to make them send the village children to other schools further away because the number of pupils at the village was too small The villagers started a huge campaign to raise money They collected enough to hire a teacher and begin to help with school cleaning, lunch supervision and lessons Now the school is doing well and it seems as if it will continue to run in the future Questions: What effect would the closure of the school have had on the village children? Children have to learn at other school further away Where did the parents get the money they needed to keep the school open? They raised funds from villagers community When did the village school first open? 110 years ago What was the reason for the intended closure of the school? Because the number of pupils at the village was too small Why does the writer think the school will not now be closed? Because now the school is doing well II If you were to stop people in the street and ask them to name a ship that had been sunk, it is likely that nearly all of them would say the Titanic For the sinking of the Titanic was, if not the most tragic, certainly the most famous sea disaster in the history of ocean travel The Titanic was built as a luxury liner, intended to be the fastest in the world, and a great deal of publicity had surrounded it The last point probably explains why so many important people from all walks of life were on the boat when it went down The Titanic was on its maiden voyage to America in 1912 when it struck an iceberg and sank Of its 2,300 passengers, more than two-thirds were drown Because the Titanic was thought to be virtually unsinkable, no one was prepared for the tragedy There was total panic as very few of the passengers had bothered to learn the necessary drill in the event of trouble There was severe shortage of lifeboats The one point of calm was to be found in the ballroom when the band carried on playing right to the very end Questions: What many people think about the sinking of the Titanic? The most famous sea disaster in the history of ocean travel Why did the Titanic sink? Because it struck an iceberg Where was it going at that time? To America Where was there seemingly no panic when the ship went down? In the ballroom Why were there so many important people on the Titanic on its first voyage? Because a great deal of publicity had surrounded it III Recently the World Health Organization announced that the disease of smallpox had almost been wiped out in most parts of the world, thanks to widespread vaccination Most people are vaccinated at least once in their lives and if they wish to travel from one country to another they must be able to show a certificate proving that they have had a recent vaccination In this way the disease has been prevented from spreading and today one seldom hears of it at all This is mainly due to the remarkable discovery made by a country doctor, Edward Jenner, in about 1798 when he published an account of his experiments in a new method called ”vaccination” (from the Latin word ”vacca” meaning a cow) Jenner discovered that people who worked with cattle, like milkmaids and cowmen, were often infected with a harmless disease called cowpox which they caught from the cattle; but these people never seemed to get smallpox So he experimented by making a scratch on the arms of healthy people infecting them with cowpox, and though their arms became sore for a day or two, they soon healed and none of these people ever got smallpox Soon the news of the wonderful discovery spread abroad and people rushed to their doctors to be vaccinated In America, at Gibraltar, in Spain, Egypt and China the simple scratch of the arm was performed on thousands of people, and the terrible smallpox began to disappear Questions: In what two ways most countries guard against the spread of smallpox? Most people are vaccinated at least once in their lives and if they wish to travel from one country to another they must be able to show a certificate proving that they have had a recent vaccination Who was Edward Jenner? a country doctor What is the Latin word for a ”cow”? “Vacca” What harmless disease were cowmen and milkmaids often infected with? Cowpox How successful has vaccination against smallpox been? The terrible smallpox began to disappear Bài 3:Đọc đọc tìm từ thích hợp để điền vào chỗ trống: A Frenchman, an Englishman and an American were boasting about how (1) fast the trains go in their countries The (2) Frenchman said, ”In my country the trains go so fast that the telegraph posts by the line look (3) like a fence.” The Englishman said, ”In England the trains go so fast that we have to pour (4) water on the wheels to cool them because they get hot and would melt.” The American said, ”That’s nothing You must come to America to see how fast the trains go there I was once leaving on (5) a trip and my wife came with me to the platform to see me off (6) I got into the train and was standing at the window of my compartment I wanted (7) to take leave of my wife as the train was just starting so I leant out (8) of the window to give her (9) a kiss But the train went off at such (10) speed that instead I kissed a cow in a field six miles down the line.” PHẦN II: VIẾT Bài 1:Viết câu sau dùng từ, cụm từ cho sẵn: It/long time/them/decide/married It is a long time for them to decide to get married If/emergency/ring/number If there is an emergency / you are in emergency, please ring this number We/regret/you/application/not/successful We regretted to tell you that your application was not successful It/believed/man/escaped/stolen car It is believed that the man has escaped in a stolen car Cost/living/gone up/ last few years The cost of living has gone up for the last few years Bài 2: Viết lại câu sau cho không đổi nghĩa câu gốc: I dislike it when people criticize me unfairly I object to being criticized unfairly Robert is sorry now that he didn’t accept the job Robert now wishes he had accepted the job You’ll certainly meet lots of people in your new job You are certain to meet lots of people in your new job Mrs Scott is proud of her cooking Mrs Scott takes a pride in her cooking It was the goalkeeper who saved the match for us If it hadn’t been for the goalkeeper, we couldn’t have saved the match You can try to get Tim to lend you his car but you won’t succeed There’s no point in getting Tim to lend you his car I don’t really like her, even though I admire her achievements Much as I admire her achievements, I don’t really like her It’s thought that the accident was caused by human error The accident is thought to have been caused by human error SESSION TEN PHẦN I: ĐỌC HIỂU: Bài 1: Chọn từ thích hợp để điền vào chỗ trống câu (mỗi từ sử dụng lần, có từ không sử dụng): DISAPPEARED WORKS SLEEPLESSNESS WARM NOISE TRIAL DEATH SHOUTED RIDING PERFECTLY SLEEP He suffered from constant sleeplessness I understand perfectly what you are saying The death of the Hollywood actor, Jimmy Halton, was announced last night The fans shouted when their teams scored a goal How can I sleep when you are making so much noise? After a trial of three weeks, Jones was found not guilty of murder The noise got fainter as the car disappeared into the distance It was cold and we had to walk quickly to keep warm One truth of riding a bicycle is that it’s cheap 10 Because of road works, traffic was restricted to one lane in each direction Bài 2: Đọc đọc trả lời câu hỏi kèm theo: I Experiments have proved that children can be instructed in swimming at a very early age At a swimming pool in Los Angeles, children become expert at holding their breath under water even before they can walk Babies of two months old not appear to be reluctant to enter the water It is not long before they are so accustomed to swimming that they can pick up weights from the floor of the pool A game that is very popular with these young swimmers is the underwater tricycle race Tricycles are lined up on the floor of the pool seven feet under water The children compete against each other to reach the other end of the pool Many pedal their tricycles but most of them prefer to push or drag them Some children can cover the whole length of the pool without coming up for breath even once Whether they will ever become future Olympic champions, only time will tell Meanwhile, they should encourage those among us who cannot swim five yards before they are gasping for air Questions: At what age can children be taught to swim? At a very early age Are children of two months old willing to enter the water? Yes What popular game these young swimmers play? The underwater tricycle race How most children in the game reach the other end of the pool? They prefer to push or drag their tricycles II Environmental pollution is a term that refers to all the ways by which man pollutes his surroundings Man dirties the air with gases and smoke, poisons the water with chemicals and other substances, and damages the soil with too many fertilizers and pesticides Man also pollutes his surroundings in various other ways Besides, people ruin natural beauty by junk and litter on the land and in the water They operate machines and motor vehicles that fill the air with disturbing noise Environmental pollution is one of the most serious problems facing mankind today Air, water, and soil are necessary to the survival of all living things Badly polluted air can cause illness and even death Polluted water kills fish and other marine life Pollution of soil reduces the amount of land that is available for growing food Environmental pollution also brings ugliness to man’s naturally beautiful world Questions: What does the term ‘environmental pollution’ refer to? All the ways by which man pollutes his surroundings How does man damage the soil? Man damages the soil with too many fertilizers and pesticides To what are air, water, and soil necessary? They are necessary to the survival of all living things What is one consequence of water pollution? It kills fish and other marine life III The Nobel Prizes, awarded annually for distinguished work in chemistry, physics, physiology or medicine, literature and international peace were made available by a fund bequeathed for that purpose by Swedish philanthropist, Alfred Bernhard Nobel The prizes, awarded since 1901, are administered by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm In 1969, a prize for economics endowed by the Central Bank of Sweden was added Candidates for the prizes must be nominated in writing by a qualified authority in the field of competition Candidates are judged by Swedish and Norwegian academies and institutes on the basis of their contribution to mankind The awards are usually presented in Stockholm on December 10, with the King of Sweden officiating, an appropriate tribute to Alfred Nobel on the anniversary of his death Each prize includes a gold medal, a diploma and a cash award of about one million dollars Questions: Which organization administers the Nobel Prizes? The Nobel Foundation When were the Nobel Prizes first awarded? In 1901 On what basis are candidates judged for the prizes? Their contribution to mankind Why are the awards presented on December 10? Because it is an appropriate tribute to Alfred Nobel on the anniversary of his death Bài 3:Đọc đọc tìm từ thích hợp để điền vào chỗ trống: When Silence is Golden Thomas Alva Edison was one of the greatest inventors(1) of his time He invented (2) so much that it is difficult to say which of his inventions (3) is the greatest One day, while working at his office in Boston, Edison made his first patented invention - an electro-magnetic device A story was told that he wanted to ask 3,000 dollars for (4) his invention, but he was prepared to ask (5) it for 2,000 He went to a meeting of businessmen who were interested (6) in his invention, but when he was (7) asked to name the price, he became very nervous and was quite afraid (8) to speak ”We shan’t pay you a big price,” said one (9) of the businessmen; we have already decided how much (10) we will pay you – 40,000 dollars.” PHẦN II: VIẾT Bài 1:Viết câu sau dùng từ, cụm từ cho sẵn: Dear Gisela, Thank /much/nice letter/wrote/during /summer holidays Thank you so much for your nice letters you wrote to me during the summer holidays First/all/I must congratulate/success/exam First of all, I must congratulate you on your success exam sure/ you/really pleased / results I am sure you are really pleased with the results news/Angelica’s wedding/surprise/but/ delighted It is surprised at the news of Angelica’s wedding but I am delighted Will/please pass on/ best wishes/ her/ husband? Will you please pass on my best wishes to her husband? That’s about all for now I must go and make the dinner Best wishes to the family Love, Mary Bài 2: Viết lại câu sau cho không đổi nghĩa câu gốc: The number of people out of work has been going down little by little There has been a gradual decrease in the number of people out of work House prices have risen dramatically this year There has been a dramatic rise in house price this year This affair does not concern you This affair is no concerned of you You must submit articles for the magazine by June 18th The final date for you to submit articles for the magazine is on June 18th My father finds maps hard to follow My father has difficulty in following the maps I am amazed by the mistakes he makes What amazing mistakes he makes We weren’t surprised by his success It came unsurprisingly to us that he was successful We couldn’t relax until all the guests had gone home Only when all the guests had gone home, could we relax ... weather was so good that we went swimming I haven’t eaten this kind of food before This is the first time I have eaten this kind of food They think the owner of the house is abroad The owner of... of work House prices have risen dramatically this year There has been a dramatic rise in house price this year This affair does not concern you This affair is no concerned of you You must... other language In many countries, the textbooks in universities are in English Many university classes are taught in English even though the native language is not English English is the language