§Ò sè 6 Question 1: Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced different from the rest. 1) a. instead b. health c. dream d. dead 2) a. lasted b. hoped c. walked d. booked 3) a. games b. partners c. fields d. reports 4) a. the b. thus c. these d. they 5) a. occasion b. condition c. production d. mission Question2: Supply the correct form of the verbs in parentheses:(15 points) 1) I lit the fire at 6:00 and it (burn) brightly when Tom came in at 7:00. 2) I’m sorry. I (forget) already her name which you (give) me some days before. 3) Since he (buy) a new car, he (drive) to work every day. 4) That building (say) (build) in three years. 5) It’s no good (write) to him, he never answers letters. The only thing (do) is (go) and (see) him. 6) Listen! I (hear) somebody knocking at the front door. 7) If you (smoke) less, you (have) much more money. But I don’t think you ever will. 8) Avoid (use) the infinitive after expression. “ It’s no use” 9. The police (pay) no attention to Cl¶e’s complaint. Question3: Fill in each blank with the correct form of the word given in capital letters: 1) The weather was terrible, so we had a very holiday. PLEASE 2)Why was his lecture so ? - Perhaps he consulted his partners so often. BORE 3) She always listens to what she is told. ATTENTION 4) He regularly writes for our newspapers. POET 5) He was of the consequences in advances. INFORMATION 6) Have you got any ? SUGGEST 7) I had to check the wages in to my normal work. ADD 8) During his the family lived in the countryside. CHILD 9) Don’t depend on him, he’s a very person. RELY 10) Don’t be so ,we’ve only been waiting a few minutes. PATIENT Question4: Choose the best answer:(15 points) 1) Many people become because of the natural disasters every year. A. homeland B. homesick C. homeless D. homework 2) She was really by the beauty of the city. A. impress B. impressed C. impression D. impressive 3) He is a famous A. poetry B. poem C. poet D. poetic 4) The Malaysian unit of currency is the A. ringgit B. baht C. rial D. yen 5) The national language in Malaysia is A. Chinese B. English C. Malay D. Tamil 6) It was an day. A. enjoy B. enjoyment C. enjoyable D. enjoyably 7) They walked half an hour to read the waterfall. A. to B. at C. in D. for 8)Jeans all over the world. A. sell B. sold C. is sold D. are sold 9)We feel very today. A. happy B. happiness C. happily D. happen 10) I’ve looked my new pen everywhere and I can’t find it anywhere. A. at B. for C. up D. on 11) My parents saw me at the railway station. A. in B. for C. up D. off 12) All the classes were painted. A. bad B. badly C. worse D. good 13) He is the man helped me yesterday. A. which B. who C. whom D. whose 14) Where are the photos which at the Christmas party? A. took B. take C. are taken D. were taken 15) I’m very that I will go to Dalat tomorrow. A. excite B. excited C. excitedly D. exciting Question5: Reading comprehension: a) Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only one word in each space:(10 points) Most American television programmes (1) produced in Hollywood. Each year, proposals (2) new television serials are submitted to network executives for (3) Only a few are accepted often those linked (4) a highly successful performer or producer. The (5) phase is the writing of scripts. These scripts are reviewed (6) the network and a small (7) is selected to be (8) into pilot programmes if the programming executives like a pilot programme or it (9) good rating in a trial telecast, the pilot eventually gets produced as a regularly scheduled (10) b) Read the following passage and decide if the statements are true(T) or false (F) : (5 points) In an experiment in Canada, ten- year- old children were put in classes of four sizes: 16, 23, 30 and 37 children in each class. Their teachers said that the smaller classes would result in more individual attention and better marks. However, when the children were tested, those in the smaller classes didn’t get higher marks than the others, except in mathematics. Moreover, pupils in the larger classes said they like school as much. Perhaps the most surprising result was the difference between what the teachers expected and the actual results obtained. More than 90% of the teachers expected the smaller classes to do well. 1) In an experiment in Cambodia, ten-year-old children were put in four different classes with different sizes. 2) According to the teachers, teachers will pay more attention to students in smaller classes and students will get higher marks. 3) The result of the experiment showed that students in smaller classes got higher marks than those in the larger classes. 4) Children in smaller classes enjoyed school more than those in larger classes. 5) Less than 100% teachers expected students in smaller classes to do well. Question6: Do as direction bellow: a. Correct the mistakes for each sentence. 1) Today is more sunny as yesterday. 2) What was the happier day of your life? 3) We have lived here for last year. 4) I’m please hear you had an enjoyable Christmas vacation. 5) I used to lived on a farm when I was a child. b. Complete each of the following sentences, using the words given 1) Next Sunday/ we/ go/ Hai Phong/ which/ big/ city/ northeast/ Viet Nam. 2) Brother/ wish/ that/ can speak/ English/ fluent/ as/ native speaker. 3) I/ ask/ whether/ he/ study/ university/ America/ then. 4) If/ it/ not rain/ tomorrow/ I/ go camping/ friends. 5) Phong/ be/ absent/ school/ since/ he/ break/ leg. Question 7: Combine the following pairs of sentences into ones using the words given in the parentheses. 1) The coffee was very hot. I couldn’t drink it. (too) 2) The ice is quite thick. We can walk on it. (enough) 3) The road was very icy. They couldn’t drive fast. (so) 4) I went to school as usual yesterday. I had a terrible cold. (although) 5) He cannot speak Chinese. I cannot speak Chinese. (neither) 2 3 Key Question 1. 1-c 2-a 3-d 4-b 5-a Question 2. 1-was burning 5) writing; to do; to go; see 2) have already forgotten; gave 6) hear 3) bought; has been driving 7) smoked; would have 4) is said; to have been built 8) using Question 3: 9) paid/ had phoned 1) unpleasant 2- boring 3- attentively 4- poems 5- informed 6- suggestion 7- addition 8- childhood 9- unreliable 10- impatient Question 4: 1-C 2-B 3- C 4-A 5-C 6-C 7-D 8-D 9-A 10-B 11-D 12-B 13-B 14-D 15-B Question 5. a) 1- are 5- next 9- gets 2- for 6- by 10- programme 3- consideration 7- number 4- to/ with 8- developed b) 1-F 2-T 3-F 4-F 5-T Question 6: a/ 1- more as 2- happier happiest 3- for since 4- hear to hear 5- lived live b/ 1. Next Sunday we are going to Hai Phong which is a big city in the northeast of VN. 2. My brother wishes that he could speak English fluently as a native speaker. 3. I asked him whether he was studying/ studied at a university in America then. 4. If it doesn’t rain tomorrow, I’ll go camping with my friends. 5. Phong has been absent from school since he broke his leg. Question 7. 1. The coffee was too hot for me to drink. 2. The ice is thick enough for us to walk on. 3. The road was very icy, so they couldn’t drive fast. ( or: The road was so icy that they couldn’t drive fast.) 4) Although I had a terrible cold, I went to school as usual yesterday. 5) Neither he nor I can speak Chinese. ( or: He cannot speak Chinese, and neither can I.) 4 5