SUMO WRESTLING People from other countries usually think Sumo is very strange but the Japanese love it and find their traditional sport very exciting.. Sumo wrestlers do not look beaut
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I/ VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR:
1 Sleep is _ to our health
a necessary b necessarily c necessity d necessitate
2 Don’t come to see me during the night except in case of
a necessary b necessity c necessarily d necessitate
3 When persuasion failed, he _ force
4 He lost the _ of both legs long time ago
5 May I speak to you _?
6 Reggae music was _ by Bob Marley in the 1970s
a popularity b popularly c popularized d popular
7 The place where the readers can do research is the library
-The place _ is the library
a _ for doing research with the readers b in which for doing research of the readers
c for the readers to do research _ d to the readers for doing research _
8 The boss asked all his workers _ on time
9 Let your name in this sheet of paper
a be written b to be written c write d being written
10 Mathematics not easy to learn
11 When we got there, the tickets out
-So, we to go back home
a had been sold / had b had sold / had c were sold / had d were being sold / had
12 He has a new job now No longer does he work here
-He _ here since he was twenty
a has been working b has worked c was working d worked
13 That boy doesn’t come here on time
-I wish he
14 I want to make a trip to Dalat but the weather is bad I have to delay a trip to Dalat
15 “Where have you found your lost glasses?”
-My mother wants to know _
a ……….you have found your lost glasses
b ……… Where you have found your lost glasses
c ……… Where you had found your lost glasses
d ……… Where I have found my lost glasses
16 “You should try to work.” Our teacher said
-Our teacher said
a I / We should try to work hard b You should try to work hard
c I / We should have tried to work hard d We had to try to work hard
17 Those are your shoes, ?
a aren’t those b aren’t you c aren’t they d are not they
Trang 218 She tried to work hard she could pass the exam
19 Last night, before I to bed, I that news by my father
a went / had told b went / had been told c had gone / was told d had gone / told
20 If man continued cutting down forests, the life on the earth affected
21 we safeguard the natural resources, our life will be destroyed
22 Hype Park has Speaker’s Corner _ one may say anything one pleases
23 Just your coats on the racks in the hall
24 After you graduate from the university, you still have to _ studying
25 Please put your cigarette, I’m allergic to smoke
26 My father used to smoke a lot, ?
27 The prefix _ added to the noun “growth” makes another noun that means “low-lying vegetation or small trees growing beneath or among larger trees.”
II Fill in each blank with the suitable form of the word given
28 I enjoy ……… with my students after class (SOCIAL)
29 I can’t see any ……… between these two cases (DISTINGUISH)
30 The firm has decided to ……… its wages department (COMPUTER)
III Write meaningful sentences with these groups of words
31 The computer / any mathematician / hundreds of times / work / faster / can / than
32 The weather / going for a walk / so…that / after dinner / suggested / was / nice / my sister
IV Do as directed in parentheses
33 I cannot leave here until she comes back (Rewrite this sentence, begin with the cue…)
-Not until
34 She didn’t tell me the reason that she came there yesterday (Use full infinitive phrase)
35 The stories he told were very amusing We all laughed merrily (Use SUCH…THAT)
36 You may take care of new plants You may also water these flower-beds (Use EITHER…OR)
37 My friend can do hard work He can work all day (Use NOT ONLY …ALSO Begin the sentence with NOT ONLY)
V/ READING COMPREHENSION:
A Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with a suitable word given in the box
a few b occupied c lack d result e events
f prolonged g caused h hungry i destroyed j struck
FAMINE
Famine is a (1) _, food shortage that cause widespread hunger and death Throughout history, famine has (2) _ at least one area of the world Every (3) years, most of the developing nations of Africa, Asia and
Trang 3Latin America have barely enough food for their people Millions in these countries go (4) When food
production or imports drop for any reason, famine may strike and thousands or millions of people may die
Many famines have more than one cause For example, the great Bengal famine of 1943 in Eastern India was _(5) by both natural and historical (6) _ World war II created a general food shortage and led to the cut-off rice imports from Burma, which had been (7) by the Japanese Then a cyclone _(8) much farmland
Nearly all famines (9) from crop failures The chief causes of crop failure include (1) drought (prolonged (10) of rain), (2) too much rainfall and flooding and (3) plant diseases and pests Many other factors may also help create a famine
B Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions below
SUMO WRESTLING
People from other countries usually think Sumo is very strange but the Japanese love it and find their traditional sport very exciting Every year, there are six tournaments and millions of Japanese watch them on television A tournament is a series of matches
Sumo is almost as old as the nation of Japan itself Stories say that there was sumo wrestling over 2,000 years ago History says that there were national sumo tournaments in the eighth century
Usually athletes are thin and can move very quickly It is beautiful to watch them play However, sumo wrestlers weigh from 100 to 160 kilos One famous wrestler weighed 195 kilos Sumo wrestlers do not look beautiful and sumo wrestling is a very slow sport
Sumo wrestlers start training when they are boys They exercise to make the bodies strong They also eat and eat Sumo wrestlers wrestle in a round ring with a sand floor A wrestles loses the match if he leaves the ring He is also the loser if any part of his body except his feet touches the floor Each wrestler tries to push the other down on the floor or out of the ring Sometimes one wrestler just steps aside when the other wrestler rushes toward him Then that wrestler falls down or falls out of the ring
QUESTIONS:
1 Why do people say that Sumo wrestling is the traditional of the Japanese?
a There has been Sumo wrestling since Japan was established
b There was Sumo wrestling in this country over 2,000 years ago
c people have been organizing that sport since the eighth century
d all are correct
2 How many tournaments are there every year?
a six b s series of matches c eight d none are correct
3 A wrestler would win the match if …………
a he could lie down inside the ring b he could run out of the ring
c he could push his opponent down or out of the ring
d he could step aside when his opponent rushed toward him
4 What do you think about the Sumo wrestlers?
a they are very fat and they move slowly b they are thin and can move very quickly
c they look beautiful d all are correct
5 In the passage, “wrestler” means …………
a a person who is good at swimming, jumping, etc
b a person who struggles with somebody, trying to throw him to the ground or push him out of the ring
c a person who wins the match
d a person who is interested in wrestling
Trang 4PRACTICE 1:
I/ VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR:
1 Sleep is _ to our health
a. necessary b necessarily c necessity d necessitate
2 Don’t come to see me during the night except in case of
a necessary b necessity c necessarily d necessitate
3 When persuasion failed, he _ force
4 He lost the _ of both legs long time ago
5 May I speak to you _?
a private b privately c privateer d privacy
6 Reggae music was _ by Bob Marley in the 1970s
a popularity b popularly c popularized d popular
7 The place where the readers can do research is the library
-The place _ is the library
a _ for doing research with the readers b in which for doing research of the readers
c for the readers to do research _ d to the readers for doing research _
8 The boss asked all his workers _ on time
9 Let your name in this sheet of paper
a be written b to be written c write d being written
10 Mathematics not easy to learn
11 When we got there, the tickets out
-So, we to go back home
a had been sold / had b had sold / had c were sold / had d were being sold / had
12 He has a new job now No longer does he work here
-He _ here since he was twenty
a has been working b has worked c was working d worked
13 That boy doesn’t come here on time
-I wish he
14 I want to make a trip to Dalat but the weather is bad I have to delay a trip to Dalat
15 “Where have you found your lost glasses?”
-My mother wants to know _
a ……….you have found your lost glasses
b ……… Where you have found your lost glasses
c ……… Where you had found your lost glasses
d ……… Where I have found my lost glasses
16 “You should try to work.” Our teacher said
-Our teacher said
a I / We should try to work hard b You should try to work hard
c I / We should have tried to work hard d We had to try to work hard
17 Those are your shoes, ?
a aren’t those b aren’t you c aren’t they d are not they
18 She tried to work hard she could pass the exam
Trang 519 Last night, before I to bed, I that news by my father
a went / had told b went / had been told c had gone / was told d had gone / told
20 If man continued cutting down forests, the life on the earth affected
21 we safeguard the natural resources, our life will be destroyed
22 Hype Park has Speaker’s Corner _ one may say anything one pleases
23 Just your coats on the racks in the hall
24 After you graduate from the university, you still have to _ studying
25 Please put your cigarette, I’m allergic to smoke
26 My father used to smoke a lot, ?
27 The prefix _ added to the noun “growth” makes another noun that means “low-lying vegetation or small trees growing beneath or among larger trees.”
II Fill in each blank with the suitable form of the word given
28.I enjoy …socializing… with my students after class (SOCIAL)
29 I can’t see any ……distinction…… between these two cases (DISTINGUISH)
30 The firm has decided to ……computerize…… its wages department (COMPUTER)
III Write meaningful sentences with these groups of words
31 The computer / any mathematician / hundreds of times / work / faster / can / than
The computer can work hundreds of times faster than any mathematician
32 The weather / going for a walk / so…that / after dinner / suggested / was / nice / my sister
The weather was so nice that my sister suggested going for a walk after dinner
IV Do as directed in parentheses
33 I cannot leave here until she comes back (Rewrite this sentence, begin with the cue…)
-Not until she comes back, can I leave here
34 She didn’t tell me the reason that she came there yesterday (Use full infinitive phrase)
She didn’t tell me the reason to come there yesterday
35 The stories he told were very amusing We all laughed merrily (Use SUCH…THAT)
He told such amusing stories that we all laughed merrily
36 You may take care of new plants You may also water these flower-beds (Use EITHER…OR)
You may either take care of new plants or water these flower-beds
37 My friend can do hard work He can work all day (Use NOT ONLY …ALSO Begin the sentence with NOT ONLY)
Not only can my friend do hard work, he can also work all day
V/ READING COMPREHENSION:
A Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with a suitable word given in the box
a few b occupied c lack d result e events
f prolonged g caused h hungry i destroyed j struck
FAMINE
Famine is a _ prolonged _, food shortage that cause widespread hunger and death Throughout history, famine has _ struck _ at least one area of the world Every _ few _ years, most of the developing nations of Africa, Asia
Trang 6and Latin America have barely enough food for their people Millions in these countries go _ hungry _ When food production or imports drop for any reason, famine may strike and thousands or millions of people may die Many famines have more than one cause For example, the great Bengal famine of 1943 in Eastern India was _ caused _ by both natural and historical _ events _ World war II created a general food shortage and led to the cut-off rice imports from Burma, which had been _ occupied _ by the Japanese Then a cyclone _ destroyed _ much farmland
Nearly all famines _ result _ from crop failures The chief causes of crop failure include (1) drought (prolonged _ lack _ of rain), (2) too much rainfall and flooding and (3) plant diseases and pests Many other factors may also help create a famine
B Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions below
SUMO WRESTLING
People from other countries usually think Sumo is very strange but the Japanese love it and find their traditional sport very exciting Every year, there are six tournaments and millions of Japanese watch them on television A tournament is a series of matches
Sumo is almost as old as the nation of Japan itself Stories say that there was sumo wrestling over 2,000 years ago History says that there were national sumo tournaments in the eighth century
Usually athletes are thin and can move very quickly It is beautiful to watch them play However, sumo wrestlers weigh from 100 to 160 kilos One famous wrestler weighed 195 kilos Sumo wrestlers do not look beautiful and sumo wrestling is a very slow sport
Sumo wrestlers start training when they are boys They exercise to make the bodies strong They also eat and eat Sumo wrestlers wrestle in a round ring with a sand floor A wrestles loses the match if he leaves the ring He is also the loser if any part of his body except his feet touches the floor Each wrestler tries to push the other down on the floor or out of the ring Sometimes one wrestler just steps aside when the other wrestler rushes toward him Then that wrestler falls down or falls out of the ring
QUESTIONS:
1.Why do people say that Sumo wrestling is the traditional of the Japanese?
a There has been Sumo wrestling since Japan was established
b There was Sumo wrestling in this country over 2,000 years ago
c people have been organizing that sport since the eighth century
d. all are correct
2 How many tournaments are there every year?
a. six b s series of matches c eight d none are correct
3 A wrestler would win the match if …………
a he could lie down inside the ring
b he could run out of the ring
c. he could push his opponent down or out of the ring
d he could step aside when his opponent rushed toward him
4 What do you think about the Sumo wrestlers?
a. they are very fat and they move slowly b they are thin and can move very quickly
c they look beautiful d all are correct
5 In the passage, “wrestler” means …………
a a person who is good at swimming, jumping, etc
b. a person who struggles with somebody, trying to throw him to the ground or push him out of the ring
c a person who wins the match
d a person who is interested in wrestling
Trang 7PRACTICE 2:
I.VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR:
1 English is in many parts of the world
2 Young people are sometimes disrespectful in their _
3 Our teacher was _with anger
a speechless b spoken c speaking d speaker
4 His _ is so boring that everyone felt sleepy
5 The red flag with a yellow star in the centre is the _ flag of Vietnam
a nation b international c national d nationality
6 Tell me the _ why you come here late
7 And here are the main points of the news again The pound _ against the US dollar
a has fallen b fell c was falling d had fallen
8 What _ in the office when the fire happened yesterday morning?
a did you do b had you done c are you doing d were you doing
9 We _ football at the stadium at two o’clock yesterday afternoon
a played b were playing c are playing d have played
10 I _ her at the airport this morning but I forgot
11 The best place in which we can practice English is the staff-room
-The best place _
a is the staff-room to practice English b is the staff-room for practicing English
c for us to practice English is the staff-room d for practicing English for us is the staff-room
12.I visited the coastal villages _ by that terrible flood
a were destroyed b was destroying c destroying d destroyed
13 My mother doesn’t spend 14 hours a day doing housework any more
-No longer _
a my mother doesn’t spend 14 hours a day doing housework
b doesn’t my mother spend 14 hours a day doing housework
c does my mother spend 14 hours a day doing housework
d spends my mother 14 hours doing housework any more
14 The detective asked the witness to describe the scene of crime _ detail
15 She didn’t come here last week I wish _
a she came b she did come c she had come d she would come
16 If the weather _ fine, we would go for a walk after dinner
17 There are a lot of books in the library I cannot count them
-There are too _
a many books in the library for me to count b books for me in the library to count
c many books for me in the library to count them d many books in the library for me cannot count them
18 “Could you show me the way to the nearest bank?” A passenger said to me
-A passenger _ to the nearest bank
a said I could show him the way b told me to show him the way
c wanted me to show him the way d both b and c are correct
19 I enjoy living in the countryside _ the air here is very quite
Trang 8PRACTICE 2:
I.VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR:
1 English is in many parts of the world
2 Young people are sometimes disrespectful in their _
3 Our teacher was _with anger
a speechless b spoken c speaking d speaker
4 His _ is so boring that everyone felt sleepy
5 The red flag with a yellow star in the centre is the _ flag of Vietnam
a nation b international c national d nationality
6 Tell me the _ why you come here late
7 And here are the main points of the news again The pound _ against the US dollar
a has fallen b fell c was falling d had fallen
8 What _ in the office when the fire happened yesterday morning?
a did you do b had you done c are you doing d were you doing
9 We _ football at the stadium at two o’clock yesterday afternoon
a played b were playing c are playing d have played
10 I _ her at the airport this morning but I forgot
11 The best place in which we can practice English is the staff-room
-The best place _
a is the staff-room to practice English b is the staff-room for practicing English
c for us to practice English is the staff-room d for practicing English for us is the staff-room
12.I visited the coastal villages _ by that terrible flood
a were destroyed b was destroying c destroying d destroyed
13 My mother doesn’t spend 14 hours a day doing housework any more
-No longer _
a my mother doesn’t spend 14 hours a day doing housework
b doesn’t my mother spend 14 hours a day doing housework
c does my mother spend 14 hours a day doing housework
d spends my mother 14 hours doing housework any more
14 The detective asked the witness to describe the scene of crime _ detail
15 She didn’t come here last week I wish _
a she came b she did come c she had come d she would come
16 If the weather _ fine, we would go for a walk after dinner
17 There are a lot of books in the library I cannot count them
-There are too _
a many books in the library for me to count b books for me in the library to count
c many books for me in the library to count them d many books in the library for me cannot count them
18 “Could you show me the way to the nearest bank?” A passenger said to me
-A passenger _ to the nearest bank
a said I could show him the way b told me to show him the way
c wanted me to show him the way d both b and c are correct
19 I enjoy living in the countryside _ the air here is very quite
Trang 9II READING COMPREHENSION:
Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with a suitable word given in the box
a climate b materials c total d area e saving
f from g decreasing h different i solution j glue
RAIN FORESTS
Rain forests cover about 7 percent of the earth’s… area … but they have 100.000 kinds of plants, probably half
of all the kinds of plants on earth Twenty percent of our … different … kinds of medicine comes … from… rain forests The … glue … on an envelope and in shoes is taken from tropical plants Rain forests provide … materials … for hundreds of other products
Rain forests are also very important to the world’s … climate… The Amazon rain forest alone receives bout 30
to 40 percent of the … total … Rainfall on the earth and produces about the same percentage of the world’s oxygen (O) No one knows how the …decreasing…size of the world’s rain forests will affect the earth’s climate … saving …our rain forests is an international problem One country or even a few countries cannot solve the problem alone The nations of the world must work together to find a … solution … before it is too late
III Fill in each blank with the suitable form of the word given in parentheses
1 You should try not to mention the …possibility….of being sick (POSSIBLE)
2 Teachers usually make …corrections….in red ink (CORRECT)
3 They’ve just popularized a new teaching …methodology…(METHOD)
III Write meaningful sentences with these groups of words
1 Instead of / of the sun / reflect / the light / of its own / give out / the moon
Instead of giving out the light of its own, the moon reflects the light of the sun
2 Be / these minerals / can / once / replaced / used to / never
Once used up, these minerals can never be placed
IV Do as directed in parentheses
1 It is necessary to preserve the natural resources (Change into passive voice.)
… It is necessary for the natural resources to be preserved………
2 She didn’t once lose the marathon race (Use the emphatic form)
…Not once did she lose the marathon race………
3 I have …enough….material…to build……that house (Fill in the blanks with missing words)
4 I have a beautiful garden for my father to look after when he was alive (Replace the full infinitive phrase by a relative clause.)
… I have a beautiful garden after which my father used to look when he was alive………
PRACTICE 3:
I/ READING COMPREHENSION:
A-Fill in the blanks with suitable words
a delay b day c devices d about e
methods
f invention g child-bearing h ago i time j event
WOMEN’S LIBERATION
The first cause of the liberation was the development of effective birth-control ………., freeing women from the endless cycle of ………, and rearing As a result of having a choice as to if and when to bear children, women acquired the freedom and the ………to pursue interests outside the home Because of the development of birth-control, women could ……… having children and avoid having them altogether Consequently, women had the opportunity to acquire an education and / or pursue a career
Trang 10The second ……… was the development of mechanized labor-saving ……… for the home, resulting in more leisure time and freedom for women For example, fifty years ……… ,a housewife spent
an average of twelve to fourteen hours per ……… doing housework Due to the ………of
machines such as vacuum cleaners, washing machines and dishwashers, a housewife can now take care of her daily housework in ………five hours
B-Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions below:
WOMEN
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 Behind illiterate doesn’t mean 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 agricultural work
is done by women There are many programs to help poor countries develop their agriculture However, for years, these programs provided money and training for men
In parts of Africa, this is s typical day for a village woman At 4:45a.m, she gets up, washes and eats It takes her a half hour to walk to the fields, and she works there until 3:00p.m She collects firewood and gets home at 4:00 She spends the next hour and a half preparing food to cook Then she collects water for another hours From 6:30 to 8:30 she cooks After dinner, she spends an hour washing the dishes and her children She goes to bed at 9:30p.m
International organizations and programs run by developed nations are starting to help women, as well as men, improve their agricultural production Governments have already passed some laws affecting women because of the UNO Decade for Women The UNO report will affect the changes now happening in the family and society
QUESTIONS:
1 By whom (what) was the Decade for Women organized?
a by developing countries b by the United Nations Organization
c by the World Health Organization d by many Afican countries
2 Why do people say women produce more than half of the food?
a because 80% of all agricultural word is done by women
b because 60% of women are illiterate
c most women are not intelligent
d all are correct
3 Why do people say that Afican women’s lives are hard
a because these women are busy with housework
b because they work all day in the fields
c both a and b are correct
d none are correct
4 What do these women do after dinner?
a they always go for a walk b they collect water
c they collect firewood d they always wash dishes and their children
5 It is difficult for them to change their lives Why?
a because they are illiterate b because they are afraid of changing
c because they do eighty percent of agricultural work d all a, b, and c are correct