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III READING Read the following passages and choose the correct answers “They told me I could never walk again But when I listened to music I forgot all about the pain I found e str

KIỂM TRA HKII MÔN: ANH VĂN

I VOCABULARY

A Choose the correct answers

1 It is a book It’s rather expensive

2 The story is quite boring without a

3 The protagonist is described as handsome and talented

4 Who was Emma engaged ? Peter?

5 I love novels Charles Dickens

6 There was for me to do at the fair Everything had been well

prepared

7 In a small village like this travels fast

8 Helen is so that so could easily get hurt by anything you may say

9 The bus in this town is  so we have to take the children to school

and pick them up by car

10 Every regulation has to be by everybody There is no exception

11 Sarah refused to into details when talking about the case

12 It is of Angela to write with sharp-edged irony

13 I am sorry I am not with this computer program It will take me

time

14 Fat food are hard to

15 The book is so interesting that I can hardly _ it _

16 Books are a wonderful _ of knowledge

17 That novel is not of my  I find it boring and useless

18 She didn’t tell us everything She it in her story

19 She had just enough time to the report before the meeting

20 She was so fond of the antique vase that she had to herbpurse

21 He bit off more than he can  I believe he cannot handle things

22 The chairman will the date of the meeting

23 I thought he was Jack’s father but I was

24 Be careful! The china is  You may break it

25 I have decided to live independently my parents

b Word forms: Write the correct form of the words in the brackets

1 He has to see s doctor for his (digest) _ trouble

2 She smiled at (irony)

3 I found no (familiar) in his voice

4 What I like best in Tina is her (reliable) _

5 She has been chosen to be the leader due to her (sense) 

She knows what to do at the right time

6 The teacher was please with Thomas’s (image)

presentation

7 Readers were shocked by the (reveal) _ about the film

star

8 Patience is (character) of the new boss

9 The giraffe is (character) by its long neck

10 I can’t help asking for the second helping because the soup was so (taste)

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11 She spoke with (delicate) of our recent loss

12 The teacher gave us a detailed (describe) _of the trip 13 Education is (admit) _ one of the most important concerns

of every country

14 I really appreciate your (recommend) 

15 Newspapers reflect (fact) life

II GRAMMAR: PASSIVE

TRANSITIVE/INTRANSITIVE VERBS

a Change the following into Passive

1 Women clean this office in the evening after the staff have left

2 You cannot wash this dress You must dry-clean it

3 Someone left this purse in the classroom yesterday

4 They are pulling down the whose building

5 We kill and injure people on the road every day Can’t we do something

about it?

6 People often take him for his brother

7 No one has put off the light

8 We are turning away students because the college is full

9 They took down the old notice and put up a new one

10 They will have to adopt a different attitude

b Choose the correct answers

1 The book quite well during the first few months

2 The letter was meant by the local council

3 They the foundation stone in November

4 The train off at six as scheduled but it came to Portsmouth late

5 The water level in the tank _ 5 inches so far

6 A new scheme up before I came

9 The tree _ taller than Tim

10 An ice-cream in such hot weather will certainly _

III READING

Read the following passages and choose the correct answers

“They told me I could never walk again But when I listened to music I forgot all about the pain I found e strength I didn’t know I had”Ninety-two-year-old Tina Goodman who regained her ability to walk thanks to music This is just one of the many stories in Fettaro’s book “The Healing Power of Music”  Fettaro tries to show just how important music is in our lives and how it can help us to be healthy and happy

According to Fettaro music can make sick people again In fact his book comes with a CD of recordings each one specially designed to help with a number of health problems

Fettaro e well-known music therapist promises that by reading his book you will be able to develop the healing power of music in your life He says this will help you fight headaches and back pain as well as reduce stress high blood pressure and many other common illnesses

Certainly I accept that listening to certain types of music can help with particular problems such as stress I am also comfortable with Fettaro’s claim that by reading his book you’ll be able to create a peaceful enviroment to help you relax in your home I found the relaxation and breathing techniques very useful Similarly his claim that music help you sleep better seems reasonable Yet when he goes on to promise his music therapies will help cure depression and even cancer he begins to sound a little bit unbelievable

Nevertheless for those of you who are interested in the power of music to heal this is a great book to buy It’s a thorough introduction to the history and practice of music therapy Fettaro writes in a simple easy to understand way and shows clearly how music can affect us positively His basic message-that music can improve our lives-is well-presented and clear It

may even be true that certain techniques covered here can help some people

recover from unpleasant health problems However his promises of

“amazing results” seem impossible to justify

1 What was Tina Goodman’s problem?

2 What is the purpose of the CD?

A to work as an audio book

B to support what Fettaro claims

C to supply some kind of relaxation

D to give music recordings to help with some health problems

3 Which statement cannot be inferred from the passage about Fettaro?

A He claims music can cure you of common illnesses

B “The Healing Power of Music” in his first book

C He is renowned

D His writing style is simple and understandable

4 Which statement is not true?

A Music can help you sleep better

B Music has positive effects

C It is necessary to create a peaceful enviroment when you read Fettaro’s book

D The recordings accompanied with the book are to help with some health problems

5 What is the basic message of Fettaro’s book?

A Music can improve our lives

B No illness is incurable with the help of music

C Music can cure even depression and cancer

D Music brings amazing results

6 What are the two techniques useful to the writer?

A relaxing and peace-making ones

B listening and reading

C recovering and relaxing in your own home

D relaxing and breathing ones

7 Which is not stated by Fettaro as curable?

8 What is the writer’s opinion of the book?

A He likes the book a lot and recommends it to everyone

B He likes the book but is not so happy about some of the promises it makes

C He doesn’t like the book because few of the claim can be proved

D He finds all claims impossible to be proved

9 What is the meaning of the word “covered”?

10 Which word is similar to the word “justify”?

ANSWER KEY

I

a

1 C 2 B 3 C 4 B 5 B 6 C 7 D 8 D 9 B 10 C 11 D 12 B 13 C 14 C 15 D 16 A 17 C 18 A 19 D 20 D 21 A 22 D 23 B 24 D 25 C

b

II

a

1 This office is cleaned in the evening after the staff have left

2 This dress can’t be washed It must be dry-cleaned

3 This purse was left in the class room yesterday

4 The whole building is being pulled down

5 People are killed and injured on the road every day Can’t something be done about it?

6 He is often taken for his brother

7 The light has not been put off

8 Students are being turned away because the college is full

9 The old notice was taken down and a new one (was) put up

10 A different attitude will have to be adopted

b

1 B 2 B 3 C 4 A 5 D 6 C 7 B 8 D 9 A 10 B

III

1 C 2 D 3 B 4 C 5 A 6 D 7 D 8 B 9 A 10 D