Task 2: Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.. Task 3: Choose the best option of A, B, C or D to complete the following passage.. She is the 1 ________ of a highly
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MÔN: ANH VĂN PART 1: VOCABULARY
Task 1: Complete the following sentences using the words in the box
1 A(n) _ is about a person’s life written by somebody else
2 Books are a cheap way to get information and _
3 I always read books in free time to improve my _
4 Books are a wonderful _ of knowledge and pleasure
5 Each animal in “The Incredible Journey” story has a distinct _
6 A(n) _ is a story long enough to fill a complete book, in which the characters and events are usually imaginary
7 This is the most interesting _ of the book
8 Some books are _ as “hard-to-put-down” or “hard-to-pick-up-again”
9 _ books tell stories from author’s imagination
10 If you need more _ about the trip, please call us
Task 2: Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences
1 Books are a wonderful source of knowledge and
2 “Harry Potter” has received good comments from
A sellers B editors C reviewers D publishers
3 Children shouldn’t read a _ at night because they might have a bad dream
A thriller B biography C love story D historical story
4 We call the people in a novel or a play _
A characters B heroes C writers D editors
5 Each animal in the story “The Incredible Journey” has a distinct _ but they care for one another as if they were a family
6 There are something we need to know in order to _ in the wilderness
7 The wanted to write an article about our school in the paper
A publisher B journalist C novelist D editor
8 You’re ill; you shouldn’t eat meat Fish is easy to _
9 I think he has just had time to _ into the story, not to digest it yet
information personality page source described
knowledge novel biography fiction entertainment
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Task 3: Choose the best option of A, B, C or D to complete the following passage
Joanne Rowling became famous almost overnight She is the (1) of a highly successful series of books for young people
Joanne has (2) _ of being a writer for as long as she can remember In fact, she has been (3) _ stories and characters ever since she was a schoolgirl When she was still quite young, the family moved to a town called Chepstow A family who lived (4) were called Potter, and she used their name for the hero of her books She and her sister, Di, attended a state school in the town At school, she was hard-working and rather reserved She was particularly good at English and languages Her talent for telling stories made her a popular figure
in the school During breaks between (5) , she was often surrounded by a crowd of friends, anxious to hear the latest story she had written She often included her classmates in her stories, although they were not always aware of this
3 A doing up B taking up C putting up D making up
5 A lectures B sessions C tutorials D lessons
Task 4: Read the following passage and do the task below
Books which give instructions on how to do things are very popular in the United States today
Thousands of these How-to books are useful In fact, there are about four thousand books with
titles that begin with the words “How to” One book may tell you how to earn money, another may
tell you how to save or spend it, and another may explain how to give your money away
Many How-to books give advice on careers They tell you how to choose a career and how to
succeed in it If you fail, however, you can buy the book “How to Turn Failure into Success” If you
would like to become very rich, you can buy the book “How to Make a Millionaire”
If you never
make any money at all, you may need a book called “How to Live on Nothing” One of the most popular types of books is one that helps you with personal
problems If you want to have a better love of life, you can read “How to Succeed in Love every Minute of Your Life” If you are tired of books on happiness, you may
prefer books which give step-by-step instructions on how to redecorate or enlarge a
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Why have How-to books become so popular? Probably because life has become so complex Today people have far more free time to use, more choices to make, and more problems to solve How-to books help people deal with modern life
1 From the first paragraph, we know How-to books are _
A only about four thousand copies B on money
C very helpful in life D needed a lot
2 The passage tells us that How-to books sell well on how _
A to succeed in careers B to solve personal problems
C to deal with business D to make money
3 If you often read How-to books, you _
A will be sure to get something you need B will not know how to help yourself in life
C will become a man in life D needn’t think any more in the world
4 How-to books appear only because _
A people have more free time to spend than before
B people meet more problems than their parents
C people may have more choices from How-to books than any other books
D modern life is more difficult to deal with
5 The word “step-by-step” would probably mean _
C slower and slower D A & B are correct