Bài tập ôn tập TA 9 HKII

TAI LIEU ON TAP ANH 9 UNIT 1 Fill in each space with a suitable word from the box . keep in touch atmosphere correspond pays comprise impressed ASEAN compulsory 1. She enjoyed the peaceful ______________of the village . 2. My mother often ______________when she is worried about something . 3. We are no longer in the same school but we still _________ 4. Tourists are normally ____________by the beauty of the place and the friendliness of the local people . 5. How often do you _____________your pen pal ? 6. Do you know what _____________stands for ? 7. The city _______________an area of over 1,000 sp meters. 8. Is “ optional “ opposite of “ ______________” ? Fill in each space with a suitable preposition 1. My grandfather wanted to pay a visit ________a pagoda ________ Tran Hung Dao Street . 2. Could you bring me the book ___________your way to school ? 3. She will go to HCM City __________the end of the weekend . 4. It is difficult ___________me to make you understand . 5. Don’t forget to keep __________touch ! 6. Do you think this dictionary is different __________mine ? 7. The two dictionaries are the same _____________some ways . 8. How many parts is the area divided ___________ ? 9. What does the course consist __________? 10. This course is compulsory _______________children . Make sentences with “ I wish “ 1. I don’t understand what the man says . I wish __________________________________________ 2. My relatives live too far from me . I wish __________________________________________ 3. We can’t live together forever . I wish __________________________________________ 4. He can’t compose a song . He wishes ______________________________________ Choose the best answer among A, B , C , D 1. They have been pen pals for three years and __________at least once a week . A. speak B. stay C. take D. correspond 2. Last week I _____________my children to the zoo in town . A. brought B. fetched C. took D. got 3. He _______write to me once a week but he doesn’t write any more. A. use to B. uses to C. used to D. using to 4. I wish my best friend ___________never leave me alone . A. will B. would C. can D. could 5. What does this book consist ________________ ? A. with B. of C. about D. in 6. The course is _______________for children in this country. A. religious B. option C. adding D. compulsory 7. My mother _____________beautiful and young forever. A. wishes she can B. wishes she can be C. wishes she could D. wishes she could be 8. My friends asked me _____________keep in touch . A. promise to B. promised to C. to promise D. to promise to 9. My sister never cleans the floor . I wish she ____________it . A. will do B. had done C. does D. would do 10. What is the ___________of your country ? _ 75,000,000 people. A. religion B. unit of currency C. language D. population 11. I am not _______________on the left . A. used to driving B. used to drive C. used to be driving D. used to be drive Fill in each blank in the passage with a suitable word Cherating is one of Malaysia’s ______________famous beach resorts . Very few places ____________ match Cherating ‘s beauty and serenity . A few ______________my friends and I decided to visit Cherating during our school vacation . We knew that we _________ most certainly going to have a good time . It _____________us about one hour to cycle _____________ our town to Cherating . We reached the place , we _______________many fishing villages and beautiful beaches stretching for several kilometers . Cherating is sunny ___________the year and many people come to Cherating either to swim _____________ to dive . While at Cherating , we also enjoyed the excellent local food . Cherating is indeed _____________ of Malaysia ‘s best tourist attractions . ( most can of were took from saw throughout or one ) Make all the changes and additions necessary to produce , from the following sets of words and phrases , sentences which together make a complete letter . Dear Kien 1. Thank you / much / invitation / spend / this weekend / you / family / country house . 2. I love / come / unfortunately / I / be unable / accept . 3. My pen pal / live / Singapore / going / stay / us / September 25 th / this Sunday 4. As it be / first visit / our country / I plan / show him round . 5. I like / take him / visit / HCM’ s Mausoleum / Van Mieu. 6. We also / go / Hoan Kiem Lake / History Museum / if / have time 7. It / be / possible / visit / you / following weekend ? 8. I / be / you / few days / after / pen pal / go back / Singapore . 9. Please tell / following weekend / be convenient . 10 . I look forward / see / you / all again . UNIT 2 Choose the best answer among A, B , C , D 1. Nguyen Du is a famous Vietnamese _______________ . A. poem B. poetry C. poetic D. poet 2. These clothes need ___________immediately . A. washed B. be washed C. to wash D. washing 3. Malaysia enjoys the tropical ____________ . A. weather B. climate C. season D. country 1 1 TAI LIEU ON TAP ANH 9 4. They will keep __________touch . A. in B . on C. from D. with 5. I wish I ____________ a famous writer . A. am B . was C. were D. have been 6. The ao dai is the traditional __________of Vietnamese women . A. dress B. skirt C. blouse D. poem 7. The ao dai used for men were different ________those for women. A. for B. from C. with D. to 8. Today , the ao dai looks modern and very ____________ . A. unfashionable B. fashionable C. fashionably D. fashion 9. Fashion ___________want to change the traditional ao dai . A . designate B. designer C. designers D. design 10. Poets have taken _____________from the natural beauty. A. inspirational B. inspiration C. inspire D. inspiring 11. The pigeon is the ____________of peace. A. symbolize B. symbolically C. symbol D. symbolic 12. Lan wants to have a trip abroad but it all ________on her parents. A. dependence B. depend C. dependable D. dependent Fill in each blank in the passage with a suitable word be get travel become want die write feel have study Matsuo Basho __________________more than 1,000 three- line poems , “ haiku”. He chose topics from nature , daily life , and human emotions. He _______________one of Japan ‘s most famous poets , and his work established haiku as an important art form . Matsuo Basho ___________born near Kyoto in 1644. His father ______________ him to a samurai. Instead , Matsuo Basho moved to Edo ( Tokyo now ) and _________________poetry . By 1681 , he ________________ many students and admirers . Matsuo Basho ‘s home burned bown in 1682. Then , 1683 , his mother ________________. After these events , Matsuo Basho _________________restless . Starting in 1684 , he _____________ on foot and horseback all over Japan . Travel was difficult in the seventeenth century , and Matsuo Basho often _____________ sick . He died in 1694, during a journey to Osaka . ( wrote _ became _ was _ wanted _ studied _ had _ died _ felt _ traveled _ got ) Read the following passage and decide if the statements are T/ F. S C H O O L U N I F O R M When I was a boy , children always objected to wearing school uniform but teachers were keen on it because they said all of us looked alike . Otherwise , they said , children would compete with each other and the poorer children would be unhappy because people would see straight away how poor they were . In recent years , however , many schools have given up the idea of making children wear uniform but , funnily enough , now that children can wear what they like , they have adopted a uniform of their own . When some journalists visited a London school they found that all the boys and girls were dressed in jeans . One girl said she would rather die than wear a coat instead of a jersey because no one wants to look different from the other children in the class . Parents may not be as happy about this as children , but they ought to be , because this new kind of uniforms is one that the children like , not something hey have been forced to wear , and it is also much cheaper than school uniforms used to be . 1. ____________Children always objected to wearing school uniform. 2. ___________ Children would compete with each other and the poorer children would be happy because people would see straight away how poor they were . 3. ____________ In recent years , however , many schools have still had the idea of making children wear uniform . 4. ____________ When some parents visited a London school they found that all the boys and girls were dressed in jeans. 5. ____________ The children like to wear this new kind of uniform because it is the one that they like and it is also cheaper than school uniforms used to be . 1T , 2F , 3F , 4F , 5T Complete each of the following sentences ,using the words given 1. sister / wear / new ao dai / only twice / since / she / buy / it . 2. we / not used / wear / jeans / when / study / primary school 3. Liz / wish / she / be going / Ha Noi / parents / next Sunday . 4. lot / new styles / clothes / design / his shop / every week 5. wear / uniforms / encourage / students / proud / school UNIT 3 Rewrite the following sentences so that the second means the same as the first one . 1. Jim is so intelligent that he always understands what I say . Because Jim _____________________________________. 2. Her singing is beautiful ; so I can listen to her all day . Because ________________________________________. 3. My home town is so lovely that I want to live and work there. Because _________________________________________ . 4. I read the novel again and again because it is interesting . The novel is _____________________________________ . 5. He succeeded in his life because he worked hard . He worked ________________________________________. 6. We missed the bus because we got up late . We got __________________________________________ . Choose the best answer among A, B , C , D 1. We are going to send some ___________students for the program. A. exchanging B. exchange C. exchanged D. to exchange 2. Do you collect stamps or other things ? _Yes, I am a stamp ______ A. collecting B. collector C. collection D. collect 3. Hoa has to walk to school ; so she wishes she ________ a bicycle. A. has B. had C. will have D. has had 4. She doesn’t like Spanish ,________she has to study the language. A. so B. though C. but D. however 5. We ___________the nearest village before sunset . A. came B. arrived C. went D. reached 6. If only I ____________in the countryside right now . A. were B. am C. can be D. would be 7.He used to________his living by delivering vegetables to city hotels. A. earn B. gain C. get D. make Read the following passage and answer the questions . The tiny village of Frinley is said to possess a “ cursed tree”. Because the tree was mentioned in a newspaper , the number 2 2 TAI LIEU ON TAP ANH 9 of visitors to Frinley has now increased . The tree was planted near a church fifty years ago , but it is only in recent years that it has gained an evil reputation . It is said that if anyone touches the tree , he will have bad luck ; if he picks a leaf , he will die . Many villagers believe that the tree has already claimed a number of victims . The vicar has been asked to have the tree cut down , but so far he has refused . He has pointed out that the tree is a useful source of income as tourists have come from all parts of the country to see it . In spite of all that has been said , the tourists have picked leaves and cut their names on the tree-trunk . So far , not one of them has been truck down by sudden death ! 1. Where and when was the tree planted ? 2. What has the tree got in recent years ? 3. What will happen to a man if he touches the tree ? 4. Why is the tree a useful source of income ? 5. Are the visitors afraid of what has been said about the tree ? UNIT 4 Read the following passage and decide if the statements are T/ F. London , the capital of Great Britain , is situated on the Thames River . It is the largest city in Europe with a population of over 8 million. It is divided into four parts : the City , Westminster , the West End and the East End . The City is small in area , but it is the commercial heart of London . Many banks and offices are situated there . The Tower and St. Paul ‘s Cathedral is very large and fine . It was built in 1710 . The famous English architect Christopher Wren planned and built St. Paul ‘s Cathedral. If the city may be called the commercial heart of London, Westminster is the center of the administration . We can see the Houses of Parliament there. It is a beautiful building with two towers and a very big clock called Big Ben . Westminster Abbey is opposite the Houses of Parliament . The West End with the best and most expensive clubs , restaurants and theaters , beautiful houses and parks is the place where rich people live . Working people live in the East End where there are no parks or gardens and no fine houses . Fill in each blank in the passage with a suitable word college difficult evening hard language newspaper studies subjects teenagers useful Every year many people in the world learn English . Some of them are young children . Others are ______________ . Many are adults . Some learn at school , others learn in __________classes . A few learn English by themselves or just by hearing the __________ on television or among their friends . Most people must work _________ to learn English . Why do these people want to learn English ? It isn’t ______________ to answer that question . Young children learn English at school because it is one of their _______________ . Many adults learn English because it is ____________for their work . Teenagers often learn English for their higher _____________ because some of their books are in English at _____________or university . Other people learn English because they want to read ____________ or magazines in English . ( teenagers evening language hard difficult subjects useful studies college newspapers ) Choose the best answer among A, B , C , D 1. She asked me _____________________ . A. where did I come from ? B. where I came from C. where I came from ? D. where I came from . 2. __________to attend the course , you have to pass the exam . A. If you will want B. If you should want C. If you may want D. If you want 3. They want to know ________________________ . A. which grade was I in B. which grade was I on. C. which grade I was in D. which grade I was on. 4. He told me ______________________________ . A. he will have to leave the city tomorrow . B. he will have to leave the city the following day . C. he would have to leave the city tomorrow . D. he would have to leave the city the following day . 5. He wants to know ________________________________ . A. whether I would come back from school the next day . B. whether I would come back from school tomorrow. C. whether I will come back from school the next day . D. whether I will come back from school tomorrow. 6. I wonder _____________________________________ . A. why he doesn’t love his family . B. why doesn’t he love his family . C. why does he love his family ? D. why loves his family ? 7. The village __________near the foot of a mountain and by a river . A. goes B. lies C. comes D. stands 8. The journey to the village is very _______________ . A. interested B. interesting C. disinterested D. interest 9. It is an ___________day to me at the seaside with my friends . A. enjoyable B. enjoyment C. enjoyably D. enjoy 10. After a long walking , they feel tired and ____________ . A. hunger B. hungryly C. hungrily D. hungry 11. He wishes he _________the exam . A. passes B. passed C. have passed D. pass Make all the changes and additions necessary to produce , from the following sets of words and phrases , sentences which together make a complete letter . Dear Sir 1. I / see / school ‘s advertisement / TV / last night. 2. I / interested / learn English / and / I / like / information / school . 3. I / study / English / four years / but / want / improve / speaking / and / listening / skill . 4. I / be / very grateful / if / you / send / details / courses / fees . 5. I look forward / hear / you / son . Yours sincerely UNIT 5 Read the following passage and decide if the statements are T/ F. Television is the most influential of all the media. A single television programme has more impact than radio and the printed word put together . For this reason alone TV producers and programme makers have a responsibility to the general public to ensure possible standards . This applies to all aspects of television 3 3 TAI LIEU ON TAP ANH 9 but perhaps especially to those programmes which are aimed at children and young people . 1. _________ Television is the most influential of all the media. 2. _________ A single television has less impact than radio and the printed word put together . 3. _________ Alone TV producers and programme makers have a responsibility to the general public to ensure possible standards . 4.__________ This applies to some aspects of television . 5._________ Television producers and programme makers do not have any responsibility to those programmes which are aimed at children and young people . 1T , 2F , 3T , 4F , 5 F Read the following passage and choose the best answer among A, B , C , D for each space There has been a revolution in the world of newspapers . Not many years ____________ , newspapers were still being produced using techniques unchanged for _________hundred years . The journalists gave their stories to a typist , who prepared them for an editor, who passed them on __________ the printer . The printer , who was a ___________ skilled man , set up the type . _____________ was then collected to make the pages . When the pages were complete , the printing machines could be __________ . Nowadays what ________ ? The journalists type their stories into a computer . The _________ checks their spelling , plans the page , shapes the articles . When the pages are ready , another computer may control the printing . _____________ can be no doubt about it , producing a newspaper is an entirely different __________ now . 1. A. before B. after C. ago D. yet 2. A. a B. some C. an D. over 3. A. to B. by C. through D. with 4. A. hardly B. mostly C. partly D. very 5. A. They B. Which C. This D. All 6. A. switched B. started C. stopped D. moved 7. A. gives B. occurs C. happens D. goes 8. A. computer B. editor C. typist D. printer 9. A. It B. There C. You D. We 10. A. skill B. work C. management D. business ( 1C , 2A , 3A , 4D , 5C , 6B , 7 C , 8A , 9B , 10D ) Fill in each blank in the passage with a suitable word Nowadays , more and more people are changing the way they use their televisions . Some years ago we _____________to turn on TV and watch whatever there was . But now we choose the programs we watch ____________more carefully because we have many ______________interesting things to do . One result of this change is that we are also becoming ____________ careful about the actual television set itself . As we watch fewer programs , we want to be sure that we will ________________ a really good picture , with bright color and clear sound . Because it will be switched off ______________of the time , we also want the television to look good when we are not watching it . So when we _______________or rent we look at the outside to make sure it is attractive and will look right _______________ other furniture . Of course , we have to pay more __________________high quality . However , it seems that the number of people ______________are content to do so is increasing , and this should have a good result , because in the end all televisions will have better quality . ( used much / far other more have most buy with for who / that ) Choose the best answer among A, B , C , D 1. Remote controls are used to ___________with TV A. interacts B. interacting C. interact D. interactive 2. Nowadays , the Internet is the fastest _______________ . A. communication B. media C. way D. means 3. How much time a day do you spend _______________the web ? A. to surf B. surfing C. surf D. surfer 4. The Internet is a wonderful invention of _________life. A. modern B. ancient C. primitive D. recent 5. Our atmosphere is getting __________________ . A. pollute B. pollution C. polluted D. polluting 6. We should save our ___________________ . A. environ B. environment C. environmental D. environmentalist 6. Viet got up late __________he couldn’t catch the first bus . A. then B. so C. as D. when 7. Long wishes he ___________have to clean all the windows . A. don’t B. doesn’t C. wasn’t D. didn’t Make all the changes and additions necessary to produce , from the following sets of words and phrases , sentences which together make a complete letter . Dear Liz 1. It / be / long time / since / I / last hear / you . 2. You / like / come / stay / me / cottage / countryside ? 3. You / your family / welcome / if / want / visit / us . 4. What about / come / the end / next month ? 5. Write / let / me / know / if / come . Yours , UNIT 7 Read the following passage and choose the best answer among A, B , C , D for each space About twenty percent of the world ‘s present energy already comes from the sun in one form or another . Special devices have already been made available to ____________on the roofs of houses and flats to ___________the sun’s rays and thus heat water . Thousands ____________these devices are now being used to provide __________in homes throughout the United States while more __________a million solar water –heating units have already been ____________ in homes in Japan . Other purposes for which ______________energy is at present being used include the ____________of salt from water , irrigation and sewage disposal . ____________most people in developing countries , the need is not air conditioners or central heating but for cheap ________ of cooking food , drying crops and lighting homes. 1. A. put B. locate C. fit D. fix 2. A. greet B. catch C. contain D. manufacture 3. A. in B. with C. on D. of 4. A. light B. energy C. life D. existence 4 4 TAI LIEU ON TAP ANH 9 5. A. than B. of C. through D. over 6. A. built B. planned C. standing D. attached 7. A. sun B. sky C. space D. solar 8. A. passing B. separation C. divorce D. delivery 9. A. Though B. By C. For D. At 10 . A. manners B. ways C. models D. types 1A, 2B , 3D , 4B , 5A , 6 A , 7D , 8B , 9C , 10B Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase. There is now increasing concern about the world ‘s energy (0)________, particularly about those involving fossil (1)_______. In less than a hundred years we shall probably (2)_______ all the present (3)________ of oil and gas . The world ‘s coal (4)_________should last longer but , once used , these cannot be (5)______. It is important , therefore , that we should develop such (6)______sources of energy as solar energy and nuclear energy as well as water and wind (7)_____ ( classed as (8)_______energy ) . Until these energy (9)______are widely used , it is important for the developed countries to reduce energy (10)_______as much as possible . 0.A. possessions 1. A. fuels 2. A. end 3. A. findings 4. A. reserves 5. A. updated 6. A. traditional 7. A. force 8. A. repeatable 9. A. goods 10.A. exhaustion B. goods B. powers B. complete B.production s B. stores B. repeated B. alternative B. strength B. continual B. supplies B. destruction C. resources C. forms C. total C. amounts C. mines C. renewed C. revolutionary C. power C. renewable C. provisions C. waste D. materials D. energies D. exhaust D. sources D. contents D. produced D. surprising D. motion D. continuous D. materials D.consumption 1-A ,2D , 3D, 4A , 5C , 6B ,7 C , 8C , 9B , 10D Read the passage , then answer the questions : We can develop alternative sources of energy , and unless we’ll never succeed . Instead of burning fossil fuels we should be concentrating on more economic uses of electricity , because electricity can be produced from any sources of energy . If we didn’t waste so much energy , our resources would last longer . We can save more energy by conservation than we can produce for the same money . Unless we do research on solar energy , wind power , tidal power , hydroelectric plants …our fossil fuels will run out and we’ll all freeze or starve to death. Many countries are spending much more time and money on research because the energy from the sun , the waves and the winds last forever . We really won’t survive unless we start working on cleaner and safer sources of energy . 1) What can electricity be produced from ? 2) What would happen if we didn’t waste so much energy ? 3) What will happen unless we do research on solar energy and other alternative sources of energy ? 4) Why are many countries spending much more time and money doing research on the energy from the sun , the waves and the winds ? 5) What will happen unless we start working on cleaner and safer sources of energy ? 1) It can be produce from any sources of energy 2) Our resources would last longer 3) Our fossil fuels will run out . 4) Because they last forever. 5) We really won’t survive. 6) Complete the passage , using the words in the box: heat furnish burn widen last show supply operate While most fuels now in use are being ____(1)____ at an astonishing rate , solar energy will last as long as the world _____(2)_____ . During recent years , many scientists have been experimenting with solar energy for ___(3)____the power needed for today’s complex world . This energy has already been used ___(4)____ and cool homes and to cook food . It has been used experimentally in radio batteries and in __(5)___ power for telephone lines. However , the devices ____(6)____ by solar energy in use now are cheap to operate but very expensive to produce . More experiments in countries where cooking and heating fuels are scare and expensive may ___(7)___ how to lower the cost of building such devices and how ___(8)___ their use . 1. burned 2. supplying 3. furnishing 4. show 5. lasts 6. to heat 7. operated 8. to widen UNIT 8 Choose the best answer among A, B , C , D 1. She is worried ___________her exam . A. about B. of C. with D. on 2. You should __________the amount of water your family uses. A. reuse B. recycle C. reduce D. save 3. Electricity , gas and water are extremely ____________for our life. A. necessity B. necessarily C. necessary D. need 4. We can save natural resources by using solar ___________ instead of coal , gas and oil . A. energy B. supply C. heat D. calendar 5. Solar _________are installed on the roof of a house to receive the energy from the sun . A. panels B. boards C. systems D. energy Fill in each blank in the passage with a suitable word important together festival wishes set open doing midnight celebration traditional New Year’s Day is the most important ____________of the year in my country . Because it is so __________, most Chinese people insist on __________everything right to prepare for the _____________. People aren’t satisfied with just cleaning their houses well before the New Year . They clean them perfectly ? Good luck ___________are written in Chinese on red paper and hung all over the walls and doors of the house . The living room is decorated with flowers . Plates of oranges and tangerines are put all around the house because oranges are symbols of happiness . After preparing for 5 5 TAI LIEU ON TAP ANH 9 many days , finally on New Year ‘ s Eve and New Year ‘s Day families get __________ and eat feasts of delicious , ___________foods. Firecrackers are _____________off , and brand new clothes are worn . At ____________ on New Year ‘ s Eve, we believe in letting the old year out by leaving every door and window in the house _______________ . ( festival important doing celebration wishes together traditional set midnight open ) Fill in each blank in the passage with a suitable word In Britain there is a holiday now which people call Mother’s Day . In the old days many girls from working –class __________ in towns and cities and from farmers ‘ families in the country _________ in rich houses . They had to do all the __________and their working day was usually very long , they often worked on Sundays , too . Once a day , it was usually ___________ Sunday in March , they could visit their mothers . They went home on that day and ____________ presents for their mothers and for _____________ members of their families . They could stay at home only one day , and then they went _____________to their work . People call that day Mothering Day _____________ Mothering Sunday . Later workers at the factories and girls ___________worked in the houses of ___________families received one free day a week , and Mothering Day became Mother’s Day . It is the last Sunday in March . ( families worked housework one brought other back or who rich ) Read the following passage and choose the best answer among A, B , C , D for each space A WELSH FESTIVAL Wales has a population of about three million . English is the main language and only twenty per cent speak both Welsh and English . Every year _________August there is a Welsh-speaking festival . It ___________place in a different town each year so everyone has the chance for it near them . Local people ___________ years making plans for when the festival will be in ___________town. Each festival is ___________by about 160,000 people . They travel not only from nearby towns and villages __________ also from the rest of the British Isles and ___________from abroad . There are concerts , plays and ___________to find best singers , poets , writers and so on . Shops sell Welsh music , books , pictures and clothes as ______________as food and drink . The festival provides a chance for Welsh –speaking people to be together for a whole week , with ______________Welsh language all around them . 1. A. on B. public C. in D. at 2. A. takes B. finds C. has D. makes 3. A. pass B. put C. spend D. do 4. A. our B. their C. his D. its 5. A. arrived B. attended C. joined D. come 6. A. but B. however C. since D. and 7. A. just B. hardly C. quite D. even 8. A. tests B. examinations C. competitions D. races 9. A. long B. far C. good D. well 10. A . one B. a C. the D. some ( 1C , 2A , 3C , 4B , 5B , 6A , 7D , 8C , 9D , 10 C ) Fill in each blank in the passage with a suitable word Among the festivals celebrated by some of Asian people is the Moon Cake Festival , also known as the Mid-August Festival . Large numbers of small round moon cakes are eaten on this day , and children enjoy carrying colorful paper lanterns come in all shapes ; the more popular ones are shaped like fish , rabbits and butterflies . According to them , the moon shines brightest on the night of the Moon Cake Festival . As the moon rises , tables are placed outside the house and women make offerings of fruit and moon cakes to the Moon Goddess. UNIT 9 Choose the best answer among A, B , C , D 1. According to the __________, it will be cold and windy tomorrow . A. weather forecast B. weather information C. weather prediction D. weather announcement 2. Yesterday , a typhoon _____________ a coastal city in the country. A. strike B. hit C. predicted D. collapsed 3. People can know when a volcano will _____________ . A. break B. reach C. erupt D. suck 4. In 1995 , a huge earthquake __________the city of Kobe in Japan. A. strikes B. struck C. was striking D. striked 1. Tidal waves are the result of an abrupt shift in the underwater ________________ of the Earth . A. movement B. move C. moving D. moves 2. Mount Pinatubo , __________ is a volcano in the Philippines , erupted in 1991. A. that B. it C. which D. who UNIT 10 Read the following passage and decide if the statements are T/ F. Mars Surveyor ‘ 98 Lander In December 1999 , a spacecraft from Earth will land on the planet Mars . For three months , it will conduct experiments and send the results back to Earth . Underneath the Lander , there’s a camera which takes photos of the surface of Mars . While it is on Mars , the Lander is going to collect soil samples . To do this , it will use a robotic arm which is located at one end of the spacecraft . The arm will dig a hole and then collect soil samples for the computer to analyze . On either side of the Lander are large solar panels . These use the sun ‘s heat to generate electricity which runs the equipment on board . On the top of the Lander , on the left-hand side , there ‘s an antenna . This is used to send and receive signals from Earth and the spacecraft . 1. A spacecraft from Earth will land on Mars in December 1998. 2. Its commission is to conduct experiments and send the results back to Earth . 3. A camera underneath the Lander is used to take photos of the surface of the Moon . 4. A robotic arm which is located at one end of the spacecraft will collect soil samples for the computer to analyze . 5. Solar panels use the sun ‘s heat to generate electricity which runs the equipment on board . 1F , 2T , 3F , 4 T , 5 T 6 6 TAI LIEU ON TAP ANH 9 Fill in each blank in the passage with a suitable word Humans have long been fascinated by outer space , and have wondered if there are intelligent life-forms ______________ , which we might be able to contact . ____________ , we’ve all seen space creatures on TV and cinema screen , but “ aliens “ like these owe more to the ____________ of using human ___________ to play the parts than to any real form of ____________ investigation . However , many serious space ____________ are now beginning to turn their attention to the question of what alien life might ______________ look like . One early result is Amold the Alien , ____________ by biologist , Dougal Dixon . This strange beings , ____________ humans , has its eyes , ears and limbs in groups of three instead of pairs but , despite its odd ____________ , its behavior is not very different from our own . ( elsewhere Naturally convenience actors / actresses scientific researchers actually designed unlike appearance ) Choose the best answer among A, B , C , D 1. You really saw a UFO , ____________________ ? A. weren’t you B. didn’t you C. don’t you D. aren’t you 2. I wish this exam _____________easier . A. is B. will be C. would be D. were 3. If I _________Minh’s address , I ______________her a letter . A. have _ write B. had _ will write C. had _ would write D. had _ wrote 4. We haven’t seen Liz ___________two months . A. since B. for C. until D. before 5. The book __________is on the table belongs to my teacher. A. who B. where C. whose D. which 6. He worked _____________than his workmates . A. more careful B. as carefully C. carefully D. more carefully 3. There was a (n ) ______________which measured 2.3 on the Richter scales in Nghe An last week . A. snowstorm B. typhoon C. earthquake D. volcano 7. It’s the weather forecast onTV. Could you turn ______the volume? A. off B. down C. up D. on 8. Hue will ______temperatures between 29 0 C and 34 0 C tomorrow. A. experiences B. to experience C. experience D. experiencing 8. When a tropical storm reaches 120 kms per hour , it is called a ____________ in North and South America . A. typhoon B. hurricane C. cyclone D. tornado 9. She married a man called Fred , __________came from Yorkshire. A. who B. whom C. whose D. that 10. The building ,______ you can see in front of you , is the town hall . A. that B. which C. where D. whose 11. Mount Pinatubo , __________is a volcano in the Philippines , erupted in 1991. A. who B. which C. whose D. who Writing : Use the suggested words to write a speech .  1. Good evening / lady / gentleman. / Thank you / come . 2. I ‘d like / introduce / electric cars / replace / cars / that / use / gasoline . 3. They / as / fast / your car . 4. Besides / it / effective way / minimize pollution / save energy. 5. So / run / this kind / car / and / our children / grandchildren / live / better and cleaner environment .  1. I / think / it / necessary / have / special day / fathers / Vietnam . 2. People / express / thank / love / fathers / this day 3. In addition / this day / important time / families / get together / a meal / home / or / local eating place . 4. This / enhance / family tradition . 5. I believe / Father’s Day / celebrate / nationwide .  1. Mother’s Day / Americans / live / far away / mothers / can / send / flowers / them / mail . 2. Vietnam / Women ‘s Day / celebrate / 8 th / March . 3. It / very nice / you / give / special present / me / last Christmas . 4. My father / not only / considerate / me / but also / polite/ my friends . 5. that / the house / you / born / grow up ?  1. Air pollution / common environmental problem / throughout / world . 2. Therefore / if / want / protect / environment / pollution / we / should / do / following / thing . 3. Firstly / we / should / reuse / used glass / newspaper / bottle / instead / throw / them / away . 4. Secondly / we / should / travel / bicycle / public transport. 5. Thirdly / we / must / stop / burn / coal / produce / electricity . 6 . If / we / try / do / all / we / can / environment / cleaner .  Dear Sir , 1. I would suggest / that you / tell / workers / clean up / beaches. 2. I / write / you / because / beaches / our city / extremely dirty. 3. They / full / litter / waste / dog dung / when / I / go / there / last week . 4. They / smell / unpleasant / that time / tourist / I / annoyed. 5. They / still / in a mess / this week . 6. I look forward / receive / good response / you . 7 7 TAI LIEU ON TAP ANH 9  1. Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for coming . 2. I ‘d like to introduce electric cars which will replace cars that use gasoline . 3. They are as fast as your cars . 4. Besides , it is an effective way to minimize pollution and save energy. 5. So , run this kind of car and our children and grandchildren will live in a better and cleaner environment .  1. I think it is necessary to have a special day for fathers. 2. People express their thanks and love for fathers on this day . 3. In addition , this day is an important time for families to get together for a meal at home or a local eating place . 4. This will enhance family traditions . 5. I believe Father’s Day will be celebrated nationwide .  1. On Mother’s Day , Americans who live far away from mothers can send flowers to them by mail . 2. In Vietnam , Women ‘s Day is celebrated on the 8 th of March . 3. It is very nice of you to give a special present to me last Christmas . 4. My father is not only considerate to me but also polite to my friends . 5. Is that the house where you were born and grew up ?  1. Air pollution is a common environmental problem throughout the world . 2. Therefore , if we want to protect the environment from pollution , we should do the following things . 3. Firstly , we should reuse used glass , newspapers , and bottles instead of throwing them away . 4. Secondly , we should travel by bicycle or public transport. 5. Thirdly , we must stop burning coal to produce electricity . 6. If we try to do all we can , the environment will be cleaner .  Dear Sir , 1. I would suggest that you should tell your workers to clean up the beaches. 2. I am writing to you because the beaches in our city are extremely dirty. 3. They were full of litter , wastes , and dog dung when I went there last week . 4. They smelt unpleasant . At that time , the tourists and I were annoyed. 5. They still have been in a mess this week . 6. I look forward to receiving good response from you . 8 8 . Philippines , erupted in 199 1. A. that B. it C. which D. who UNIT 10 Read the following passage and decide if the statements are T/ F. Mars Surveyor ‘ 98 Lander In December 199 9 , a spacecraft from. C. contain D. manufacture 3. A. in B. with C. on D. of 4. A. light B. energy C. life D. existence 4 4 TAI LIEU ON TAP ANH 9 5. A. than B. of C. through D. over 6. A. built B. planned C. standing. responsibility to the general public to ensure possible standards . This applies to all aspects of television 3 3 TAI LIEU ON TAP ANH 9 but perhaps especially to those programmes which are aimed