UNIT 1 : A DAY IN THE LIFE OF … < I >: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others: 1. A. routine B. literature C. kindness D. fifty 2. A. peasant B. appeal C. reason D. teapot 3. A. exactly B. medicine C. pretty D. become 4. A. field B. died C. ties D. pies 5. A. typical B. family C. bicycle D. cycling 6. A. scream B. death C. peasant D. ready 7. A. traveled B. stared C. landed D. seemed 8. A. technology B. teaching C. purchase D. lunch 9. A. frighten B. bridge C. pilot D. fire 10.A. pens B. books C. rulers D. pencils < II >: Match the underlined verbs in column A with their meaning in column B: A B 1. When did the plane take off? A. building 2. The thief ran away when the burglar alarm went off. J B. move downward 3. Let’s take a break. We’ll go on when you are ready. I C. made … stop burning 4. Could you get me up early tomorrow? H D. leave the ground 5. She laughed and chatted happily with other women.E E. talked in a friendly way 6. Did anyone see Sue getting on the bus? G F. stopped 7. Suddenly the plane seemed to dip. B G. getting into 8. I’ve given up trying to understand her. F H. get out of bed 9. We had trouble putting up the tent in he dark. A I. continue 10. Five fighters soon put out the fire. C J. rang < III >: Put the verbs in brackets in the present and the past simple tense: 1. I (have) __________ coffee for breakfast every day. 2. They (began) __________ to study at this school 7 years ago. 3. It (rains) __________ very much in the summer. 4. Bad students never (work) __________ hard. 5. He (visited) ______ his friend yesterday and (found) ______ that he had been out. 6. She sometimes (buys) ___________ vegetables at his market. 7. I have not seen John for a long time. I (saw) __________ him 3 weeks ago. 8. It (is) __________ very cold now. 9. I (need) ____________ some money for my textbooks. 10. Tom (likes) __________ to go to the museums. 11. He (read) __________ that novel again during his last vacation. 12. I often (leave) __________ the city at weekends. 13.The sun (sets)___________ in the west. 14. My friend (studies) __________ English for an hour every night. 15. Honesty (is) __________ the best policy. 16. The earth (moves) __________ round the sun. 17. Two and two (make) __________ four. 18. We (watched) __________ a good programme on TV last night. 19. Mary (loves) __________ ice-cream. 20. I (had) __________ a little trouble with my car last week. 21. We always (do) ___________ our exercises carefully. 22. I (met) __________ Mary last night. She’s become a very big girl. 23. She (goes) __________ to school every day. 24. How long ago (did he start) __________ to learn French ? 25. We seldom (eat) __________ before 6.30. 26. She (lost) __________ her handbag on the train yesterday morning. 27. When he grew old, he often (thought) ________ of all the things he had done when he (be) _________ young. 28. I always (tell) _______ you to comb your hair, but you never (do) ____ what I (say) _____ . 1 29. When I (heard) _______ a knock at the door last night, I (walked) ___________ to the door and (opened) ___________ it. When I (opened) _________the door, I (saw) ________my brother. I (greeted) ________ him and (asked) _______ him to come in. 30. I (saw) _______ you in the school play last night. You (did) _______ a terrific acting job. Had you ever acted in a play before this one? -Yes, I (started) _________ acting when I was in elementary school. < IV > : Complete each sentence with an appropriate adverb of frequency: ( always, usually, often, sometimes, occasionally, rarely, never.) 1. Every morning he cleans his teeth. He __always________ cleans his teeth in the morning. 2. She gets up at 7 o'clock from Monday to Saturday, but on Sunday she gets up at 11 o'clock. She __ usually _______ gets up at 7 o'clock. 3. They like films. They see all the new films. They ___ often ______ go to the cinema. 4. He's got a radio and a television. He ____ sometimes _____ listens to the radio, and he ____ sometimes _____watches television. 5. Her brother lives in London. She doesn't. She sees him four or five times every year. She ____ occasionally _____ sees him. 6. He doesn't usually smoke, but at Christmas, after dinner, he has a cigar. He ___ rarely ______ smokes cigars. 7. She doesn't like whisky. She ___ never ______drinks whisky. < V >: Make the correct choice : 1/ Tom’s away ______ the moment. He is on holiday ______ France. a. in / in b. in / at c. at / at d. at / in 2/ She always goes for a walk with her dog ______ Sunday mornings. a. in b. on c. at d. during 3/ He arrived ______ Hanoi at 8.30 in the evening. a. to b. at c. in d. for 4/ In England, people drive ______ the left side of the road. a. in b. about c. at d. on 5/ We are leaving Hanoi ______ Ho Chi Minh City at 2 o’clock this afternoon. a. for b. in c. to d. at 6/ What was happening when he arrived ______ the airport ? a. to b. at c. in d. for 7/ It will be ready ______ two weeks. a. for b. in c. with d. during 8/ He lives in a flat ______ the fifth floor. a. on b. in c. at d. above 9/ We didn’t go ______ the party because some friends came to stay with us. a. to b. for c. at d. in 10/ All the teachers ______ him because he is well-behaved. a. loves b. love c. is loving d. loved 11/ He gave up his job ______ he was ill. a. in spite of b. although c. because of d. because 12/ Because ______, he couldn’t read the letter. a. it was dark b. the darkness c. of dark d. being dark 13/ No longer ______ for that company. a. does he works b. works he c. does he work d. he works 14/ If I ______ time tonight, I would go shopping. a. have had b. had c. had had d. would have 15/ I wish I had learnt to type ______ I was a student. a. because b. if c. when d. though 16/ ______ he quits smoking, he will die. a. If b. Unless c. Although d. Because 17/ He spent a whole day ______ the radio. a. repairing b. to repair c. repaired d. repair 18/ More newspapers ______ in this city. a. are selling b. are being sold c. sell d. sold 19/ She sings more ______ than you do. a. beautifully b. beautiful c. well d. badly 2 20/ The bill ______ before the fifth of the month. a. had to pay b. had to be paid c. had paid d. paid 21/ The tea was ______ hot for her to drink. a. so b. enough c. too d. very 22/ If it doesn’t rain, they ______ for a picnic. a. would go b. have gone c. go d. will go 23/ It was ______ a crazy story that nobody believed it. a. so b. very c. such d. too 24/ Their crop was ______ good that they decided to give a party. a. very b. too c. such d. so 25/ She asked how long it would take us ______ there. a. to get b. to getting c. getting d. get 26/ Mrs Reed ______ on the radio in her car while she was driving home yesterday. a. was turning b. turning c. turned d. turns 27/ She was listening to some music when she suddenly _____ a siren. a. heard b. hears c. hearing d. hear 28/ She looked in her mirror ______ an ambulance behind her. a. saw b. and see c. and was seeing d. and saw 29/ She immediately ______ her car to the side of the road and waited for the ambulance to pass. a. pulls b. pulled c. pulling d. to pull 30/ I ______ such a stupid person. a. have seen never b. have never seen c. never have seen d. see never < VI >: Identify one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect: 1. Despite taking a taxi, Bill arrive late for the concert. a b c d 2. She worked too hard that she became ill. a b c d 3. It was such good book that I couldn’t put it down. a b c d 4. The man was injured in the accident was taken to the hospital. a b c d 5. She sings more better than you do. a b c d 6. Nam didn’t want to go on vacation, so he stays at home all week. a b c d 7. Tom watches usually television in the evening. a b c d 8. These puplis never are late for school. a b c d 9. It was an extremely frightened experience in my life. a b c d 10. Mark went on working in spite he felt unwell. a b c d < VII >: Read the passage and make the correct choice: David Evans is a farmer. He does the farming on his own land in Wales. The farm has (1) ______ to his family for generations. The soil is poor. David (2) _____ sheep on his land. He does not employ (3) _____ full-time workers. His sons help him when they are not (4) _____ school. His wife adds to the family income by selling eggs (5) _____ her hens produce. In summer, she often takes paying guests into the (6) _____. The guests from the city enjoy their quiet holiday in the clean country air (7) _____ Mrs Evans enjoys having some (8) _____ money to spend on clothes for her children and herself. However, it is a lonely life for the Evans family when the guests have gone. The question is that if his children want to (9) _____ the farm when Mr Evans gives up working. Country life is quiet and peaceful to them. It is quite likely that they will leave the farm (10) _____ the city some day. 1.A. been B. depended C. belonged D. possessed 2.A. feeds B. grows C. leads D. raises 3.A. some B. more C. much D. any 4.A. at B. for C. to D. on 5.A. who B. which C. when D. whose 6.A. school B. road C. farmhouse D. field 3 7.A. when B. so that C. if D. and 8.A. any B. extra C. interest D. free 9.A. take off B. take over C. take after D. take in 10.A. for B. in C. at D. of < VIII >: Read the passage below and choose the best answer Walt Whitman, born in New York in 1819, was one of Americans unusual literary figures. An individualist, he rambled through the countryside seeing people and places, and making them his own. His experiences in earning a living were varied : at times he was a printer, a teacher, a carpenter, a nurse, and a newspaper editor. He was a big hearted man, open and accepting. He gave freely of his time by caring for the wounded during the Civil War. Though he lived in the city, he often spent time in the country, developing his strong sense of nature, which carried through to his poems. In 1855, he collected the verses he had written, and published them in one thin volume, Leaves of Grass a book which he revised and rewrote all the rest of his life. The book was ridiculed by some poets and generally ignored by the others, probably because his verse forms were not traditional. He had felt that it was necessary to achieve a new poetic form in order to communicate his views. His reputation didnt grow until after his death, and it reached a high point in 1920s. Since then, Whitmans style has greatly influenced modern poets. 1. The best title for this passage is A. Leaves of Grass. B. Walt Whitman. C. A Country Man. D. Poetry : A New Form. 2. The word rambled in line 2 is most similar to the meaning of A. stopped briefly. B. marched excitedly. C. travelled quickly. D. walked slowly. 3. In the phrase making them his own in line 3, he is A. owning them. B. changing them. C. understanding them. D. working for them. 4. Whitmans big-heartedness is shown by his A. visiting the countryside. B. being an individualist. C. caring for the wounded. D. rewriting Leaves of Grass. 5. The passage says that during Whitmans life time, other poets A. laughed at him. B. communicated with him. C. praised him. D. accepted him. < IX > : Rewrite the sentences below, beginning with the words given. 1. They will spend two years building the house. - It will take _______________________________________________________________. 2. Their game of badminton is always on Saturday. - They ___________________________________________________________________. 3. She always walks to school. - She always goes _________________________________________________________. 4. Whose handbag is this? - Whom _________________________________________________________________. 5. I found it a bit difficult to get into work this morning. - Getting ________________________________________________________________. 6. You still remember the flight of July 14, dont you? - You dont ______________________________________________________________. 7. Someone told me about the change of the plan. - I ______________________________________________________________________. 8. He felt sick from eating too many cakes. - Because he _____________________________________________________________. 9. Someone knocked at the door in the middle of our lunch. - While we ______________________________________________________________. 10. Mr.Vy often spends 15 minutes leading the buffalo to the field. - It takes ________________________________________________________________. The First Step Is Always The Hardest (Vaùn Sửù Khụỷi ẹau Nan) 4