II/ READING COMPREHENSION: 1.5m Thomas Edison was born on February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio.. Because of hearing problems, Edison had difficulty in following the lessons.. Edison applied
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I/ MULTIPLE CHOICE: Circle the most suitable option to complete each sentence (2.5m)
1 Bao was _ generous to do volunteer work in his free time (quiet, too, quite, enough)
2 You have to keep all dangerous objects out of children’s _ (relation / reach / limit / readiness)
3 The news made all the villagers _ They were happy to wait for the Prince
(excited, interesting/ exciting, interestingly)
4 Some learners do not try to learn all new words they come (over/along/up with/across)
5 Is there a restaurant close _? My mother is too tired to cook tonight (for, by, in, over)
6 You can participate in other programs such as _ funds for the poor (rising / giving / grazing / raising)
7 Customer will shop _ and won’t notice the weather (comfortably / in comfortably / comfortable / comfort)
8 Jack and Jenny are very happy together They love (themselves / each other / another / together)
9 Look at this sign What should customers do when they see the sign?
ALL CUSTOMERS
DURING BUILDING WORK USE SIDE
DOOR ONLY
A You shouldn’t go in through the front entrance of the shop
B Extra staff are needed here for weekend work
C Please ask the shop assistants if you need any help
D These are cheaper at the moment
10 Look at this sign What is the best option?
COLLEGE GYM
Join now for 12 months and
only pay for 10
A This place is open in the evening
B If you want to buy a book, speak to this person
C If you become a member, you will get a discount
D This is cheaper than usual if you buy something else
II/ READING COMPREHENSION: (1.5m)
Thomas Edison was born on February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio When he was at school, his teacher considered him to
be a slow student Because of hearing problems, Edison had difficulty in following the lessons His mother had been
a school teacher in Canada and happily took over the job of schooling her son She encouraged and taught him to read and experiment He recalled later, “My mother was the making of me She was so true, so sure of me” With only three months of formal education he became one of the greatest inventors and industrial leaders in history Edison applied for one of his inventions, the electric vote recorder in 1868 but his most famous invention was the electric light bulb He also invented the phonograph, and made improvements to the telegraph, telephone and motion picture technology
Edison had a special life He married Mary Stilwell and they had three children His wife died in 1884 On February
24, 1886, he married 19-year-old Mina Miller with three more children He loved books, had excellent memory, and always showed curiosity about science
Although he had hearing problems, he refused to have an operation for his deafness He said that silence helped him
concentrate He always worked very hard and often had only four hours of sleep every day He used to say, “Genius was 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.” When he died on October 18, 1931, he was still working on new ideas
Trang 2Now identify if the statements (1-4) are True or False, then choose an option to complete 5 and 6.
1 Thomas Edison had good schooling _
2 Thomas Edison had good health in his childhood _
3 According to Edison, his greatest teacher was his teacher _
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4 One of Edison’s inventions which he applied for was electric vote recorder _
5 How many children did Edison have? a three b four c five d six
6 The word “ deafness” on the twelfth line means:
a visually impaired b unable to feel c not speaking d impaired hearing
III/ CLOZE TEST: Choose and circle the word or phrase that best fits each blank space in the passage (2.0m)
Safety Precautions to watch out around the House Chemicals: Keep all household cleaners in a cupboard with a (1) _ lock to keep kids from accidentally finding them Lock (2) _ chemicals and items (3) _ drugs in a cupboard in the garage or in the (4) _.
Candles: Never leave candles unattended or near loose cloth like drapes or throw pillows
Stoves: Stoves present a (5) _, not just because they’re hot.
Burns: (6) _ addition to burning danger from hot implements, try to use the back burners when possible.
This makes it more difficult for kids to accidentally touch a hot stovetop Never rest tempting items like cookies
or toys on the stovetop, even when it’s not in use
Sharp Objects: Keep little knives and forks safe (7) _ sharp points by pointing knives and forks
downward in the utensil basket
Appliances: Make sure that all appliances are in good working order and no bad wires Don’t overload (8) _ sockets, in fact it’s smart practice to unplug small appliances like toasters when not in use.
5 a danger b dangerous c dangerously d endanger
8 a electricity b electrical c electric d electrify
IV/ DERIVATIVES: Use the correct form of the word given in brackets in each sentence (1.5m)
1 Since hearing the results Mary more confident? (BECOME)
2 A.G.Bell is Scotland’s most _successful scientist. (COMMERCE)
3 Student _ have more than doubled (ENROL)
4 Skyrac has a reputation for being a competitive club but many of its members just enjoy
running _with others on a couple of evenings a week. (SOCIETY)
5 It will be very for me to have no car. (CONVENIENT)
6 Nowadays, many young girls become domestic _ (SERVE)
V/ REARRANGEMENT: Rearrange the given words in the most suitable order to make a full sentence (0.5m)
1 Mr Nam / him / said / could / Mrs Van / reach / 3 8 634 082/ at//
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2 Please / your / this / it / teacher / and / form / to / ask / her / to / take / sign //
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VI/ REWRITE: Rewrite each sentence with the word(s) given so that it has the same meaning as the previous (2.0m)
1 My bag is so heavy, so I can’t take it upstairs
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2 ‘Sue, remember to buy some bread.’ Paul said
Paul reminded
3 The arrival time of Helen’s flight is 8.00
Helen’s flight _
4 It’s a long time since our last conversation
We haven’t _