However, only a few people today speak Esperanto because more and more people use English as a foreign language.. In high school and college you will learn other kind of mathematics.. Li
Trang 1I Complete the sentences Each time use one of the verb form in the box with the correct preposition (on / about / of / to / for).
E.g: 0 when I realised that I had taken the wrong umbrella, I immediately apologized for my
mistake.
belong care consist die apologize
wait depend dream listen
1 Tom is very selfish He doesn't other people
2 "Does this bike you?" - "No, it isn't mine."
3 "Are you playing tennis tomorrow?" - "I hope so, but it the weather."
4 A soccer team 11 players
5 If you smoke, there's a great chance that you will lung cancer
6 Last night, I spending my vacation in the US
7 He was his children coming home from school
8 I often the radio while doing the housework
II Match the two half sentences in the two columns in a suitable way.
1 If you need money to buy this book,
2 I will pick you up
3 If you want to gain weight,
4 If you work harder
5 You should practise speaking English every
day
6 If you want to be healthier,
7 I will give this book to you
8 If you are too lazy,
a if you want to improve it
b if you don't have your bike
c you should play sports every day
d you can ask your parents for some money
e you will pass the final exam
f your parents will punish you
g you have to eat a lot of meat
h if you like it
III Complete the sentences Each time use one of the words in the box.
turn off exam miss advise vacation
questions press carelessly accident birthday
1 You should the lights before going to bed
2 We're going to have an English this afternoon
3 She will a lot of lessons
4 My parents me to learn harder for my final test
5 I will attend an extra English course in my summer
6 She is so intelligent that she can answer all my
7 If you want to open the machine, you have to the button
8 She drives very Last week, she had an
9 I wish I could go to your party next week
IV Read the following passage and answer the questions below.
Zamenhof invented a new language called Esperanto to improve understanding between people of different countries He showed Esperanto to his friends to find out what they thought about it Later in the same year he went to study at a university in Moscow He wanted to improve Esperanto Zamenhof's friends then worked hard to spread the new language They tried to persuade schools throughout the world to teach it However, only a few people today speak Esperanto because more and more people use English as a foreign language
1 Why did Zamenhof invented a new language?
2 What did he show Esperanto to his friends for?
3 Where did he go to study?
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5 Do many people today speak Esperanto?
V Read the passage below and write T next to the true sentence; write F next to the false one.
A LANGUAGE EVERYONE KNOWS
There is one language we all speak, no matter what country we live in; the language of numbers
The language of numbers is called MATHEMATICS You are learning it in school now The simplest kind is called ARITHMATIC In high school and college you will learn other kind of mathematics To help all of us with mathematics, machines have been invented They let us do problems faster and with fewer mistakes We know that the abacus or counting board was first of these machines It was invented many thousands of years ago, but it is still being used in China, Japan, and other countries Today, computers are used all over the world These computers seem to think Of course, they really don’t They do only what people tell them to do But they do it much better and faster than a person could Inside, a computer may look very confusing to you But the people who run it know just what to do They can make a computer store up facts and give them to other people They can make it solve hard problems and help us to live better Like people all over the world, these machines speak the same language: NUMBERS
1 The simplest kind of mathematics is Arithmetic
2 In high school and college you will learn arithmetic
3 Machines do problems faster than men
4 The counting board is no longer being used in the world
5 Computers were invented a thousand years ago
VI Read the following passage and answer the questions below.
In Australia most children attend primary school from the age of five Only two percent of children of primary school age are educated at home Some children who go to school also take up extra activities such as learning to play a musical instrument or dancing, and they go to private classes for these and for school subjects they find difficult or particularly interesting Ninety percent
of the population go on to secondary school, but a much smaller percentage pass the final year of secondary school examinations and complete a university degree At the moment university students and graduates make up less than a third of the total population Australian universities are modern and well equipped Most teaching is by a combination of lectures, tutorials and practical classes The humanities course like History and Philosophy, usually involve a lot of extra reading in the library To become a primary or secondary school teacher, it is usually necessary to study at university for three years or more
1 When do children in Australia go to school?
2 How many percents of the population go on to secondary chool?
3 Do all of them pass the final year of secondary school exams?
4 How are Australian universities?
5 How many years is it usually to study at university to become secondary school teacher?
VII Complete the following passage with a suitable word chosen from the box.
means pictures coverage entertainment make
events designed through bring out in addition to
Television is one of man's most important (1) of communication It brings (2) and sounds
from around the world into millions of homes A person with a television set can sit in his house
and watch the President (3) speech or visit a foreign country He can see a war being fought and watch statement try to (4) peace (5) television, home viewers can see and learn about people,
places and things in faraway lands Television even takes its viewers out of this world It brings
Trang 3them (6) of American's astronauts explore outer (7) all things, television brings its viewers a steady stream of programs that are (8) to entertain In fact, televison provides many more (9) programs that any other kind The programs include action-packed dramas, light comedies, sporting (10) and
motion pictures
VIII Choose the suitable verbs with gerund form in the box to fill in the blanks.
reading borrowing visiting smoking
coming helping watching learning
1 At last I've decided to give up cigarettes
2 I like sport programs on TV
3 In Vietnam, people love newspaper and magazines
4 I spend most of time English
5 Do you remember the old village church?
6 Would you mind me to move this chair?
7 I'm looking forward to back home
8 I don’t like money from my friends
IX Complete the following dialogue.
An: What's the matter with you, Nam? You look tired
Nam: (1)
An: You should take some aspirins
Nam: (2)
An: So, you need to go and see the doctor at once
Nam: (3)
An: Don't worry about that, the teacher will let you do the test again
Nam: (4)
An: I will give your sick note to the teacher
Nam: (5)