ABC High School Teacher : Quỳnh Lesson 26 I. Rewrite the following sentences as directed 1/They understood him because of his speaking English clearly. -Because he_______________________________________________ 2/His house is not as comfortable as hers. -Her house is___________________________________________________ 3/It is said that he is 108 years old. -He is said___________________________________________________ 4/Tom said: “We are feeling ill.” -Tom said that___________________________________________________ 5/I got all the information I need from Tom. -Tom provided___________________________________________________ 6/Ann said to Bill: “Don’t forget to have your appoinment with Mr.Brown.” -Ann reminded___________________________________________________ 7/He doesn’t understand me because I doesn’t speak clearly. -If___________________________________________________ 8/She didn’t buy the coat because she didn’t have enough money. -If___________________________________________________ 9/She was very stupid when she went out in the rain. -It was ___________________________________________________ 10/I am always nervous when I travel by air. -Travelling by air____________________________________________ 11/I whispered. I didn’t want anybody to know about that. - I whispered so that _________________________________________ 12/The last time I had my birthday party was five years ago. - I haven’t _________________________________________ 13 /Nobody invited him to the party. -He _________________________________________ 14./The present will be given to her. -He _________________________________________ 15/He spent two hours writing the essay. - It took _________________________________________ 1 ABC High School Teacher : Quỳnh 16/I have studied English for five years. - I began _________________________________________ 17/It’s necessary to master English. -Mastering _________________________________________ 18/The flight was delayed because the weather was bad. - Because of _________________________________________ 19. The boy said to me, “Why don’t you give me a hand?” - The boy asked me _________________________________________ 20. Everyone loves her because she behaves well. -Because of _________________________________________ 21.Although it rained , we still went to school. - In spite of _________________________________________ 22. He can swim faster than I can. - I can’t _________________________________________ 23.The river is dangerous to bath in. - I think it _________________________________________ 24. Swimming across that rough sea is impossible. - It is _________________________________________ 25.The story was crazy. Nobody believed it. -It was such _________________________________________ 26.He was too poor to pay his debt. -He was not _________________________________________ 27. He is sorry that he didn't apply for that job. -He wishes _________________________________________ 28.The taxi went the wrong way, so Kate missed her flight. -If _________________________________________ 29.Open the door, please. -Would you mind___________________________________? 30.He didn’t go to school yesterday so he didn’t understand the lesson. If he _________________________________________________ 31.He walked slowly because of the bad weather. - Because _____________________________________________ 32.The bag was so heavy that she couldn’t carry it upstairs. -The bag was too_______________________________________. 33.He expects to hear from her as soon as possible. 2 ABC High School Teacher : Quỳnh -He is looking _______________________________________. II. Fill in each blank with one suitable word : 1/ England is in the ___________ of Great Britain. The longest river in ___________ is the Severn, and the deepest ___________ the Thames, on ___________ stands its capital, London. England is a high-developed industrial ___________. It exports machinery, vessels, motors and other goods. One of ___________industries is the textile industry and a lot of British textiles ___________exported. This country buys more goods ___________ it sells because it has to import food products ___________ raw materials ___________ many countries of the world. III.Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets : 1. He(be) ________so good to me when I (be)_________ a boy that to this day I ( not forget)______________ his kindness and I hope that I ( never forget)__________ 2. One day John’s father (buy) __________ a computer for him. He thought it was a good replacement for John’s typewriter, which (break out) __________ John could use the computer to write essays. He (not/expect) __________ that John would spend all his time (play) __________ computer games on it. John was obsessed with it. John (neglect) __________ his studies and he actually failed his tests. When that happened, John (realize) __________ that he (make) __________ a terrible mistake. Now he (use) _______ the computer mainly for (type) __________ his essays. He (play) __________ computer games only in his free time. Recently, he (top) __________ his classmates in the mid-year examination. 3. The south of Vietnam (liberate)__________completely on April 30 th , 1975 .The (liberate)________forces (entered)_________the city of Saigon that day. Since the liberation many changes (take)__________place ___________the whole country . 4. Rob Fellow (come) _____________ from England. He (come) ____________ to Paris six months ago to learn French. He (start) ____________ learning French at school in London when he was eleven, so he (learn) ____________ it for nearly ten years. He (just, take) __________ an exam. If he passes, he (move) __________ into the next class. He (be) _________ excited today because his parents (come) ____________ tomorrow to stay with him for a few days. 5.The miser spent all his time (count) ________ his money and (think) ________ up new hiding places. He kept (move) ________ it about because he was terrified of (be) ________ robbed. He used to (get) ________ up at night (make) ________ sure it was still there. 6. Ben is presently working in the international sales division at an electronics firm. He (just return) ________________from France. Last week he ( ask) 3 ABC High School Teacher : Quỳnh ___________ to go to Paris because he can speak French. When he (be) _________ a business student at Oxford University, he (study) _____________ French for four years. He (have never) ____________ the opportunity (use) ____________ his French until he went to Paris last week. While he (be) _____________ there, he (speak) ___________ French every day and (enjoy) ____________ every minute of it. IV. Make the correct choice: 1. You cannot use _______ in formal writing. a. longhand b. shorthand c. handwriting d. handwork 2. Mathematics is divided into some _______. a. trials b.areas c. regions d. branches 3. Peter ia intelligent. When he was fouryears old, he could do simple _______ a. scores b. linguitics c. calculuses d. triangles 4. School children must learn ________ by heart. a. multiplication table b. table tennis c. division table d. counting table 5. Mathematics __________ an important part in uor lives. a. lets b. plays c. applies d. lays 6. He likes arithmetic. He is good at _________. a. computers b. angles c. figures d. spheres 7. “%” means ________. a. is less than b. minus c. per cent d. infinity 8. “ look at the ________ and listen to me, please.” The teacher said to his students. a. green house b. front door c. window d. blackboard 9. Faraday is the great ________ of all times. a. science b. scientist c. scientific d. scientism 10. He can find no ________ his troubles. a. solve b. solver c. solution d. solvable 11. The meeting was called _______ because the chairman was ill. a. on b. off c. out d. in 12. I have no thing to do _______ his troubles. a. with b. on c. about d. of 13. I have ever dreamed of becoming _______ acrobat. a. a b an c. the d. no article 14. John didn’t have enough ________ money to continue his study. a. a b. an c. the d. no article a. Get b. To get c. Could get d. Got 15. We could not sleep last night ________ the noise next door. a. although b. since c. because d. because of 16. The fog was _________ thick that we could hardly see the road. a. such b. so c. very d. too 4 ABC High School Teacher : Quỳnh 17. Geometry is the study of __________. a. form b. letters and signs c. numbers d. computer 18. How could we keep score for a game without knowing about numbers? a. keep a record of the score as it is made b. keep away from the game c. score a goal d. make a score 19. If you _______ 5 and 5, you will get 10. a. subtract b. add c. divide d. multiply 20. How many degrees are there in a right ________? a. line b. point c. square d. angle 21. He dressed and talked as if he had been a big shot. a. a fat man b. a big man c. an important person d. a man with a gun 22. The government is planning a new ______ policy. a. economics b. economic c. economical d. economically 23. At last, I was able to get _______ the difficult mathematic puzzle. a. on b. off c. away d. through 24. At school, we have to work so hard ________ mathematics. a. on b. off c. away d. through 25. The last time ________ I saw her was in 1985. a. when b. that c. which d. all are correct 26. How ________ that meal was ! a. delicious b. well c. deliciously d. beautifully 27. More and more pollution ________ by that factory. a. produced b. produces c. is being produced d. is producing 28. ________ we leave now, we’ll miss the train. a. Unless b. If c. Until d. Because 29. She drives faster and ________ than I do. a. more careless b. more carelessly c. careless d. carelessly 30. ________ do you think this building is ? a. When b. How old c. Why d. How many V. Give the correct preposition. 1. I’ll meet you _______ the corner ________ the street. 2. Have you got any money ________ you? 3. The country looks beautiful ________ spring. 4. Please tell me _______ once. 5. You will soon get accustomed _______ English cooking. 6. She is always borrowing money ________ me. 7. Won’t you join ________ the game? 8. May I introduce you ________ Miss Brown? 9. Illness prevents him _______ coming to the party. 5 ABC High School Teacher : Quỳnh 10. I have much pleasure _______ accepting your kind invitation. 11. I think Celia is very angry ___________ me. 12. They went ahead contrary ___________ my advice. 13. He’s really ashamed ___________ what he did. 14. I can’t deal ___________ this problem. 5 15. He is looking forward ___________ meeting his friend 16. We’re excited ___________ the wedding. 17. This service is free ___________ charge. 18. I congratulate you ___________ your success. 19. London’s full ___________ tourists at the moment. 20. I can’t compare my flat ___________ yours. 21. Peter was very familiar ___________ planting potatoes. 22. He spent a lot of money _________ his new car. 23. British hospitals are trying a new treatment ________ cancer. 24. Most children are ill-prepared ________ employment. 25.Four-fifths of the world’s computers use programmes______ English. 26. Attending all the lectures is important ________ us. VI. Give the correct word forms. 1. Every ______________ in science helps you gain new knowledge. (succeed) 2. This problem is too difficult for me to ______________. (solution) 3. He can ______________ answer that question. (easy) 4. She is so busy with ______________ activities that she has no time for entertainment. (society) 5. Our teachers always ______________ us to study. (courage) 6. The United Nations _______________ consists of about one hundred and sixty nations. (organize) 7. One day young Faraday attended a lecture given by a ____________ scientist, Sir Humphry Davy. (fame) 8. He took very ______________ notes at the lecture. (care) 9. He failed the exam because of his ______________ (lazy) 10. He’s very interested in ______________ books and magazines. (education) 11. Having a car______________ him to travel around the country. (able) 12. Don’t be so _________. We’ve only been waiting a few minutes. (patient) 6 ABC High School Teacher : Quỳnh 13. We should learn all the new words by heart in order to _________ our vocabulary. (rich) 14. The girl was not very pretty but she sang __________. (beautiful) VII. Decide with true or false . In my country, Japan, we usually invite guests home at the weekend, in the early evening, about seven o’clock. Before they come, we must tidy the front garden and clean the sitting room. Then we must spray it with all water to show that we welcome guests with cleanliness. The guests usually bring presents and when they give you the present they say, “I’m sorry this is such a small present”, but in fact they have chosen the present very carefully. When the meal is ready, the hostess says, “We have nothing special for you today but you are welcome to come this way.” You can see that in Japan you should try to be modest and you should not show off too much. If you don’t understand our culture, you will think this is very strange. 1. [T] [F] In Japan, they usually invite guests home on Sunday 2. [T] [F] The guests usually bring flowers and cakes 3. [T] [F] In Japan you shouldn’t try to be modest 4. [T] [F] They spray the sitting room with all water to make it cool 5. [T] [F] They usually invite guests home at the weekend, in the early morning [T] [F] You will think this is very strange if you don’t understand their culture. 6. [T] [F] The guests have chosen the present very carefully 7. [T] [F] The guests usually bring small presents 8. [T] [F] In Japan, they always invite guests home at the weekend 9. [T] [F] They want to show that they welcome guests with good meal 10. [T] [F] They have nothing special for their guests 7 ABC High School Teacher : Quỳnh 8 . obsessed with it. John (neglect) __________ his studies and he actually failed his tests. When that happened, John (realize) __________ that he (make) __________