Laura/ always/ comes/ immediately/ home/ when/ she finishes/ school.. Laura always comes immediately home when she finishes schoolA[r]
(1)UNIT 1: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF…. I PRONUNCIATION
A Choose the word that has the underlined letter(s) pronounced differently from the others.
1 A scream B death C ready D peasant A chat B panic C park D passenger A frightening B brigade C pilot D fire A technology B teaching C purchase D lunch A sheep B seek C peak D chip A heart B street C meat D receive A beat B eaten C repeat D head A health B leave C read D need
B Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.
1 A technology B comfortable C activity D experience A tabacco B contented C buffalo D transplanting
3 A repair B harrow C arrive D announce A opinion B relax C semester D hobby A children B student C professor D teacher A Physics B History C Biology D Chemistry
II VOCABULARY
1 She got……… as soon as the alarm clock went…… A over/ on B up/ out C up/ off D on/ off John isn’t contented with his present salary
A excited about B satisfied with C disappointed about D interested in
3 She purchased a number of shares in the company.A invested B sold C exchange D bought We had a nice chat over a cup of tea A formal talk B informal talk C serious talk D long talk Don’t worry ………… me I’ll be fine A to B about C with D for The main post office is not far………… the library A to B with C away D from Phong is interested……… learning English A in B at C on D of
8 English is an international………… A language B means C subject D profession Many people rushed into the street in………… after the vibrations of the earthquake
A sadness B panic C excitement D surprise
10 Nowadays, email is the best means……… communication A of B in C at D on 11 We the seedlings( giống con) into peaty soil( đất có than bùn)
A take B plough C raise D transplant
12 We seldom see each other anymore A sometimes B occasionally C frequently D rarely 13.The plane from Dallas two hours late, so I missed my connecting flight from Frankfurt to London
A took on B took in C took over D took off
14 It was time to the kids ready for bed A prepare B get C take D make 15 Houses as a bomb exploded in the neighbourhood
A dipped B disappeared C dropped D shook
16 It was a difficult time, but we never gave up hope A stopped B continued C had D offered
B Match the italicized verbs in column A with their meanings in column B.
1 When did the plane take off? a building
2 The thieves ran away when the burglar alarm went off. b move downward 3 Let's take a break We'll go on when you are ready. c made stop burning 4 Could you get me up early tomorrow? d leave the ground 5 She laughed and chatted happily with other women. e talked in a friendly way 6 Did anyone see Sue getting on the bus? f stopped
7 Suddenly the plane seemed to dip. g getting into
8 I've given up trying to understand her. h get out of bed 9 We had trouble putting up the tent in the dark. i continue 10 Fire fighters soon put out the fire. j rang C- Give the correct form of the words in brackets:
(2)7 That woman drives………( danger) This town has a good bus……… (serve) D Coplete the sentences with appropriate words from the list:
shake announce dipped scream danger realize panic fasten routine stared
1 My morning……….is to get up at six, have breakfast then leave home at six thirty They will ……… the names of the winners tonight
3 The rapid rise of flood water caused……….among the people
4 We heard someone………in fright The ship was in ………of sinking during the storm He did not……….how cold it was until he went outside
7 She ………her hands in the cool water He is going to……… the papers together The two men stopped to………hands 10 She ……… at the strange man
III GRAMMAR
1 According to the research reports, people usually……… in their sleep 25 to 30 times each night
A turn B are turning C have turned D turned
2 No breakfast for Mark, thanks He……… breakfast
A hasn’t eaten B didn’t eat C isn’t eating D doesn’t eat Harry works all the time He
A never relaxes B relaxes never C often relaxes D relaxes sometimes
4 They……… all the wine at the party last night A drink B to drink C drinking D drank Keio………… Japanese when she was in Vietnam A teach B taught C teaches D to teach He never listens to what you say He……… thinks about something else
A rarely B never C always D sometimes
7.Lien………… you some minutes ago A calls B called C calling D has called
8 It is……… warmer in the summer than in the winter A usually B sometimes C rarely D never ……… you hear a terrible noise last night? A B are C were D did 10 He always……… to answer any questions about his brother
A refuses B to refuse C refusing D refused
11 My sister……… to the cinema twice a week A went B go C goes D gone 12 My father…… smokes because it affects on his health
A sometimes B never C always D occasionally
13 I……… everything will be right A to hope B hoped C am hoping D hope 14 He……… her from 1998 to 2000 A to meet B meet C met D is meeting 15 She……… does exercise every morning so she……… up early
A never/gets B usually/gets C usually/ get D never/get 16 The house was very quiet when I got home Everybody to bed
A have gone B went C had gone D goes 17 I at six o'clock, but to be up by five
A normally get up/ I have sometimes B normally get up/ sometimes I have C get normally up/ sometimes I have D get normally up/ I sometimes have 18 As soon as the light turned red, she the car
A stopped B has stopped C was stopping D stops
B- Insert thegiven adverbs int their correct place:
(3)1 Tom often goes to school at 6.30.=> What time………? Tran usually does her homework after dinner.=> What……….? Ly and Nhi always go to school by bus.=> How……… ? Vu went to the cinema with Thao last night.=> Who………? Duy is studying English now.=> What language……….……… ?
6 I visit my grandparents twice a month.=> How often……… ……… ?
IV SPEAKING
Choose the sentence or phrase that best completes the dialogue.
A: What you usually on your day off? –B: (1) A: Do you get much exercise? - B: (2) A: How often you exercise? - B: (3) A: What you usually do? -B: (4) A: Where you go swimming? - B: (5) A: You're really in good shape! -B: (6) a I usually drive to work b I will sleep all day
c I usually not much d Nothing much I always sleep until noon a I usually b Yes I c How about you? d Very often a No, I sometimes b Yes, I often c About three times a week d Often I don't a I usually go swimming and play badminton b No I never
c I go straight home after work d I watch TV a lot
5 a Every day from to b I always go to the YWCA c No, I play tennis d I usually go by motorbike
6 a Yeah, I'm a real couch potato b Oh, are you? c Thanks a lot d Good for you!
V WRITING
1 Lan/ with/ cried/ joy/ when/ she/ met/ at/ the/ station/ me/
A Lan cried with joy when she met me at the station.B Lan cried joy when she met me with at the station C Lan with joy cried when she met me at the station.D Lan when she met me at the station cried with joy Laura/ always/ comes/ immediately/ home/ when/ she finishes/ school
A Laura always comes immediately home when she finishes school B Laura comes home always immediately when she finishes school C Laura always comes home immediately when she finishes school D Laura immediately always comes home when she finishes school George/ very/ interested/ in/ is/ Maths and Physics
A George is very in intersted Maths and Physics B George is very intersted in Maths and Physics C George is intersted in very Maths and Physics D George is intersted very in Maths and Physics Daisy/ receive/ of/ presents/ a lot/ on/ her/ birthday/ last/ week/
A Daisy received presents a lot of on her birthday last week B Daisy received a lot of presents last week on her birthday C Daisy a lot of presents received on her birthday last week D Daisy received a lot of presents on her birthday last week I/ was/ the/ bath/ in/ so/ I/ couldn’t/ hear/ you/ call
A So I was in the bath I couldn’t hear you call B I was in the bath I couldn’t hear you call so C I was in the bath so I couldn’t hear you call D I was in the bath I couldn’t so hear you call She/ very/ is/ good/ at/ learing/ foreign/ languages She/ can/ speak/ six/ languages/
(4)A We here arrived fifteen minutes ago B We arrived fifteen minutes ago here C We arrived here fifteen minutes ago D We arrived here ago fifteen minutes Would/ like/ you/ go/ to/ theatre/ to/ the/ tonight/?
A Would you like to go to the theatre tonight? B Would like you to go to the theatre tonight? C Would you to like go to the theatre tonight? D Would you like tonight to go to the theatre? He/ wants/ see/ to/ the/ house/ where/ president/ our/ was/ born
A He wants to see the house where our president was born B He wants to see where the house our president was born C He wants to see the house where was our president born D He wants to see the house was where our president born 10 your/ school/ let/ students/ play/ football/ at/ does/ the recess?
A Does school let your students play football at the recess? B Does your school let the students play football at recess? C Does your school let students play football at the recess? D Does your school let students at the recess play football?
B- Build complete sentences with the words given:
1 6:30 / mother / go down / kitchen / boil / water
……… breakfast / Farmer Lum / son / usually / lead / buffalos / field
……… It / usually / take / me / two hours / / homework=> ……… It / interesting / travell / train=>……… Ngoc / prefer / go / bicycle / to / cyclo=>………
C Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed for the sentence to be correct.
1 It was an extremely frightened experience in my life
A B C D
2 Mark went on working despite he felt unwell
A B C D
3 Frank is usually swimming before work, but this morning he is jogging
A B C D
4 Once when I was ten I used to get sick and went to the hospital
A B C D
5 As soon as the alarm clock had gone off, she woke up and go out of bed
A B C D
6 All the children have been returned safe to their parents
A B C D
7 I know you're too busy to stay, but I look forward to see you again
A B C D
8 Have you forgotten to lock the back door frequently?
A B C D
9.I like lying on the beach, so I always spend my holiday to sunbath
A B C D
10 The bank lent us money for a down payment, so now we owned the house we used to rent
A B C D
VI READING COMPREHENSION.
Exercise 1: read the test and then the exericise that follow. A Fill in each of blanks with ONE suitable word.
(5)Susan Conley and sam Daimond live in an old white house on Cleveland Road They (1)………… two children, Ted and Jane Ted and Jane are grown (2)………… now They both live far away Ted lives in Brazil (3)………… his wife, Maria, and Jane lives in Alaska Ted and Jane’s old room is always ready (4)………… them, and sometimes they come to visit
Now Susan and Sam share their home with their pets: a cat, a dog, (5)………… a bird In their free time, they like to work in the yard In the frond yard, Sam grows roses and (6)……… flowers In the back, Susan has a large vegetable garden Sam (7)……… the fresh vegetables in his cooking He likes to cook special dinners and invite their friends
In their free time, Susan and Sam also help the town of Rosebud Every Tuesday, Susan goes to the meetings of the town planning committee This important committee decides about the future (8)……… the town Every Saturday, Sam goes to help the Rosebud Food Bank The Food Bank gets food (9)……… stores or people in town It gives the food (10)……… people without homes and jobs
B Answer the following questions.
1 Who are Ted and Jane? Are Ted and Jane living in the United States? What are there in the front yard? What does Sam with the vegetables in the garden? How often does Susan go to the town planning committee? What does Sam on weekends? How does the Food Bank help homeless and jobless people?
Exercise 2: The sentences in the following passage and choose the best given answer to fill in each gap.
I am a businessman My job is……….(1) computers I work very hard Every morning I get up at seven I some exercise and have a light breakfast Then I drive……… (2) my office It takes me forty minutes, so I usually get there earlier……… (3) others
I am very busy I think every minute counts, so I plan my work every…….(4) I keep a dairy……… (5) me remember things I meet and talk……….(6) many people I make……… (7) of telephone calls I often go out and visit people.I travel to cities in the USA and many foreign countries like China, Japan, Thailand and Vietnam
Every year I have a long holiday Then I can stay………… (8) my family Last summer my family and I have a good rest We went a town near the sea Every day we had a swim When it rained, I did some…………(9) or watched TV We had a lot of seafood! We were there………… (10) half a month We had a lot of fun
1 A sell B to sell C selling D sold A to B in C on D of A more B better C than D long A caring B care C careful D carefully A to help B help C helping D helped A on B to C with D of
7 A lots B many C much D lot A along B at C in D with
9 A read B reading C reads D readings 10.A in B for C since D at
Exercise 3: Complete the story with the words in the box:
one businessman brother President story Kennedy’s wife unhappy big history probably born university later also
John F Kennedy is………… (1) the most famous president in American………(2), but the story of the Kennedy family is not a happy……….(3)
John was………(4) in Boston, USA in 1917 The Kennedys were a……….(5) family and John had five sisters and three brothers His father, Joseph Kennedy, was a……… (6) and his mother , Rose, was a daughter of a politician
After………(7) John worked as a journalist, then became a politician in 1946 But thios was an……….(8) time for the Kennedy family- John’s……… (9), Joe, died in the second World War, and four years……….( 10 ) his sister , Kathleen, died in a plane crash
(6)In 1961, John F Kennedy became……… (12), and he was very popular with the American people He was assassinated in Dallas, Texas in November 1963, and his brother Boddy was ………(13) assassinated five years later
The……….(14) are a famous family, but their ……… (15) is a very sad one Notes: - Senator (n) Thượng nghị sĩ - Assassinated (pp) bị ám sát
According to the story, are the following sentences true (T) or false (F)
1 Joseph and Rose Kennedy had eight children ………
2 Two of their children died in the 1940s ………
3 The story of Kennedy family is a happy one ………
4 John F Kennedy’s mother was a politician ………
5 John and Jecqueline’s third child died when he was very young ………
6 After university, John became a politician ………
7 John F Kennedy became President eight years after he married Jecqueline ………
8 Bobby Kennedy died in 1968 ………
9 John F Kennedy died in his home town ………
10.John F Kennedy died when he was 46 ………
Exercise 4:Read the passage, then choose the correct answer –a, b c or d. ROUTINES
Think about your daily life Do you follow the same read : a work every day? Do you sit in the same place in class? When you get dressed, you always put the same leg or arm in first? You probably do, because we all have routines in our lives
Routines save time and energy because you them without thinking, that's why they are so important in the morning when your brain isn't active Here's Jo talking about her morning routine
“Oh yes I always exactly the same things wake up at seven o'clock every morning, but I don't get quarter past seven I switch on the radio and listen to the news Then I go to the too and I brush my- teeth I have a shower and dry my hair Then I choose my clothes and I get dressed I don't eat anything for breakfast I just have a cup of coffee Then I go to work Yes, it's always the same.”
Routines are very useful but they also make you uncreative So sometimes it's a good idea to break your routines Get out of bed on the opposite side Listen to a different radio station Take a different route to work Eat something different for breakfast Change your routine You never know, it could change your life
1 This passage is mainly concerned with
A our usual ways of doing things B our daily activities C Jo's timetable D changes in our lives According to the passage, routines are useful because
A we can them in the morning B they make a habit of never thinking C they save time and energy C we all have them in our lives The word 'loo' in line can best be replaced with
A balcony B bedroom C sink D toilet
4 What is the main disadvantage of routines?
A Routines make us unable to create things or to have new ideas B Routines may change our life
A Routines make a habit of never thinking before doing B Routines make us the same things day after day Which of the sentences is true?
A Routines make our brain creative B People who have routines are unable to think
C We shouldn't break our routines C Our lives could be changed if we change our routines