1.
Choose one suitable word from the box to fill in each gap in the following passage
but
which
is
up
friend
to
than
going
however
on
have
who
too
man
do
Your answer
Jane usually works in England, but sometimes she works abroad,
too. When she isn’t working, she likes (1)…………….. to the cinema
and eating in nice restaurants. She isn’t sporty and she doesn’t (2)
…………… any exercise, but at least she doesn’t smoke.
People say that she (3)……………. open and friendly. She gets
(4)………….. well with most people, but she’s sometimes quite shy,
(5)…………. For example, she doesn’t like going to parties. She
prefers (6)…………… meet friends individually or in small groups.
She likes intelligent, funny men (7)……………. make her laugh,
and ideally who love music. Physically, she prefers men with dark
hair who are not taller (8)…………. her. And she likes men who are
good listeners.
Her closest (9)………………. is Laura. They often talk about
boyfriends and the problems they have. She usually doesn’t talk to
her family about that kind of thing. Her mum always says that she
looks for the wrong boy, (10)…………… that’s what mothers always
say.
1. …………….
2. …………….
3. …………….
4. …………….
5. …………….
6. …………….
7. …………….
8. …………….
9. …………….
10. ……………
2.
Choose one suitable word from the box to fill in each gap in the following passage
meal
make
put on
which
vegetarians
stay
when
keeping
because
wearing
with
to
another
vegetarian
other
Your answer
Some people do not eat meat (1)…………. they believe it is cruel
(2)………… animals. This may be because their religion forbids it or
because they do not like to think that an animal had to suffer and die
just so they could have a (3)…………… Many people who are (4)
…………… for this reason also avoid (5)……………. clothes and
shoes that are made of animal fur and leather.
Some people do not eat meat because they believe it is too
expensive. By not buying meat, these vegetarians have more money
left over to buy (6)………… kinds of food. Meat is high in protein
(7)…………….. is an important element of food that people need to
stay alive. Vegetarians (8)………….. sure they get the protein their
bodies need by eating other, less expensive types of food like nuts,
cheese and milk.
(9)…………… people decide to stop eating meat, they must find
alternative sources for the nutrients they need to (10)…………….
healthy. After a while, a vegetarian diet becomes a regular part of
daily life.
1. …………….
2. …………….
3. …………….
4. …………….
5. …………….
6. …………….
7. …………….
8. …………….
9. …………….
10. ……………
3.
Choose one suitable word from the box to fill in each gap in the following passage
to
before
studying
after
has
at
in
which
had
professional
famous
who
the
learn
earns
Your answer
The American actor Brad Pitt probably makes a lot of other men
envious, not least because he (1)……………..thousands of dollars for a
day’s work and is always in celebrity magazines’ lists of ‘the world’s
most beautiful people’.
He hasn’t always (2)……………. a glamorous life, however. Before he
got his first break in Hollywood, for example, his jobs in Los Angeles
included trying to attract customers (3)………… a restaurant by
standing outside wearing a chicken costume.
Pitt was born in the state of Oklahoma (4)…………..1963, and was
interested in films from an early age. At high school, in the state of
Missouri, his other hobbies included golf, tennis and swimming. He
began (5)……………….. journalism at university, but dropped out when
he decided he wanted to try to become a (6)…………… actor.
(7)…………… some minor roles in various Hollywood films, Pitt
became famous in (8)……….. mid-1990s by playing a police detective
in the crime thriller Seven and a psychiatric patient in the science-fiction
film Twelve Monkeys. Since then he (9)…………….. been in one
successful film after another, including Fight Club (one of a number of
films in which he plays unconventional, slightly dangerous characters),
Ocean’s Eleven (about a gang of thieves (10)……………….. plan to
steal money from Las Vegas casinos), and Troy (in which he plays
Achilles, a hero from Ancient Greek mythology).
1. …………….
2. …………….
3. …………….
4. …………….
5. …………….
6. …………….
7. …………….
8. …………….
9. …………….
10. ……………
4.
Choose one suitable word from the box to fill in each gap in the following passage
for
make
front
when
our
do
brings
if
which
are
will
bored
middle
pleasant
a
Your answer
According to geomancers, the way you decorate your house can (1)
…………… you happy and healthy or sad and sick. (2)………….
example, a living room looking out a well-aired space (3)…………..
health. Rounded ornaments make us easy-going (4)…………… they are
in the living room, but deficient if they are in the bedroom. If there are
many square and pointed ornaments in the living room, we (5)………….
feel obstructed.
Flowing water is sometimes (6)…………. to the eyes and ears but
annoyed (7)………….. we want to sleep. If we want to sleep well, we
have to place (8)…………bed in the opposite corner with the door and
not under the window. We always have a mirror in the bedroom, but do
not place it in (9)…………… of the bed. Flowers are good for the living
room, but not for bedroom, too. There are also many other things we
have to care of if we want to live in a good house. (10)……….. you
believe? Try following what I have said and decide yourself.
1. …………….
2. …………….
3. …………….
4. …………….
5. …………….
6. …………….
7. …………….
8. …………….
9. …………….
10. ……………
5.
Choose one suitable word from the box to fill in each gap in the following passage
the
never
best
which
up
because
difficult
most
for
very
what
an
much
although
use
Your answer
To me, English is very interesting. It is not (1)………….. to learn
English well. However, it is important to know the (2)…………….
effective way of learning. I rarely look (3)………….. new vocabularies
but often learn them through reading. At first, I felt it difficult (4)
…………… I did not know many vocabularies. However, I try to guess
the meaning through (5)…………… information in newspapers and
magazines. Only when I can’t guess, will I look them up in the
dictionary. I (6)………….. use English-Vietnamese dictionary. My
mother bought me an English-English dictionary. It helps me (7)
………….. So, I can (8)…………… those new vocabularies correctly
and naturally. I often write diary and compose short stories to improve
my writing skill. I may imagine the content or revise (9)……………. I
have read from the newspapers and magazines. I also listen to English
music and news on radio and TV. It is (10)…………… interesting way
of practicing listening. My father bought me an ipod, so that I can record
the news and listen again. When I listen, I repeat and mimic the accent.
Then, I record my voice and listen again to correct the mistakes myself.
It is very useful. Therefore, when I go to English clubs or talk to
foreigners, I am praised a lot.
1. …………….
2. …………….
3. …………….
4. …………….
5. …………….
6. …………….
7. …………….
8. …………….
9. …………….
10. ……………
6.
Choose one suitable word from the box to fill in each gap in the following passage
on
during
unnecessary
moments
letting
living
live
probably
other
so
as
important
allowing
another
over
Your answer
In cities in the United States, there are clocks in most stores,
factories, and (1)………….buildings. Radio announcers give the correct
time (2)………. the day. People here think that it is (3)………. to know
the time. Most Americans have watches. They want to do certain things
at certain times. They don’t want to be late.
Time is not (4)………. important to people everywhere. Suppose you
visit a country in South America. You would find that people (5)…….
there do not like to rush. If you had an appointment with some friends,
they would (6)…….. be late. They would not want to arrive (7)
………….time
In South America, even the radio programs may not begin right on
time. Nor do the radio people think it important to announce the exact
time.
In South America, many people think of a clock (8)……….. a
machine. They feel that people who do everything on time are (9)………
clocks run their lives. They don’t want a clock or any machine to have
that much power (10)……….their lives.
1. …………….
2. …………….
3. …………….
4. …………….
5. …………….
6. …………….
7. …………….
8. …………….
9. …………….
10. ……………
7.
Choose one suitable word from the box to fill in each gap in the following passage
almost
supplies
who
whose
land
owning
enjoy
government
most
with
wealthy
into
own
agree
each
Your answer
Farmland is very important to every country in the world. Farmland
(1)……………the food needed by people everywhere. (2)……… owns
this land?
Farmland may be owned by the farmers who work the land. It may be
owned by people who have others farm it. In some places, a (3)………
owns the farmland.
In England, many farmers rent their land. Some families have farmed
a piece of land for generations without (4)……… it. In Chile, most
farmland was once owned by a few (5)……….. landowners. Workers
farmed the land for them. But during the 1940s, many landowners
divided their land (6)…………..small farms and sold it. Today, there are
fewer large farms but many smaller ones.
In China, large groups of farmers own most of the (7)……. together.
The families in each group (8)……… to raise certain crops and
livestock. (9)………… family also owns a small plot for its own use. In
the United States, most farmland is owned by the families who farm the
land. A few farmers rent their land from others. In the 1990s, (10)………
90 percent of American farmers owned all or part of the land they
farmed.
1. …………….
2. …………….
3. …………….
4. …………….
5. …………….
6. …………….
7. …………….
8. …………….
9. …………….
10. ……………
8.
Choose one suitable word from the box to fill in each gap in the following passage
lose
other
using
If
by
also
accounts
can
because of
make
buyers
companies
from
in
that
Your answer
Go to a city anywhere in Canada. In it you will find people who own
businesses, people who work in businesses, and people who buy
products and services (1)…………….businesses. One thing keeps the
products and services flowing from producers to (2)………..: money.
Workers use the money they earn to buy things they need and want.
Companies use that money to make more things (3)…….. people need
and want.
People who start companies also have to convince (4)….. people to
invest in them. To get people to invest, companies offer them a chance to
(5)……….money. They can do this (6)………..a number of ways.
Some companies sell stock. The people who buy stock own a piece of
the company. (7)……… the company makes a profit, so will the
stockholders. If the company does not do well, stock-holders may lose
their money.
Businesses (8)……….also sell bonds. People who buy bonds lend
their money to the company. To make it worthwhile for lenders,
companies pay interest on the money.
Businesses also get loans from banks. They pay interest to the bank.
The bank uses the money in people’s bank (9)………. to make loans. It
pays them interest in exchange for (10)……….. their money.
1. …………….
2. …………….
3. …………….
4. …………….
5. …………….
6. …………….
7. …………….
8. …………….
9. …………….
10. ……………
9.
Choose one suitable word from the box to fill in each gap in the following passage
together
after
use
being
that
borrowing
useful
like
made
sometimes
off
by
down
produce
inventions
Your answer
The English language is different from any other language. Yet, (1)
………..most other languages, ours is always changing. We need new
words for new (2)……… and new ideas. Different words come into (3)
………., or older words are used in a new way.
English can change by (4)……….. words from other languages.
Tomato was borrowed from Mexico and pajamas from India. The word
coffee came from Turkey, and tea came from China. Now new space and
science words are (5)………. borrowed from other countries, too.
New words are also made by adding two words (6)………..
Strawberry, popcorn and grandfather are words made up of two parts.
(7)………. new words are shorter form of older words. The word photo
was made from photograph by cutting off the end of the longer word.
Plane was made by cutting (8)……….the front part of airplane. Smog
was made by using only the first two and last two letters from the words
smoke and fog.
The names of people and products can become new words. Our
sandwich was named (9)……….. a man named Sandwich. Scotch Tape,
Band-Aid, and Jell-O were names made up by the companies that first
(10)………. the products.
1. …………….
2. …………….
3. …………….
4. …………….
5. …………….
6. …………….
7. …………….
8. …………….
9. …………….
10. ……………
10.
Choose one suitable word from the box to fill in each gap in the following passage
by
teaching
skills
can
when
like
programmer
addition
do
getting
could
because
find
make
as
Your answer
Judy Krecek has been (1)………. for twenty-four years. She teaches
social studies, language arts, computer (2)……… and other disciplines.
Students in her class read and write, (3)………..all students do. Like all
elementary school students, they also play pranks on their teacher. (Ms.
Krecek’s says they do it out of love)
Still, in some ways Ms. Krecek’s classroom is not like other
classrooms. (4)……… students do not recognize words, they spell them
out loud instead of pointing to them. Students listen to recorded stories
instead of stories read (5)……….their teacher. Their tests are recorded,
too. Students must always sit in the same seats for every class. In (6)
………, Ms. Krecek uses a talking clock calculator. She does things this
way (7)…….. she is blind.
When M. Krecek first got her teaching license, she had trouble (8)
………..a job. Many people did not think a blind person (9)
……….control a class. The principal who hired Ms. Krecek wasn’t
concerned. All he wanted to know was if she could teach.
Ms. Krecek is a tough teacher who pushes her students to (10)………
their best. To them, she is simply a teacher-not the blind teacher.
Here’s how Judy Krecek feels about her job. “I love teaching because I
can touch children’s lives and make a difference. ”
1. …………….
2. …………….
3. …………….
4. …………….
5. …………….
6. …………….
7. …………….
8. …………….
9. …………….
10. ……………
11.
Choose one suitable word from the box to fill in each gap in the following passage
together
after
use
being
that
borrowing
useful
like
made
sometimes
off
by
down
produce
inventions
Your answer
The English language is different from any other language. Yet, (1)
………..most other languages, ours is always changing. We need new
words for new (2)……… and new ideas. Different words come into (3)
………., or older words are used in a new way.
English can change by (4)……….. words from other languages.
Tomato was borrowed from Mexico and pajamas from India. The word
coffee came from Turkey, and tea came from China. Now new space and
science words are (5)………. borrowed from other countries, too.
New words are also made by adding two words (6)………..
1. …………….
2. …………….
3. …………….
4. …………….
5. …………….
Strawberry, popcorn and grandfather are words made up of two parts.
(7)………. new words are shorter form of older words. The word photo
was made from photograph by cutting off the end of the longer word.
Plane was made by cutting (8)……….the front part of airplane. Smog
was made by using only the first two and last two letters from the words
smoke and fog.
The names of people and products can become new words. Our
sandwich was named (9)……….. a man named Sandwich. Scotch Tape,
Band-Aid, and Jell-O were names made up by the companies that first
(10)………. the products.
6. …………….
7. …………….
8. …………….
9. …………….
10. ……………
12.
Choose one suitable word from the box to fill in each gap in the following passage
by
teaching
skills
can
when
like
programmer
addition
do
getting
could
because
find
make
as
Your answer
Judy Krecek has been (1)………. for twenty-four years. She teaches
social studies, language arts, computer (2)……… and other disciplines.
Students in her class read and write, (3)………..all students do. Like all
elementary school students, they also play pranks on their teacher. (Ms.
Krecek’s says they do it out of love)
Still, in some ways Ms. Krecek’s classroom is not like other
classrooms. (4)……… students do not recognize words, they spell them
out loud instead of pointing to them. Students listen to recorded stories
instead of stories read (5)……….their teacher. Their tests are recorded,
too. Students must always sit in the same seats for every class. In (6)
………, Ms. Krecek uses a talking clock calculator. She does things this
way (7)…….. she is blind.
When M. Krecek first got her teaching license, she had trouble (8)
………..a job. Many people did not think a blind person (9)
……….control a class. The principal who hired Ms. Krecek wasn’t
concerned. All he wanted to know was if she could teach.
Ms. Krecek is a tough teacher who pushes her students to (10)………
their best. To them, she is simply a teacher-not the blind teacher.
Here’s how Judy Krecek feels about her job. “I love teaching because I
can touch children’s lives and make a difference. ”
1. …………….
2. …………….
3. …………….
4. …………….
5. …………….
6. …………….
7. …………….
8. …………….
9. …………….
10. ……………
Các cấu trúc chuyển đổi câu (Sentence Transforrmation):
1. so … that…/such … that …/too ….. to-V
2. Although / In spite of / Despite
3. Because / Because of
4. Comparison
5. Active / Passive
6. 1st / 2nd Conditionals
7. Reported Speech
8. After (had done) / Past simple
9. Past simple / Present Perfect
10.
Relative pronouns (Who / Which / Where)
EXERCISES 1
I. Choose the best answer by circling the letter A, B, C, or D.
1. I prefer writing a term paper ………. taking an examination.
A. than
B. to
C. for
D. that
2. Staying in a hotel costs ……….. renting a room in a dormitory for a week.
A. twice more than
B. twice as much as
C. as much
twice as
D. as much as twice
3. The examiner made us ……. our identification in order to be admitted to
the test center.
A. showing
B. to show
C. showed
D. show
4. The cook looked ………….. at the burned food.
A. sad
B. sadly
C. sadness
D. in sad
5. Most insects are tiny. They are ........ .
A. huge
B. very small
C. intelligent
D. beautiful
6. “Would you like a cold drink?” “............”
A. I’d love to. That’s very kind
B. I’d love one. I’m very thirsty
C. I’d love some. It’s delicious
D. I don’t like biscuits
7. Tim seems to be putting .................... weight.
A. in
B. on
C. by
D. over
8. If ever the child ........................., the mother would run to it.
A. cries
B. will cry
C. would cry
D. cried
9. After the children ........................ she began to write.
A. has left
B. leave
C. left
D. had left
10. If the coffee is still too ......................., put some more sugar in it.
A. bitter
B. hot
C. sour
D. sweet
11. The price of petrol has ....................... up again.
A. risen
B. got
C. gone
D. stood
12. I wonder ................ he’d like the steak cooked – rare or well-done?
A. which
B. how
C. where
D. why
13. Helen asked me ............... the film called “Star War”
A. have I seen
B. have you seen C. if I had seen
D. If had I seen
14. There has been a great .................. in his English.
A. increase
B. improvement C. decrease
D. rise
15. We have to ......... the meeting until next week because no one can come
this afternoon.
A. put down
B. put off
C. put on
D. put out
II. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means
exactly the same as the original sentence.
1. The weather is much warmer than it was a few days ago.
A few days ago……………………………………………………………
2. No one has lived in this house for years.
This house…………………………………………………………………
3. “Will you marry me?” said Eric to his girl friend.
Eric asked………………………………………………………………….
4. Although he overslept, Mike wasn’t late for work.
Despite……………………………………………………………………..
5. The postman usually leaves the papers on the doorstep.
The papers………………………………………………………………….
EXERCISES 2
I. Choose the best answer by circling the letter A, B, C, or D.
1. That baby .. . . . . . . . non-stop for the past hour.
A. cried
B. was crying
C. is crying
D. has been crying
2. I'd have told you if I .. . . . . . . . the book.
A. had seen
B. should have seen
C. saw
D.
would have seen
3. Skiing is a sport .. . . . . . . . goes back 4,000 years.
A. and he
B. and its
C. whose history
D. whose
4. Physicsist J. Robert Oppenheimer .. . . . . . . . an important role in the birth
of atomic age.
A. who played
B. had
C. playing
D. was
5. ‘He didn’t understand it.” “ ......................”
A. So did I
B. I did too
C. I did either
D.
Neither
did I
6. Don't forget to .. . . . . . . . the alarm clock for six o'clock tomorrow
morning.
A. put
B. set
C. wind
D. ring
7. “Would you like a cold drink?” “............”
A. I’d love to. That’s very kind
B. I’d love one. I’m very thirsty
C. I’d love some. It’s delicious
D. I don’t like biscuits
8. Most insects are tiny. They are ........ .
A. huge
B. very small
C. intelligent
D. beautiful
9. They were too late. The plane ..................... off ten minutes earlier.
A. took
B. has taken
C. had taken
D. was taking
10. When Paul stopped the car, I opened the door and got ............. behind
him.
A. on
B. down
C. in
D. out
11. Can I ……..... your dictionary, please? I can’t find mine.
A. read
B. see
C. borrow
D. lend
12. He worked ...................... than his brother.
A. more carefully B. more careful
C. carefully
D. very carefully
13. She can’t get home .............. she has no money.
A. if
B. unless
C. without
D. until
14. Could I take this ............ to thank you for all you have done for us.
A. possibility
B. option
C. advantage
D. opportunity
15. The composition needs ...................
A. rewrite
B. to write
C. being written
D. rewriting
II. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means
exactly the same as the original sentence.
1. “Did you leave a tip for the waiter, Dad?” I asked
I asked………………………………………………………………………
2. I’ve never seen such an exciting football match before.
This is……………………………………………………………………….
3. They are repairing my television now.
My television……………………………………………………………….
4. I recently went back to the town. I was born there.
I recently…………………………………………………………………….
5. Joan will stay on at school unless she finds a good job.
If……………………………………………………………………………..
EXERCISES 3
I. Choose the best answer by circling the letter A, B, C, or D.
1. The television, .. . . . . . . . so long been a part of our culture, has an
enormous influence.
A. has
B. it has
C. which
D. which has
2. One problem with all languages .. . . . . . . . they are full of irregularities.
A. when
B. so
C. is that
D. in case
3. He had to borrow a little money from his brother .. . .he could finish his
education without working.
A. so
B. that
C. so that
D. in order so
4. The final test will be .. . . . . . . . the midterm.
A. alike
B. like
C. same
D. similar
5. Besides being expensive, the food in the cafeteria tastes .. . . . . . . . .
A. badly
B. too badly
C. too much bad D. bad
6. My parents thought that education was important so they .. . . . . . . . me
study hard.
A. let
B. forced
C. encouraged
D. made
7. Mr. Smith was ................ in a road accident.
A. wounded
B. wrong
C. injured
D. damaged
8. ………………… your cigarette before you go into class.
A. put out
B. put down
C. give up
D. give away
9. The River Thames .............. from Oxford to London
A. floats
B. flows
C. moves
D. passes
10. We spent our holiday in a hotel which had a private ..............
A. beach
B. coast
C. seaside
D. shore
11. She told me .................. to go to the bank.
A. not to forget B. don’t forget
C. not forget
D. should not forget
12. Even if the rains .............. now, there won’t be harvest this year.
A. came
B. come
C. didn’t come
13. Our teacher is very kind .............. us.
A. to
B. so
C. with
D. will come
D. at
14. If she had put enough coffee in the pot, it ................... so week like this.
A. would taste
B. wouldn’t taste
C. would have taste D. could have taste
15. A railway bridge ................. over the river.
A. is built
B. is building
C. is being built
D. been built
II. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means
exactly the same as the original sentence.
1. I have never met anyone more generous than your husband.
Your husband……………………………………………………………...
2. Unless he keeps in touch immediately, he won’t get any information.
If he………………………………………………………………………..
3. “Don’t leave the house until I get back, William,” his mother said.
William’s mother told……………………………………………………..
4. They started working on this project last Christmas. They haven’t finished it
yet.
They have………………………………………………………………….
5. The thief suddenly realized that the police were watching him.
The thief suddenly realized that……………………………………………
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