DE CUONG ON TAP HOC KY 1 KHOI 11 MON TIENG ANH

I. PRONUNCIATION
Choose the word which is stressed differently from therest.
1. A. confident
B. important
C. together
D. exciting
2. A. generational
B. interpersonal
C. discrimination
D. nationality
3. A. dominate
B. scholarship
C. principle
D. stability
4. A. solidarity
B. cooperation
C. opportunity
D. popularity
5. A. management
B. protective
C. respectful
D. reliant
6. A. determined
B. examine
C. reliant
D. medicine
7. A. interact
B. concentrate
C. counsellor
D. influence
8. A. campaign

B. hearing
C. slogan
D. talent
9. A. athlete
B. charter
C. region
D. success
10. A. enquire
B. enroll
C. donate
D. Donor
II. GRAMMAR
Choose a, b, c, or d to indicate the best answer to each of the following sentences
1.All students ________wear uniforms at school because it is a rule.
A. should
B. have to
C. ought to
D. must
2. The children____________ spend too much time playing computer games.
A. must
B. ought to not
C. shouldn’t
D. have to
3. This drink isn't beneficial for health. You _____________ drink it too much.
A. should
B. ought to not
C. ought not to
D. mustn't
4. This warning sign indicates that you __________ step on the grass.
A. shouldn't

B. mustn't
C. don't have to
D. ought not to
5. ________ I bought the gift for my mum on her birthday.
A. It was from this shop that
B. I was from this shop where
C. It was this shop which
D. It was this shop that
6. ________ a high level of blood cholesterol.
A. It is eggs that contain
B. Those are eggs it contains
C. It is eggs that contains
D. It is eggs contain
7. To decide the winner of the competition, the examiners _________candidates' dishes now.
A. taste
B. tasted
C. are tasting
D.tastes
8. Listen! Her story _________ interesting.
A. sounds
B. is sounding
C. sound
D. sounded
9. She was excited ________ a letter from her mother last week.
A. to receive
B. receive
C. receiving
D. to receiving
10. We are very surprised to ________ Peter at the party.
A. seeing

B. see
C. seen
D. to seeing
11. When he __________ten years old, Louis Braille__________the National Institute for the Blind in Paris.
A. was/entered
B. was/was entering
C. was/was entered
D. was/has entered
12. Last Sunday, the Youth Union __________a campaign to help students with disabilities.
A. has launched
B. launched
C. was launched
D. was launching
13. Last Sunday, Texas-based game fans The Speed Gamers ____ in a charity activity to donate money to relief
organisations.


A. have participated B. participated
C. had participated
D. were participating
14. In over ten years, he ___________ more than 100 bicycles to needy students in Central Viet Nam.
A. gave
B. has given
C. has been given
D. has been giving
15. It is no use __________ a girl that she doesn't need to lose any weight.
A. convince
B. convincing
C. to convince D. to convincing
16. She did a funny little curtsy which Josh and Silver couldn't help _________ at.

A. laugh
B. laughing
C. to laugh
D. to laughing
17. My husband ___________ the food while I'm cooking! It's very annoying.
A. is always tasting B. always tastes
C. are always tasting D. always taste
18. I ____________ of participating in a competition on ASEAN and ASEAN Charter.
A. am thinking
B. thought
C. think
D. thinks
19. I ___________ missing the first event of the ASEAN Para Games last night.
A. regret
B. am regretting
C. was regretting
D. regretted
20. _______________when Viet Nam became an official member of ASEAN?
A. Do you know
B. Did you know
C. Are you knowing D. Have you been knowing
III. VOCABULARY
1. I live in a/an ____ with my parents and my elder sister in the coastal area.
A. extended family
B. nuclear family
C. extended house
D. nuclear house
2. When a group of people shows __________, they support each other or another group.
A. agreement
B. decision

C. discrimination
D. solidarity
3. My grandpa is the most conservative person in my family. He never ____ about way of life.
A. gives his opinion
B. changes his mind
C. gives his view
D. keeps in mind
4. After graduating from university, I want to ____ my father's footsteps.
A. follow in
B. succeed in C. go after
D. keep up
5. Luckily, my parents are always willing to listen to my new ideas. They're very ____.
A. narrow-minded
B. open-minded
C. absent-minded
D. single-minded
6. Generation ____ is the difference in the thoughts and viewpoints amongst generations living together.
A. distance
B. gap
C. space
D. bridge
7. I was tired and couldn't ____ on doing my research project properly.
A. concentrate B. take part
C. pay attention
D. involve
8. The ____ arises when Jack and his parents have considerable disagreement on his choice of university.
A. discrimination
B. conflict
C. agreement
D. support

9. I wish I could do something to reduce financial ____ on my parents.
A. capital
B. burden
C. limit
D. gap
10. We greatly _________my teacher for all of the best things that she brought to us.
A. respect
B. oppose
C. motivate
D. access
11. Sometimes, in order to get things done, you have to take the ___________
A. decision
B. change
C. idea
D. initiative
12. Parents are always willing to lend a sympathetic ____ to their children when they have problems.
A. hand
B. ear
C. eye
D. shoulder


13. My grandmother thinks friendship between a boy and a girl will turn into romantic______.
A. relations
B. relationship C. relatives
D. relatively
14. Determination is a ____________factor in giving up smoking.
A. decisive
B. decision
C. decisively

D. deciding
15. It is your ____ that determines how fast you achieve your goal and how well you acquire a skill or
knowledge.
A. privacy
B. reliability C. expense
D. attitude
16. Being too ________ on his mother makes me have a bad impression on him.
A. dependent
B. independent C. dependable
D. undependable
17. I was encouraged to ____ for the grandest prize in the dancing competition.
A. try
B. strive
C. reach
D. achieve
18. We've divided the group report into three parts and you're ____ for the conclusion one.
A. responsible
B. irresponsible
C. responsibly
D. responsibility
19. You should make a list of important things to do and ____ them if you want to work effectively.
A. cope with
B. involve
C. prioritize
D. approach
20. ____impairment can cause problems with a person's thinking, communication, understanding or memory.
A. cognitive
B. hearing
C. mobility
D. visual

21. Warmth, ____, and understanding should cost nothing in any count.
A. sympathy
B. sympathetic
C. sympathize
D. sympathetically
22. My father used to ____ a lot of challenges before establishing his own insurance company.
A. provide
B. enjoy
C. give
D. face
23. When getting into troubles, Jack never ____ on other people for help. He always solves them on his own.
A. determines
B. influences C. relies
D. manages
24. ____ communication skill plays an important role in career success.
A. Independent
B. Individual C. Interpersonal
D. Interactive
25. In spite of being the new resident in this area, he always tries to ____ with his neighbors.
A. go down
B. come up C. put up
D. get along
26. One aim of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities is to further ____ awareness of disability
issues.
A. raise
B. rise
C. increase
D. pull
27. The Braille alphabet has been one of the greatest inventions for people with____ impairment.
A. visual

B. mobility C. cognitive
D. hearing
28. Talented students with a disability should be helped to ____ in the society and achieve success at school.
A. contribute B. integrate
C. concentrate
D. dedicate
29. ASEAN includes ten member states, but may get bigger because other countries have applied to join the
_________.
A. bloc
B. group
C. community D. society
30. ASEAN was formed to promote political and economic cooperation and regional________.
A. identity
B. activity
C. stability
D. reliability


IV. READING
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate thecorrect word or phrase that best
fits each of the numbered blanks.
Fathers in today families are spending more time with their children than at any point in the past 100 years. (1)
____ the number of hours the average woman spends at home with her children has declined since the early
1900s, as more and more women enter the workforce, there has been a decrease in the number of children per
family and an increase in (2) ____ attention to each child. As a result, mothers today in the United States,
(3)____those who work part- or full-time, spend almost twice as much time with each child as mothers did in
the 1920s. People (4) ____ raised children in the 1940s and 1950s typically report that their own adult children
and grandchildren communicate far better with their kids and spend more time (5) __ with homework than they
did.
1. A. Although

B. However
C. Unless
D. Besides
2. A. isolated
B. individual
C. unique
D. single
3. A. adding
B. counting
C. taking
D. including
4. A. whom
B. which
C. who
D. when
5. A. helping
B. to help
C. help
D. on help
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Beethoven is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers in history. He gave his first public (1) ____ as
a pianist when he was only 8 years old. He studied in Vienna (2) ____ the guidance of Mozart. By his midtwenties he had earned a name for himself as a great pianist known for unpredictable and brilliant
improvisations. In 1796, Beethoven began losing his hearing. (3) ____ his illness, he involved himself in his
work and (4) ____ some of the greatest works of music. Beethoven's finest works are also the finest works of
their kind in music history: the 9th Symphony, the 5th Piano Concerto, the Violin Concerto, the Late Quartets,
and his Missa Solemnis. And be achieved all these despite being completely (5) ____ for the last 25 he years
or so of his life.
1. A. perform
B. performance
C. performing

D. performer
2. A. on
B. for
C. behind
D. under
3. A. In case of
B. Instead of
C. In order to
D. In spite of
4. A. did
B. created
C. painted
D. learned
5. A. deaf
B. mute
C. blind
D. sick
THANKS A MILLION
Percy Ross was born in 1916 in Michigan. His parents has come to the USA from Latvia and Russia and the
family were poor. But Percy soon showed a talent (1) ____ business and made a fortune in the fur trade and
auction business. Then disaster struck and he (2) ____ all his money. But he soon made a fortune again - this
time by (3) ____ plastic bags. In 1969, he sold his plastic bag company for millions of dollars.
Ross started giving away in 1977: he gave $50,000 to 50 Vietnamese refugees so that they could make a new
home in the USA. (4) ____ he held a Christmas party for 1,050 poor children in the American town of
Minneapolis. Ross bought a bike for every one of the 1,050 children at the party.
After these first experiences of giving money away, Ross decided to do it on a regular basis. He started a
newspaper column called ‘Thanks a Million’ and later a radio show, in order to give away his money. It took
years, but Ross finally (5) ____ in giving away his entire fortune.
1. A. for
B. of

C. on
D. with
2. A. threw
B. wasted
C. lost
D. sent


3. A. manufacture
B. manufacturing
C. manufacturer
D. manufactured
4. A. But
B. Then
C. Yet
D. Though
5. A. interested
B. invested
C. succeeded
D. tried
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate thecorrect word or phrase that best
fits each of the numbered blanks.
Asia's economic, political and cultural importance is growing (1) ____ a never-before seen rate. Take
China, for example: In terms of purchasing power, China is now the largest (2) ____ of the world, having
recently taken over the crown from the long time leader United States. Understanding the fundamental
structural changes in the global economy and having studiedabroad in Asia is a huge asset on your resume when
competing for jobs.
(3) ____ the increasing importance of the continent, many international companieswith experience are
expanding to Asia and need (4) ____ with experience in Asian markets and culture. To get a glimse of the action
and business ideas flowing from Asia, you can_______(5) Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation's (APEC)

website.
1. A. at
B. by
C. on
D. with
2. A. economic
B. economical
C. economically
D. economy
3. A. Although
4. A. employees
5. A. watch

B. Because
C. Despite
D. Due to
B. employers
C. employment
D. unemployment
B. visit
C. look
D. learn
A YEAR WITH OVERSEAS VOLUNTEERS
I was with Overseas Volunteers (OV) for a year after leaving university, and I was sent to an isolated village in
Chad, about 500 kilometres from the capital N'Djamena. Coming from a rich country, I got quite a shock, as
conditions were much harder than I hadexpected. But after a lew days I got used to (1) _______ there. The
people were alwaysvery friendly and helpful, and I soon began to appreciate how beautiful the countiyside was.
One of my jobs was to supply the village (2) ________ water. The well was a long walkaway, and the women
used to spend a long time every day (3) ________ heavy pots backwards and forwards. So I contacted
theorganisation and arranged to have some pipesdelivered. (4) ________ these pipes were not really perfect,

they still made a greatdifference to the villagers.
All in all, I think my time with OV was a good experience. Although it was not paid, itwas well worth doing
and I would recommend it to anyone (5) _______ was consideringworking for a charity.
1. A. lived
B. living
C. lived
D. lively
2. A. for
B. on
C. with
D. from
3. A. carrying
B. wearing
C. holding
D. drinking
4. A. If
B. Because
C. When
D. Although
5. A. which
B. when
C. where
D. who
V. WRITING
A. Rewrite each sentence to emphasise the underlined part.
1. My father usually complains about my students whenever they go to my house.
=>______________________________________________________________________________
2. Mr. Hao repaired the roof yesterday morning.
=>______________________________________________________________________________
3. My neighbours always make noise at night.

=>______________________________________________________________________________


4. You gave her a bunch of rose last week.
=> ______________________________________________________________________________
B.Rewrite each sentence using "noun/ adj + to V" and the given word in brackets.
1. My mother was very surprised when she heard that I had won a lottery. (surprised)
__________________________________________________________________________________
2. She is excited that she gets first prize in the competition. (excited)
______________________________________________________________________________
3. Finally, she decided to take part in the talk show for young people. (decision)
______________________________________________________________________________
4. If you don’t want to cook, invest in a microwave. (desire)
______________________________________________________________________________
5. We should be able to take a leadership role within group situations. (ability)
______________________________________________________________________________
C. Complete the second sentence in order that it means the same as the first.
1. The last time I cooked was 3 years ago.
=> I ______________________________________________________________________________
2. How long have she lived in Da Nang?
=>When_______________________________________________________________________
3. It is 5 years since I last visited my grandparents.
=>I have not____________________________________________________________________
4. This is the first time I have seen such a beautiful girl.
=>I have______________________________________________________________________
5. I haven’t met her for 5 days.
=> The last_______________________________________________________________________
D. Use gerunds to connect two sentences
1. Hiro’s mother is a scientist. She loves her job.
=>___________________________________________________________________________

2. Mary often walks in the rain. She really enjoys it.
=>______________________________________________________________________________
3. I don’t want to come back home late at night. I always avoid it.
=>______________________________________________________________________________
4. They have to wait in the queue for ice-cream. They don’t mind it.
=>______________________________________________________________________________
5. Ryan doesn’t eat tomatoes. He hates it.
=>______________________________________________________________________________