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GRAMMAR
Bài 1
1. You can join the club when you ________ a bit older.
C
(A) will have got
(B) will get
(C) get
(D) are getting
2. If you ________ your money to mine, we shall have enough.
A
(A) add
(B) combine
(C) join
(D) unite
3. I'll phone as soon as I ________ to London.
B
(A) make
(B) get
(C) reach
(D) got
4. We decided ________ at home this afternoon.
D
(A) staying
(B) stayed
(C) stay
(D) to stay
5. He kept ________ the same thing again and again.
D
(A) repeat
(B) to repeat

(C) repeat to
(D) repeating
6. They ________ our party about eleven.
B
(A) leave
(B) left
(C) leaves
(D) have left
7. Paul ________ with us for about nine days by now.
B
(A) have lived
(B) has lived
(C) had lived
(D) lived
8. Last year I ________ all of my books in my office.
B
(A) keep
(B) kept
(C) have kept
(D) has kept
9. I'm afraid I ________ my gloves when I was walking home.
A
(A) lost
(B) will loose
(C) has lost
(D) have lost
10. Mark prefers cycling ________ driving.
C
(A) than
(B) for

(C) to
(D) as
11. Your sister used to visit you quite often, ________?
A
(A) didn't she
(B) doesn't she
(C) wouldn't she
(D) hadn't she
12. After the way she treated you, if I ________ in your place, I wouldn't return the call.
D
(A) be
(B) am
(C) was
(D) were
13. I think that you had better ________ earlier so that you can get to class on time.
C
(A) to start to get up
(B) started getting up
(C) start getting up
(D) to get up
14. I have finished typing all ________ the last page.
B
(A) until
(B) but
(C) to
(D) for
15. There is no reason to ________ the man simply because you do not agree with him.
B
(A) insult and defame
(B) enhance and defame

(C) insult and deput
(D) animate and destroy
16. I'm a sharp cookie. There's no way anybody can pull the wool over my ________.
B
(A) tissue
(B) eyes
(C) truth
(D) grass
17. If that firm wants to attract workers, it must ________ the pay.
B
(A) lower
(B) raise
(C) spread
(D) rise
18. The lung transplant operation was ________ complicated and the doctors had to take special care to ensure its
success.
C
(A) broadly
(B) immediately
(C) extremely
(D) slightly
19. Anne's boss is sometimes forgetful ________ the promises he has made.
D
(A) at
(B) with
(C) to
(D) of
20. I am glad so many people have passed the test. In fact, there were ________ who haven't.
C
(A) little

(B) a little
(C) few
(D) a few
Bài 2
1. The funeral will be ________, and only members of the dead man's family will attend.
C
(A) peculiar
(B) particular
(C) private
(D) alone
2. Do you really believe ________ ghosts?
A
(A) in
(B) for
(C) on
(D) about
3. I enjoyed ________ her again after all this time.
A
(A) seeing
(B) see
(C) to see
(D) to seeing
4. I am sorry that I can't ________ your invitation.
B
(A) take
(B) accept
(C) agree
(D) have
5. When he was a boy, he was always willing to join in a ________ of football.
C

(A) match
(B) play
(C) game
(D) group
6. The next ________ of the committee will take place on Thursday.
D
(A) seating
(B) group
(C) collection
(D) meeting
7. Who ________ the boss tell him that?
D
(A) did hear
(B) does hear
(C) hears
(D) heard
8. His parents never allowed him ________.
C
(A) a smoking
(B) smoking
(C) to smoke
(D) some smoked
9. I have absolutely no doubt ________ the innocence of the accused.
A
(A) about
(B) over
(C) on
(D) with
10. As James had distinctions in Chemistry and Biology in his Higher School Certificate Examination, I hoped to
________ one of these subjects at university.

C
(A) abandon
(B) discover
(C) specialize
(D) take part in
11. The room was infested ________ cockroaches.
D
(A) to
(B) by
(C) at
(D) with
12. In my company only executives are eligible ________ share option schemes.
A
(A) for
(B) of
(C) with
(D) to
13. Johnny is simply blind ________ his own shortcomings.
B
(A) with
(B) to
(C) for
(D) at
14. John was born ________ two intelligent people.
B
(A) to
(B) of
(C) with
(D) from
15. He took a taxi ________ he wouldn't be late.

C
(A) less
(B) unless
(C) so that
(D) even so
16. He went to a school which ________ good manners and self- discipline.
B
(A) grew
(B) cultivated
(C) planted
(D) harvested
17. She ________ 20 pounds out of the bank every Monday.
B
(A) pulls
(B) draws
(C) takes
(D) removes
18. The lost of a front tooth has left an unsightly ________ in her teeth.
C
(A) slot
(B) slit
(C) gap
(D) hole
19. The terms toad and frog refer to different animals belonging to different genuses, and careful students
________ the two.
C
(A) intermingle
(B) ignore
(C) distinguish
(D) confuse

20. Although the terms toad and frog refer to different animals belonging to different genuses, some students
________ the two.
B
(A) distinguish
(B) confuse
(C) respect
(D) observe
Bài 3
1. Mr. Walker's new ________ fitted so badly across the shoulders that he took it back to the shop to complain.
B
(A) skirt
(B) shirt
(C) sheet
(D) strap
2. I'll go on holiday ________ I can.
A
(A) as soon as
(B) as
(C) until
(D) how
3. Would you like ________ that for you?
B
(A) me doing
(B) me to do
(C) me do
(D) that I do
4. They ________ our new transistor radio before.
C
(A) never see
(B) are never going to see

(C) have never seen
(D) didn't see
5. She said she ________ to me, but she didn't.
C
(A) would have written
(B) will have written
(C) would write
(D) will write
6. If it ________ so late we could have coffee.
C
(A) wasn't
(B) isn't
(C) weren't
(D) not be
7. Frankly, I'd rather you ________ anything about it for the time being.
D
(A) do
(B) didn't do
(C) don't
(D) didn't
8. I wish that the weather ________ not so warm.
C
(A) was
(B) be
(C) were
(D) is
9. I walked away as calmly as I could ________ they thought I was the thief.
D
(A) or else
(B) to avoid

(C) owing to
(D) in case
10. Although he has ________, his poor writing often clouds his thoughts.
B
(A) a good penmanship
(B) excellent ideas
(C) good grammar
(D) good instructors
11. She's gone already? And I am only ________ minutes late!
B
(A) few
(B) a few
(C) little
(D) a little
12. When he was questioned by the police, the thief didn't ________ the truth.
D
(A) say
(B) reply
(C) answer
(D) tell
13. To get money for some purpose is to ________.
A
(A) raise it
(B) donate it
(C) promote it
(D) increase it
14. I ran quickly ________ late.
B
(A) in order to be not
(B) in order not to be

(C) not in order to be
(D) in order to not be
15. I bought ________ yesterday.
B
(A) a trouser
(B) a pair of trouses
(C) a trouses
(D) the trouser
16. - What does he do for a living? - He is ________ .
B
(A) bus driver
(B) a bus driver
(C) bus' driver
(D) a bus's driver
17. ________ there in time, we must start now.
C
(A) Be
(B) Being
(C) To be
(D) Is
18. They have made a lot of progress ________ the country became independent.
B
(A) for
(B) since
(C) before
(D) until
19. The Boeing 747 is twice ________ the Boeing 707.
C
(A) bigger than
(B) as bigger as

(C) as big as
(D) more bigger than
20. They are hanging up their clothes to make them ________.
A
(A) dry
(B) being dry
(C) drying
(D) dried
Bài 4
1. I go ________ school in the morning.
D
(A) at
(B) in
(C) for
(D) to
2. Would you like ________ to one of my friends about it?
B
(A) talking
(B) to talk
(C) talk
(D) talked
3. Mr Brown ________ me a very nice letter a few days ago.
C
(A) sends
(B) send
(C) sent
(D) have sent
4. She ________ a very amusing article in one of the newspapers yesterday.
A
(A) found

(B) find
(C) finds
(D) had found
5. They are ________ their competition now.
D
(A) started
(B) have started
(C) start
(D) starting
6. He got ________ bronchitis and was taken to ________ hospital.
C
(A) a a
(B) the -
(C) - -
(D) the a
7. It was raining ________ so we couldn't go out.
B
(A) every days
(B) all day
(C) all the day
(D) all days
8. ________, please. I'll see if the manager is in.
B
(A) Hang up
(B) Hold on
(C) Ring off
(D) Ring up
9. Since your roommate is visiting her family this weekend, ________ you like to have dinner with us tonight?
D
(A) will

(B) won't
(C) do
(D) wouldn't
10. The old man asked her to move because he ________ in that chair.
D
(A) used to sit
(B) was used to sit
(C) used to sitting
(D) was used to sitting
11. Excuse me, but it is time to have your temperature ________.
D
(A) taking
(B) to take
(C) take
(D) taken
12. The ticket agent said that the plane would be boarding at ________.
C
(A) the gate six
(B) sixth gate
(C) gate six
(D) the six gate
13. At a potluck dinner, everyone who comes must ________ a dish.
D
(A) take
(B) get
(C) carry
(D) bring
14. Just put your coat in ________.
A
(A) the hall closet

(B) the closet of the hall
(C) the hall's closet
(D) hall closet
15. On the ________ to the town there is a beautiful wood.
C
(A) direction
(B) street
(C) way
(D) entrance
16. But why did the police suspect you? It just doesn't make ________ to me.
C
(A) reason
(B) right
(C) sense
(D) truth
17. If something is out of order, it is ________.
A
(A) not in working condition
(B) old-fashioned
(C) off-limits
(D) fashionable
18. The tenants were ________ not to disturb other tenants after 1p.m.
D
(A) appealed
(B) demanded
(C) informed
(D) requested
19. This house ________ five rooms.
B
(A) consists

(B) consists of
(C) is consisted
(D) is consisted
20. I don't know where he lives; I don't ________ know who he is.
C
(A) moreover
(B) as well
(C) even
(D) either
Bài 5
1. Take the juice ________ the fridge.
B
(A) into
(B) out of
(C) out
(D) in
2. You can eat ________ you like!
D
(A) as much that
(B) as much
(C) so much
(D) as much as
3. After the battle, the ________ soldiers were helped by those who could walk.
B
(A) damaged
(B) wounded
(C) broken
(D) killed
4. I apologise ________ not writing sooner.
D

(A) of
(B) -
(C) to
(D) for
5. I do ________ I could speak French well.
C
(A) know
(B) want
(C) wish
(D) like
6. Don't you think you ought ________ much harder?
D
(A) working
(B) is working
(C) work to
(D) to work
7. His parents made him ________ very hard.
A
(A) work
(B) to work
(C) work to
(D) be working
8. They ________ Spanish for about two years so far.
A
(A) have studied
(B) had studied
(C) study
(D) studied
9. We ________ it with Tom and Jane a month ago.
C

(A) have discussed
(B) had discussed
(C) discussed
(D) discusses
10. We eat ________ soup with ________ spoon.
D
(A) a a
(B) the the
(C) - -
(D) - a
11. Since they aren't answering their telephone, they ________.
A
(A) must have left
(B) should have left
(C) need have left
(D) can have left
12. If you want to find good information about graduate programs in the United States, look in ________ of the
College Blue Books.
A
(A) volume two
(B) volume second
(C) the volume two
(D) second volume
13. Almost every citizen of a large city suffers ________ of organized crime.
B
(A) from the deletion
(B) from the depredations
(C) as a result of the debility
(D) with the tenaciousness
14. Her feeling of ebullience was so contagious that all the other patients ________.

B
(A) began to weep
(B) were soon smiling
(C) became very anxious
(D) manifested signs of distress
15. Our Constitution was based on the belief that the free interchange of ideas ________ the preservation of a
democratic society.
D
(A) would sure help
(B) can devastate
(C) may help to preserve
(D) is essential to
16. If you take a train or a bus, you must pay a ________.
B
(A) tip
(B) fare
(C) fee
(D) commision
17. ________ we had driving in the country!
C
(A) How wonderful day
(B) What wonderful day
(C) What a wonderful day
(D) What the wonderful day
18. He went to a seaside resort because he was ________ on water-skiing.
A
(A) keen
(B) enthusiastic
(C) interested
(D) impassioned

19. How ________ meat did you buy?
A
(A) much
(B) few
(C) many
(D) little
20. There is no necessary connection between a dollar and what can be purchased for a dollar; the value of money
is ________ and can be ________ by supply and demand.
A
(A) arbitrary altered
(B) predetermined overruled
(C) conventional inspired
(D) lackluster improved
TOPIC FOR EASY
1. Advantages And Disadvantages Of Television
Nowadays many people all over the world spent most of their free time watching television; but since its
appearance, television has brought to man many advantages as well as disadvantages.
First, television plays an important role in our daily activities: it keeps us informed of all current affairs in the
world. Events through television are more vivid than those through books and magazines.
Second, television helps us enrich our spiritual lives. Our knowledge is broadened in many ways. Through
language teaching programs, we can learn the language we like such as: English, French, German, Chinese,
Japanese and so on. We can become skilful and clever at doing jobs, making cakes or arranging flowers through
practical courses taught on television.
Finally, television is a source of recreation. Humorous stories and funny films bring us minutes of relaxation after
a hard day’s work. For me, sitting comfortably in an arm-chair to watch an international football match on
television is more interesting than having to queue for tickets at a crowded stadium.
Apart from its advantages, however, television also brings lots of disadvantages to viewers too.
First, television viewers gradually become passive in their action. Television may be a splendid media of
communication, but it prevents us from communicating with each other or with the outer world. The world seen
through television is only the restricted one: It separates us from the real world.

Second, television, with its fascinating power, makes people of all ages sink into oblivion: whole generations are
growing up addicted to the telly. Pupils and students are so absorbed in television that they neglect their school
activities. Food is left uneaten, homework undone and lessons unprepared. Housewives are so keen on watching
television that they neglect their duties toward their husbands and their children. Instead of watching television,
we may use the time for a real family hour. Without the distraction of television, we may sit around together after
dinner and actually talk to one another to know and like each other better.
Finally, the evil influence of television on the young generation is inevitable; it encourages them to commit
crimes. Spectacles of sadism and violence on television lead them to robbery, theft, rape and murder.
In a nutshell, television is useful to us when we know how to use it: Be careful not to overindulge ourselves in it
and use it in a discerning manner.
2. Failure Is The Mother Of Success
Many people easily feel disappointed whenever they fail in their business. Successive failures may lead them to
pessimism and they keep on bewailing their lot. The following saying: “Failure is the mother of success” has been
used to encourage these sorts of people.
At first, “everything is difficult at the outset”. When we start implementing a certain scheme, although it is
carefully planned in advance, we still encounter some obstacles or difficulties that may arise unexpectedly. For
example, a farmer tried to sow a new kind of seeds. To his great disappointment, the new seeds did not produce
him a good yield as he had expected whereas his neighbor farmer sowed the same seeds but he harvested a
bumper crop. Our unfortunate farmer did not lose hope and was determined to investigate the causes of his failure:
he tried to better his soil, fertilizing his rice-fields with mush nitrogen and finally he succeeded in collecting 5 tons
of rice per hectare.
If you lose one go, try another. The patience, persistence and will are important. Drawing experiences from
previous failures, we changed tactics and strategies and finally we will succeed. Our success is due to our
unflinching determination after bitter failures. Demosthenes, the greatest Athenian orator, before reaching the
acme of his glory, had to suffer so much despair and failure. The audience did not pay much attention to his
political speeches because of his weak voice. He resolved that he would get rid of this defect. Day after day, he
went to the sea, shouting and roaring with deafening sounds of waves and in the end he acquired a convincing and
sonorous voice as he had wished.
The above saying is quite right if it is applied to the pupils’ lives. If we are weak at certain subjects, do not be
disappointed. Be consistent in our study. We should learn more from our friends, our teachers and others and

listen to their advice. Thus, in the long run, we can get over our defects and weakness.
In conclusion, the saying: “Failure is the mother of success” can serve as a guide for those who show pessimism
after their failures and always surrender themselves to obstacles and difficulties.
3. The advantages and disadvantages of money
Everybody knows the value of money. Nothing is more powerful than money.
In fact, if we have no money, we cannot buy goods, clothes and other necessaries we need. Without money, we
cannot go to the movies, theaters or other amusements places.
How can we spend our free time pleasantly on rainy evenings without a color television in front of us? Music
from a new hi-fi can relax us quickly after a hard day of work. But how can we satisfy our needs, our desires and
our pleasures when we cannot afford to buy them?
Thanks to money we can improve our spiritual activities easily. We can go to any schools, any universities we like
to further our knowledge. If our parents are wealthy and powerful we may be sent abroad to study. Moreover, we
can enjoy pure happiness by contributing our money to Charity funds to help the poor, the wretched and the
victims of other disasters.
But money not only brings us the good but the bad as well. This accounts for much of the wickedness in the
world. The rich often depend on it to oppress the poor and millionaires sometimes treat their servants with great
cruelty. Many young people, being purse proud of their parent’s wealth and richness, neglect their school
activities, always play truant and indulge themselves in alcohol, gambling and debaucheries. They often commit
suicide after playing ducks and drakes with all their parents’ fortune. Money, in this way, is the root of all evils.
To sum up, happiness does not depend on the quantity of money but on the way how we use it. We should use our
money properly. The right use of money may bring us a comfortable life and a cheerful heart.
4. Importance of reading newspaper
The importance of reading newspaper.
As the name suggests newspapers are a source of news and information. In several respects they are also a
medium of communication among the peoples of the world.
Today there are hundreds of newspapers all over the world. Everywhere there is a keen desire to learn more and
more about the affairs of the world. This is partly the result of the spread of education which sharpens one’s
curiosity to learn about distant lands.
As a source of news, the newspaper is almost indispensable to those whose thirst for knowledge is insatiable.
They contain news on events in distant corners of the earth. Information about such events arrives almost

immediately. As a result, people everywhere are informed about the most important event in the world very
quickly and almost at the same time. For example, if a war breaks out in one part of the world today, the people in
the other parts will certainly come to know about it tomorrow. As a result, all the countries of the world are able to
do something quickly to help those who have suffered because of the war or to persuade the countries at war to
cease fighting.
Newspaper also play an important part in keeping the people of the world informed about the troubles that might
arise in the future, if nothing is done to prevent them from happening. For example, if a dispute arises between the
two countries for any reason, the newspapers can keep the people of the world informed about what might happen
if nothing is done to persuade the two countries to resolve their differences peacefully.
In this way many wars have been avoided because of the intervention of some countries in the disputes of many
countries which were given prominence in newspapers.
When all this is considered, we feel that there is some silent communication among countries through the medium
of newspapers for the common benefit of the countries of the world.
Further, constant reading of newspapers improves one’s outlook on life and makes one a more reasonable person.
The importance of the newspaper is therefore obvious.