Bài tập thực hành tiếng Anh lớp 12 (Bài 1 - 4)

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LESSON

A. LESSON REVIEW
1. Topic
 Expressing likes and dislikes
2. Structures
 She does not like doing homework.
 The children are bored with watching the same programme every day.
 I don’t mind cleaning the house.
 The story is interesting.
 The children are interested in the story.
3. Vocabulary
 Like and dislike: Don’t like, hate, enjoy, to be interested in, to be interesting, to be bored
with, to be boring.
 Employment: Out of work, unemployment benefit, applicant, vacancy, look for a job, start
working.

B. EXERCISES

Part I.

PHONETICS

Exercise 1. Choose one word whose bold part is pronounced differently. Identify your answer by circling
the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D.

1.
2.

A. busy
A. passion

3.
4.
5.

A. easy
A. student
A. park

B. thus
B. pleasure
B. ear
B. stupid
B. yard

C. must
C. decision
C. learn
C. study
C. card

D. bus
D. measure
D. eat
D. studio
D. carry

Exercise 2. Choose one word whose stress pattern is different. Identify your answer by circling the

corresponding letter A, B, C, or D.

6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

A. interesting
A. understand
A. applicant
A. paper
A. money

B. surprising
B. engineer
B. uniform
B. tonight
B. army

C. amusing
C. benefit
C. yesterday
C. lecture
C. afraid

D. successful
D. Vietnamese
D. employment
D. story

D. people

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Part II.

VOCABULARY

Exercise 3. Questions 11 − 20 are incomplete sentences. Choose from the four options given (marked A,
B, C, and D) one best answer to complete each sentence by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D.

11. I have to live on unemployment benefit because I am ________.
A. out of duty B. off work
C. out of work D. out of job
12. There weren’t any ________ in the company for secretaries.
A. situations
B. spacies
C. vacancies
D. locations
13. She was filling in the ________ form.
A. application B. applicant
C. apply

D. appliance

14. People who are out of work are________.
A. unemployed B. unemployment C. employed

D. employee

15. ________ are written to make people laugh.
A. Tragedies
B. Novels
C. Funny stories D. Fictions
16. The old man has saved a lot of money for his ________.
A. retire
B. retiring
C. retirement
D. retired
17. We had a ________ discussion about football.
A. bore
B. boring
C. bored

D. boredom

18. She gave a long ________ about unemployment in Vietnam.
A. lecturer
B. lecturing
C. lectured
D. lecture
19. Money doesn’t always bring ________.
A. happy
B. happily
C. happies

D. happiness

20. His ________ makes his parents happy.

A. success
B. successful
C. succeed

D. succeeded

21. She has been talking to somebody ________ the telephone for two hours.
A. at
B. on
C. in
D. by
22. I usually get up late and ________ breakfast at 7. 30 a. m.
A. eat
B. have
C. take
D. get
23. It was ________ to listen to the story which the guide told.
A. exciting
B. excited
C. excite
D. excitement
24. He smokes a lot. He is a ________ smoker.
A. heavy
B. hard
C. much

D. big

25. It was ________ to see my old friends again after a long time.
A. surprised

B. surprise
C. surprisingly D. surprising
26. He fell off his bike, and he’s been in bad ________ for several days now.
A. circumstance B. condition
C. situation
D. development
27. Mary and her younger sister have many ________.
A. different
B. difference
C. differ
D. differences
28. During the trip to Japan, we ________ a lot of pictures.
A. took
B. did
C. made
D. got
29. The ________ of Hanoi is about 5 million.

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A. populated

B. population

C. popular

D. populate

30. Because the weather is very hot, she is not feeling ________ today.

A. well
B. good
C. strong
D. healthy

Part III.

GRAMMAR

Exercise 4. Questions 31 - 70 are incomplete sentences. Choose from the four options given (marked A,
B, C, and D) one best answer to complete each sentence by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D.

31. Don’t you get tired ________watching TV every night?
A. with
B. by
C. of
D. at
32. I can’t stand ________ on the underground when it is busy.
A. travel
B. travelling
C. to travel
D. to travelling
33. She’s keen ________ playing will dolls.
A. on
B. at
C. of

D. with

34. Don’t be afraid ________ the dog. He’s quite harmless.

A. in
B. of
C. at
D. for
35. She hates________ housework at weekends.
A. doing
B. do
C. to do

D. to be doing

36. I had a headache, and the doctor asked me _________ some aspirin.
A. took
B. to be taking C. take
D. to take
37. I am ________of gardening and growing a wide variety of flowers.
A. fond
B. keen
C. surprised
D. fed
38. Mary is __________ in gardening. She can work in the garden for hours.
A. excited
B. exciting
C. interested
D. interesting
39. Every day I spend two hours ________ English.
A. practise
B to practise
C. practising

D. practised

40. This is the place ________ I was born.
A. where
B. what
C. which

D. that

41. I don’t mind ________ if you’re tired.
A. drive
B drives
C. to drive

D. driving

42. The skiers would rather ____________ through the mountains than go by bus.
A. to travel by train
C. traveled by train

B. travel by train
D. traveling by train

43. He likes ________ part in sports, so he joins the football team of the school.
A. take
B. taking
C. takes
D. took
44. She did all the work ________ her own.
A. by

B. on
C. for

D. at

45. Have you seen Peter lately? I’ve been looking ________ him this week.
A. at
B. in
C. for
D. into
46. I don’t remember ________ the front door when I left home.
A. to lock
B. lock
C. locked
D. locking
47. Children enjoy ________ to ghost stories on Halloween night.
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A. telling and listening
C. to tell and listen

B. tell and listen
D. to tell and to listen

48. The audiences were ________ by the clown.
A. amusing
B. amuse
C. amusable

D. amused

49. They decided ________ to Japan for their summer holiday.
A. going
B. to go
C. go
D. to going
50. She hasn’t written to me ________.
A. already
B. yet
C. never

D. ever

51. She is too ________ with her work, so she doesn’t have time to go out with her friends.
A. bored
B. busy
C. fed up
D. tired
52. His parents think it’s time for him ________ married.
A. gets
B. get
C. to get
D. got
53. She looked ________ when she heard the ________ news.
A. frightening/terrifying
C. frightened/terrified
B. frightened/terrifying
D. frightening/terrified
54. I’m ________ of hearing your excuses for your lateness.

A. tired
B. fond
C. worried
D. surprised
55. Now that weekends have come, I feel ________.
A. relaxed
B. relaxing C. relax

D. to relax

56. She has learned English for 3 years, and she is good ________ English now.
A. by
B. in
C. for
D. at
57. A heavy storm swept through the village and many people ________.
A. kill
B. killed
C. are killed
D. were killed
58. I’ve known him ________ I left high school.
A. during
B. until
C. since

D. when

59. Peter’s father ordered ________ not to stay out late again.
A. him
B. to him

C. that he
D. for him
60. Not all the staff in this company ________ in full- time employment.
A. is
B. are
C. to be
D. being
61. ________, he won the prize.
A. Interesting
B. Interest

C. Interested

D. Interestingly

62. Her strength is that she never gives ________.
A. in
B. up
C. at

D. out

63. It is David ________ broke the glass.
A. which
B. whom
C. who

D. whose

64. Smoking is bad for your heath. You had better ________ it up.

A. to give
B. give
C. giving
D. to be giving
65. The flat is very noisy, ________ we enjoy living there.
A. but
B. and
C. for
D. so
66. You will become ill ________ you stop working so hard.
A. until
B. when
C. unless
D. if
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67. I hope you don’t mind me ________ so late at night.
A. telephoning
B. to telephone
C. telephone
D. to have telephoned
68. It took three and a half hours ________ to Singapore.
A. to fly
B. flying
C. to be flown
D. fly
69. I am tired of my neighbours ________ noise every night.
A. to make
B. make

C. having made
D. making
70. I ________ a meeting from 9.00 to 10.30 tomorrow morning.
A. attend
B. will attend
C. will be attending
D. am going to attend

Part IV.

READING

Exercise 5. Read the following passage then answer questions 71-75. After each question there are four
possible answers marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the correct answer by circling its corresponding letter A,
B, C, or D.

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If you enjoy cycling for pleasure, doing it in London can be a shock.
There are not enough lanes especially for bikes, and making your way
through the traffic can be very risky. But if you have great passion,
cycling in London can be exciting, and it is an inexpensive way of
keeping fit if you live there. Some cyclists don’t mind spending a lot of
money on expensive bikes. However, if you just want a basic bike that is
only for occasional use, there are many cheap choices. Several markets
have cheap bikes on sale which may not be impressive to look at but
should be satisfactory. You should buy a cycling helmet if you want to
cycle in London. Wearing a cycling helmet is not compulsory in Britain,

but it is a good idea to wear one for protection.

71. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Cycling helmets
B. Cheap bicycles
C. Bicycle markets
D. Cycling in London
72. According to the passage, cycling in London is __________.
A. easy
B. difficult
C. tiring
D. boring
73. The word “it” in line 4 refers to __________.
A. cycling
B. passion
C. excitement

D. doing exercise

74. The difficulty of cycling in London is described in lines __________.
A. 2-3
B. 5
C. 5-6
D. 8-9
75. According to the passage, all the followings are true EXCEPT that ___________________.
A. it is compulsory to wear a helmet when cycling in Britain.
B. some bikes in London are cheap.
C. there are not many lanes especially for bikes.
D. some cyclists don’t want to buy expensive bikes.

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Exercise 6. Read the following job advertisements and then answer questions 76- 80. Choose ONLY ONE
position (marked A, B, C, D and E) which is best for each person given. Identify the correct answer by circling
its corresponding letter A, B, C, D or E.

A. Needed: Full time secretary position available. Application should have at least 2 years of
experience
and
be
able
to
type
60
words
a
minute
No computer skills required. Apply in person at United Business Ltd., 17 Browning Street,
Leeds.
B. Are you looking for a part time job? We require 3 part-time shop assistants to work during the
evening. No experience required, applicants should be between 18 and 26. Call 366-76564.
C. Computer trained secretaries: Do you have experience working with computers? Would you
like a full time position working in an exciting new company? If your answer is yes, give us a
call at 457-896754.
D. Teacher Needed: Hania’s Playschool needs 2 teachers/trainers to help with classes from 9 a. m
to 3 p. m. Applicants should have appropriate licenses. For more information visit Hania’s
Playschool in Leicester Square.
E. Part Time work available: we are looking for retired adults who would like to work part-time
at the weekend. Tasks include answering the telephone and giving customers information. For

more information contact us by calling 345-674132.
76. Jane McInnery. Jane recently retired and is looking for a part time position. She likes
working with people and enjoys public relation work.
The best job for Jane is

A

B

C

D

E

77. Kasia Page. Kasia is 21 years old and would like a part time position to help her pay her
university expenses. She can only work in the evenings.
The best job for Kasia is A

B

C

D

E

78. Alice Plant. Alice was trained as a secretary and has six years of experience. She is an
excellent typist but does not know how to use a computer. She is looking for full time position.
The best job for Alice is A

B

C

D

E

79. Julian Smith. Julian went to business school and studied computer and secretarial skills. He
is looking for his first job and would like a full time position.
The best job for Julian is A

B

C

D

E

80. Vincent Fish. Vincent loves working with children and has an education licence from the city
of Birmingham. He likes working with young children.
The best job for Vincent is A

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B

C

D

E

WRITING

Exercise 7. The words in the original sentence have been rearranged. Choose from the alternatives A,
B, C, and D one best way to rearrange the words to make a meaningful sentence. Identify your answer by
circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D.

81. my/I/asking/for/money/hate/parents/pocket/.
A. I hate asking pocket money for my parents.
B. I hate asking my parents for pocket money.
C. I hate asking my parents for money pocket.
D. I hate asking for pocket money my parents.
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82. time/It/him/a/the/is/take/for/job/him/to/.
A. It is a time to take the job for him.
B. It is the time for him to take a job.
C. It is a time for him to take the job.
D. It is the time to take a job for him.
83. with/the/I/same/day/am/up/thing/fed/every/doing/.
A. I am fed up with doing the same thing every day.
B. I am fed with up doing the same thing every day.
C. I am fed up doing with the same thing every day.
D. I am fed up doing the same thing with every day.
84. Britain/people/today/are/out/in/of/many/work/.

A. In Britain, many people are out of work today.
B. In Britain, many people are of out work today.
C. In Britain, many people are out of today work.
D. In Britain, many people are work out of today.
85. her/Kent’s/house/to/after/parents/the/want/look/.
A. Kent’s parents want her the house to look after.
B. Kent’s parents want the house to look after her.
C. Kent’s parents want to her look after the house.
D. Kent’s parents want her to look after the house.
86. at/what/hate/you/ weekends/do/doing/?
A. What do you hate doing at weekends?
B. What you do hate doing at weekends?
C. What do you hate at weekends doing?
D. What do you hate at weekends doing?
87. up/on/early/don’t/Sunday/I/ mind/getting/.
A. I don’t mind getting up early on Sunday.
B. I don’t mind getting up on Sunday early.
C. I don’t mind on Sunday getting up early.
D. I don’t mind getting early up on Sunday.
88. her/living/she/a/not/is/of/city/own/afraid/on/in/big/.
A. She is not afraid of living in her own on a big city.
B. She is not afraid of living on her own in a big city.
C. She is afraid of not living on her own in a big city.
D. She is afraid of not living in her own on a big city.
89. half/she/to/an/at/queue/the/bus/stop/has/hour/for/.
A. She has to queue at half an hour for the bus stop.
B. She has to queue at the bus stop for half an hour.
C. She has half an hour to queue for at the bus stop.
D. She has half an hour at the bus stop to queue for.
90. cinema/going/interested/with/to/she/friends/is/her/in/the/.

A. She is interested with going in the cinema to her friends.
B. She is interested with going to her friends in the cinema.

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C. She is interested in with going her friends to the cinema.
D. She is interested in going to the cinema with her friends.

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LESSON

A. LESSON REVIEW
1. Topic
 Talking about hobbies
2. Structures
 People

like
love
enjoy

watching kangaroos.

 They

start
began
stopped

shouting.

3. Vocabulary
 Australia: sky-lift , to ride a surfboard, kangaroo, koala, wild forest, Sydney Opera,
 Football: popular, match, to cheer, to shout, to fight, game,
 Hobbies: sky-diving, breathtaking, parachute, pastime, dangerous, fun, a waste of time.

B. EXERCISES

Part I.

PHONETICS

Exercise 1. Choose one word whose bold part is pronounced differently. Identify your answer by circling
the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

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A. ride
A. forest
A. page
A. cheer
A. happy

B. size
B. open
B. go
B. church
B. dry

C. life
C. popular
C. get
C. chemist
C. fly

D. sit
D. fond
D. gift
D. chose
D. sky


Exercise 2. Choose one word whose stress pattern is different. Identify your answer by circling the
corresponding letter A, B, C, or D.

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7
8.
9.
10.

A. dangerous

A. beautifully
A. enjoy
A. begin
A. comfortable

Part II.

B. parachute
B. intelligent
B. daughter
B. pastime
B. employment

C. popular
C. redundancy
C. provide
C. finish
C. important

D. magazine
D. discovery
D. decide
D. summer
D. surprising

Vocabulary

Exercise 3. Questions 11- 20 are incomplete sentences. Choose from the four options given (marked A, B,
C, and D) one best answer to complete each sentence by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D.

11. What’s the right ________ to say this word in English?
A. way
B. method
C. manner
D. approach
12. There were many people lying ________ the sun on the beach.
A. under
B. on
C. in
D. below
13. ________ weekends, I often go fishing with my family.
A. Over
B. At
C. In
D. For
14. She is a dancer, so you should buy a pair of ________ shoes as a present for her birthday.
A. dancing
B. dance
C. dances
D. dancer’s
15. My parents can’t ________ seeing me at home all day.
A. stop
B. stand
C. start
D. hate
16. What will happen to his ________?
A. horse racing B. horse race
C. racing horse

D. race horse

17. A rod of wood or steel which is used with a line for catching fish is called a ________.
A. fishing rod
B. fish rod
C. rod fish
D. rod fishing
18. Sky-diving is dangerous ________ great fun.
A. so
B. and
C. but

D. for

19. The exhibition ________ place twice a year.
A. makes
B. has
C. does

D. takes

20. ________ do you spend your free time?
A. What
B. Which
C. How

D. When

21. How much does that watch ________?
A. cost
B. pay

C. spend

D. fix

22. My ________ is broken. I want to have a new one.
A. tea cup
B. cupping tea C. cup for tea
D. cup of tea
23. What is your ________ sports?
A. interesting
B. favourite

C. liking

D. exciting

24. There are different kinds of music to________ your taste
A. miss
B. fit
C. tight
D. suit
25. Have you ________ any plans for this summer holiday?
A. found
B. made
C. done
D. worked
26. My wife is________ of spiders.
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A. terror

B. terrifying

C. terrified

D. terrify

27. Peter worked for the bank for six months, and then he gave it ________.
A. up
B. away
C. off
D. down
28. How ________ is the Opera House?
A. height
B. long
C. length

D. high

29. When will we leave? ________ he finishes his task.
A. Now that
B. As soon as
C. Until
D. If
30. It is ________ to drive without a driving license.
A. dangerous
B. danger
C. dangerously

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D. in danger

Grammar

Exercise 4. Questions 31 - 70 are incomplete sentences. Choose from the four options given (marked A,
B, C, and D) one best answer to complete each sentence by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D.

31. She enjoys ________, and she writes five pages every day.
A. writes
B. write
C. writing
D. to write
32. Are you ________ in knowing all the answers?
A. interested
B. excited
C. amused

D. frightened

33. The students are bored ________ learning the same subjects.
A. of
B. at
C. in
D. with
34. There ________ many kangaroos and koalas in wild forests in Australia.
A. are
B. is
C. be

D. have
35. My sister started working as a teacher two years________.
A. before
B. ago
C. for
D. now
36. I hurt ________ when I fell.
A. my
B. my own

C. mine

37. ________ is a popular sport in Europe.
A. To ski
B. Skiing
C. Ski

D. myself
D. To skiing

38. There are many ways of ________ ourselves in a big city.
A. enjoy
B. enjoying
C. enjoyment
D. to enjoy
39. She ________ smoking two months ago.
A. stops
B. stoped
C. stopping

D. stopped

40. I never feel like ________early on Monday morning.
A. getting up
B. get up
C. gets up
D. to get up
41. It is not easy ________ a high-paid job.
A. find
B. finding
C. finds

D. to find

42. Would you like the doctor ________?
A. coming
B. to come
C. come

D. comes

43. Many great opera ________ of the world can be heard in the Sydney Opera.
A. singers
B. singing
C. singer
D. sing
44. The football fans began cheering when the match ________.
A. started
B. was starting C. was started D. to start
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45. He ________ playing with his dog.
A. is loving
B. loves
C. was loving

D. love

46 I expected them ________ me a job.
A. offer
B. offering
C. to be offered D. to offer
47. He is ________ listening to his sister’s advice.
A. bored in
B. tired in
C. tired of

D. interested with

48. My husband wants me ________this letter before afternoon.
A. to post
B. posting
C. post
D. posts
49. If you study harder, you ________ pass the examination.
A. will
B. would
C. could
D. should

50. I hate ________ the dirty dishes after a meal.
A. wash
B. washing
C. to wash

D. to be washing

51. She doesn’t like going ________ in the sea in summer.
A. to swim
B. swimming
C. to be swimming D. swim
52. Many people in the world are fond ________ football.
A. of
B. with
C. in
D. for
53. I want you to leave me________.
A. myself
B. alone
C. lone

D. my own

54 The evening was spent ______________.
A. to play and to talk
B. to play and talk
C. playing and talking
D. playing and to talk
55 That’s the best film I ________.
A. saw

B. have ever seen C. see

D. am seeing

56. I am afraid of ________ by the strong wind.
A. taking away
B. take away
C. being taken away
D. being taking away
57. Do you ________ me to type this letter for you?
A. want
B. love
C. enjoy

D. fancy

58 Human beings must stop ________ the environment.
A. to pollute
B. polluted C. pollutant

D. polluting

59 What will you do when you ________ school?
A. will finish
B. finished
C. finishing

D. finish

60 You can pass the exam by ________ harder.

A. studying
B. study
C. to study

D. to be studying

61. We walked for ten kilometers and then we stopped ________ a rest.
A. to have
B. have
C. having
D. has
62. It is raining hard. We had better ________ at home tonight.
A. staying
B. to stay
C. stay
D. to be staying
63. Before starting ________ for this company, I spent a year ________.
A. work/travel
B. work/traveling
C. working/travel
D. working/traveling
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64. He has been out of work ________ a long time.
A. since
B. for
C. when

D. in

65. ________ the traffic was bad, he arrived on time.
A. Although
B. In spite of
C. Despite

D. Even

66. How are you? I haven’t seen you ________ages.
A. since
B. for
C. in

D. at

67. When I came home, my father ________ a magazine.
A. read
B. reads
C. was reading D. has read
68. It’s years since I enjoyed ________ so much.
A. herself
B. myself
C. himself

D. itself

69. I ________ play with dolls when I was small.
A. enjoyed
B. hated
C. started

D. used to

70. There ________a book and many notebooks on the table.
A. are
B. being
C. is
D. to be

Part IV.

READING

Exercise 5. Read the following passage then answer questions 71-75. After each question there are four
possible answers marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the correct answer by circling its corresponding letter A,
B, C, or D.

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A hobby can be almost what a person likes to do in his/her spare time.
Hobbyists raise pets, watch birds, or hunt animals. They also climb the
mountains, fish, ski, skate, and swim. Hobbyists also paint pictures, attend
concerts and play musical instruments. They collect everything from
books to butterflies, and from shells to stamps.

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People have hobbies because these activities offer enjoyment, friendship,
knowledge, and relaxation. Sometimes they can bring financial profit.
Hobbies also bring interesting activities for people who have retired.

People, rich or poor, old or young, sick or well, can follow a satisfying
hobby, regardless of their age, position, or income.
Hobbies can help a person’s mental and physical health. Doctors have
found that hobbies are available in helping patients suffering from physical
or mental illness. Hobbies give these patients activities to do, and provide
interests that prevent them from thinking about themselves.

71. According to the passage, a hobby is what a person likes to do when
A. he/she has free time
C. he/she is at home
B. he/she is at work
D. he/she is busy
72. The word “income” in line 10 is closest in meaning to
A. salary
B. job
C. loan

D. career

73. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as an advantage of having hobbies?
A. enjoyments
B. relaxation
C. knowledge
D. surprises
74. Where in the passage does the writer mention different activities taken by hobbyists?
A. Paragraph 1
B. Paragraph 2
C. Paragraph 3
D. Paragraph 1 and 2

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75. According to doctors, hobbies are helpful for
A. patients’ physical health.
B. patients’ mental health.
C. patients’ material life.
D. patients’ physical and mental health.
Exercise 6. Read the following passage then answer questions 76-80. After each question there are four
possible answers marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the correct answer by circling its corresponding letter A,
B, C, or D.

For centuries, people have been playing kicking games with a ball. The game of soccer developed
from some of these early games. The English probably gave soccer its name and its rules. In
European countries, soccer is called football. Some people believe that the name “soccer” came from
the high socks that the players wear.
Organized soccer games began in 1863. In soccer, two teams of eleven players try to kick or head
the ball into the goal of the other team. The goal keeper, who tries to keep the ball out of the goal,
is the only player on the field who can touch the ball with his or her hands. The other players must
use their feet, heads, and bodies to control the ball.
Every four years, soccer teams around the world compete for the World Cup. The World Cup
competition started in 1930. Brazil is the home of many great soccer players, including the most
famous player of all, Pele. With his fast dazzling speed, Pele played for many years in Brazil and then
later in New York. People in more than 140 countries around the world play soccer. It is definitely the
world’s most popular sport!
76. What is the main topic of the passage?
A. The World Cup
B. Soccer
C. Pele
D. The goal keeper

77. How often does the World Cup take place?
A. for centuries
B. in 1863
C. in 1930
D. every four years
78. Pele is a famous __________.
A. soccer player
B. soccer coach
C. goal keeper
D. baseball player
79. What does dazzling in the last paragraph mean?
A. funny
B. amazing
C. light
D. difficult
80. All players except the goalkeeper can use the following parts to control the ball EXCEPT their
__________.
A. feet
B. bodies
C. heads
D. hands

Part IV.

WRITING

Exercise 7. The words in the original sentence have been rearranged. Choose from the alternatives A,
B, C, and D the one best way to rearrange the words to make a meaningful sentence. Identify your
answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D.

81. friend’s/to/my/brother/I/my/lent/car/.
A. I lent my car to my friend’s brother.
B. I lent my car to my brother friend’s.
C. I lent my friend’s brother to my car.
D. I lent to my brother friends my car.
82. to/always/give/his/him/smoking/friends/up/ask/.
A. His friends always ask to him give up smoking.
B. His friends always ask to him give smoking up
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C. His friends always ask him to give up smoking.
D. His friends ask always him to give up smoking.
83. my/spending/beach/a/on/I/holiday/enjoy/summer/.
A. I enjoy spending my holiday summer on a beach.
B. I enjoy spending my summer holiday on a beach.
C. I enjoy spending my holiday on a beach summer.
D. I enjoy spending my summer on a beach holiday
84. interested/my/in/children/are/films/for/brothers/.
A. My brothers are interested for children in films.
B. My brothers are interested for films in children.
C. My brothers are interested in children for films.
D. My brothers are interested in films for children.
85. son/it/food/he/in/for/was /my/ to/eat/was/when/difficult/Thai/Bangkok/.
A. It was difficult for my son to eat Thai food when he was in Bangkok.
B. It was difficult for my son when he was in Bangkok to eat Thai food.
C. It was difficult to eat Thai food when he was in Bangkok for my son.
D. It was difficult to eat Thai food for my son when he was in Bangkok.
86. you/sea/afraid/in/swimming/are/of/the/?
A. Are you afraid in the sea of swimming?

B. Are you afraid of the sea in swimming?
C. Are you afraid of swimming in the sea?
D. Are you afraid in swimming of the sea?
87. football/next/place/when/match/take/will/the/?
A. When will next football match take the place?
B. When will the next football match take place?
C. When will the football match next take place?
D. When will the football match take next place?
88. famous/show/will/all/be/most/the/in/singers/heard/this/pop/.
A. All most the famous pop singers will be heard in this show.
B. All most the famous pop singers will be in this show heard.
C. All the most famous pop singers will be heard in this show.
D. All the most famous singers pop will be heard in this show.
89. early/he/work/has/in/morning/to/the/.
A. He has to the early morning in work.
B. He has work in to early morning.
C. He has to work the early in morning.
D. He has to work early in the morning.
90. yesterday/zoo/morning/visiting/we/at/were/the/10 o’clock/.
A. We were visiting the zoo at 10 o’clock yesterday morning.
B. We were visiting the zoo at 10 o’clock morning yesterday.
C. We were visiting at 10 o’clock the zoo yesterday morning.
D. We were visiting at 10 o’clock yesterday morning the zoo.

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LESSON

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A. LESSON REVIEW
1. Topic
 Comparing things
2. Structures
cooler
 The North is 
than the South.
 more industrial
 They treat women more equally than people in the North.
 They work harder than people in the North.
 Halong is a place which is good for sightseeing.
3. Vocabulary
 Adjective: interesting, beautiful, economical, expensive
 London: city, lake, capital, park, attraction, lawn
 Region: regional, industrial, working-class, suburban, wealthy, flat, industry, lorry,
population, export

B. EXERCISES

Part I.

PHONETICS

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Exercise 1. Choose one word whose bold part is pronounced differently. Identify your answer by circling
the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

A. roar
A. race
A. peace
A. island
A. lung

B. road
B. iron
B. mean
B. climb
B. put

C. boat
C. ruin
C. heat
C. dinner
C. cut

D. coat
D. run
D. break
D. fine
D. but

Exercise 2. Choose one word whose stress pattern is different. Identify your answer by circling the
corresponding letter A, B, C, or D.

6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

A. abroad
A. variety
A. colourful
A. elegant
A. difference

Part II.

B. noisy
B. irrational
B. equality
B. regional
B. suburban

C. hundred
C. industrial
C. dictionary
C. musical
C. Internet

D. quiet

D. characterize
D. vegetable
D. important
D. character

VOCABULARY

Exercise 3. Questions 11- 30 are incomplete sentences. Choose from the four options given (marked A,
B, C, and D) one best answer to complete each sentence by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D.

11. My brother has no ________ in football.
A. interesting
B. interest
C. interested

D. interestingly

12. All of us think that she has a ________ voice.
A. beauty
B. beautiful
C. beautifully

D. beatifullness

13. The two countries want to live in ________.
A. peaceful
B. peacefully
C. peace

D. peacefulness

14. Everyone knows that women are ________ to men.
A. equal
B. equally
C. equality

D. equalize

15. We call a boy learning at school a ________.
A. schoolboy
B. boy of school C. school’s boy D. boy at school
16. Hamlet is a ________ play.
A. success
B. successful

C. succeed

D. successfully

17. The ________ area of the city is not very attractive.
A. industrial
B. industry
C. industrialize D. industrialism
18. What’s the ________ of Vietnam?
A. population
B. popular

C. populate

D. populous

19. My brother can play a lot of ________ instruments.
A. musically
B. musician
C. music

D. musical

20. He manages to cut the cake into six ________ pieces.
A. equality
B. equal
C. equalize

D. equally

21. ________ people are not always happy.
A. Wealth
B. Wealthily
C. Wealthy

D. Wealthiest

22. My car is quite ________.
A. economic
B. economics

D. economy

C. economical

23. More and more young people want a university ________.
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A. education

B. educated

C. educator

24. My sister is a very warm and ________ person.
A. care
B. careful
C. carefulness

D. educate
D. careless

25. Halong is one of the most famous tourist________ in Vietnam.
A. attractions
B. attract
C. attracted
D. attracting
26. The man spoke with a ________ accent.
A. south
B. southern
C. southwards

D. southbound

27. The man who designs a house is the ________.
A. engineer
B. painter
C. architect

D. manager

28. May I ________ your pen?
A. lend
B. give

D. borrow

C. do

29. There is ________ of fruits in Vietnam.
A. various
B. varied
C. a variety

D. vary

30. Suddenly the lights ________ out and we were left in darkness.
A. went
B. gave
C. put
D. turned

Part III.

Grammar

Exercise 4. Questions 31 - 70 are incomplete sentences. Choose from the four options given (marked A,
B, C, and D) one best answer to complete each sentence by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D.

31. Each room in this house ________ its own TV.
A. has
B. have
C. is having

D. are having

32. Our holiday was ruined________ the bad weather.
A. at
B. with
C. by

D. for

33. People now live ________ than before.
A. well
B. the best
C. as well

D. better

34. London stands on the Thames ________divides it into two equal parts.
A. what
B. which
C. where

D. when
35. I ________ on the beach when I saw her.
A. lay
B. was lying
C. have lain

D. lie

36. ________ of people gathered in front of the church.
A. A hundred
B. Hundred
C. Hundreds
D. Two hundreds
37. She dances ________ than her sister.
A. beautiful
B. the most beautiful
C. the most beautifully
D. more beautifully
38. We stayed in the Grand Hotel ________ is very near the beach.
A. where
B. when
C. which
D. it
39. She thought German was more industrial ________ France.
A. than
B. then
C. as
D. to
40. Last year, a new bridge over the Black River ________.
A. was built

B. built
C. is built
D. builds
41. Hundred years ago, few people spoke English but now it’s used ________ the world.
A. across
B. of
C. in
D. for
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42. This is the bus ________ goes to London.
A. where
B. it
C. what

D. which

43. Ho Chi Minh City is ________than Hanoi.
A. more noisy B. noisy
C. more noisier D. noisier
44. The bus takes ________ than the train.
A. longer
B. more long
C. the longest

D. long

45. That’s the job ________I applied.
A. which

B. for which
C. that

D. for that

46 It’s time ________ the children to go to bed.
A. with
B. for
C. in

D. of

47. Melbourne is ________ than Sydney.
A. more hot
B. more hotter C. hoter

D. hotter

48. On a summer Sunday, most of the roads are crowded________ cars.
A. with
B. of
C. for
D. at
49. It ________ him two hours to finish the exercise.
A. take
B. took
C. to take

D. taking

50. ________, which is an old university, is known all over the world.
A. It is Cambridge
B. Cambridge is
C. Cambridge

D. That Cambridge

51. I speak French ________ than my sister.
A. gooder
B. better
C. more good

D. more well

52. My keys ________ last week.
A. was stolen
B. were stolen

D. is stolen

C. are stolen

53. They took her to the hospital, ________ is only a mile away.
A. which
B. where
C. in which
D. it
54. David doesn’t work very hard. I work ________.
A. more hard
B. more hardly C. hardlier

D. harder

55. Are oranges ________ than bananas?
A. more expensive B. expensive
C. more cheap

D. cheap

56. I am two years ________ than my brother.
A. elder
B. more elder
C. older

D. more old

57. I’m going to the cinema with my sister tonight. She ________ fun for a long time.
A. hasn’t had
B. doesn’t have C. isn’t having
D. won’t have
58. His father works much ________ than he does.
A. hard
B. hardly
C. harder

D. more hardly

59. This is the beach ________ I spent most of my time.
A. which
B. where

C. that

D. when

60. Your English is very ________. You speak English very ________.
A. good/good
B. good/well
C. well/good
D. well/well
61. There is no prettier pool ________ this one.
A. as
B. that
C. than

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D. to


62. The South of England is characterized as ________ the North.
A. flat as
B. flat than
C. flater than
D. flatter than
63. She plays the piano________ than I do.
A. more beautifully
B. quite beautifully
C. most beautifully
D. as beautifully
64. Are you used ________ on your own?

A. at work
B. to work
C. to working

D. with working

65. They got to the Riverside Shopping Mall, ________ she wanted to go shopping.
A. where
B. which
C. to which
D. that
66. The doctor advised ________ to give up smoking.
A. that he
B. to him
C. for him

D. him

67. Why don’t you do something ________from complaining?
A. but
B. except
C. except for
D. apart
68. We will start the trip ________ the rain stops.
A. as soon as
B. as long as
C. so that

D. if that

69. She says she’s been to ________ restaurant in town.
A. many
B. every
C. all
D. most
70. I’d rather drive than ________.
A. be driven
B. to be driven

Part IV.

C. to be driving D. to drive

READING

Exercise 5. Read the following passage then answer questions 71-75. After each question there are four
possible answers marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the correct answer by circling its corresponding letter A,
B, C, or D.

5

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Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son learnt to play chess by watching his parents in
their home. His parents were surprised that Son understood how to play
because little Truong Son was only three years old at the time. Although
chess is a difficult game, a month later he beat his parents at their favourite
game. At the age of four, Truong Son took part in the national young chess
championship. Then at seven, he won a silver medal at the under- nine
national chess championship. He was later chosen to take part in the world

young chess championship in Spain in 2000. Now he is Vietnam’s
youngest champion. Born in Mekong Delta of Vietnam, Truong Son is a
great surprise to his parents. They are both teachers, earning less than
US$100 a month, and cannot explain how their child can play so well. His
father thinks that Son was perhaps born with the ability and he simply
picked it up.

71. According to the passage, how did Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son learn to play chess?
A. He was taught by his parents.
B. He was taught by his teacher.
C. He watched his parents playing chess.
D. He watched his friends playing chess.
72. When did Son take part in the national young chess championship?
A. When he was four years old.
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B. When he was three years old.
C. When he was seven years old.
D. When he was nine years old.
73. Where did the world’s 2000 chess championship take place?
A. in Vietnam
B. in China
C. in Spain
D. in England
74. How much do Son’s parents earn a month?
A. less than one hundred dollars.
B. more than one hundred dollars.
C. less than two hundred dollars.
D. more than two hundreds dollars

75. The word “picked it up” in line 13 is closest in meaning to __________.
A. learned it
B. taught it
C. enjoyed it
D. earned it
Exercise 6. Read the following passage then answer questions 76-80. After each question there are four
possible answers marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the correct answer by circling its corresponding letter A,
B, C, or D.

The elephant is the largest animal to walk on Earth. An elephant can carry a load of 1,200 pounds.
They eat 300 pounds of food a day. An elephant baby can weigh 200 pounds at birth. Elephants can
live up to 70 years. Elephants can be trained to carry logs with their trunks. They also use their trunks
for drinking water, bathing, eating and communicating. There are two kinds of elephants: the African
elephant and the Indian elephant. African elephants can be characterized as larger ears. The African
elephant grows up to 10 feet tall and weighs as much as 12,000 pounds. The Indian elephant grows up
to 9 feet tall, and weighs up to 800 pounds. This elephant is characterized as smaller ears. Another
name for the Indian elephant is the Asian elephant.
76. What is the topic of the passage?
A. African elephant
C. Elephants

B. Indian elephant
D. Elephants’ trunks

77. How much does a baby elephant weigh at birth?
A. 70 pounds
B. 200 pounds
C. 300 pounds

D. 1,200 pounds

78. According to the passage, elephants can use their trunks for the following activities EXCEPT
A. bathing
B. communicating C. sleeping
D. drinking
79. Which kind of elephant is the largest?
A. the Indian elephant
B. the African elephant
C. the Asian elephant
D. the Indian and Asian elephant
80. An Indian elephant has ________than an African elephant.
A. a longer tail
B. a stronger trunk
C. smaller ears
D. bigger teeth

Part IV.

READING

Exercise 7. The words in the original sentence have been rearranged. Choose from the alternatives A, B,
C, and D one best way to rearrange the words to make a meaningful sentence. Identify your answer by
circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D.

81. used / tea / my / to /drink / parents / after / dinner/.
A. My parents used to drink tea after dinner.

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B. My parents used to drink after dinner tea.
C. My parents used to dinner after drink tea.
D. My parents used to drink dinner tea after.
82. things / do / this / got / we / many / to / have / Sunday/.
A. We have got this Sunday do many things to.
B. We have got this Sunday many things to do.
C. We have got many things to do this Sunday.
D. We have got many things this Sunday to do.
83. their / airport / to / do / will / they / go / meet / tomorrow / the / son/.
A. They will go to meet their son to the airport tomorrow
B. They will go to meet their son tomorrow to the airport
C. They will go to the airport to meet their son tomorrow.
D. They will go tomorrow to the airport to meet their son.
84. weather / place / camping / in / for / fine / a / is / good / Hyde Park/.
A. Hyde Park is a good place in fine weather for camping.
B. Hyde Park is a good place for camping in fine weather.
C. Hyde Park is for camping a good place in fine weather.
D. Hyde Park is in fine weather a good place for camping.
85. enough / milk / do / have / for / sugar / you / the /?
A. Do you have enough sugar for the milk?
B. Do you have sugar enough for the milk?
C. Do you have sugar for the enough milk?
D. Do you have the enough sugar for milk?
86. the / about / a / are / house / in / we / buying / country side / thinking/.
A. We are thinking about buying in the country side a house.
B. We are thinking about buying a house in the country side .
C. We are thinking buying a house about in the country side.
D. We are thinking buying about in the country side a house.
87. the / England / Oxford / university / is / city / oldest / in/.
A. Oxford is in England the oldest city university in England.

B. Oxford is the oldest city university in England.
C. Oxford is the oldest university city in England.
D. Oxford is in England the oldest university.
88. vehicles/the/morning/at/streets/crowded/the/in/are/7.30/with/.
A. The streets are crowded at 7.30 in the morning with vehicles.
B. The streets are crowded at 7.30 with vehicles in the morning.
C. The streets are crowded at vehicles at 7.30 in the morning.
D. The streets are crowded with vehicles at 7.30 in the morning.
89. flowers/there/great/my/is/variety/in/a/of/garden/.
A. There is a great variety of flowers in my garden.
B. There is a variety great of flowers in my garden.
C. There is in my garden a variety of great flowers.

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D. There is my great variety of flowers in a garden.
90. good/Nha Trang/which/for/is/a/sunbathing/beach/is/.
A. Nha Trang is a beach which is good for sunbathing.
B. Nha Trang is good for sunbathing which is a beach.
C. Nha Trang is which good for sunbathing is a beach.
D. Nha Trang is good for sunbathing which is a beach.

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LESSON

A. LESSON REVIEW
1. Topic: History of the English language and its role in the world today.
2. Structures:

 They spoke a Germanic language which forms the basis of modern English.
 It’s the assimilation of borrowings that has made English international.
3. Vocabulary:
 Language: individual word, sentence, flexibility, function, assimilation, borrowing, official
language, etc.
 Countries and their languages: Spain – Spanish, France – French, etc.

B. EXERCISES

Part I.

PHONETICS

Exercise 1. Choose one word whose bold part is pronounced differently from the others.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

A. business
A. language
A. modern
A. effective
A. mingling

B. bustle
B. aviation
B. mother

B. recognize
B. simplicity

C. hundred
C. attraction
C. opera
C. sentence
C. variety

D. number
D. applicant
D. hobby
D. equally
D. difficulty

Exercise 2. Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from the others.

6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

A. passion
A. exist
A. beautiful
A. attraction
A. difficulty

Part II.

B. aspect
B. evolve
B. effective
B. government
B. individual

C. medium
C. enjoy
C. favourite
C. borrowing
C. population

D. success
D. enter
D. popular
D. visitor
D. unemployment

VOCABULARY

Exercise 3. Choose the most appropriate answer from A, B, C or D.

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11. All the children should learn to speak a foreign ________
A. story
B. country
C. language

D. tongue
12. The Internet is a modern medium of ________ information.
A. having
B. collecting
C. visiting
D. looking
13. There used to be a radio ________ in Hang Dau Street.
A. place
B. room
C. building
D. station
14. The ________ of different kinds of flowers created a colourful flower carpet.
A. match
B. join
C. combine
D. mingling
15. I’m going to watch “The Wheel of Fortune” on VTV3 which will be ________ at 12 p.m.
A. out
B. in
C. on
D. here
16. Some small islands along the coast of Vietnam are still not ________
A. lived
B. habited
C. inhabited
D. inherited
17. His ________ tongue is Vietnamese, but he can speak English and Chinese, too.
A. father
B. mother
C. first

D. home
18. In this term, pupils will learn the way in which words are put ________ to make sentences.
A. together B. one another
C. each other
D. next
19. Sending emails is a/an ________ way to communicate with other people.
A. happy
B. dangerous
C. interested
D. effective
20. The ability to work well for long hours is her ________
A. length
B. width
C. strength
D. height
Exercise 4. Choose the most appropriate answer from A, B, C or D.

21. The ________ of this button is to start the machine.
A. action
B. function
C. way
D. need
22. When I’m tired, I ________ to make mistakes.
A. want
B. need
C. like

D. tend

23. The last reason is ________ far the most important one.

A. as
B. by
C. too
D. very
24. It’s been great to ________ business with you.
A. do
B. run
C. make

D. start

25. From a small workshop, the company has ________ into a major bicycle producer.
A. come
B. become
C. moved
D. evolved
26. Hard work forms the ________ of her success.
A. road
B. basement
C. basis

D. back

27. I can’t ________ life without my TV.
A. see
B. think
C. imagine

D. consider

28. It is the English pronunciation that ________ a lot of difficulties to Vietnamese students.
A. makes
B. causes
C. does
D. gets
29. ________ languages are languages which are still used today.
A. Living
B. Alive
C. Breathing
D. Staying
30. Vietnam has ________ many changes over the last twenty years.

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A. undertaken

Part III.

B. undergone

C. understood

D. underlined

GRAMMAR

Exercise 5. Choose the most appropriate answer from A, B, C or D.

31. It was a new surfboard ________ Marilyn gave me for my birthday last year.

A. who
B. whom
C. whose
D. that
32. She enjoys watching movies ________ make her laugh.
A. they
B. what
C. which
D. who
33. He bought all the books ________ are needed for the English course.
A. who
B. that
C. what
D. those
34. The Anglo-Saxons ________ a Germanic language which ________ the basis of modern
English.
A. spoke/form B. spoke/forms C. speak/formed
D. speak/forms
35. There are very few things in life ________ he is afraid ________
A. what/×
B. what/of
C. which/of
D. which/×
36. Vietnamese students like learning English, the language ________ helps them to communicate
with people from other countries.
A. who
B. that
C. what
D. ×
37. It is the strong economic power of the United States ________ helps English to become

popular today.
A. that
B. this
C. then
D. they
38. Nowadays almost no one speaks Latin, ________ is the reason why it is called a dead
language.
A. what
B. that
C. which
D. so
39. ________ her bright eyes that attract people when they first meet her.
A. They are
B. They will be C. It is
D. It will be
40. American English has some spelling rules ________ are different from ________ in British
English.
A. which/them B. which/those C. who/them
D. who/those
Exercise 6. Choose the correct form of the word in brackets. Identify your answer by circling A, B, C or D.

41. I believe that our new manager has the (flexible) to work well in this business
environment.
A. flexible
B. inflexible
C. flexibly
D. flexibility
42. Radio is a good (medium) for practising listening to English.
A. media
B. medal

C. medium
D. medicine
43. Many people love the (simple) of life in the countryside.
A. simplicity
B. simplify
C. simply
D. simple
44. This is a good place for fashion designers to show their latest (create).
A. creative

B. creation

C. creature

45. Damage to the building was (consider).
A. consider B. considering C. considerable

D. create
D. considerably

46. Articles on bird flu can easily be found on these medical (period).

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A. periods

B. periodics

C. periodicals

D. periodically

47. One (effect) way to improve your English is to practise it daily.
A. effective B. effect
C. effectively
D. effectional
48. This meeting gathers all leaders of industry and (commerce) in the country.
A. commerce B. commercial C. commercialization D. commercially
49. After he left school, he went into (busy) with his brother.
A. busy
B. business
C. busily
D. businessman
50. Varieties of English such as Indian English and Singaporean English have (distinct) aspects of
pronunciation.
A. distinctly B. distinctive
C. distinction
D. distinctively
Exercise 7. Choose the most appropriate answer from A, B, C or D.

51. A temple ________ here hundreds of years ago.
A. has existed
B. was existing
C. existed
D. had existed
52. I ________ him as soon as he entered the room.
A. recognized
C. had recognized
B. could recognized

D. did recognized
53. ________ of our class will have to write a paragraph about the role of English today.
A. Each member individual
B. Each individual member
C. Individual each member
D. Member each individual
54. It’s ________ to imagine today’s world without the computer.
A. hard
B. harder
C. hardly
D. as hard
55. I could ________ recognize her when she put on her suit and changed her hairstyle.
A. hardly
B. hardly to C. not hardly
D. hardly not
56. I had no difficulty ________ to her English.
A. listen
B. to listen
C. to listening

D. listening

57. Many technical terms in Vietnamese ________ from other languages such as English and
French.
A. borrowed
C. have borrowed
B. are borrowed
D. have been borrowing
58. In this factory female workers ________ the majority of the labour force.
A. constitute

C. is constituting
B. constitutes
D. are constituting
59. Emails are ________ among young people than the elders.
A. widely more used
B. more used widely
C. more widely used
D. more widely
60. 60% of the world’s radio stations ________ in English.
A. broadcasts
B. broadcast
C. is broadcast

D. are broadcast

Exercise 8. Choose the most appropriate answer from A, B, C or D.

61. The novel "Tom Sawyer", ________ was written by Mark Twain, is my all-time favourite.
A. that
B. what
C. which
D. who

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