SCHOOL TALKS
I. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box.
entertain maths nation relax safe
profession enjoy employ attend. crowd
1. The police gave him protection for his own................
2. How many times do I have to ask you to pay.................?
3. The company made hundreds of....................... redundant.
4. The store was........................... with shoppers.
5. The show brought ..................to millions of viewers.
6. She listens to classical music for ........................
7. Cinema is a medium of mass.......................
8. He can calculate very quickly. He has an amazing ability to solve ................ problems.
9. In 1963 he was appointed...............of history.
10. Dang Thai Son is a Vietnamese pianist with an............reputation.
II. Write sentences about yourself. Say whether you like or don't like these activities. Choose one of
these verbs for each sentence: (don't)
like, love, enjoy, hate, don't mind. be fond of, be interested in, detest, can't
stand/ can't bear, prefer.
1: (fly) ...............I like flying............................
2. (play football) ..............................................................
3. (lie on the beach) ..............................................................
4. (go to the museum) ..............................................................
5. (wait for biases in the rain) ...............................................................
6. (work on Saturdays) ..............................................................
7. (do the washing-up) ...............................................................
8. (do parachute jumps) ...............................................................
9. (be alone) ..............................................................
10. (be shouted at) ...............................................................
III. Complete this text with the correct answer
Being a student involves (1)................ (take) responsibility for (2)................. (organize) your own
time, there fore, you need (3)....................(learn) about planning your time and workload effectively. You
can learn to do this through practice and through stopping (4)...................(think) about what works or
doesn't work for you.
Try (5).................. (set) yourself goals and target and give yourself small rewards. Don't try
(6)............. (do) too much at once have regular breaks. If you fail (7).............. (finish) a piece of work as
quickly as you expected, don't feel bad, just be more realistic your planning next time. If you find that
you avoid even (8)................. (start) work, stop (9)................(make) excuses and start today! You will!
feel much better once you do.
IV. Choose the correct answer.
1. Ann is interested in ................... young children.
a. teach b. teaches c. to teach d. teaching
2. I finished ..........................the book and went to bed
a. reading b. to read c. read d. to be read
3. The police questioned me at some length, and I didn't enjoy.
a. to question b. questioning c. to be questioned d. being questioned
4. Dad allowed Dora .........................to the party.
a. going b. to go c. go d. gone
5. My teacher always expected me .........................well in exams
a. do b. doing c. to do d. to have done
6. Will you please stop..........................TV channels?
a. to change b. change c. be changed d. changing
7. My glasses are in my book bag, but I don't remember............... them there.
a. putting b. to put c. I put d. put
8. I'd like.................... somewhere different for a change.
a. to go b. going c. go d. to have gone
9. He agreed.................the job as soon as possible.
a. start b. starting c. to start d. to be started.
10. The searchers found the boy ..................in the barn.
a. to shelter b. shelter c. sheltering d. being sheltered
11. Look at those windows! They really need...................
a. to, clean b. cleaning c. to be cleaned d. b and care correct
12. I'm tired. I'd rather ...................out this evening, if you don't mind.
a.. not going b. not to go c. don't go d. not go
13. My bank manager advised..................a loan.
a. to take me out b. me taking out c. me to take out d. me take out
14. I must go now. I promised....................late.
a. not being b. not to be c. to not be d. I wouldn't be
15. The children are looking forward ..................their grandma again..
a. seeing b. to see c. to seeing d. to be seen
16. Our teacher made me ................... all the questions.
a. answer b. to answer c. answering d. answered
17. 1 don't mind......................... home but I'd rather ....................a taxi.
a. to walk/ to get b. walking/ to get c. walking/ get d. to walk/ getting
18. It isn't sale
.
for children ..........................on ladders.
a. playing b. to play c. play d. played
19. Famous people get tired of .....................everywhere they go.
a. recognizing b. to recognize c. recognize d. being recognized
V. Choose the correct option a, b, c or d to complete each space.
Kevin teaches (1)................ at a high school. He enjoys his teaching very much, and he always feels
very (2)............. and proud when he is standing on the teaching (3).............. .Some of his ex-classmates
have just offered him a chance (4)................ them in a new company (5)................. computer software
for businesses. Everyone thinks that it (6).............. very well. Kevin will (7)...............earn more money
than he (8)................ at the high school.
_The new company is (9)................, and the money may be very good in deed. (10)............... Kevin
can hardly quit his teaching. job! He loves it.
1. a. mathematic. b. mathematics c. mathematical d. mathematician
2. a. shy b. embarrassed c. self-confident d. unhappy
3. a. class b. career c. profession d. platform
4. a. to join b. join c. joining d. joins
5. a. to get b. to produce c. to prepare d. to work
6. a. was done b. does c. will do d. did
7. a. actually b. ready c. immediately d. probably
8. a. do b. does c. did d. doing
9. a. excited b. excitedly c. excitement d. exciting
10. a. Therefore b. Furthermore c. Consequently d. However
VI. PRONUNCIATION
. Choose the word that has the underlined (letters) pronounced differently from the others.
1. a. chance b. teaching c. chemistry d. children
2. a. hard b. start c. party d. talk
3. a. son b. sunshine c. above d. woman
4. a. polite b. literature c. guide d. kind
5. a. great b. teacher c. street d. receive
VII. VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSION
A. Choose the one word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the sentence or substitutes for
the underlined word or phrase.
1 . Most students find the course very ......................
a. enthusiastic b. anxious c. enjoyable d. convenient
2. ..................is the beach? ~ Only five minutes' walk.
a. How long b. Where c. How often d. How far
3. She is interested in teaching.................because she loves working with children.
a. semester b. communication c. work d. profession
3. She was disappointed to fail in two of her four.........................
a. schools b. classes c. lessons d. subjects
4. Don't worry ...............me. I’ll be fine
a. to b. about c. with d. for
5. Our coach was ..................in a traffic jam and got to Heathrow forty minutes late.
a. fastened b. fixed c. joined d. stuck
6. Approximately half the people interviewed were in manual occupations.
a. hobbies b. careers c. jobs d. visits
7. Our main objective is to................. educational standards.
a. avoid b. enjoy c. make d. improve
8. English is an international ....................
a. language b. means c. subject d. profession
9. Most people start to lose their memory as they get older.
a. ability to remember b. ability to impress
c. feeling of admiration d. ability to affect
B. Choose the one word or phrase - a, b, c, or d - that best completes the sentence
1 . You shouldn't spend all your time.....................
a. study b. to study c. studying d. studied
2. Would you like......................somewhere for a rest?
a. going b. to go c. go d. to be gone
3. I didn't like it in the city at first. But now.....................here.
a. I got used to living. b. I'm used to living
c. I'm used to live d. I used to live
4. Which team..............the game?
a. did it win b. did they win c. won d. won it
5. Do you want......................with you or do you want to go alone?
a. me coming b. me to come c. that I come d. that I will come
6. I'm sure you'll have no .................... the exam.
a. difficulty to pass b. difficulties to pass
c. difficulties passing d. difficulty passing
7. I...................... English for four years now.
a. have learned b. am learning c. learned d. have been learning
8. Just keep on.................what you like.
a. do b. did c. doing d. done
9. The guide encouraged the tourists .............. the ? Prado Museum in Madrid.
a. visit b. to visit c. visiting d. visited
10. Shhh! I hear someone......................in the distance. Do you hear it too?
a. shout b. shouted c. to shout d. shouting
11. Are you looking forward ................... on your cassation?
a. you go . b. going c. to going d. to go
12. Don't forget ............... home as soon as you arrive at your destination.
a. to call b. calling c. having called d. to be called
VIII. Identify the one underlined word or phrase -A, B, C or D - that must be changed for the
sentence to be correct
1. I decided changing jobs because my boss makes me word overtime
A B C D
2. In order to not forget things, I put a string around my finger
A B C D
3. Where you worked last year when you were going
to school?
A B C D
4. The doctor called this morning, while you slept.
A B C D
5. I've been studying French since I've started high school.
A B C D
6. I succeeded in to find a job, so my parents didn’t make me go to college.
A B C D
7. Get more exercise appears to be the best way to lose weight.
A B C D
8. I'd rather to stay home than go out tonight.
A B C D
9. Why you call me so late last night?
A B C D
10. Let's stop to watch so much TV so that we can read or go
out instead.
A B C D
11. Let’s take a walk. Walk is good for our health
a b c d
12. Peter is not used to speak in front of people
a b c d
13. They are looking forward to meet their friends again
a b c d
14. Why don’t you stop and tell me why you always avoid to meet me ?
a b c d
15. What do you hope do when you graduate ?
a b c d
IX. READING COMPREHENSION. A. Choose the one option - b, c or d - that best fits each of the
numbered blank.
I (1)_................my teaching career nearly ten years ago. I spent six years (2)........... in a remote
village (3) ..................the villagers were very poor and the living standard was low. Sometimes I was very
disappointed (4)....................... bad living condition and low pay. I was really homesick. However, at that
time. with my youth (5)..................., I tried my best to devote (6)_......................... to the noblest career,
that was "teaching". I loved my poor little students. They were living in (7)
..............................
but they could not
(8)...................from empty mind.
I am proud (9)....................._ myself to be a teacher, a hard working "boatman" taking my students to
the "destination" of (10) ...........................
1. a. begin b. began c. have begun d. had begun
2. a. teach b. to teach c. teaching d. taught
3. a. which b. there c. when d. where
4. a. in spite of b. because of c. because d. though
5. a. enthusiasm b. movement c. emotion d. culture
6. a. me time b. my career c. my duty d. myself
7. a. poor b. poverty c. debt d. shortage
8. a. bear b. cope with c. suffer d. manage
9. a. in b. on c. about d. of
4. a. knowledge b. competence c. background d. experience
X. Match a verb in A with a phrase in B.
A
1.to have
2.to enjoy
3. to go
4. to provide
5. to feel
6. to be
7. to help
8. to meet
9. to leave
10. to lose
11. to win
12. to spend
B
a. on a boat trip
b. at the school gate
c. more confident
d. two weeks at the seaside
e. campers avoid trouble
f. a note for your friend
g. a good pair of boots
h. a gold medal
i. in a good physical condition
j. dancing and singing
k. the match
l. physical benefits
XI. Fill each gap in the sentence with one word from the box.
went / win / believe / raining / required
lost / stay / playing / provide / attracted
1. The dog was…………….by the smell of the meat.
2. The children are ……………………..in the park near their house.
3. When we reached home, it began………………very hard.
4. They …………….on a camping trip at the end of the summer term.
5. He has a large family to …………..for.
6. People used to …………….that the world was flat.
7. Students are ………………to take three papers in Vietnamese literature.
8. It’s only the second time the term has………………..a match this season.
9. Charles was determined to………………..the race.
10. We decided to…………………at the hotel by the seaside.
XII: Make question for the underlined words in the following sentences.
1. They do their homework at night.
2. Mr. Robertson came to the party alone.
3. I like the red blouse, not the blue one.
4. She felt better after she took a nap.
5. She talked to him for an hour.
6. My parents have two cars.
7. They are coming to visit tomorrow.
8. The man with the white hat is my brother.
9. I don’t get up early because I like to sleep late.
10. We have an English class every day.
11. They like dancing on weekends.
12. The club is not far from their house.