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UNIT 1 LIFE STORIES
A. GRAMMAR REVIEW
I. The past simple and the past continuous
1. Thì quá khứ đơn (Past Simple)
a. Cấu trúc (form):
-

Câu khẳng địnhS + V2/ed

-

Câu phủ định

-

Câu hỏi Did + S + V

S + did + not + V

b. Cách dùng (Usage):
-

Thì quá khứ đơn diễn tả một sự việc đã xảy ra và đã kết thúc hồn tồn trong q khứ.

Ví dụ: I saw him in the pub.
-

Diễn tả một loạt hành động xảy ra kế tiếp nhau trong quá khứ

Ví dụ: She came home, switched on the computer and checked her emails.
- Diễn tả một hành động chen ngang vào hành động khác đang xảy ra trong quá khứ (Hành động chen
ngang ở thời quá khứ đơn, hành động đang xảy ra ở thời quá khứ tiếp diễn)
Ví dụ: When I was reading a book, my dad called me.
(Khi tôi đang đọc sách, bố tơi đã gọi tơi)
- Thì q khứ đơn được dùng trong câu điều kiện loại 2
Ví dụ: If I had a million dollar, I would buy that villa.
(Nếu tôi có một triệu đơ, tơi sẽ mua cái biệt thự đó)
c. Các dấu hiệu nhận biết thường gặp (signal)
- Thì quá khứ đơn thường xuất hiện trong câu có những trạng ngữ sau: yesterday, ago, finally, at last,
in the last century, in the past, last (week, month, year), in (2013, June), in the (2000, 1970s), from
(March) to (April),...
2. Thì quá khứ tiếp diễn (Past Continuous)
a. Cấu trúc
-

Câu khẳng địnhS + was/were + V-ing

-

Câu phủ định

-

Câu hỏi Was/ Were + S + V-ing?

S + was/were not + V-ing

b. Cách sử dụng

- Thì quá khứ tiếp diễn dùng để diễn tả một hành động đang xảy ra tại một thời điểm xác định trong
quá khứ.
Ví dụ: At 12 o’clock yesterday, we were having lunch.
- Diễn tả một hành động đang xảy ra thì một hành động khác xen vào.
Ví dụ: He was chatting with his friend when his mother came into the room.
- Diễn tả hai hành động đồng thời xảy ra tại một thời điểm trong quá khứ, trong câu có “while”.
Ví dụ: My mother was cooking lunch while my father was cleaning the floor at 10 a.m yesterday.
c. Dấu hiện nhận biết thì q khứ hồn thành.
- at + giờ + thời gian trong quá khứ (at 12 o’clock last night,...)
- at this time + thời gian trong quá khứ. (at this time two weeks ago,...)


- in + năm (in 2000, in 2005)
- in the past (trong quá khứ)
II. Definite and indefinite article
1. Cách sử dụng mạo từ không xác định “a” và “an”
Dùng “a” hoặc “an” trước một danh từ đếm được số ít (singular nouns). Chúng có nghĩa là một. Chúng
được dùng trong câu có tính khái qt hoặc đề cập đến một chủ thể chưa được đề cập từ trước.
Ví dụ: A ball is round.
(Trái bóng trịn - nghĩa chung chung, khái qt, chỉ tất cả các quả bóng)
Ví dụ: I bought an apple.
(Tớ đã mua một quả táo - Lần đầu tiên từ apple được nhắc tới)
a. Mạo từ “a”
- Dùng “a” trước các từ bắt đầu bằng một phụ âm. Chúng bao gồm các chữ cái còn lại (ngoại trừ A, E,
I, O, U) và một số trường họp bắt đầu bằng u, y, h
a dog

một con chó

a house

một căn nhà

a cat

một con mèo

a university

một trường
đại học

a girl

một cô gái

a year

một năm

- Ngoài ra đứng trước một danh từ mở đầu bằng “uni”, “eu” phải dùng “a”
a uniform

a
langua
ge

univers
al

m
ộ
t
m

bộ đồng phục

ột
giới

ng
ôn

n
g
ữ

a union

t
h
ế

a European

m
ộ
t
m
ộ

t
Âu

liên minh

ngư
ời

ch
âu

b. Mạo từ “an”
Mạo từ “an” được dùng trước từ bắt đầu bằng nguyên âm (trong cách phát âm, chứ không phải trong
cách viết). Bao gồm:
- Các từ bắt đầu bằng các nguyên âm A, E, I, O, U:
Ví dụ:
an umbrella

một cái ơ

an object

một vật

an empty glass

một cái ly trống

an apple

một quả táo

an hour

một giờ đồng hồ

- Ngoài ra đứng trước một danh từ mở đầu bằng h câm
Ví dụ:
an heir

một người thừa kế

- Các từ mở đầu bằng một số chữ viết tắt
Ví dụ: an S.O.S; an M.P
2. Cách dung mạo từ xác định “ the”
- ‘The’ được dung trước một danh từ đã được xác định cụ thể về mặt tính chất, đặc điểm, vị trí hoặc đã
được đề cập đến trước đó. Danh từ đó có thể là một danh từ đếm được số ít, danh từ đếm được số nhiều
hoặc danh từ không đếm được.
Ví dụ: I think you should take the dress you tried first. It fits you best.


(Mạo từ “the” được dùng trước một danh từ xác định đếm được số ít)


Tớ nghĩ cậu nên lấy chiếc váy mà cậu mặc thử đầu tiên. Nó vừa với cậu nhất.
I bought a pair of trainers and a pair of boots last week, but I like the boots more.
(Mạo từ “the” được dùng trước một danh từ đếm được số nhiều xác định đã được đề cập trước
đó) Tuần trước tơi mua một đôi giày thể thao và một đôi bốt. Nhưng tôi thích tơi bốt hơn.
Don’t think the water in that bottle. It is dirty.
(Mạo từ “the” được dùng trước một danh từ xác định không đếm

được.) Đừng uống nước trong cái chai đó. Nước bẩn đấy.
*** Chú ý: No article - Trường hợp không dùng mạo từ
- Chúng ta thường không dùng mạo từ khi đề cập chung đến một danh từ. Danh từ có thể là danh từ
đếm được số nhiều hoặc danh từ khơng đếm được.
Ví dụ: Cotton socks absorb moisture better than nylon ones.
Tất cotton hút ẩm tốt hơn là tất ni lông.
Fresh fruits are really good for you.
Hoa quả tươi rất tốt cho bạn.
B. PRACTICE
TEST 1
PRONUNCIATION
Exercise 1: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from
the other three in pronunciation.
1. A. chore

B. character

C. challenger

2. A. charity

B.chaos

C. champion

3. A. through

B. thought

C. enormous

4. A. crop

B. common

C. household

5. A. dismay

B. battle

C. magic

D.
choice
D. chin
D.
taught
D.
bodily
D. nag

Exercise 2: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in
the position of primary stress.
1. A. journalese

B. entertain

C. Portuguese

D. refusal

2. A. ostensible

B. cafeteria

C. northeast

D. detoxify

3. A. westernize

B. officialdom

C. division

4. A. accelerate

B. impossible

C. assimilate

5. A. paralytic

B. registry

C. reimburse

D.
millennium

D.
opposition
D.
unfamiliar

GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
Exercise 1: Choose the best option to complete the sentence.
1.

, ingenuity and flair are the songwriter’s real talents.

A. Stimulate

B. Distinguish

C. Innovations

D. Creativity

E. Respectable

F. Presentation

2. Graduates must be in full academic dress at the
A. stimulate

B. distinguish

of certificates.
C. innovations

D. creativity

E. respectable

F. presentation

3. The government plans to cut taxes in order to

the economy.

A. stimulate

B. distinguish

C. innovations

D. creativity

E. respectable

F. presentation 

4. Our laptop uses the latest

in computer technology.

A. stimulate

B. distinguish

C. innovations

D. creativity

E. respectable

F. presentation

5. It can be difficult to

between poisonous and edible mushrooms.

A. stimulate

B. distinguish

C. innovations

D. creativity

E. respectable

F. presentation

6. She was from a very

family.

A. stimulate

B. distinguish

C. innovations

D. creativity

E. respectable

F. presentation

Exercise 2: Match the words with their definition.


N
o.

Words

O
pt.

Definiti
on
a competition to do better than other people, usually in which prizes are
given

1.

competition

A.

2.

contest

B.

become very weak or die because there is not enough food to eat

3.

humble

C.

when you give a lot of time and energy to something because it is
important

4.

starve

D.

when someone is trying to win something or be more successful than
someone else

5.

orphanage

E.

a home for children whose parents are dead or unable to care for them

6.

dedication

F.

not proud or not believing that you are important

Your answer:
1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Exercise 3: Choose the best option to complete the sentence: Past simple or Past continuous.

1. Alice

the accident when she was catching the bus.

A. saw

B. was seeing

2. What

when I called?

A. were you doing
3. I

B. did you do

my friends last summer holiday.

A. didn’t visit
4. It

B. weren’t visiting
heavily last July.

A. rained

B. was raining 

5. While people were talking to each other, he

A. read

B. was reading

6. My sister was

hamburgers every weekend last month.

A. eating

B. ate

7. While we

in the park, Mary fell over.

A. were running
8.

his book.

B. run

your keys yesterday?

A. Did you find
9. Who

B. Were you finding
with at the party last night?

A. was she dancing
10. They
A. were watching

B. did she dance
football on TV all day.
B. watched

Exercise 4: Choose the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
In my last holiday, I went to Hawaii. When I (1. go)
to the beach for the first time,
something wonderful happened. I (2. swim)
in the sea while my mother was sleeping in the
sun. My brother was building a castle and my father (3. drink)
some water. Suddenly I (4.see)
a boy on the beach. His eyes were blue like the water in the sea and his hair (5. be)
beautiful black. He was very tall and thin and his face was brown. My heart (6. beat)
fast. I


(7. ask)
him for his name with a shy voice. He (8. tell)
me that his name was John.
He (9. stay)
with me the whole afternoon. In the evening, we met again. We ate a pizza in a
restaurant. The following days we (10. have)
a lot of fun together. At the end of my holidays
when I left Hawaii I said goodbye to John. We had tears in our eyes. He wrote to me a letter very soon
and I answered him.

1. A. go

B. was going

C. went

D. going

2. A. swim

B. swimming

C. swam

3. A. was drinking

B. drank

C. drink

D. was
swimming

4. A. see

B. seen

C. saw

D. drinking

5. A. be

B. was

C. is

D. seeing
D. are

6. A. beat

B. beaten

C. was beat

D. was beating

7. A. asked

B. ask

C. asking

D. was asking

8. A. tell

B. telling

C. told

D. was telling

9. A. stay
10. A. have

B. staying
B. has

C. was staying
C. had

D. stayed
D. having

Exercise 5: Choose the best option to complete the sentence.
1. The child

before the doctor arrived.

A. died

B. had died

C. has died

2. We cleaned up the room as soon as the guests
A. had left

B. has left

3. The secretary

.
C. left
B. hasn’t finished

C. didn’t finish

D. would finish

4. Jane’s eyes are red. She
A. cried

.

B. has cried

5. This room is dirty. Someone

C. has been crying

D. had cried

in here.

A. smoked

B. has smoked

C. had been smoking

D. has been smoking
next Monday.

A. wins
7. It

D. were leaving

the report by 10:00 yesterday.

A. hadn’t finished

6. Arsenal

D. was dying

B. will win

C. would win

d. is winning

C. are going to rain

D. is raining

tomorrow.

A. rains

B. will rain

8. I’ll come and see you before I
A. leave

for America.

B. will leave

9. The little girl asked what

C. have left

D. shall leave

to her friend.

A. has happened

B. happened

C. had happened

D. would have been happened

10. John
A. is reading

11. He said he

a book when I saw him.
B. read
return later.

C. was reading

D. reading


A. will

B. would

12. Jack

C. can

the door.

A. has just opened

B. open

C. will have opened

D. opening

13. I

D. would
be

have been waiting for you

A. since early morning

B. since 9 a.m

C. for two hours

D. all are correct

14. My sister
yesterday.
A. is looking

for you since
B. was looking

C. has been looking
15. Jack

D. looked

the door.

A. has just painted
C. will have painted

B. paint
D. painting

Exercise 6: Choose the best option to complete the sentence.
1. I wasn’t
A. please
2. The water is

with my exam result.
B. pleased

C. pleasing

D. pleasant

C. polluting

D. pollutant

C. interest

D. interests

C. pollute

D. to pollute

. You can’t drink it.

A. polluted

B. pollution

3. I am very

in the news.

A. interested

B. interesting

4. We avoid

our environment.

A. polluted

B. polluting

5. Many spacemen could never get back to the Earth because of
A. tragedy

B. tragic

C. tragically

6. We’ve decided to interview only ten

for the job.

A. applicants

C. appliances

B. applicable

accidents.
D. tragedies
D. applications

7. Artificial satellites provide data on atmosphere temperatures, solar radiation and
Earth’s surface.
A. reflect
8. They have no
A. expectation

B. the reflection
B. expect

C. expectative

D. expectancy

in this situation.

B. differing

10. All of us were
A. surprising

D. reflecting

for help

9. Boys and girls may behave
A. difference

C. reflected

C. different

D. differently

that he was successful in the final exam.
B. surprisingly

C. surprise

D. surprised

Exercise 7: Choose the best preposition to complete the sentence.
1. We have lost touch
A. with

each other for a long time.
B. of

2. I must study hard to keep pace
A. with

B. of

C. for

D. over

my classmates.
C. for

D. to

the


3. The prices of petrol are going
A. up

from 52 US dollars to 54 US dollars for a barrel.

B. down

C. on

4. I usually regard him
A. with

my close friend.
B. in

5. Don’t make a fuss
A. of

such trifles.
B. on

C. at

6. The bomb has gone
A. out
7. Who will look
A. for

B. off

C. over

B. after

C. at

D. around

C. on

D. with

winning the game.
B. to
B. out

10. The plane crashed
A. with

D. with

the child when you’re away?

9. I feel very hot because the electricity has gone
A. off

D. over

in a crowded street.

8. Congratulate you
A. in

D. out

.
C. along

D. after

C. in

D. into

the mountain.

B. on

C. READING
Exercise 1: Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following
passage.
THE FIRST WOMAN SCIENTIST
Hypatia was born in Alexandria, in Egypt, in 370 A.D. For many centuries, she was (1)
only
woman scientist to have a place in the history books. Hypatia’s father was the director of Alexandria
University, and he (2)
sure his daughter had the best education available. This was unusual, as
most women then had few (3)
to study.
After studying in Athens and Rome, Hypatia returned to Alexandria (4)
mathematics. She soon became famous (5)
her knowledge of new ideas.

she began teaching

We have no copies of her book, (6)
we know that she wrote several important mathematical
works. Hypatia was also interested in technology and (7)
several scientific tools to help with
her work.
At the (8)
, many rulers were afraid of science, and (9)
connected with it was in
danger. One day in March 415, Hypatia (10)
attacked in the street and killed.
1. A. a

B. the

C. one

D. an

2. A. could

B. put

C. made

D. said

3. A. teachers

B. classes

C. opportunities

4. A. where

B. there

C. how

D.
customs

5. A. for

B. in

C. by

D. which
D. from

6. A. or

B. as

C. because

D. but

7. A. did

B. learnt

C. experimented

8. A. time

B. day

C. period

D.

invented
D. year

9. A. something
10. A. had

B. anyone
B. has

C. nobody
C. was

D. all
D. is


Exercise 2: Read the passage and statements below carefully, and then say whether the statements
are true (T), false (F) or not given (N).
Throughout history there have been many great explorers. Have you, for example, heard of Marco
Polo, the famous Italian traveler? He was the first European to travel to China. He arrived in China in the
late 13th century. About 200 years later, Christopher Columbus sailed from Spain by ship. He was looking
for a new way to reach India. However, as you probably know, he didn’t reach India. He landed in
America. Five hundred years after Columbus in the’ 1930s a famous explorer named Richard Byrd was
one of the first persons to fly over both the North and the South Poles. Today we continue to explore this
world and are studying to explore other worlds, too. In the 1930s, Russian and American scientists sent
many unmanned spacecraft to the moon. These spacecraft sent back very valuable information about the
moon. Then on July 16th 1969, the first manned spaceship to the moon left earth. On that day Apollo 11
blasted off with three American astronauts on board. Four days after blast-off, two of these astronauts
landed on the moon. They later explored the surface of the moon. About two days after landing on the
moon, they started back to the earth. They arrived safely back on earth a few days later. Today, we are

sending unmanned spacecraft to other planets. In the future, we might walk on Mars or Venus the way we
did on the moon. We might even travel to other galaxies. Who knows? One thing we know for sure is that
we will continue to explore this world and other worlds, too.
No.

Statement

1.

Marco Polo traveled from England to China in the late 13th century.

2.

While he was looking for India, Christopher Columbus reached America.

3.

In the 19th century Richard Byrd flew over both the North and the South Poles.

4.

Unmanned spacecraft went to the moon before manned spacecraft did.

5.

Apollo 11 was the first manned spaceship to go to the moon.

6.

Apollo 11 was damaged in the blast.

7.

All of the American astronauts on the spaceship landed on and explored the surface of
the moon.

8.

Today we are sending spacecraft with astronauts on board to other planets.

WRITING
Exercise 1: There is only one correct sentence among four sentences. Choose the correct one.
1. A. James is an extreme talented football player.
B. James is an extremely talent football player.
C. James is an extremely talented football player.
D. James is an extreme talent football player.
2. A. Nguyen Trai was recognised by UNESCO as a World Cultural Celebrity.
B. Nguyen Trai was recognised by UNESCO like a World Cultural Celebrity.
C. Nguyen Trai was recognised by UNESCO similar a World Cultural Celebrity.
D. Nguyen Trai was recognised by UNESCO same a World Cultural Celebrity.
3. A. Steve Jobs is famous over being a businessman, designer and inventor.
B. Steve Jobs is famous for being a businessman, designer and inventor.

T/F


C. Steve Jobs is famous of being a businessman, designer and inventor.
D. Steve Jobs is famous about being a businessman, designer and inventor.
4. A. Phong would like become a teacher of Literature.
B. Phong would like to becoming a teacher of Literature.

C. Phong would like becoming a teacher of Literature.
D. Phong would like to become a teacher of Literature. 
5. A. Her dedication to medicine was so great that she had little time for anything else.
B. Her dedication to medical was so great that she had little time for anything else.
C. Her dedication to medication was so great that she had little time for anything else.
D. Her dedication to medicable was so great that she had little time for anything else.
6. A. Tran Hung Dao was a great general under Tran’s Dynasty.
B. Tran Hung Dao was a great general in Tran’s Dynasty.
C. Tran Hung Dao was a great general of Tran’s Dynasty.
D. Tran Hung Dao was a great general below Tran’s Dynasty.
7. A. Soichiro Hongda was a great businessman in Japan.
B. Soichiro Hongda was a great businessman around Japan.
C. Soichiro Hongda was a great businessman through Japan.
D. Soichiro Hongda was a great businessman on Japan.
8. A. Alexandre Yersin is born in 1863 in Switzerland.
B. Alexandre Yersin are born in 1863 in Switzerland.
C. Alexandre Yersin was born in 1863 in Switzerland.
D. Alexandre Yersin were born in 1863 in Switzerland.
9. A. Nguyen Binh Khiem was a Vietnamese administration, educator, poet and sage.
B. Nguyen Binh Khiem was a Vietnamese administrative, educator, poet and sage.
C. Nguyen Binh Khiem was a Vietnamese administrator, educator, poet and sage.
D. Nguyen Binh Khiem was a Vietnamese administrate, educator, poet and sage.
10. A. This school has an excellent reputable in the community.
B. This school has an excellent reputably in the community.
C. This school has an excellent repute in the community.
D. This school has an excellent reputation in the community.
Exercise 2: Put the words/ phrases in the correct order to have correct sentences.
1. a. but he has caused

b. He is a

c. some personal scandals

d. famous actor

A. b-d-c-a

C. b-d-a-c

B. d-b-a-c

2. a. The President

b. little to large scale

c. moving from
A. a-d-c-b

D. c-a-d-b

d. used the long-term war,
B. a-d-b-c

3. a. created a people’s army,

C. d-a-c-b
b. no matter small or large

c. Nguyen Hue with his

d. genius leadership,

A. c-d-b-a

C. b-c-d-a

B. d-c-a-b

D. a-c-d-b

D. c-d-a-b


4. a. As well as

b. David Beckham

c. is very talented in business

d. being a successful footballer,

A. a-d-c-b

C. d-a-b-c

B. a-d-b-c

5. a. He was
c. in sports

b. awarded a gold
medal

A. a-b-d-c

d. for his talent
C. b-a-d-c

B. a-b-c-d

6. a. writer

d. of Luc Van Tien
B. c-b-a-d

7. a. the most famous
B. b-a-d-c

C. a-b-c-d

d. is always
B. b-d-c-a

C. d-b-a-c

9. a. My father

b. is successful

c. books

d. in translating
B. a-b-d-c

10. a. in a big school
c. in the city
A. b-d-c-a

D. c-db-a

b. My mother

c. of all my books

A. a-b-c-d

D. c-a-bd

d. in our club

8. a. the first reader
A. b-d-a-c

C. b-c-a-d
b. Tom is

c. footballer
A. b-a-c-d

D. b-a-cd

b. Nguyen Dinh Chieu

c. is the
A. b-c-d-a

D. c-a-db

C. b-a-d-c

D. b-cd-a

D. b-c-ad

b. My father
B. d-b-a-c

d. teaches English
C. d-c-b-a

D. b-da-c


TEST 2
PRONUNCIATION
Exercise 1: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from
the other three in pronunciation.
1. A. socialize

B. contact

C. background

2. A. prolong

B. contact

C. conscious

3. A. signal

B. sign

C. colleague

4. A. cloth
5. A. mature

B. trustworthy
B. material

C. clothing
C. intention

D.
formality
D.
common
D. regard
D. brother

D.
intensity

Exercise 2: Mark the letter A, B, c, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the
position of primary stress.
1. A. intervention

B. eventually

C. renovation

2. A. dissolve

B. household

C. confide

D.
confirmation
D. approach

3. A. determine

B. argument

C. counterpart

D. marvelous

4. A. compulsory

5. A. sacrifice

B. nursery
B. supportive

C. primary
C. compliment

D. maximum
D.
maintenance

GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
Exercise 1: Choose the best option to complete the sentence.
1. His confident

inspired his followers.

A. woman

B. dancing

C. memory

D. excellent

E. leadership

F. determined

2. The gallery has an

collection of modem art.

A. woman

B. dancing

C. memory

D. excellent

E. leadership

F. determined

3. He is very talented in singing and

.

A. woman

B. dancing

C. memory

D. excellent

E. leadership

F. determined

4. Loss of

is a natural part of old age.

A. woman

B. dancing

C. memory

D. excellent

E. leadership

F. determined

6. His mother is a generous

.

A. woman

B. dancing

C. memory

D. excellent

E. leadership

F. determined

Exercise 2: Match the words with their definition.
N
o.
1.

Words
achievement

O
pt.
A.

Definiti
on
giving money, food or help free to those who are in need because
they are ill, poor or have no home


2.

disability

B.

a group of people who work together in a structured way for a shared
purpose

ability
an illness, injury or condition that makes it difficult for someone to
3
C.
do the things
.
4
charitable
D.
the quality of being kind
.
5
organisation
E.
something very good and difficult that you have succeeded in doing
.
6
kindness
F.
the physical or mental power or skill needed to do something
.
Exercise 3: Choose the best option to complete the sentence: Past simple or past continuous.
1. While Tom (read)

, Amely (watch)

a documentary onTV.

A. read, watched

B. was reading, was watching

2. Marvin (come)
emails.

home, (switch)

on the computer and (check)

A. came, switched, checked

B. was coming, switched, checked

3. The thief (sneak)
without a trace.

into the house, (steal)

A. sneaked, stole, was leaving
4. Nobody (listen)

B. sneaked, stole, left

A. listened, was explaining

the tenses.

B. was listening, was explaining

a sight-seeing tour, our friends (lie)

A. were doing, were lying
6. He (wake)

the jewels and (leave)

while the teacher (explain)

5. While we (do)

his

on the beach.

B. did, were lying

up and (look)

at his watch.

A. was waking, looked

B. woke, looked

7. The receptionist (welcome)

the guests and (ask)

A. welcomed, asked

them to fill in the form.

B. welcomed, was asking

8. The car (break)

down and we (have)

A. broke, was having

to walk home.
B. broke, had

9. The boys (swim)

while the girls (sunbathe)

A. were swimming, were sunbathing
10. My father (come)
room.

.

B. was swimming, was sunbathing

in, (look)

around and (tell)

A. came, was looking, told

me to tidy up my

B. came, looked, told

Exercise 4: Choose the best option to complete the sentence: Past simple or past continuous.
1. As long as one group (prepare)
campfire.

dinner, the others (collect)

A. was preparing - were collecting
2. While the parents (have)

B. were preparing, were collecting
breakfast, their children (run)

A. were having - were running
3. Martha (turn)
A. turned - was going
4. When I (do)

wood for their

B. were having - ran

off the lights and (go)

to bed.

B. turned - went

the washing-up, I (break)

a plate.

about.


A. was doing - broke
5. While Tom (play)

B. was doing - was breaking
the piano, his mother (do)

the washing-up.


A. were playing - was doing
6. He (drink)

B. was playing - was doing

some juice and then he (eat)

A. was drinking - ate
7. I (have)

a few chips.

B. drank - ate
dinner when I suddenly (hear)

A. was having - heard

a loud bang.

B. was having - was hearing 

8. When my father (work)

in the garden, an old friend (pass)

by to see him.

A. was working - passed

B. was working - passing

9. She (go)

out her textbook and (begin)

to school, (take)

A. went - was taking - began
10. When it (start)

to learn.

B. went - took - began
to rain, our dog (want)

A. started - wanted

to come inside.

B. was starting - wanted

Exercise 5: Choose the best option to complete the sentence.
1. Hurry up or you
A. will be

late for school.
B. be

2. Now my sister

D. is

C. has

D. had

a bicycle of her own.

A. is having

B. are having

3. Tom

C. are

his homework before he went to school.

A. has finished

B. had finished

4. This is the first time I
A. am

C. finished

D. finishing

C. was

D. be

here.

B. have been

5. Last week, my professor promised that he
A. would come

B. will come

6. My girlfriend arrived after I

today.
C. comes

D. coming

for her about half an hour.

A. was waiting

B. had been waiting

C. has been waiting

D. have waited

7. Did she say she
A. has visited
8.

him tomorrow?
B. will visit

C. would visit

to rain before you woke up this morning?

A. Did it begin

B. has it begun

C. Had it begun

9. My daughter saw an elephant this morning but she

D. Would it begin

one before.

A. had never seen

B. has never seen

C. never seen

D. never had seen

10. I

D. is going to visit

in Da Nang for 10 years.

A. have been living

B. have lived

C. had lived

D. had been living

11. There are many ways
A. is leading

to Rome.

B. are leading

12. When we got home, dinner

C. leading
so we had a drink first.

A. was preparing

B. was being prepared

C. was prepared

D. had been prepared

D. led


13. She was tired. She

for a long time.

A. has been learning

B. had been learning

C. leaned

D. was learning

14. He

in space for 10 days by tomorrow.

A. will travel

B. will be traveling

C. will have been traveling

D. has traveled

15. He said he
A. would visit

me before he left for England.
B. had visited

C. is visiting

D. does visit

Exercise 6: Choose the best option to complete the sentence.

1. One recent
A. achievements

in medicine is the development of laser in treating cancer.
B. achievement

C. achiever

D. achieved

2. You have to be aware of the damage humans are doing to quicken the
A. extinct

B. extinctive

3. He was finally
A. successful

5. It was a(n)
A. shamed
6. I spent a(n)
A. sleepy

B. successive

D. extinction

C. unsuccessful

D. success

the police force.

B. strengthening

C. strength

D. stronger

C. ashamed

D. shameless

mistake that he made.
B. shameful

night because of my toothache. I’m very tired now.
B. sleeping

C. sleepless

7. His low scores in the final tests
A. courageous

C. extinctions

in his final attempt.

4. They did everything possible to
A. strengthen

B. encouraging

C. discouraged

B. popularizing

C. popularity

B. unharmed

10. The restaurant is now under new
A. manage

D. encouragement

.

9. The waste from the chemical factory is extremely
A. harmed

D. asleep

him quite a lot.

8. Recently pop-rock music has decreased in
A. popular

of wildlife.

D. popularly

.

C. harmful

D. harmless

C. managing

D. management

.

B. manageable

Exercise 7: Choose the best preposition to complete the sentence.
1. I’ve lost my keys. Can you help me look
A. at

B. for

2. The book is divided
A. to

them?
C. after

D. into

C. for

D. into

three parts.
B. in

3. I wrote to the company asking them

more information about the job.

A. to

C. with

B. for

4. Many people regard him
A. as
A. of

one of the greatest pianists in the world.

B. to

5. Our teacher was very kind
B. to

D. about

C. in

D. of

C. for

D. with

us.


6. Her children are very quick
A. with

computer games.

B. about

C. at

7. This kind of music is popular
A. for
8. Boys are fond
A. in

the young.

B. to
B. of
B. over

10. She’s very worried
A. for

C. with

D. about

C. on

D. at

playing football.

9. Last week the beach was overcrowded
A. of

D. for

people.
C. for

D. with

her mother’s health.
B. with

C. at

D. about

READING
Exercise 1: Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following
passage.
During the (1)
years, many young people can at times be difficult to talk to. They often
seem to dislike being questioned. They may seem (2)
to talk about their work at school. This is
a normal (3)
of this age. Though it can be very hard for parents to understand, it is a part of
becoming (4)
of teenagers trying to be adult while they are still growing up. Young people are
usually unwilling to talk if they believe that questions are trying to (5)
up on them.
Parents should do their (6)
to talk to their son and daughter about school, work and future
plans but should not (7)
them to talk if they don’t want to. Parents should also watch for danger
signs. Some young people in trying to be adult may (8)
with drugs, alcohol or smoking.
Parents need to watch for any signs of (9)
behavior which may be connected with these and
help if (10)
.
1. A. early

B. teenage

C. childhood

D. recent

2. A. unworried

B. unrestrained

C. unexpected

D. unwilling

3. A. development

B. appearance

C. circumstance

D. achievement

4. A. free

B. confident

C. dependent

D. independent

5. A. catch

B. check

C. keep

D. make

6.A. well

B. good

C. better

D. best

7. A. push

B. allow

C. put

D. expect

8. A. experiment

B. approach

C. experience

D. attach

9. A. unacceptable

B. unusual

C. normal

D. exemplary

10. A. proper

B. appropriate

C. important

D. necessary

Exercise 2: Read the passage and choose the best option to answer the question.
Thomas Alva Edison was America’s most productive inventor in the 19 th century and remains so into
the 21st. But his 1,093 patents are by no means the real measure of the man. To Edison, the patents were
the easy part, before “the long laborious trouble of working them out and producing an apparatus which is
commercial” - and then fighting off the pirates. Edison’s greatness lies not in any single invention, but in
what he did with his own and other men’s cleverness. The invention for which he is most remembered,
the incandescent light bulb, is emblematic. The technology was a marked advanced over the work of
other inventors, but the piercing vision - and it was Edison’s alone - was how he applied for any patent,
Edison had already envisaged how he could translate the invention into a viable commercial product;


indeed he would not begin the research otherwise. “There is a wide difference”, he said, “between
completing a invention and putting the manufactured article on the market,” but marketing an electric
light bulb was the least of it. What he had to do next was invent the as-yet nonexistence electrical industry
down to its very last detail - and then manufacture everything in it: from central power stations and
dynamos needed to convert steam power into electricity; to commercially efficient motors for elevators,

printing presses, and the like; right down to a plethora of meters. Switches, sockets, fuses, disturbing
boxes, and lamp holders.
Edison was a classic innovator. “Only Leonardo da Vinci evokes the inventive spirit as impressively,”
writes one historian, but unlike Edison, Leonardo constructed only a few of his own, whereas Edison had
clever men at his beck and call - but what a sensible notion that was! One person could hardly hope to
keep up with the dizzying pace of scientific knowledge and the profusion of new techniques and new
materials. In the decades after 1870, it was quite brilliant of Edison to find ways to finance and focus
multidisciplinary research in an organized manner with the deliberate intention of manufacturing the
results.
1. What is the writer’s main point about Edison in the first paragraph?
A. His reputation as a great inventor is greatly overrated
B. He held more patents than any other American inventor
C. There was much more to his greatness than his many inventions
D. Once he had an idea, he stepped back and let others work out the detail
2. The word “emblematic” in the passage is closest in meaning to

.

A. popular

D. typical

B. official

C. deliberate

3. What point does the writer make about the distinct way in which Edison worked?
A. He kept his ideas to himself to prevent them from being stolen
B. He disliked the idea of having to work so hard to make his inventions commercial successes.
C. He refused to begin work on a project unless he knew he would make a profit from it.

D. He needed to foresee how his ideas could be put into effect before he began work.
4. At the time the light bulb was patented, the electrical industry

.

A. was highly disorganized

B. did not yet exist

C. was losing money

D. was controlled by Edison

5. According to the passage, what is true of Leonardo da Vinci?
A. He was much more inventive than Edison was
B. A good many of his inventions went unrealised
C. He was unable to keep up with the advance of science
D. He selfishly preferred not to publicize his inventions
6. The phrase “at his beck and call” in the passage is closest in meaning to
A. ready to do what Edison wanted
B. willing to give financial support
C. reluctant to follow Edison’s instructions
D. confident to do by themselves
7. What was Edison’s major accomplishment as a “classic innovator”?
A. He was a highly sensible person, but lacked managerial skills

.