Fill in blank with the correct form of the word

1. He is...... (content) to stay in his parent job for the time being

2. Please write your name, age and....... (occupy) on the form

3. In find it......... (interest) to talk to Tom's grandfather

4. When he lived in Da Nang, he visited me...... (occasion)

5. The girl felt quite........ (satisfy) with her ecamination results

6. They are keeping her in the office for her own...... (safe)

7. It is....... (frighten) even to think of the horrors of a nuclear war

8. For further...... (inform), write to Mr. Headmaster

II. Complete the sentences with"used to" or "be used to"

1. Jane(work).................... for the telephone company, but now she has a job at the post office

2. Did work doesn't brother me. I(work)................................ hard. I've worked hard all my life

3. Dick(have)............................. mustache. but he doesn't any more. He shaved it off because his wife didn't like it. I (see, not)....................... him without his mustache. He still looks strange to me

4. When I was a child, I (think)...................................anyone over 40 was old. Of course, now that I'm middle- aged, I agree with those who say"Life begins at 40"

5. It(take)............................................ weeks or months to cross the Atlantic Ocean from Europe to American , but now it takes only a matter of hours

6. Even though Jason is only 12, he(fly)................................. on airplane. His father is pilot and has taken Johnson with him in a plane many times

7. Michale(take)....................................... care of himself. He left home when he was 15 and has been on his own ever since

8. When I was growing up, my mother often sent me to the neighborhood store to get something for her. And each time I went there, Mr. Ditmar, the owner,(give)...................... me a piece of candy

II. Complete each blank in the passage with one of the following words. Use each word only once. communicate hero signs special buried invented buildings write

Today Braille books are found in all written languages in the world. In many countries you can find (21) _______ in Braille in elevators and in (22) _____ such as hospitals. People can also (23) _____ in Braille. There are (24) _________ pens, typewriter, and computers for Braille. Louis Braille (25) _______ a way for visually impaired people to (26) ________ through reading and writing. When he died in 1852, he was

(27) ______ in the Pantheon in Paris. Only national heroes of France are buried in this place, and Louis Braille was a national (28)___ _. III. Complete each sentence with the correct form of the word given in parentheses.

3)Complete each sentence with the correct form of the word given in parentheses.

29. The great inventor Thomas Edison had little formal ________ when he was a child. (SCHOOL)

30. Nowadays there are many children lacking their _________ care. (PARENT)

31. She taught the children basic calculation, such as _______ and _________ . (ADD, SUBTRACT)

The class consists of ______________ retarded children. (MENTAL) 33. Are you sure that handwriting is ______________ taught in our primary schools? (PROPER)

34. Retarded children may have ______________ in some normal situations. (DIFFERENT)

35. We should help people who cannot work properly because of illness or ______________ . (DISALE)

36. Delegates expressed strong ______ to the scheme to build a new airport in the suburb. (OPPOSE)

37. She looked with ______________ at the result of her work. (PROUD)

38. The meeting brought together scientists of all ______________. (NATION)

39. He is extremely ______________ in his approach to his job. (PROFESSION)

40. I’ve been ______________ for six months. I have to find work at once. (EMPLPOY)

Complete the sentences with the correct adjectives of the verbs in brackets:

1) Little Joe was getting ... during the class. (bore)

2) He reckoned that the class was ... . (bore)

3) It's so ... when the elevator breaks down. (annoy)

4) George gets so ... when the elevator breaks down. (annoy)

5) What an ... sight! (amaze)

6) Felix was ... at the news. (amaze)

7) What an ... time we had! (excite)

8) Hans gets very ... when there's a concert in his university. (excite)

9) It was a ... story. (shock)

10) He was very ... with his results. (please)

11) It was very ... when I saw them together. (embarrass)

12) I loved the book and found the film very ... . (dissapoint)

13) The dinner was ... . (disgust)

14) It was really ... with him for turning up late. (annoy)

1. Fill in the blank with only One suitable word

Lisa and her friends (1) .... studying for their final exams. They are very excited for this exam it'll be the last of the term. They are studying Maths right (2) .... Mary (3).... helping the others. She is the top student in the class. She is really good at Maths. Emily is also good at Maths. She (4) ... studying Maths. She í (5) .... a book. They (6) talking loudly, because they are at the library at the (7) ... Sally is (8) ... the net for extra exercises. They are (9)... to solve her exercises. They are all (10)... each other to pass the class with high marks.

V. Complete the sentences with a verb from the box in the correct form.

1. Why didn’t you your bed this morning?

2. I can’t come out now. I’m the cleaning.

3. Could you the dishwasher and put the things away, please?

4. It’s not fair. I breakfast yesterday. Nam should it today.

5. Look at this bin! Please the rubbish out now.

6. Mum, I’ve my room. Can I go out now?

7. Phong, the table. It’s nearly dinnertime.

8. A: Where’s Dad?

B: He’s the car. He always the car on Sunday morning.

V. Fill the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

1. Ms Lan is not in the office today. She (work) at home today.

2. “Where (you/come) from?” “I’m Italian - from Rome.’

3. “(you/ speak) French” “Just a little.”

4. Don’t forget your umbrella. It (rain) again.

5. “Can you help me with the dinner?” “Not now. I (watch) TV.”

6. In Viet Nam, children (look) after their old parents.

7. “Hi! What (you/do) here” “I (wait) for a friend.”

8. Can I look at the newspaper now? (you/read) it?

9. Can I phone you back? We (have) dinner.

10. Mr Long (work) in an office every day, but now he (help) his wife to prepare dinner.

C. READING

I. Read the passage, and decide whether the following statements are true (T), false (F), or not given (NG).

Career of the Year

Fourteen-year-old Ed Bond from London is this year's winner of the Young Career of the Year Award.

When he’s not at school. Ed looks after his mother, who is disabled and in a wheelchair. He also looks after his ten-year-old sister. He helps to do the washing and the cooking. ‘Ed’s great,’ says his father. ‘I have to go to work at six in the morning, so Ed has to help his mother a lot. He doesn’t have to do the housework but he does it anyway. We worry because he doesn’t have much free time, but he doesn’t complain.’ ‘I want to help.’ says Ed, ‘and anyway I don’t have to do so much at weekends because my dad’s at home.’

T F NG

1. Ed helps to look after his mother.   

2. Ed’s mother can’t walk.   

3. Ed’s father is also ill.   

4. Ed is an only child.   

5. Ed does all the shopping for the family.   

II. Read the passage, and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each question.

Family types vary in different countries and among different cultures. In Western, industrialized societies, the nuclear family ranks as the most common family type. It consists of a father, a mother and their children. But nuclear families exist together with many other types of family units. In the single-parent family, for example, a mother or a father heads the family alone. A blended family is formed when a divorced or widowed parent remarries. As divorce rates have risen, the number of single-parent and blended families has increased.

In many parts of the world, parents and children live together with other family members under the same roof. These complex families usually contain several generations of family members, including grandparents, parents and children. They may also include brothers or sisters and their families, uncles, aunts and cousins. Even when relatives do not live together, they still consider themselves members of the same extended family includes grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins.

1. The nuclear family ranks as the most common family type .

A. an many industrialized countries B. in countries with nuclear weapons

C. that consists of more than two generations D. that leads to the divorce of parents

2. In the single-parent family, .

A. there are often no children

B. only one parent lives with his or her child or children

C. the number of blended children has increased

D. children live with their grandparents

3. Grandparents, parents and children are mentioned as .

A. the three typical generations of an extended family

B. three branches of a family tree

C. the closest and happiest relatives in family units

D. a complex combination

4. The second paragraph is about .

A. American culture B. relatives and family members

C. the relationship between family members D. the extended family

5. The word “blended” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to .

A. complex B. married C. mixed D. formed

III. Read the passage, and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each question.

The American family unit is in the process of change. In the first half of the 20th century, there were mainly two types of families: the extended and the nuclear. An extended family includes mother, father, children and some other relatives, living in the same house. A nuclear family is composed of just parents and children livingunder the same roof.

As the American economy had progressed from agricultural to industrial one, people were forced to move to different parts of the country to get good jobs. These jobs were mainly in the large cities. Now, in fact, three-quarters of Americans live in urban areas which occupy 2.5% of the national total land mass. Of the 118 million in the labour force, only 3 million still work on the farm.

Since moving for better jobs has often divided the extended family, the nuclear family became more popular. At present, 55% of the families in the US are nuclear families. But besides the two types of traditional family groupings, the family is now being expanded to include a variety of other living arrangements because of divorce. There is an increase in single-parent families, in which a father or mother lives with one or more children. Divorce has also led to blended families, which occur when previously married men and women marry again and combine the children from former marriage into a new family. There are also some couples who do not want to have children to form two-person childless families.

1. A nuclear family is one that .

A. consists of father, mother, and children living in the same house

B. relatives live with

C. there are only grandparents, parents and their children living in

D. is bigger than extended family

2. The expression “under the same roof” means

A. a house with one roof B. a house with the roof the same as the wall

C. in the same building D. under the house

3. The nuclear family becomes more popular because of .

A. more divorces B. the division of the extended family

C. fewer jobs in big cities D. an increase in single-parent families

4. How many types of families have there been in the US since the first half of the 20th century?

A. Two B. Three C. Four D. Five

5. A blended family is a newly-formed family .

A. with the combination of children of the two previously married father and mother

B. that has only father or mother living with children

C. in which there are no children

D. that there is only one couple living in with their newborn children

IV. Read the passage carefully, and do the tasks that follow.

The Role of the Japanese Mother

The focus of the mother is her home and family, with particular attention to the rearing of children. While most Japanese believe that a woman's place is in the home, women make up almost 40 percent of the labor force. More than half of these women are married. Many mothers with small children work only part-time so they can be home when their children are not in school. The extra income earned by the mother is often used to meet the cost of their children's education.

Japanese mothers take the responsibility of their child's education and upbringing very seriously. They seldom confront their preschool children because they want to foster an intimate, dependent relationship. The purpose of this approach is to get the child to obey willingly with the mother’s wishes and to shape the child's behavior over a long period of time. The close nature of the mother-child relationship and the strong parentalcommitment help to provide a strong foundation for the child's entry into elementary school.

Mothers are involved directly in with the child's school. Each day a notebook is sent back and forth between mother and teacher remarking on the child's mood, behavior, health, and activities both in school and at home. Mothers attend PTA meetings usually twice a month and are involved with school committee's working on special projects such as gardening and hot lunch preparation. School is a very stressful and competitive process so the Japanese mother concentrates all her efforts on getting her children through so they can get accepted into the appropriate universities.

Task 1: Match a word in column A with its definition in column B, writing the answer in each blank.

Task 2: Read the passage, and then decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).

T F

6. Most Japanese women are housewives.  

7. Taking care of children and bringing them up are of great importance to  

Japanese mothers.

8. Japanese mothers tend to be very strict to their children at home.  

9. Japanese mothers and teachers work together for the children's study  

progress and comfort at school.

10. The Japanese mother concentrates all her efforts on getting her children  

through, so the atmosphere at home is very stressful.

D. SPEAKING

Rearrange the sentences in order to make a meaningful conversation, writing the letter (A-H) in each blank.

1. ___ A. Nam: It’s not only for our mother's benefits but it also makes us more independent when we have grown up.

2. ___ B. Nam: Besides cleaning and cooking, my mother also does a lot of other things around the house although she goes to work.

3. ___ C. Nam: I agree with that saying. All of us take it for granted that our mother is responsible for doing all the housework.

4. ___ D. Nam: Besides the relationship, we enjoy a friendlier atmosphere in our home all the time when we attend to each other.

5. ___ E. Mai: So does my mother. My father, my brother and I try to share the burden so that my mother can follow her own interests.

6. ___ F. Mai: I’ve just read a saying about household chores, Nam. It’s “Housework is what a woman does that nobody notices unless she hasn't done it.”

7. ___ G. Mai: It’s very useful for our future life. And I think we will have better relationship when we share household chores with one another.

8. ___ H. Mai: Yeah, when we come home from school, our house is clean and tidy and lunch or dinner is ready for us to eat.

Bài 1: combine each pair of sentences into one . Use comma (,) if necessary.

1. The girl looked very upset. Her electronic dictionary broke down.

2. His grandfather had a great influence on his life. She was a hard-working woman.

3. Mai is interested in physics. I don't like it.

4. Tom has hundreds of books. They are all in foreign languages.

5. Shakespeare was a famous playwright. His birthplace was Stratford-upon-Avon.

6. I will always remember the teacher. He taught me how to read and write

Bài 2 : complete the sentences, using a relative pronoun

1. The pub is opposite the Town Hall. I first met my wife there.

2. He was sitting on a chair. It was uncomfortable.

3. He smokes cigarettes. They are very strong.

4. Let me see the pictures. You took them at Peter's wedding.

5. Some people only think about money. I don't like them.

6. Do you know that lady? I repaired her car.

7. That girl is Swedish. Tom is in love with her.

8. John has bought a house. There are ghosts in that house.

9. Some people drive drunk. I never travel with them.

10. A man stole £10,000 from a bank. The police have caught him.

II. Fill in each blank with the appropriate form of the word in brackets.

1. One recent survey found that men’s in the home had increased almost threefold in the last four decades. (contribute)

2. A mother’s love can be as as breastfeeding. (benefit)

3. In the traditional Japanese family system, the entire estate of the family, and the assets are transferred from the father to the eldest son. (finance)

4. Mrs White spoke of her husband because he didn’t share anything with household chores. (criticize)

5. My aunt works hard to support her family because her husband died in a car accident a year ago. (enormous)

6. When we have some trouble in our family, we should have family meetings to work out a . (solve)

7. The husband is responsible for the family's economic well-being and takes pride in his role as a . (provide)

8. Parenting can offer children good opportunities for their future. (collaborate)

9. We do our share of housework willingly so that we can follow interests in our free time. (recreation)

10. Researchers found that an unequal of household chores negatively affected wives' marital . (divide – satisfy)