while    ;  alongside ;        ever  ;     speedy   ;    loudly  ;   when  ;    line  ;    challenged

 The Tortoise and The Hare

      There once was a (1)___________ hare who bragged about how fast he could run. Tired of hearing him boast, Slow and Steady, the tortoise, (2)___________ him to a race. All the animals in the forest gathered to watch.

      Hare ran down the road for a (3)___________ and then and paused to rest. He looked back at Slow and Steady and cried out, “How do you expect to win this race (4)___________ you are walking along at your slow, slow pace?” Hare stretched himself out (5)___________ the road and fell asleep, thinking, “There is plenty of time to relax.” Slow and Steady walked and walked. He never (6)___________ stopped until he came to the finish line.

      The animals who were watching cheered so (7)______ for Tortoise they woke up Hare. Hare stretched and yawned and began to run again, but it was too late. Tortoise was over the (8)_____.

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one day for a rabbit saw a tortoise which was crawling slowly. The rabbit laughed at the Tortoise,"how slow you are!" the toroise said," Dare you race with me? I will beat you."

The rabbit felt sure he wuold win so he accepted the challenge. The rabbit ra very fast ahead. The tortoise moved on at a slow, steady pace. Loooking round, the rabbit didn't see the tortoise. He thought that the tortoise would take long a keep up with him while he was only some hurddred metres from the finosh. He then laid down inder a tree. He fall fast asleep.

A long while later,suddenly he awoke and remembered that he was taking part in the race. He ran as possoble but it was too late. The tortoise reached the finish before him . The tortoise won the race and became the winner . The rabbit lost race and was a loser.

1 Which is the faster animal , a rabbit or a tortoise?
2 Which animal challenged to the race?
3 Was there anyone judging the competition?

4 Why did the rabbit lose the race?

MỌI NGƯỜI ƠI GIÚP EM VỚI Ạ EM CẢM ƠN MỌI NGƯỜI NHIỀU Ạ 
 

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

The end of December and the beginning of January are the (21)________ times for the Japanese post offices. The Japanese have a custom of (22)_________ New Year’s Day postcards to their friends and relatives, similar (23) the Western custom of sending Christmas cards. Their original purpose was (24)__________ your faraway friends and relatives tidings of yourself and your immediate family. In other words, (25)________ custom existed for people to tell others whom they did not often meet that they were alive and live well.
 

21 *

1 điểm

A. busiest

B. busier

C. most busy

D. more busy

22 *

1 điểm

A. send

B. sending

C. to send

D. sent

23 *

1 điểm

A. as

B. with

C. for

D. to

24 *

1 điểm

A. of giving

B. gives

C. to give

D. for giving

25 *

1 điểm

A. these

B. a

C. its

D. this

Mọi người ơi giúp em với ạ ! em cảm ơn mọi người nhiều lắm ạ 

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

English is the _________ (19) language of the Philippines. English-medium education _________ (20) in the Philippines in 1901 after the arrival of some 540 US teachers. English was also chosen for newspapers and magazines, the media, and literary writing.

The latest results from a recent survey suggest that about 65% of the _________ (21) of the Philippines has the ability to understand spoken and written English with 48 person stating that they can write standard English. The economy is based on English, and successful workers and managers are fluent in English. _________ (22) schools know that their _________ (23) must be fluent in English to be successful.

Question 19: A. interesting                 B. official                    C. popular                   D. polluted

Question 20: A.began                         B. begin                       C. beginning                D. to begin

Question 21: A. pollution                   B. popularity               C. population              D. prospect

Question 22: A. Any                           B. Many                      C. Much                      D. A lot

Question 23: A. students                    B. cleaners                   C. guards                     D. teachers

Read this legend, then answer the following questions.. Kitchen Gods Once upon a time, there was a childless couple. The wife was faithful and loved the husband passionately while the husband was treated his wife badly. One day he beat the poor wife with a stick and dismissed her from home. The women had come to another place. She then got married with a kind man, and they lived in harmony. One afternoon when her husband had gone for hunting, a beggar came and a some food. The woman was kind; filled the poor beggar's bag and recognized that the beggar was her former husband. The man also recognized his wife then. She felt sorry for the man when hearing that from the day he dismissed ber, he was deeply sad and regretful. So he decided to go away to find her until he spent all money and became a beggar. After being offered a big meal, the man was drunk so the woman had to drag him out and hid him in a stack of straw because it was time for her recent husband to come back from the forest. After a while, there was a knock at the door, the hunter appeared with a deer on his back. He then happily asked the woman to go to the market to prepare for the dinner. When the women came back, she found that the stack of straw, where her drunk former husband was sleeping, had been burned with a deer roasted. She cried painfully, and then jumped into the fire. The hunter didn't know what had happened and what to do but jumped into the fire to die beside his wife. At that moment, God was in the heaven, he was moved by the story so he turned three of them into three parts of the earthen tripod so that they could live side foreverand conferred them with the title of Kitchen God to oversee all the cooking of people. Every year, they all together came back to the heaven on the 23"of the 12 lunar month to report to God.

1. Why did the wife have to leave for another place?

2. What did the former husband do after dismissing his wife from home?

3. Why did the wife jump into the fire?

4. What did the hunter do then?

5.Why did God turn them into three parts of the earthen tripod?

Fill up the spaces in each of the following sentences by inserting a verb + up, or a verb + up + preposition combination.

1. It is ...... factory owners to provide fire-fighting equip­ment in their factories. (No verb is required here.) 2. Unfortunately he was ...... by his parents to believe that money was the only thing that mattered. 3. The party didn't ...... till 3 a.m. and the guests left very noisily.

4. I ran after him and soon ......... him. Then we went on together. 5. Mother to child: "Your clothes are covered with mud; what have you .........?" 6. If you buy the paint I'll ......this room for you. 7. He ......a list of conditions and we all agreed to them. 8. If you want a new passport you must ...... this form. 9. He......at 8 a.m. and went to bed at 11 p.m. 10. I tried three times to start the car and then ... it ... and went by bus. 11. If I ...... alcohol I'd be much healthier, but life wouldn't be so much fun. 12. I saw a policeman so I ......... him and asked him the way.

13. Most girls expect to get married when they....... 14. Cashiers carrying money to the bank are sometimes ...... by gunmen. 15. He couldn't ......... me as I ran much faster than he did

and soon left him behind. 16. I ...... a 20p piece that I saw lying on the ground. 17. He wasted two weeks and tried to ......... it by working madly the last day. 18. She said that she was going to educate her children her­self, for if they went to school they'd only......bad habits. 19. Before you go on holiday you should ...... the house and ask the police to keep an eye on it. 20. The car......suddenly with screaming brakes. 21. English people have to.........English weather. 22. The thieves ...... (bound) the housekeeper and ransacked the house. 23. I've stupidly ...... your books and mine and now I don't know which is which. 24. He is a dangerous criminal. He ought to be....... 25. I want to ... him ... . Would you please ...... his telephone number? 26. I ...... at the meeting-place but the others didn't come. 27. He wanted something to do in his spare time so he ...... carpentry. 28. The police......a notice saying, "No Parking". 29. "Tell me at the end of the week how many hours you have worked and I'll ......with you then", his employer said. 30. It's probably true. No one would......such a stupid story. 31. She sat down in front of the mirror and began to ...... her face. 32. If only we had a dish-washer, we wouldn't need to ...... after every meal. 33 My father said it was all my fault but my mother ......... (defended) me and said that it wasn't. 34 He ...... his speech by calling for a vote of thanks for last year's president.

Complete the sentences with the opposite words of the adjectives in the brackets. Use the words in the box: brave dishonest fast generous handsome

1. One day, a.........prince came galloping up to the castle (ugly)

2. Once upon a time in a land far, far away, there was a king who was very........(mean)

3. The tiger was......; it wanted to eat the woodcutter after he rescued it from the trap. (Honest)

4. The farmer had three sons. All of them were.......(coward)

5. The tortoise knows that it cannot run as..........as the hare( slow)

Two friends were walking through the forest (1. when/ and/ after/ suddenly) a beer attacked them. One turned down and fied. He (2. climb/ climbing/ climbed/ to climb) up a tree and sat there while the (3. boy/ girl/ other/ student) remained on the road. There was not thing (4. of/ with/ about/ for) him to do but fall into the ground and play dead. The bear came up to (5. he/ him/ the tree/ his) and sniffed. The boy even stopped (6. breath/ breathe/ breathing/ to breathe). The bear sniffed his face, decided he was (7. die/ dead/ death/ died) and lumbered off. When the bear was (8. gone/ go/ to go/ going) the other boy climbed down and said with a smile. "What did the bear whisper in your ear?" " It said that someone (9. who/ which/ whom/ that) deserts his friends in time of danger (10. are/ will be/ must be) not a good friend at all"

When you wave to a friend, you are using sign language. When you smile at someone, you mean to be ___(1)___ When you put one finger in front of your ___(2)___, you mean, "Be quiet."Yet, people in different countries may use different sign languages. Once an Englishman was in Italy. He could ___(3)___ a little Italian. One day while he was walking in the street, he felt ___(4)___ and went into a restaurant. When the waiter came, the Englishman ___(5)___ his mouth, put his fingers into it and took them out again and moved his lips. In this way, he ___(6)___ to say, "Bring me something to eat." But the waiter brought him a lot of things to ___(7)___ first tea, then coffee, then milk, but no food. The Englishman was sorry that he was not able to tell the waiter he was hungry. He was ___(8)___ to leave the restaurant. When another man came in and put his hands on his stomach. And this sign was ___(9)___ enough for the waiter. In a few minutes, the waiter brought him a large plate of bread and meat. ___(10)___, the Englishman had his meal in the same way.