V. 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

10. a. knowledge                   b. competence                    c. background                     d. experience

Complete these sentences with the correct form of the verbs in parentheses.

1. He never allows anybody (give)..........advice.

2. My mother's advice made me (choose).........teaching as my career.

3. Students stopped (make)...........noise when the teacher came in .

4. When I'm on holiday, I enjoy (not have).........to get up early.

5. I would like (have)......... an opportunity of (meet).......you again.

6. I'd rather (stay).............in bed a bit longer.

7. Would you mind (give)..........me a hand?

8. You had better (stay)...........at home until you feel better.

9. Are his ideas worth (listen).........to?

10. I can't help (consider)...........his opinion.

11. Do you agree (lend)........me some money?

12. Mrs. Green prefers (watch)........TV to (go).......... to the cinema.

13. It's necessary (master).........English.

14. Don't forget (lock)..........the door before going to bed.

15. I hate (practise)........reading aloud without (learn)......... the new words.

16. Susan has decided (allow)........her friend (do)......as the pleases.

17. Can you (show) .......me how (change)......... the film in this camera?

18. I am not used to (get).......up early.

19. The only way of (cross).........the river is by (swim).............

20. What would you recommend (do)................?

21. He advises us (be)...........more studious.

22. They don't permit (fish).........in this area.

23. My parents will never allow (go).........out alone at night.

24. Try (avoid).......meeting him when he is busy. He's easy (get)...... angry then.

25. Could ypu please stop (whistle).......I'm trying (do)........my homework.

VI. Choose the best option ( A,B,C or D ) to complete each sentense or replace the underlined part.

 18. Miss Phuong is saying about her teaching _________

   A. professor               B. profession         C. professional           D. profess

 19. My school is a very _________ place.

    A. beautiful                B. beauty            C. beautifully              D. beautify

 20. Although they have to work hard in the field, they still live very _________.

       A. happily                 B. happiness       C. unhappy             D. happy

 21. The alarm goes off at 4:30

       A. chats                  B. gets up               C. rings                D. goes away

 22. It's impolite _________people about their salary

       A. ask                      B. asking                  C. asked                  D. to ask

 23. She can _________four foreign languages.

       A. speaking            B. speak               C. to speak              D. spoke

 24. Do you enjoy_________ cartoons?

       A. to watch                B. watched           C. watching            D. watch

 25. We were _________ with the movie

      A. disappointing          B. disappointed         C. disappointment     D. disappointedly

 26. Marie Curie was born in Warsaw _______ November 7^th, 1867.

       A. in                           B. on                C. at                             D. from

 27. Don't _______noise in class

      A. give                   B. do                     C. talk                      D. make

 28. By the time they came, she _________ to the club.

   A. has already gone     B. will go               C. had already gone   D. go

 29. We _______ the Moon Festival two weeks ago.

  A. welcomes        B. welcoming      C. welcomed              D. had welcomed

 30. We _______ in this school since last August.

    A. have studied       B. studied           C. has studied           D. are studying

 31. I often ________ dinner at 6 p.m

       A. had                     B. will have                 C. has had                    D. have

 32. _______lessons does Ba have every day ?

       A. How many                   B. How much               C. How tall                    D. How about

 33. Nam: _______ does she go to the market ? >> Lan: at 8 a.m

       A. What make                  B. What about              C. What colour             D. What time

VII. Choose the underlined part among A,B,C or D that needs correcting:

 34. He practised to do some of the memory exercises

        A.                      B.                C.                     D.

 35. Let's having lunch in the garden today

                     A.               B.       C.       D.

 36. We hope passing this exam

       A.                 B.        C.     D.

1. Detroit is renowned for the __________ of cars. PRODUCE

2. If you make a good ___________ at the interview, you will get the job. IMPRESS

3. Teaching and medicine are more than __________, they're professions. OCCUPY

4. My history teacher has a vast ___________ of past events. KNOW

5. You are never too old to go to college and gain some ___________ QUALIFY

6. My greatest __________ was graduating from the university. ACHIEVE

7. The weatherman said there is a strong ___________ of rain today. POSSIBLE

8. Some old laws are no longer ___________ EFFECT

9. Athens is___________ for its ancient buildings. FAME

10. He was caught shoplifting so now he has a ___________ record. CRIME

A. Choose the one option a,          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

10.a. knowledge       b. competence           c. background           d. experience

write a narrative, using the given prompts

1.September 5, 2006/ be first day/ high school.->....................

2.My father/ take me/ school/ motorbike.->.........................

3.Suddenly/ a younf man/ bump/ my father's motorbike.->.......................

4.We/ fall street / and my brother/ shout/ that man. ->....................

5.In the class/ i / find the younf man/ my father shout/ be my English teacher.->.....................

sentence buiding

1.Hoa visited her grandparents every week.->.............................

2.She talked to him for an hour.->..................................................

3,Miss Phuong loves teaching because she loves working with children.->.................................................

4.It takes forty-five minutes to get ready.->.......................................

III. 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

1.She has made a _________________recovery. (miracle)

2.The school believes in  ______  teaching methods. (interact)

3.Mr Joe managed the conference so _______________   . (capable)

4.He gave me strict _______________ to get there by eight o'clock. (instruct)

5.She usually hits the ball with great ______________. (accurate)

I. PRONUNCIATION

A. 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

B. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.

1. a. Physics                          b. History                          c. Biology                         d. Chemistry

2. a. important                      b. profession                     c. Geography                    d. Literature

3. a. entertain                        b. communicate                c. receive                          d. complain

4. a. children                         b. student                          c. professor                       d. teacher

5. a. opinion                          b. relax                              c. semester                        d. nervous