Fill each blank with suitable words in the box.

am       /      is               / are          /   used to     /  use to  /       it           /     from/

to   /            catches    /   walked    /   ride      /      jam    /        station

     1. Mai     ....          driving her car to her office.

     2. How far          ....                  it from your home to your school?

     3. You will get stuck in a traffic   ....                        if you go outside in the rush hour?

     4. He usually    ....            on foot to school when he was a child.

     5.     ...        you in hurry?

     6. Did you   ...                go swimming on the lake near your house, Tuan?

     7. Lana comes  ....            USA. She was born in a well-known family.

     8. My dad            ....                  the bus to work every morning, but Mom drives.

     9. John used to immigrate       ....          Brazil. Have you ever been there?

     10. I    ....              participating in a volunteer trip to Lang Son. A lot of families are living in poor conditions.

     11.            ....         is not very far from here to the warehouse.

     12. I must go to railway     ....                        to catch a train to my motherland.

.    Fill in the blank with a word/ phrase in the box.

trains               /       discourage       /      transport          /      expensive/

      example  /         problem  /               cities             /         pollution

     Traffic congestion in many (1)  ....                 around the world is severe. One possible solution to this (2)       ....             is to impose heavy taxes on car drivers and use this money to make public transport better. One of the first benefits of such a measure is that the heavy taxes would (3)...        car owners from using their cars because it would become very (4)         ...     to drive. This would mean that they would begin to make use of public (5) ...                   instead, thus reducing traffic problems and (6)   ....            as well. Another benefit would be that much more use would be made of public transport if it was improved. It is often the case that public transport in cities is very poor. For (7)      ....                        , we often see old buses and (8)        ....     that people would rather not use. High taxes would generate enough money to make the necessary changes.

IX.     Fill each blank with suitable words in the box.

     1. Mai               driving her car to her office.

     2. How far                           it from your home to your school?

     3. You will get stuck in a traffic                         if you go outside in the rush hour?

     4. He usually               on foot to school when he was a child.

     5.             you in hurry?

     6. Did you                   go swimming on the lake near your house, Tuan?

     7. Lana comes             USA. She was born in a well-known family.

     8. My dad                             the bus to work every morning, but Mom drives.

     9. John used to immigrate               Brazil. Have you ever been there?

     10. I                  participating in a volunteer trip to Lang Son. A lot of families are living in poor conditions.

     11.                    is not very far from here to the warehouse.

     12. I must go to railway                            to catch a train to my motherland.

Điền các từ thích hợp vào chỗ trống

    1. Mai_______________ driving her car to her office.

    2. How far    _______________it from your home to your school?

    3. He usually_______________ on foot to school when he was a child.

    4._______________you in hurry?

    5. Did you_______________ go swimming on the lake near your house, Tuan?

    6. My dad _______________the bus to work every morning, but Mom drives.

    7. John used to immigrate _______________Brazil. Have you ever been there?

    8. I _______________participating in a volunteer trip to Lang Son. A lot of families are living in poor conditions.

Fill in each blank with one suitable from the box to complete the passage:  

sang               competition           enjoys          bought             on 

Minh’s hobby is singing. She (1) ……………singing very much. When her brother (2) …………………a karaoke set last month, Minh was so glad that she (3) ………………..every day after dinner. She likes to sing only English songs. In fact, she has already sung all the songs found (4) ……………the karaoke discs. Minh is singing in the karaoke (5) …………….organized by the RC Center this Saturday. Her family is going there to support her. 

I. Fill in each blank with one suitable word from the box to complete the passage.

REBECCA STEVENS

Rebecca Stevens was the first woman to climb Mount Everest. Before she went up the highest 1)………   in the world, she was a journalist and 2)… ……… in South London.

In 1993, Rebecca left her job and 3)……  … family and traveled to Asia with some other climbers. She found that life on Everest is very difficult. “You must 4)…  ………. everything on your back,” she explained, “so you can only take things that you will need. You can’t wash on the mountain, and in the end I didn’t even take a toothbrush. I am usually a 5)……  ….. person but there is no water, only snow. Water is very heavy so you only take enough to 6)…   …!”

Fill in each blank with one suitable word in the box to complete the passage. There are two extra words.

      Would you like to know how people in Spain welcome New Year? Eating twelve (31) …………………… .Tradition has it that you have to eat them one by one, in time with the striking of the clock (32)…………..…… midnight on 31 December. If you manage to eat all the grapes in time, you will have a year of prosperity and good (33) ……………….. Whether or not you believe in magic, try the experience – it’s great fun. On this day, family or friends usually get together for a (34) …………… dinner and then have the twelve grapes. In many towns and villages, people go to a central square or an iconic place where there is a large clock, to eat the grapes (35) …………………… and share the last minutes of the old year.

2. Fill each blank with a word in the box vehicles across did ride feels break it rules accidents after 1. What _________ you do last Sunday? 2. I stayed at home and looked _________ my younger brother yesterday. 3. Does your bike ever _________ down on the way to school? 4. We must always obey traffic _________ for our safety. 5. How far is _________ from your house to the bus stop? 6. He used to _________ a tricycle when he was three years old. 7. Now there are more traffic _________ than there used to be in this city. 8. There did not use to be many _________ on the roads in my home town. 9. He lives in a small village in the mountains so he never _________ worried about traffic jams. 10. You should remember to walk _________ the streets at the zebra crossings. 

5.  Fill each blank with an article (a/ an / the/ x) to complete the sentences..

1. How far is it from here to  ________________ airport?

2. “What’s ____________ capital of Spain?” – “It’s Madrid”.

3. My father works in _____________ office ______________ city center.

4. She was born in ____________ village in ____________ north of England.

5. ____________ village where she was born has _____________ beautiful river.

7. Who is ____________ best singer in _____________ United Kingdom?

8. He felt bored with _____________ woman who sat beside him at the party.

9. Mount Everest is _____________ hightest mountain in ____________ world.

10. There was ____________ accident near my house this morning. ____________ taxi crashed into ___________ lamp post. ____________ taxi was damaged, but ___________ driver of ___________ taxi was not hurt