III Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D).          

 1. I am very interested ………………. learning English.

 A. to              B. in                             C. at                             D. for

 2.   In the party last night, she looked ………………. in a red dress.

 A. love                B. lovely               C. loving              D. lovelily

 3.   Is Minh ………………. with the final semester’s result?

 A. satisfy          B. satisfied       C. satisfying        D. be satisfying

4.   The ending of the film is ………………. All audiences are very sad.

 A. disappointed    B. satisfying      C. disappointing      D. satisfied

 5.   This is a ………………. film and it makes me cry a lot.

 A. funny     B. moving           C. comedy                    D. excited

6.   ………………. he is a CEO and earns a lot of money, he is very mean.

 A. Because       B. Although      C. Despite          D. Because of

7.   This is a(n) ………………. on real life during wars in Vietnam in 1945.

  A. horror film      B. sci-fi               C. comedy         D. documentary

      8.   He ………………. the Oscar Prize as the best actress this year.

A. wins        B. acts          C. performs                   D. directs

 9.   She is hard working ………………., she isn’t lucky in examinations.

A. Therefore                  B. But        C. However                   D. So

10.  She decided to quit this job ………………. the low salary.

 A. because of    B. despite        C. because                   D. although

1. I often have bread and milk ....... breakfast.

a. in              b. on                c. at            d. for

2. She wants ....... a new computer ......... English.

a.  to buy/ to study              b. buying/ to study

c. to buy/ studying                  d. buys/ stuies

3. It was a nice day, so we decided ............ for a walk.

a. to have               b. to go            c. going               d.having

4. We should read different kinds of books ............. our general know ledge.

a. to widen           b. widen             c. widened            d. widening

5. Don't forget ....... home as soon as you arrive at your destination.

a. to call             b. calling             c. having called            d. to be called

6. Jack made me ........... him next week.

a. to promise to call              b. to promise calling       

c. promise to call                     d. promise calling

7. What makes you ............ so?

a. think            b. to think          c. thinking              d. having thought

Exercise 15. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete each sentence.

1. She is good                 meteorology .

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

2. Last night volcano Maui                  and the large areas of land were affected.

    A. erupts         B. erupted                 C. erupting                 D. erupt

3. When a volcanic eruption occurs, the hot             pours downhill.

    A. ash             B. smoke                   C. dirt                          D. lava

4. Since there are two villages located at the foot of the volcano, the local population was        .

    A. evacuated   B. killed.                    C. died                         D. injured

5. The earthquake             have been sent humanitarian aid by many countries.

    A. victim's      B. elders                    C. rescuers                  D. soldiers

6. When there is a plane crash, a lot of                     is left.

    A. dust           B. debris                    C. waste                     D. piece

7. A powerful                   off the coast of Indonesia sparked a three-metre-high and killed at least 113 people.

    A. earthquake B. tornado                 C. tsunami                  D. landslide

8. A              often occurs in the mountainous areas because many trees have been cut down.

    A. forest fire   B. flood                     C. tornado                  D. landslide

9.                 often happen in rainy season especially in the center of Vietnam.

    A. droughts     B. storms                   C. floods                     D. sandstorms

10.     Deforestation leads to                which can be defined as the changes in the average temperature.

    A. flood          B. climate change       C. sandstorm              D. erosion

Exercise 16. Choose the best answer A, B. C or D to complete the sentences.

1. A _______ is sudden flooding that occurs when water rises quickly within several hours of a heavy rain.

A. quick flood                    B. rapid flood         C. flash flood         D. hot flood

2. Monsoon rains across Thailand _______ millions of people in 61 of its provinces.

A. has affected                   B. have affected      C. have effect         D. have influenced

3. Typhoon Haiyan made the damaga, and _______ of life became great in the Philippines.

A. lose                               B. loses                  C. losing                D. loss

4. Thanks to the extensive _______ measures taken, the loss of life in Typhoon Xangsane in Da Nang and other provinces seemed to be relatively now.

A. prevent                         B. preventive          C. prevention         D. preventing 

5. A number of other provinces will declare drought _______ in the coming weeks.

A. accident                        B. emergency         C. event                 D. situation

6. In some areas, human _______ can be a contributing factor in causing landslides.

A. acts                               B. actions               C. acting                D. activities

7. The Pacific Ring of Fire is an area of frequent _______ and volcanic _______, encircling the basin of the Pacific Ocean.

A. floods – eruptions                                        B. earthquake – flood

    C. flood – eruption                                       D. earthquakes – eruptions

8. Magma is the liquid rock inside a volcano, but lava is magma that _______ a volcano.

A. flows                            B. flows into          C. flows out           D. flows out of

9. A soft, loose soil may _______ more intensely than hard rock at the same distance from the same earthquake.

A. erupt                             B. rage                   C. shake                 D. collapse

10. During the next 24 hours, the storm will be moving north, around 10 km per hour and is expected to _______ the southeastern part of China’s Guangdong Province.

A. strike                            B. scatter                C. bury                  D. struck

Exercise 17. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to complete each sentence.

1.       When a volcano              , hot gases and lava run down.

    A. blows         B. erupts                    C. throws                    D. escapes

2.       Penicillin was                  by Alexander Fleming.

    A. discovered B. invented                C. created                   D. explored

3. After an earthquake, many people    and              to hospital.

    A. was injured/ taken                                                           B. injured/ took     

    C. were injured/ taken                                                         D. injured/ taken

4.                 is a storm in a desert during which strong winds blow sand blow into the air.

    A. sandstorm  B. thunderstorm         C. cyclone                   D. hurricane

5.       After a mudslide, authorities have confirmed five dead and a hundred of people still                 .

    A. miss           B. missed                  C. misses                    D. missing

6.       A forest fire  quickly and                     many trees.

    A. raged/ killed                                 B. burst/ harmed         C. spread/ destroyed        D. occurred/ cooked

7.       The tornado caused a massive              to the town.

    A. destruction B. extension              C. danger                    D. mishap

8.       The flood victims are being sent                    by the government.

    A. food           B. shelter                   C. aid                          D. water

9.       After the earthquake struck the city, rescuers searched for                   .

    A. survivors    B. survivals               C. surviving                D. survived

10.                        is better than treatment.

    A. Prescription B. Medicine               C. Practice                  D. Preparation

1.

a. Who you met at the party last night?

b. Who did you met at the party last night?

c. Did you meet who at the party last night?

d. Who did you meet at the party last night?

2. My brithday is........

a. on the tenth of October b. on tenth October c. October on the tenth d. on the tenth in October

3. Did you watch the football match on TV.......?

a. last morning b. the morning yesterday c. in the morning yesterday d. yesterday morning

4. When my father was a young boy he....... work very hard

a.must b. should c. had to d. has to

III. Choose the best answer.
1. Are you interested...........playing badminton after class?
A. in B. with C. on D. for
2. " What.........going to Hanoi tomorrow? "
A. to B. in C. about D. for
3. Hoa works very..........so she always gets good marks.
A. badly B. good C. hardly D. hard
4. The building was built . .......1962 and 1969.
A. between B. from C. since D. for
5. This school. ........in 1997
A. built B. is built C. was built D. has built
6. Of all my friends, Hoa is. ...........
A. the tallest B. the most tallest C. taller D. more taller
7. Would you mind if I……………a photo ?
A. take B. took C. would take D. am going to take
8. Last week I ……………my children to the biggest zoo in town.
A. got B. brought C. fetch D. took
9. Are you proud…………….your country and its tradition ?
A. about B. on C. of D. for
10. Do you collect stamps or other things ? - Yes, I am a stamp………….
A. collecting B. collector C. collect D. collection
11. It is very dangerous ………….. in the polluted environment.
A. to live B. lives C. living D. live
12. Our ………….. resources are limited so we should recycle all used things.
A. nature B. natural C. naturing D. naturally
13. His car is the same color …………. my uncle’s.
A. alike B. as C. like D. to
14. This ruler …………….. of plastic.
A. make B. made C. is making D. is made
15. I take part ………….. most youth activities of my school.
A. in B. of C. on D. at

X.  Supply the correct tenses or forms of the following words in brackets.

1. They (meet) _{…………………………} her at the airport last night.

2. ………..they usually  (travel) _{…………………………} to Ha Long Bay in the summer?

3. I am really interested in ( play)…………….sports.

XI. Give the correct form of the words in brackets.

1. My brother is not very __________. He doesn’t like playing or watching sports. (sport)

2.   Pelé is a ______________ hero in Brazil. (nation)

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions

Mr. Smith is very interested in our plan. I spoke to him on the phone last night

A. Mr. Smith is very interested in our plan to whom I spoke on the phone last night.

B. Mr. Smith, who is very interested in our plan, I spoke to on the phone last night.

C. Mr. Smith, who I spoke on the phone last night, is very interested in our plan.

D. Mr. Smith, to whom I spoke on the phone last night, is very interested in our plan.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
Mr. Smith is very interested in our plan. I spoke to him on the phone last night.

A. Mr. Smith is very interested in our plan to whom I spoke on the phone last night.

B. Mr. Smith, who is very interested in our plan, I spoke to on the phone last night.

C. Mr. Smith, who I spoke on the phone last night, is very interested in our plan.

D. Mr. Smith, to whom I spoke on the phone last night, is very interested in our plan.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

Mr. Smith is very interested in our plan. I spoke to him on the phone last night.

A. Mr. Smith, who I spoke on the phone last night, is very interested in our plan. 

B. Mr. Smith, who is very interested in our plan, I spoke to on the phone last night. 

C. Mr. Smith is very interested in our plan to whom I spoke on the phone last night. 

D. Mr. Smith, to whom I spoke on the phone last night, is very interested in our plan