Exercise 3. Find the word which has a different sound in the underlined part.
11. A. pet /e/ B. letter /ơ/ C. let /e/ D. set /e/
12. A. food /u:/ B. tooth /u:/ C. good/ư/ D. smooth /u:/
Exercise 4. Circle A, B, C or D for each gap in the following sentences.
13. I always enjoy +V_ing to my grandfather. He always tells me great stories.
A. to talk B. to talking C. talking D. talk
14. The Internet allows us to communicate friends from different parts of the world.
Communicate with: giao tiếp với...
A. to B. with C. for D. of
15 ‘I was wondering if you’d like to go to Da Lat Flower Festival’ _________‘- When does it take place?’
Tôi đang thắc mắc rằng bạn có thích lễ hội hoa ở Đà Lạt không? Tớ có, khi nào nó diễn ra
A. Not bad! B. Are you sure? C. For what? D. Sure, I’d love to!
16. Red envelopes are believed to bring good on Tet holiday.
A. luck B. love C. wish D. hope
Phong bì đỏ được cho là sẽ mang lại nmay mắn vào dịp Tết
17. Linh wanted to make some pies but didn’t have apples; , she decided to bake a cake.
Linh muốn làm 1 cái bánh táo nhưng cô ấy không có táo nên cô ấy quyết định nướng bánh ngọt
A. therefore B. in contrast C. namely D. so
18. There’s a of having parties at Christmas. (Có 1 truyền thống tổ chức tiệc vào Giáng sinh)
A. habit (thói quen) B. rule (luật lệ) C. tradition D. practice (phong phục)
19. Mr. Ba: “Children in my village often fly their kites in dry rice fields.”
Mrs. Black: “ ”
A. It’s right up my street! B. That’s awesome.! Nghe tuyệt quá// thật thú vị
C. Exactly what I want. D. How interesting!
20. ethnic Khmer live in _ _ Mekong Delta of Vietnam.
A. The / - B. The / a C. A / the D. The / the
Mạo từ chưa xác định “a/ an” dùng trước danh từ đếm được dạng số ít, lần đầu tiên được nhắc đến.
Mạo từ xác định “the” dùng trước danh từ đã được xác định (cả người nói và người nghe đều biết/ được
nhắc đến trước đó rồi)
Nhóm dân tộc thiểu số Khmer và Đồng bằng sông Mê Kông => đây là các chủ thể đã xác định => dùng mạo
từ “the”
Exercise 5. Read the passage. Circle the best answer A, B or C to fill in the blank.
The country is more beautiful than a town and (21) to live in. Many people think so and go to the
country for the summer holidays though they cannot live there all the year round. Some have a cottage (22)
in a village so that they can go there whenever they have time.
Cottage (n) nhà tranh được xây + V3/ed (bị động)
English villages are not all alike, but in some ways they are not different (23) one another. Almost
every village has a church, the round or square tower of which can be seen for many miles around.
Surrounding the church is the churchyard, where people are buried.
Different + from: khác với
The village green is a wide stretch of grass, and houses or cottages are built round it. Country life is now
fairly
(24) and many villages have water brought through pipes into each house (nhiều làng quê
đã có nước bơm từ ống nước vào mỗi nhà). Most villages are so (25) some small towns that people
can go there to buy what they can’t find in the village shop. (1 vài ngôi làng thì gần với chợ thị trấn nên
mọi người có thể đến đó mua và tìm những kh có ở làng)
21. A. please B. pleased C. pleasure D. pleasant
(adj) dễ chịu
Beautiful là adj và có
and –nối 2 từ cùng loại
22. A. build B. building C. built D. is built
23. A. from B. with C. on D. for
24. A. difficult B. comfortable C. enjoyable D. improved
(v) cải thiện
25. A. far away B. out of C. beyond D. close to
( (adj) gần
adj) xa
Exercise 6. Read the passage. Circle the best answer A, B, C or D to each of the questions.
The Tay live mainly in the Northeastern part of Viet Nam. They live in large and crowded villages with
hundreds of houses. They live in houses built on stilts (cột). They are mainly farmers (họ chủ yếu là nông
dân), and they grow rice on terraced fields (ruộng bậc thang). They also raise cattles and poultry (gia súc và
gia cầm. Tay traditional dress is made from homegrown cotton. There is usually not much embroidery
(thêu) or other decorations. Women wear skirts or trousers, with short shirts inside and long one on the
outside.
They have many festivals and holidays in a year. The Lunar New Year and the mid-July festivals are the
most lavishly organized. During festivals, people in many places play con throwing, badminton, tug-of-war,
dragon dancing, or chess.
The Tay eat mainly sticky rice (xôi). On festival occasions, they make many kinds of cakes, such as banh
chung (sticky rice square cakes), banh day (sticky rice round cakes) or banh khao (cakes made of white rice
flour).
26. Which of the following best describes the main idea of the passage?
A. The Tay live in the Northeastern part of Viet Nam.
B. The life of the Tay in Viet Nam.
C. The Tay have many festivals and holidays in a year.
D. How the Tay earn their living.
27. What do the Tay mainly eat?
A. sticky rice B. sticky rice and round cakes
C. sticky rice and square cakes D. square cakes
28. Which is NOT true of the Tay?
A. They live in stilt houses. B. They grow rice on terraced fields.
C. They wear clothes with much embroidery. D. They raise cattles and poultry.
29. Which is TRUE of the Tay’s life?
A. They mainly work in agriculture (nông nghiệp). B. They work in industry.
C. They have one very important festival a year. D. They don’t eat sticky rice.
30. The word "lavishly" (hào nhoáng) is closest in meaning to .
A. seriously B. carefully C. luxuriously (sang trọng) D. happily
Exercise 7. Rewrite second sentences with the same meaning.
31. Duong is fond of travelling and has been everywhere.
→ Duong is keen …on travelling and has been everywhere …………
32. My mother cannot cook as well as me. (Mẹ tôi nấu ăn không ngon bằng tôi)
Tôi có thể nấu ăn ngon hơn mẹ
Well better than
→ I can............cook better than my mom.............................................
33. Despite being tired, he did the test very well. (Mặc dù mệt, anh ấy vẫn làm bài ktra rất tốt)
Despite + V_ing/Danh từ
although + S + V...
→ Although ....he was tired , he did the test very well..........................
34. A sports car goes faster than an ordinary one. (1 chiếc xe thể thao thì chạy nhanh hơn chiếc xe
bình thường)
xe bình thường chạy chậm hơn xe thể thao
Fast (adv) nhanh >< slowly (adj)
→ An ordinary car goes ..more slowly than a sports car...............................
Exercise 8. Give the correct form of the word in the rackets in the following questions.
35. Nga eats more _unhealthily than Tung does because she likes fast food. (HEALTHY)
Nga ăn uống ít lành mạnh hơn Tùng vì cô ấy thích đồ ăn nhanh
More ...than: so sánh hơn của tính từ/trạng từ dài
Eat (v) ăn động từ =>cần trạng từ để bổ nghĩa
Healthy (adj) lành mạnh healthily =>dịch nghĩa => unhealthily
36. The communal houses of many ethnic groups are used to worship the ancestors.
(COMMUNE)
Communal house: nhà cộng đồng
37. Most of the Central Highlands is mountainous . (MOUNTAIN)
Hầu như vùng trung nguyên là vùng núi
Mountainouse (adj)
38. Do villagers today dress traditionally as in the past? (TRADITION)
Dress (v) ăn mặc cần trạng từ
tradition (n) truyền thống
Traditional (adj) lquan truyền thống
traditionally (adj) 1 cách truyền thống
39. I am interested in her hometown with a lot of paddy fields. (INTEREST)
Be interested in = be fond of = be into = be crazy about = be keen on
40. I would like to use Facebook in my free time.
Would like to = want to: muốn/thích
=> I am fond of using Facebook in my free time
41. Mr Hung is a more careful taxi driver than Mr Nam.
Ông Hùng là 1 tài xế taxi cẩn thận hơn ông Nam
Careful taxi driver: người lái taxi cẩn thận
Careful (adj) tính từ carefully (adv)
Drive (v) lái xe dùng trạng từ để bổ nghĩa
=> Mr Hung drives taxi more carefully than Mr.Nam
42. He had a good salary, but he was unhappy in his job.
Anh ấy có 1 mức lương tốt nhưng anh ấy vẫn không vui về công việc của mình
=> Although (mặc dù) he had a good salary, he was unhappy in his job
Although (mặc dù) + Mệnh đề
Exercise 9. Use the words given to write the meaningful sentences.
43. He/ fancy / play/ Monopoly / when / he / have/ leisure time.
Fancy + V_ing
=> He fancies playing Monopoly when he has leisure time.
44. I/ visit/ my neighbors/ yesterday/ no one/ be/ home.
=> I visited my neigbors yesterday but no one was at home
(Tôi đến thăm họ hàng ngày hôm qua nhưng không ai ở nhà)
45. Study hard and you will pass your exam.
(Học hành chăm chỉ và bạn sẽ thi đậu)
If: nếu
Nếu bạn học chăm chỉ thì sẽ thi đậu
→ If …you study hard, you will pass your exam …………………