Exercise 1. Find the word which has a different sound in the underlined part.

1. A. twice B. flight C. piece D. mind

2. A. about B. around C. sound D. young
3. A. cover B. oven C. coffee D. company
4. A. plates B. cakes C. mates D. places
5. A. laughed B. learned C. changed D. arrived
6. A. vanilla B. vacuum C. add D. facsimile
7. A. whiten B. fiber C. zipper D. conveyor
8. A. remove B. wrote C. mold D. cocoa
9. A. follow B. powder C. show D. borrow
10. A. wood B. thousand C. procedure D. hairdryer
Exercise 2. Find the word which has a different stress from the others.
1. A. iconic B. monument C. territory D. difficulty
2. A. Singapore B. Philippines C. Canada D. India
3. A. native B. perhaps C. whisky D. accent
4. A. official B. excursion C. Thanksgiving D. spectacle
5. A. festive B. Arctic C. unique D. speaker
6. A. payee B. Chinese C. coffee D. trainee
7. A. jubilee B. guarantee C. Japanese D. referee
8. A. refugee B. Taiwanese C. absentee D. committee
9. A. Viennese B. Maltese C. Burmese D. Chinese
10. A. reindeer B. volunteer C. mountaineer D. engineer
Exercise 3. Circle the correct answers.
1. If we go on littering, the environment ______ seriously polluted.
A. becomes B. will become C. became D. would become
2. The boy was very hungry ______ he ate nothing.
A. so B. and C. therefore D. but
3. The man suggests ______ to the seaside in the summer.
A. to go B. go C. going D. goes
4. A dripping faucet ______ 500 liters of water a month.
A. can waste B. is wasted C. waste D. are wasting
5. He sighed ______ when he heard the news.
A. sadly B. sad C. sadden D. sadness
6. The boy hated ______ up very early in the morning.
A. having get B. to have get C. having to get D. to have getting
7. Please ______ the lights. It’s very dark.
A. turn on B. go on C. get on D. put on
8. Not only ______ her father, but you will know about his job if you go with us.
A. you meet B. will you meet
C. you are meeting D. do you meet
9. The man sat down on the chair ______ started to tell the story.
A. so B. and C. or D. because
10. You should travel by bike ______ by motorbike to save energy.
A. therefore B. instead of C. however D. because
11. Please go ______ with what you’re doing. Don’t look at them!
A. on B. out C. away D. down
12. The new appliance does not only work ______ but also saves energy.
A. effect B. effective C. effectively D. effectiveness
13. In Western countries electricity, gas, and water ______ necessities.
A. was B. has been C. have D. are
14. Who will ______ the cat when you are away on business?
A. look at B. look forward to C. look after D. look for
15. Does she suggest ______ some more butter?
A. buying B. buys C. to buy D. bought
16. You look hot in that coat. Why don’t you ______ it ______?
A. put/ on B. put/ away C. takes/ out D. take/ off
17. The village of the stone carving ______ near the foot of the Marble Mountain.
A. lay B. lies C. lain D. laid
18. Do you like the language center ______ in the Women’s Magazine?
A. advertiser B. advertised C. advertising D. advertisement
19. Don’t waste water or you will get an enormous ______ by the end of the month.
A. receipt B. paper C. bill D. letter
20. Electricity is a clean but ______ source of energy.
A. cheap B. expensive C. good D. useful
21. He was the first man ______ to help the flood victims.
A. arrive B. arrive C. arriving D. to arrive
22. From 1865 to 1875, a remarkable ______ of inventions was produced.
A. diversity B. mixture C. variety D. collection
23. People who cannot hear or speak often communicate using ______.
A. pictures B. sounds C. codes D. signs
24. Do you think there ______ less conflict in the world if all people ______ the same
language?
A. would be / spoke B. is / spoke
C. were / speak D. is / will speak
25. The team’s success was largely ______ of her efforts.
A. because B. due C. since D. although
26. Water ______ in the lake has made the fish die.
A. pollution B. pollute C. polluted D. polluting
27. All our English teachers are ______ speakers.
A. native B. original C. foreign D. nation
28. The government is sending ______ to the flood victims.
A. touch B. aid C. accommodation D. provision
29. He told his classmates that he ______ a bicycle when he was ten years old.
A. rode B. will ride C. could ride D. can ride
30. Lan asked me ______ the differences between Mars and Earth were.
A. what B. which C. how D. whether
31. Using codes, music, or signs to communicate is called ______ communication.
A. verbal B. non-verbal C. public D. non-public
32. A ______ is a vehicle used for traveling on the surface of the Moon.
A. space buggy B. flying car C. seg way D. scooter
33. We’ve decided ______ in Ho Chi Minh City for three months.
A. stay B. staying C. to stay D. stays
 34. They planned ______ in touch with each other by using emails.
A. kept B. keeping C. to keep D. to keeping
35. Hundreds of people were made ______ after the flood.
A. homeless B. helpless C. careless D. endless
36. "No one was killed in the forest fire two days ago." "______."
A. Oh dear B. That’s shocking C. That’s a relief D. How terrible
37. Hundreds of buildings ______ when an earthquake hit the city.
A. damaged B. raged C. collapsed D. buried
38. Using telepathy is a way to ______ instantly by thought.
A. communicate B. communication C. communicant D. communicating
39. The polluted water ______ the death of many aquatic animals and plants.
A. caused B. led C. resulted D. all are correct
40. The air people breathe gets polluted ______ fumes released from factories.
A. because B. as C. since D. due to
Exercise 4: Do the following tasks.
Task 1: Mark the letter to indicate the word with the CLOSEST meaning to the underlined
words.
1. Advances in science and technology bring a lot of benefits to our life.
A. advantages B. advances C. development D. progress
2. They prefer to live there permanently.
A. temporary B. forever C. rarely D. partially
3. I didn’t think his comments were very appropriate at that time.
A. right B. correct C. exact D. suitable
Task 2: Mark the letter to indicate the word with the OPPOSITE meaning to the
underlined words.
1. It is no good being impatient with small children.
A. polite B. patient C. impolite D. unwise
2. They would never admit that they made a serious mistake during the experiment.
A. deny B. refuse C. argue D. calculate
3. Watching the movie with all of my friends from school was fun, but it was too lengthy.
A. ordinary B. short C. silly D. funny
Exercise 5: Put the verbs in brackets: Conditional sentence type I or type II.
1. If you come with me, I (do) ______ the shopping with you.
2. Jimmy (help) ______ his mother in the garden if she reads him a story this evening.
3. If it (rain) ______, I will stay at home.
4. Our teacher will be happy if we (learn) ______ the poem by heart.
5. If they had enough money, they (buy) ______ a new car.
6. We (pass) ______ the exam if we studied harder.
7. If Pat (not repair) ______ his bike, he could go on a bicycle tour with us.
8. She would get 100 pounds if she (sell) ______ this old shelf.
9. If I were you, I (invite) ______ Jack to the party.
10. If the weather (be) ______ fine, the children can walk to school.
Exercise 6: Find and correct the mistakes.
1. I was play football when she called me.
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2. Was you study Math at 5 p.m. yesterday?
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3. What was she do while her mother was making lunch?
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4. Where did you went last Sunday?
___________________________________________________________________________
5. They weren’t sleep during the meeting last Monday.
___________________________________________________________________________
6. He got up early and have breakfast with his family yesterday morning.
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7. She didn't broke the flower vase. Tom did.
___________________________________________________________________________
8. Last week my friend and I go to the beach on the bus.
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9. While I am listening to music, I heard the doorbell.
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10. Peter turn on the TV, but nothing happened.
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Exercise 7: Give the correct form of the words given to complete the sentences.
1. Robots save workers from performing ______ tasks. (danger)
2. One disadvantage of robots is its high cost of the ______. (produce)
3. Robots are being used in both ______ manufacturing and the ______ field. (industry –
medicine)
4. There is no ________ reason why Japan will not be able to make progress in robotics.
(technology)
5. The key to YouTube's success is the ________ for anyone from anywhere in the world to
broadcast themselves for free. (able)
6. Due to the ________ in science and technology, impossible things have become possible.
(develop)
7. Robots increase worker ________ by preventing accidents since humans are not
performing ________ jobs. (safe - risk)
8. As a ________ (science), Professor Tran Dai Nghia set an example as a true ________
(research) who devoted himself to the ________ (science) career.
9. Hellen isn’t a great ________ of biotechnology. (admire)
10. Paul’s uncle has worked as a ________ for twelve years. (conservation)
Exercise 8: Read the passage, then circle the correct answer.
The Moon is approximately 384,400 kilometers from the Earth. Its diameter is 3,479
kilometers, about 1/4 the diameter of Earth. The average temperature on the surface of the Moon
during the day is 107°C, not enough to boil water on Earth. During the night, the average
temperature drops to –153°C.
Because of its smaller size and mass, the gravity of the Moon is about 1/6 the gravity on
the Earth. That means that a person who weighs 180 pounds on Earth would only weigh 30
pounds if measured on the Moon.
The force of gravity from the Moon affects Earth. Its gravity reaches Earth and pulls the
oceans toward the Moon, causing the tides. The gravity from the Sun also affects the tides. The
highest tides will always occur when the Moon and Sun are aligned. That is when there is a New
Moon or a Full Moon.
Question
1. What is the first paragraph mainly about?
A. A comparison between the Moon and Earth
B. Physical characteristics of the Moon
C. The effect of the Moon on Earth
2. The word "its" in paragraph 2 refers to which of the following?
A. The Moon’s B. Earth’s C. gravity’s
3. According to the passage, which of the following is true?
A. A person would lose 5/6 of their weight if they were on the Moon.
B. A person would weigh much less on the Moon than on Earth.
C. The Earth weighs six times as much as the Moon.
4. What can we learn about the tides?
A. They happen twice a month at New Moon and Full Moon.
B. The Sun causes higher tides on Earth than the Moon does.
C. They are caused by both the Sun and the Moon.
5. The word "aligned" is closest in meaning to which of the following?
A. combined together B. arranged in a line C. affected by the other
Exercise 9: Fill in the blanks with suitable words in the box.
relatives shocking Before seen become
TOM:
I have worked in IT for 17 years and have (1) ________ it grow and develop. It’s a fantastic tool
and most businesses rely on it these days, and it’s also great for keeping in touch with friends, (2)
________ and doing your shopping, etc. The only downside is that it wasn’t regulated correctly
from day one and there are some (3) ________ sites and big scams going on. The Internet is now
so big that I think it is difficult to get it under control.
SARA:
The Internet itself is like any other invention. Neither good nor bad. It’s how it’s used that makes
the difference. To me, the Internet is the greatest technological invention of all time. (4)
________, the Internet, the world was a huge place and people on opposite sides of the world
could only communicate by snail mail or occasional phone calls as these were too expensive for
regular use. The world has (5) ________ a much smaller place and the places we cannot visit
have become alive to us because of it.
Exercise 10: Rewrite each sentence as indirect speech.
1. "There isn’t much rain in the south of the country," said Harry.
→ ___________________________________________________________________
2. "Would you mind turning the music down?" Andrew said to Anne.
→ ___________________________________________________________________
3. "How much do you think it will cost?" he asked.
→ ___________________________________________________________________
4. "Can you speak more slowly? I can’t understand," he said to me.
→ ___________________________________________________________________
5. "Have you already reviewed all your lessons?" she said to me.
→ ___________________________________________________________________
6. "Come in and look around. There’s no obligation to buy," said the shopkeeper.
→ ___________________________________________________________________
 7. "I’m sorry I’m late," she said. "The bus broke down."
→ ___________________________________________________________________
8. Mary asked me, "Can you tell me why you are so sad?"
→ ___________________________________________________________________
9. "Will you please find out when he last wrote to me?" Jane said to her friend.
→ ___________________________________________________________________
10. "You must decide what you want to do," she said to her daughter.
→ ___________________________________________________________________
Exercise 11: Rewrite each sentence as conditional type 1 or 2.
1. He can’t go out because he has to study for his exam.
→ ___________________________________________________________________
2. She is lazy so she can’t pass the exam.
→ ___________________________________________________________________
3. He will pay me tonight; I will have enough money to buy a car.
→ ___________________________________________________________________
4. He smokes too much; that’s why he can’t get rid of his cough.
→ ___________________________________________________________________
5. She is very shy, so she doesn’t enjoy the party.
→ ___________________________________________________________________
6. He doesn’t do any exercises. He is so unhealthy.
→ ___________________________________________________________________
7. Study hard or you won’t pass the exam.
→ ___________________________________________________________________
8. Don’t be impatient or you will make mistakes.
→ ___________________________________________________________________
9. I didn’t eat lunch, I feel hungry now.
→ ___________________________________________________________________
10. I don’t buy that book because I don’t have enough money.
→ ___________________________________________________________________
Exercise 12. Complete the second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first one.
1. Volunteers have given out food and blankets to homeless people.
Food and blankets _________________________________________________________.
2. Did the storm destroy the whole village?
Was _____________________________________________________________________.
3. They are going to organise a garden party to raise money for the victims of the flood.
A garden party ____________________________________________________________.
4. The hurricane will cause a lot of damage.
A lot of damage ___________________________________________________________.
5. Nick said, “I come from a small town in Canada.”
Nick said that _____________________________________________________________.
6. Olive said to Chau, “I’m leaving Viet Nam tomorrow.”
Olive told Chau that ________________________________________________________.
7. “I didn’t say anything at the meeting last week,” said he.
He said that _______________________________________________________________.
8. John asked, “Have you seen a UFO before?”
John asked _______________________________________________________________.
 9. Tony asked, “Why didn’t you take a photo of the aliens?”
Tony ____________________________________________________________________.
10. Mary asked, “Do you go for a walk every day, Kevin?”
Mary asked Kevin _________________________________________________________.
11. He is lazy. He can’t pass the exam.
If ______________________________________________________________________.
12. She feels tired. She stops working.
If ______________________________________________________________________.
13. The water was polluted. There were many early deaths.
Due to ___________________________________________________________________.
14. They are diligent. They can’t pass that easy test. (Despite)
.
15. Many rivers and lakes are poisoned. Factories produce waste and pour it into rivers and
lakes. (because)
_____________________________________________________________________.
16. Plastic bags are a major source of waste. We should not throw plastic bags everywhere.
(so)
_____________________________________________________________________.
17. We won’t hold the festival. It costs too much money. (if)
_______________________________________________________________________.
18. The tortoise was running. The hare was sleeping. (while)
_______________________________________________________________________.
19. The girl worked hard. Her stepmother wasn’t happy. (although)
_______________________________________________________________________.
20. The man had a broken leg. He tried to save his wife. (In spite of)
_______________________________________________________________________.
Exercise 13. Write an imaginary report (100-120 words) of your encounter with an unidentified
flying object (UFO).
You should write about:
 When you saw it
 What it looked like
 If it had any effects on you or the surrounding
 How you felt about it
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