September 6, 2014 Unit 1 [A DAY IN THE LIFE OF]

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By Mr. Minh Huy
1. Content (n):
content (v):
(dis)contented with (a) = content with = (dis)satisfied with = (dis)pleased with = (un)happy with/about
E.g:
She seemed quite ___________ with the idea.
Fast food has a high fat ___________.
The ___________ of the programme depends on what the students would like to study.

2. Fright (n) = panic (n):
in fright = in panic:
take fright (at sth) = to be frightened by sth:
frighten (v):
frightening (a):
frightened (a):
E.g:
It was an extremely ___________ experience.
I didn't mean to ___________ you.
Investors took ___________ at the falling market.
3. Panic (n) = fright (n):
in fright = in panic:
E.g:
People are fleeing the area in ___________.
The simple present tense
- Habits or routines.
- Facts.
- Opinions.
- Itinerary.
The simple past tense
- A complete action at a definite time in the past.
E.g: I saw him in the school yesterday.
- A past habit.
E.g: I often went fishing when I was young.
- A complete action over a period of time in the past.
E.g: He worked in this factory from 1990 to 2000.
Adverbs of frequency
100% always
usually, generally, frequently
often, regularly, normally
sometimes, occasionally
seldom
rarely
hardly = hardly ever
0% never
Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
1. a. routine b. line c. combine d. dine
2. a. heat b. repeat c. heart d. eating
3. a. plough b. house c. compound d. touch
4. a. little b. lighten c. liable d. climb
5. a. worked b. pumped c. watched d. contented
Time expressions: Adverbs of frequency
in general, as a rule, at times, from time to time,
now and then, (every) once in a while,
Time expressions:
ago, first, then, later, finally, last +
(week/month/year), from _ to _, yesterday, the
other day,

Positions in sentences:
- After Be
- Before a Verb.
- Between an auxiliary and a verb.
- At the beginning of a sentence.

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6. a. face b. brigade c. stay d. bank
7. a. stew b. few c. screw d. flew
8. a. chat b. children c. chemistry d. lunch
9. a. short b. sure c. shall d. safe
10. a. kitchen b. click c. knife d. kick
Choose the word which has is stressed differently from the rest.
11. a. another b. tobacco c. buffalo d. occasion
12. a. water b. peasant c. farming d. alarm
13. a. timetable b. conclusion c. passenger d. bicycle
14. a. travel b. begin c. forget d. annouce
15. a. serious b. frightening c. interesting d. contented
16. a. biology b. mathematics c. development d. geography
17. a. panic b. busy c. quiet d. exact
18. a. favorite b. contented c. interesting d. usually
19. a. children b. breakfast c. routine d. water
20. a. purchase b. practice c. begin d. question
Choose the best answer.
1. The fire alarm went off when smoke rose.
a. exploded b. shouted c. rang d. burned
2. After a short break for tea, they went on working.
a. began b. continued c. delayed d. harrowed
3. He often leaves ____ home for ____ work at 7 oclock and arrived at ____ office at exactly 7:30.
A. a / the / an B. the / the / x C. x / x / the D. the / x / an
4. During his break, Mr.Pike is used to drinking tea with his fellow peasants.
a. workers b. associates c. mechanics d. farmers
5. On his ____ at the airport, John felt a little dissapointed when no one came and picked him up.
a. arrival b. arrive c. departure d. arrived
6. Whenever I returned my village, I enjoyed walking along the paths where flowers are growing on the ____ of each
sides.
a. blank b. banks c. banking d. blanket
7. Water _____ at one hundred degrees Celsius and freezes at zero degrees Celsius.
a. cooks b. steams c. boils d. grills
8. Now they are visiting London. They will leave ___ Paris the day after tomorrow.
a. to b. on c. at d. for
9. Could you please tell me the ______ time when the meeting begins?
a. exact b. exactly c. exactness d. exacting
10. Throughout ____ world, there have been experiments in growing food crops.
a. a b. an c. the d. x
11. Tom is ______ in astronomy. He finds astronomy very ______.
a. interesting / interested b. interest / interested
c. interested / interesting d. interests / interest
12. Lightning rarely ______ twice in the same place.
a. strikes b. is striking c. will strike d. was striking
13. ______ about early Chinese libraries.
a. To know little b. That little knows c. Little knows d. Little is known
14. Two tons of rice ______ to the victims of the flood yesterday.
a. sent b. were sent c. was sent d. has been sent
15. What do you call a person who works in a library?
He/She ______ a librarian.
a. calls b. is called c. called d. calling

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16. Peter ______ for this company for more than twenty five years and he ______ to stay here until he ______ in three
years.
a. is working / intends / will retire b. has been working / intends / retires
c. had worked / intended / retired d. works / will intend / has retired
17. Jack does not feel satisfied with his new job. ______ about it.
a. He has always complained b. He always has complained
c. Always has he complained d. He has complained always
18. A: ______ to get the railroad station?
B: 45 minutes
a. How far do you take b. How long does it take you
c. How often do you d. How fast does it take you
19. Bill put his money in a bank, ______?
a. isnt he b. doesnt he c. didnt he d. does he
20. He ______ very busy at the present. He ______ free time to go out.
a. is often / rarely has b. often was / had rarely
c. has often been / has rarely d. often is / rarely has
21. _____ farming is a hard work, I enjoy country life.
a. Because b. Since c. However d. Although
22. There are several people who never want to assume responsibility _______.
a. for what they have done b. for having done what
c. they have done what for d. for what to do
23. Patrick was rather confused since he really did not know ______ next.
a. what to do b. to do what c. what doing d. what do
24. Now he _______ more money than he _______ last year.
a. is earning / does b. earns / did c. can earn / was d. is earning / did
25. He ______ his leg when he ______ last year. Up to now, he _____ any more.
a. breaks / was skiing / is not skiing b. broken / skied / has not skied
c. broke / was skiing / has not skied d. had broken / skied / does not ski
26. They are keeping the girl in their office for her own ______.
a. safe b. safely c. unsafe d. safety
27. Its really _______ even to think of the horrors of a nuclear war.
a. frightened b. frightful c. frightening d. frighten
28. Our _____ will arrive at Noi Bai International Airport at 11:30.
a. flight b. flyer c. flying d. flier
29. Please fill in this form with your name, age, sex, address and ______.
a. occupant b. occupation c. occupancy d. occupations
30. They will ______ the results of the university entrance test tomorrow.
a. announcing b. announcement c. announcer d. announce
Guided cloze
Ms. Mai usually gets up at 7:00 a.m. with a cup of tea to make her completely awake. She leaves home at 7:45 to
(31) ______ the Labour Cultural Palace for her morning swim on the pool there. She always comes back home by 9:00 a.m.
Then she starts doing her housework. She does a lot of other things as well, (32) _______ writing letters or gardening, and
she often has to go out to see people at some points during the day. She has quick brunch at mid-morning, (33) ______
she likes to have an evening meal with the family between 6:00 p.m to 7:00 p.m. Ms. Mai likes to (34) _____ in the
evening, but sometimes she has a meeting that she has to go to. She tries to be in bed early two (35) ______ three times a
week; at other times she goes to bed after midnight, but it must be before 12:30.
31. a. reach b. arrive c. come d. go
32. a. like b. as c. such d. so
33. a. because b. but c. or d. therefore
34. a. work b. entertain c. play d. relax
35. a. so b. and c. or d. but

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Choose the best answer.
36. She got _____ as soon as her alarm clock went ______ loudly at midnight.
a. over / on b. up / down c. in / of d. up / off
37. We got ____ the plane at 10:30 and the plane took _____ right after that.
a. in / up b. on / off c. out / up d. over / away
38. When some passengers found that their ship was full of water, they started to ______ in panic.
a. scream b. cheer c. applaud d. celebrate
39. We had a friendly talk, or a _____, over a cup of tea with our neighbours.
a. row b. quarrel c. debate d. chat
40. My home village is in a province along the _____ of Mekong River.
a. sides b. bed c. banks d. top
41. He always ____ very uncomfortable during a humid hot evening like this.
a. feel b. is feeling c. felt d. feels
42. That postman usually _____ to this town with his post-stuff at noon.
a. comes b. has come c. came d. had come
43. This jar _____ to contain sugar in the kitchen.
a. uses b. is used c. used d. has used
44. Only the owner of this flat _____ the key to unlock its front door.
a. have b. has had c. has d. have had
45. You _____ the boy crawling on the pavement yesterday, didnt you?
a. had seen b. saw c. will see d. see
46. Hai Van Pass _____ between Hue and Da Nang.
a. has been lying b. is lain c. is lying d. lies
47. One of the climbers _____ as they _____ to the top of that mountain.
a. fell / were climbing b. was falling / were climbing
c. fall / had been climbing d. had fallen / had been climbing
48. Men repair the banks of their field, and women ______ transplanting.
a. do b. make c. work d. act
49. Our _____ education teacher tries to help us tell the good from the bad.
a. social b. orientation c. civic d. physical
50. The Browns were taking a nap then some burglars _____ into their neighbors house.
a. break b. were breaking c. had broken d. broke
51. They are not _____ to take part in this program of the World health Organization.
a. enough old b. so old c. old enough d. as old
52. Im going ______ for a few days so dont send me any more work.
a. after b. in c. away d. over
53. A scientist who studies living things is a ________.
a. biologist b. biology c. biologically d. biological
54. The football match was postponed ____ the bad weather.
a. despite b. in spite c. because d. because of
55. Yesterday I met your brother, _____ had taken us to the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York before.
a. who b. that c. whose d. whom
56. ______ students attended the meeting that there werent enough chairs for all of them.
a. Too many b. So few c. So many d. So much
57. Javier doesnt like scuba-diving. _____ does his brother.
a. Either b. Too c. So d. Neither
58. Endangered species ______ by the World Wildlife Fund.
a. are protected b. would protect c. be protected d. will protect
59. Maria: Thanks for the lovely evening.
Diana: ______.
a. No. Its not good b. Oh, thats right
c. Yes, its really great d. Im glad you enjoyed it
60. High school students should be _____ for their future jobs before leaving school.
a. ill-spoken b. well-prepared c. ill-prepared d. well-spoken
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61. The government initiated the progamme of ______ reform in the 1980s.
a. economist b. economised c. economic d. economically
62. Kim: What _____ this weekend?
Sally: Oh, were going windsurfing. Its fantastic!
a. do you do b. are you doing c. are you going d. would you do
63. She didnt want to go _____ she knew all her friends would be there.
a. even though b. therefore c. so that d. wherever
64. If I had the map now, I ____ take a short-cut across the desert.
a. could take b. take c. could have taken d. can take
65. Kevin: How far is it from here to the nearest post office?
Lan: ______.
a. No, its rather far b. Yes, its quite near here
c. Turn left and then turn right d. Two kilomiters at least
Reading.
My daily program runs something like this. At 6:30, I get up and knock down my little cot and set up in the corner,
wash my dirty little face in a horse trough of ice water located over on the opposite side of the barracks, fight for a place in
the mess line, sit on the fence and eat breakfast, wash my tin pans, and then go to pratise with my rifle on the training
field. It is then about 11:00. Then I am busy again with the tins at noon and work through until 6:30, and then I chase the
cans again. After that, at 7:00, I get about forty-five minutes of military drill; and then I hurry up and set up the cot so that
it will be up when I get back from my French lesson. Later, I go about a mile down in town and take my French lesson and
then I get back before everything is locked up at ten oclock. I undress and go to bed in the dark as all lights go out at 9:30.
This sort of thing continues for seven days in succession and then starts all over again.
66. The word cotat the beginning of the text is equivalent to ______ bed
a. small b. baby c. camp d. portable
67. What does the writter do after breakfast?
a. Training b. Washing c. Fighting d. Sitting
68. When does his militaty drill ussually end?
a. 6:30 b. 7:00 c. 7:15 d. 8:00
69. What does he do in town in the evening?
a. Getting a military drill b. Attending a language class
c. Coming back from a lesson d. Walking for about one mile
70. We can infer from the reading passage that its writter must be a(n) ______.
a. soldier b. orphan c. cook d. officer
Mistake correction: Choose the underline part that needs correcting.
71. Whenever he was asked a question, he always gave an uncorrect answer.
A B C D
72. It was not until he saw that play did he realized that it was the worst one he had ever gone to.
A B C D
73. The sales of this record company are quite dependent to singer Janes.
A B C D
74. Could you explain what you are talking about? I am not understand you at all.
A B C D
75. He did his exercises quite differently to what his teacher had instructed in class.
A B C D
76. Modern agriculture depends heavy on engineering and technology and on the biological and
A B C
physical sciences.
D

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Choose the best answer.
77. I must be home before 7 p.m, or my wife will be angry.
A. My wife will be angry because Im not home by 7 p.m.
B. My wife will be angry if I am not home by 7 p.m.
C. My wife will be angry unless I dont get home by 7 p.m.
D. My wife would be angry since I am not home by 7 p.m.
78. Michael Faraday was a famous scientist. He invented the first dynamo.
A. Micheal Faraday, who was a famous scientist invented the first dynamo.
B. Micheal Faraday, who invented the first dynamo, was a famous scientist.
C. Micheal Faraday who was a famous scientist, invented the first dynamo.
D. Micheal Faraday who invented the first dynamo was a famous scientist.
79. The woman over there is a doctor. I cant remember her name well.
A. The woman over there which name I cant remember well is a doctor.
B. The woman over there, whose name I cant remember well, is a doctor.
C. The woman over there whom I cant remember her name well is a doctor.
D. The woman over there, that her name I cant remember well, is a doctor.
80. ______, we couldnt have continued with the project.
A. If you hadnt contributed positively
B. Even if you dont like to contribute
C. Provided your contribution wouldnt come
D. Unless we had your contribution
81. Alex did not do very well in class _________.
A. because he failed to study properly.
B. therefore he was a good student.
C. as long as he had studied badly.
D. although he was not hard-working.
82. The more you talk about the situation, ______.
A. the worse it seems
B. it seems worse
C. it seems the worse
D. the worse does it seem
83. Those boys took a long ladder ______.
A. so they will get the ball from the roof.
B. so that the ball from the roof can be gotten.
C. in order to get the ball from the roof.
D. and then get the ball from the roof.
84. She regretted to tell him that ______.
A. she was leaving the tickets at home.
B. she would have left the tickets at home.
C. she had left the tickets at home.
D. the tickets at home would be left.