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I.

Choose the letter A, B, C or D the word that has the underlined part
different from others.

II. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences


1. The last typhoon resulted ___________ terrible loss of lives.
    A. in
    B. on
    C. for
    D. of
2. English is the ___________ language of many countries such as the US, the
UK, and Australia.
    A. international
    B. usual
    C. popular
    D. official
3. Poisonous ___________ from factories can kill a lot of wildlife animals.
    A. things
    B. animals
    C. chemicals
    D. nations
4. People in the flooded area have ___________ to a safer place.
    A. evacuating
    B. been evacuated
    C. evacuated
    D. evacuate
III. Put the verbs in the blanket into the correct form
1. I (visit) ___________ this nursery home once a week.
2. At this moment, my mother (cook) ___________ dinner while my dad (read)
___________ a newspaper.
3. This is the most interesting film Clara (see) ___________.
4. They (hire) ___________ a car before they got here.
IV. Read the following passage, and answer the questions that follow
On April 30, 2018 the Pu’u ‘O’o crater on Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano, suddenly
collapsed. It was the starting point for the volcano’s months long eruption, which
went on to produce 320,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools’ worth of lava that
transformed the landscape and ultimately destroyed 700 homes.
A volcanic eruption occurs when hot materials from the Earth's interior are thrown
out of a volcano. Some eruptions are terrible explosions that throw out huge
amounts of rock and volcanic ash and can kill many people. Some are quiet
outflows of hot lava. Several more complex types of volcanic eruptions have been
described by volcanologists. These are often named after famous volcanoes where
that type of eruption has been seen. Some volcanoes may show only one type of
eruption during a period of activity, while others may show a range of types in a
series.
5. When did the Pu’u ‘O’o crater on Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano collapse?
___________________________________________________________
6. How many houses did the volcanic eruption in Hawaii demolish?
____________________________________________________________
7. When does a volcanic eruption occur?
____________________________________________________________
8. Do all volcanoes display only one type of eruption during a period of activity?
____________________________________________________________
V. Read the following paragraph and complete it with one suitable word in
each blank
Canada is an officially bilingual country, with two official _________ (1): French
and English. French speaking Canadians take a much smaller percentage of the
population, and more _________ (2) 90 per cent of them live in Quebec – the only
province where French is the language of daily life. 3.8 million Quebecers can only
speak French, _________ (3) another 3.2 million can speak French and English.
Together those groups comprise basically the entire provincial population.
Canadians who speak neither English _________ (4) French as their first language
are sometimes called Allophones, and the majority of these people are either
immigrants or their children.

VI. Rewrite the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning with the first
one
1. Air pollution can cause breathing problems.
Breathing _____________________________________________________
2. Study hard or you won’t pass the exam.
If ____________________________________________________________
VII. Write full sentences using the suggested words and phrases
1. If/ I/ be/ you/ I/ buy/ that house.
______________________________________________________________
2. The last/ time/ he/ speak/ his father/ be/ two months ago.
______________________________________________________________
I. Choose the word that has main stress placed differently from the others

II. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences


1. Some people ____________ in their house roof after the flood.
    A. trapped
    B. have trapped
    C. were trapped
    D. trap
2. After a month, Jenny got used to ____________ in her new school.
    A. studying
    B. study
    C. studied
    D. to study
3. Her son was absent from school ____________ his illness last Tuesday.
    A. because
    B. although
    C. because of
    D. despite of
4. She spends 1 hour ____________ English every day.
    A. learn
    B. to learn
    C. learning
    D. learns
III. Put the verbs in the blanket into the correct form
1. If we use water carefully, more people (have)______________ fresh water.
2. That room (paint) ________________ next week.
3. He wouldn’t be ill if he (not smoke) ________________ a lot.
4. By the time the police (come) ____________, the thief (leave) _____________.
IV. Read the following passage, and answer the questions that follow
Almost a hundred thousand people were killed and half a million homes destroyed
as a result of an earthquake in Tokyo in 1923. The earthquake began a minute
before noon when the habitants of Tokyo were cooking their midday meals.
Thousands of stoves were overturned as soon as the earth began to shake. As a
result, small fires broke out everywhere and quickly spread. The fire engines were
prevented from going to help because many of the roads had cracked open. It was
impossible to use fire-fighting equipment as most of the water pipes had burst.
Consequently, over ninety percent of the damage was caused by fire rather than by
the collapse of buildings.
1. When did the Tokyo earthquake 1923 happen?
___________________________________________________________
2. How many people were killed in the earthquake?
___________________________________________________________
3. Why was the fire engines prevented from going to help?
___________________________________________________________
4. How many percent of the damage was caused by the collapse of buildings?
___________________________________________________________
V. Read the following paragraph and complete it with one suitable word in
each blank
Ewan McGregor was born in Scotland in 1971. He decided to be an actor when he
was only nine and he starred his first film in 1992. So far in his career he has
appeared (1) _________ a lot of different types of films, including comedies,
musical, dramas and the Star Wars movies. In his career Ewan has worked with (2)
_________ like Cameron Diaz and Nicole Kidman, and his films have won (3)
_________ of awards. He loves acting and when he finished (4) _________ the
musical, Moulin Rouge, he said, “I have never been happier to do anything in my
life”.

VI. Rewrite the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning with the first
one
1. I has never spoken to a foreigner before.
It is the first time _____________________________________________
2. My father cleans the car every week.
The car _____________________________________________________
I. Choose the letter A, B, C or D the word that has the underlined part
different from others.

II. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences


1. A severe tropical ___________ is called a typhoon.
    A. drought
    B. rain
    C. flood
    D. storm
2. Your new dress is _____________ than mine.
    A. more beautiful
    B. beautiful
    C. most beautiful
    D. the more beautiful
3. If I were you, I ___________ stop littering in public place.
    A. would
    B. did
    C. will
    D. do
4. Many people ____________ by the rescue worker yesterday.
    A. evacuate
    B. were evacuated
    C. are evacuated
    D. will evacuate
5. They ____________ their old school tomorrow.
    A. visit
    B. are visit
    C. have visited
    D. are going to visit
6. When the policeman came there, the robber ___________
    A. had left
    B. has left
    C. left
    D. was left
7. The ___________ are the people who don’t have accommodation.
    A. elderly
    B. sick
    C. homeless
    D. disabled
8. Seven of ten people prefer face-to-face ___________ when having a date.
    A. communication
    B. contact
    C. code
    D. sign
III. Read the following passage, and answer the questions that follow
Once upon a time there was a young girl called Cinderella. Cinderella was living
happily with her family when her mother died. Her father married an evil widow
with two daughters. Cinderella’s stepmother and two stepsisters mistreated her.
She had to wear old clothes and work hard while the sisters wore fancy clothes and
had fun. A good witch helped Cinderella. She turned Cinderella’s old dress into a
beautiful gown. Cinderella went to a party and a handsome prince politely invited
her to dance with him. He fell in love with her and wanted to find out who she was.
Cinderella left the party in a hurry and didn’t tell the prince her name. but she left a
glass slipper, and the prince used that to find her. They got married and lived
happily ever after.
Decide if these statements are true (T) or false (F).
a. Cinderella was living happily with her family when her mother died. ________
b. Her father married a kind woman. ________
c. Her stepmother and two stepsisters were very kind to her. ________
d. The prince got married to the girl who fitted the left glass slipper. ________
Answer the questions.
1. What did Cinderella’s father do when his wife died?
____________________________________________________________
2. How did Cinderella’s stepmother and two stepsisters treat her?
____________________________________________________________
3. Who turned Cinderella’s old clothes into a beautiful gown?
____________________________________________________________
4. What did the prince use to find Cinderella?
____________________________________________________________
IV. Rewrite the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning with the first
one
1. If you don’t rest yourself, you will be ill.
Unless _________________________________________________
2. How long is it since he left school?
When _________________________________________________
I. Choose the letter A, B, C or D the word that has the underlined part
different from others.

II. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences


1. Air __________ is causing many environmental problems in our cities
today.
    A. pollute
    B. pollution
    C. polluting
    D. polluted
2. If you can speak English, you __________ able to go to Canada.
    A. will be
    B. will
    C. were
    D. are
3.The road in front of my office is always __________ when it rains heavily.
    A. to flood
    B. flooding
    C. flood
    D. flooded
4. Singapore is famous for its __________ and green trees.
    A. cleanliness
    B. cleanly
    C. cleaning
    D. clean
5. After I __________ in the room, she left.
    A. come
    B. had come
    C. came
    D. will come
6. This is one of the worst volcanic __________ in this year.
    A. eruption
    B. erupt
    C. erupting
    D. eruptive
7. The roof of the building __________ in a storm a few days ago.
    A. damaged
    B. was damaged
    C. has damaged
    D. has been damaged
8. In some English speaking countries, turkey is __________food at
Christmas.
    A. national
    B. historical
    C. traditional
    D. possible
III. Read the following passage, and do the tasks
A. Complete the passage with the given words
Population      students      official      Many      began
English is the _________ (1) language of the Philippines. English-medium
education _________ (2) in the Philippines in 1901 after the arrival of some 540
US teachers. English was also chosen for newspapers and magazines, the media,
and literary writing.
The latest results from a recent survey suggest that about 65% of the _________
(3) of the Philippines has the ability to understand spoken and written English with
48 person stating that they can write standard English. The economy is based on
English, and successful workers and managers are fluent in English. _________ (4)
schools know that their _________ (5) must be fluent in English to be successful.
B. Answer the questions that follow
1. When did English-medium education begin in the Philippines?
____________________________________________________________
2. How many percent of the population are fluent in English?
____________________________________________________________
IV. Rewrite the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning with the first
one
1. Vietnamese students are obligated to wear uniforms when they go to school.
(HAVE)
___________________________________________________________
2. You are not allowed to use your mobile phone on the plane. (MUSTN’T)
___________________________________________________________

I. Choose the letter A, B, C or D the word that has the underlined part
different from others.

II. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences


1. If the factory _________ dumping poison into the lake, all the aquatic
animals will die.
    A. continues
    B. continued
    C. will continue
    D. continue
2. When the policeman came to the scene, the driver of the car __________.
    A. have left
    B. had left
    C. leaves
    D. was left
3. The Maori in New Zealand greet each other by __________ their noses.
    A. touching
    B. touch
    C. to touch
    D. touched
4. The air in Hanoi __________, so we should use facemask.
    A. pollute
    B. polluting
    C. is polluted
    D. is polluting
III. Put the verbs in the blanket into the correct form
1. _______ your mother (read) __________ book every night?
2. By the time I (arrive) ___________ at the airport, my husband (wait)
_____________ for me for an hour.
3. If we use water carefully, more people (have) _____________ fresh water.
4. That room (paint) ________________ at this time next week.
IV. Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the passage below
Water pollution happens __________ (1) toxic substances enter water bodies such
as lakes, rivers, oceans and so on, getting dissolved in them, lying suspended in the
water or depositing on the bed. This degrades the quality of water. Not
__________ (2) does this spell disaster for aquatic ecosystems, the pollutants also
seep through and reach the groundwater, which might end up in our households as
contaminated water we use in our daily activities, including drinking.
Water pollution can be __________ (3) in a number of ways, one of the most
polluting being city sewage and industrial waste discharge. Indirect sources
__________ (4) water pollution include contaminants that enter the water supply
from soils or groundwater systems and from the atmosphere via rain.

V. Rewrite the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning with the first
one
1. People use a lot of vehicles. The air is polluted.
If ____________________________________________________________
2. He hasn’t got his hair cut for two months.
It has been ______________________________________________________
3. Although Singapore is a developed country, it is not polluted by industry.
Despite ________________________________________________________
4. New Zealand and Australia are both surrounded by the sea.
Both __________________________________________________________

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