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1. Nam is my new classmate. He is now staying (1) with his brother in Ho Chi Minh City, but he’s (2)
from Phu Yen Province and his parents still (3) live there. Nam’s brother’s house is smaller (4) than his
house in Phu Yen, and it is on Tran Hung Dao Street. Our (5) school is in the ceter of Ho Chi Minh
City, so (6) it is about 10 kilometers from his new house (7) to school. Every day Nam goes to school
(8) by bike. Nam is unhappy because he doesn’t (9) have many friends in Ho Chi Minh City. He also
(10) misses his parents and his friends in Phu Yen.
2. California is the (1) most famous state in the USA. It isn’t (2) the biggest state; that’s Alaska. But it (3)
has the largest population and it’s centainly the most important state (4) for the US economy. It’s
richer (5) than most countries in the world. The coast has (6) one the best climates in the USA; (7) it is
warmer and dryer than most places. Some people would also (8) say it’s the most beautiful! But
California has some (9) problems; Los Angeles has one of the worst crime rates (10) of any US city.
3. “Do you like sport?” You can hear this (1) question very often. Many people answer “Yes, I do”, and
(2) they think about watching a game of football at a stadium, or (3) on TV while sitting in a
comfortable armchair. But watching sports events and going in for sports (4) are two different things.
Let’s hope that you prefer the second.
Sport holds (5) an important place in our life. When you listen to the radio early in the morning, you
can always (6) hear sports news. When you open a newspaper, you will always find (7) information
about some game or other or an article about your favourite kind of sport. Especially interesting are
stories (8) about famous men or women in the world of sport, how they became champions and about
(9) their plans for the future.
Television programmes about (10) sports are also very popular, and you can watch something
interesting practically every day.
4.
READING
Who reads? All kind of people: the old, the (1) young, everyone. And why do people read? For (2) a
variety of reasons. Some for pleasure, and some for (3) others because they have to. And when do
people (4) read? Well sometimes not often, (5) but other people read all the time, day and (6) night.

But the most important question is what do (7) people read? Adverts? Stories? Science books? Maps?
It could (8) be anything! Ask you family and friends all these (9) questions. Then make your own
answers (10) of who read, what, why, and where.
5. Mother’ Day in Britain falls on the last Monday of March. On Mother’s Day sons and daughters visit
(1) their mother and bring them flowers and little presents. The eldest son must (2) bring his mother a
good cake. If sons or (3) daughters can’t be with their mother on that day, they usually (3) send her
(their mother) presents.
Mother’s Day must be a day of rest (5) for the mother of the family, so her daughters (6) cook the
dinner on that day and lay the (7) table and the sons help to (8) wash the plates and dishes after dinner.
In the United States and Canada, Mother’s Day is the second Sunday in May. They have a very
beautiful stamp for Mother’s Day in the United States. It shows the portrait of the (9) mother of James
Whistles, (10) one of the greates American painters.
6. Let me tell you something about my family. My father is fifty–five. He’s is a lot older (1) than my
mother. She is only fifty. Dad has his (2) own business (an export business). Mum helps him (3) with
the business. I have two brothers and two sisters, so (4) there are seven of us altogether in my family.
The oldest is my sister Judy. She’s twenty–six. She is (5) married and two children. The (6) next oldest
is my brother Tim. He’s twenty–three. He’s (7) an engineer. Then three’s me. I’m twenty. I’m in my
second year (8) at university. The next youngest is Tony. He’s eighteen and is in (9) her last year at
high school. Then there’s Susan. She’s the youngest. She’s fifteen. She (10) goes to secondary school.
7. Take the bus Number 7 (1) from Victoria coach station and get (2) off at the cinema. Walk back (3)
down Church Road, go straight (4) to the roundabout and take the second turning (5) on the left. (6)
Go straight on, (7) past the church and the park, (8) as far as the taffic lights. You will see a little
footpath on your left. Go along the footpath and my house is right (9) in front (10) of you. You can’t
miss it !
8. Dear John,


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I’m in San Francisco now. We arrived here yesterday. Before that, we (1) spent 20 days in New York.
It was wonderful. Liz and I visited a (2) lot of interesting places including the Empire State Building.

We (3) climbed to the top – it was very high, and we (4) were both a bit frightened. We caught a boat
(5) along the river to see the Statue of Liberty. We walked through Greenwich Village and watched
(6) many artists work. The paintings weren’t expensive so I (7) bought one. We also went to the
theatre and (8) saw a musical. I enjoyed (9) it very much. The weather was OK – a bit wet sometimes.
But now (10) in San Francisco, it’s hot and sunny.
See you soon.
Love,
Tim and Tom
9. Do you want to be fitter and healthier? Would you like to llok younger? Do you want to fell (1) more
relaxed? Then try a few days at a health farm. Health farms are becoming (2) one of most popular
places (3) for a short break. I went to Henley Manor for a weekend. It’s (4) the largest health farm in
the country (5) but it isn’t the most expensive. After two days of exercise I (6) felt ten times better. But
the best thing for me was the food. It was all very healthy, of (7) course, but it was excellent, too!
If you’re looking for something a (8) bit / little cheaper, try a winter break. Winter is the darkest and
the coldest (9) season / time of the year, and it can also be the worst time for your body. We all eat too
(10) much and we don’t take enough exercise. A lot of health farms offer lower prices Monday to
Friday from November to March.
10. Today, you can find fast food restaurant in almost every big city. In some places, you (1) stand in a
line and get a hamburger or a hot dog in a paper box; (2) in other you can pick up a tray of fish,
chicken, pizza or even Maxican and Chinese food; and in some (3) fast food places you can even (4)
drive your car up to a window and place your order. A (5) few minutes later a worker passes you your
food (6) through the window and you can drive away and eat (7) it in your car.
In New York, Paris, Tokyo, Singapore and thousands of (8) other cities around the world, new fast
food restaurants (9) open every day. But why do people (10) prefer fast food restaurants to more
comfortable restaurant where they can sit quietly at a table and watch the world go by?
11. Football is the most popular game in Britain. You can see that if you go to (1) one of the important
matches. Young and old people shout and cheer (2) for one side or the other. Nearly every school (3)
has its football team and every boy in Britain (4) knows much about the game. He can tell you the
name of the (5) players / footballers in most important teams. He has a picture of (6) them and knows
the results of many matches.

In Britain the football seasoon (7) begins / starts in the middle of August, usually (8) on the second
Saturday and ends on the last Saturday in April. At the beginning of the (9) season all the school teams
and the professional teams (10) train very hard. They want to win their matches.
12. Everybody knows that the hamburger is a very (1) popular American food. However, people in the
United States learned to make hamburgers (2) from Germans. The Germans got the idea from Russia.
In the thirteenth century the Tartar people from Central Asia (3) moved to Russia and parts of Europe.
They (4) ate something like hamburger meat, but it was raw. This raw meat was beef, lamb, goat meat
or horsemeat. Soon the Russians started to eat raw meat, (5) too. Germans from Hamburg and other
northern cities learned to eat this food from the Russians. (6) However, they added salt, pepper, a raw
egg, and then cooked it.
Between 1830 and 1900 thousands (7) of Germans went to live in the United States. They took the
hamburger with (8) them. People called it hamburger steak.
In 1904 at the World’s Fair in St. Louis (a city on the Mississippi River) a man from Texas sold
hamburger steak in roll. Then people could eat it (9) with their hands, like a sandwich. This was the
first real hamburger (10) like the hamburger we eat today.
13. There are (1) two main kinds of sports: team sports and (2) individual sports. Team sports are such
sports (3) as baseball, basketball and volleyball. Team sports (4) require two separate teams. The
teams play (5) against each other, They complete against each other (6) in order to get the best score.
(7) For example in a foodball game, if (8) team A gets 4 points and team B (9) gets 2 points, team A
wins the (10) game. Team sports are sometimes called competitive sports.
14. One of the first novels in the history of listerature was written in England in 1719. It was Robinson
Crusoe (1) by Daniel Defoe.


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Daniel Defoe was born in London in the (2) family of a rich man. When Daniel was a schoolboy, he
began to write stories. After (3) leaving school he worked in his father’s shop and (4) wrote articles for
newspapers. Defoe visited many countries and met many people . That helped him much in (5) his
writings.
In 1719, when Defoe was sixty years old, he wrote the (6) novel Robinson Crusoe which made him

famous. Defoe used in his book a true (7) story about a sailor who lived on an island for four years.
Robinson Crusoe in Defoe’s novel lived on an island for twenty–eight years. People liked the novel in
England and in many (8) other countries. Daniel Defoe wrote other books but his novel Robinson
Crusoe is the (9) most famous. Defoe was not a rich man when he (10) died in 1731.
15. Mark Twain is a famous American writer. His (1) name was Samuel Longhorn Clemens and “Mark
Twain” was (2) his pen–name. Samuel Clemens was born in a small town (3) on the Mississippi river
in the USA. The boy (4) had many friends at school and when he became a writer, he described them
in his stories. (5) When Samuel was twelve, his father died and the boy began to work and learned the
(6) job / profession / career of a printer. Samuel always (7) wanted / wished to be a sailor and when he
was twenty he found work on a river boat. After some time he (8) left the boat and went to live in
California. Here he began to write short (9) stories under the name of Mark Twain. He sent (10) them
to newspapers. The readers liked his stories very much.
16. I (1) get up at 6 every morning and help my dad. He has a flowers (2) shop so he has to be at the
flower market by four. Then when he comes (3) back we unload all the (4) flowers into the shop. I
usually take telephone orders (5) for him so he knows what he (6) has to deliver that day. Then I make
a cup of (7) tea for my mum while she’s still in bed, get my breakfast and go to school. On the (8)
weekend I work in the shop on Saturday and (9) help my mother and arrange the flowers in the church
on Sunday. Then on Sunday I go to church in the morning and the evening with my (10) parents.
17. Dear Bob,
I am very sorry I cannot come to meet you at the airport because I have to take my brother (1) home
from hospital at that time. Our neighbor Peter Pike has kindly offered to meet you and (2) bring you
home. As you have never met him before, I shall (3) describe him to you.
Peter Pike (4) is tall and slim. He is a young man in his early twenties (5) with short hair and a fair
complexion. He (6) has a round face and appears cheerful by nature. It is easy to recognize him (7)
because he is usually dressed in jeans and a T–shirt and (8) wears boots.
I do hope you manage to recognize my neighbor (9) without any difficulty and I look (10) forward to
seeing you when he brings you to my flat.
Your sincerely,
Jone
18. My name is Linda Black. I’m thirty–nine years (1) old and this is my plan when I retire. Well, when I

retire, I’m going to (2) learn / study Vietnamese. I can already speak French, Italian, and German and I
want to learn (3) another language. I’m also going to learn to drive. I never had time to learn (4) when
I was younger. Then I’m going to buy a car and a tent and travel all (5) over the world. I’m not going
to wear boring clothes. I’m tired (6) of blouses and skirts. I’m going to (7) wear jeans and tracksuits
all the time. And when I come (8) back / home from my travels I’m going to (9) write a book and
become a TV star and tell everyone about the places I (10) visited and the people I met.
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20. Receptionist:
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Good morning. Apollo. Can I (1) help you?
Mrs. Anderson:
Good morning. Could you (2) put me through to Lynne, please?
Receptionist:
Who’s (3) calling, please?
Mrs. Anderson:
Hellen.
Receptionist:
(4) Hold the line, please. I’m sorry, the number’s engaged. Would you like
to hold on?
Mrs. Anderson:
No. Could I (5) leave a message?
Receptionist:
Yes, of (6) course.
Mrs. Anderson:
Could you (7) tell him that tomorrow’s meeting is cancelled?
Receptionist:
Meeting is cancelled. OK.
Mrs. Anderson:
And would you ask him to (8) give me a ring?
Receptionist:

Certainly. Does he (9) have your number?
Mrs. Anderson:
It’s 76448438.
Receptionist:
Fine. I’ll see that he gets your (10) message.


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lot of boys and girls in Western countries (1) are wearing the same kinds (2) of clothes, and many of
them have long hair, so it is often difficult to tell whether they are (3) boys or girls.
One day, an old gentleman (4) went for a walk in a park in Washington, and when he was tired he (5)
sat down on a bench. A young terson was standing in the other side of the pond.
“My goodness!” the old man said (6) to the person who was sitting next to (7) him on the bench. “Do
you see that person (8) with the loose pants and long hair?” Is it a boy or a girl?”
“A girl,” said his neighbor. “She’s my daughter.”
“Oh!” the (9) old gentleman said quickly. “Please forgive me, didn’t know that you were her mother.”
“I’m not,” said the (10) other person, “I’m her father.”
21. If you see a fire, you should ring the school bell (1) for one minute. When they (2) hear the bell,
students should quickly leave (3) their / the classrooms. The monitor should take the register with him
on leaving the classroom. The (4) class / students should line up outside the classroom as soon (5) as
everyone has left the room. Then (6) the class should walk quickly along the path to the main entrance.
When they (7) reach the main entrance, the students should stand quietly in the play ground. While
they (8) are waiting there, one of the students (9) should look for the class teacher in the playground.
On finding (10) him, he should give him the class register.
22.
THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG
Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess who had a golden ball. She (1) lived in a palace with
her father, the King, and her seven sisters. Every day she played (2) with her ball in the garden of the
palace. At the end of the garden (3) there was a deep, dark pond. When the weather was hot, the
princess liked playing near the pond.

Unfortunately, one day she (4) dropped her golden ball into the water. She was very unhappy and she
sat (5) on the grass and started to cry. Suddenly she heard a voice: “Don’t cry, pricess.” She (6) opened
her eyes and saw a large, green frog. “Oh, please help me!” she said, “I can’t get my ball.”
“I’ll help you,” said the frog, “if I can come and live with you in the palace!”
“Yes, yes, of (7) course. I promise,” said the princess.
So the frog jumped into the water and came (8) back with the ball. The princess laughed and took the
ball. She ran quickly back to the palace and (9) forgot all about the frog. The frog was very angry. He
followed the princess into the palace and (10) told his story to the King.
“A promise is a promise,” said the frog.
“Yes,” said the King and called (11) his daughter. “A promise is a promise, my daughter. Take this frog
to your room and look (12) after him carefully.”
The princess cried again, but she took the frog and put (13) him on her bed. Immediately, the frog
turned (14) into a handsome prince. Of course he and the princess fell in love. One week (15) later
they married and they lived happily ever after.
23. Every day, the husband used to work (1) in the field, and the wife stayed at home. The husband liked
to say: “I work, but (2) what do you do...?”
One day, the (3) wife said: “You try working at home and I’ll go to the field.” And that was what they
did. The wife (4) came home to dinner and saw that the cow (5) was hungry and mooing. All the hens
were in the vegetable (6) garden. The cat had broken the milk (7) jug . The stove was (8) not burning.
She went to look for her husband. He was (9) standing near the well: he had dropped the (10) bucket
and could not get it back.
24. Dear Minh,
I’m very happy (1) to receive your letter. You (2) ask me what it’s like here. I must say it’s very pretty.
I received your school (3) report last week. And it (4) was a good report. You got good grades (5) for
English, Math, Physics, Chemistry and History. I got good marks (6) in Literature, Music, Geography
but my Biology result was poor. My teacher asked me to (7) study / work harder on it. I should try my
best next (8) semester / school year.
What are you going to do this summer vacation? We are planning to go to Da Lat (9) city this weekend
with my cousin. I’ll (10) write you as soon as we come back.
Have a nice summer holiday!

Warm regards,
Lan
25. My daughter is a secondary school (1) student. She goes to school six days a (2) week and studies
many subjects at school. Last week I went (3) to an end-of-semester meeting with her form-teacher


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and she gave me her (4) report card. I was shocked to know that she worked excellently (5) on
English, Physics, Chemistry, Math, History, Geography but she had poor results with the orther (6)
subjects such as Literature, Biology. I found out that she is clever (7) but lazy. She doesn’t like to learn
her lessons (8) by heart. Her final result (9) was only satisfactory. The form-teacher advised me to talk
some sense into her when I (10) came home. I came home and told her (11) about her result. She only
smiled and said that was all she could do with Literature (12) and Biology. Oh, what can I do?
26. Once upon a time there was a girl called Little Red Riding Hood who lived (1) with her mother. Little
Red Riding Hood’s grandmother had invited her to her cottage, (2) so one fine day she set off to visit
her. The little girl got ready, waved goodbye to her mother and (3) promised to be careful, On her arm
she carried a basket which contained a (4) cake her mother had baked specially. It was a lovely sping
morning, the sun was (5) shining and the birds were singing, happy that the winter was over.
Even (6) through her mother had told her to follow the path through the dields, the naughty child
decided to take (7) a short cut through a wood. As she went deeper and deeper (8) into it, the cold and
darkness frightened her. She was making her way along the narrow path when she (9) heard a noise.
All of a sudden, a big, fierce-looking wolf (10) jumped out from behind a bush and came to war4ds
her....
27. I was very excited when I knew I was going to New Zealand (1) because I had never been there
before. I didn’t think about the problems of speaking English (2) until/ till/ before I met my host
family. At first I couldn’t communicate (3) with them because my English was so bad. All the eight
years I had been learning English wasn’t much used at all, because we didn’t have real practice at
school. Even (4) through my grammar was good, my pronunciation wasn’t. My problem is
pronouncing ‘l’ and ‘r’. For (5) example, New Zealand people often asked “ What do you eat in Viet
Nam?” I wanted to tell them that we eat rice, but they didn’t understand when I said “We eat lice”. My

host mum (6) helped me a lot by correcting my bad pronunciation. I usually practised by talking to (7)
myself when I had a shower, so no one could hear me. After four months my English was (8) much /
far better. Apart from English I learnt to make my (9) own breakfast and lunch. I had to ride a bicycle
to school every day. I went swimming and tired water-skiing and sailing. It was wonderful. But (10)
the most valuable thing was that I learnt to be by myself and to be independent.
28. They (1) have opened a new small supermarket near my friend’s (2) house. It’s (3) not the same as
other supermarkets in Phu Yen. It sells only antique products. It (4) opens daily (5) from 6 am to 9 pm.
The owner of it (6) has equipped modern facilities, such as: air–conditioner, cash desk,... So far, the
supermarket has been opened (7) for 2 weeks and the customers come there not as fewer (8) as other
supermarket.
My friend sometimes goes there at weekends. He tells me (9) that she likes the working atmosphere
there and she invites me to come there if I have spare (10) time.
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Minh:
Nga:
Minh:
Nga:
Minh:
Nga:
Minh:
Nga:
Minh:

Hello, Nga. How (1) are you?
Hello, Minh. I’m very well. And (2) you?
Thank you. I’m OK! What (3) are you going to do this summer holiday?
I’m going to (4) take part in an English speaking club. I need to (5) improve my
pronunciation. And (6) what / how about you?
I think I will (7) join a drawing course. I like drawing very much.

That sounds interesting. (8) Where are you going to learn drawing?
In a club (9) for teenagers, quite near my house.
So have a (10) nice holiday, Minh.
Thank you, and the same to you.


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30. John walked (1) into a store which had a sign outside: “Second-hand clothes bought and sold.” He has
carrying an pair of pants and asked the owner of the (2) store, “How (3) much will you give me for
these?” The man looked (4) at them and then said rudely, “Five dollars.”
“What !” said John. “I guessed they were worth at (5) least five.”
“No,” said the man, “they aren’t worth a penny more (6) than five dollars.”
“Are you sure?” asked John.
“Well,” said John, talking five dollars out (7) of his pocket. “here’s your money. These pants were
hanging outside your store (8) with a price tag that said $7.30, but I thought that (9) was too much
money, so I wanted to make sure how much they were really worth.”
Then he walked out of the store with the pair of pants and disappeared before the surprised store
owner could think (10) of anything to say.
31.
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF LIVING IN THE COUNTRY.
Living in the country is something that people from the city often dream about. However, in reality, it
has (1) both its advantages and disadvantages.
There are certain (2) many / some advantages of living in the counrty. First of all, you can (3) enjoy
peace and quiet. Moreover, people tend to be friendlier and (4) more open. A further advantage is that
there is less traffic, so it is safer (5) for young children.
On the other hand, there are certain drawbacks to life (6) outside the city. First, because (7) there are
fewer people, you are likely to (8) have fewer friends. In addition, entertainment is (9) difficult / hard
to find, particularly in the evening. Furthermore, the fact (10) that there are fewer shops and services
means that it is harder to (11) find work. As a result, you may have to travel a long way to (12) work ,
which can be extremely expensive.

In conclusion, it can be seen that the country is more suitable for some people (13) than others, On the
whole, it is often (14) the best place for those who are retired ot who have young children. In contrast,
young, single people who have career (15) are better provided for in the city.
32. Living (1) in a city has both advantages (2) and disadvantages. On the plus side, it is often easier to (3)
find work, and there is usually a choice of public (4) transport, so you don’t need to own a car. Also,
(5) there are a lot of interesting (6) things to do and places to see. For (7) example, you can (8) eat in
good restaurants, visit museums, and go to theatre and to concerts. What is more, when you want to
relax, you can usualiy find a park where you can feed the ducks or just sit (9) on a park bench and read
a book. All in all, city (10) life is full of bustle and variety and you need never feel bored.
33. There are (1) different ways of learning new words. Some learners make a (2) list and try to learn them
by (3) heart. Others do not to like that. They write (4) example sentences with new words in order to
remember how to (5) use these words. Some of them learn new words by (5) write each word and its
use on a small piece of paper and stick it somewhere in the (7) wall. They also underline or (8)
highlight the words they want to learn. Learners do not only learn the (9) ... of new words but also hoe
to spell and (10) ... them.
34. And here is a round-up (1) of today’s sport. At the finals of the international tennis tournament (2) in
Autralia, there was a third success in (3) a row for the young Polish player Urbanik, when she won the
women’s title, (4) beating Posy six three, six two.
In Beijing the men’s table (5) tennis tournament was won, as expected, by the Chinese. There (6) was
a surprise in the international hockey match. However, in London, when (7) the Finns beat the
Canadians three one. The Finns now go (8) on to play the Russian team (9) in Czechnoslovakia (10)
next month.
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36. Linda:
Look (1) at the traffic. The city’s (2) an awful place to live. I’m glad I (3) live in T
h
Buxton.
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Sarah:
You’re jokimh! Birmingham’s much (4) more exciting than Buxton.

Linda:
Sarah:

Exciting, maybe. But Buxton is cleaner, healthier and (5) less expensive.
It’s probably cheaper to live in Buxton (6) because there’s not so much to spend your
money on. There’s so much to do in the city–and the people (7) are friendlier, too.
Well, the countryside isn’t as boring (8) as you think, you know. And I don’t (9) think
Linda:
the people are friendlier here. City life just isn’t (10) for me.
country is (1) more beautiful than a town and more pleasant to live in. Many people think so, and go to


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the country (2) for the summer holiday through they can’t live (3) there all the year round. Some have
cottage built in a village (4) so that they can go there whenever they (5) can find the time.
English villages are not all alike, but (6) in some ways they are not very different from (7) each other.
Almost every village (8) has a church, the round or square tower of which can (9) be seen from many
miles around. Surrounding the church is the church yard, (10) where people are buried.
37. When you hear the word “band”, what do you think of? A (1) place to put money? The land on the
edge of a river? To depend on something or someone? If you choose any of (2) these things, you’re
right. Why? Because words often have (3) more than one meaning. The tricky part is figuring out (4)
which mearning is appropriate.
Choosing the correct meaning of a word depends on (5) two things. First, it depends on the words and
(6) sentences surrounding your particular word. The other words and sentences give you context clues.
(7) Second / Secondly, the meaning depends on how the word is (8) used in the sentence. It is a noun, a
verb, (9) an adjective or part of a phrase? Knowing the word’s part of speech will (10) help you
discover the word’s precise meaning.
38. First-aid is very important. An ordinary person can (1) take / have a first-aid course and learn what to
do until the patient receives professional help. This might (2) mean helping someone until an
ambulance comes. Then professionals can use (3) their equipment to take charge of the patient. Or it

might mean giving first-aid and (4) then taking the petient to a doctor. First-aid can keep a person alive
(5) until he or she reaches a hospital. Electric shock is a situation where first-aid can be used. If
enough electricity enters the body, the person (6) dies immediately. First-aid can bring him or her back
to consciousness. Another situation is drowing, or dying in (7) water, which happens most often in the
summer when many people (8) go swimming. Children can also drown when they are left (9) alone
near a swimming-pool. A person trained in first-aid can help a person start to breathe (10) after
clearing the water out of the airway.
39. Dear Dennis,
We just wanted to say thank you (1) for putting us up before we caught the plane (2) last week. It was
a lovely evening, and (3) we enjoyed meeting your friends, Tim and Sue. We managed to get to the (4)
airport with plenty of time to spare. We wven tired to get an (5) earlier flight, but it wasn’t possible.
We (6) had a wonderful holiday in Spain. We just love driving through the countryside and we often
stopped to (7) walk around a mountain village. We (8) met our friends, Bill and Sarah, and they invited
us to have meal (9) with them. They wanted us to stay with them, but we couldn’t .
The weather was fantastic. The sun didn’t stop shining all the time we were (10) there. Leaving Spain
was sad. It made me want to cry.
Anyway, we’re looking forward to hearing from you and hope to see you soon.
Best wishes,
40. Sugar cane is (1) grown in hot countries like Cuba and West Indies, where there (2) is a heavy rainfall.
At harvest time the cane is cut as close to the ground as possible (3) in order to feep all the juice, or
sap, in each long stalk.
The cane is then taken (4) to a mill, where it is cut into a lot of small pieces, Next the sap is squeezed
out by heavy rollers. The sap is cleaned and (5) then boiled until crystals appear. It is necessary,
however, to these brown crystals from the sap. This is done by putting the mixture into a huge machine
containing a drum which turns (6) at high speed. Th sap spins out of the machine, leaving the crystals
behind.
The brown crystals are raw sugar. This sugar (7) is loaded onto large ships and taken to other
countries, where it is refined and packages before being sent (8) to shops.
The sap which remains after the raw sugar has been separated (9) is called “molasses” and it used to
make rum and yeast. Nothing (10) is wasted; even the tops of the canes are used for making cattle

food.
41. Recycling saves. It saves money, energy, and natural resources. Aluminum cans (1) are very easy to
recycle. But, every three months, we throw away (2) enough aluminum to bebuild all the commercial
airplanes in the country. So please think (3) of / about the next time you throw away a soda can. And
we throw away enough iron and steel to supply all of our car makers. If we recycled more metal, our
car makers (4) would / could never need any new iron and steel. Every week, more than five hundred
thousand trees are used to make newspapers, and two-third od those newspapers are (5) thrown away.
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hight. And that wall would be so (7) long it would go from Los Angeles to New York. Every year, we
throw away enough glass bottles to fill (8) the two tallest buildings in New York every two weeks.
Those bottles can (9) be recycled. We throw away two and a half million plastic bottles every hour.
Very (10) few plastic bottles are ever recycled. This message is from the Environmental Concern Fund.
If you’re not recycling, you’re throwing it away.
42. First class or Bussiness clas will be allowed up to thirty kilogrammes of baggage. All other passengers
will be (1) allowed up to twenty kilogrammes. (2) In addition, every passenger will be allowed to carry
a piece of hand baggage which is not more (3) than 115 cms in total dimension. Other articles which
will be carried free (4) of change are: a lady’s handbag, a blanket, books for reading during the (5)
flight, baby food, a baby’s carying basket, an umbrella, and a camera. Passengers who travel First
Class will also (6) be allowed to take with them another bag for clothes.
All had baggage must (7) be placed under the seat or in the overhead locker.
Name labels should be put (8) on every piece of paggage, and all other labels (9) should be removed.
Bags should be locked, and all important papers, medicines, cash and jewellery should be taken (10)
in hand baggage.
43.
NHA TRANG – COASTAL CITY
Nha Trang is a nice seaside resort and (1) an ideal center for relaxation. Nha Trang has many beautiful
mountains and lake, Cham towers, hot springs and architectural works. However, (2) when speaking of

Nha Trang, people always mention its beaches in the first place. Nha Trang’s beauty (3) comes first of
all from the blue sea and picturesque nature of its islands. This coastal city (4) has a ten-kilometer
beach and 19 islands. The main beach runs from Tran Phu Road and it (5) is planted with pine trees
and other evergreen trees. Nha Trang is a coastal city but it is not far (6) from forests. In the west of the
town, (7) there is a long range of hills where visitors can walk pleasantly. Nha Trang has many ancient
cultural buildings. The town still preserves a (8) lot of old towers and pagodas. Nha Trang is sunny
almost all the year (9) round. It doesn’t have winter, but in summer it isn’t (10) as / so hot as in the
North. The cold winds from the sea gives the town an eternal fall.
44. In Canada and the United States, (1) one of the most popular days in the year is Halloween. Halloween
is on October 31st. It’s a day (2) when some people dress up in strange or unusual costumes. For
example, they may dress up to look (3) like an animal, a person from a book or movie or a famous
person from history. In some places, children go to school in (4) their Halloween costumes. After dark,
many young children (5) put on their costumes and visit their neighbors. They knock on the (6) door
and shout “Trick or treat!” Then the neighbors (7) give them some candy, and the children go on to the
(8) next house. Adults also enjoy dressing up for Halloween. (9) There are usually Halloween parties
in the evening and usually there is a prize for the best or (10) most unusual costume.
45. Dear Peter,
We are now in (1) the UK. The (2) weather here is very nice. It’s been cool and sunny. We live (3) in a
house with an English (4) family. There are four (5) people in the family. They are all kind and helpful.
Their (6) son is nine years (7) old and he goes to a private (8) primary school. I enjoy the life here.
The only thing I don’t like in the (9) food. It’s terrible and I can’t (10) eat much.
See you soon,
Yours truly,
Kim
46. Doctor tell us that holidays (1) are necessary. We should rest from work for a week (2) or two weeks
every year. If it is possible, they say, we should leave our homes and (3) go to another part of the
country. We should go away for a (4) holiday. Then, after the holiday, we (5) return home fresh and
strong and ready (6) for another year of work. This seems to (7) make sense. But is it true? It is
possibly true for most adults but (8) not for all. Some people do not like leaving their homes to (9)
stay in strange hotels or strange houses. For young children it is usually untrue: they do not like a

sudden change in their lives. They like their (10) homes best of all.
47.
ADVICE FOR TRAVELERS WHO MAY FALL ILL WHITE ABROAD.
Most British people go abroad on holiday, to visit family, or (1) on short business trips. People are
advised to find out (2) how to get urgent treatment before (3) leaving the UK. They have to get a form
which explains what they (4) should do if they fall ill or have an accident, and what arrangements exist
in each country (5) for medical treatment. The regulations are fairly simple but (6) if people do not
have this information, they may (7) find that private medical care is extremely expensive. It (8) is not


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unusual for people to discover that they do not have enough money with (9) them to pay the total costs
and in such circumstances (10) an already difficult situation becomes even more complicated.
48. A. Long ago (1) in India, a princess who needed help sent her silk bracelet to an emperor. After he
helped the (2) princess, the emperor kept the bracelet as a sign of the loyalty betwwen them. Today
in India, during the festival (3) of Rakhi, men promise to be loyal to their (4) women in exchange
(5) for a bracelet of silk, or gold thead.
B. On the evening (6) of February 3, people (7) in Japanese families take one dried bean for each year
of their age and throw the beans around their homes and shrines, shouting “(8) Good luck! Evil
spirits out!” This (9) is known as “Setsunbun,” a time to celebrate the end of winter and the (10)
beginning of spring.
49. My wife and I had a problem (1) with our holiday last year. I wanted to have a lazy seaside holiday (2)
because I was tired and needed to relax. I love lying in the (3) sun, drinking iced beer and reading a
good book. But Linda (4) likes busy, cultural holiday. She likes (5) visiting museums and art galleries.
She (6) hates sunbathing because she always goes red, not brown. The travel agent (7) tried to help us
and suggested Greece. I said I would love to said to quiet island, but of course Linda said she would
like to stay (8) in Athen. It was easy to decide (9) what to do – we flewto Athens together, Linda
stayed (10) there and I travelled to the island of Kos!
50. The world’s (1) most famous clock is Big Ben standing (2) next to the Houses of Parliament in
London. BigBen is the (3) name of the bell which chimes every hour. The bell (4) was named after Sir

Benjamin Hall, the man (5) who was given the task of hauling the bell up the clock tower.
The clock (6) has four faces and keeps accurate time. It can (7) be adjusted by the removal or addition
of coins (8) on a stray attched to the clock’s pendulum.
One interesting thing about the clock is (9) that the light shines above the belfry at night, it (10) means
that the House of Common is still in session.
51. Many people claim (1) that there were other wonders, which the ancient Greeks knew nothing (2)
about. These include the Great Wall of (3) China, the Taj Mahal in India and Angkor Wat in (4)
Cambodia.
Angkor Wat should really be known (5) as a wonder because it is (6) the largest temple in the world.
The temple was built around the (7) year 1100 to honor a Hindu God, but over the next three centuries
(8) it became a Buddhist (9) religious centre. The area surrounding the temple, Angkor Thon, used
(10) to be the royal capital city.
52. Dear Mr and Mrs. Robinson,
I
Have you ever been (1) round the world?
No, I haven’t. (2) Have you?
Yes, I have.
(3) When?
I went through the world last year. First I travelled (4) through Europe, France,
Germany and Greece.
Where did you (5) go after Greece?
Well, I sailed to Cyprus and (6) then I crossed through Iran and Northern India into
Nepal and China.
Great! So (7) how did you get from Asia to America?
I flew from Hong Kong (8) to San Francisco. After (9) that, I travelled overland to
Boston. Next, I flew to Spain and fanaly hitched back to London.
(10) What a holiday!
would like to thank you (1) for the lovely time I (2) had with you and your family in London. I
enjoyed (3) myself very much. The children (4) were very lovely and I really miss them. It was very
(5) kind of you to show me so much of London and other parts of England. I really enjoyed going to

the (6) theatre and seeing “Hamlets”. It was the most interesting play I have (7) ever seen.


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I have come back for nearly a week and I realize that life here (8) is changing for better. I hope you
can visit me one (9) day. I would love to (10) take you around my town.
Thanks and warmest regards,
Lan
53. Have you ever followed instructions for knitting something or have you read a (1) piece of music? If
you have, you have behaved in a similar way to (2) a computer. A computer obeys a programme to
carry out a particular task. Just as a knitting pattern is expressed in numbers and a piece (3) of music in
lines and dots, so a computer programme is expressed in the form of programming language. Like the
English language (or any other language), there (4) are rules of grammar, and a programme must be
correct in every way. There are hundreds of programming language, but (5) only a few are well-known
and widely used. The (6) most popular language which is used in offices and factories is called Cobol.
This language (7) is used for printing payrolls and keeping records of goods. Engineers and scientists
use Fortran in (8) order to carry out calculations. However, neither of these two programmes is very
popular (9) with people working on home computers. Basic is the most popular language for home
computers, chiefly because it is easy to learn (10) and use.
54. Nowadays a lot of important inventions (1) are carried out by scientists (2) working for large industrial
firms. (3) However, there are still opportunities (4) for other people to invent various things. In Britain,
(5) there is a weekly television program which attempts to show (6) all the various devices which
people have recently (7) invented. The people organizing the program receive (8) information about
700 inventions a year. New ideas can still be developed (9) by private inventors. However, it is
important to consider these (10) questions: Will it work? Will it be wanted? Is it new?
55. The idea (1) of having a machine to do a man’s heavy work is a very old one. It is (2) as old as man’s
flying idea, which is the wheel. The first machine was probably a box on two wheels. This could hold
more heavy things (3) than a man could. (4) At first the box was pulled along the ground by the man.
Later (5) an animal was taught to (6) do it. The man soon realised a horse could pull a much bigger

box than a man (7) could. Since those very early days, man has always moved forward. His machines
have grown stronger and (8) more useful. Not long ago his idea spread to sport, he built racing
machines. Maybe by now, he is tired (9) of making things hinself. Because he is going in a new
direction he is making machines (10) that can make other machines work.
56. Most people agree that computers are the most important (1) invention of the 20th century. The first
business computers (2) were introduced just about thirty years ago, and now they are being (3) used in
a wide variety of fields, from banking to space travel. (4) However, until just a few years ago,
computers were very large, expensive machines owned by large corporations and governments. (5)
Although / Though everyone knew that computers existed, very few people had ever seen one and even
(6) fewer had used one. Then in the 1970s the silicon chip was invented. Because this electronic device
(7) could store a large amount of information in a very small space, computers could be much smaller
and less expensive (8) than the huge mainframe coputers used (9) by corporatuons. Some computer
manufacturers believed that people might like to have computers in (10) their homes, offices, and
schools, so the personal computer was born.
57. Mr. Smith left his car outside his apartment one night, as usual, but when he cam down the next
morning to (1) go to his office, he discovered that the car wasn’t (2) there. He called the police and (3)
told them what had happened, and they said that they would try to (4) find the car. When Mr. Smith
came (5) home from his office that evening, the car was (6) back again in its usual place in front of his
house. He examined it carefully to see whether it had been damaged, and found two theatre tickets (7)
on one of the seats and a letter which said, “We’re very sorry. We took your car because (8) of an
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Mr and Mrs. Smith went to the theatre with the two tickets the next night and enjoyed (9) themselves
very much. When they got home, they found that thieves had taken almost everything they had (10) in
their apertment.
58. Mr. Robinson went into hos usual coffee shop one morning, and (1) sat on one of the seats at the
counter. Many other people came in also, but most (2) of them did not stay long.
After fifteen minutes, a young man and a young woman came in. There (3) were only two empty seats

at the counter, one on Mr. Robinson’s left, and the other (4) on his right. The woman sat on one, and
the (5) young man on the other, but Mr. Robinson immediately offered to change places with the man
so that he and the young woman could be (6) together.
“Oh, that isn’t (7) necessary,” the young man siad, but Mr. Robinson insisted. When the young man
and the young woman were side (8) by side, the young man siad to her, “Well, this kind gentleman
wanted (9) us to sit together, so may I ontroduce myself? My name’s John. What’s (10) yours?”.
59. Cherating is one of Malaysia’s (1) most famous beach resorts. Very few places (2) can match
Cherating’s beauty and serenity.
A few (3) of, my friends and I decided to visit Cheraying during our school vacation. We knew that we
(4) were most certainly going to have a good time. It (5) took us about one hour to cycle (6) from our
town to Cherating. When we reached the place, we (7) saw many fishing villages and beautiful
beaches strtching for several kilometers.
Cherating is sunny (8) throughout the year and many people come to cherating either to swim (9) or to
dive. While at Cherating, we also enjoyed the excellent local food. Cherating is indeed (10) one
Malaysia’s best tourist attractions.
60. Jeans have their long story of development. In the 1950s, two people helped (1) make jeans popular
with teenagers: Elvis Presley, the king of rock and roll, and James Dean, a famous movie star. Elvis (2)
wore tight jeans, Most parents didn’t like Elvis or his music. But teenaters loved (3) him and stared to
dress like him. In Rebel Without a Cause, James Dean wore jeans. He (4) was / became a hero to many
young people. During the 1960s, rock and roll became even (5) more popular. Young people had more
freedom. Their clothes showed (6) their independence. Some people decorated their jeans (7) with
colorful patches and flowers. In the seventies and eighties, jeans became very expensive. In (8)
addition to the regular brands like Levi’s and lee, famous designers like Calvin Klein and Pierre
Cardin (9) began / started making “desiger jeans”. They were very stylish and very expensive. Jeans
are (10) so popular that Levi’s has sold over twenty billion pairs. Almost anywhere in the world you
know what young people want to wear: jeans!