EXERCISES

PART A: LISTENING:
I. Listen to the dialogue and answer the following questions.
1. Which language does Phong use every day in the summer camp?
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2. Where is the summer camp being held here?
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3. How many members are there in Phong’s team?
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4. Where is the girl in Phong’s team from?
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5. When will Phong be home?
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II. Listen to the conversation and choose the correct answer (A, B or C).
1. When did Abbie go to summer school in Germany?
A. two years ago B. three weeks ago C. three years ago
2. What did Abbie do at the summer school in Germany?
A. She taught skateboarding and art. B. She learnt skateboarding and art.
C. She learnt skatingboarding.
3. Why don’t the teachers want people to mess about?
A. They work hard to prepare their lessons. B. The students need to pass tests.
C. They don’t want the students to have fun.
4. Why do the students have to pay to go to the summer school?
A. so the teachers can be paid B. to pay for trips
C. to buy things the school needs
5. What kind of teachers is Abbie looking for?
A. Calm people who can work under pressure. B. People who are serious and hardworking.
C. People who are creative and enjoy a challenge.
6. What are the lessons like?
A. There are competitions to motivate students. B. There are lots of tests.
C. The students watch a lot of DVDs.
III. You will hear a tour guide talking to some new guests at their hotel. For each question, fill in the
missing information in the numbered space.
The Riverside Hotel
Tour Guide
The office is (1) .................... the reception desk.
Meals
Breakfast: in the Green Room on the first floor beside the lifts.
Food for trips: collect from the (2) .............................. at 9.00 a.m.
Dinner: hotel restaurant famous for its (3) .................................
Riverboat Trip
Day: (4) ................................
Time: afternoon and evening
Cost of Holiday
Everything is included except (5) ................................
Facilities
It’s possible to swim from (6) ................................ until 10.00 p.m.

PART B: USE OF ENGLISH:

I. Choose the best answer:
1. There is no point in______ the child now. What is done cannot be undone.
A. punishing B. teaching C. helping D. paying
2. I don’t remember ______ of your decision to change our vacation plan.
A. telling B. to tell C. being told D. to be told
3. Anna and David are going for ______ on the beach.
A. the picnic B. a picnic C. some picnics C. picnic
4. The child was ______ by a lorry on the safety crossing in the main street.
A. knocked out B. run across C. run out C. knocked down
5. We were so late that we ______ had time to catch the train.
A. nearly B. almost C. hardly C. simply
6. By the time I applied, all the holiday vouchers ______ used up.
A. had been B. have been C. were being D. were
7. I felt as if I ______ a confidence.
A. have betrayed B. would betray C. had betrayed D. am betraying
8. The candidate ______ to have withdrawn her application.
A. claimed B. said C. denied D. reported
9. How could you have ______ him for your brother?
A. confused B. considered C. thought D. mistaken
10. “Go on, finish the dessert. It needs ______ up because it won’t stay fresh until tomorrow”.
A. eat B. eating C. to eat D. eaten
11. In the hotel lobby, the detective caught ______ of the man whom he had been hired to follow.
A. glance B. view C. vision D. sight
12. Andrew couldn’t ______ himself laughing at the expression on Maggie’s face.
A. help B. stop C. escape D. avoid
13. “In his absence, I would like to thank all concerned on my brother’s ______.”
A. behalf B. part C. business D. interest
14. I’ll show you around the city when you ______ to visit me.
A. come B. are coming C. will come D. will be coming
15. I ______ for Mary for the last two hours, but she still hasn’t arrived.
A. am waiting B. have been waiting C. was waiting D. had been waiting
16. You can use my bicycle ______ you bring it back tomorrow.
A. as long as B. although C. nevertheless D. in spite of
17. A person who is addicted______ drugs needs professional medical help.
A. with B. to C. of D. by
18. He regretted ______ hard. It was too late.
A. not learning B. not having learnt C. not to have learnt D. learning
19. The committee is expected to ______ a decision this morning.
A. lead B. join C. hold D. reach.
20. Do you think he is ______ of doing the job?
A. capable B. competent C. able D. suited
II. Give the correct form of words in brackets.
Presents and present (1- give)…………… should be fun. The whole idea of giving a present is that you
should enjoy planning an especial pleasure and surprise for someone. The value of a present is the (2- little)
………….. important thing about it. What matters is that is a token of your love and appreciation of the person.
Those who never give anything away, not even (3- sympathetic)…………………., are sure to be (4- disappoint)
……………… and (5- happiness)………………… people.
An ideal present should be something one will like and want, not just something you like. Everyone has
simple tastes (6- expensive)………………. to buy or easy to make. The (7- simplicity)…………… present is
often the most (8- appreciate)………………... The most (9- success)……………… present (10- give)
……………. I know shop all the year round for presents. They see just the right present for a friend, buy it then
and there at once and put it away till it is wanted. In this case, I suggest you keep a list of suitable presents for
your friends so that when the time comes, you can go out to buy something special.
III. Complete the sentences below with a suitable adjective plus a preposition. Choose from the following.
Some of the prepositions will be used more than once.
absent     fond     jealous     satisfied       absorbed      friendly       keen      serious       cruel       
good       
short      eligible       grateful      responsible      similar famous         ill         rich           terrified
proud
about    from    of     to    at      in      on       with      for
1. Both my dogs are very__________________ice cream.
2. I’ve been ___________________a cold for over a week.
3. For the last time who is _________________this mess?
 4. You’re not _________leaving this country and going to live in China, are you?
5. I’ve always been _________________ water since I nearly drowned as a child.
6. Mark’s been ____________ school for over a month. He’ll have a lot of catching up to do when he comes
back.
7. I’m afraid only single people under the age of thirty are _______________membership of this club
8. Julie’s my oldest friend. We’ve been ________________ one another since we were at Primary school
9. Our daughter has just won a scholarship to Cambridge. We are very ________________her.
10. Australia is _________________natural resources.
11. Could I phone you later, Alan? I’m a bit __ time right now.
12. He was so ________________what he was doing that he didn’t notice me come into the room.
13. Switzerland is _______________ its beautiful scenery.
14. My cousin is very ______________music and can play four or five instruments
15. I like ballet but I’m not very ________opera.
16. There’s no pleasing our teacher. He’s never _________________ our work!
17. She is ________________ in character _______her sister
18. We are ______________________ you for all you’ve done for us
19. Michael was_________________ his brother’s success.
20. Small children are often _______________ animals without realizing it.
IV. Choose A, B, C or D to fill in the blank in the following passage.
Man has always depended on plants (1) ________ food and many other useful products. For this reason,
farming is one of the world's most important industries. At first, (2) ________ man did not know how to plant
seeds and raise crops. He (3) ________wild fruits and vegetables where he found them. Then man discovered
how to grow his own food. He (4) ________seeds and waited for the crop to grow. For the first time, he could be
reasonably sure of his food supply. He could settle down and set up shelters in the places (5) ________ he grew
food.
As populations began to increase, the (6) ________for food became greater. Old-fashioned tools and farming
methods were insufficient in (7) ________ the demand, so man cultivated more and more land and invented
complicated machines to make his work easier. Tractors replaced horses and other farm animals. Scientists
studied and (8) ________ with plants. They told farmers how to control plant diseases, and how to grow bigger
and better crops. Now one man, (9) ________ a wide knowledge of plants and the help of machines, can cultivate
hundreds of acres. He can raise plants which did not originally grow in the soil or (10) ________ of his
community.
1. A. about B. with C. for D. to
2. A. early B. initial C. primary D. original
3. A. collected B. gathered C. assembled D. amassed
4. A. brought up B. raised C. grew D. planted
5. A. which B. where C. that D. when
6. A. demand B. request C. requirement D. necessity
7. A. taking B. getting C. meeting D. achieving
8. A. practiced B. tried on C. tested D. experimented
9. A. on B. in C. at D. with
10. A. situation B. condition C. climate D. weather
V. Complete the passage with some of these words. Do not use any word or phrase more than once.
stress exercise go on a diet jogging addicted keep fit
overweight giving up crash diets relaxation aerobics weight
People are much more interested in their health these days. Many people try to (1)………..….. by taking
(2)__________ two or three times a week, perhaps by going for a swim, by (3)____________in the local park, or
by playing active games like squash or tennis. (4)____classes are also popular. Most doctors recommend
(5)________ smoking as a good way of improving fitness. Being (6)_______can be harmful to health, so many
people decide to (7)_____________to try to lose (8)____________. Another problem for our health is the
(9)______________which affects many of us in our daily life. Fortunately there are simple
(10)_____________techniques which can be learned to help deal with this. A relaxed life-style, a balanced diet
and plenty of fresh air and exercise – these things are all important.
VI. The words or phrases from A to F in the box are taken from the passage. Choose the most suitable to
fill in the blank from 1 to 5 to make a complete passage. There are more phrases than needed.
 A. tend to search out a final home
B. the cause of death
C. about sixty-five years
D. most probably for the valuable ivory in its tusks
E. decline in large number of individual
F. the inadequate supply of water
The life span of an elephant that dies from natural causes is(1)__________. Of course, an elephant can perish
from a number of “unnatural causes”, e.g., it can be killed by hunters, (2)______________; it can die from
diseases that spread throughout an elephant herd; or it can die from drought or from the lack of food that almost
certainly accompanies (3)_________.
If, however, an elephant survives these disasters, it falls prey to old age in its mid-sixties. Around this age,
(4)_______ is attributed to the loss of the final set of molars. When this last set of teeth is gone, the elephant dies
from malnutrition because it is unable to obtain adequate nourishment. In old age, elephants (5)_________ where
there is shade for comfort from the sun and soft vegetation for cushioning; the bones of many old elephants have
been found in such places.
VII. Read the text and choose the best answer:
Today I’d like to begin a discussion on the problem of the heating up of the earth. First we’ll touch on the
relationship between fluorocarbons and the ozone layer. You probably remember that the ozone layer is the
protective shield around the earth. It is important to all life, because it filters out harmful ultraviolet light from the
sun. Ozone itself, a form of oxygen, is regularly made by the action of the sun in the upper atmosphere. It is also
regularly destroyed by natural chemical processes.
The problem now is that too much of the ozone layer is being destroyed. Scientists suspect that certain
chemicals, such as fluorocarbons, are contributing to the depletion of the ozone layer. And how do we use
fluorocarbons? The most common uses are in spray cans and cooling systems. The chemical pollution from these
fluorocarbons can account for some of the ozone losses that have been reported. There are. however, new studies
linking the sun itself to the depletion of the ozone layer. We’ll go into that new study more next time.
1.Who is the most likely speaker?
A. a doctor B. a mechanic C. a professor D. a chemist
2.What is the speaker’s main topic?
A. ultraviolet light B. the use of spray cans
C. air-conditioning systems D. fluorocarbons and the ozone layer
3.What is the most important purpose of the ozone layer?
A. providing fluorocarbons B. shielding the sun C. protecting the earth D. destroying
chemicals
4.What is the ozone layer made of?
A. fluorocarbons B. oxygen C. shields D. ultraviolet light
5.What will the speaker probably discuss next?
A. how to make air conditioners with fluorocarbons B. harmful effects of ultraviolet light
C. the make up of the ozone layer D. the sun as a cause of ozone layer depletion
VIII. Fill in each of the blanks in the following passage with ONE suitable word.
People have always dreamt of living forever. Although we all know this will never (1) ..........., we still
want to live as long as possible. Naturally, there are advantages and disadvantages of a long life. In the first place,
people who live longer can (2) ………....... more time with their family and friends. Secondly, people who have
busy working (3) ................. look forward to a long, relaxing life, (4) …….......... they can do the things they’ve
never had time for.
On the other hand, there are some serious disadvantages. Firstly, many people become ill and
consequently have to so end time in (5) ............... or become burden to their children and friends. Many of them
find this (6) ........................ annoying or embarrassing. In addition to this, the older people get, the (7) …............
friends they seem to have because old friends (8) ........... or become ill and it’s often difficult to make new
friends.
To sum up, living (9) ............... a very old age is worthwhile for those who stay (10) ……......... enough to
remain independent and enjoy life.
IX. Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first. You must use between two
and five words. DO NOT CHANGE THE WORD GIVEN.
1. You didn't need to rewrite the composition. was
It _______ to rewrite the composition.
2. It was snowing so they cancelled the football match. owing
The football match _______ the snow.
3. They couldn’t understand the lecturer because she spoke so fast. too
The lecturer spoke _____________ understand.
4. The manager said I could have three days off. permission
The manager ___to have three days off.
5. We didn’t finish the work because of his carelessness. careful
If he ______, we would have finished the work.
6. He drove so badly that he kept having accidents. such
He was _____________ that he kept having accidents.
7. “You damaged my bicycle, John,” said Jane. accused
Jane _____________ his bicycle.
8    Magda saw Ela as she was going to work way
Magda saw Ela ___________________________  work.
9    I regret not taking your advice.        followed
If only ___________________________________ your advice.
10. Success depends on hard work. are
The harder you work, __________________________.
X. Use the promps provided to write full sentences to make a complete letter.
Dear John,
1. last letter / you / kindly offer / put / me / your flat / I be / Berlin.
…………………………………….…....……………………
2. I/ be / afraid / I / unable / take / offer / time being.
…………………………………………….. ………………………..
3. My father / sick / I / to stay / home / care / him.
………………………………………………………………………
4. He / very sick / I cannot / him / alone.
…………………………………… ……………………..
5. My brother / also / help / look / Dad / but / he now / away / business trip / Paris.
………………………………………………………………..
6. I / hope / be able / come / Berlin / later / end / year, / perhaps / January.
……………………………………………………………..………..
7. If / room / free / I / glad / stay / you.
……………………………………… ……………………………..
8. I / let / know / plan / soon / possible / order / not interfere / own plan.
………………………………………………………….………………..
9. Thank / much / again / offer.
……………………………………. ………………..
10. I / not / wait / see / you / Berlin / but / then / goodbye.
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XI. Read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, ands some have a
word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick (√) in the box on your right. If a line has a
word which should not be there, write the word in the box.
0 I am writing to complain about our recent holiday, which involved √
00 several last minute changes to the arrangements, despite of the fact
01 that we had made our booking for several months in advance.
02 The journey to the coast took four hours longer than your brochure
03 suggested. The coach which took us was far too much old
04 and the last part of the journey was terrifying, as if the driver tried to
05 make up for the time we had lost. However, this was nothing
06 compared with our own horror when we arrived at the hotel. Your
07 advertisement promised to us large rooms with colour television. In fact,
08 our bedroom was hardly that big enough to lie down in and the only
09 television was in the lounge. We did not go downstairs for eat an evening
10 meal, but decided instead to go to the bed straightaway.
11 It was quite clear that we could not enjoy our holiday in this hotel.
12 Your representative was no help at all, so we had to find
13 somewhere else to stay at for the rest of the week ourselves.
14 I expect you to return the money we paid for this trip, which it totally
15 failed to live up to the claims made in your brochure.