Unit 11

I. Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the verb in parenthese
1. Do you know the woman (talk) …………………………… to Nga?
2. Police (investigate) …………………….the crime are looking for three men.
3. There was a bid red car (park) ……………………..outside the house?
4. There were some children (swim) ………………………in the river.
5. I was woken up by a bell (ring) ……………………………… .
6. The boy (injure)……………………. in the accident was taken to hospital.
7. Some of the people (invite) …………………………….to the meeting can’t come.
8. Most of the goods (make) ……………………..in this factory are exported.
9. Can you think of the name of a follower (begin) …………………………..with “T”?
10. The bridge (join) ………………………….the two cities is very narrow.
II. Complete the sentences using one of the following verbs in the correct form
(work, teach, sit, steal, ring, overlook, blow, call, invite, live, offer, read).
1. A bell ……………………………woke him up.
2. Some people …………………….to the wedding party didn’t come.
3. It’s said that life is very unpleasant for people…………………………………….near
busy airports.
4. Two day after the interview, he received a letter …………………..him a job.
5. Someone …………………….Kevin sent you this box.
6. Can you see a tree ……………………….down in the storm last night over there?
7. As we came into the room it was empty except for an old woman
…………………………by the window ……………………….a fashion magazine.
8. Eric has got a sister ………………………………in a post office and a brother
………………………….English at a high school.
9. We live in a pleasant room ………………………………..the garden.
10. The police never found the money ……………………..in the robbery.
III. Choose the correct word
1. She was disappointing / disappointed with the play. She had expected it to be better.
2. Is he interesting / interested in tennis?
3. The volleyball match was quite exciting / excited. We enjoyed it.
4. Is it sometimes embarrassing / embarrassed when you have to ask people for money.
5. Do you easily get embarrassing / embarrassed ?
6. Mr Ba had never expected to het the job. He was really amazing / amazed whne he was
offered it.
7. Trinh was really learnt very fast. She has made astonishing / astonished progress.
8. We didn’t find the situation funny. We were no amusing / amused.
9. It was really terrifying / terrified experience. Afterwards everyone was very shocking /
shocked.
10. Why does she always look so boring / bored ? Is her life really boring/bored ?
IV. Complete the sentences using one of the words in the list confusing / confused,
disgusting / disgusted, exciting / excited, amusing/amused, annoying / annoyed, boring /
bored, exhausting / exhausted, interesting / interested, surprising / surprised.
1. Daisy works very hard. It ‘s not ………………………that she always tired.
2. Mai’s got nothing to do. She’s …………………………………………. .
3. Our teacher’s explanation was ……………………… . Most of us didn’t understand it.
4. Your room hadn’t been cleaned for ages. It was really ……………………
5. They seldom visit art galleries. They’re not particularly ……………………….in art.
6. There’s no need to get …………………………only because I’m a few minutes late.
7. His lecture was ……………………….. . We fell asleep.
8. I asked Anna if she wanted to come out with me but she wasn’t …………………….. .
9. Sheva’s been working very hard all day and now he’s ……………………. .
10. David’s starting a new job next week. He’s quite ……………………….about it.
V. Read the following reading carefully, then complete it with the words given (Hãy
đọc kĩ bài đọc sau, sau đó hoàn thành nó với những từ cho sẵn): museum, which,
national, situated, education, political, parks, century, fine, university, and, museums.
EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS
Hanoi has long been the center of (1) …………………………in the north. From 1442
to the late 19th (2) ………………………….., the city was a major site of Vietnam’s
periodic civil sevice examinations, (3) …………………………tested knowledge of
Confucianism, the foundation of the state’s (4) …………………………….system.
Today the city is home to 19 universities (5) ………………colleges, including the
University of Hanoi (1956), the Hanoi (6) ………………of Finance and Accounting
(1963), and the Hanoi (7) ……………… Institute of Technology (1956). Hanoi’s
libraries and (8) …………………include the National Library of Vietnam (1919), the
Army (9) ……………………(1959), and the Vietnam Museum of (10)
…………………….Arts (1966). Numerous pagodas and several (11) …………………
are located in the city. Thu Le Park, (12) ………………………….in the Ba Dinh sector,
contains a small zoo.
VI. Read the sentences below carefully, the put them into their correct order
1. The Mekong follows an irregular path across Southeast Asia to its mouth at the South
China Sea.
2. To combat this problem, the French installed dykes during the 20th century.
3. The Red River flows almost directly southeast from southern China into Vietnam’s
northwestern highlands.
4. Among Vietnam’s noteworthy smaller rivers are the Huong River (Perfume River) at
Hue and the Ka Long O River near Vinh.
5. Today, an intricate system of dykes and canals help prevent flooding of the Mekong
and Red River deltas.
6. Vietnam’s two major rivers are the Red River in the north and the Mekong River in the
south, both of which are navigable for their entire lengths within Vietnam.
7. Farming in much of the Mekong Delta was once impossible because salt water from
the South China Sea would periodically cover the low-lying land.