UNIT 9: THE POST OFFICE
A. PHONETICS
I. Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other
words.
1) A. facsimile B. transfer C. spacious D. fax
2) A. equipped B. delivered C. transferred D. received
3) A. helps B. provides C. documents D. texts
II. Choose the word that has stress pattern different from that of the other words.
4) A. courteous B. subscribe C. service D. customer
5) A. technology B. distribution C. delivery D. facsimile
6) A. advanced B. technology C. express D. spacious
B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
* Circle the best answer for each sentence.
7) The hotel staff is friendly and ____.
A. unhelpful B. courteous C. discourteous D. impolite
8) We are proud our ____ staff, who are always friendly and efficient.
A. well-done B. well-appointed C. well-behaved D. well-trained
9) EMS stand for ____.
A. Electronic Mail Service B. Express Mail Service
C. Economic Mail Service D. Environment management Service
10) If someone want to send a document and does not want to lose its ____, facsimile service will
help you.
A. beginning B. last C. original D. recent
11) People can buy daily ____ in many local post office in early morning.
A. newspapers B. books C. postcards D. letters
12) All post offices in Viet Nam are equipped with advanced ____.
A. knowledge B. machines C. science D. technology
13) Fax transmission has now become a cheap and ____ way to transmit texts and graphics over
distance.
A. inconvenient B. convenient C. uncomfortable D. comfortable
14) If you ____ to your favourite newspapers and magazines, they will be delivered to your house

to improve transportation of the post office mails. From those early days to the present, the post office
has helped develop and subsidize every new mode transportation in the United States. Transportation
has been the most important element in mail delivery. Even when the general public had still
suspected of the security of a new means of transportation, the post office experimented with
inventions that offered potential for moving the mail faster, occasionally suffering embarrassment,
ridicule, or even abuse in the process.
As mail delivery evolved from foot to horseback, stagecoach, steamboat, railroad, automobile,
and airplane, with intermediate and overlapping use of balloons, and helicopters, post office mail
contracts ensured the income necessary to build the great highways, rail lines, and airways that
eventually spanned the continent.
By the turn of the 19
th
century, the U.S. Post Office had purchased a number of stagecoaches for
operation on the nation’s better post roads – a post road being any road on which the mail travels –
and continued to encourage new designs to improve passenger comfort and carry mail safely.
28) The passage is about ____.
A. transportation of the Post Office in the US
B. the Post Office in the Revolutionary period
C. the Post Office in the World War I D. transportation and public ideas
29) According to the passage, the main purpose of the Post Office is ____
A. to develop transportation B. to apply new mean of transportation
C. to deliver mail as safely and fast as possible
D. to subsidize every new mode of transportation
30) Which means of transportation used in the Post Office is NOT referred in the passage?
A. train B. car C. plane D. motorcycle
31) The Post Office ____.
A. has never used helicopters in deliver B. makes no contribution to build roads
C. contributes income to build highways, railroads, and airways
D. has never been the first to use a new means of transportation
D. WRITING

10) Many species of animals are threatened and could easily become ____.
A. disappeared B. vanished C. empty D. extinct
11) Many animals are ____ for their fur and other valuable parts of their bodies.
A. hunted B. chased C. run after D. followed
12) They started a campaign to ____ smoking among teenagers.
A. encourage B. decrease C. discourage D. prohibit
13) Dinosaurs became ____ millions of years go.
A. disappear B. extinct C. lost D. endangered
14) The chemical ____ from cars and factories make the air, water and soil dangerously dirty.
A. pollution B. polluted C. pollutants D. pollute
15) Human beings are ____ for the changes in the environment.
A. account B. faulty C. blame D. responsible
16) By cutting down trees, we ____ the natural habitat of birds and animals.
A. hurt B. would C. damage D. injure
17) __ aren’t effective anymore because insects have become resistant to them.
A. Fertilizer B. Pesticides C. Herbicides D. Composts
18) They started a campaign to ____ smoking among teenagers.
A. encourage B. decrease C. discourage D. prohibit
19) He is the singer about ____ I often tell you.
A. that B. who C. whom D. him
20) The concert ____ I listened last weekend was boring.
A. to that B. to which C. for what D. for which
21) That’s the girl to ____ my brother got engaged.
A. which B. who C. whom D. her
22) I like the village ____ I used to live.
A. in that B. in where C. which D. in which
23) I don’t know the reason ____ she hasn’t talked to me recently.
A. on which B. for which C. of which D. about which
24) The little girl ____ I borrowed this pen has gone.
A. whose B. from who C. from that D. from whom

42) A. distinction B. instinct C. extension D. extinction
43) A. captivity B. caption C. captive D. capsule
D. WRITING
* Circle the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting .
43) I have two brothers, both of them are studying in England.
A B C D
43) It was a kind of machine with that we were not familiar.
A B C D
44) Radio stations at which broadcast only news first appeared in the 1970s.
A B C D
45) It is right that politicians should make important decisions without consulting the public
A B C
to who they are accountable?
D
46) The song to that we listened last night was beautiful.
A B C D
UNIT 11: SOURCES OF ENERGY
A. PHONETICS
I. Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other
words.
1) A. heat B. nuclear C. feat D. clean
2) A. power B. slow C. snow D. show
3) A. plenty B. energy C. only D. hydropower
II. Circle the word that has stress pattern different from that of the other words.
4) A. electric B. potential C. plentiful D. alternative
5) A. alternative B. geothermal C. environment D. expensively
6) A. potential B. exhausted C. pollution D. infinite
B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
* Circle the best answer for each sentence.
7) Non-renewable energy sources are running ____.

22) He was the last person ____ in this way.
A. to kill B. who killed C. being killed D. to be killed
23) Nellie Ross of Wyoming was the first woman _____ governor in the United States.
A. who elected B. to be elected C. was elected D. her election as
24) ____ in large quantities in the Middle East, oil became known as black gold because of the large
profit it brought.
A. Discovering B. Discovered
C. Which was discovered D. That when discovered
25) She is the only in the discussion ____ to using nuclear power.
A. objects B. objected C. to object D. whom objects
26) Johnny was the last applicant ____ for a position in that energy station.
A. to interview B. interviewing
C. to be interviewed D. which is interviewed
27) The instructions ____ by Professor Johnson helped us know more about the danger of energy
pollution.
A. that explained B. explained C. explaining D. which explained
C. READING
* Circle the item among A, B, C or D that best answers the question about the passage.
Energy is fundamental to human beings, especially to poor people – the one- third of humanity
that does not have modern energy supplies like electricity, with which their life could be improve.
Many people who live in countryside have to gather fuel wood. This takes a lot of time.
Moreover, it causes indoor air pollution because of heavy smoke. For many people living in rural
areas in developing countries of the world, biogas is the large energy resources available and costs
almost nothing. The main use of biogas is for cooking and heating. As biogas is smoke-free, it helps
solve the problem of indoor air pollution. Moreover, plant waste and animal manure cost almost
nothing.
The tendency to use renewable energy sources is on the increase when non-renewable ones are
running out. In the near, people in the developing countries may use wind or sea waves as the
environment-friendly energy sources.
28) What is the role of energy to human beings?

A B C D
39) He is the second person be killed in that way.
A B C D
40) They work in a hospital sponsoring by the government.
A B C D
41) It an essay writing in 1779, Judith Sargeant Murray promoted the cause of women’s education.
A B C D
42) A dam is wall building across river to shop the river’s flow and collect the water.
A B C D

UNIT 12: THE ASIAN GAMES
A. PHONETICS
I. Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other
words.
1) A. screw B. screechy C. scream D. screen
2) A. rugby B. nearby C. cycling D. apply
3) A. strength B. event C. athlete D. wrestling
II. Circle the word that has stress pattern different from that of the other words.
4) A. official B. cycling C. become D. aquatic
5) A. advance B. gymnasium C. solidarity D. variety
6) A. nation B. gather C. facilities D. stadium
B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
* Circle the best answer for each sentence.
7) The Vietnamese participants took ____ in the 14
th
Asian Games with great enthusiasm.
A. notice B. notes C. part D. role
8) ____ from several countries competed in many Asian Game.
A. Spectators B. Athletes C. Audience D. Viewers
9) How many sports are there ____ the 14

A. who B. which C. that D. whose
22) He rang James, ____ a good friend as well as his trainer.
A. who was B. that was C. being D. to be
23) ____ came from France were really more friendly than any others.
A. The athletes, that B. The athletes whom
C. The athletes who D. The athletes which
24) That is Mr. Pike, a referee, ____ I told you about.
A. that B. which C. whom D. whose
25) This is a picture in the newspaper of a high jumper _ leg was seriously hurt.
A. who B. who C. whose D. that
26) I like the book ____ you lent me last week.
A. who B. when C. where D. Þ
27) I know the man ____ Miss White is talking to.
A. him B. which C. whose D. Þ
C. READING * Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.
The Asian Games owes its origins to small Asian multi-sport competitions. The Far Eastern
Championship Games were created to show unity and cooperation among three nations: Japan, the
Philippines and China. The first games were held in Manila, the Philippines in 1931. Other Asian nations
participated after it was organized.
After World War II, a number of Asian countries became independent. Many of the new independent
Asian countries wanted to use a new type of competition where Asian dominance should not be shown by
violence and should be strengthened by mutual understanding. In August 1948, during the 14
th
Olympic
Game in London, India representative Guru Dutt Sondhi proposed to sports leaders of the Asian teams the
idea of having discussions about holding the Asian Games. They agreed to form the Asian Athletic
Federation. A preparatory was set up to draft the charter for the Asian amateur athletic federation. In
February, 1949, the Asian athletic federation was formed and used the name Asian Games Federation. It
was formed and used the name Asian Games Federation. It was decided to hold the first Asian Games in
1951 in New Delhi the capital of India. They added that the Asian Games would be regularly held once

34) Something was strange happened yesterday has been worrying me. I really
A B
don’t know what to do.
C D
35) The 14
th
Asian games , held in Korea in 2002, attracted many participants.
A B C D
36) Their efforts was much appreciated at the Asian Games.
A B C D
37) How many participant took part in the 15
th
Asian Games ?
A B C D
UNIT 13: HOBBIES
A. PHONETICS
I. Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other
words.
1) A. admired B. looked C. missed D. hoped
2) A. admire B. avid C. variety D. while
3) A. engrave B. pastime C. undertake D. spectator
II. Circle the word that has stress pattern different from that of the other words.
4) A. envelope B. album C. usually D. accompany
5) A. admire B. regular C. mountain D. corner
6) A. hobby B. oversea C. collect D. myself
B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
* Circle the best answer for each sentence.
7) My father is an ____ guitarist.
A. accomplishing B. accomplished C. accomplish D. accomplishment
8) He is very good at ____ people singing with his guitar.

A. comes B. that comes C. to come D. who came
23) ____ the police had rescued from the fire.
A. The baby B. The baby that C. It was the baby whom D. The baby whom
24) ____ my parents gave me the fish tank.
A. It was on my birthday when B. It was my birthday on that
C. It was my birthday that D. It was on my birthday that
25) ____ I first met my girlfriend.
A. It was in London that B. It was in London where
C. It was London that D. It was London which
26) ____ on the phone.
A. It is his mother whom is B. It was his mother whom is
C. It was his mother who is D. It is his mother who is
27) ____ a high level of blood cholesterol.
A. It is eggs that contain B. Those are eggs it contains
C. It is eggs that contains D. It is eggs contain
28) It is the library ____.
A. that I often borrow books B. that I often borrow books from
C. where I often borrow books from D. from that I often borrow books
29) ____ England won the World Cup.
A. It was in 1966 that B. It was on 1966 that
C. It was in 1966 when D. It was 1966 in that
30) ____ took my car.
A. It was you B. It were you C. It was you that D. It was you whom
C. READING
* Circle the item among A, B, C or D that best answers the question about the passage.
I like to be near water – sea, lake or river. That I probably because I was born in a village by the
sea, and I have lived most of my life close to water. When I am in some place which is far from lake,
river and sea, I am restless and I always feel that there is something missing, even though it is
sometimes hard for me to decide what it is.
Of course, the sports I like are the ones which need water – sailing, rowing and swimming. It is

A. Water drops B. Water is too cold
C. Drops of water freeze in the places they fall D. Drops of water fall
39) Why is it unpleasant to swim in cold weather?
A. One can only stay in the water for a short time
B. One stays in the weather for a long time
C. The water becomes icy D. The water gets warmer
40) What does the word “which” in paragraph 1 refer to?
A. Lake B. River C. Sea D. Some place
D. WRITING
* Circle the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting .
41) It was at this shop where I bought a T-shirt three days ago.
A B C D
42) It is my closest friend goes abroad to study next month.
A B C D
UNIT 14: ENTERTAINMENT
A. PHONETICS
I. Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other
words.
1) A. seats B. meets C. sits D. feats
2) A. ranged B. managed C. changed D. raged
3) A. rugby B. music C. undertaken D. dull
II. Circle the word that has stress pattern different from that of the other words.
7) A. ability B. activity C. sophisticate D. entertainment
8) A. undertaken B. population C. karaoke D. spectator
9) A. pastime B. enormous C. activity D. important
B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
* Circle the best answer for each sentence.
11) British people are very interested in ____ in sports.
A. entering B. interfering C. involving D. taking part
12) Which of the following leisure activities do you think British people often do in their spare time?

25) Neither the TV nor the video sets ____ properly.
A. works B. work C. has worked D. is working
26) She ____ hard but also gets on well with her classmates.
A. doesn’t only study B. studies not only
C. not only studies D. not studies only
27) Either you leave now ____!
A. I will also call the police B. but I will call the police
C. or will I call the police D. or I will call the police
28) Not only John but also his two brothers ____ football as their recreation every weekend.
A. play B. plays C. were playing D. has played
29) ____ Julia ____ her sister are going to the part.
A. Both-and B. Neither-nor C. Either –or D. Not-only-but also
C. READING
* Read the passage below and choose the best answer A, B, C or D to each question.
I’m interested in sports, especially athletics, and I run seven or eight kilometres every day. I
particularly enjoy cross country running, where you have to run across fields, jump over streams and
so on. While I’m running I think about all sorts of things, and at the end of a run I’m sometimes
surprised to find that I’ve managed to solve a problem that was on my mind.
Next year, I’m going to try the London Marathon. It’s hard race 26 miles, or 42 kilometres-and
you have to be tough to finish, but I very much want to do it. I worry a bit about getting too old, and
I’d like to prove to myself that I’m still almost as fit as I was twenty years old.
I’m interested in mountaineering s well as running. I’ll never become an except climber, but I
know what I’m doing in the mountains. I successfully completed a course in snow and ice climbing
when I was younger; and I’ve done a series of easy climbs in the Alps during the last few years. My
wife doesn’t share my interest in mountains. She agreed to go climbing with me once, but she found
that she felt ill as soon as she got above 1,000 metres.
30) If you do cross country running, you must ____.
A. cross your country B. run along the coast
C. cross your countryside D. cross fields, stream, etc …
31) At the end of a run the writer sometimes finds that ____.

4) A. uncertain B. technical C. attention D. attraction
5) A. psychology B. cosmonaut C. accident D. national
6) A. uncertainty B. satisfaction C. psychology D. approximate
B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
* Circle the best answer for each sentence.
8) No one knew precisely what would happen to a human being in space. The word “precisely” is
closest in meaning to “____”.
A. nicely B. exactly C. rigidly D. roughly
9) Many spacemen could never get back to the Earth because of ___ accidents.
A. tragedy B. tragic C. tragically D. tragedies
10) He finds it difficult for him to recover from his son’s ____.
A. die B. dead C. deadly D. death
11) He failed again, which was a/an ____ disappointment.
A. enormous B. big C. wide D. large
12) The flight will take approximately three weeks. The word “approximately” is closest in meaning
to “____”.
A. closely B. exactly C. about D. precisely
13) How long did Yuri Gagarin’s trip into space ____? Only 180 minutes.
A. lengthen B. last C. late D. strengthen
14) When ____ astronaut travels into space, if a technical failure happens, he can never get back to
____ Earth.
A. an / the B. Þ / an C. an / Þ D. the / Þ
15) Neil Armstrong was the first man to set foot on ____ moon.
A. a B. an C. the D. Þ
16) Everybody congratulated the astronauts ___ their successful trip into space.
A. on B. for C. of D. in
17) Yuri Gagarin became the first man to travel into space ___ April 12
th
, 1961.
A. at B. on C. in` D. from

flights into space seemed just a distant (33) ____ .Aspirations of space tourism are remembered in science
fiction works such as Arthur C. Clarke’s A Fall of Moondust and Islands of the Sky. But now, this fiction
could become achievable as major steps are being taken to make the dream (34) ____ traveling into space
(35) ____ a practical reality. On 28 April 2001, Dennis Tito, (36) ____ millionaire, became the world’s first
space (37) ____. Tito was (38) into space onboard a Russian Soyuz capsule. He showed that anyone could
make a space journey. Five years on, scientists are attempting to shape the future in order to give everyone a
(39) ____ to fulfill their dreams of traveling into space, whether (40) ____ not they are millionaires.
31) A. science B. scientist C. scientific D. scientific
31) A. do B. take C. invent D. establish
33) A. views B. weightlessness C. actions D. possibility
34) A. in b. for C. of D. on
35) A. become B. to become C. became D. becoming
36) A. a B. an C. the D. Þ
37) A. cosmonaut B. astronaut C. tourist D. engineer
38) A. flown B. thrown C. whirled D. launched
39) A. chance B. opportunity C. must D. change
40) A. nor B. or C. neither D. and
D. WRITING
* Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting.
41) Your grandfather could speak five languages, could he?
A B C D
42) She spoke in a very low voice, but I can understand what she said.
A B C D
43) I used to be to stand on my head but I can’t be able to do it now.
A B C D
44) The trip was cancelled lask week. John couldn’t go away because he was ill.
A B C D
UNIT 16: THE WONDERS OF THE WORLD
A . VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Circle the best answer for each sentence.

D. A buried treasure is believed to have been hidden in the tomb.
13. George …………another trip to Greece.
A. is said to be planned B. said to be planned
C. said to be planning D. is said to be planning
14. The skyscraper is said to have been built in 1930.
A. They said that skyscraper was built in 1930.
B. It was said that skyscraper was built in 1930.
C. They are said that skyscraper is built in 1930.
D. It is said that skyscraper was built in 1930.
15. John ……………… The Great Egypt of Giza.
A. said to have been visited B. is said to have been visited
C. is said to have visited D. said to have visited
16. Mr. pike ………… the most famous archaeologist in our city.
A. says to be B. is said to be C. is said that D. said to be
17. Many people believe that God created the world.
A. It believes that God created the world.
B. The world is believed God created.
C. God is believed to create the world.
D. God is believed to have create the world.
18. …………… to be the richest man in the USA.
A. Bill Gates
B. Bill Gates says
C. Bill Gates is
D. Bill Gates is said
19. John is said to have been stolen the money.
A. It is said John steals the money.
B. It is said John stole the money.
C. People said John steals the money.
D. People say John steals the money.
20. It is said that many people are homeless after the floods.

→ The strike …………………………………………………………………………………………….
10. It is thought that the prisoner escaped by climbing over the wall.
→ The prisoner …………………………………………………………………………………………
11. It is reported that many people are homeless after the floods.
→ Many people …………………………………………………………………………………………
12. It is said that the man robbed the stone of $ 3,000 in cash.
→ The man ……………………………………………………………………………………………
13. It is reported that the building was badly damaged by fine.
→ The building …………………………………………………………………………………………
14. It is said that the company is losing a lot of money.
→ The company …………………………………………………………………………………………
15. It is said that she works 16 hours a day.
→ She ……………………………………………………………………………………………………
IRREGULAR VERBS
No Infinitive Past Simple Past Participle Meaning
1 be(am/is/are) was/ were been
thì, là, ở
2 arise arose arisen
xuất hiện
3 bear bore born
sinh ra
4 beat beat beaten
đánh, đập
5 become became become
trở nên
6 begin began begun
bắt đầu
7 bend bent bent
cúi, gập
8 bet bet bet

bò
24 cut cut cut
cắt
25 dig dug dug
đào
26 do did done
làm
27 draw drew drawn
vẽ
28 dream* dreamt dreamt
mơ
29 drink drank drunk
uống
30 drive drove driven
lái xe
31 eat ate eaten
ăn
32 fall fell fallen
té xuống
33 feed fed fed
cho ăn
34 feel felt felt
cảm thấy
35 fight fought fought
đánh nhau
36 find found found
tìm thấy
37 fit fit fit
vừa vặn
38 fly flew flown

cầm, nắm, tổ chức
54 hurt hurt hurt
làm đau
55 keep kept kept
giữ
56 know knew known
biết
57 lay laid laid
đặt, để
58 lead led led
dẫn dắt
59 learn* learnt learnt
học
60 leave left left
rời khỏi
61 lend lent lent
cho mượn
62 let let let
để cho
63 lose lost lost
đánh mất
64 make made made
làm
65 mean meant meant
nghóa là
66 meet met met
gặp
67 overcome overcame overcome
vượt qua
68 pay paid paid

bắn
84 shut shut shut
đóng lại
85 sing sang sung
hát
86 sink sank sunk
chìm, đắm
87 sit sat sat
ngồi
88 sleep slept slept
ngủ
89 slide slid slid
trượt đi
90 smell* smelt smelt
ngửi
91 speak spoke spoken
nói
92 speed sped sped
tăng tốc
93 spell spelt spelt
đánh vần
94 spend spent spent
tiêu xài
95 spill spilt spilt
tràn ra
96 spread spread spread
lan truyền
97 steal stole stolen
đánh cắp
98 stand stood stood

đánh thức
114 wear wore worn
mặc, đội
115 weave wove woven
dệt
116 weep wept wept
khóc
117 wet wet wet
làm ướt
118 win won won
thắng
119 write wrote written
viết
* Có thể thêm “ed” để thành lập V2 hoặc V3.
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