BÀI TẬP BỔ TRỢ VÀ NÂNG CAO - UNIT 7
I. Fill in the blank with one suitable word in the conversation below
On politeness
Henry: Is this your trip to England?
Robert: Yes, it is
Henry: (1)… me of the first crossing the English Channel some ten years ago. At the
time I met a man who gave me a very (2)… list of “do and don’t” which a visitor in
Britain should know. I’ve been carrying that list with me ever since
Robert: May I make a note of those “do and don’t”, please
Henry: By all means. Well, here’s the list, but I’d rather read it to you as my
handwriting is not quite readable
Robert: All right, I’m ready.
Henry: Te first rule is (3)… with the manner of addressing people. Don’t use the
words “Sir” and “Madam” in conversation with equals
Robert: What should I say then?
Henry: Say “yes, Mr. Smith” or “No, Mrs. Brown” or just “yes” or “no”
Robert: Is it true that British people avoid shaking hands?
Henry: That’s the next rule to be (4)…. A Briton will shake hands with you when he
meets you for the first time or when he makes his farewell, that is to say, when he (5)…
you for long or for good. And remember that it’s the guest who offers his (6)… first. But
isn’t quite common to shake hands when meeting a friend one hasn’t seen for six months
or so. Now the last rule is to (7)… personal subjects in general conversations
Robert: What is the safest subject of conversation then?
Henry: The weather, especially if your journey of visit doesn’t last longer than, say,
two hours
Robert: Also don’t say “please” when you want somebody to repeat a (8)… . You
must say “Sorry, but I didn’t quite catch that”, or “pardon”, or “I’m afraid I didn’t quite
hear what you said”, or “Sorry bit I missed that”
II. Choose the right word to fill in the blanks:
1. Why don’t you (take/ bring) your girlfriend with you next time? We’d love to
meet her

2. After thinking about it for a long time, I finally made up my mind to take the job
(d…)
3. Last week I was asked if I would like to go to a dancing hall (i…)
4. My sister’s daughter was take to hospital last week (n )
5. I was totally tired and word out after the football match on Saturday (e…)
6. I want you to come here without any delay (i…)
V. Use the correct form of word
The 1. (lead) of the expedition was interviewed before they left
for the Himalayas. He said, “When you have such an international team, you have to take
certain precautionary measures. It was most important that all 2.
(climb) could speak a common language. It was obligatory to have a
3. (satisfy) level of English, which is our common language. We’re
all 4. (practice) men and we avoided selecting people with only 5.
(theory) knowledge. Everyone has climbed in the Himalayas before.
We also thought it best to avoid any 6. (politics) or 7.
(philosophy) discussions. After all, we all come from quite different
backgrounds. Everyone needed a high level of physical 8. (fit) , and we
also wanted at least three man with some 9. (medicine) knowledge.
Handsruedi, Lars and Hidroshi have all worked with mountain rescue teams, and their
experience will be 10. (value) if we run into trouble. After all you
can’t send for a doctor when you’re half way up a mountain.
VI. Use the correct form of verb:
Cook, Thomas (1808 – 1892) English travel agent, who founded Thomas Cook and
Son, was born at Melbourne. Derbyshire, on November 22, 1808 (leave) school at the age
of ten, he earned his living at various jobs before starting in the travel business. In 1841
Cook chartered a train (take) people from Leicester to a meeting in Log borough on July
5. It (believe) (be) the first publicity advertised excursion train in England. Encouraged
by this and similar successes, Cook built up a travel organization which now (have)
agencies all over the world/ With the introduction of this “voucher” system, Cook laid the
foundation stone for mass tourism. A whole “package hour” to places all over the world
ANSWER FOR UNIT 07
I. 1. reminds 2. useful 3. connected 4. remembered 5. leaves 6. hand 7. avoid 8. sentence
II. 1. bring 2. go with 3. rent 4. back 5. invented 6. receipt 7. fetching 8. else
III. 1. accept 2. marked 3. purpose 4. exchange 5. across 6. terms 7. spread 8. originally
IV. 1. neighbors 2. decided 3. invited 4. niece 5. exhausted 6. immediately
V. 1. leader 2. climbers 3. satisfactory 4. practical 5. theoretical 6. political 7.
philosophical 8. fitness 9. medical 10. invaluable
VI. 1. leaving 2. to take 3. is believed 4. to have been 5. has 6. could be bought 7. paid 8.
making
VII. 1. Don’t you wish you had learnt to swim?
2. We must leave as soon as Maria is ready
3. I haven’t seen him since I lived in London
4. What I really need to get is a new computer
5. We were so bored by that play that we left
6. Peter told Mark that he wanted him to write
7. It is ten years since I last heard this song
8. This office isn’t big enough for two people