LESSON 1:VERB FORMS
Put the verbs in the right forms.
1. Some documents ( steal ) last night.
2. John (wash) his hands. He (just/ repair) the TV set.
3. Tell him (bring) his bike inside. If he (leave) it there, someone (steal) it.
4. Let’s wait for Lien (arrive)…………… and we (have)……… dinner.
5. Mai (be) …….……very happy when she (receive)………… …a letter from her sister this morning.
6. Are you busy this evening ?
-Yes, I (meet) …………… Tuan at the library at seven. We (study) ……………….….together.
7. Mai (telephone) …………….…you when she comes back.
8. Miss Trang is in hospital.
- Yes, I know. I (visit) …………………….her tomorrow.
9. I (read) ……………….an interesting book at the moment. I (lend )……… ………it to you when I finish it.
10. Look at those black clouds. It (rain)…………….…….
11. I (not invite) …………… her to the party because I (forget) ……………… her phone number.
12. Please stop (talk) ……… ……I (try) ………….… (finish) …………….….a letter to the Y & Y Green Group.
13. There (be)………many volunteers in SEA GAMES 22
nd
in Viet Nam in 2003.
14. The tourist needs (find)……………………. the police station because he’s lost money.
15. My mother is busy (cook) ………… ……
16. She (feed) ……………… the cat yet ?- Yes, she (feed) ………………… it half an hour ago.
17. The weather (become) ……………………colder and colder in December.
18. He (cut) ……… … my hair too short Don’t worry: it (grow)………….… again very quickly.
19. I (not go ) ……………… ….out this evening. I (stay ) ………………….at home.
20. The film (begin) ………… ……at 7.30 or 8.00 ?
21. You (be) …………… away ?- Yes, I (go ) ………….… to the country last Sunday.
22.They just (phone) ………….… to say that they (not come) ………………….back till Friday night.
23. The movie (start) …………… …at 8.15 this evening.
24. Mr Binh (learn ) ……… …….Chinese at school , but he (forget) …………………most of it.
25. I’d rather you ( not put off)…………………….… the shoes.

55. How this word (pronounce)…………………………….?
56. Hoa (be)…………… born in Hue, but she (grow)…………….up in Hanoi.
57. Who (invent)……………the telephone?. It (invent)…………… by Alexander Bell.
58. The printer (break)…………….down yesterday, but now it’s O.K.
59. Where you (take)…………….these photographs ? They (take)…………… on the bookshelf yesterday.
60. We ( help)…………………… him whenever he needs.

LESSON 2: PRONUNCIATION
A- Theory:
1. Cách phát âm đuôi ‘ed’”
‘ed’ được phát âm là : /id/ khi đứng sau : t hoặc d .Ví dụ : visited, wanted,planted,needed,united,polluted……
‘ed’ được phát âm là : /t/ khi đứng sau : p, k , s , sh, ch ,gh .Ví dụ : stopped, looked, missed, washed, watched,
laughed…
‘ed’ được phát âm là : /d/ ngoài 2 trường hợp trên : Ví dụ : learned, lived, played, happened, carried……
2. Cách phát âm phụ âm CH :
CH được phát âm là : /k/ : school , character, chemistry, christmas, chaos/keios/(sự hỗn loạn), scholar ( học giả) ,
scheme (kế hoạch) , orchestra, christ, stomach, monarchy ( nước quân chủ lập hiến ), architect, chorus, choral,
…….
CH được phát âm là : / / : machine, champage, chemise / áo sơ mi /… schedule(Thời gian biểu)……
CH được phát âm là : / / trong các trường hợp còn lại : chore (việc nhà), cheap, child, children, chicken,
church, catch, charity, charm, cheerful…….
3. Cách phát âm phụ âm TH :
TH được phát âm là : / / : this, that, these, those, than, though, eventhough, then, the, father, brother, weather,
TH được phát âm là : / / : think, thought, thank, three, breathe, sixth, seventh, depth, width, month, truth,
thing, theater , bath, healthy……
4. Cách phát âm phụ âm S :
S được phát âm là : / s / khi sau : / p, t, k, f, gh / Ví dụ : stops, wants, looks, laughs, ……
S được phát âm là : / iz / khi có đuôi /es/ sau: /s , ch, sh, x, z / Ví dụ : misses, watches, washes, boxes, …
S được phát âm là : / z / trong các trường hợp còn lại : Ví dụ : learns, plays, goes, swims, lives, sings, pens,…
5. Một số phụ âm câm :

ance, ence, ant, ent, ian, ic, ous, ive, cial, tial, ity, tion,sion, cion, ury……
Eg. Nation, prevention, anxious, precious, expensive, special, injury, famous, unity, compendious( súc tích),
librarian, politician, attendance…………
5. Danh từ chỉ các môn học :
Trọng âm cách âm tiết cuối 1 âm tiết: (Trừ 2 âm sau)
Eg. Geography, biology, literature,…….
6. Đa số động từ có 2 âm tiết thì trọng âm ở âm tiết thứ 2, vì âm tiết trước có đặc tính tiếp đầu ngữ:
NHỮNG TIẾP ĐẦU NGỮ THÔNG THƯỜNG LÀ:
Ab, ad, ac, af, al, an, ap, ar, at, as, … (eg, accept, affect, address, apply, arrange, arrive, attach……
Bi….(eg: bisect (cắt đôi) )
Com, co, col, con……… (eg: combine, complete, compare,co-operature,collect,conclude………)
De, dis………(eg: depent, defend (protect)…, dispose (định đoạt), dislike……………
Ex, en,im, in, into, mis, ob, oc,of,op, per, pro,sub, suc, sug, un, out, sur, re,………
(eg: exciting, exclaim, exclude, enlarge, immix, important, imply(hàm ý), impossible, into, invent, mistake,
impression, observe(quan sát), occur, offend(làm phật ý), oppose (chống đối), perform, propose (intend),
protect, submit(đầu hàng), succeed, suggest, unlock, unman (làm mất can đảm), outdo, outgrow, surprise,
resist…………
7. Những vần có trọng âm cố định:
ade, ee, eer, ese, self, cur, dict, ect, fer, mit, sist, tain, tract, vent,………
Eg: engineer, Chinese, myself, occur, predict, collect, effect, correct, prefer, confer, prevent, attract,
detest(hate)……
8. Trọng âm với DANH TỪ GHÉP : Thường rơi vào âm tiết đầu (Trừ: DT ghép với từ chỉ vật liệu chế tạo ra
vật đó thì trọng âm ở DT sau ).
Eg. paper bag, nylon shirt, brick house…….
9.Trọng âm với ĐỘNG TỪ GHÉP :
a) Có 2 từ: Trọng âm ở từ thứ 2 (throw away, cool off, warm up, see off, take off………….
b). Ghép bởi trạng từ + ĐT : Trọng âm ở ĐT gốc.
eg. Outdo, overdo, overweight, underline, understand,………
Ngoại lệ: backbite (nói xấu)
B. Practice:

30. A. excellent B. expensie C. convenient D. available
31. A. magazine B. telephone C. community D. dangerous
32. A. semester B. electricity C. arrangement D. delicious
33. A. recycle B. protect C. instead D. natural
34. A. fertilize B. represent C. overpackage D. understand
35. A. compost B. product C. resources D. envelope
36. A. difficult B. environment C. certainly D. vegetable
37. A. garbage B. plastic C. industry D. approximate
38. A. paddle B. canoe C. travel D. institute
39. A. entertainment B. oceanic C. fertilizer D. representative
40. A. emergency B. hospital C. ambulance D. handkerchief
41. A. recognize B. remember C. deposit D. immediate
42. A. minimize B. damage C. natural . D. recycle
43. A. computer B. guarantee C. university D. education
44. A. document B. technology C. company D. monitor
45. A. telephone B. library C. equipment D. campuses
46. A. available B. delicious C. amusing D. entertaining
47. A. concern B. access C. impact D. skeptical
48. A. liquify B. appliance C. helicopter D. document
49. A. mixture B. wonder C. perform D. heritage
50. A. guarantee B. properly C. chocolate D. printer
LESSON 4: PREPOSITIONS
Ex 1: Put the suitable prepositions in the blanks.
1. Mrs Lien said you could reach her…………….854126354.
2. Snow is falling all…………………… the country.
3. Will you pick me………………after the party?
4. The secrectary took a message…………………….her boss.
5. He emigrated…………… Canada……………… 1870s.
6. We all agreed……………….their request for a full investigation.
7. Keep those medicines…………………the children’s reach.

38. Thanks……………….your praise. It really cheers me…………………
39. Will you come…………………to my house……………………the weekend?
40. After the accident I spent 6 months……………… crutches.
41. Contact an organization…………….Friends of the Earth………………information.
42. Don’t throw things…………… Try and find another use…………….them.
43. We can look………… information………… recycling things in the local library.
44. These shoes are made……………old car tires.
45. “Vegetable matter” is made……………… compost.
46. In the factory, the glass is broken…………… , melted and made……………new glassware.
47. What did the government do to prevent people……………… throwing drink cans away?
48. If you want to share your recycling story………………our reader, call or fax us…………5264318.
49. I’m looking forward…………………seeing you in June.
50. Ha Long Bay is recognized………………UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
51. She is thinking………………importing flowers from Vietnam.
52. He realized his alarm clock didn’t go………………
53. Everyone fell……………the deep and dangerous water.
54. You must come……………for dinner one night.
55. We’ll only be…………….town……………….three days.
56. They went swimming…………… Waikiki Beach as soon as they arrived……………the Hawaiian
island…………… Oahu.
57. If we don’t finish the report today, we can go…………….with it tomorrow.
58. She complained…………… me……………….his rudeness.
59. We went…………….a 10-day tour of central Africa.
60. They caught the flight 710…………… 10.00…………….Thursday, 22.
61. My mother is keen………………growing roses.
62. We thanked them………………….all their help.
63. Wine is made……………….grapes.
64. Santa Claus is based………………the description of Saint Nicholas.
65. They have to separate the rice……………….the husk and cook the rice.
66. Nam turned…………… his computer, but it didn’t work.

2. Each of my friends has a………character. ( differ)
3. …………the barber cut my hair too short.( luck )
4. Trung and his brother like ……… movies very much. ( act)
5. Bell experimented with ways of transmitting………over a long distance. ( speak)
6. Bell……….demonstrated his invention. (success)
7. Mr Phong made an……….to see us at two o’clock. ( arrange)
8. Thomas Watson was Bee’s………., wasn’t he ? (assist)
9. There wasn’t any …………in our village two years ago. (electric)
10. Our life is much better with the help of modern……….(equip)
11. “The Lost Shoes “ is one of the………… stories I like best.(tradition)
12. Everyone was …… at the soccer match. (excite)
13. A fairy appeared and……… changed her old clothes.(magic)
14. The tiger wanted to see the farmer’s………… (wise)
15. In that story , the prince got ………… to a poor girl. (marry)
16. Her father soon died of a………… heart. (break)
17. He was……….to say that. (fool)
18.He fell off the bike , but his……… werenot serious. (injure)
18. She gave me a……… of the new house.(demonstrate)
19. The shop……… showed me a lot of new models. (assist)
20. You must read the following …………precautions carefully.(safe)
21. You shouldn’t talk about her character only through her……….(appear)
22. Let me get an ………form and we can fill out. (apply)
23. Mai likes acting and outdoor ……… (act)
24. Our teacher always ………….us to work hard. (courage)
25. The scouts do the …………work. (volunteer)
26. Nowadays, scouting is popular………….(world)
27. By recycling we can save ……….resources. (nature)
28. He also helps the ……… and street children.(old)
29. Is there any thing …………on TV tonight? (interest)
30. This form must have the………of the writer. (sign)

61. Santa Claus is based on the……….of Saint Nicholas in a poem.(describe)
62. Unfortunately, the leaders of the Church said the songs were………(suit)
63. Phuong arranged flowers the most ………in the contest.(attract)
64. How do people organize these…………………? (act)
65. This temple was built by the local………over 100 years ago.(inhabit)
66. Angkor Wat was…………built to honor a Hindu God.(origin)
67. The town now becomes the Buddist………….center of the whole country.(religion)
68. The area……….the village used to be flooded.(surround)
69. Ha Long Bay is in …… Viet Nam.(north)
70. The ancient……… wrote on a plant called papyrus. (Egypt)
71. There was a strange ……… in the bowl.(mix)
72. The wood pulp is cleaned and…………whitened.( chemist)
73. Televition is one of the most important……………of the 20
th
century. (invent)
74. Paper was made from wood pulp in the year 105 by a Chinese…………… (office)
75. I live in a small village and its……… are very beautiful.(surround)
76. The world of computers is extremely………… (complete)
77. What’s the ………… of Thomas Edison? (nation)
78. D.E. Huges was the …………of microphone.(invent)
79. Discovering penicillin made Sir Alexander Fleming………….all over the world.(fame)
80. What’s your ……………for designing this house ? (suggest)
81. Is PETRONAS Twin Towers the………….building in the world ?(high)
82. You don’t have to do that work. In other words, it’s …… for you.(necessity)
83. There are a lot of ………….festivals in Viet Nam.(tradition)
84. You must make a quick………… about who wins the contest.(decide)
85. It’s ……………to eat too much sugar and fat. (health)
86. If you can give a reasonable………… for your bad behavior lastnight, I’ll forgive you. (explain)
87. My brother often does experiments about electricity for…………… (please)
88. The………charged me 50,000 VND for each room.(decorate)

The color of…………………………………………………………………
16. Mr Phong teaches Math. Mr Ha teaches History. (same subject)
Mr Phong…………………………………………………………………………….
17. It’s three years since I last saw Mai.
I have…………………………………………………………………….
22. Tam doesn’t type as fast as she used to.
Tam used…………………………………………………………………….
24. Nhung will be fifteen nextweek.
It’s Nhung’s ………………………………………………………………………
28. The bread is so stale that we can’t eat. ( fresh)
…………………………………………………………………………………
29. Whose handbag is this? (belong)
………………………………………………………………………………
30. He last came back to his home village 5 months ago. (for)
……………………………………………………………………………………
31. My aunt managed a small business in the city but doesn’t any more. (used)
…………………………………………………………………………………….
32. She said nothing. She didn’t want to make him angry. ( so as to)
…………………………………………………………………………………….
33. He locked the door. He wanted nobody to disturb him. (so that)
………………………………………………………………………………………
36. He was delighted to receive his aunt’s letter.
He was delighted that his……………………………………………….
37. Old car tires are recycled to make shoes and sandals.
People………………………………………………………………………
40. Please don’t play your music so loudly. (playing)
Would…………………………………………………………………….?
41. Will you permit me to use your dictionary ? (mind)
I hope you…………………………………………………………………
42. Would you mind not using the office phone? (use)

We are going to have…………………………………………………….
77. “Where are you going next weekend?” An said to Hanh
An asked……………………………………………………………………
82. When I was young, I regularly traveled around the country. (used)
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
83. His hobby is to collect stamps. (fond)
…………………………………………………………………………………………
87. People say exercise is good for you. (be)
………………………………………………………………………………………
89. She said to me, “Turn off the lights when you go out.”
She…………………………………………………………………………………….
90. “I’ll give you my phone number so that you can call me” Jane said to me.
Jane told…………………………………………………………………………………
91. “I don’t know what Fred is doing,” Jone said to me.
Jone said…………………………………………………………………………………
97. We find it difficult to understand this question.
This question…………………………………………………………………
98. She’s very pleased to see her grandparents soon.
She’s looking…………………………………………………………
99. Does your country export rice to Britain ?
Is……………………………………………………
105. I thought she was an intelligent girl: but she is so stupid. (different from)
She is…………………………………………………………………………………
108. You can get off this train at Bath.
This train…………………………………………
109. We are willing to drive you to the airport.
LESSON 7: READING
1). Fill in the blank with a suitable word. (10pts)
The country is (1)…………beautiful than a town and more pleasant to live in. Many people think so, and
go to the country (2)………… the summer holiday though they can’t live (3)…………all the year round. Some

a hospital. Electric shock is a situation where first-aid can be used. If enough electricity enters the body, the person
(6)…………immediately. First-aid can bring him or her back to consciousness. Another situation is drowning, or
dying in (7)…………… , which happens most often in the summer when many people (8)………….swimming.
Children can also drown when they are left (9)…………… near a swimming pool . A person trained in first-aid
can help a person start to breathe (10)………… clearing the water out of the airway.
4).Fill in the blank with a suitable word .(10pts)
Recycling saves. It saves money, enery, and natural resources. Aluminum cans (1)………very easy to
recycle. But, every three months, we throw away (2)……………aluminum to rebuild all the commercial airplanes
in the country. So please think (3)………….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)……………never need
any new iron and steel. Every week, more than five hundred thousand trees ared used to make newspapers, and
two-third of those newspapers are (5)…………away. This year, we’ll throw away enough office and writing paper
to (6)…………….a wall three and a half meters high. And that wall would be so (7)…………….it would go from
Los Angeles to New York. Every year, we throw away enough glass bottles to fill (8)……………two tallest
buildings in New York every two weeks. Those bottles can (9)………… recycled. We throw away two and a half
million plastic bottles every hour. Very (10)…………….plastic bottles are ever recycled. This message is from the
Environmental Concern Fund. If you are not recycling, you’re throwing it away.
5).Choose the best one to fill in each blank. (10pts)
Da Lat lies on Lam Vien plateau, in the Central Highland province of Lam Dong, 300 kilometers north of
Ho Chi Minh City. Da Lat is a well-known city …… (1) all the people who have been there once. Da Lat is known
……( 2) a city of pine trees, waterfalls and flowers. Da Lat is described as a forest of flowers with … (3) colors
and various species. Flowers can be found …(4) and in any season. We can see flowers in Da Lat in the parks, …
(5) of the houses, in the gardens etc. Da Lat has the widest range of orchid varieties in the country. Da Lat has …
(6) rivers and canals but it has many picturesque waterfalls. It takes tourists several days … (7) all the waterfalls in
the area. The famous Cam Ly Fall is only 3 kilometers … (8) the town center. The Prenn Falls is 10 kilometers in
the south of Da Lat. The water … (9) down like a white shade. Da Lat people are very … (10) of it. They always
boast to tourists about it in the first place. Around the Prenn Falls is the valley of various flowers and pine hills.
1- A. attracts B. attracting C. attracted D. attractive
2- A. as B. like C. same D. similar
3- A. different B. difficult C. differ D. difference

5. A. weather B. measurement C. climate D. temperature
6. A. famous B. known C. visited D. requested
7. A. search B. inspect C. examine D. visit
8. A. viewing B. inspecting C. sightseeing D. looking
9. A. picnic B. trip C. guide D. entertainment
10. A. flights B. travels C. journeys D. voyages
8). Fill in the blank with a suitable word .(10pts)
Most Bristish people go abroad on holiday, to visit family, or (1)………… short business trips. People
are advised to find out (2)……………to get urgent treatment before (3)……………the UK. They have to get a
form which explains what they (4)……………do if they fall ill or have an accident, and what arrangements exist
in each country (5)…………….medical treatment. The regulations are fairly simple but (6)…………… people
donot have this information, they may (7)…………….that private medical care is extremely expensive. It (8)
…………….not unusual for people to discover that they donot have enough money with (9)……………to pay the
total costs in such circumstances (10)………… already difficult situation becomes even more complicated.
9). Fill in the blank with a suitable word .(10pts)
In Canada and the United States, (1)………………of the most popular days in the year in Halloween.
Halloween is on October 31 st. It’s a day (2)……………….some people dress up in strange or unusual costumes.
For example, they may dress up to look (3)…………an animal, a person from a book or movie or a famous person
from history. In some places, children go to school in (4)………… Halloween costumes. After dark, many young
children (5)…………on their costumes and visit their neighbors. They knock on the (6)…………… and shout
“Trick or treat” Then the neighbors (7)……….them some candies, and the children go on to the (8)……….house.
Adults also enjoy dressing up for Halloween. .(9)………….are usually Halloween parties in the evening and
usually there is a prize for the best or (10)………….unusual costume.
10). Fill in the blank with a suitable word .(10pts)
The world’s (1)……… famous clock is Big Ben standing (2)………to the house of Parliament in Lon don.
Big Ben is the (3)…………of the bell which chimes every hour. The bell (4)………….named after Sir Benjamin
Hall, the man (5)………….was given the task of hauling the bell up the clock tower.
The clock (6)………….four faces and keeps accurate time. It can (7)……………adjusted by the removal or
addition of coins (8)………… a stray attached to the clock’s pendulum.
One interesting thing about the clock is (9)………………the light shines above the belfry at night, it (10)………

per year. New ideas can still be developed (9)……… private inventors. However, it is important to consider
these (10)… … : Will it work? Will it be wanted ? Is it new?
13). Fill in the blank with a suitable word .(10pts)
Most people agree that computers are the most important…(1)……….of the 20
th
century. The first business
computers… (2)……….introduced just about thirty years ago, and now they are being…(3)……. In a wide variety of fields,
from banking to space travel. (4)……., until just a few years ago, computers were very large, expensive machines owned by
large corporation and governments. (5)… everyone knew that computers existed, very few people had ever seen one and
even…(6)…… had used one. Then in the 1970s the silicon chip was invented. Because this electronic device …(7)
…….store a large amount of information in a very small space, computers could be much smaller and less expensive …
(8) the huge mainframe computers used……(9)……… corporations. Some computers manufacturers believed that
people might like to have computers in…(10)…….homes, offices, and school, so the personal computer was born.
14). Choose the best one to fill in each blank. (10pts)
Most people think of computers as very modern inventions, products of our new technological age. But
actually the idea for a computer (1)………… worked out over two centuries ago by a man (2)………Charles
Babbage.
Babbage was born (3)……….1791 and grew up to be a brilliant mathematician. He drew up plans for
several calculating machines (4)……… he called “engines”. But despite the fact that he (5)………….building
some of these he never finished any of them. Over the years people have argued (6)………….his machines would
ever work. Recently, however, the Science Museum in London has finished building (7)…………engine based on
one of Babbage’s designs. (8)……………has taken six years to complete and more (9)……………four thousand
parts have been special made. Whether it works or not, the machine will be on show at a special exhibition in the
Science Museum (10)………….remind people of Babbage’s work.
1. A. has B. was C. had D. is
2. A. known B. recognized C. written D. called
3. A. on B. in C. by D. for
4. A. whose B. who C. these D. which
5. A. wanted B. made C. started D. missed
6. A. until B. whether C. while D. though