2. Passage 1: 1. C 2. D 3. A
4. C 5. A
Passage 2: 1. B 2. B 3. D
4. C 5. A
Passage 3: 1. A 2. C 3. B
4. C 5. A
Passage 4: 1. D 2. A 3. C
4. A 5. D
Passage 5: 1. C 2. D 3. C
4. B 5. A
3. Passage 6: 1. B 2. B 3. A
4. D 5. C
Passage 7: 1. C 2. B 3. A
4. A 5. D
Passage 8: 1. C 2. B 3. C
4. B 5. D
Passage 9: 1. D 2. A 3. C
4. A 5. C
Passage 10: 1. C 2. A 3. D
4. B 5. C
5. Passage 1: 1. share 2. backs
3. up 4. bring 5. result
6. experiences 7. had known
8. take 9. enough 10. who
Passage 2: 1. affected 2.scarce
3. throughout 4. almost 5. where
6. severe 7. pasture 8. conducted
9. emergency 10. at
Passage 3:1. as 2. because 3. provides
4. of 5. number 6. or 7.stop
8. gradually 9. amount 10. require
6. Passage 4: 1. whether 2. underneath
3. at 4. much 5.made
6. cultivating 7. exploring 8. forms
9. feet 10. possible
Passage 5: 1. survival 2 . Distributed
3. exist 4. sources 5. of
6. developing 7. discharged 8. is
9. agriculture 10. wasteful
Passage 6: 1. invention 2. ordinary
3. doing 4. in 5. save
6. capable . 7. instructions
7. Passage 7: 1. planets 2. called
3. water 4. is 5. too
6. distant 7. from 8. life
9. half 10. observe
Passage 8: 1. event 2. first
3. swam 4. medals 5. six
6. men’s 7. threw 8. ever
9. accident 10. slipped
8. Passage 9: 1. belonged to 2. raises
3. any 4. at 5. selling
6. takes 7. air 8. extra
9. take over 10. dull
Passage 10: 1. carrying 2. crowd
3. sight 4. advised 5. main
6. stolen 7. found 8.damaged
9. alarm 10. put off
10. 1. That new car is too expensive for me to
buy= that new car is so expensive that I
can’t buy it
2. I had a plumber repair the leak this
morning.
Have sb do st# have st PP
3. Because of his serious illness, he couldn’t
go camping with his classmates
lastSunday.
11. 4. I used to be made to drink a lot of
milk by my mother when I was small.
Used to + V (đã từng)#
be used to +v-ing (có thói quen)
5. They were speaking so softly that I
couldn’t hear them=they were
speaking too softly for me to hear
12. 6. Does a child spend most of his life
playing?
7. If he had been careful, he wouldn’t have
lost his money.
8. It’s years since I last went to a cricket
match.
S+ have/has (not) PP = It is --- since S +
last/first +V(simple past)
9. Not as many people die from flu now as
50 years ago.
13. 10. The higher the sun rose, the more
quickly the fog disappeared
11. she is not used to staying up so
late
12. When Peter got home, his father
had gone on a fishing trip.
14. 13. Sally could buy a new car with the
prize money.
S+ can/could + V +(obj) with st/sb=sb/st
enable (S) t to V
14. My sister asked if I was interested
in the Language Centre.
15. I’m not used to sleeping in the
afternoon.
15. 16. I should have thought of that
before.
17. Neither alcohol nor cigarettes are
good for your heart.
18. Would you like me to give you a lift
to the airport in my car?
19. Ann suggested that she and Peter
(should) go to LD…
20. Because he didn’t hurry, he couldn’t
catch the train.
16. 21. This is the first time I have eaten this
kind of food
22. I’ve met so many people in the last few
days that I can’t possibly remember all of
their names.
23. The chairman wondered who had been
sitting in his chair.
24. Would you mind lending me your
dictionary for a moment.
25. It hasn’t been raining here for a
fortnight
17. 26. It’s unusual for Jill to say such rude
words to his friends.
27. We are going to have the house
redecorated by a local firm / a local firm
redecorate the house next week.
28. She’d rather he picked her up at the
airport next Wednesday.
29.The doctor advised me to go s.w warmer.
30. Two tablets should be taken every two
hours.
18. 31. I have been working for the company for
only a month.
32. If I hadn’t tried to move this heavy box,
my back wouldn’t have ached so much.
33. He suggested going for a picnic in two
days’ time because he wanted to get some
fresh air.
34. Pat advised Amanda not to lend him any
more money.
35. He told the boy not to touch the iron as
it was still hot.
19. 36. He offered me some coffee and I
refused.
37. She didn’t say a word when she left..
38. She asked me if I had ever seen the..
39. I’ve never known a more warm-
hearted person than my mother.
40. She is the most skillful player in the
team.
20. 41. I wish I could sing beautifully so
that I could join them now.
42. The broken vase couldn’t be
repaired by him.
43. You should have your car repaired
and re-sprayed.
44. Veronica didn’t forget and neither
did Dorothy.
45. Mrs Johnson asked where the
station car park was.
21. 46. We can only get into the house if
someone has a key.
47. his house has been broken into by
the thief three times recently.
48. The snow prevented the train from
running
49. She warned them not to swim just
after they had eaten.
50. When did they return to their
homeland?
23. A. Rewrite sentences.
1. William Shakespeare was the only English
author whose works were translated more
often than Agatha Christie’s.
2. She wrote approximately one novel a year.
3. When she was a young girl, she hoped to be a
great singer.
4. After some lessons in Paris, however, she
realized her voice was not good enough.
5. In disappointment she tried to write a novel of
her life as an author beginner.
24. 6. I have not prepared to discuss this matter with
him yet.
7. In the past people did not have as many
machines to serve their life as we do
nowadays.
8. Please do not hesitate to contact me if there is
anything I can do to help you.
9. Although the weather was rainy and wet, my
brother insisted on going for a walk.
10. It is surprising to realize how much damage
people have done to the environment.
25. 11. My sister is always willing to help my
mother with the housework when she is
on holiday.
12. Are the stores selling good food
always full of people?
13. He was furious with me for not being
invited to my birthday party last
Sunday.
14. There were panic people realizing
(that) the building was on fire.
26. 15. Basketball was invented in 1891 by a
physical education instructor in
Springfield named James Naismith.
16. I did not feel like having breakfast
this morning because of the headache.
17. Were the methods of making paper
brought into Europe by the Arabs in
the 8th century?
18. John had lived in Bristol for three
years before he moved to London.
27. 19. When Robert was a child, he was
fond of chocolate a lot.
20. When my friend came to see me, I
was busy working in the garden.
21. The texts are too long for the
learners to translate in two hours.
22. A lot of young people today find it
difficult to get a job they like.
28. 23. I have been studying / have
studied English for four years but I
want to improve my speaking and
listening skills.
24. Yesterday we decided to go for a
short walk before sitting down for
lunch.
25. You had better avoid drinking beer
because it is bad for your liver.
26. I didn’t keep in touch with him
before because I lost his phone
number.
29. 27. One advantage of having a car is
that you don’t have to rely on public
transport.
28. I will show you round the city when
you come to visit me next summer.
29. Unless she is able to speak Chinese,
she cannot get the job.
30. It is a good idea to be smartly-
dressed when you go to an interview.
30. 31. She has not finished typing the report
yet because she is busy preparing for
the conference.
32. Does a good exercise program help (to)
teach people to avoid the habits that
might shorten their lives?
33. New laws should be introduced to
reduce the amount of traffic in the city
centre.
34. My grandfather had been working as
an architect for 30 years until he
retired in 1980.
31. 35. Home is a base from which everybody
can go into the world with confidence.
36. If scientists don’t get energy from the
wind and the sun, fossil fuel will be more
expensive.
37. Had the fire been put out by the time
the fire brigade arrived at the chemical
factory?
38. Young people are always eager to do
good things that benefit the community.
32. 39. Scientists are thinking / have
thought of how to use the rise and fall
of the tide to produce electricity.
40. Some kinds of rare animals are
thought to be in danger of extinction.
41. The British Prime Minister is paying
an official visit to the USA these days.
42. The / This / That man doesn’t earn
enough money to support such a big
family
33. 43. Will life in our country in the year
2050 be very different from what it is
today?
44. Last summer we went back to look at
the house (which) we used to live in.
45. I would like to express my thanks
for everything you have done for me.
46. Most students are capable of
working very hard when they feel like
it.
34. 47. There is a plenty of time for you to
make up your mind whether to move
or not.
48. The bookshelf in the room was so
high that the children could not
reach it.
49. In spite of the fact that his leg
was broken, he managed to get out of
the car.
50. The more we learn English, the
more difficult we find it.
35. B. Passage 1:
1. Computers are very useful and
helpful but they can also cause
problems.
2. One kind of the problems is with the
computer’s memory.
3. It is not perfect so sometimes
computers lose important
information.
4. Another problem I with the
machinery itself.
36. 5. Computers are machines and machines can break
down.
6. When computers break down, they may erase
information like chalk on a blackboard.
7. Or it can be even worse that they may stop
doing anything at all.
8. And there is another kind of problems with
computers.
9. Some doctors say they may be bad for your
health.
10. They say you should not work with computers
all day because it damages your eyes a lot.
37. Passage 2:
1. Until the start of farming about
10,000 years ago, human had only a tiny
impact on the natural world.
2. Even 300 years ago large parts of the
planet were natural grassland or dense
forests.
3. Today that has changed and we now
affect almost every habitat on Earth.
4. Unlike people, most plants and animals
depend on one particular kind of
habitat.
38. 5. If that habitat disappears, they
cannot survive and this is exactly
what has happened in many parts of
the world.
6. Forests and woods have been
chopped down and grassland has been
plowed up.
7. This has resulted in fewer places for
plants and animals to live.
39. 8. Efforts are now being made to reduce
our harmful impact on the natural
world and to protect endangered
species.
9. According to scientist this is called
conservation.
10. By using a range of conservation
methods we can give wildlife a better
chance of survival.
40. C. Letter 1:
Dear Mr. Peter,
1. I am writing to thank you for spending the
summer with us.
2. It was nice of you to come to teach us how
to use computers.
3. You were helpful because it was easy to
follow your lesson.
4. Before you came, computers were strange
to us.
41. 5. Now we have known how to use them to
support our study.
6. As you see I am using my computer to
write the letter to you.
7. All of us regretted when the summer had
passed fast.
8. We can’t wait for the next summer when
you return.
9. Once again thank you so much. We love
you from the bottom of our heart.
10. I look forward to hearing from you soon.
42. Letter 2:
Dear Scott,
1. Thank you very much for the
interesting magazines and comics you
have sent to me.
2. I read all of them last night together
with my younger brother.
3. I have never seen American comics
before so I like them a lot.
4. They are really good - much better
than English comics.
43. 5. Do you know that I have just had some
good news?
6. I am going to Florida for the summer
with the whole family.
7. I have never been to the States
before so I am really excited about the
journey.
8. I have already bought a guidebook and
a map and I hope they will help us a lot
in America.
•
44. 9. We are going by air and staying
there for about a week.
10. Anyway, shall we arrange to meet
when I come over?
I’m looking forward to seeing you.
Please write and tell me what you
think.
• Love,
Helen
