1 john ............ ( lose ) his job last month and since then he ..........(be) out of work - do you know why he .............( lose) his job ? - because he ................. (be) very rude to his boss 2 yesterday morning , when i ....... . ( arrive) at the airport , sophie ....... ..(wait ) for me . she ....... ...(wear) a pink dress and ... ...look very pretty cau 2 : 1 mark twain was born in missouri ..............(on/for/in )1835 2 fresh air is ............(of/about / in) great use to our health 3 he will not pass the exam ...............(if/unless/or) he works hard 4 my father often goes to church ............(with/at/on) sundays 5 surfing is one way..........(of/at/on) spending free time in australia 6 they are the children..............( whose /who/ whom ) won the match yesterday 7 tom has been living here .............. (for/since/in) six years 8 we would go camping ..............(although/if/ but) the weather were fine cau3 : pewrite the following sentences : 1 the remark was so unexpected that did not know what to say >> it was .................................................... 2 you are the worst guitarist in the world >> no one .................................................... 3 it is 3 years since i last saw nam >>>>> i have not ................................................................. 4 keeping the environment clean is very inportant >> it is .........................................................................
What is good writing for children? Before you send a story you have written to any publisher at all, your severest critic ought to be you vourself. To have a chance of succeeding in the competitive market of children’s fiction, you should constantly be aware, every single time you sit down at your word-processor, of the need to produce ‘good, original writing’. A difficult task, maybe, but one which hopefully we will help you to achieve. To begin with, let us try to pin down exactly what publishers mean when they talk about ‘good writing’ for children. A useful starting point would be to take a look at some of the children’s books which won literary prizes last year. Reading these books is one of the easiest and most enjoyable ways of: (a) finding out what individual publishers are publishing at the moment, and (b) learning a few tricks of the trade from well-established professionals. It goes without saying, of course, that slavishly copying the style and subject matter of a successful author is usually a recipe for disaster. Nor should you become downhearted after reading a particularly brilliant piece of work, and miserably think you will never be able to match up to those standards. Remember, overnight success is rare - most successful children’s authors will have struggled long and hard to learn their trade. Read these books as a critic; note down the things you enjoyed or admired, as well as areas where you feel there was possibly room for improvement. After all, nobody is perfect, not even a successful, prize-winning author. Possibly the toughest challenge is right at the youngest end of the age range - the picture book. The would-be author/ illustrator is attempting to create an exciting story out of the narrow, limited, everyday world of a young child’s experience - not easy at all. The whole storyline has to be strong enough to keep the reader turning the pages, yet simple enough to fit into a few pages. Another problem for the new picture-book author is that it can seem that every subject and every approach has been done to death, with nothing new left to say. Add to this the fact that printing costs are high because of full colour illustrations, which means that the publisher will probably want a text that suits the international market to increase sales, and a novel for ten-year olds, with hardly any pictures at all, starts to look much more inviting. You would be forgiven for wondering if there are any truly original plots left to impress publishers with. But remember that, in many ways, it is the writer’s own personal style, and intelligent handling of a subject that can change a familiar, overworked plot into something original and fresh. To illustrate this, read The Enchanted Horse by Magdalen Nabb. A young girl called Irina finds an old wooden horse in a junk shop, takes it home and treats it as if it was real. Soon it magically starts to come to life ... Sounds familiar? The magic object that comes alive is a storyline that has been used in hundreds of other children’s stories. So why does it succeed here? The answer is that Magdalen Nabb has created a strong, believable character in the lonely, unhappy heroine Irina, and the descriptions of her relationship with the wooden horse are poetic and touching. So, to return to the question asked at the beginning: What exactly is ‘good writing’ for children? The answer is that it is writing which is fresh, exciting and unpredictable, and which gives a new and original angle on what might be a well- worn subject. But do not be put off if you feel that you simply cannot match up to all these requirements. While there is obviously no substitute for talent, and the ability to come up with suitable ideas, many of the techniques for improving and polishing your manuscript can be learned. |
8. Why does the article advise people to look at prize-winning books?
A. to copy the author’s style
B. to realise what a high standard needs to be reached
C. to get an idea of what might be successful
D. to find out how to trick publishers
9. What do most successful children’s authors have in common?
A. They did not get depressed by early failures.
B. They have learned how to be critical of other authors’ work.
C. They find it easy to think of storylines that will sell.
D. They have worked hard to become well-known.
10. Why is the picture book the most difficult to write?
A. There is a limited range of subjects available.
B. Young children cannot follow storylines easily.
C. The pictures need to be exciting.
D. Children want to be able to read it quickly.
11.What looks ‘more inviting’ in line 54?
A.the international market
B. the increased sales
C. the novel for ten-year-olds
D. the type of pictures
12. The book about Irina is successful
A. because of the unusual way magic is used.
B. because of the way the character is described.
C. because the story has not been told before.
D. because the pictures bring the story to life.
13. What does ‘it’ refer to in line 68?
A. the storyline
B. the magic object
C. the horse
D. the children’s story
14. What conclusion does the writer of the text come to?
A. Anyone can learn to write a good story.
B. The subject matter is the most important consideration.
C. If you have natural ability, you can learn the rest.
D. Some published fiction is badly written.
15. Why was this text written?
A. to explain what kind of books children like to read
B. to give advice to people who want to write children’s fiction
C. to discourage new authors from being too optimistic
D. to persuade new authors to get away from old ideas
Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passages. Use only ONE word for each space
Many people dream of (1)..... in a foreign country. It can be an amazing experience (2)....... those who have the courage to leave their family and friends and settle down in a new place. (3)......., there's one potential problem you should be aware of: culture shock. Culture shock is the feeling we get from living in a place that is so different to where we grew up that we are not sure (4)....... to deal with it. Societies are organized in many different ways, and we can often (5)...... taken aback by some of the things we find in foreign countries. Customs and traditions can be very different and that can sometimes make (6)...... difficult to get on with local people and to make friends. They migt not approve of things you do or might object to things you say. You might even be banned from doing things in another country that are perfectly legal in your own. (7)...... you were to move to a country such as Singapore, say, you might find some of the laws very (8)..... There, people can be forced to pay a large fine just for dropping litter. Eventually, (9)....., most people who live abroad fall in love with their adopted country and learn to accept its differences. It does take real courage to make such a big change (10)..... your life, but many people agree that it is worth it in the end
Friendship is one of the most precious presents of life. Friendship makes life, sweet and pleasant experience. Friendship is indeed, an asset in life.
Friendship is good and necessary. Man cannot live all alone because he is a social being. He needs someone to share his joys and sorrows. There goes a saying “Friendship increases happiness and diminishes misery by doubling our joy and dividing our grief”.
Friendship can make or break us. It all depends on how we choose our friends. We spent much of our time with them. Their mental outlook, behaviour, attitudes affect us too. Today, many youngsters have become social nuisance mainly due to bad friends. Therefore, we have to choose our friends very carefully. We have to remember the maxim “All that glitters is not gold”. We have to distinguish between fair-weather friends and true friends. True friends remain with us through thick and thin while fair-weather friends are found only during sunny days.
True friendship is a feeling of love, sharing and caring. It is a feeling that someone understands and appreciates you as you are, without any flattery. It gives a feeling that you are ‘wanted’ and that you are ‘someone’ and not a faceless being in the crowd. True friendship knows no boundaries of caste, creed, race and sex.
Good friends are great pillars of life. A person who has true friends in life is lucky enough. It does not matter how often you meet your friends, but how much you care and feel for another in good times as well as in bad times.
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1)The short flared skirt is very......................................now. (FASHION)
2)Television is one of the cheapest forms of.................... (ENTERTAIN)
3)Work is going on to...........the bridge, which carries a great deal of traffic. (STRONG)
4)He cycled..............and had an accident. (CARE)
5)I hope you have not much...........................in finding this place. (DIFFICULT)
6)During his...................., the family lived in Cornwall. (CHILD)
7)There were over fifty.........................in the orchedtra. (MUSIC)
8)That big dog is prefectly.........................and has never been know to attrack anyone. (HARM)
9)Remember to.....................your seat belt when you get into car. (FAST)
10)The baker handled and rolled the dough....................(SKILL)
cau 1 : give the correct form of verbs given : 1 i am sorry . i ( not finish ) ................... this work yet 2 poems as well as play (write) ................. by william shakespeare 3 how many times you (be)................... to van mieu? 4 they like (chat) ................... they use the internet very often 5 i (have) .................a phone call while i (surf) ............ the wed yesterday cau 2 : 1 in recent years , more and more people ............... for things with credit cards a pay b paid c are paying d have been paying 2 what people .................. benetton stores is that the quality is always high a like b like very much c like about d like a lot 3 paplo would like to ......................by the time he is 40 a travel b be traveling c be going to travel d have traveled 4 the world would be a better place if everyone showed ..............cooperation as john a as much b so much c too much d much 5 he turned on the tv , ................... i thought was rather surprising a and b so c that d which 6 my car would not start , ............................ jenny is started immediately a whereas b though c however d nevertheless 7 they stayed for hours , which i was very .................. a annoyed b annoyed about c annoying d annoying me 8 that was a very strange question ............................................. a you ask b you are asking c for asking d to ask 9 ..............................a movie to be entertaining , it has to have an interesting story a so that b in order that c in order for d in order to cau 2 : rewrite the following snetences : 1 would you please give me a hand ? >> would you mind ................................. ? 2 i can not understand him because he speaks so quickly >> if he did not ........................................... 3 although he took a taxi , he arrived late for the concert ..>>in spite of .................................................... 4 the suitcase is so heavy that i can not carry it >> it is such .............................................. 5 people say that he is an excellent footballer . >> he is ................................................................. 6 my mother used to make us clean the house ....>> we used ........................... 7 it is two years since i last spoke to her >> i have not ....................................... 8 going swimming in the river in the summer is interesting >> it ................................. cau 3 : give the corect form ò verbs given : 1 if he saves up , he soon ( be able ).................to afford a new car 2 what a mess! duc is toys ( not put ) .................. away 3 if you feel like (stay ) ................with us , just send us a fax 4 my sister and i (stay ) ...................... at our grandparents when we (meet ) ............our great grand aunt for the first time
Make the letter A,B,C,D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is the closet in meaning to each of the following questions
1. The only that kept us out of prison was the way he spoke the local dialect
A. The way he spoke the local dialect was unique
B. We were sent to prison beacause he spoke only one dialect
C. We sent him to prison because he spoke the local dialect
D. But for his command of the local dialect, we would have been put in prison
2. I did not understand what the lecturer was saying because I had not read his book
A. What the lecturer wrote and said was too difficult for me to understand
B. The lecturer's book which I not had read was dificult for me to understand
C. I found it very difficult to understand what the lecturer was saying if I had read his book
D. I would have understood what the lecturer was saying if I had read this book
3. Without skillful surgery, he would not have survived the operation
A. Had it been for skillful surgery, he would not have survived the operation
B. He would not have survived the orpeation if he had had skillful surgery
C. But for skillful surgery, he would not have survived the opreration
D. He did not survive the operation beacause of unskillful surgery
4. He didn't take his father's advice. That's why he is out of work
A. If he takes his father's advice, he will not be out of work
B. If he had taken his father's advice, he would not be out of work
C. If he had taken his father's advice, he would not have been out of work
D. If he took his father's advice, he would not be out of work
5. It would be nice if you hadn't said that
A. I wish you not to say that
B. I hope you will not say that
C. If only you didn't say that
D. I wish you hadn't said that
6. It was his incompetence which led to their capture
A. If it hadn't been for his incompetence, they would not have been captured
B. They were captured just because he was incompetent
C. If he had been so incomepetent, they would have escaped from captured
D. All of the above
7. If it hadn't been for his carelessness, we would have finished the work
A. If he had been more carefull, we would have completed the work
B. He was careless because he hadn't finished the work
C. If he were careful, he would finish the work
D. Because he wasn't careless, we didn't finish the work
8. It was your assistance that enabled us to get achievement
A. If you need assisted us, we could not get achievement
B. But for your assistance, we could not have got achievement
C. Your assistance discouraged us from get achievement
D. Without your assistance, we could get achievement
Read the text and choose the best answer in 1-5. (2 ms)
“Oh, you’re so lucky living in Bath, It’s such a wonderful, lovely, historical place,” people say enthusiastically, and all you can think of is the awful parking, the crowds of tourists, the expensive shops, the narrow-minded council, and the terrible traffic....
Luckily, I don’t live in Bath but nearly ten miles away in a village called Limpley Stoke in the Avon valley. It seems to be normal in the countryside these days for professional people who work in the town prefer to live in the villages, this makes the housing so expensive that the villagers and agricultural workers have to live in the cheaper accommodation in town, with the result that the farmers commute out to the farm and everyone else commutes in. Certainly, there is nobody in the village could be called an old style villager. The people nearest to me include a pilot, an accountant, a British Rail manager, a retired teacher... not a farm worker among them. But I don’t think there is anything wrong with that- it’s just that the nature of villages is changing and there is still quite a strong sense of community here. A lot of this sense of community comes from the Post Office, which is a center for all the gossip and information. I find out what is going on while I am there, pretending to control my two-year-old son. My feeling is that if my son took the money collected for the children, it would go directly where it was needed but they don’t see it like that.
Working at home I tend to wander round the village at times when other people are at the office, which has given me a reputation for being incredibly lazy or unbelievably rich but I still don’t get enough time to look after the garden we bought. My wife had a good idea for the first year. “Let’s just leave it and see what comes up” There were some nice plants among the weeds. She had a good idea for the second year as well. “Why don’t we leave it and see if it all comes up again?” We did, and that is why we need to hire a full-time gardener this year.
1. What is the author’s attitude to Bath?
A. It is a wonderful place to live in. B. It has far too many disadvantages.
C. He feels fortunate to live there. D. It has many good shops.
2. The people who live in the village
A. tend to work on the farms.
B. are mostly professionals who work in the town.
C. are able to afford houses in the town.
D. don’t like the old-style villagers.
3. It would appear from the text that the Post Office
A. sells a wide range of cards.
B. is where most of the charity work is organized.
C. is a place where villagers can talk to each other.
D. sells a range of tinned food as well as stamps.
4. The garden is not in good condition because
A. the author is too lazy to look after it.
B. the author can’t afford to pay a gardener.
C. the author’s no interest in it.
D. nobody has worked on it for over two years.
5. The author feels that living in the village
A. is better than living in Bath. B. has a number of disadvantages
C. tends to be rather dull. D. is something that everyone would enjoy
TEST 3
Question 1: Supply the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.
It is crucial that Dido (stop) using Quang Ha. I will ring the bell one more. if he (not answer),I think he must(go) out I am sorry about the noise last night. We (have) a party. The man who (rescue) had been in the sea for ten hours. A great deal of time (be) spent for his exercise. We want (pay) better wages. People always (blame) their circumstances for what they are. You (stop) by a policeman if you (try) to cross the road now.Question 2: Use the correct form of the words in brackets to complete the following passage.
The families in our streets are slowly being driven mad by the..............(1- refuse) of the inhabitants of No.13 to have any form of............(2-communicate) with them. The trouble started over what is known as noise..............(3 - pollute). Every evening, the...........(4- think) neighbours used to turn up the volume on the TV so loud that no one in the (5 - neighbour) was able to hear anything else. Not knowing what............(6 - act) to take, local residents held a meeting to see if anyone had any............(7 - suggest) as to how to deal with the problem. A decision was made to send a number of people to talk to the family in No. 13 and ask them.............(8- polite) to turn their music down after six in the evening. Unfortunately, the visit did not turn out to be............(9 - succeed), as the inhabitants of No.13 refused to talk to them. So on the..............(10 - advise) of local police, the matter is now in the hands of the court.
Question 3: Fill in each numbered blank with a suitable word
When you hear the word "bank", what do you think of ? A.........(1) to put money? The land on the edge of a river? To depend on something or someone ? If you choose any of.................(2) things, you're right. Why ? because words often have.............(3) than one meaning. The tricky part is figuring out...........(4) meaning is appropriate.
Choosing the correct meaning of a word depends on.............(5) things. First, it depends on the words and............(6) surrounding your particular word. The other words and sentences give you context clues..................(7), the meaning depends on how the word is............(8) in the sentence. Is it a noun, a verb,................(9) adjective or part of a phrase? Knowing the word's part of speech will..............(10) you discover the word's precise meaning.
Question 4: Read the text then choose the correct answer
Computing is now at the same stage as printing was when the first printing presses were used. Before printing presses were invented, only rich people like kings and dukes could afford to buy books. Often these people were unable to read and hadn't enough time to learn. In any case, the books were so big that it was difficult for anyone to relax with a book as we do today. They wanted books because they were expensive and there was something magical about them. Only a few people were able to write, and it took an extremely long time to write a book. Monks and other people who could write said ordinary people could not learn to read.
The position with computers in very similar today. A few years ago, computers were very large and expensive. Business managers and rich people ordered them but they didn’t know how to use them. In many countries, however, the situation has now completely changed. Lots of people not only own microcomputers but also know how to use them.
1. What happened before printing presses were invented ?
a. Books were so big that people didn’t want to buy them.
b. Only intelligent and rich people could read books.
c. Only kings and dukes had enough money to buy books.
d. All rich people bought books.
2. Why were books wanted before printing presses were invented ?
a. to show that the people who owned the books were rich and intelligent.
b. to show that the people who owned the books could write.
c. Because books were dear and magical.
d. Because books showed that the person who owned them were magical people.
3. What is the common feature of a book and a computer?
a. They were only for intelligent people.
b. They were too expensive to buy.
c. They were large and expensive at first.
d. Only people who could use them buy them.
4. What situation has thoroughly changed nowadays?
a. A lot of people are eager to buy computers
b. A lot of computers are sold
c. Even children can use a computer
d. A person who buys a computer knows how to use it.
Question 5:
a. Each line in the following passage has a spare word; Underline that word and write it in the blanks given.
BICYCLES
The bicycle is a cheap and clean way to for travel. The first 0/.......for...........
Bicycle was made __ about one hundred and fifty years ago. At 1/.......................
First, bicycles were __ expensive. Only rich people could 2/.......................
buy one. These early __ bicycles looked very different from 3/.......................
the ones we have __ today. Later, when bicycles became 4/.......................
cheaper, many __ people bought one. People started riding 5/.......................
bicycles to work and in their __ free time. Today, people use 6/.......................
cars more than bicycles; cars are much __ faster and you 7/.......................
don’t get wet when it __ rains! But some people still prefer to 8/.......................
cycle to work. They say that there __ been too many cars in 9/.......................
town centers and you can't ___ find anywhere to park! 10/.....................
b. Fill in the blanks with a suitable prepositions.
1. George fell.............the bladder while he was painting the ceiling.
2. We stopped everyone.................leaving the building.
3. Admission.................university depends.....................examination results.
4. Don’t use that dictionary. It is.............date. Find one that is...................date.
Question 6: Do as directed
1. My friend had excellent ideas. He did a good job, too.
(join into one sentence, using not only.....but...as well)
2. His explanation is not clear. The examples he gives are not clear.
(join into one sentence, using: neither...............nor)
3. People say that the price of gold is going up. (change into passive voice.)
4. He asked me: "When will you give this book back to me?"(change into Reported speech)
5. Seldom did people travel far from home years ago.(Use the ordinary word order)
6. He was given a gift. So were you.(Join into one sentence, using "as well")
7. You may be intelligent, but you should be careful about this (start with "No matter........"
8. He made a great discovery. He was very proud of it.(Combine into one sentence)
9. Lan found it difficult to accept the situation. (rewrite with: difficulty)
10. The farmers had applied new technology in their fields. The output of rice was raised.
(Combine with: Thanks to...........which............)