Đề số 9

1 What was Edison greatly interested in?

He was interested in studying chemistry     

2 How could he earn money?

He grew and sell vegetables to earn money

3 Why did he need money?

He need money to buy chemicals for making experiments

4 What did he do on a train when he was fiffteen?

He got a job selling magazines and fruit

5 Why did he lose his job?

Because one of his bottles of chemicals broke and set fire to the van

II. Supply the correct word form.

            1. I should choose this in _______preference _______ to any other. (prefer)

            2. He is unhappy because of his _____deafness________ (deaf)

            3. The government want to ______militarize______ this training center. (military)

            4. The advantage is that it leaves healthy cells _____harmless______ (harm)

            5. A laser _____vaporizes_____ the bone without touching any of the  surrounding tissue. (vapor)

            6. She was used to _____going_____ on a picnic at weekends. (go)

            7. Carbon dioxide occurs in the air in _____natural_____ form. (nature)

            8. He is always ready to give assistance to his friends. He is _____helpful___ to them. (help)

            9. This company offered a lot of _____actractive_____ jobs. (attract)

            10. The result of the test was _______satisfactory______ (satisfy)

III. Give the correct preposition.

            1. Preserving natural resources is ____of____ great importance.

            2. I’ll have some tickets available ____for____ you.

            3. Why are you working so late? Are you aware __of____ the time?

            4. The boy is afraid ___of___ the dark.

            5. Is she serious ___about____ learning to be a pilot?

            6. Smoking is harmful ___to___ your health.

            7. The child is very quick __at___ arithmetic.

            8. The weather seems perfect ___for___ a picnic.

            9. Attending all the lectures is important ___to___ us.

            10. What he said was contrary ___to____ his thought.

II. Supply the correct word form.

            1. I should choose this in preference to any other. (prefer)

            2. He is unhappy because of his death (deaf)

            3. The government want to ilmilitarate this training center. (military)

            4. The advantage is that it leaves healthy cells harmlessly (harm)

            5. A laser vaporizes the bone without touching any of the  surrounding tissue. (vapor)

            6. She was used to going on a picnic at weekends. (go)

            7. Carbon dioxide occurs in the air in natural form. (nature)

            8. He is always ready to give assistance to his friends. He is helpful to them. (help)

            9. This company offered a lot of attractive jobs. (attract)

            10. The result of the test was satisfying (satisfy)

III. Give the correct preposition.

            1. Preserving natural resources is ____of____ great importance.

            2. I’ll have some tickets available ___to_____ you.

            3. Why are you working so late? Are you aware __of____ the time?

            4. The boy is afraid ___of___ the dark.

            5. Is she serious __about_____ learning to be a pilot?

            6. Smoking is harmful __to____ your health.

            7. The child is very quick __at___ arithmetic.

            8. The weather seems perfect ___for___ a picnic.

            9. Attending all the lectures is important __to____ us.

            10. What he said was contrary ___to____ his thought.

II. Supply the correct word form.

            1. I should choose this in preference to any other. (prefer)

            2. He is unhappy because of his deafness (deaf)

            3. The government want to militarize this training center. (military)

            4. The advantage is that it leaves healthy cells unharmed (harm)

            5. A laser vaporise the bone without touching any of the  surrounding tissue. (vapor)

            6. She was used to going on a picnic at weekends. (go)

            7. Carbon dioxide occurs in the air in natural form. (nature)

            8. He is always ready to give assistance to his friends. He is helpful to them. (help)

            9. This company offered a lot of attractive jobs. (attract)

            10. The result of the test was satisfactory (satisfy)

III. Give the correct preposition.

            1. Preserving natural resources is of great importance.

            2. I’ll have some tickets available for you.

            3. Why are you working so late? Are you aware of the time?

            4. The boy is afraid of the dark.

            5. Is she serious about learning to be a pilot?

            6. Smoking is harmful to your health.

            7. The child is very quick at arithmetic.

            8. The weather seems perfect during a picnic.

            9. Attending all the lectures is important to us.

            10. What he said was contrary to his thought.

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1. We can’t work. We don’t use a good dictionary.

- Without a good dictionary, we can't work

2. He must practise it everyday. That is the only way for him to be successful.

- Only by practising it every day can him be sucessful

3. He is going to retire at the end of the term. It was decided.

- The fact that he is going to retire at the end of the term

4. His father didn’t want to watch TV. His wife didn’t want to watch TV.

- Neither his father nor his wife wanted to watch TV

5. He was ill. He went to school.

- In spite of being ill, he went to school

6. Think carefully. Answer my question.

- Before answering my question please think carefully 

7. I can’t cook as well as my mother does.

- My mother can cook better than me

8. Unless it stops raining,we won’t go out.

- If it stops raining, we will go out

9. She cooked better than you did.

- You cooked not as well as her

10. Unless someone has a key,we can’t get into the house.

- We can only het into the home is someone has a key

11. Because of her carefulness, she didn’t make any mistakes in her answers.

- Because she was careful, she didn't make....

12. She said, ‘I spent my holiday in Italy last year.”

- She said she had spent her holiday in Italy the year before

13. She didn’t buy it because the price was too high.

- Because of the high price, she didn't buy it

14. We didn’t go on holiday because we didn’t have enough money.

- If we had had enough money, we would have gone on holiday

15. The question was so difficult that we can’t answer it.

- The question was too difficult for us to answer

IV. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentences :

1. We can’t work. We don’t use a good dictionary.

- Without a good dictionary, we can’t work.

2. He must practise it everyday. That is the only way for him to be successful.

- Only by practising it everyday, he can be successful. 

3. He is going to retire at the end of the term. It was decided.

- The fact that he is going to retire at the end of the term was decided.

4. His father didn’t want to watch TV. His wife didn’t want to watch TV.

- Neither his father nor his wife wanted to watch TV.

5. He was ill. He went to school.

- In spite of being ill, he went to school.

6. Think carefully. Answer my question.

- Before answering my question, think carefully.

7. I can’t cook as well as my mother does.

- My mother can cook better than me.

8. Unless it stops raining,we won’t go out.

- If it doesn't stop raining,we won’t go out.

9. She cooked better than you did.

- You didn't cook as well as she did.

10. Unless someone has a key,we can’t get into the house.

- We can only get into the house if someone has a key.

11. Because of her carefulness, she didn’t make any mistakes in her answers.

- Because she was careful, she didn’t make any mistakes in her answers.

12. She said, ‘I spent my holiday in Italy last year.”

- She said that she had spent her holiday in Italy the previous year.

13. She didn’t buy it because the price was too high.

- Because of the high price, she didn't buy it.

14. We didn’t go on holiday because we didn’t have enough money.

- If we had had enough money, we would have gone on holiday.

15. The question was so difficult that we can’t answer it.

- The question was too difficult for us to answer.

I. Use the correct tense or form of the verbs in parentheses :

1. The movie about our scientific workers (show) shown on television last night (be) was very interesting.

2. Twenty five dollars (be) is too much to pay for this book.

3. Until last year, the government (not concern) didn't concern itself with the problem of unemployment.

4. I can’t stand (listen) listening to his complaints any longer.

5. Jane was interested in (hear) hearing all sorts of people (speak) speaking there.

6. The teacher ordered us (keep) to keep silent.

7. I will tell him the news as soon as I (see) see him.

8. If yesterday (be) had been Sunday, we (go) would have gone to the beach.

9. Mary is a writer. She (write) has written several novels and (win) has won several awards for her books. A few years ago, she (win) won the prize for the most promising author of the year. At the moment she (write) is writing a dectective story.

10. Jong (speak) speaks Chinese. Chinese (be) is his native language; but right now he (speak) is speaking English.

11. Jack (break) broke his leg five days ago. He’s in hospital. He (be) has been in hospital since he (break) broke his leg.

1 showed - was

2 is

3 disn't concern

4 listening

5 hearing - speaking

6to keep

7 see

8 was, would go

9 has written - has wun - won - is writing

10 speaks - is - is speaking

11 broke - has been - broke

1. The movie about our scientific workers (show) shown on television last night (be) was very interesting.

2. Twenty five dollars (be) is too much to pay for this book.

3. Until last year, the government (not concern) didn't concern itself with the problem of unemployment.

4. I can’t stand (listen) listening to his complaints any longer.

5. Jane was interested in (hear) hearing all sorts of people (speak) speaking there.

6. The teacher ordered us (keep) to keep silent.

7. I will tell him the news as soon as I (see) see him.

8. If yesterday (be) had been Sunday, we (go) would have gone to the beach.

9. Mary is a writer. She (write) has written several novels and (win) has won several awards for her books. A few years ago, she (win) won the prize for the most promising author of the year. At the moment she (write) is writing a dectective story.

10. Jong (speak) speaks Chinese. Chinese (be) is his native language; but right now he (speak) is speaking English.

11. Jack (break) broke his leg five days ago. He’s in hospital. He (be) has been in hospital since he (break) broke his leg.

II. Choose the word that has the main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others 

1. A. picture B. hotdog C. cooker D. guitar

 2. A. television B. environment C. decision D. appearance

 3. A. Vietnamese B. dangerous C. beautiful D. interest

1,C

2,A

3,A