IV. Read the passage and answer the questions. It was the first lesson after the summer holidays at a small school in England. The lesson was about the seasons of the year. “There are four seasons in the year,” said the teacher. “They are spring, summer, autumn, and winter. In spring, it is warm and every thing begins to grow. In summer, it is hot and there are many flowers in the fields and gardens. In autumn, there are many vegetables and much fruit. Everybody likes to eat fruit. In winter, it is cold and it often rains. Sometimes there is snow on the ground.” Here the teacher stopped and looked at one of the pupils “stop talking, Tom,” he said. “Now listen to me. Can you tell us when the best time of apples is?” “Yes, sir,” answered Tom. “It is when the farmer is not at home and there is no dog in the garden.” 1. Where did the lesson take place? ………………………………………………………………………… 2. What was the lesson about? ………………………………………………………………………… 3. What did the teacher ask Tom to do? ………………………………………………………………………… 4. What did the teacher asked the class to do? ………………………………………………………………………… 5. Did the teacher say “Stop talking, Tom?” ………………………………………………………………………… 3 V. Write the correct form of the words given in capital letters to complete the following sentences. 1. Their children have quite …………………………….……characters. DIFFERENCE 2. My brother bought a new…………………………..…..rod yesterday. FISH 3. Mr. Jane runs his business very …………………………….. SUCCESS 4. I like the city life because there are many kinds of ……………………….…. ENTERTAIN 5. The scouts do the………………………………..…..work. VOLUNTEER 6. Is there anything…………………………………… on TV tonight? INTEREST 7. What is the correct…………………………….……..of this word? PRONOUNCE 8. My uncle often spends his free time doing volunteer work at a local..................................... ORPHAN 9. Relax for some minutes and you’ll feel more…………………….…….. COMFORT 10. In electronics, we learn to repair ......................................appliances. HOUSE VI. There is one mistake in each of the following sentences. Find out and correct it. 1. He has waited there for a quarter past six. (1)……………………….…….. 2. Surface mail is many cheaper than air mail. (2)………………………….….. 3. They do their best to keeping the family happy. (3)…………………………….. 4. The armchair is in the living room, among the television and sofa. (4)……………………...……... 5. Tourists usually have a bus to the countryside. (5)…………………………….. VII. Fill in the blank with one suitable word. Charlie Chaplin was born in a very poor part of London. (1) ………………father was a comedian and his mother worked (2) ………………a dancer and a singer. Neither of them (3) ………………successful so the family (4) ……………… very little money. The first time he himself earned (5) ……………… by dancing and singing, he was only five years old. He did many kinds of jobs, but what he loved best was working (6) ………………the theatre. When he (7) ……………… about fifteen, he joined a traveling theatre company and went on trips to America. On one such tour, (8) ……………… was offered a part in a film, so he went to Hollywood, where he eventually became both a famous actor (9) ……………… film director. He died in Switzerland in 1977, at the (10) ……………… of 88. There is now a statue of him in Leicester Square, London, the city of his birth and early up-bringing. VIII. Fill in each blank with one suitable preposition. 1. It’s 2.5 km…………………..…….……my school………………………..…..…..the movie theater. 2. I live …………………………………..Xuan Dieu street……………………..….my grandparents 3. She is talking…………………….……her students in the school yard. 4. My new house is different………………………….my old house. 5. My father is a farmer. He works…………………………..…..a farm. 6. Does your aunt work …………………………..….the central hospital? – Yes, she is a nurse there. 7. I’m always busy. I must work ……………………….…..early morning until night. 8. Mr. Minh is a journalist. He writes ………………………….…..Tuoi Tre newspaper. 9. This apartment is suitable…………………………………….my family. 10. I often help my parents ………………………..…….the housework after school. 4 IX. Rewrite the following sentences so that the meanings stay the same. 1. She eats more chocolate than I. I …………………………………………………………………………………. 2. Vinh keeps forgetting his homework. Vinh is ………………………………………………………………………….. 3. Keeping the environment clean is very important. It’s…………………………………………………………………………….…. 4. No one helped Lan to do the homework. Lan ……………………………………………………………………………… 5. It’s three years since I last spoke to her. I haven’t…………………………………………………………………….…… 6. Tam doesn’t type as fast as she used to. Tam used ………………………………………………………………….……. 7. How long is it since you used the car? When ……………………………………………………………………….….. 8. We started living here 15 years ago. We have………………………………………………………………………... 9. Let’s meet inside the center at the cafe corner? How……………………………………………………………………………. 10. Nam is very strong, he can do heavy work. Nam is strong ………………………………………………………………….. The End