Luyện TS E 9 - 65

A. VOCABULARY: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the words. 1. Viet Nam declared its ...............................on September 2nd 1945. ( depend)
2. Poets take ..........................from many things in life. (inspire)
3. Can you see the ................................... between the two shirts? (differ)
4. Uniform makes students ..................................... of her school. ( pride)
5. Books help people get more ................................. (know)
6. The film last night was very ................................ (bore)
7. They are trying to look for another ...................................... (explain)
8. Graham Bell was an ............................................ (invent)
9. You must be .................................... when you open that door (care)
10. Air ..................makes our health worse and worse. (pollute)

GRAMMAR.
Supply the correct form of verbs in the blankets.
Hello, Peter! I …….. (not see ) you for a long time. How are you doing?
You ……………(stop) by a policeman if you try to cross the road now.
She wishes, she…………… ( not give ) them her phone number.
I’m sorry I …………… (not write) to you lately but my house …………… (break) into a few weeks ago and I have been feeling rather upset since then.
He kept ( talk )........................... about you last night.
Look! A man (run) .....................after the rain. He (want) ......................to catch it.
My friends (sing).........................when we (come)................in the room.
This exercise …… (look) …… difficult. You …… (do) …… one like this before ?
I am sure the letter won’t arrive in time unless it (send) .................... by air.
Do you hear someone (cry) ................ softly in the next room?
II. Each sentence below contains an error. Underline it and write the correct answer in the space provided
EX : I wish I will come here again. ..would…
1. Mr. Quang said that he was going to Ho Chi Minh city tomorrow. ................
2. The children prefer watching TV to read books. ................
3. If he finished his work, he wouldn’t have been punished last night. ..............
4. He drives too fast that no one likes to ride with him. ................
5. Your sister rarely goes to the library, doesn’t she? ................
6. If I was Lan, I would help you. ................
7. The girl whom picture you took is my sister. ................
8. I’d rather typing this letter than write it because it’s faster. ................
9. The new Mall was building in our town last month. ................
10. He died on lung cancer because he smoked a lot of cigarettes. ................

C. READING:
I. Read the passage and then complete the summary with the missing words. (10 ms)
During the last Christmas holidays, a group of my classmates decided to have an excursion to Johore Bahru. I was elected as the leader and did the burden of making arrangement for the trip fell on my shoulders.
We left early in the morning by the first Singapore – Johore express bus and reached the custom check-points half an hour later. From the custom we went by a chartered van to the Johore Bahru seaside. As it was clear sunny day we had decided to have a dip in the water. For nearly an hour we enjoyed the bath much to our satisfaction.
By the time our sea-bath was over. It was about 9 am and we had an appetizing breakfast, with sandwiches, cakes and coffee which we carried along with us. Then we relaxed under a shady tree for a while. Later we visited the zoo we had some fun there with the monkeys in cages. Then they went round the tour for sightseeing. By the time, our sightseeing was over, it was about 1 p.m. We had a sumptuous lunch of chicken rice and returned home by bus.
* Complete the summary with the missing words.
During the last Christmas holidays, the writer and ____________ (1) had an interesting excursion in ______________(2) . She was elected _________(3) so she was responsible for making arrangement ___________(4). First they took the first _________ (5) to the custom check-points then went by a __________ (6) to the Johore Barhu sea-side. They had a __________ (7) there. Next they visited___________ (8) and enjoyed themselves there too. After that they made_________ (9) around the city and then returned home __________ (10). They had really lovely holidays.
II. Read the passage and then answer the questions below.
Alfred Bernard Nobel (1833 - 1896) a Swedish scientist was the first man to make dynamite. He allowed his invention to be used in peace. However, he saw it being used in war to destroy things, he was extremely unhappy. On his death, he left all