UNIT ❼ TRAFFIC A GRAMMAR REVIEW 1) Sử dụng IT để nói về khoảng cách. Cấu trúc: It is (about) + khoảng cách + from + địa điểm A + to + địa điểm B Ex: It is about 2 kilometers from my house to school It’s 3 kilometers from here to the nearest market. 2) USED TO: Để chỉ một thói quen, một hành động thường xuyên xảy ra trong quá khứ mà ở hiện tại không còn nữa. Cấu trúc: (+) Khẳng định: S + used to + V-inf (-) Phủ định: S + did not + use to + V-inf (?) Nghi vấn: Did + S + use to + V-inf? Ex: I used to live in a small village. I didn’t use to live in a small village Did you use to live in a small village? B PRACTICE TEST 1 r PRONUNCIATION I. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined. 1. A. station B. mistake C. lane D. many 2. A. ready B. break C. ahead D. dead 3. A. freight B. vein C. ceiling D. neighbor 4. A. pretty B. depend C. left D. expensing 5. A. start B. lake C. station D. came r VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR I. Choose the best one (A, B, C or D) to complete the sentence or replace the underlined word. 1. About a quarter of ______ accidents are the result of driving under the influence of alcohol. A. traffics B. traffic C. congestion D. congestive 2. In September, he will visit museums in Berlin then ______ the train to Moscow! A. ride B. drive C. take D. hold 3. People must not ride ______ the pavement. A. on B. at C. in D. to 4. Many children have to take a ______ to get to the nearest school. A. car B. bicycle C. bus D. motorbike 5. A student must show the bus driver his/her I.D. each time they get ______ a bus. A. by B. out of C. along D. on 6. It will not be easy to get ______ the train since it has few stops. A. off B. to C. for D. down 7. You can go ______ car, a very popular and comfortable way to travel. A. by B. to C. with D. for 8. Do not ______ a bicycle at night unless you wear bright, reflective clothing. A. drive B. ride C. go D. take 9. From here it is easy to reach the city center on ______. A. toes B. leg C. foot D. walk 10. After entering the city from the south, you ______ left at the first traffic circle, towards Los Angeles. A. take B. keep C. hold D. make 11. The sign said that “Walk ______ the paths, not the grass” A. at B. in C. above D. on 12. My mother drives me to the bus______ every day. A. port B. harbor C. spot D. stop 13. The bus picks ______ passengers outside the airport A. up B. in C. out D. with 14. You have to ______ your seatbelt before starting to drive your car. A. take on B. tie C. put on D. fasten 15. ______ is an area of road marked with broad black and white lines where vehicles must stop for people to walk across. A. Zebra cross B. Zebra crossing C. Zebra across D. Zebra acrossing 16. You have to stop when traffic light turns ______. A. red B. green C. redly D. red color 17. When riding a skateboard, children should obey all ______. A. traffic B. traffic regulars C. traffic choices D. traffic rules 18. Don’t be surprised if you get stuck in a traffic ______ in the morning when you stay in Ho Chi Minh city. A. warden B. light C. jam D. circle 19. The child always needs to ______ a helmet when riding with you. A. wear B. put C. bring D. pick 20. Drivers should give a______ before turning left if you don’t want to pay a fine. A. light B. sign C. hand D. signal II. Choose the best one (A, B, C or D) to complete the sentence. 1. Mai used to go to school ______ foot. A. by B. on C. in D. with 2. It is 10 kilometers ______ my school ______ my house. A. to-about B. from-for C. about-to D. from-to 3. She gets ______ the 23rd bus and sits on a chair near the window. A. to B. by C. on D. for 4. I don’t like walking alone in the streets ______ night. A. in B. at C. by D. to 5. When I was young, I used to go to school ______ bike. A. on B. by C. with D. in 6. Don’t get ______ the car until it completely stops. A. off B. in C. to D. for 7. ______ far is it from the market to the post office? A. How B. What C Which D. Is 8. How ______ does she usually spend in traffic? A. far B. much C. time D. long 9. It ______ me 15 minutes to walk home from the train station. A. used to B. spent C. took D. got 10. Melbourne is 12,249 miles ______ from Paris. A. space B. far C. distance D. length 11. New York is about 2,900 miles ______ Los Angeles. A. from B. with C. far D. long 12. Jim doesn’t have a girlfriend now but he ______. A. used B. used to having C. used to D. had III. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that needs correction. 1. I used to staying up late to watch football matches. A. to B. staying C. late D. watch 2. There used to some trees in the field. A. There B. used to C. trees D. the field 3. Never use your mobile phone while acrossing roads. A. use B. mobile C. while D. acrossing 4. Schools are encouraged to set up a traffic education resource room to start teaching traffic rulers. A. encouraged B. traffic C. teaching D. rulers 5. They didn’t used to go to the cinema every Sunday. A. didn’t B. used to C. to D. every r READING I. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage. The first rain of spring often leads (1) ______ dangerous road conditions because it lifts up the oil from the (2) ______ surface, but does not completely wash away the slippery substance. Many drivers do not slow down to a level that the first rain requires. People continue driving as if the roads were clear and dry. What they fail to realize is that (3) ______ rain makes the road slick and does not provide enough water to wash (4) ______ all the accumulated oil and debris. During light rain or the first rain, it is best to slow (5) ______, allow extra stopping distance, and drive cautiously. When road conditions and surface change, braking distance and traction change as well. 1. A. to B. in C. with D. about 2. A. lane B. road C. street D. way 3. A. lightly B. lighted C. lighting D. light 4. A. up B. away C. about D. for 5. A. up B. in C. down D. to II. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage. Lately, there have been many road (1) ______ in our district. They occurred due to (2) ______ and recklessness: speeding, flouting traffic (3) ______, driving vehicles which were not roadworthy and driving under the (4) ______ of drugs or alcohol. Last week alone, we received about four accident reports per day, with most of the accidents occurring during dusk and (5) ______ hours. Out of these, more than half were serious, in which victims had to be hospitalized. 1. A. accidents B. accident C. jams D. congestions 2. A. careless B. careness C. carelessness D. care 3. A. affect B. influence C. effective D. result 4. A. rules B. principles C. officials D. regulars 5. A. top B. high C. head D. peak III. Read the following passage and choose the best one (A, B, C or D) to answer each of the following questions. Traffic jams in Vietnam only frequently take place in Hanoi capital and Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnamese people seem be accustomed to traffic congestion, even miss it whenever they go to other places. There is no fixed rules for the time the traffic jams to happen but it is worst during the rush hour when everyone is in a hurry to get to work or come back home. Apart from peak hours, the time between 9 am to 10 am and between 3 pm to 4 pm also witnesses long lines of vehicles, mainly motorbikes, struggling to get out of narrow streets. Whenever it rains, the traffic jam gets more terrible with the joining hand of flooding. Taxis are extremely hard to catch or wave during the downpour. However, it only takes about 30 minutes on average for a standstill and 2 hours to get through the worst, not really bad compared to that of other countries. 1. Where do traffic jams in Viet Nam regularly occur? A. Hanoi capital B. Hanoi capital and Ho Chi Minh City C. Ho Chi Minh City D. Da Nang City 2. What time are the traffic jams worst? A. no fixed time B. in the evening C. in the morning D. the peak hour 3. What can we see in the street at the time between 9 am to 10 am? A. motorbikes struggle against one another. B. long lines of vehicles struggle to escape from narrow streets. C. motorbikes fight to get space. D. long lines of vehicles struggle to get up streets. 4. What happens with the traffic congestion when it rains? A. It gets more terrified. B. It becomes more terrible. C. It is covered by flood. D. It gets more flooding. 5. How long does it take to get through the worst traffic jam? A. 30 minutes B. haft of an hour C. 2 p.m D. 2 hours r WRITING I. Choose the best one (A, B, C or D) that is closest in meaning to the sentence given. 1. I lived in a flat when I was a child. A. I used to live in a flat when I was a child. B. I am accustomed to living in a flat when I was a child. C. When I was a little boy, I accustomed to living in a flat. D. I used to live in a flat during my childhood. 2. My sister loved eating candies, but now she hates them. A. Although my sister is used to love eating candies, but now she hates them. B. Now my sister hate eating candies but she used to hardly loving them. C. My sister used to love eating candies, but now she hates them. D. My sister used to fond of eating candies, but now she is bored with them. 3. He played golf every weekend, but now he plays tennis. A. Although he is playing tennis now, he played golf in each weekend. B. He accustomed himself to play golf every weekend, but now he plays tennis. C. He used to play golf every weekend, but now he plays tennis. D. Now he plays tennis although he got used to play golf every weekend. 4. David Beckham played for Manchester United. A. David Beckham used to play for Manchester United. B. David Beckham went to play for Manchester United. C. David Beckham is used to play for Manchester United when he lived here. D. David Beckham is usual to play for Manchester United. 5. There was a police station here, but now it is a shopping center. A. It was used to be a police station here, but now it is a shopping center. B. Although now it is a shopping center, there had a police station here. C. There used to be a police station here, but now it is a shopping center. D. There is got to be a police station here, but now there is a shopping center. II. Choose the best one (A, B, C or D) that is correctly written from the words and phrases given. 1. I use/ ride/ bicycle/ school when I be/ student. A. I used to ride my bicycle to school when I was a student. B. I use to ride my bicycle to school when I am student C. I was used to riding my bicycle to school when I am a student. D. I use riding my bicycle for school when I was a student. 2. We/ use/ go/ same little café/ lunch every day when I worked/ this company. A. We use to go the same little café for lunch every day when I worked for this company B. We used to going for the same little café for lunch every day when I worked for this company. C. We were used to going to same little café for lunch every day when I work for this company. D. We used to go to the same little café for lunch every day when I worked for this company. 3. She use/ love/ play badminton/ she/ hurt her shoulder. A. She was used to love playing badminton before she hurt her shoulder. B. She used to love play badminton before she hurted her shoulder. C. She used to love playing badminton before she hurt her shoulder. D. She used to loving playing badminton before she hurts her shoulder. 4. I use/ always lose when I played/ chess/ father. A. I was used to always lose when I played chess with my father. B. I always use to lose when I played chess with father. C. I used to always lose when I played chess with my father. D. I got used for always losing when I played chess with father. 5. She use/ able/ dance/ very/ good. A. She used to be able to dance very well. B. She used to be able of dancing very well. C. She is used to be able to dance very good. D. She uses to be able to dance very well. 6. My grandfather use/ drink/ cup of coffee/ dinner/ night. A. My grandfather uses to drink a cup of coffee after dinner a night. B. My grandfather used to drink a cup of coffee after dinner every night. C. My grandfather used to drinking a cup of coffee after dinner every night. D. My grandfather were used to drink cup of coffee after dinner each night. 7. My family/ use/ often/ go/ the countryside/ the weekend when I/ young. A. My family was often used to go to the countryside in the weekend when I was young. B. My family used to often going the countryside in the weekend when I was young. C. My family used often to go to the countryside for the weekend when I was young. D. My family used to often go to the countryside for the weekend when I was young. 8. they/ use/ go/ beach every summer? A. Do they use to go to the beach every summer? B. Did they used to go the beach every summer? C. Are they use to go to the beach every summer? D. Did they use to go to the beach every summer? 9. Julie/ not/ use/ study Portuguese/ night when she/ student. A. Julie didn’t use to study Portuguese at night when she was a student. B. Julie usedn’t to study Portuguese at night when she was a student. C. Julie doesn’t use studying Portuguese in night when she was a student. D. Julie wasn’t using to be study Portuguese by night when she is a student. 10. We/ keep/ left when you/ be/ UK. A. We must keep on the left when you are in UK. B. We must to keep to the left when you were in UK. C. We must keep to the left when you are in UK. D. We must keep in left when you are in UK. 11. Mai use/ cycle/ school when she was/ grade 6. A. Mai was used to cycle to school when she was at grade 6. B. Mai use to cycle in school when she was in grade 6. C. Mai used to cycle to school when she was in grade 6. D. Mai used cycling to school when she was on grade 6. 12. You must/ always/ obey/ traffic rules/ your safety. A. You always must obey to traffic rules for your safety. B. You must always obey traffic rules for your safety. C. You must obey always traffic rules to your safety. D. You must always obey traffic rules for your safe. TEST 2 I. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined. 1. A. lane B. stay C. train D. anyone 2. A. railway B. sail C. many D. safe 3. A. obey B. pen C. bell D. ever 4. A. pavement B. station C. mistake D. park 5. A. train B. play C. lake D. dance II. Choose the best one (A, B, C or D) to complete the sentence. 1. How ______ is it from your house to your school? A. length B. fetch C. distance D. far 2. You can buy your train ______ at the Renfe Station at the Barcelona Airport. A. pass B. ticket C. license D. permit 3. The city’s brand new railway ______ is located directly in front of the bus station to make travel very easy. A. station B. spot C. plot D. stage 4. Trains and buses are recommended as cheap ______ of transport. A. ways B. methods C. means D. manners 5. The government has launched a ______ campaign to reduce the number of road accidents. A. rout safety B. road safety C. way safe D. lane safe 6. This campaign focused on young road ______ and aimed to raise their about the serious impact of road traffic injuries. A. users-awareness B. using-aware C. users-awaring D. drivers-awareness 7. People need to be aware that the ______ limit must be obeyed on that route. A. speedy B. speeding C. speediness D. speed 8. A driver’s ______ is an official document permitting a specific individual to operate one or more types of motorized vehicles. A. permission B. paper C. license D. certificate 9. Before you drive away, always fasten your seat belt and make ______ all your passengers wear the seat belt correctly. A. calm B. sure C. certain D. guard 10. Now people who drive with children under 8 years old without putting them in safety seats can be ______ up to $25. A. fined B. paid C. punished D. handed in 11. You will be fined if you get ______ when driving. A. drinking B. drink C. drunk D. drinked 12. We are running ______ gas, so we need to stop before we get on the highway. A. out of B. in C. out D. down 13. Not wearing a helmet when driving a motorbike is ______ the traffic laws. A. broken B. break C. breaking D. broke 14. It took me 2 hours ______ my bike to school because of traffic jam. A. to ride B. to drive C. riding D. to rode 15. The vehicles queue around the city during the evening ______. A. rush hour B. traffic hour C. peak hour D. both A and C 16. People have to follow the traffic ______ on public streets. A. regulations B. regulars C. definitions D. conditions 17. We should ______ people to use public transport instead of their personal vehicles. A. courage B. encourage C. say D. show 18. More people own ______ cars and it makes the traffic jams problem become worse. A. public B. his C. private D. common III. Choose the best one (A, B, C or D) to complete the sentence. 1. He used ______ a poor man, but now he becomes a rich businessman. A. Ø B. to C. to be D. being 2. Mr. Nam ______ to work by motorbike, but now he goes to work by bus. A. is used to go B. used to go C. was to go D. got 3. I ______ have time to collect stamps when I was in primary school. A. get used to B. get accustomed to C. used to D. was to 4. I spent a lot of time ______ before the final test. A. study B. to study C. studying D. to studying 5. How ______ time do you need to go to the market? A. much B. long C. far D. is 6. It takes 10 minutes for Jill ______ on her makeup. A. to put B. putting C. inputting D. put 7. How long does it ______ to get from the library to the museum? A. need B. find C. spend D. take 8. Susan ______ a nurse. Now she is a doctor. A. used to be B. works as C. was used to be D. got used to 9. How ______ is our classroom from the washroom? A. long B. much C. far D. distance 10. When I was a child, I used to ______ the piano. A. playing B. to play C. play D. to be played 11. It is 5 kilometers ______ my house to Time City. A. from B. for C. with D. about 12. My father travels to work ______ car every day. A. in B. on C. by D. with IV. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that needs correction. 1. In the past my hair used to shorter. A. In B. past C. used D. shorter 2. It will spend a while before everyone becomes familiar with it. A. spend B. before C. familiar D. it 3. Did you used to go to the beach when you lived in Nha Trang? A. Did B. used to C. to D. lived 4. Children at the age of 10 or over can drive their bikes alone. A. at B. age C. over D. drive 5. There used to be traffic jams in this street during rushing hours, but now the street becomes wider. A. used to B. jams C. rushing D. becomes V. Read the passage and choose the best answer to each of the following questions. A TRAFFIC JAM THAT LASTED TEN DAYS One of the worst recorded traffic jams in history took place on a highway west of Beijing in August, 2010. The congestion lasted for over ten days, and involved at least 10,000 vehicles. Some drivers were trapped for days, and relied on cyclists and pedlars for food and water. The goods were sold at outrageous prices, creating a mini-economy for nearby residents. The congestion was caused by an extraordinary number of trucks on the road, including road construction vehicles and trucks hauling coal from Mongolia. Breakdowns added to the volume, turning the expressway into a massive parking lot. 1. Where did one of the worst recorded traffic jams in history take place? A. On a highway west of Beijing B. On the west in Beijing C. Mongolia D. In August, 2010 2. How long did the traffic jam last? A. for days B. for over ten days C. at least 10 days D. long time 3. How many vehicles were stuck in the traffic jam? A. at least 10,000 vehicles B. more than 10,000 vehicles C. at max level D. an extraordinary number of trucks 4. How did local residents make money during the traffic jam? A. relying on cyclists B. selling goods at low price C. selling food and water at a high cost D. making mini-economy 5. What was the main cause of the congestion? A. road construction vehicles B. a heavy volume of trucks C. a massive parking lot D. trucks hauling coal from Mongolia VI. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage. Traffic lights only became necessary in the 19th century, when traffic began to increase. A traffic signal (1) ______ by J O Knight, a railway signaling engineer, was installed outside the Houses of Parliament in London in 1868. It looked like a railway signal of the time but a few weeks later it blew up and signal of this type were no (2) ______ used. The modern traffic light is an American invention, the first red and green lights set up in Cleveland in 1914 followed a few years later by three-color lights in New York. These new lights didn’t arrive in Britain (3) ______ 1925. A year later, the first automatic lights were installed at a road junction in Wolverhampton, where they remained in (4) ______ for the next 42 years. (5) ______ the beginning of the 1930s, the first vehicle-activated lights were set up in London. Since these early days, traffic light design has developed to cater for different types of road user. 1. A. done B. discovered C. invented D. manufactured 2. A. any B. longer C. doubt D. sooner 3. A. during B. until C. since D. after 4. A. use B. play C. performance D. display 5. A. For B. In C. At D. From VII. Choose the best one (A, B, c or D) that is correctly written from the words and phrases given. 1. How/ your English teacher go/ work/ every day? A. How does your English teacher go to work every day? B. How do your English teacher go to work each day? C. How long does your English teacher go to work every day? D. How far does your English teacher go work every day? 2. By seven o’clock/ the morning, the streets/ fill again/ people. A. By seven o’clock in the morning, the streets are filled again with people. B. By seven o’clock in the morning, the streets filled again with people. C. By seven o’clock at the morning, the streets are filled again by people. D. By seven o’clock on the morning, the streets used to filled again with people. 3. Government should/ act some laws/ force people/ follow the rules/ strict. A. Government should take act some laws to force people to follow the rules strict. B. Government should enact some laws to force people following the rules strictly. C. Government should enact some laws to force people to follow the rules strictly. D. Government should act some laws force people to follow the rules strictly. 4. Public transport/ preserve/ environment/ better than/ private/ vehicle. A. Public transportation preserve the environment better than private vehicles. B. Public transport uses to preserve the environment better than private vehicles. C. Public transport is preserved the environment better than private vehicle. D. Public transport preserves the environment better than private vehicles. 5. It/ 5 kilometers/ here/ my house. A. It is 5 kilometers from here to my house. B. It about 5 kilometers from here to my house. C. It is 5 kilometers for here to my house. D. It has 5 kilometers from here for my house. 6. It/ take/ twelve hours/ fly/ Hanoi/ London. A. It took him twelve hours to fly from Hanoi to London. B. It took twelve hours flying from Hanoi to London. C. It took for him twelve hours to fly from Hanoi to London. D. It took twelve hours for him fly from Hanoi to London. 7. I spend/ 30 minutes/ do morning exercise/ every day. A. I spend for 30 minutes doing morning exercise each day. B. I spend 30 minutes doing morning exercise every day. C. I spend 30 minutes to doing morning exercise every day. D. I spend 30 minutes to do morning exercise every day. 8. Don’t sit/ front seats if you are/ drink/ Macedonia, Spain. A. Don’t sit in the front seats if you are drunk in Macedonia, Spain. B. Don’t sit on the front seats if you drink in Macedonia, Spain. C. Don’t sit in the front seats if you drunk in Macedonia, Spain. D. Don’t sit in the front seats if you used to be drunk in Macedonia, Spain. VIII. Choose the best one (A, B, C or D) that is closest in meaning to the sentence given. 1. My father liked going fishing but now he doesn’t. A. My father used to liked go fishing but now he doesn’t. B. Although my father used to be keen on going fishing, he doesn’t now. C. My father fond of going fishing although now he doesn’t go to do it. D. Now my father doesn’t go fishing, but he was used to do it. 2. My grandmother told me fairy stories every night when I was a child. A. I was used to telling fairy stories every night by my grandmother when I was child. B. When I was in my childhood, my grandmother often uses to told me fairy stories night by night. C. My grandmother shared me with every stories of fairy at night when I was a little girl. D. My grandmother used to tell me fairy stories every night when I was a child. 3. My sister was a teacher 2 years ago but now she is a housewife. A. My sister used to be a teacher 2 years ago but now she is a housewife. B. My sister get used to a teacher in the past; however, she is a housewife now. C. Now my sister is a housewife but she is an accustomed teacher 2 years ago. D. My sister wanted to become a teacher 2 years ago but she is a housewife now. 4. John and his parents lived in London but now they live in Vietnam. A. John and his parents used to live in London but now they live in Vietnam. B. John and his parents loved to live in London because they didn’t live in Vietnam. C. John and his parents had a habit with their living in London but now they use to live in Viet Nam. D. John and his parents live in Viet Nam now although they made hobbies to live in London. 5. I usually walked to school when I was a student. A. I seldom rode my bicycle to school when I was a student. B. I used to go to school on foot when I was a student. C. I usually used to walk to school by foot when I was a student. D. I used to walking to school during I was a student.
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