Tài liệu vài bài tập môn Tiếng Anh lớp 9 - Ôn tập về âm và cách phát âm - Đỗ Bình

SOUNDS – ÂM VÀ CÁCH PHÁT ÂM
Sounds
Letters
Words
Notes
Sounds
Letters
Words
Notes
Vowel sounds (nguyờn õm)
/ t∫/
ch
choice
/I/
i
sit
/ k/
k
kitchen
e
pretty
c
concert
a
village
ch
chemist
y
happy
q
conquest
/i:/
ea
lead
/ h/
h
hike
ee
meet
wh
whoop
/e/
e
send
Voiced consonants (phụ õm hữu thanh)
ea
head
/ b/
b
boy
a
many
/ v/
v
visit
/ ổ/
a
land
f
of
/o/
o
pot
/d/
th
them
a
wash
/ d/
d
done
/o:/
or
fork
ed
lived
aw
saw
/ z/
z
zebra
/L/
a
cash
s
visit
u
shut
/ Ʒ/
s
vision
o
some
/dƷ/
g
germ
ou
tough
/ g/
g
gift
/a:/
ar
card
/l/
l
little
ear
heart
/m/
m
monk
/u/
u
pull
/n/
n
name
ou
could
/ ŋ/
n
think
oo
good
ng
sing
/u:/
u
pollution
/r/
r
rural
oe
shoe
/w/
w
with
oo
moon
wh
when
ui
fruit
/j/
j
jam
/ ә/
er
reader
y
young
or
actor
u
music
/ з:/
er
prefer
/ф/
h
honest
ir
shirt
k
knight
ur
hurt
b
comb
or
word
p
pneumo
ear
heard
Clusters of consonants (chựm phụ õm)
Diphthongs (chựm nguyờn õm)
/s+/
/sp/
spray
/ ei/
a
case
/st/
start
ei
eight
/sk/
school
ai
maid
/sf/
sphere
ay
say
/sm/
small
/ ai/
i
kite
/sn/
snow
y
sky
/sw/
sweet
/ oi/
oi
soil
/sj/
super
oy
employ
/p+/
/pl/
plump
/ au/
ou
mouse
/pr/
proud
ow
now
/pj/
pure
/ әu/
o
cold
/t+/
/tr/
train
ow
slow
/tw/
twice
ew
sew
/tj/
tube
/ iә/
ear
hear
/k+/
/kl/
class
ere
here
/kr/
cream
/ eә/
ere
there
/kw/
quite
are
fare
/kj/
cure
air
hair
/b+/
/bl/
blow
/ uә/
our
tour
/br/
bring
/aiә/
ire
tire
/bj/
burial
yre
tyre
/g+/
/gl/
glass
yer
buyer
/gr/
grow
/ әuә/
ower
slower
/d+/
/dr/
dream
/ auә/
ower
shower
/dw/
dwell
our
flour
/dj/
duty
/ eiә/
ayer
prayer
/f+/
/fl/
flow
eyer
greyer
/fr/
fry
/ oiә/
oyer
employer
/fj/
furious
oyal
loyal
/q+/
/qr/
throw
Voiceless consonants (phụ õm vụ thanh)
/qw/
thwart
/ p/
p
pen
Cỏc kết hợp khỏc
/vj/
view
/ f/
f
five
/mj/
mute
ph
physics
/∫r/
shrimp
gh
laugh
/nj/
nude
/q/
th
throw
/spr/
spread
/ t/
t
teach
/spl/
splash
ed
looked
/skr/
scream
/ s/
s
site
/str/
stream
c
centre
/skj/
scuba
/∫/
sh
sheep
/stj/
student
ch
machine
/spj/
spume
s
sugar
/skw/
square
PRACTICE TEST (Phần I– Bài 1)
Find the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others of the same group.
A. candy
B. sandy 
C. many
D. handy
A. earning
B. learning
C. searching
D. clearing
A. pays
B. stays
C. says
D. plays
A. given
B. risen
C. ridden
D. whiten
A. cough
B. tough
C. rough
D. enough
A. accident
B. jazz
C. stamp
D. watch
A. this
B. thick
C. maths
D. thin
A. gas
B. gain
C. germ
D. good
A. bought
B. naught
C. plough
D. thought
A. forks
B. tables
C. beds
D. windows
A. handed
B. booked
C. translated
D. visited
A. car
B. coach
C. century
D. cooperate
A. within
B. without
C. clothing
D. strengthen
A. has
B. bag
C. dad
D. made
A. kites
B. catches
C. oranges
D. buzzes
A. student
B. stupid
C. study
D. studio
A. wealth
B. cloth
C. with
D. marathon
A. brilliant
B. trip
C. tripe
D. tip
A. surgeon
B. agent
C. engine
D. regard
A. feather
B. leather
C. feature
D. measure
A. geology
B. psychology
C. classify
D. photography
A. idiom
B. ideal
C. item
D. identical
A. children
B. child
C. mild
D. wild
A. both
B. myth
C. with
D. sixth
A. helped
B. booked
C. hoped
D. waited
A. name
B. natural
C. native
D. nation
A. blood
B. food
C. moon
D. pool
A. comb
B. plumb
C. climb
D. disturb
A. thick
B. though
C. thank
D. think
A. flour
B. hour
C. pour
D. sour
A. dictation
B. repetition
C. station
D. question
A. dew
B. knew
C. sew
D. few
A. asked
B. helped
C. kissed
D. played
A. smells
B. cuts
C. opens
D. plays
A. decided
B. hatred
C. sacred
D. warned
A. head
B. break
C. bread
D. breath
A. blood
B. tool
C. moon
D. spool
A. height
B. fine
C. tidy
D. cliff
A. through
B. them
C. threaten
D. thunder
A. fought
B. country
C. bought
D. ought
A. moon
B. pool
C. door
D. cool
A. any
B. apple
C. hat
D. cat
A. book
B. blood
C. look
D. foot
A. pan
B. woman
C. sad
D. man
A. table
B. lady
C. labor
D. captain
A. host
B. most
C. cost
D. post
A. dear
B. beard
C. beer
D. heard
A. work
B. coat
C. go
D. know
A. name
B. flame
C. man
D. fame
A. how
B. town
C. power
D. slow
A. harm
B. wash
C. call
D. talk
A. brought
B. ought 
C. thought
D. though
A. call
B. curtain
C. cell
D. contain
A. measure
B. decision
C. pleasure
D. permission
A. alone
B. home
C. go
D. foul
A. timid
B. tidy
C. timer
D. kite
A. trousers
B. route
C. shout
D. amount
A. whisper
B. waste
C. husband
D. inspiration
A. cleaned
B. played
C. snowed
D. brushed
A. church
B. chimney
C. check
D. cholera
PRACTICE TEST (Phần I– Bài 2)
Find the one whose stress pattern is different from the others of the same group.
A. paper
B. tonight
C. lecture
D. story
A. money
B. army
C. afraid
D. people
A. enjoy
B. daughter
C. provide
D. decide
A. begin
B. pastime
C. finish
D. summer
A. abroad
B. noisy
C. hundred
D. quiet
A. passion
B. aspect
C. medium
D. success
A. exist
B. evolve
C. enjoy
D. enter
A. doctor
B. modern 
C. corner 
D. Chinese 
A. complain
B. machine
C. music
D. instead
A. writer
B. baker 
C. builder 
D. career 
A. provide
B. adopt 
C. happen 
D. inspire 
A. result
B. region
C. river 
D. robot 
A. constant
B. basic 
C. irate 
D. obvious 
A. become
B. carry 
C. appoint 
D. invent 
A. engine
B. battle 
C. career 
D. rabies
A. attract
B. destroy 
C. level 
D. occur 
A. spaceship
B. planet 
C. solar 
D. surround 
A. brilliant
B. daily 
C. extreme 
D. protein 
A. appoint
B. gather 
C. threaten 
D. vanish 
A. button
B. canal 
C. failure 
D. monster 
PRACTICE TEST (Phần I– Bài 2)
Find the one whose stress pattern is different from the others of the same group.
A. interesting
B. surprising 
C. amusing
D. successful
A. understand
B. engineer
C. benefit
D. Vietnamese
A. applicant
B. uniform
C. yesterday
D. employment
A. dangerous
B. parachute
C. popular
D. magazine
A. beautifully
B. intelligent
C. redundancy
D. discovery
A. comfortable
B. employment
C. important
D. surprising
A. variety
B. irrational
C. industrial
D. characterize
A. colorful
B. equality
C. dictionary
D. vegetable
A. elegant
B. regional
C. musical
D. important
A. difference
B. suburban
C. internet
D. character
A. beautiful
B. effective
C. favorite
D. popular
A. attraction
B. government
C. borrowing
D. visit
A. difficulty
B. individual
C. population
D. unemployment
A. biology
B. redundancy
C. interviewer
D. comparative
A. conversation
B. isolation 
C. traditional 
D. situation 
A. capital
B. tradition 
C. different 
D. opera 
A. inventor
B. physicist 
C. president 
D. gardener 
A. biology
B. interviewer 
C. redundancy 
D. America 
A. encourage
B. consider 
C. constitute 
D. inhabit 
A. industry
B. holiday 
C. adventure 
D. certainty 
PRACTICE TEST (Phần I– Bài 2)
Find the word whose stress pattern is different from the others of the same group:
A. continue
B. disappear 
C. imagine 
D. inhabit 
A. altogether
B. capacity 
C. eventually 
D. particular 
A. professor
B. digestion 
C. mechanic
D. engine 
A. mathematics
B. biology 
C. experiment 
D. philosophy 
A. evolution
B. development 
C. discovery 
D. philosopher 
A. another
B. energy 
C. centigrade 
D. gravity 
A. evaporate
B. temperature 
C. impossible 
D. experiment 
A. gravity
B. professor 
C. pyramid 
D. remedy 
A. abandon
B. discover 
C. imagine 
D. satisfy 
A. activity
B. epidemic 
C. philosopher 
D. significance 
A. disease
B. humor
C. cancer
D. treatment
A. remedy
B. exercise
C. pollution
D. surgery
A. pneumonia
B. activity
C. psychiatrist
D. ordinary
A. persuade
B. reduce
C. offer
D. apply
A. expression
B. successful
C. physical
D. prevention
A. farmer
B. farewell
C. factory
D. fairy
A. cattle
B. country
C. canal
D. cover
A. money
B. machine
C. many
D. mother
A. borrow
B. agree
C. await
D. prepare
A. government
B. condition
C. parliament
D. fortunate
A. paper
B. police
C. people
D. purpose
A. interesting
B. important
C. increasing
D. implying
A. element
B. enormous
C. animal
D. elephant
A. damage
B. destroy
C. demand
D. deny
A. biology
B. intelligent
C. environment
D. infrastructure
A. ancient
B. attack
C. alive
D. across
A. person
B. purpose
C. possess
D. pirate
A. eternal
B. enormous
C. enemy
D. Egyptian
A. ruler
B. river
C. retire
D. rapid
A. revolution
B. responsible
C. renovation
D. regulation
A. sentence
B. suggest
C. species
D. system
A. bacteria
B. dangerous
C. government
D. interesting
A. attack
B. defeat
C. believe
D. happen
A. pyramid
B. pharaoh
C. animal
D. possession
A. accompany
B. responsibility
C. environment
D. parliament
A. provide
B. improve
C. contain
D. borrow
A. cinema
B. telephone
C. department
D. restaurant
A. design
B. garage
C. market
D. village
A. exercise
B. example
C. holiday
D. stadium
A. excellent
B. exactly
C. dangerous
D. wonderful
A. beautiful
B. elephant
C. already
D. usually
A. theatre
B. unknown
C. absence
D. dinner
A. amuse
B. imagine 
C. interest
D. surprise
A. especially
B. beautifully
C. quickly
D. lately
A. policeman
B. performer
C. engineer
D. assistant
A. advice
B. beauty 
C. picture
D. postcard
A. prepare
B. practice
C. prevent
D. provide
A. famous
B. curious
C. anxious
D. delicious
A. vacation
B. colleague
C. pupil
D. teacher
A. theatre
B. career
C. cinema
D. gallery
A. picture
B. business
C. stranger
D. return
A. museum
B. cinema
C. hospital
D. concert
A. performance
B. unknown
C. visit
D. confirm
A. yesterday
B. tonight
C. today
D. tomorrow
A. memory
B. article
C. newspaper
D. edition
A. sorry
B. tractor
C. police
D. fireman
A. interest
B. remember
C. assemble
D. resemble
A. policeman
B. semester
C. exercise
D. attendance
A. vegetable
B. interesting
C. volleyball
D. detective
A. homework
B. lesson
C. detect
D. tennis
A. uncle
B. machine
C. rubber
D. butter
A. every
B. evening
C. potato
D. factory
A. produce
B. money
C. improve
D. because
A. vegetable
B. university
C. Wednesday
D. television
A. coffee
B. farmer
C. paper
D. deliver
A. eleven
B. elephant
C. energy
D. envelope
A. preparation
B. decoration
C. television
D. exhibition
A. leather
B. paper
C. iron
D. ceramics
A. mirror
B. invent
C. wallet
D. engine
A. discovery
B. calculator
C. aero-plane
D. difficulty
A. descendant
B. environment
C. ornamental
D. delivery
A. resounding
B. recompense
C. reconcile
D. recognize
A. difference
B. deficit
C. reference
D. deficiency
A. devilish
B. transparent
C. glorify
D. luxury
A. arithmetic
B. aristocrat
C. artificial
D. argument
A. honorable
B. intimacy
C. participate
D. interviewer
A. militarism
B. infected
C. eventual
D. community
A. support
B. colleague
C. bilingual
D. evaluate
A. apology
B. apparent
C. adverbial
D. advocate
A. oblivious
B. ferocious
C. scandalous
D. victorious
A. librarian
B. respectable
C. terrific
D. terrorist
A. architect
B. pioneer
C. military
D. principal
A. utterance
B. attendance
C. performance
D. reluctance
A. ferocious
B. adventure
C. orient
D. achievement
A. occurrence
B. particular
C. spectator
D. preference
PRACTICE TEST (Phần II– Bài 1)
Rewrite the sentences as suggested.
Mr. Minh often spends fifteen minutes leading the buffalo to the field.
It often takes ____________________________________________________________
Quan always walk to school.
Quan always goes ________________________________________________________
I found it a bit difficult to get into work this morning.
Getting _________________________________________________________________
Their game of badminton is always on Tuesday.
They __________________________________________________________________
I started to play the piano when I was six.
I have __________________________________________________________________
I’m in England for the first time in my life.
This ___________________________________________________________________
The children are too young to see horror films.
The children aren’t _______________________________________________________
The children couldn’t go swimming because the sea was rough.
The sea was too __________________________________________________________
My father said I could use his car.
My father allowed ________________________________________________________
Why don’t you put your luggage under the seat?
He suggested ____________________________________________________________
PRACTICE TEST (Phần II– Bài 2)
Rewrite sentences using given words.
I’ll finish the work tonight if you like.
Would you like __________________________________________________________
The teacher didn’t allow the class to leave before 4:30.
The teacher made ________________________________________________________
We haven’t seen him for over twenty years.
It’s ____________________________________________________________________
We couldn’t drive because of the fog.
The fog ________________________________________________________________
It is the most interesting novel I’ve ever read.
I have __________________________________________________________________
Although she lived in difficult countries, she worked very hard.
In spite of ______________________________________________________________
We haven’t met since 1981.
It was in 1981 that ________________________________________________________
I came to London ten years ago.
I have __________________________________________________________________
They haven’t seen their uncle for ten years.
It’s ____________________________________________________________________
Steve started learning the violin a month ago.
Steve __________________________________________________________________
PRACTICE TEST (Phần II– Bài 3)
Rewrite sentences using given words.
I haven’t been to a Chinese restaurant for ages.
It’s age _________________________________________________________________
The last time Nancy came here was in 1986.
Nancy hasn’t ____________________________________________________________
It’s a long time since our last conversation.
We ____________________________________________________________________
“I think you should go by train.” He told us.
He advised ______________________________________________________________
Julia cleaned the house. Then she went shopping.
After __________________________________________________________________
Jim was travelling in Paris. He met his old friends there.
While __________________________________________________________________
First Jane checked all the prices. Then she bought a new car.
Jane bought _____________________________________________________________
Jack went to Vietnam in 2002. He returned home in 2005.
Jack ___________________________________________________________________
They finished work and then left the office.
They __________________________________________________________________
We started learning English about 5 years ago.
We’ve _________________________________________________________________
PRACTICE TEST (Phần II– Bài 4)
Rewrite sentences using given words.
How much do you pay for this computer?
How much does __________________________________________________________
The last time Joe heard from his family was in June.
Joe hasn’t ______________________________________________________________
How long have you been living in this new house?
When __________________________________________________________________
This is my third visit to Hồ Chớ Minh City.
I have __________________________________________________________________
Jack wants to drive to work, but he doesn’t have a car.
If Jack _________________________________________________________________
We were late because of the heavy traffic.
If it ____________________________________________________________________
Why don’t you ask your teacher for advice?
If I were ________________________________________________________________
I’ll never see you again if you don’t tell the truth.
Unless _________________________________________________________________
This is James. He helped me solve that problem.
James is ________________________________________________________________
The tea is so hot that I can’t drink it.
The tea is _______________________________________________________________
PRACTICE TEST (Phần II– Bài 4)
Choose one word or phrase marked A, B, C, or D that best complete the preceding sentence.
1. He is interested------ dancing.
A. at	B. in	C. by	D. of
2. My mother is fed ------ with doing the housework everyday.
A. up	B. of	C. on	D. in
3. Children enjoy ------ cartoons.
A. watch	B. watching	C. watched	D. to watch
4. I am afraid of ------ alone in dark.
A. being left	B. left	C. to be interested	D. interest
5. English people are ------ in playing football.
A. interested	B. interesting	C. to be interested	D. to be interesting
6. John hasn’t got a job. He has to live on------ benefit.
A. employ	 	B. employing	 	C. unemployment D. employment
7. She’s proud of her ------.
A. successful	 	B. success	 	C. succeed	 D. succeeded
8. Anna can’t get the job because there are too many ------ for it.
A. engineers	 	B. interviewers	 	C. applicants	 D. workers
9. There are many ------ ways to learn English vocabulary.
A. different	 	B. differences	 	C. differ	 D. differing
10. Nam stopped ------ two years ago.
A. smoking	 	 B. smoke	 	C. to smoke	 D. smoked
11. A ------ storm has swept a hundred of houses away.
A. strong	 	B. heavy	 	C. hard	 	D. long
12. My child would rather read books than ------ anything else.
A. doing	 	B. to do	 	C. did	 	 D. do
13. My friend doesn't like asking her mother ------ money.
A. to	 	B. in	 	 	C. for	 	D. with
14. Mrs. Lan ------ up being on a diet because it was not effective.
A. gives	 	B. giving	 	C. to give	 D. gave
15. Anna has just graduated from university. She wants to apply ------ a suitable job.
A. at	 	B. for	 	 	C. to	 	D. in
16. He is unemployment. He gets some unemployment ------.
A. salary	 	 B. card	 	C. benefit	 	D. currency
17. A long walk makes every body ------.
A. tired	 	B. tiring	 	C. to tire	 	D. tire
18. My teacher is a ------ smoker. He smokes 30 cigarettes a day.
A. much	 	B. heavy	 	C. many	 	D. big
19. Her parents can't stand ------ her at home all day.
A. to see	 	B. see	 	 	C. seeing	 	D. seen
20. I am tired ------ watching the same program every day.
A. in	 	B. on	 	 	C. with	 	D. of
21. While she ------, the phone rang.
A. was cooking	 B. cooked	 	C. cooking 	D. cook
22. My mother is used to ------ a speaker.
A. to be	 	 B. being	 	C. have been 	 	D. been
23. She doesn't have time to go shopping because she's too ------ with her work
A. busy	 	B. bored	 	 C. get up 	 	D. tired
24. His roof was broken by a ------ wind two weeks ago.
A. hard 	 	B. big	 	C. strong 	 	D. much
25. He has learned English for 4 years, and she is good ------ English now
A. by	 	 B. at 	 	C. for 	 	 	D. in
PRACTICE TEST (Phần II– Bài 5)
Supply the articles (a, an, or the) if they are necessary. If no article is needed, leave the space blank.
1. Jason’s father bought him_____ bicycle that he had wanted for his birthday.
2. _____ Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship from France to_____ United States.
3. Rita is studying_____ English and_____ math this semester.
4. Please give me _____ cup of _____ coffee with_____ cream and _____ sugar.
5._____ big books on_____ table are for my history class.
6. When you go to _____ store, please buy_____ bottle of_____ chocolate milk and_____ dozen oranges.
7. John and Mary went to_____ school yesterday and then studied in_____ library before returning home.
8. There are only_____ few seats left for_____ tonight’s musical at_____ university.
9. _____ Lake Erie is one of_____ five Great Lakes in_____ North America.
10. What did you eat for_____ breakfast this morning?
11. Louie played_____ basketball and_____ baseball at_____ Boy’s Club this year.
12. Rita plays_____ violin and her sister plays_____ guitar.
13. David attended_____ Princeton University.
14. Harry has been admitted to_____ School of Medicine at_____ Midwestern university.
15. Phil can’t go to_____ movies tonight because he has to write_____ essay.
16. Last night there was _____ singing outside my house.
17. _____ chair which you are sitting in is broken.
18._____ Florida State University is smaller than_____ University of Florida.
19. Scientists sent_____ expedition to_____ Mars during_____ 1990s.
20. Mel’s grandmother is in_____ hospital, so we went to visit her_____ last night.
21. I’m on night duty. When you go to _____ bed, I go to _____ work.
22. Sorry, I can’t find the number. I remember writing it on _____ back of an envelope.
23. _____ gold is perhaps _____ most highly treasured metal.	
24. _____ Mekong River is _____ longest river in _____ Vietnam.
25. _____ winter is usually cold, but ______winter of this year is warm.
26. _____ money you gave me is not enough to buy _____ bicycle.
27. Look at _____ sun. It is rising.	
28. We watch television after _____ dinner.
29. Mr. Brown bought _____ new car _____ last week.	
30. He usually travels to _____ Philadelphia by _____ train.
31. Miss Linda speaks _____ Chinese very well although she is from _____ UK.
32. _____ swimming is _____ good sport.
33. Please open _____ door.	
34. _____ United States is _____ world’s biggest consumer of energy.
35. Peter likes to play _____ volleyball, but he is not _____ good player.
36. My daughter is learning to play _____ violin at _____ school.
37. I told Mom we would be _____ home in _____ hour or so.
38. You can see _____ moon in _____ sky at _____ night.
39. _____ her children play in _____ street all day.	
40. _____ blue is _____ color I like.	
41. _____ January is _____ first month of the year.	
42. You frequently see this kind of violence on _____ television.
43. _____ AIDS is _____ incurable disease.	
44. Not everyone believes that _____ technology has improved _____ quality of people’s lives.
45. Would you show me _____ shortest way to_____ airport?
PRACTICE TEST (Phần II– Bài 5)
Choose one word or phrase marked A, B, C, or D that best complete the preceding sentence.
1. It is estimated that about 640 women remain illiterate in _____ world, mostly in developing countries.
	A. a	B. an	C. the	D. X
2. Did you read _____ book I lent you _____ last week.
	A. a / the	B. the / the	C. the / X	D. X / X
3. I went by _____ train to _____ West of England.
	A. X / a	B. X / the	C. X / X	D. the / the
4. We visited Canada and _____ United States.
	A. an	B. a	C. X	D. the
5. I fell in _____ love with him because of his kind nature.
	A. a	B. the	C. X	D. an
6. _____ schooling is compulsory in Australia between _____ ages of six and seventeen.
	A. The / X	B. A / an	C. X / the	D. The / an
7. In _____ most social situations , _____ informality is appreciated.
	A. X / X	B. the / an	C. a / the	D. the / a
8. _____ love is _____ very strong feeling of affection towards someone who you are romantically attracted to.
	A. The / the	B. The / X	C. A / the	D. X / a
9. London is _____ of England.
	A. a capital	B. capital	C. one capital	D. the capital
10. Do you know exactly_____ number of Siberian tigers in China?
	A. a	B. an 	C. the	D. X
11. It is estimated that only 1,000 pandas remain in_____ wild.
	A. a	B. an	C. the	D. X
12._____ friend in need is_____ friend indeed.
	A. The/ the	B. A/ a	C. X/ X	D. X/ the
13. What is your_____ biggest dream in_____ life?
	A. X/ X	B. the/ a	C. the/ the	D. a/ the
14. Did you have_____ good time at the party last night?
	A. a	B. an	C. the	D. X
15. The local authorities are conducting_____ campaign to help_____ disabled.
	A. a/ the	B. the/ X	C. X/ X	D. X/ the
PRACTICE TEST (Phần II– Bài 6)
Supply the appropriate preposition to each of the following blanks.
1. We give each other presents _____ Christmas.
2. Don’t sit _____ the floor.
3. I’m going away _____ the end of January.
4. I met Tom _____ the street yesterday.
5. They sent me a cheque _____ $ 50.
6. There has been some decrease _____ military spending this year.
7. Nobody knows what the cause _____ the explosion was.
8. Do you think we’ll find a solution _____ this problem?
9. Have you ever read any books _____ Mark Twain?
10. It’s unreasonable ____ you to expect her to love you at first sight.
11. They were furious _____ me _____ not inviting them to the party.
12. Were you disappointed _____ your examination results?
13. Everybody was shocked _____ the news.
14. She is scared _____ going out alone.
15. I’m not ashamed _____ what I did.
16. My sister won’t have dinner _____ 11.30 p.m.
17. She is engaged _____ an American.
18. Who was responsible _____ all the noise last night?
19. Your writing is similar _____ mine.
20. Ann wasn’t keen _____ going out in the rain.
21. The city centre was crowded _____ tourists.
22. I always try my best to get along _____ other officers.
23. Why don’t you apply _____ a position in that company?
24. He is very selfish. He doesn’t care _____ other people.
25. Don’t look out of the window. Concentrate _____ your work!
26. He lost control of the car and crashed _____ a wall.
27. He was the sort of person that you could depend_____.
28. Did you hear _____ the fight in the club on Saturday night?
29. She’s very old. She needs someone to look _____ her.
30. He often dreams _____ travelling to America.
31. I didn’t have enough money to pay _____ the meal.
32. He has suffered _____ lung cancer for ages.
33. He shouted _____ from the other side of the street.
34. The police are searching _____ the escaped prisoner.
35. That’s a good idea. Why didn’t I think _____ that?
PRACTICE TEST (Phần II– Bài 6)
Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. 
01. Only in Japan ____ the high levels of western countries.
 	A. industrialization has reached 	B. industrialization is reached
 	C. has industrialization reached 	D. is industrialization reached
02. Nowadays children would prefer history ______ in more practical ways.
A. be taught 	B. to teach 	C. to be taught 	D. teach
03. Hurry up! They’ve only got_____ seats left.
A. a little 	B. a few 	C. a lot of	D. plenty of
04. ____of the students know the answer to that question.
 	A. Most 	B. Almost 	C. Mostly 	D. The most
05. We decided not to travel, ____ the terrible weather forecast.
A. having heard 	B. we heard 	C. having been heard 	D. being heard
06. _____for their strong fiber include flax and hemp.
 	A. Plants are grown 	B. Plants grown 	C. Plants that grow 	D. To grow plants
07. I think you must be _____me for someone else.
 	A. confusing 	B. reminding C. mistaking D .considering 
08. ‘John won’t come tomorrow.’ ‘Did he say he ____next week?’
 	A. will come 	B. would come 	C. is coming 	D. had come
09. Pests occur in large numbers, and they can ____terrible damage, particularly to growing crops, that in some parts of the world people frequently suffer from famine.
 	A. do such 	 	B. do so 	C. make such 	D. make so
10. The new magazine about maintenance _____tomorrow.
 	A. comes down 	B. comes off 	C. comes on 	D. comes out
PRACTICE TEST (Phần III– Bài 1)
Rewrite sentences using given words.
Mexico City is more densely populated than Tokyo.
Tokyo is not ____________________________________________________________
Sydney is larger than any other city in Australia.
Sydney is _______________________________________________________________
China has the largest population in the world.
There are _______________________________________________________________
The book really interests me.
I ______________________________________________________________________
They didn’t go fishing because it was too cold.
If _____________________________________________________________________
When did you start learning English?
How long _______________________________________________________________
I’m sorry I was so rude to you yesterday.
I apologize ______________________________________________________________
People say she is an honest and reliable person.
It is ___________________________________________________________________
It took me two hours to do my homework. 
I ______________________________________________________________________
He left school and then joined the army.
After he ________________________________________________________________
PRACTICE TEST (Phần III– Bài 1)
Choose one word or phrase marked A, B, C, or D that best complete the preceding sentence.
01. They have grown roses here------ 1990.
A. for	 	B. since	 	C. during 	 	D. in
02. You'll miss the train ------ you don't hurry up.
A. if	 	B. When	 	C. since 	 	D. unless
03. He is my ------ brother. But he looks younger than me
A. elder	 	B. older 	 	C. old 	 	D. young
04. It took me forty five minutes to ------ to office everyday
A. getting	 	B. get 	 	C. get 	 	 	D. got
05. I don't mind living ------ my own in a big city
A. with	 	B. by	 	C. at 	 	 	D. on
06. If you hear the fire ______, leave the building quickly.
 A. alarm	B. caution 	 C. notice D. publicity
07. She remembered the correct address only _______she had posted the letter.
 A. since	 	B. afterwards	 	C. following	 	D. after