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1) Which place is more peaceful, the city or the countryside?
=>the countryside is more peaceful thanthe city
2) Which work faster at calculus , a computer or a human being?
=>a computer works faster than a human being at calculus
3)Which one is harder , life in a remote area or life in a modern town?
=> lifing in a modern town is harder than life in a remote area
Unlike life in the countryside which is often considered to be simple and traditional, life in the city is modern and complicated. People, from different regions, move to the cities in the hope of having a better life (1) for them and their children. The inhabitants in city work as secretaries, businessmen, teachers, government workers, factory workers and even street vendors or construction workers. The high cost of living requires city dwellers, especially someone with low income, to work harder or to take a part-time job (2, 3). For many people, an ordinary day starts as usual by getting up in the early morning to do exercise in public parks, preparing for a full day of working and studying, then travelling along crowed boulevards or narrow streets filled with motor scooters and returning home after a busy day (3). They usually live in large houses, or high-rise apartment blocks or even in a small rental room equipped with modern facilities, like the Internet, telephone, television, and so on (2). Industrialization and modernization as well as global integration have big impact on lifestyle in the cities (4). The most noticeable impact is the Western style of clothes. The "ao dai” - Vietnamese traditional clothes big are no longer regularly worn in Vietnamese women's daily life. Instead, jeans, T-shirts and fashionable clothes are widely preferred.
1. The most important reason why people move to the city is that............
A. to look for a complicated life
B. to take part-time job
C. to have busy day
D. to look for a better life
2. According to the passage, the city life can offer city dwellers all of the following things EXCEPT......
A. the Internet
B. friendly communication with neighbours
C. a variety of jobs in different fields
D. modern facilities
3. We can infer from the passage that.
A. there is a big gap between the rich and the poor in the city
B. people do morning exercise in public parks because they have much free time
C. people leave the countryside because life there is simple
D. most of the urban dwellers have low income
4. Industrialization and modernization may lead to .
A. the fact that women no longer wear ao dai
B. the disappearance of Western-styled clothes
C. some changes in lifestyles
D. global integration
5. The word "impact" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to.
A. force
B. action
C. situation
D. effect
Underline word or phrase that needs correcting in each of the following sentences and provide correction
1. There have four people in our family.
=>are
2. Today we play more badly than we did yesterday, so we need to practise more.
==>much worse
3. I have never seen a most expensive kite than this one.
=>more
4. Maria and her sister talked loud than the other guests.
=>loudlier
5. John ran more fastly than all other competitors in the race.
=>faster
6. Please speak cleaner because I hardly understand the instructions.
=>clearlier
7. Farmers in the countryside gat up more earlier than workers in the city.
=>earlier
8. Life in the city are more peaceful than that in the countryside.
=>is
9. Do municipal people dress more colourfully to villagers do ?
=>than
10. They should walk more faster, or they will be late for the meeting.
=>faster
11. Which one requires much expense, rural area and urban one ?
=>more
VIII. Read the passage below and then choose the correct answer A, B, C or D. Write your answer in the numbered space given. (10pts)
Be happy – Live longer
Do happy people live longer? New evidence supports the idea that if you think positively, you are (1) _____ likely to live to a good age than a pessimist coming from a similar social background. (2) _____ is still not clear how happiness actually causes longevity. One possible explanation is that people probably (3) _____ better care of themselves if they see life as a positive experience, and of course, (4) _____ people feel healthy, they are more likely to be happy. Scientists tracked a group of people who had been interviewed in 1975 about their attitudes to ageing. They found that if people viewed getting older as a positive experience, they lived, (5) _____ average, seven and a half years longer than those who were more pessimistic. Ways of (6) _____ risk factors are well known: if you smoke or don’t exercise, you cut your life (7) _____ by one to three years, and doctors can advise their patients to change their lifestyles accordingly. But what, if (8) _____, can unhappy people do about improving their attitude? Personality may not be something (9) _____ we can change even if we want to, and scientists have (10) ______ to answer the question of how we can make ourselves happy.
1. A. much B. better C. more D. well
2. A. It B. There C. What D. Which
3. A. get B. bring C. spend D. take
4. A. when B. unless C. even D. although
5. A. in B. on C. at D. about
6. A. increasing B. lessening C. reducing D. accelerating
7. A. expectancy B. expectation C. expecting D. unexpected
8. A. something B. everything C. nothing D. anything
9. A. what B. that C. while D. whereas
10. A. even B. likely C. yet D. therefore
Question II. Find the word which has different sound in the part underlined.
1. A. wanted B. washed C. decided D. needed (ed)
2. A. fun B. sun C. surf D. cut (u)
3. A. leisure B. eight C. celebrate D. penalty (e)
4. A. .although B. laugh C. paragraph D. enough (gh)
Question III. Choose the best answer. ( 2.0 points )
1. The Gong Festivals is held ____________ in the Central Highlands.
A. year B. yearly C. annual D. anually
2. YMoan was the greatest pop singer of the ____________ group in Dak Lak Province.
A. Tay ethnic B. Thai ethnic C. Ede ethnic D. Muong
3. He was called “____________ singer of the great woods”.
A. the B. a C. an D. the best
4.Teenagers enjoy listening to music and____________ out with friends.
A. hang B. to hang C. hanging D. hangs
5. Life in a small town is ____________ than that in a big city.
A. less peaceful B. much more peaceful C. much peaceful D. peaceful
6. My mother always tells me that I ___________ be home by 9 p.m.
A. has to B. have to C. have not to D. mustn’t
7. When you eating in India, you_______ use the right hand. Never use the left hand.
A. must B. should C. shouldn’t D. mustn’t
8. ____________ month is the Hoa Ban Festival of the Thai people held in?
A. Which B. When C. How many D. However
Question IV. Give the correct form of the words in brackets:
1. She ______has to______ wear that costume because it’s the family tradition. (have to)
2. In India, you ___mustn’t___ shake hands with women, especially in rural areas. It’s a taboo.
(must)
3. The wai is the ____traditional______ greeting of people in Thailand. (tradition)
4. In Australia, you mustn’t ____comment_______ on a person’s accent. (comment)
Question II. Find the word which has different sound in the part underlined.
1. A. wanted B. washed C. decided D. needed (ed)
2. A. fun B. sun C. surf D. cut (u)
3. A. leisure B. eight C. celebrate D. penalty (e)
4. A. .although B. laugh C. paragraph D. enough (gh)
Question III. Choose the best answer. ( 2.0 points )
1. The Gong Festivals is held ____________ in the Central Highlands.
A. year B. yearly C. annual D. anually
2. YMoan was the greatest pop singer of the ____________ group in Dak Lak Province.
A. Tay ethnic B. Thai ethnic C. Ede ethnic D. Muong
3. He was called “____________ singer of the great woods”.
A. the B. a C. an D. the best
4.Teenagers enjoy listening to music and____________ out with friends.
A. hang B. to hang C. hanging D. hangs
5. Life in a small town is ____________ than that in a big city.
A. less peaceful B. much more peaceful C. much peaceful D. peaceful
6. My mother always tells me that I ___________ be home by 9 p.m.
A. has to B. have to C. have not to D. mustn’t
7. When you eating in India, you_______ use the right hand. Never use the left hand.
A. must B. should C. shouldn’t D. mustn’t
8. ____________ month is the Hoa Ban Festival of the Thai people held in?
A. Which B. When C. How many D. However
Question IV. Give the correct form of the words in brackets:
1. She __has to____ wear that costume because it’s the family tradition. (have to)
2. In India, you ___mustn't___ shake hands with women, especially in rural areas. It’s a taboo.
(must)
3. The wai is the_traditional_ greeting of people in Thailand. (tradition)
4. In Australia, you mustn’t _comment___ on a person’s accent. (comment)
1 C
slow pace : nhịp độ chậm
2 D
remote area : vùng sâu vùng xa
3 đọc câu sau là những đặc điểm của nông thôn
rural area: vùng nông thôn
Choose the best answer:
7 ..............people in the countryside are not rich, they often have a peaceful and happy life.
A Because B Although C Despite D When
8 Which one do you prefer, life in the................area or life in a modern town ?
A far B further C distance D remote