Part 3: You are going to read a newspaper article by a British student who worked at a summer camp in the US. Seven paragraphs have been removed from the article. Choose from the paragraphs A-H the one which fits each gap (124-130). There is one extra paragraph which you do not need to use. (7 points)

SUMMER CAMP: A SOAP OPERA

Every June, thousands of British students fly to the United States to spend their holidays working at summer camps. In return, they get a free return flight, full board, pocket money and the chance to travel. Lucy Graham joined a camp and spent eight weeks working with six to sixteen-year-olds.

I applied at the last minute and was so thrilled at the prospect of spending the holidays doing something more exciting than working in the local supermarket that I hastily accepted the only job left - in the camp laundry.

(124) ___ On arrival I was told by the camp director that I would be doing the washing for 200 children - on my own. Any romantic dreams I'd had quickly turned into nightmare reality. For the first week, the party sent out by the jobs agency - nine students, including me - became a full-time cleaning squad, getting the place ready for its grand opening.

(125) ___ The children's arrival also brought 50 American counsellors to look after them, and the opening of the laundry. At first, I had to work from 8.45 in the morning till 10.30 at night to get all my work done. Considering there was no hot water in the laundry and the machines were old, the washing came out remarkably well.

(126) ___ The kitchen workers, maintenance man and myself found that we were on the lowest level of the camp's class system. Our four British counsellor friends had a much better time. They got friendly with their American colleagues and were respected by the children. They were also given tips by parents after the holiday.

(127) ___ As for the camp itself, it had a large lake and excellent sporting facilities. But because organised activities for the children carried on into the evening, we usually didn't get the chance to use them. However, much more annoying were my room-mates, three 18­-year-old girls who worked in the dining room.

(128) ___ On top of that, the camp food was poor, with child-size portions; fresh fruit and vegetables were rare. One catering worker even stood over the pineapple rings, checking that you took only one each.

(129) ___ However, I couldn't set off as soon as the children left because we had to stay on for a few days, cleaning and closing down the camp. My last duty was to load up the rubbish bags and take out any clothes the children had thrown away, in case their parents asked about them.

(130) ___ What's more, without the free ticket I got to the US - and the rail ticket from my parents ­- I would never have seen Niagara Falls, gone up the Empire State Building or had my picture taken with Mickey Mouse at Disney World.

A They had never been away from home before, and spent most of the night screaming with excitement. Sometimes, the only way to get any rest was to pretend to be ill and sleep in the medical centre.

B We weren't so lucky. We were never invited to join in the evening activities. When we did manage to get out of the camp, our evenings tended to consist of eating ice-cream at the local gas station.

C As a result, the standard of the camp you end up in is usually a question of luck. However, the agencies do hold meetings where you can ask representatives from camps about the facilities and the nature of the work you will be expected to do.

D We swept out the bedrooms and scrubbed the lavatories, gymnasium and kitchen. We polished the cooking equipment, put up the sports nets and carried any luggage sent on ahead to the bedrooms.

E On the whole it had been well worth it. Despite the washing, the camp's plus points had been a beautiful setting, meeting a great bunch of travelling companions and doing far more reading for my university course than I would have done at home.

F All these disadvantages meant that Saturdays, our days off, were highly valued. The places we visited then, such as New York City, gave me an appetite for travelling later on. If I hadn't done that, I would have regretted it - there is so much to see and do and I was keen to get on with it.

G But with so many clothes to wash and dry, some did get mixed up. I had six­-year-olds marching up and telling me that their parents would be very angry if I didn't find their favourite sweater.

H I started to have my doubts while squashed between the swimming instructor and the sports teacher during the three-hour minibus ride to the camp, which was in a tiny town about 90 miles from New York City.

Your answer:

124. ……….……………       125. ……………………        126. ……………………

127. …………………….       128. ……………………        129. ……………………

130. …………………….      

Part 4: Read the passage and fill in each gap with ONE suitable word. (10 points)

We have seen photographs of the whole earth taken from great dis­tances in outer space. This is the first time, the (131) ………….. first time, in man's long history that such pictures have been possible. (132) ………….. many years most people have believed that the earth was ball-shaped. A few thought it was round and (133) ………….., like a coin. Now we know, beyond doubt, that those few were (134) …………. The photographs show a ball-shaped (135) …………., bright and beautiful. In colour photographs of the earth, the sky is as (136) …………. as coal. The (137)            ………….. looks much bluer than it usually does to us. All our grey (138) ………….. are a perfect white in colour; because, of course, the (139) ………… is for ever shining on them. We are (140) ………….. to live on the beautiful earth.

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PREPOSITIONS FOR SECONDARY

1. Would you like to go...............a walk......................the park this afternoon? (for-at/for-in/to-at)

2. My children are important.......................me. (for/to/with/by)

3. He is different...................his brother (from/between/to/with)

4. My sister is interested..................reading novels (at/to/in/with)

5. This car belongs...........................my mother (with/in/on/to)

6. She likes going...................a picnic.......................foot. (for-in/for-on/to-by/to-on)

7. Mary is fond (to/with/about/of)music. 25 Many pupils are bad......................English. (at/in/for/with)

8. I came ........................ Monday................10 o'clock....................the morning. (in-at-in/on-in-at/on-at-in)

9. He walked ................ the room..................which we were sitting (in-in/into-in/into-on/in-on)

10. We were classmates. She sat ........................ me . (beside/next to/in/on)

11. It is necessary....................learn English now. (for/to/in/with)

12. Eating a lot of fruits is good.....................your health. (to/with/in/for)

13. Dalat is famous......................flowers (to/for/with/by)

14. She only likes sitting.......................a fire.........................winter. (in-in/on-in/by-in/by-on)

15. My son is good........................all sports,but he is bad...............cooking. (at-in/in-at/at-at/with-at)

16. Wine is made.......................grapes. (to/with/in/from)35.This table is made..................wood.(from/of/in/to)

17. I don't agree...............you at all about that. (to/with/for/of)

18. I like to go......................... holiday......................the beach..........summer. (to-on-in/in-on-on/for-on-in)

19. Wait................me...................afew minutes.I'm busy................the momemt . (to-in-at/for-in-at/of-for-in/for-for-at)

20. I paid $ 5..................this books (to/for/bu/with)

21. I shall meet you................. the corner .................the street.

22. It never snowr....................Christmas

23. My birthday is................... May 5 th

24. He always goes.................time.......................the class.

25. Please write your name...........the top of the page.

26. The room was full....................people

27. I would like to be independent................everyone

28. I'm tired............. waiting................her

29. This country is rich................oil

30. My cat is fond...................fish

31. Elvis Presley grew................poor home

32. He had fallen.......................love..................... her when they were...................school

33. Children like swimming...........the water..............summer

34. She isn't...............the room. She is ..................the garden

35.He was standing...................the middle.......the room when I came

36. We get o lot of rain..............November

37. I can't see you.................Monday,I can see you..................weekends

The and

1. When she saw the dog coming towards her, she quickly crossed the road.

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2. When you study your lessons carefully, you will do the exercise well.

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3. I don't have a credit card. I find it difficult to book an airline ticket over the phone.

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4. Keith spent a lot of time filling in job application forms because he was unemployed. ____________________________________________________________

5. Because I was walking quickly, I soon caught up with her.

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6. She didn't know where the theater was, so she asked for directions at the hotel reception

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7. She was a nurse. She knew what to do after the accident

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8. He had spent his childhood in Malam, so he knew the town well.

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9. We has spent nearly all our money, so we couldn't take taxis home.

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10. Because we didn't want to offend him, we said nothing about his paintings.

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11. He got off his horse. He began searching for something on the ground.

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12. I had seen the photographs of the place. I had no desire to go there.

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13. She became tired of my complaints about the program. She turned it off.

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14. He found no one at home. He left the house in a bad temper.

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15. He had spent all his money. He decided to go home and ask his father for a job.

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16. She didn’t want to hear the story. She had heard it all before.

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17. I turned on the light. I was astonished at what I saw.

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18. He offered to show us the way home. He thought we were lost.

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19. The tree had fallen across the road. It had been uprooted by the storm.

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20. People were sleeping in the next room. They were waken by the sound of breaking glass.

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21.He had heard that the caves were dangerous. I didn’t like to go any further without a light

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22. The man ran out of the house. He was shouting for help.

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help me ; thanks trc ạ DERIVATIVES or WORD FORMATION

Ex1:

1 :After his parents died ,he was sent to an ...........(ORPHAN)

2:Some of my ............(CLASS) are going to my birthay party

3:Huy makes friends very easily beacause he is very (SOCIAL)

4:Is this bag big enough for these ............(GROCER)

5:We like our Math teacher for these ............(HUMOROUS)

6:He is the most respected person in my .............(NEIGHNOR)

7:Tam and Quang rarely talk freely about themselves .They 're very .........(RESERVE)

8:We are making .........for the trip to dien bien next week (ARRANGE)

9:Tom is woring as an ........to Professor Brown (ASSIST)

10:I can think of ...........reason for not attending the metting (COUNT)

11:They are ........a new computer system at the computer Exposition (DEMONSTRATION)

12:Some ............ are not very satisfied with the service of Thang Loi hotel (CUSTUMS)

13:The conpany has arranged for the ..............of the furniture to Mrs .Lien's home (DELIVER)

14: Be careful to cover the .............sockest for the safety of the children (ELECTRIC)

15: Every .......... in my neighborhood has at least one TV set (HOUSE)

16:The children ...........himself by playing with a kitchen knife (INJURY)

17:I am going to shop for a rice.................what brand do you recommend (COOK)

18:Cook the meat in the ..........for at least 30 minutes (STEAM)

19:The thief had ...........before the police arrived (APPEAR)

20:You can buy sports .........at the store overthere (EQUIP)

21:We enjoy listening to some .......folk songs when we were in Hue (TRADITION)

22:The old man was highly respected for his .............(WISE)

23:My sister was very ...........when her cat was run over by a car (SET)

24:There was great ..........in the cuty when the team won the Football cup (EXCITED)

25:There should be a law to prevent ..........to anmals (CRUEL)

26: His ...........at the party embarrassed everyone (BEHAVE)

27: Our project wouldn't be successful without you kind ..............(COOPERATE)

28: ..........in the sports competition is open to everyone regardless of age and ***** (PARTICIPATE)

29 :Our English lessons always begin with a .........drill of the new words (PRONOUNCE)

30:On the whole the hotel provide .........service (SATISFY)

31:Read through the passage and ........any words you don't understand (LINE)

32: You don't have to .............the grammar rules to be able to do these exercises (MEMORY)

33:Remember to check for ...........mistakes before hading in your composition (SPELL)

34:If you want to join the club ,please fill in this .............(APPLY)

35:Do you happen to know what summer .......our school are going to arganize?(ACTIVE)

36:I think ...........games are good for our health (DOOR)

37:One of the aims o the International Scout Association is to encourage good .............(CITIZEN)

38:Madonna's latest album can be found in music shops .............(WORLD)

39:Pedestrians shuold walk on the ..........,not in the street (WALK)

40:Tom failed to be admitted to the university because of his poor ............achiveements (ACADEMY)

41:Send the letter by .......... if you want it to reach the recipient in time (AIR)

42:The ...........in the area are against the building of the expressway (RESIDE)

43:Come to stay at our hotel we are sure to give the greatest ..........and good service (COMFORTABLE)

44:The supermarket is offering a wide ..........of spring clothes for you yo choose from (SELECT)

45:Rice cooked in clay pot is one of the ........in this restaurant (SPECIAL)

46:I want to become a press ............when I grow up (PHOTOGRAPH)

47: Hoa brought a dictionary in her .........for the E nghlish lesson (PACK)

48:As soon as my younger brother could tell the time ,he was given ..........(WRIST)

49:Television is one of the cheapest form of ............(ENTERTAIN)

50: I prefer the ........... village to the noisy city (PEACE)

51: Some of my .............are living in the countryside (RELATION)

52:My father plans to live............in the countryside after he retires (PERMANENT)

53:Read the user's manual carefully ,it will give you a lot of useful .............(INFORM)

54:This part of the library is for college students only it is not ..........to high school pupils (ACCESS)

55:I didn't sleep very well that night and got a terrible headache the ..........morning (FOLLOW)

56:Few people want to eat that restaurant because of the ..... smell from the garbage dump nearby (PLEASE)

57:Our ........are doing their best to improve the people 's quality of life (GOVERN)

58:What's the ..........time of your flight? (DEPART)

59:I'm going to buy a motorcycle .I'm tired of riding on ..........bese (CROWD)

60:English is an ..........and impoetant subject (INTEREST )

61:The most popular after school ..........in our country is soccer (ACT)

62:Today we have literature ,.............education and hictory (PHYSICS)

63:The library in our city has over 50 ............(EMPLOY)

Combine the following pairs-or groups of sentences by meas of relative pronouns, making any changes necessary

1. You sent me a present. Thank you very much for it

2 She was dancing with a student. He had a slight limp

3. Iam looking after some chidren. They are terribly spoilt

4. The bed has no mattress. I sleep on this bed

5. Romeo and Juliet were lovers. Their parents hated each other

6. There wasn`t any directory in the telephone box. I was phoning from this box

7. This is Mrs Jones. Her son wn the championship last year

8. I was siiting in a chair. It suddenly collapsed

9. Mr Smith said he was too busy to speak to me. I had some specially to see him

10. The man was siiting at the desk. I had some to see his man

11. I missed the train. I usually catch this train. And I had to travel on the next. This was a slow train ( Make into one sentences)

12. His girl friend turned out to be an enemy spy. He trusted her absoluetly

13. The car had bad brakes. We were in this car. And the man didn`t know the way. This man was driving( Make into one sentences)

14. This is the story of a amn. His wìe suddenly loses her memory

15. We`ll have to get across the frontier. This will be difficult

16. a man brought in a small girl. Her hand had been cut by flying glass

17. The car crashed into a queue of people. Four of them were killed

18. The roads were crowed with refugess. many of them were wounded

19. I was waiting for a man. He didn't turn up ( The man......)

20. Tom came to the party in patched jeans. This surprised the other guests. Most of the other guests were wearing evening dress

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

FIRST TIME IN THE AIR

When John Mills was going to fly in an aeroplane for the first time, he was frightened. He did not like the idea of being thousands of feet up in the air. “I also didn’t like the fact that I wouldn’t be in control,” says John. “I’m a terrible passenger in the car. When somebody else is driving, I tell them what to so. It drives everybody crazy.”

However John couldn’t avoid flying any longer. It was the only way he could visit his grandchildren in Canada.

“I had made up my mind that I was going to do it, I couldn’t let my son, his wife and their three children travel all the way here to visit me. It would be so expensive for them and I know Tom’s business isn‟t doing so well at the moment – it would also be tiring for the children – it’s a nine-hour flight!” he says.

To get ready for the flight John did lots of reading about aeroplanes. When he booked his seat, he was told that he would be flying on a Boeing 747, which is better known as a jumbo jet. “I needed to know as much as possible before getting in that plane. I suppose it was a way of making myself feel better. The Boeing 747 is the largest passenger aircraft in the world at the moment. The first one flew on February 9th 1969 in the USA. It can carry up to 524 passengers and 3.400 pieces of luggage. The fuel for aeroplanes is kept in the wings and the 747’s wings are so big that they can carry enough fuel for an average car to be able to travel 16,000 kilometres a year for 70 years. Isn‟t that unbelievable? Even though I had discovered all this very interesting information about the jumbo, when I saw it for the first time, just before I was going to travel to Canada, I still couldn‟t believe that something so enormous was going to get up in the air and fly. I was even more impressed when I saw how big it was inside with hundreds of people!”

The biggest surprise of all for John was the flight itself. “The take-off itself was much smoother than I expected although I was still quite scared until we were in the air. In the end, I managed to relax, enjoy the food and watch one of the movies and the view from the window was spectacular. I even managed to sleep for a while!

Of course,” continues John, “the best reward of all was when I arrived in Canada and saw my son and his family, particularly my beautiful grandchildren. Suddenly, I felt so silly about all the years when I couldn‟t even think of getting on a plane. I had let my fear of living stop me from seeing the people I love most in the world. I can visit my son and family as often as I like now!”

Question: What happened when he saw the jumbo jet for the first time?

* Read the passage carefully and choose the best word or phrase given to fill in each numbered blank:

“ Good accommodation makes a successful career”. I didn’t believe in this saying until I arrived (1) ________ here to start my new job. At first, I stayed in a mini hotel, but I soon realized that I needed a permanent (2) _______ to live in as I was going to work in this city for long. The (3) _______ apartment I had a look at was in the basement of a deteriorating old building; so it was (4) _______ very damp in winter, especially when the weather become snowy, apart (5) _______ the fact that the only view was that of a dull red brick wall. (6) _______ I looked over a small apartment in a modern (7) _______ . It had a comfortable (8) _______ space for my big car and a large garden, but the (9) _______ was certainly too high for me to afford. I didn’t want to (10) _______ up in a narrow, dirty place at all; so I decided to (11) _______ a tiny ad for home sharing in the (12) _______ newspaper. This house was in a quiet neighborhood, and as (13) _______ as I saw it, I immediately (14) _______ in love with it. I have been living there (15) _______ then and have done my job even more successfully than ever before.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

FIRST TIME IN THE AIR

When John Mills was going to fly in an aeroplane for the first time, he was frightened. He did not like the idea of being thousands of feet up in the air. “I also didn’t like the fact that I wouldn’t be in control,” says John. “I’m a terrible passenger in the car. When somebody else is driving, I tell them what to so. It drives everybody crazy.”

However John couldn’t avoid flying any longer. It was the only way he could visit his grandchildren in Canada.

“I had made up my mind that I was going to do it, I couldn’t let my son, his wife and their three children travel all the way here to visit me. It would be so expensive for them and I know Tom’s business isn‟t doing so well at the moment – it would also be tiring for the children – it’s a nine-hour flight!” he says.

To get ready for the flight John did lots of reading about aeroplanes. When he booked his seat, he was told that he would be flying on a Boeing 747, which is better known as a jumbo jet. “I needed to know as much as possible before getting in that plane. I suppose it was a way of making myself feel better. The Boeing 747 is the largest passenger aircraft in the world at the moment. The first one flew on February 9th 1969 in the USA. It can carry up to 524 passengers and 3.400 pieces of luggage. The fuel for aeroplanes is kept in the wings and the 747’s wings are so big that they can carry enough fuel for an average car to be able to travel 16,000 kilometres a year for 70 years. Isn‟t that unbelievable? Even though I had discovered all this very interesting information about the jumbo, when I saw it for the first time, just before I was going to travel to Canada, I still couldn‟t believe that something so enormous was going to get up in the air and fly. I was even more impressed when I saw how big it was inside with hundreds of people!”

The biggest surprise of all for John was the flight itself. “The take-off itself was much smoother than I expected although I was still quite scared until we were in the air. In the end, I managed to relax, enjoy the food and watch one of the movies and the view from the window was spectacular. I even managed to sleep for a while!

Of course,” continues John, “the best reward of all was when I arrived in Canada and saw my son and his family, particularly my beautiful grandchildren. Suddenly, I felt so silly about all the years when I couldn‟t even think of getting on a plane. I had let my fear of living stop me from seeing the people I love most in the world. I can visit my son and family as often as I like now!”

Question: What surprised John most about the flight?

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

FIRST TIME IN THE AIR

When John Mills was going to fly in an aeroplane for the first time, he was frightened. He did not like the idea of being thousands of feet up in the air. “I also didn’t like the fact that I wouldn’t be in control,” says John. “I’m a terrible passenger in the car. When somebody else is driving, I tell them what to so. It drives everybody crazy.”

However John couldn’t avoid flying any longer. It was the only way he could visit his grandchildren in Canada.

“I had made up my mind that I was going to do it, I couldn’t let my son, his wife and their three children travel all the way here to visit me. It would be so expensive for them and I know Tom’s business isn‟t doing so well at the moment – it would also be tiring for the children – it’s a nine-hour flight!” he says.

To get ready for the flight John did lots of reading about aeroplanes. When he booked his seat, he was told that he would be flying on a Boeing 747, which is better known as a jumbo jet. “I needed to know as much as possible before getting in that plane. I suppose it was a way of making myself feel better. The Boeing 747 is the largest passenger aircraft in the world at the moment. The first one flew on February 9th 1969 in the USA. It can carry up to 524 passengers and 3.400 pieces of luggage. The fuel for aeroplanes is kept in the wings and the 747’s wings are so big that they can carry enough fuel for an average car to be able to travel 16,000 kilometres a year for 70 years. Isn‟t that unbelievable? Even though I had discovered all this very interesting information about the jumbo, when I saw it for the first time, just before I was going to travel to Canada, I still couldn‟t believe that something so enormous was going to get up in the air and fly. I was even more impressed when I saw how big it was inside with hundreds of people!”

The biggest surprise of all for John was the flight itself. “The take-off itself was much smoother than I expected although I was still quite scared until we were in the air. In the end, I managed to relax, enjoy the food and watch one of the movies and the view from the window was spectacular. I even managed to sleep for a while!

Of course,” continues John, “the best reward of all was when I arrived in Canada and saw my son and his family, particularly my beautiful grandchildren. Suddenly, I felt so silly about all the years when I couldn‟t even think of getting on a plane. I had let my fear of living stop me from seeing the people I love most in the world. I can visit my son and family as often as I like now!”

Question: Why did John Mills fly in an aeroplane?