An important development of English outside Great Britain occurred ..(1).. the colonization of North American. American English may be considered to ..(2).. the English spoken in Canada, ..(3).. the Canadian variety retains some features of British pronunciation, spelling, and vocabulary. The most distinguishing differences ...(4)... American English and British English are in pronunciation and vocabulary. The slighter ..(5).. in spelling, pitch and stress as well.

...(6).. American English is also has a tendency to be more rigid in matters of grammar and syntax, but at the same ..(7) appears to be more tolerant of the use of neologisms. Despite these differences, it is often difficult to determine - apart from context - ..(8).. serious literary works ..(9).. been written in Great Britain or the U.S/ Canada or , for that matter, in Australia, New Zealand, ..(10).. Afria.

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It is not easy for adult students of learning English to improve their pronunciation. Unlike children, adults often find it hard to change the(66) _____________they speak. This is why adults have (67)___________ difficulties in pronunciation than the children. There (68) ______ several things that international students of English can do to (69)____________

Their pronunciation and to learn(70)________________ well. They can join an English pronunciation class or practice speaking __________listening to English(72)__________ speakers as much as possible. Watching TV programs in English is also a good way (73) ________ improving your pronunciation. The best way to improve your(74)__________ is to learn English in an English speaking country (75) _________where you can learn the language as well as its culture.

1. PRONUNCIATION / u /

suffer

discuss

until

undo

2. PRONUNCIATION / ou /

mount

drought

count

touch

3. STRESS

donation

invalid

gratitude

handicapped

4. STRESS

disabled

advantage

voluntary

minority

6. Do you hear someone ______for help in the distance?

called

calling

to call

to calling

7. The happiest people are those who bring _____to others.

happiness

happy

happily

unhappiness

8. We participate in a campaign to provide _____for poor children.

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educate

educational

educated

education

9. The ______are helped to overcome difficulties by the volunteers.

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able

disable

disabled

disability

10. Herry mentioned _____in an accident as a child, but he never told us the details.

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to have injured

having been injured

having injured

to have been injured

Điền từ

My name is Long. I am (0)..... grade 8, now. I am the best learner of English in my (1)... .Do you want to know (2)... i have improved my English? In the first year of lower secondary school, i had some difficulties in learning English. My English pronunciation was really (3)..... and my English grammar was worse. I did not know how to improve them. I used to get bad (4).... for English. This (5)... my parents sad and worried a lot. One day, i came across an article. I read it and follow its advices. I bought a lot (6)... books on English exercise and practiced doing these exercises everyday. I tested myself after each lesson. I tried to learn all grammatical rules by heart but it was really difficult to remember them in a long term.But doing more exercises on English grammar enabled me to remember them easily. I also improved my pronunciation by (7)... to some cassettes of pronunciation drills. I made much progress and i got (8)......marks for my English tests in the following semesters. Last year, i (9).... the first prize in the English Speaking Contest held for secondary school students in my city. Now, i understand the saying ''Practice makes progress''. I think the fastest way to learn anything is to do it- again and again (10)....... you get it right.

1. He ( write ) ………………………… a letter for his friend last night.

2. My parents ( buy) …………… ………… a new new house next week.

3. They ( practice ) …………… …………. English pronunciation now

4. My father ( read ) …………………………… newspaper every day.

5. Look! Dan Truong (drive)……………… …………….. a new car.

6. He must ( work)………………….. harder.

7. Nga used ( cry)……………………… when she was a child.

8. Nhan usually (ride)…………. to school.

Read the passage then choose the true (T) of false (F) statements.

In the first year of lower secondary school, I had some difficulties in learning English. My English pronunciation was really bad and my English grammar was worse. I did not know about this. One afternoon after the lesson, my teacher of English told me to wait for for her outside the classroom. She took me to the school library and showed me cassettes of pronunciation drills Kelt in a glass bookcase. She also told me how to use an English-English dictionary to improve my English grammar. "Now I think you know what you should do", did she. I made much progress and only one year later, I won the first prize in the English speaking contest held for secondary school. Students in my home town.

1. What difficulties did Nam have in learning English in the first year?

A. The pronunciation C. Both pronunciation and grammar

B. The grammar D. The way of improving his pronunciation

2. How was his English pronunciation?

A. It was really bad C. It was wonderful

B. It was really good D. It was very interesting

3. Who wanted to meet him one afternoon after lesson?

A. His teacher B. One of his friends C. His father D. His mother

4. What did he win in the English speaking contest one year later?

A. The first prize B. the second prize C. the third prize D. fourth prize

Pronunciation and Stress:

Approximately 350 million people speak English as their first ___(1)___ . About the same number use it ___(2)___ a second language. It is the language ___(3)___ aviation, international sport and world trade. 75% of the world's mail is in English, 60% of the world's radio stations broadcast in English, and more than half of the world's newspapers are ___(4)___ in English. It is an official language in 44 countries. In ___(5)___ others, it is the language of business, commerce and technology. There are many varieties of English, but Scottish, Australian, Indian and Jamaican speakers of English, in spite of the differences in pronunciation, structure and vocabulary, would recognize that they are all speaking the same basic language.