From: Dat@English-Speaking-Pen-Pal.com

   To: Quyen@English-Speaking-Pen-Pal.com

     Hello,
      Do you know any effective ways to learn English? Let me share with you some methods that I know.
     First, you can watch movies in English or listen to music. At first, it may be difficult to understand, but if you turn on English subtitles, you will understand more clearly.
     Second, you should read English stories. It may be hard at the beginning, but you will learn many new words.
      Third, practice speaking English by talking with friends, teachers, or even by speaking to yourself. If you like, you can also join classes to improve your skills.
      Finally, you should write new words in a notebook. Learn 2–5 words every day, and review them by writing sentences or reading them often.
       Which way do you think is the best?

tìm từ đồng nghĩa
37. One you have finish reading, you can go on with your work.
A: continue doing
B: continue to do
C: keep do
D: keep to do
38. The doctor wanted to examine the test results with her patient.
A: go over
B: up
C: go on
D: go out
39. The local meeting is on this weekend. Please put it down in your diary.
A: make a note
B: made a note
C: have made a note
D: to make a note
40. You don't need the light on in here. Press the switch, please!
A: turn on
B: turn down
C: turn off
D: turn up
41. My grandfather has recovered form the illness.
A: get over
B: got over
C: to get over
D: getting over
42. She spent her chilhood in a small village in the south.
A: grew up
B: grow up
C: grown up
D: to grow up
43. We are really expecting to see you again pleasure.
A: looking forward to
B: look up
C: look for
D: look after

New Year is usually the best time of the year in many coutries. And it involves different traditions in different countries. Scottish people have some very interesting ones. For example, it is important that you clean your house before midnight and pay all your debts before the old year is over.

For Korean people, New Year’s Eve is the night when noone sleeps. In the past people believed that if you sleep that night, your eyebrows will turn white. And to make sure this doesn’t happen, people leave the lights on every room of the house. Mexican people, on the other hand, place twelve grapes in everyone’s plate in that day. Then they eat them in the twelve seconds before midnight. Each grape comes with a wish for a month of the year.

1. In many coutries, people celebrate New Year…………..

A. traditionally B. happily C. importantly D. quietly

2. The word ones refers to………..

A. countries B. Scottish people C. Korean people D. traditions

3. Scottish people like to……………before the New Year comes.

A. sleep B. pay all debts C. clean the doors D. leave the lights on

4. Korean people…………. on the New Year’s Eve’s night.

A. don’t like to sleep B. can’t sleep C. don’t sleep D. mustn’t sleep

5. In the past people leave the lights on every room of the house to make sure that……….

A. their eyebrows will turn white B. the New Year comes C. they are still in the house D. New Year’s Eve comes

6. For Mexican people each grape symbolizes……………….

A. twelve seconds B. a month of the year C. a wish for a month of the year D. twelve wishes

Hue, ________________________, attracts thousands of tourists every year.

A. which was recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1993.

C. where was recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1993.

III: Sắp xếp các từ đã cho thành câu hoàn chỉnh.

1. museum / me / the / it’s / to / interesting / go / to / for.

_________________________________________________________________________________

2. dangerous / play / It’s / for / to / children / knife / with.

__________________________________________________________________________________

3. sure / he / my / stolen / I / that / am / has / bike.

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IV: Viết lại câu sao cho nghĩa không thay đổi.

1. Learning English is no difficult for me.

→ It is_____________________________________________________________________________

2. Jim was very confident when he said that he was the best.

→ Jim was very confident to____________________________________________________________

3. Peter received a letter from his foreign friend yesterday. He was very happy about it.

→ Peter was very happy to_____________________________________________________________

4. I can’t come to your party this weekend. I’m afraid.

→ I am afraid_______________________________________________________________________

5. Doing gardening is not as easy as it looks.

→ It is not__________________________________________________________________________

6. I had no difficulty in making the last decision.

→ It was not ________________________________________________________________________

7. I think Peter is very happy. He has won a lottery.

→ I think Peter is very happy that________________________________________________________

8. You were so lucky. You ran into a famous singer

→ You were so lucky to_______________________________________________________________

33. What a pity they close the shops at lunch time.

I wish ____________________________________

1. Such success has not been achieved by many players in the world of ice hockey. (FEW)

Only ______________________________________ such success in the world of ice hockey.

2. There is a very good chance that Kate will be accepted by Nottingham University. (LIKELIHOOD)

In _____________________________________________________________ Nottingham University.

3. Certain resources can be scarce in some countries. (FAR)

Certain resources are ___________________________________________________in some countries.

4. Scientists were baffled by her ability to go without sleep for days. (LOSS)

Scientists were ________________________________ explain her ability to go without sleep for days.

5. The source of the funding didn't matter to the citizens, as long as the road was repaired. (FROM)

What do you think of when you read the word ‘robot’? Many people think about big machines in car factories or futuristic monsters in films. Few of us think about the past. But people were building incredible machines with human abilities hundreds of years ago!

            For example, Egyptian texts from 1100 BC mention moving statues which ‘chose’ the next king. None of these statues exists, but probably they were built using the ancient Egyptians’ mechanical technology. Another ancient Greek inventor, Philon of Byzantium, built a female robot. If someone placed a cup in her hand, it mixed water and wine to make a drink. However, the robot wasn’t popular because people didn’t need robots to work. They had lots of slaves.

            After that, more and more mechanical robots were built. They did more and more difficult tasks, such as playing the flute, writing and drawing a picture. Although modern technology has moved on, these historical robots still amaze people today.

1. Were people building robots hundreds years ago?

______________________________________________________________________________

2. Whose robots chose the next king- Egyptian robots or Greek ones?

______________________________________________________________________________

3. Why wasn’t the female robot popular?

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4. What kind of musical instrument could mechanical robots play?