2.Her name is Hoa .She works in a large company in Ho Chi Minh City. She is a secretary (thư kí). Every day, she answers the phone and alsouses a computer a lot. She has to speak English with her boss .She starts work at 8.00.Hoa usually rides a motorbike to work .She has lunch at12.00 .She finishes work at 5.30. She goes homes and helps her mother cook dinner .After dinner she often watches television for a while and reads books. She usually goes to bed at 11.00 pm.

40.Hoa’s daily jobs at work are using a computer and talking on the phone ..............

41.She speaks English with her mother ............

42.She goes to work by motorbike ..............

43.She often helps mother at home after dinner ..............

Copy and complete the word-web with the words in the box.

John is a grade 8 student in a junior high school in England. He promises to try his best in learning English because he thinks English is very (19)________ in the future. He starts to learn five words (20)_________ the first day, and then the (21)__________ five words the next day. Day by day, he will get a big amount of new words. At the (22)_________ of the week, he (23)__________ them all (24)________ it helps him to remember longer.

  19.     A. necessity                 B. wise           C. necessary                D. best

  20.     A. on                B. in               C. of                            D. Both A and B

  21.     A. two                         B. first             C. older                       D. second

  22.     A. ending                    B. begin         C. end                         D. start

  23.     A. revise        B. revises             C. revised                    D. was revised

  24.     A. so                       B. but             C. although                 D. because

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.

Most languages have several levels of vocabulary that may be used by the same speakers. In English, at least three have been identified and described.

Standard usage includes those words and expressions understood, used, and accepted by a majority of the speakers of a language in any situation regardless of the level of formality. As such, these words and expressions are well defined and listed in standard dictionaries. Colloquialisms, on the other hand, are familiar words and idioms that are understood by almost all speakers of a language and used in informal speech or writing, but not considered acceptable for more formal situations. Almost all idiomatic expressions are colloquial language. Slang, refers to words and expressions understood by a large number of speakers but not accepted as appropriate formal usage by the majority. Colloquial expressions and even slang may be found in standard dictionaries but will be so identified. Both colloquial usage and slang are more common in speech than writing.

Colloquial speech often passes into standard speech. Some slang also passes into standard speech, but other slang expressions enjoy momentary popularity followed by obscurity. In some cases, the majority never accepts certain slang phrases but nevertheless retains them in their collective memories. Every generation seems to require its own set of words to describe familiar objects and events.

It has been pointed out by a number of linguists that three cultural conditions are necessary for the creation of a large body of slang expressions. First, the introduction and acceptance of new objects and situations in the society; second, a diverse population with a large number of subgroups; third, association among the subgroups and the majority population.

Finally, it is worth noting that the terms “standard”, “colloquial”, and “slang” exist only as abstract labels for scholars who study language. Only a tiny number of the speakers of any language will be aware that they are using colloquial or slang expressions. Most speakers of English will, during appropriate situations, select and use three types of expressions.

Which of the following is TRUE of standard usage? 

                 TMatch a word in column A with its definition in column B, writing the answer in each blank.    

I. Match the word or phrase with its definition.

1. custom                    a. the feeling of being comfortable and happy in a                                                    particular place or with a particular group of people

2. tradition                    b. the knives, forks, and spoons that you use for                                                       eating food

3. sharp                         c. an accepted way of behaving or of doing things

4. table manners                 d. exactly right

5. cutlery                    e. all the people who were born at about the same time

6. prong                     f. a belief, custom or way of doing something that has                                               existed for a long time

7. generation                       g. the socially acceptable way to eat your food,                                                         especially when eating a meal with others

8. sense of belonging                   h. each of the two or more long pointed                                                                      parts of a fork

9. host                                         i. at a particular time exactly

10. spot on                                  j. a person who invites guests to a meal, a                                                               party, etc.