LESSON 15 Full name:......................................................

Date 25/9/2023
I. Choose the word that has a different the stressed syllables from the others of each group:
1. A. greeted B. needed C. collected D. looked
2. A. nature B. mature C. picture D. future
3. A. friendly B. pretty C. type D. study
4. A. gave B. slave C. hat D. escape
5. A. mounted B. dated C. enjoyed D. handed
II. Find the word which has a different stress pattern from the other. Read the word aloud.
1. A. harvest B. famous C. design D. festival
2. A. holiday B. tradition C. vacation D. activity
3. A. outdoor B. colourful C. celebration D. movement
4. A. Monday B. flower C. occasion D. joyful
5. A. tourist B. event C. special D. national
6. A. surrounding B. manner C. stadium D. famous
III. Choose the best answer.
1. Does your bike ever ___________ down on the way to school?
A. break B. take C. do D. turn
2. I ___________ go on foot when I was in primary school.
A. have to B. used to C. can D. may
3. Give a ___________ before you turn left or right.
A. sign B. turn C. sound D. signal
4. A lot of dancers go to Rio de Janeiro to ___________ the Rio Carnival.
A. join B. perform C. attend D. appear
5. I had to stand in the balcony to catch the whole ___________ of the parade.
A. view B. picture C. sight D. vision
6. Everybody attends the festival ___________ fun.
A. with B. for C. in D. of
7. On Thanksgiving, families and friends ___________ to have a feast.
A. meet B. arrive C. gather D. appear
8. The end of the film was so ___________.
A. moved B. moving C. move D. moveable
9. Although they spent a lot of money on the film, it wasn’t a big ___________.
A. success B. failure C. performance D. show
10. ___________ the film was gripping, Tom slept from beginning to end.
A. However B. Although C. In spite of D. Despite
IV. Give the correct word form of the word in brackets.
1. What I like about festivals is that they show the .....................values of different communities. (culture)
2. My mother liked the .................................of that young pianist. (perform)
3. On special occasions, people usually have ................................ drinks. (celebrate)
4. I’ve seen a lot of ..................................... in my life. (parade)
5. Another ...................................... season is coming. (festival)
6. Japanese people hold the Japanese Boys’ Day with special ............................. (celebrate)
7. I was ................................in the new film. It is a commercial failure. (disappoint)
8. The countryside is .............................. (delight) and .................................. (peace)
V. Rearrange the paragraphs to make a complete letter. Then find and correct 10 mistakes in the
letter.
A. Spider-Man 2 is a science fiction film set in the USA. It star Tobey Maguire, my favourite actor. Spider-
Man, who is also Peter Parker, has specially spider-like powers. He can jump from building to building and
make huge spider webs to save people. In this film his adventures continue when he meets the evil Doc Ock,
who has powers just like Spiderman. In the same time Peter Parker is in love with Mary Jane, played by
Kirsten Dunst, but he can’t tell her because of he has to keep Spider-Man a secret. I won’t tell you what
happens in case you want to watch it!
B. What about you? What type of films do you like? Have you been to the cinema later? What did you see?
Write back and tell to me.
Yours,
Duong
C. Dear Nick,
How are you? I’m writing to tell you about the great film I see last Saturday at the cinema. I went to
see Spider-Man 2 with some my friends.
D. Spider-Man 2 has a lot of fantastic action scenes and the stunts are amazed. The film also has romance -
there’s something for everyone. I think it is worth to watch.
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VI. Read the following text fill in each gap with a suitable word.
When you are in Hong Kong, you can go about by taxi, by tram, by bus, or (1) _____underground. I myself
prefer underground (2) _____ it is fast, easy and cheap. There are (3) _______ trams and buses in Hong
Kong, and one cannot drive along the road (4) ____ and without many stops . The underground is therefore
usually quicker (5) _____ taxis or buses. If you do not know Hong Kong very well, it is very difficult (6)
________ the bus you one. You can take a taxi, but it is (7) _________ expensive than the underground or
bus. On the underground you find good maps that tell you the names of the stations and show you (8)
________ to get to them, so that it is easy to find your way.
VII. Read the text and choose the correct answer A, B, c or Đ for each of the gaps.
Keeping Fit
We all need (1) _____exercise to keep fit. But if we study all day, we don’t have time to run, swim, lift
weights, or (2) _____basketball. What can we do to stay (3) _____shape?
One thing we could do is walk (4) _____often. Walking is good exercise. Instead of going to school (5)
_____car or bus, we could walk. During recess, we could go outside and stroll around before we go back to
class. Instead of taking the elevator in buildings all the time, we could use the stairs.
Another important thing is to take (6) _____from studying. If we sit at our desks or in front of a
computer (7) _____a long time, we should stand up and stretch our arms and legs (8) _____each hour. If
we stand for a long time, we should sit down and stretch our backs.
These are just a (9) _____ways we can stay fit when we don’t have a lot of time to exercise. Do you
know some (10) _____ways?
1. A. regularly B. regular C. irregular D. irregularly
2. A. play B. do C. make D. keep
3. A. at B. to C. in D. for
4. A. least B. most C. less D. more
5. A. by B. on C. in D. at
6. A. absence B. exercises C. marks D. breaks
7. A. since B. about C. for D. with
8. A. one B. once C. none D. no
9. A. some B. little C. few D. any
10. A. others B. other C. another D. any
VIII. Rewrite the sentences using the word given:
1. Mr Tam went to work by car some years ago, but now he cycle. (USE)
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2. What is the distance between Quang Tri and Hue city? (HOW)
→ .......................…………………………………………………………….....................................?
3. The distance between Quang Tri and Hue is about 70 km. (IT)
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4. Although they had to work the next day, they watched films on DVD all night. (DESPITE)
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