BÀI TẬP BỔ TRỢ VÀ NÂNG CAO - UNIT 6

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BÀI TẬP BỔ TRỢ VÀ NÂNG CAO - UNIT 6 BÀI TẬP BỔ TRỢ VÀ NÂNG CAO - UNIT 6I. Fill in the blank with one suitable word Traffic lights The first traffic signal was invented by a railway signaling engineer. It was installedoutside the Houses of Parliament in 1868. It (1)… like any railway signal of the time, andwas operated by gas. (2)…, it exploded and killed a policeman and the accidentdiscouraged father development until cars became common. Modern traffic lights are an American invention. Rea-green systems were installed inCleveland in 1914. Three-color signals, (3)… by hand from a tower in the (4)… of thestreet, were installed in New York in 1918. The first lights of this (5)… to appear inBritain were in London, on the junction between St.James’s Street and Piccadilly, in1925. Automatically (6)… were installed (7)… year later. In the past, traffic lights were(8)… . In New York, some lights had a statue on top. In Los Angeles the lights did notjust change silently, but would ring bells to (9)… the sleeping motorists of the 1930s.These are gone and have been (10)… by standard models which are universally adapted.II. Choose the best answer that fits the blank: 1. A lot of houses in our neighborhood … repairs. 2. I didn’t realize you were a foreigner. Your … of English is very good. 3. Oh, dear, I see we’ve … coffee. Do you mind drinking tea? 4. I have a very bad … for names 5. She is … to leave as soon as possible 6. The coins are … to be over a thousand years old.III. Use the correct form of verbs Unable to find his car in the street where he usually (park) it when he is at the office.George Hunt, of Lexington Road, (phone) the police and (report) it (steal). After sometime they (come) (write) a report. As they (write) down the details, Mrs. Doreen Hunt,Mr. Hunt’s wife, (arrive) in the car. She (take) it (go) shopping without telling herhusband.IV. Combine these two sentences using relative clause 1. Shakespeare wrote 37 plays. The most famous of the plays are “Hamlet”, “Othello”… 2. People want to save time and energy. They use microwave ovens 3. By 1850, thousands of people, has joined the “California Gold Rush”. California became a state in 1850. 4. San Francisco, for example, has a very large “Chinatown”, Thousands of Chinese people live in Chinatown 5. We may never know the real reason, President Kennedy was assassinated for a reason 6. Many people exchange gifts on December 25. Christian celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ on December 25 7. Medical researchers have tested thousands of drugs on cancer victims. Most of the drugs prove to be useless. 8. At our school’s annual international fair, I ate a lot of native foods. I had not tasted some of the foods before.V. Use the correct form of words: 1. Cats, with the (except) of kittens, should be fed twice a day. Half a tin of cat food at each meal is (sufficiency). Kittens, on the other hand, should be fed more often (sure) proper (grow). Cats in general will not (eat) so do not worry about giving them too much food 2. The severe drought caused by 8 weeks without rain (get) more serious. An (office) from the Water Board said that every family must make an effort to reduce its water (consume)VI. Correct the mistakes in the sentences 1. Not only cigarettes but alcohol is believed to be harmful to one’s health 2. The first step of scientific research is to decide how gather data 3. Caffeine in coffee is relative harmless if people drink it moderately 4. SPSSX is a computer program designed specific for statistical analysis with a large amount of data 5. New York City, which is one of the largest cities in the world, is larger than any other cities in the United States 6. Even though she hated the food, but her father forced her to eat it. 7. This diamond necklace is worth. It is made of glass 8. Because of films, records, television and radio, teenagers are aware of that their contemporaries are doing all around the English-speaking worldVII. Rewrite the sentences 1. They left early because they didn’t want to get caught in the traffic They left early in order to........................................................................... 2. Why didn’t they tell me about these changes earlier? I should ...................................................................................................... 3. Nobody plays this piece as beautifully as he does He plays the piece ...................................................................................... 4. Thanks for reminding me about this meeting – otherwise I would have missed it If you ....................................................................................... ...