UNIT 2: PERSONAL EXPERIENCES

A. PHONETIC
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words.
1) A. hand B. bank C. sand D. band
2) A. money B. month C. monkey D. monitor
3) A. change B. hungry C. stronger D. single
II. Choose the word that has stress pattern different from that of the other words.
4) A. experience B. embarrass C. floppy D. embrace
5) A. idol B. video C. birthday D. imagine
6) A. cotton B. happen C. extreme D. quickly
B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.
7) A person or thing that is loved and admired very much is the ..............
A. ideal B. idea C. idol D. fan
8) A short part of a film or movie that is shown separately is called a ......
A. picture B. clip C. news D. cartoon
9) She ..................... shyly at him and then lowered her eyes.
A. looked B. stared C. glanced D. sighted
10) This ........................ girl was disliked by the rest of the class.
A. helpful B. sneaky C. unselfish D. generous
11) He pulled a(n) ......................... of 10 pounds notes out of his pocket.
A. sum B. amount C. piece D. wad
12) I’ve never fallen in such a(n) ............................ situation before.
A. embarrassed B. embarrassing C. confused D. confusing
13) The children were ......................... about opening their presents.
A. interested B. fond C. keen D. excited
14) I know from ............................ that he’ll arrive late.
A. knowledge B. experience C. understanding D. reality
15) Andrew .................... the test before so he...................... it very easy.
A. did/ had found B. had done/ found
C. was doing/ found D. did/ was founding
16) You ...................... your new hat when I ...................... you yesterday.
A. were wearing/ had met B. wore/ had met
C. wore/ was meeting D. were wearing/ met
17) As I .................... the glass, it suddenly ...................... into two pieces.
A. cut/ broke B. was cutting/ broke
C. cut/ was breaking D. was cutting/ had broken
18) A burglar .................. into the house while we ................... television.
A. broke/ were watching B. broke/ watched
C. had broken/ watched D. broke/ had watched
19) When I ............................... home, I ........................... a phone call.
A. got/ received B. was getting/ was receiving
C. got/ had received D. had got/ had received
20) They ................. small cups of coffee after they ..................... dinner.
A. had drunk/ finished B. drank/ finished
C. were drinking/ finished D. drank/ had finished
 21) It was midnight. Outside it ........................... very hard.
A. rains B. rained C. had rained D. was raining
22) When he ....................... at the station, his train already.....................
A. arrived/ left B. arrived/ had left
C. had arrived/ left D. had arrived/ left

II. Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting.

23) While I did my homework, I had a good idea.
A B C D
24) Don’t make so much fusses over the children.
A B C D
25) John’s friends had celebrated a farewell party for him last Sunday
A B C D
26) After she bought herself a new motorbike, she sold her bicycle.
A B C D
27) She did not know where most of the people in the room are from.
A B C D
III. Put the verbs in parentheses into the correct tense.
28) I suddenly remembered that I (forget) ............................ my keys. Had forgotten
29) While Diana (watch) ..................................... her favourite TV programme, there
(be) ............................a power cut. Was watching- was
30) Who (drive) ............................... the car at the time of the accident? Was driving
31) By the time Sheila (get) .................. back, Chris (go) ...................... home. Got- had gone
32) David (eat) ................................ Japanese food before, so he (know) .............................. what to
order. Had eaten- knew
33) I (do) ........were doing..................... some shopping yesterday, when I
(see) .................saw............. your friend.
34) What ..........were.... you (do)......doing................ when I (come) ...came........................ to your
office yesterday?
35) Laura (miss) ....missed...................... the party because no one (tell) ......had....told.....................
her about it.
C. READING
Read the passage and choose the best answer for each blank.
MARIA’S HOMECOMING
When the bus ... (36) ... in a small square, Maria was reading her magazine and didn’t realize that
she had arrived at her destination. “This is Santa Teresa,” Martin said. “You’ve arrived home!” I
suppose your cousin will be ... (37) ... for us. Come on. I’ll carry the bags.” Maria thought, “All those
years when I ... (38) ... in New York, I used to dream if this moment. And now it’s real, I can’t believe
it! Here I am, I’m really standing in the square.” Santa Teresa was Maria’s birthplace, but she often left
the town at the age of six. She had some ... (39) ... of the town, and some photos, but did she belong
here still? She didn’t know. Nobody was waiting in the square. Perhaps her cousin Pablo hadn’t
received Maria’s letter. “What are we going to do now?” asked Martin. “There isn’t ... (40) ... a hotel
here!”
36) A. reached B. got C. stooped D. came
37) A. expecting B. waiting C. welcoming D. receiving
38) A. was living B. have lived C. live D. am living
39) A. recall B. memories C. thinking D. remembering
40) A. even B. hardly C. too D. very
D. WRITING
Arrange these words or groups of words in the correct order.
41) to/ play/ five/ He/ piano/ started/ the/ years/ ago
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42) he/ was/ not/ hungry/ all/ had/ day/ Tim/ because/ eaten
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43) letter/ the/ ,/ opening/ the/ was/ telephone/ I/ rang/ While
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44) the/ during/ quite/ Britain/ much/ winter/ It/ snows/ in
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45) seen/ were/ the/ ever/ They/ poorest/ people/ I/ had/
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Unit 2. RELATIONSHIPS
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A. PHONETICS
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
1 A. achievement B. appearance C. enthusiastic D. initiative
2 A. confidence B. achievement C. engage D. permission
3. A. potential B. psychologist C. oppose D. contribution
4. A. initiative B. confidence C. enthusiastic D. tension
5 A. reaction B. achievement C. matchmaking D. enthusiastic
II. Choose the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress.
1. A. commercial B. constructive C. essential D. national
2. A. copy B. remove C. notice D. cancel
3. A. curriculum B. economics C. hesitation D. calculation
4. A. interact B. specify C. illustrate D. fertilize
5. A. territorial B. economic C. considerate D. continental
B. VOCABUALRY AND GRAMMAR
I. Match the word/ phrase with its definition.
1. romantic relationship A. to listen to someone with patience and sympathy
2. lend an ear B. kind to people who are hurt or sad, showing that you understand and
care about their problems
3. sympathetic C. a relationship based on love and emotional attraction
4. argument D. to end a relationship, a company, etc.
5. break up (with someone) E. become friends again after conflicts or arguments
6. be reconciled (with someone) F. a conversation or discussion in which people disagree, often angrily
II. Fill in each blank with the correct form of the word in the bracket.
1. My teacher is very caring and ________sympathetic_______________________________. (SYMPHATHY)
2. She had an argument with one of her close friend, but she's managed to be ____________________________
with her. (RECONCILIATION)
3. When you have a romantic relationship, you're having a relationship based on love and
_____emotional_____________
attraction. (EMOTION)
4. I thought my friend ____________disbetrayed_________________ my trust when she told others my secret.
(BETRAY)
5. My parents always worry that I am in a _________relationship_____________ with Nam, my close friend.
(RELATION)
6. My best friend and I had an _______argument____________________ because she had revealed my secret.
(ARGUE)
7. My parents and teachers are always telling me that I have to _______concerntrate_____________________
on my study. (CONCENTRATION)
III. Choose the right words to describe the pictures.
break up (with someone) be in a relationship lend an ear
concentrate on argument single-sex school

1. __________________________ 2. __________________________ 3. __________________________

4. __________________________ 5. __________________________ 6. __________________________

IV. Choose and fill in the blanks with correct words.
potential tension reactions oppose
a romantic relationship permission on good terms psychologist
1. In my class, the girls are ________________________________ with all the boys except me.
2. We need to get our parents' ______________________ to take part in the English Speaking Contest in Hanoi
next month.
3. They will select ____________________________ matches and help the two people meet face to face.
4. He was not willing to talk to a _____________________________.
5. Does the counselor agree with Ha's _________________________?
6. The __________________________ between Minh and his parents is because they always judge his friends
by their appearances.
7. My grandmother thinks friendship between a boy and a girl will turn into ____________________________.
8. Should parents strongly ___________________________ their children's romantic relationships?
V. Put the given words into the right column.
become seem remain taste јumр
sound dance feel run laugh
grow climb are smell
Action Verbs Linking verbs Both

VI. Complete the sentences using the given words.

become appears sounds grow
felt seemed looks getting
1. She __________________________ so beautiful in that white dress.
2. A: What about going to the Italian restaurant?
B: That _______________________ great!
3. She wants to ________________ a fashion designer like Victoria Beckham in the future.
4. I ______________________ painful in my stomach after eating that cake.
5. It ______________________ interesting that he didn't like anything except that bowl
6. Teenagers like to make their own choice when they ______________________ older.
7. Turn on the fan. It is _____________________ hotter and hotter.
8. That Super Junior _____________________ suddenly at the end of concert makes its fans overjoyed.
VII. Decide whether the bold part in each of the following sentences is an “action verb” or a “linking
verb”.
1. July is smelling the flowers her boyfriend has given to her.
A. action verb B. linking verb
2. My mother appeared exhausted after a hard day working on the paddy field.
A. action verb B. linking verb
3. Jane looks more beautiful when tying her hair.
A. action verb B. linking verb
4. Maria's grandmother used to look after her carefully when she was small.
A. action verb B. linking verb
5. He wants to become an inspiring teacher after graduating from his university.
A. action verb B. linking verb
6. The worldwide economic situation is getting worse and worse.
A. action verb B. linking verb
7. If you want to stay healthy, you should follow the doctor's advice.
A. action verb B. linking verb
8. She is going to stay at a friend's house in Ha Long Bay for 3days.
A. action verb B. linking verb
9. When my daughter grows older, she will understand what I do for her.
A. action verb B. linking verb
10. My aunt tasted this soup carefully.
A. action verb B. linking verb
VIII. Choose the suitable word to complete each sentence.
1. What's the matter with you? You look happy/happily today.
2. He appears very excited/excitedly when looking at her.
3. I taste the soup very careful/carefully. Don't worry!
4. John appeared sudden/suddenly behind us and said hello to us.
5. He is shouting at his friend. He seems very angry/angrily.
6. A: Why do you smell the milk?
B: Because it smells terrible/terribly. You should throw it away.
7. This plan grows quickly/quick if it absorbs enough water.
8. He kept talking and his friends seemed annoyedly/annoyed.
9. The doctor checked my legs carefully/careful to see if there were any injuries.
10. She is looking for the colored pens serious/seriously because she needs them now.
X. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences.
1. Can you help me? I (look) ____ for my pen now.
A. look B. am looking C. looked
2. The sky (grow) ____ brighter after the heavy rain.
A. is growing B. grows C. grow
3. At present, I (remain) ____ calm.
A. remain B. remained C. is remaining
4. To decide the winner of the competition, the examiners (taste) ____ candidates' dishes now.
A. taste B. tasted C. are tasting
5. What's the matter with Mary? She (seem) ____ upset.
A. seem B. seems C. is seeming
6. Listen! Her story (sound) ____ interesting.
A. sounds B. is sounding C. sound
7. She (stay) ____ at one of her penpal friends' houses when she visits Vietnam.
A. is staying B. stays C. stayed
8. The room (get) ____ quiet when teachers entered.
A. gets B. got C. is getting
9. The situation (remain) ____ unchanged in the past 20 years.
A. remains B. remained C. has remained
10. John (be) ____ impolite today.
 A. is B. was C. is being
XI. Match parts of the sentences to make correct ones.
1. It is her sad story A. that makes me cry.
2. It was Peter B. that she had a date with Jim.
3. It was in the Italian restaurant C. who she broke up with.
4. It was speaking skill D. that attracts me a lot.
5. It is her small dog E. that she found the most difficult in learning English.
6. It is at 8 o'clock F. that there is weather news.
XII. Complete the following sentences using the given phrases.
the man on the schoolyard on weekends
the lovely cat on the way to school after I left my house
my close friends the strong storm my mom the letter
1. It was _________________________ that my younger sister wanted to buy.
2. It was _________________________ that I realized that family had played an integral role in my life.
3. It was _________________________ who was arrested by the police two days ago
4. It is ___________________________ that I meet my English teacher.
5. It is _________________________ that we play football very happily.
6. It was _________________________ that blew out some roofs of houses in the village.
7. It was _________________________ that I received from my mother last week.
8. It is _________________________ that we often have picnics.
9. It is _________________________ who always stand by me when I get into some trouble.
10. It is _________________________ who takes responsibility for cooking in my family.
XIII. Choose the underlined part that is incorrect in the following sentences.
1. That was Jim who went to hospital last month.
A. That B. was C. who D. went
2. It was in Paris that I first meet my wife.
A. in B. Paris C. that D. meet
3. It is in 2010 that my life turned over a new leaf.
A. is B. that C. turned D. leaf
4. It was on New Year's Eve who Mary broke up with her boyfriend.
A. was B. on C. who D. broke up with
5. It was her brother who dropped out of his university and setted up his business.
A. was B. who C. dropped D. setted up
XIV. Choose the correct sentence that is written using the underlined part and cleft sentence with “It”.
1. He spent his summer vacation in Da Lat.
A. It is in Da Lat that he spent his summer vacation.
B. It was in Da Lat that he spent his summer vacation.
C. It is in Da Lat that he spends his summer vacation.
D. It was in Da Lat where he spends his summer vacation.
2. Candidates all over the world took part in the competition with great enthusiasm.
A. It is great enthusiasm that candidates all over the world took part in the competition.
B. It was great enthusiasm that candidates all over the world took part in the competition.
C. It was with great enthusiasm that candidates all over the world took part in the competition.
D. It is with great enthusiasm which candidates all over the world take part the competition.
3. He gains impressive achievements at the age of 20.
A. It is at the age of 20 that he gains impressive achievements.
B. It was at the age of 20 that he gains impressive achievements.
C. It is at the age of 20 that he gained impressive achievements.
D. It was at the age of 20 that he gained impressive achievements.
4. Mary made a great contribution to her husband's success.
A. It is Mary who made a great contribution to her husband's success.
B. It was Mary who makes a great contribution to her husband's success.
 C. It was Mary who made a great contribution for her husband's success.
D. It was Mary who made a great contribution to her husband's success.
5. Most parents are willing to lend their ear to their children.
A. They are their children that most parents are willing to lend their ear to.
B. It is their children that most parents are willing to lend their ear to.
C. They are their children that most parents are willing to lend their ear.
D. It is their children that most parents are willing to lend their ear.
C. READING
IV. Read the passage and do the task that follows/do the tasks that follow.
Generally, friendship exists for three reasons: virtue; usefulness; or pleasure. When virtue is the reason,
friendship exists for the sake of friendship; where both like each other and cherish each other for some
creditable values in the other's personality. You know that you would even die to swear your friendship for that
person. You also know that the other would make you live than die for him/her regardless of intelligence,
handsomeness, utility or the capability of giving pleasure.
A friendship of the second kind is formed for the practical value of it. How useful so and so is to me?
What can I benefit from him? Will he use his reputation and influence to fetch me a good job? Thus a person
may maintain relationship for practical, professional, and political reasons. However, once we do away with the
usefulness, the friendship eventually dies.
Friendship of the third kind is formed essentially on account of the pleasure the relationship can give. He
is a joker. The moment he enters, you forget all your worries. She is cute, intelligent and charming. The very
notion that she is your friend makes you feel proud. The point rests here: How good is he/she in giving me
pleasure physically, emotionally, mentally and materially?
Now to the question: Which of the three is good? The second type is good, yet since basing on utility, it
falls short of longevity and quality. The third type is good too, but how long one enjoys only pleasure in life?
But the first type, virtue-based friendship is fantastic for this reason: it lasts till the end of this universe.
1. From paragraph 1, we can infer that ____.
A. Real friendship does not count one person's cleverness, appearance, utility and his/her aptitude for
creating fun.
B. You have to die in order to prove your friendship.
C. Personality is not an important factor in choosing a friend.
D. There are two main motives for friendship.
2. Which of the following has the closet meaning to “do away with” in paragraph 2?
A. kill B. escape C. get rid of D. ask for
3. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the reading passage?
A. Friendship basing on the capacity for creating pleasure still possesses some uncertainty
B. Friendship requires a lot of patience and efforts from both sides
C. Friendship usually does not last long if it is built on materialistic need
D. Virtue-based friendship's core is a friend's creditable traits in his or her personality
4. Synonym(s) of utility in paragraph 4 can be found in:
A. paragraph 1 B. paragraph 2 C. paragraph 3 D. paragraph 4
5. Which kind of friendship is most unshakable?
A. The first B. The second C. The third D. Not mentioned
D. WRITING
I. Rewrite each sentence with the word in brackets to emphasize the underlined part.
1. We had a wonderful party in the garden. (that)
__________________________________________________________________________________________
2. Mary is very depressed about the result of the examination. (who)
__________________________________________________________________________________________
3. The boys play football in the schoolyard every afternoon. (that)
__________________________________________________________________________________________
4. The poor girl won first prize in the singing competition. (that)
__________________________________________________________________________________________
5. My friend gave me a present at my birthday party. (that)
__________________________________________________________________________________________
6. We really enjoy doing volunteer work. (that)
__________________________________________________________________________________________
7. Hung is in the romantic relationship with Mai. (who)
__________________________________________________________________________________________
8. He bought two houses on Nguyen Trai Street at the age of 25. (that)
__________________________________________________________________________________________
9. Students usually ask the teacher a lot of interesting questions. (who)
__________________________________________________________________________________________
10. My mom is making some cakes for our dinner. (that)
__________________________________________________________________________________________
II. Reorder the words to make complete sentences.
1. It/ he/ his/ that/ changed/ father's/ a/ after/ was/ death / lot./ himself
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2. going/ to/ am/ I/ the / Tokyo/ that/ in / It/ is/ holiday./ spend
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3. USA/ 2008/ got/It/ the / married./ in/ settled/ down/ he/ was/ that/ in/ and
__________________________________________________________________________________________
4. that/ It/ mom/ was/ their/ gave / on/ wedding / anniversary / dad/ diamond/ ring./ my/ my/ a
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5. some/ It/ in / boyfriend/ me/ took / beautiful/ photos/ my/ was / who/ for/ Japan.
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