HOMEWORK 43

SECTION I. LISTENING
Part 3: Listen to the recording and decide whether the following statements are True (T) or
False (F). 1. Jenny's guest works for an e-mail company.
2. David says it's better not to mix work and personal e-mail accounts.
3. Jenny claims not everyone can simply open a new e-mail account.
4. It's impossible to get a computer virus from an e-mail off a friend.
5. David suggests never giving away information such as account numbers and passwords via an
e-mail.

Part 4: You will hear part of an interview with the astronaut Charles Duke, who is talking
about his trip to the moon. Choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which fits best according to what
you hear.

1. How did Charles feel about space travel as a boy?

A. He thought it was unlikely to happen.
B. He regarded it as more than science fiction.
C. He was fascinated by the idea of it.
D. He showed no particular Interest in it.
2. What did Charles consider to be the hardest part of the training?
A. feeling trapped in the heavy spacesuit
B. endlessly practising the lunar surface landing
C. constantly being afraid of making a mistake
D. being unable to move his arms and hands
3. What was Charles's reaction when he first found out he was going to the moon?
A. He realised he had to be cautious.
B. He felt proud to be given the opportunity.
C. He tried to control his excitement.
D. He reflected on his chances of survival.
4. How did the crew feel when they had landed on the moon?
A. They felt as if they were coming home,
B. They realised they had achieved something special.
C. They were afraid of what they might find on the surface.
D. They were worried about how they would take off again.
5. What feature of the moon made the greatest impact on Charles?
A. the brightness of the sun
B. the vastness of the sky
C. the loneliness of the place
D. the absence of any stars

SECTION II. LEXICO-GRAMMAR

Part 1. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to complete each sentence below.
1. The party was already___________ by the time we arrived. Everyone was singing and
dancing.
A. in full swing B. up in the air C. over the moon D. under a cloud
 In full swing đang lúc sôi nổi nhất
Up in the air: chưa rõ ràng, chưa chắc chắn
Under the cloud: bị nghi ngờ
2. Fearing for his life, he__________ the muggers for mercy.
A. pleaded with B. petitioned C. urged D. begged
3. What the company needs is a ___________ actor who can take on a variety of roles.
A. variable B. changeable C. diverse D. versatile
Versatile: linh hoạt
4. The new law on motorcyclists’ wearing safety helmets has come__________.
A. to power B. effective C. to existence D. into force
Come into force: (luật) bắt đầu đưa vào sd
5. _________ relatively costly, the diesel engine is highly efficient and needs servicing
infrequently.
A. Even B. It is C. Even though D. There is
6. _________ migrate long distances is well documented.
A. That it is birds B. That birds C. Birds that D. It is that birds
7. On the stairs_________ a small dark- haired girl.
A. was sitting B. was to sit C. sitting D. having sat
8. He was pleased to have the ___________ to hear such a fine musician play his favourite piece
of music
A. occasion B. possibility C. opportunity D. fate
9. What he told me was a _________ of lies.
A. pack B. load C. mob D. flock
10. Jack’s encouraging words gave me _______ to undertake the demanding task once again.
A. a point B. an incentive động lực C. a resolution D. a target
11. It is difficult for museums to find funds to protect the national____________.
A. inheritance B. heritage C. possessions quyền sở hữu D. legacy
12. A military junta has taken over power in the country after the democratic administration
____________
A. collapsed B. stumbled C. vanished D. abandoned
13. Whenever the kids asked him about his girlfriend, he’d go as red as a _______.
A. tomato B. beetroot C. strawberry D. chili
14. She likes spoiling people’s fun. She is really a ________.
A. couch potato B. wet blanket C. hard nut D. cold fish
15. Such ______________ that we all felt numb.
A. a cold weather was it B. was a cold weather
C. cold was the weather D. was cold weather
16. ____________, Americans eat a light breakfast. They usually don’t eat a lot of food in the
morning.
A. By and large B. Fair and square C. Ins and outs D. Odds and ends
Fair and square công bằng, thẳng thắn
Ins and outs chi tiết ngóc ngách lớn nhỏ
By and large nhìn chung
Odds and ends lặt vặt
17. Alice: “ Have you seen my pen?” Tina: “______”.
A. Not C. None B. Nothing D. Nope .
18. Despite a number of ________, the project will still go a head.
A. shortfalls B. shortages C. shortcomings D. shortcuts
Shortcut: lối tắt
Shortfalls: thiếu hụt
Shortage: hạn chế
Shortcoming: khuyết điểm, thiếu sót
19. The weather was fine, and everyone was _________ the coast .
A. going in for B. making for C. joining in D. seeing about
Make for: đi về hướng
See about = deal with
20. I heard ______that Jack has been dropped from the basket team.
A. in the woods B. on the grapevine C. under your feet D. on the olive
branch
On the grapevine: Nghe được tin truyền miệng
If someone is under your feet, they are near you in a way that is difficult and prevents you from doing
what you want to do dịch ra tiếng việt chắc là ngáng chân ai làm gì đó :0 ? K biết
Part 2. Complete the following passage with the correct forms of the words given in
CAPITALS.
1. The company’s annual ____________ has increased in comparison with the
last year, and now it’s around $ 4 million. TURN
2. When a boy, Bob was a very inattentive student and seemed to spend
most of the time looking out of the window. Lơ là, k chú ý ATTEND
3. Because of a fire hazard it is inadvisable to walk in forests when it’s dry. Không không ngoan
ADVISE
4. Various malpractices by police officers were brought to light by the enquiry.
Sơ suất, sai trái về mặt pháp luật PRACTICE
5. You shouldn’t interrupt someone in mid-sentence SENTENCE
6. The doctor gave him an injection to deaden the pain. DIE
7. No agreement has yet been reached and the negotiations are still ongoing tiếp diễn GO
8. The sun and the moon are often personalized in poetry. Nhân hóa
PERSON
9. Cats are supposed to have nine lives LIVE
10. Most of the porcelain you see in the display cabinets is irreplaceable REPLACE

Part 3. Find and correct 10 mistakes in the text.

Line
(0) in Birds that feed on flocks commonly retire together into roosts. The reasons for
1 roosting commune are not always obvious, but there are some likely benefit. In
2 winter especially, it is important for birds to keep warmth at night and conserve
3 precious food reserves. One way to do this
4 is to find the sheltered roost. Solitary roosters shelter in dense vegetation and
5 enter a cavity- horned larks dig
6 holes in the ground and ptarmigan burrow into snow
7 banks - but the effect of shelter is magnified by several
 8 birds huddling together in the roosts, as wrens, swifts, brown creepers, bluebirds,
9 and anis can. Body contact reduces the surface area exposed to the cold air, so the
10 birds keep each other warm. Two kinglets huddling together was found to reduce
11 their heat losses with a quarter and three together saved a third of their heat.

Your answers
Line Mistake Correction Line Mistake Correction
1 commune communally
1 benefit benefits
4 the a

Part 4. Complete the sentences with the suitable particles or prepositions.

1. I got into the Arts Faculty at the University of London to study history. Được nhập học chắc z
2. Judging by the time of the day when something is done, one can decide how important an
event is Suy ra từ ....
3. Frequently single- parent children take on some of the functions that the absent adult in the
house would have served.
4. The skyscraper stands out of the blue sky.
5. Why don’t you let me show you ___________ London?
6. Jean didn’t expect to come up___________ such difficulties .
7. Everyone was shocked___________ Susan’s strange appearance.
8. I came___________ one of your novels in a second-hand bookshop.
9. What you’re saying amounts___________ blackmail.
10. Your calculations do not accord___________ mine.
Stand out against the background: nổi bật
Show you ảound
Amount to:

SECTION III: READING

Part 1: For questions 1–10, read the following passages and decide which answer (A, B, C, or
D) best fits each gap.
From a very early age, it was (1)________that Magnus Carlen was a brilliant chess
player. By the age of 13, Magnus was (2) ________to be one of the best chess players in the
world, and his parents wanted him to reach his (3) ________potential as a professional chess
player.
This meant their son had to develop a lifestyle of strict (4) ________which included
many hours of practice. Only this way could he become a world champion. (5)
________Magnus’ parents supported him, they did not want him to devote his whole life to
chess. They felt that if he focused only on chess, he would suffer both physically and
emotionally. They made it clear to him that they had no intention of letting their son drop out of
school. He was also encouraged to follow his interest in sports. As a result of his (6) ________,
when Magnus graduate from high school in 2009, he was not only the best chess player in the
world, but he was also awarded the title of “sport-student of the year” for his achievements in
snowboarding and golf.
Today, Magnus gives (7) ________to his parents for the way they (8) ________him.
They set rules, but they never (9) ________with his ambitions. Instead they gave him the (10)
________ and encouragement he needed to achieve his goals and still be a happy young man.

1. A. true B. apparent C. sure D. secure

2. A. considered B. regarded C. decided D. counted
3. A. complete B. whole C. entire D. full
4. A. order B. behavior C. discipline D. effort
5. A. Since B. Until C. Because D. Although
6. A. treatment B. environment C. upbringing D. preparation
7. A. credit B. attention C. trust D. approval
8. A. taught B. brought C. grew D. raised
9. A. interfered B. opposed C. mistrusted D. prevented
10. A. approach B. support C. contact D. recommendation

Part 2: For questions 16–25, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each
gap. Use only ONE word in each gap.
MODERN LIVING
Over the last forty years, one of the major changes in the way we live concerns
(16)________ we eat.
As well as the fact that we have larger incomes, foreign travel (17) ________ encouraged us
to experiment (18) ________ our cooking. As a result, ordinary people have developed a taste
(19)________ exotic flavors. Supermarkets, which previously filled their shelves with only
locally produced goods, now stock Caribbean vegetables, spices from India and (20)________
Chinese beer!
There is also a trend towards eating (21) ________ healthily nowadays, so low-fat, low-
calorie foodstuffs have become part of our weekly shopping basket. And vegetarianism is on
(22) ________ rise, too. Government surveys predict that one in three of us will be a vegetarian
by the end of the present decade.
Strange as it may seem, (23) ________, the fact that we now know more than ever before
about what we should eat has not actually made us (24) ________ healthier. In fact, the latest
surveys show that all of us are getting fatter and some, especially teenagers, are in danger of
becoming clinically obese. If this happens, we only have (25)________ to blame.

Part 3: Read the following passage and choose the best answer to each question.
As many as one thousand years ago in the Southwest, the Hopi and Zuni Indians of North
America were building with adobe-sun-baked brick plastered with mud. Their homes looked
remarkably like modern apartment houses. Some were four stories high and contained quarters
for perhaps a thousand people, along with storerooms for grain and other goods. These buildings
were usually put up against cliffs, both to make construction easier and for defense against
enemies. They were really villages in themselves, as later Spanish explorers must have realized
since they called them “pueblos”, which is Spanish for towns. The people of the pueblos raised
what are called “the three sisters”- corn, beans, and squash. They made excellent pottery and
wove marvelous baskets, some so fine that they could hold water. The Southwest has always
been a dry country, where water is scarce. The Hopi and Zuni brought water from streams to
their fields and gardens through irrigation ditches. Water was so important that it played a major
role in their religion. They developed elaborate ceremonies and religious rituals to bring rain.
The way of life of less – settled groups was simpler and more strongly influenced by nature.
Small tribes such as the Shoshone and Ute wandered the dry and mountainous lands between the
Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. They gathered seeds and hunted small animals such as
rabbits and snakes. In the Far North the ancestors of today’s Inuit hunted seals, walruses, and the
great whales. They lived right on the frozen seas in shelters called igloos built of blocks of
packed snow. When summer came, they fished for salmon and hunted the lordly caribou. The
Cheyenne, Pawnee and Sioux tribes, known as the Plains Indians, lived on the grasslands
between the Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi River. They hunted bison, commonly called
the buffalo. Its meat was the chief food of these tribes, and its hide was used to make their
clothing and the covering of their tents and tips.
1. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The architecture of early America Indian buildings
B. The movement of American Indians across North America
C. Ceremonies and rituals of American Indians
D. The way of life of American Indian tribes in early North America
2. According to the passage, the Hopi and Zuni typically built their homes___________.
A. in valleys B. next to streams C. on open plains D. against cliffs
3. The word “They” refers to ___________.
A. goods B. buildings C. cliffs D. enemies
4. It can be inferred from the passage that the dwellings of the Hopi and Zuni were
___________.
A. very small B. highly advanced
C. difficult to defend D. quickly constructed
5. The author uses the phrase “the three sisters” refers to___________.
A. Hopi women B. family members C. important crops D. rain ceremonies
6. Which of the following is true of the Shoshone and Ute?
A. They were not as settled as the Hopi and Zuni
B. They hunted caribou.
C. They built their homes with adobe.
D. They did not have many religious ceremonies.
7. According to the passage, which of the following tribes lived in the grasslands?
A. The Shoshone and Ute B. The Cheyenne
C. The Hopi and Zuni D. The Pawnee and Inuit
8. Which of the following animals was the most important to the Plains Indians?
A. The salmon B. The caribou C. The seal D. The buffalo
9. The author gives an explanation for all of the following words EXCEPT___________.
A. adobe B. pueblos C. caribou D. bison
10. The author groups North American Indians according to their ___________.
A. tribes and geographical regions B. arts and crafts
C. rituals and ceremonies D. date of appearance on the continent
 SECTION IV: WRITING
Part 1. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same
as the sentence printed before it.
1. It was not until five years had elapsed that the whole truth about the murder came out.
 Not for another
………………………………………………………………………………………
2. You could be arrested for not giving a breath sample to the police.
 Refusal
………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. The staff hated Frank’s new policies intensely and so went on strike.
 So intense
…………………………………………………………………………………………..
4. The reason why I was given promotion was that Laurence recommended me.
 But
…………………………………………………………………………………………………..
5. Mr. Footer asked me to write this letter to you.
 It was at
……………………………………………………………………………………………..
Part 2. Use the word(s) given in brackets and make any necessary additions to complete a
new sentence in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original
sentence. Do not change the form of the given word(s).
1. My father is really very angry when he finds out that I’ve lost the car keys. (WALL)

………………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. When he was a child, he loved dismantling things- to see how they worked. (PIECES)

………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. When they broke the news, she stayed perfectly calm and controlled . (HAIR)

………………………………………………………………………………………………………
4. She wasn’t speaking seriously. (TONGUE)
 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. People say that there’s hardly any difference between love and hatred. (LINE)

………………………………………………………………………………………………………