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LƯU HOẰNG TRÍ (Giáo viên chuyên Anh – Trường THPT Nguyễn Thượng Hiền – TP. HCM) BÀI TẬP TIẾNG ANH 12 NHÀ XUẤT BẢN ĐẠI HỌC QUỐC GIA HÀ NỘI (CÓ ĐÁP ÁN)
Unit 1: LIFE STORIES A. PHONETICS I. Fill in the blanks, using the right choice given in the box. meet/ meat road/ rode here/ hear made/ maid read/ red week/ weak 1. Nobody can _______ what I tell _______. 2. I have not _______ the _______ cover book till now. 3. Last _______, she was _______. 4. They _______ at the market where they buy . 5. The house _______ was _______ to work for many hours without rest. 6. She _______ on a _______ which was paved with flowers. II. Complete the (a) sentences with the words in the box. Then write the corresponding homophones to complete the (b) sentences. pair aloud meat dear blew hare die sealing altar flour 1. (a) That poem is very _______ to me. (b) There were seven _______ grazing in our pasture. 2. (a) I hope my plants don’t _______ in this heat. (b) Rebecca wants to _______ her hair purple. 3. (a) The recipe calls for two cups of _______. (b) She put a single _______ in the vase. 4. (a) Have you read the story about the tortoise and the _______? (b) My _______ is a mess! 5. (a) Vegetarians do not eat _______. (b) Where shall we _______ for lunch? 6. (a) Let’s go buy a new _______ of shoes. (b) The fruit contained a banana, an apple, and a _______. 7. (a) Sacrifices were offered on the _______. (b) She had to _______ her clothes after losing weight. 8. (a) Do not talk _______. (b) They were _______ to go out. 9. (a) The policeman _______ the whistle to stop the car. (b) I wear the _______ trousers. 10. (a) We use a kind of wax for _______ letters. (b) The _______ of the room must be high. B. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR I. Fill in each blank in the sentences with the correct word from the box. achievement reputation distinguished historical figure generosity strategy dedication politician talented 1. Dang Tien Dong was General Muu, who won the famous _______ battle of Dong Da. 2. Marie is an extremely _______ piano player.
3. What I admire most about him is his _______ to the poor and the deprived. 4. To be successful takes hard work and _______. 5. They awarded her a gold medal for her _______ in sports. 6. Ly Thuong Kiet had the _______ of attacking first to dominate enemies, and employing the swift attacking to break the enemies' plan at the beginning. 7. In 1980, on the occasion of his 600 th birthday. Nguyen Trai was recognised by UNESCO as a World Cultural Celebrity, and a talented ________. 8. Bui Thi Xuan, a first female general in Vietnamese history, became a historical _______ in the Tay Son Dynasty. 9. There is a Vietnamese proverb that states that of a dead tiger we keep the skin, of man his _______. 10. Clive has had a fantastic and _______ career so we listen to what he has to say. II. Fill in each blank in the text with the correct verb from the box, using the past simple or the past continuous. hurt travel not know come stay not break walk see Last summer, I went on a fantastic adventure holiday for teenagers in the Rocky Mountains in Canada. First, we (1) ________ by coach from the airport to our hotel. We (2) ________ there for one night, then we went by helicopter to our base camp at Mount Robson, which is the highest mountain in the Canadian Rockies. I was quite nervous because I (3) ________ anyone in the group, but I soon made friends with everyone. We hiked in the mountains for four days and (4) ________ a lot of wildlife. One day, we (5) ________ near a lake when we met a deer. After that we went rock climbing for two days. It was really hard work and while I (6) ________ down the mountain on the second day, I (7) ________ my leg. Luckily, I (8) ________ it. On our last day we went white-water rafting. What an exciting sport! III. Put the verbs in brackets in the past simple or the past continuous. Steve Jobs 1. Steve Jobs is famous for being a businessman, designer and inventor. He (be) __________ the co-founder and chief executive at Apple. 2. He (be) __________ born on 24 th February 1955 in California, USA. 3. He was adopted because his parents (be) __________ students and couldn't look after him. 4. As a child, he (love) ___________ electronics and making things with his hands. 5. While he (study) __________ at high school, he met Steve Wozniak, who also loved electronics. 6. He (start) __________ university in 1972, but he (not finish) _________ the course. 7. While he (travel) __________ around India, he (become) __________ a Buddhist. He was 24 then. 8. After that, he (get) __________ a job at Atari as a computer technician, with Wozniak. 9. In 1976. Jobs and Wozniak (start) __________ their own company called the Apple Computer Company. 10. He (die) __________ in 2011, aged 56. IV. Choose a phrase from each column to make a complete answer for the questions below.
I was peeling some onions and She was travelling home from school and she We were sunbathing at the weekend and we They were staying in Hai Phong when He was walking in the rain and he He was playing football and he got very wet. stayed out too long. the knife slipped. left it on the bus. fell over. there was a terrible storm. 1. How did you cut your finger? ___________________________________________________________________________ 2. How did Nick hurt his knee? ___________________________________________________________________________ 3. How did you all get sunburnt? ___________________________________________________________________________ 4. How did Martin catch a cold? ___________________________________________________________________________ 5. How did a tree fall on the Simpson’s car? ___________________________________________________________________________ 6. How did Lan lose her bag? ___________________________________________________________________________ V. Complete the sentences with a/an, the or zero article (Ø). 1. I live in ________ beautiful country. ________ capital city is very old. 2. My father is ________ teacher in ________ very big school. ________ students in his class work very hard. 3. My family live in ________ small house. There is no dining room so we have ________ dinner in ________ kitchen. 4. There’s ________ art gallery, ________ theatre and there are two cinemas in my town. ________ theatre and ________ art gallery are very modem, but ________ cinemas are old. 5. She saw ________ skirt and blouse in ________ shop in ________ town centre. ________ skirt was cheap but ________ blouse was very expensive. 6. I went to see ________ film last night. ________ acting was very good. 7. I go to school by ________ bus. ________ bus is often late. 8. I’m going to have ________ party next Saturday. It’s going to be ________ best party ever! VI. Fill in each blank in the text with a/an, the or zero article (Ø). The Sensational Schumachers Most people have heard of Michael Schumacher. He's one of (1) _______ most famous sportspeople in the world. He’s also (2) _______ highest paid in history. However, Michael isn’t (3) _______ only successful child in (4) _______ Schumacher family. His younger brother Ralf is also (5) _______ amazing Formula One driver. Many people confuse (6) ______ two brothers, but in fact they are very different. Michael is (7) ______ confident man, while Ralf is quite shy. Michael is very experienced. Ralf is newer to (8) _______ sport. What the brothers have in (9) _______ common, however, is they are both (10) _______ talented drivers! VII. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.