1. She got up early. However, she was late for the first train.

->Although ___________________________________________________

2. Minhgets up late. he goes to school late.

-> If Minh ___________________________________________________

3. The distance from Khanh Yen to Van Ban is about 30 km.

->It ___________________________________________________

4. What is the distance between Van Ban and Lao Cai?                     

-> How___________________________________________________

5. Her favourite food is chicken.

-> She likes___________________________________________________

6. She got up late. However, she was never late for the first train.

->Although .............................................................................................................

7. Cuonggets up early. He goes to school late.

-> IfCuong............................................................................................................

8. The distance between Van Ban and Lao Cai is about 50 km.

->It .....................................................................................................................

9. What is the distance between Van Ban and Lao Cai?                     

-> How................................................................................................................

10. His favourite drink is milk.

->  He likes….................................................................................................

11.No city in the USA is as crowded as New York.

’New York is the……………………………………………………………………

12. This is her new car.

’This new car..…………………………………………………………………………

13. The film is very frightening, but it is interesting.

’ Although……....…………………………………………………………………….

14. It’s good if children do something to save energy at home.

’Children should…………………………..………………………………………

9. It’s hard to........................a large family.                                            FOOD

Rearrange the given words and phrases to complete sentences (0.6pt)

1. The distance / my school/ is/ about 50 km/ between/ and Lao Cai/.

->.............................................................................................................................

2. You should / study  /harder/ taking English  test/ before/.

->.............................................................................................................................

3. /you/ visit New Zealand/ next month/ Will/ ?

->.............................................................................................................................

4. It/ my school/ is/ about 50 km/ from/ to Lao Cai/.

->.............................................................................................................................

5. You should / speaking English/ practice /the UK/ going to//before/.

->.............................................................................................................................

6. /you/ visit New Zealand/ next month/ Will/?

->.............................................................................................................................

7. should / use / to travel. /We / public transports //

…………………………………………………………………………………………

8. for fun./ attends/ Everybody/ the festival //

…………………………………………………………………………………………

1. It takes you about 16 hours to travel from New York to Beijing. Beside, you also have to wait at the airport, and sometimes you have to transfer onto a different airplane. If you add all of that extra time, the trip will take at least 20 hours. But in the future, this trip might only take 2 hours.

          Nowadays, a private company (1)__________ developing something called ET3 which stands for “evacuated tube transport technology”. Here is how it works. A tube goes all way from New York to Beijing. The tube is only a few meters wide. Capsules use move through the tube. Six (2)____________ can sit in one capsule. The capsules use electricity instead of gasoline. The capsules can travel (3)____________ 6.500 kilometers per hour. That is much faster than airplane – most modern airplanes usually only fly at about 800 kilometers per hour.

          So how is this possible? How can these capsules travel so fast? The answer is that there is no air inside the tube. When airplanes fly, they (4)___________have to move through the air. The air slows the airplanes down. (5)____________Because there is no air in the ET3 tubes, the capsules are able to move at a very high speed. Besides, the capsules are quite light. They only weigh 183 kilograms.

          It is exciting to think of how ET3 will change in the future. Maybe someday, you will be able to have lunch in New York and dinner in Beijing.

2. Many people still believe that (1)_____________ resources will never be used up. Actually, the world’s energy resources are limited. Nobody knows exactly how much fuel is left. However, we also should use them economically and try (2)_____________ find out alternative sources of power. According to Professor Marvin Burnham of the New England Institute of Technology, we (3)____________ to start conserving coal, oil, and gas before it is too late; and nuclear power is the only alternative.

     However, many people don’t approve of using nuclear power (4)_____________ it is very dangerous. What would happen if there were a serious nuclear accident? Radioactivity causes cancer and may badly affect the future generations. The most effective thing is that we (5)_______________ use natural resources as economically as possible.

III.Read the passage and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to complete the passage. (1.0 pt)

1. It takes you about 16 hours to travel from New York to Beijing. Beside, you also have to wait at the airport, and sometimes you have to transfer onto a different airplane. If you add all of that extra time, the trip will take at least 20 hours. But in the future, this trip might only take 2 hours.

          Nowadays, a private company (1)__________ developing something called ET3 which stands for “evacuated tube transport technology”. Here is how it works. A tube goes all way from New York to Beijing. The tube is only a few meters wide. Capsules use move through the tube. Six (2)____________ can sit in one capsule. The capsules use electricity instead of gasoline. The capsules can travel (3)____________ 6.500 kilometers per hour. That is much faster than airplane – most modern airplanes usually only fly at about 800 kilometers per hour.

          So how is this possible? How can these capsules travel so fast? The answer is that there is no air inside the tube. When airplanes fly, they (4)___________have to move through the air. The air slows the airplanes down. (5)____________Because there is no air in the ET3 tubes, the capsules are able to move at a very high speed. Besides, the capsules are quite light. They only weigh 183 kilograms.

          It is exciting to think of how ET3 will change in the future. Maybe someday, you will be able to have lunch in New York and dinner in Beijing.