REVISION FOR THE 2ND MID TERM TEST
A. REVISION CONTENT: From Unit 7 to Unit 9
I. Phonetics:
1. Sounds:
- /e/ and /ei/
- /t/, /d/ and /id/
- /əʊ/ and /aʊ/
II. Vocabulary: Use the lexical items related to
- Traffic
- Films
- Festivals around the world
III. Grammar:
- It to indicate distance
- used to
- Connectors: although, despite/ in spite of, however, nevertheless
- H/Wh questions
- Adverbial phrases
B. PRACTICE:
Ex 1. Find the word which has a different sound in the underlined part in each line.
1. brainstorm

sailing

railway

captain

2. plane

safety

traffic

station

3. vehicle

mention

enter

helicopter

4. hey

honey

obey

grey

5. healthy

bread

seatbelt

ahead

Ex 2. Choose the best answer
1. ______ does it take to go from Ha Noi to Ho Chi Minh City by plane?
A. How far
B. How much
C. How long
D. How many
2. There ______ a bus station in the city centre, but it has been moved to the suburbs.
A. used to be
B. used to had
C. use to have
D. were
3. I ______ marbles when I was young, but now I didn't.
A. play
B. used to play
C. have played
D. didn't use to play
4. We should wait for the traffic lights ______ before we cross the street.
A. turn green
B. to turn green
C. turn yellow
D. to turn yellow
5. All of us have to obey ______ strictly.
A. traffic rules
B. traffic
C. traffic jam
D. regular
6. Cyclists and motorists have to wear a ______ when they ride a motorbike.
A. hard hat
B. cap
C. mask
D. helmet
7. He forgot to give a ______ before he turned left and got a ticket.
A. signal
B. sign
C. light
D. hand
8. A lot of cultural and ______ activities are held as part of the Flower Festival in Da Lat.
A. arts
B. artist
C. artistic
D. art
9. Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Light, is the ______ holiday of the year in India.
A. more important B. most important C. importance
D. most importance
10. It is ______ to see elephants racing in the Elephant Race Festival in Dak Lak.
A. amaze
B. amazing
C. amazed
D. amazement
11. People put pumpkin ______ outside the homes during Halloween.

A. lanterns
B. lights
C. neon signs
D. bulbs
12. The Samba Parade in Rio Carnival has thousands of samba ______ from various samba schools.
A. perform
B. performance
C. performer
D. performers
13. People in Cannes take the Cannes Film Festival ___ a very serious way.
A. in
B. at
C. on
D. with
14. The festival ___ every year at the end of August.
A. takes
B. takes place
C. occur
D. held
15. La Tomatina ______ on the last Wednesday of August every year.
A. hold
B. held
C. is held
D. be held
16. A lot of dancers go to Rio de Janeiro to ______ the Rio Carnival.
A. play
B. take
C. attend
D. follow
17. In La Tomatina, people get to throw tomatoes at ______.
A. themselves
B. once
C. together
D. each other
18. Which do you think are ______ festivals?
A. season
B. harvester
C. artistic
D. music
19. A ______ is a film that shows real life events or stories.
A. action
B. documentary
C. thriller
D. comedy
20. I found the book so ______ that I couldn't put it down.
A. gripping
B. boring
C. tiring
D. shocking
21. A ______ is a film that tries to make audiences laugh.
A. horror
B. sci-fi
C. comedy
D. documentary
22. The end of the film was so ______ that many people cried.
A. shocking
B. moving
C. exciting
D. boring
23. Mr. Bean's Holiday is a ______ film – I was laughing from beginning to end.
A. hilarious
B. violent
C. scary
D. moving
24. ______ they spent a lot of money on the film, it wasn't a big success.
A. However
B. Nevertheless
C. When
D. Although
25. Last night, I didn't go to bed early ______ being very tired.
A. despite of
B. in spite of
C. although
D. because of
26. Not many people went to see the film; ______, it received good reviews from critics.
A. however
B. despite
C. but
D. although
Ex 3. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is
CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
1. We were stuck in a traffic jam on the freeway for two hours.
A. traffic congestion B. traffic rules
C. situation
D. highway
2. The end of the film was so moving that many people cried.
A. scary
B. shocking
C. exciting
D. touching
3. I'll take the new job whose salary is fantastic.
A. reasonable
B. acceptable
C. pretty high
D. wonderful
4. The festial is held once a year at the end of August.
A. weekly
B. monthy
C. annually
D. every day
Ex 4. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is
OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
1. Signs with red circles are mostly prohibitive – that means you can't do something.
A. banned
B. allowed
C. warning
D. informative
2. I found the plot of the film exciting.
A. moving
B. hilarious
C. boring
D. gripping
3. Although he spent much money on the film, it wasn't a big success.
A. failure
B. victory
C. false
D. advance

4. The movie is so gripping that we cannot stop watching it.
A. boring
B. excting
C. moving
D. frightening
Ex 5. Choose the best answers.
1. “Would you like me to turn off your computer?”
- “_______________________. Thanks.”
A. Don't do it.
B. Yes, please.
C. Don't do.
D. Of course.
2. “Do you like seeing a film?”
- “_______________________.”
A. Who is in this film?
B. I'm sorry. I can't.
C. Sure. What film shall we see?
D. No, I don't like it at all.
3. “How about seeing a film?”
- “_______________________.”
A. Good idea. What shall we see?
B. It is nice of you to say so.
C. You're kidding.
D. I don't think so.
4. How far is it from house to here?
A. About 10 minutes.
B. It's about 2 kilometers.
C. I walk to my house.
D. My house 2 kilometers.
Ex 6. Find the mistake in each of the following sentences.
1. You should to obey the rules in the cinema by turning off your mobile phone.
A.
B
C D
2. Her teaching method is amazed. All the students like it.
A
B
C D
3. When my baby sister is younger, she didn't use to eat pizza.
A B
C
D
Ex 7. Fill a word in each blank in the following passage:
ADVANTAGES OF FESTIVALS
Around the world, there are a lot of festivals. People love festivals (1) __________ of the advantages
they bring about. First of all, festivals are (2) __________for the community. They create an
opportunity for the people to take part in the festival (3) __________. Also, festivals help people
cooperate with one another when they organise the activities together. They can also (4) __________
more about and appreciate their cultural values. Second, families can benefit from festivals. These are
the opportunities for family (5) __________ to gather, prepare for the festival and (6) __________ some
fun. For example, before Tet, the whole family (7) __________ their house, go to the flower market,
make Chung cake, etc. During Tet, they enjoy the meals (8) __________ and visit their relatives.
Ex 8. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct answer to each of the questions.
                                                    
The volume of traffic in many cities in the world today continues to expand. This caused many
problems, including serious air pollution, lengthy delays, and the greater risk of accidents. Clearly,
something must be done, but it is difficult to persuade people to change habits and leaves their cars at
home.
One possible approach is to make it more expensive for people to use their cars by increasing charges
for parking and bringing in tougher fines for anyone who breaks the law. In addition, drivers could be
required to pay for using particular routes at differ times of the day. This system, known as road pricing
has already been introduced in a number of cities, using a special electronic card fixed to the windscreen
of the car. Of course, the most important thing is to provide good public transport. However, to get
people to give up the comfort of their cars, public transport must be felt to be reliable, convenient and
comfortable, with fares kept at an acceptable level.
1. The word expand in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ____________________.

A. decrease
B. increase
C. reduce
D. develop
2. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a problem caused by more traffic?
A. serious air pollution
B. greater risks of accidents
C. people's habits
D. very long delays
3. The most important thing to encourage people to use public transport is _________________
A. high parking fees
B. good public transport
C. road using fees
D. high charges for public transport
4. The verb give up is closest in meaning to ______________________.
A. continue using
B. encourage
C. get bored with
D. stop using
5. We can learn from the text that _______________.
A. it is easy for people to change their habits
B. many people will not drive expensive cars
C. more people will use public transport if it is cheap, reliable and comfortable
D. pollution and lengthy delays cause people to leave their cars at home
Ex 9 . Read the text and choose the correct answer for each blank
Titanic is a romantic film, which was …………. (1) by James Cameron. However, it's also about a
disaster. It ………….. (2) Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. The film is about the sinking of the
ship Titanic on its first voyage. The main ………….. (3) are Jack Dawson and Rose DeWitt Bukater.
Jack saves Rose from killing herself during the journey on board the ship. ………….. ( 4) they are from
different social classes, and Rose is already engaged, they fall in love. The film has a sad …………..
(5): the Titanic sinks and more than a thousand people die in the disaster, including Jack. ………….. ( 6)
say it is a must-see. I agree, because the story is moving and the acting is excellent. The ………….. ( 7)
effects, visuals, and music are also incredible. Titanic is a very sad film. Nevertheless, many people
really love it. Go and see it if you can.
1. A. direction
B. directed
C. directing
D. direct
2. A. stars
B. plays
C. creates
D. introduces
3. A. people
B. actors
C. characters
D. humans
4. A. because
B. although
C. nevertheless
D. therefore
5. A. end
B. start
C. ending
D. starting
6. A. critics
B. criticism
C. critical
D. criticize
7. A. unique
B. important
C. great
D. special
Ex 10. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in
meaning to each of the following questions.
1. Many people came to enjoy the program in spite of the expensive entrance tickets.
A. Many people came to enjoy the program despite the entrance tickets were expensive.
B. Many people came to enjoy the program although the entrance tickets were expensive.
C. Many people came to enjoy the program although the expensive entrance tickets.
D. Many people came to enjoy the program because the entrance tickets were expensive.
2. Although it is not a rush hour, there is a lot of traffic now.
A. It is not a rush hour. However, there is a lot of traffic now.
B. It is not a rush hour because there is a lot of traffic now.
C. It is not a rush hour, so there is a lot of traffic now.
D. In spite of it is not a rush hour, there is a lot of traffic now.
3. I thought that the film would be boring, but in fact it was really good.
A. I thought that the film would be boring despite it was really good.
B. I thought that the film would be boring because it was really good.
C. I thought that the film would be boring, so it was really good.
D. I thought that the film would be boring. Nevertheless, it was really good.
4. Watching this horror film made us feel terrified.
A. It was terrifying for us to watching this horror film.
B. It was terrified for us to watch this horror film.
C. It was terrifying (for us) to watch this horror film.

D. It was terrifying watch this horror film.
5. Flying from Vietnam to Australia was so tiring to us.
A. We were so tired to fly from Vietnam to Australia.
B. We were so tiring to fly from Vietnam to Australia.
C. We were so tired to flying from Vietnam to Australia.
D. We were so tired fly from Vietnam to Australia.

Ex 11. Rewrite the sentences, using the words in the brackets. Change other words in the sentence if
necessary.
1. I couldn't sleep. I was tired. (in spite of)
……………………………………………………………………………………….
2. They have little money. They are happy. (despite)
……………………………………………………………………………………….
3. My foot was hurt. I managed to walk to the nearest village. (although)
……………………………………………………………………………………….
4. We planned to visit Petronas in the afternoon. We could not afford the fee. (however)
……………………………………………………………………………………….
5. They restored many old houses in Hoi An in 2008.
……………………………………………………………………………………….
6. I do all my homework on my computer.
……………………………………………………………………………………….
7. People speak English all around the world.
……………………………………………………………………………………….
8. Did you often go to the beach when you lived in Nha Trang?
……………………………………………………………………………………….
9. Mr. Nam often went to work by motorbike, but now he goes to work by bus.
……………………………………………………………………………………….
10. There were traffic jams in this street during rush hours, but now the street becomes wider.
……………………………………………………………………………………….