B. LANGUAGE FOCUS Exercise 1. Below are the transcriptions of some words. Write the orthographic forms of the words. Dưới đây là dạng phiên âm của 1 vài từ. hãy viết từ đó ra. Example: /ai' die/ —> idea 1. /ʃriɳk/2. /spraưt/3. / ' splendid/4. /splæʃ/5./ʃrʌg/6. /'ʃrivl/Hướng dẫn giải 1. shrink 2. spraut 3. splendid 4. splash 5. shrug 6. shivel Exercise 2. Choose the best option A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation. Chọn đáp án có phần gạch chân khác với các đáp án còn lại 1.A. probablyB. awareC. amountD. available2.A. figureB. supportC. petroleumD. hundred3.A. quitB. equalC. techniqueD. question4.A. insteadB. decreaseC. reachedD.scenes5.A. splitB. climbC. includeD. springHướng dẫn giải 1. B 2. D 3. C 4. A 5. B Exercise 3. Choose the best option A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress. Chọn đáp án có trọng âm khác với các từ còn lại. 1.A. supportB. decreasec. increaseD. scientist2.A. imagineB. differentc. averageD. government3.A. problemB. promisec. preferD. perfect4.A. releaseB. limitc. controlD. increase5.A. expectedB. tournamentc. policyD. punishment Hướng dẫn giải 1. D 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. A Exercise 4. Choose the best option A, B, c or D to complete each of the sentences. Chọn đáp án đúng nhất để hoàn thành câu. 1. Solar power is clean and there is a lot of it__________ sunny places. A. in B. under C. on D. at 2. People in poor countries have to spend hours each day______________ fuel wood. A. gathered B. to gather C. gathering D. gather 3. The earth revolves around the sun once in______________ A. sixty minutes B. twenty-four hours C. three hundred and sixty-five days D. seventy minutes 4. Gravity is__________ . A. the movement of the earth round the sun B. the rotation of the earth on its axis C. the pulling force of particles of matter D. the movement of the earth round the moon 5. The temperature of the sun is____________ that of the earth. A. higher than B. the same as C. lower than D. as high as 6. The best place___________ in Hanoi is the West Lake. A. fishing B. fish C. to fish D. to fishing 7. Biogas is mainlv used____ cooking and heating. A. at B.in C. to D. for 8. Life on the earth depends_____ the sun. A. to B. in C. at D. on 9. In some countries people use wind or sea_____ as the environmentally-friendly energy sources. A. water B. products C. waves D. weed 10. People have used coal and oil to _____electricity for a long time. A. generate B. generating C. generates D. generated 11. Coals and oil are non- renewable ______sources. A. engineer B. engineering C. energy D. energetic 12. People on earth are _____need of more nuclear energy. A. at B. on C. for D. in 13. People have to look for new energy sources because coal and oil will be used ____ A.for B. to C. up D. in 14. The tendency to use renewable energy sources is____the increase. A. on B. in C. up D. at 15. Smoke ______people’s health. A. effects B. affects C. affect D. effect 16. In 1995, the top children’s movie to____was Pocahontas. A. see B. seeing C. sees D. saw 17. John couldn’t go to the playground with us because he had a report to ____for the following day. A. writing B. write C. writes D. wrote 18. He was so busy with his work that he didn’t have time to_________________ with his friends. A. talking B. talk C. talks D. talked 19.It is the light and the heat of the sun_____________ make our life possible. A. who B. that C. where D. whose 20. Biogas is the largest energy______________ available in rural areas in developing countries. A. sources B. resources C. source D. resource Hướng dẫn giải 1. A2. C3. C4. C5. A6. C7. D8. D9. C10. A11.C12. D13. C14. A15. B16. A17. B18. B19. B20. C
