Đề cương Tiếng Anh Lớp 10 - Unit 3: People’s background (Lý lịch con người)

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UNIT 3: PEOPLE’S BACKGROUND - LÝ LỊCH CON NGƯỜI 
- training(n) ['treiniη]: đào tạo 
- general education: ['dʒenərəl ,edju:'kei∫n]: giáo dục phổ thông 
- strong-willed(a) ['strɔη'wild]: ý chí mạnh mẽ 
- ambitious(a) [æm'bi∫əs] khát vọng lớn 
- intelligent(a) [in'telidʒənt]:thông minh 
- brilliant(a): ['briljənt]: sáng láng 
- humane(a) [hju:'mein]: nhân đạo 
- mature(a) [mə'tjuə]: chín chắn, trưởng thành 
- harbour(v)['hɑ:bə]:nuôi dưỡng(trong tâm trí) 
- background(n) ['bækgraund]: bối cảnh 
- career(n) [kə'riə] :sự nghiệp 
- abroad(adv) [ə'brɔ:d]: nước ngòai 
- appearance(n) [ə'piərəns]: vẻ bên ngòai 
- private tutor(n) ['praivit 'tju:tə] :gia sư 
- interrupt(v) [,intə'rʌpt]: gián đọan 
- primary school: trường tiểu học(từ lớp 1-5) 
- realise(v) ['riəlaiz]: thực hiện 
- secondary school(n): Trường trung học(từ lớp6-12) 
- schoolwork(n): công việc ở trường 
- a degree [di'gri:] in Physics: bằng cử nhân ngành vật Lý 
- favorite(a) ['feivərit]: ưa thích 
- with flying['flaiiη] colours: xuất sắc,hạng ưu 
- foreign ['fɔrin] language: môn ngọai ngữ 
- srchitecture(n) ['ɑ:kitekt∫ə]: kiến trúc 
- from then on: từ đó trở đi 
- a PhD [,pi: eit∫ 'di:] : bằng tiến sĩ 
- tragic(a) ['trædʒik]: bi thảm 
- take(v) [teik] up: tiếp nhận 
- office worker(n)['ɔfis 'wə:k]nhân viên văn phòng 
- obtain(v): [əb'tein] giành được, nhận 
- professor(n): [prə'fesə] giáo sư 
- education(n): [,edju:'kei∫n] sự giáo dục 
- to be awarded [ə,wɔ:'did]: được trao giải 
- determine(v) [di'tə:min]: xác định 
- experience(n) [iks'piəriəns]: điều đã trải qua 
- ease(v) [i:z]: giảm nhẹ, vơi bớt 
- founding(n) ['faundliη]: sự thành lập 
- humanitarian(a) [hju:,mæni'teəriən]: nhân đạo 
- C.V(n): bản sơ yếu lí lịch 
- attend(v) [ə'tend]: tham dự, có mặt 
- previous(a) ['pri:viəs]: trước đây 
- tourist guide(n): hướng dẫn viên du lịch 
- telephonist(n) [ti'lefənist]: ng ười trực điện thoại 
- cue(n) [kju:]: gợi ý 
- travel agency(n) ['trævl'eidʒənsi]: văn phòng du lịch 
- unemployed (a) [,ʌnim'plɔid] thất nghiệp 
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1. Phân biệt: /e/ - /æ/ 
/e/: Miệng mở rộng vừa phải, lưỡi để thoải mái và phần ở giữa dâng cao 1 chút. Nghe hơi 
giống âm “e” khi đọc nhẹ trong tiếng Việt. 
/æ/: Miệng mở to nhưng không tròn mà hơi “bẹt”. Lưỡi trải rộng và thấp. Âm sâu. Âm này 
nghe một nửa âm “a” một nửa âm “e”. 
Ví dụ: men /e/ 
bad /æ/ 
2. Nhận biết 
2.1. Nhận biết /e/ 
- "a" được phát âm là /e/: many, anyone, 
- "e" được phát âm là /e/ đối với những từ có một âm tiết mà có tận cùng bằng một hay 
nhiều phụ âm (ngoại trừ "r") hoặc trong âm tiết được nhấn mạnh của một từ. 
Ví dụ: send, met, get, tell, 
Ngoại lệ: her /hɜː/, term /tɜːm/, interpret /ɪn'tɜːprɪt/ 
- "ea" thường được phát âm là /e/ trong một số trường hợp như sau: head, measure, 
pleasure, 
2.2. Nhận biết /æ/ 
- “a” được phát âm là /æ/ trong những từ có một âm tiết mà tận cùng bằng một hay nhiều 
phụ âm. 
Ví dụ: fat, map, thanks, 
- “a” được phát âm là /æ/ khi ở trong một âm tiết được nhấn mạnh của một chữ có nhiều 
âm tiết và đứng trước hai phụ âm. 
Ví dụ: candle, manner, narrow, 
1. Các trường hợp sử dụng thì quá khứ hoàn thành 
1.1. Khi có một hành động xảy ra và hoàn thành trước một hành động khác trong 
quá khứ 
- Trong câu thường có 2 vế, hành động nào xảy ra trước thì dùng quá khứ hoàn thành, 
hành động nào xảy ra sau thì dùng quá khứ đơn. 
- Thường sử dụng các từ nối như before, after, just, when, as soon as, by the time, until, 
Ví dụ: The police came when the robber had gone away. 
1.2. Diễn tả hành động xảy ra một khoảng thời gian trong quá khứ, trước một mốc 
thời gian khác 
Ví dụ: Jackie had studied in Japan before she did her master’s at Harvard. 
1.3. Một hành động xảy ra như là điều kiện tiên quyết cho hành động khác 
Ví dụ: I had prepared for the upcoming exam and was ready to do well. 
- Trong cấu trúc câu điều kiện loại 3 (diễn tả một điều kiện không có thực) 
Ví dụ: She would have come to the party if she had been invited. 
- Trong cấu trúc “wish” diễn tả 1 ước muốn trong quá khứ 
Ví dụ: I wish I had prevented him from going out. 
2. Cách dùng 
2.1. Khẳng định 
Cấu trúc: 
Chủ ngữ + had + Động từ (phân từ 2) + 
Ví dụ: They had left before I arrived. 
2.2. Phủ định 
Cấu trúc: 
Chủ ngữ + had not (= hadn’t) + Động từ (phân từ 2) + 
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Ví dụ: Lewis wished to go to the theatre because he hadn’t seen that film before. 
2.3. Câu hỏi 
Cấu trúc: 
Hỏi: (Từ để hỏi) Had + Chủ ngữ + Động từ (phân từ 2) + ? 
Trả lời: Yes, Chủ ngữ + had. - No, Chủ ngữ + hadn’t. 
Ví dụ: Had you prepared for the lesson before you went to school? 
3. Dấu hiệu nhận biết 
- Từ nhận biết: until then, by the time, prior to that time, before, after, for, as soon as, by, 
... 
- Trong câu thường có các từ: before, after, when by, by the time, 
Ví dụ:When they arrived at the airport, her flight had taken off. 
He had cleaned the house by the time her mother came back. 
Đề luyện 1: 
I. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced 
differently from the rest 
1. a. language b. package c. background d. bench 
2. a. catch b. match c. hence d. land 
3. a. mass b. threaten c. seldom d. melting 
4. a. champion b. ambitious c. campus d. tennis 
5. a. harbour b. scramble c. heart d. cast 
II. Choose the one word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the sentence or 
substitutes for the underlined word or phrase. 
6. The doctor ___________ the patient thoroughly before he prescribed the medication. 
a. examined c. had examined b. has examined d. was examining 
7. Computer models help to determine whether a particular area is likely to flood. 
a. make up c. find out b. take away d. put up 
8. She harboured her hope of being a teacher. 
a. gave up her hope of being a teacher b. had her hope of being a teacher 
c. kept her hope of being a teacher in her mind d. built her hope of being a teacher 
9. Marie Curie ___________ a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911. 
a. award c. was awarding b. was awarded d. had been awarded 
10. In 1903, Marie became the first woman __________ a Doctor of Science degree. 
a. to receive c. Receiving b. receives d. had received 
III. Choose the one option - a, b, c or d - that best fits each of the numbered blank. 
Maria Sklodowska was born in Warsaw, Poland, on 7th November 1867. Her (11) 
___________ was not happy.Her older sister died when she was nine and her mother died 
(12) ______ she was eleven.(13) _____ years after the death of her mother, she left 
school. That was a difficult time, too.She couldn’t go to university (14) _________ 
universities in Poland were not open to women, so she taught herself.In 1891 Maria went 
to Paris to study Physics.She did very well and (15) ______ her degree in 1893. A year 
(16) _______ she got her Physics degree she got a math degree, too.This was only a few 
weeks before she (17) _______ a clever young man called Pierre Curie.They got married 
in 1895 and Maria became Marie Curie.The Curies had two daughters: Irene, born in 
1897, and Eve, born in 1904.Before the birth of Irene, Marie started (18) _________ with 
Pierre.Together they discovered radium in 1898. 
In 1903 Marie and Pierre won the Nobel Prize for Physics and they became (19) _______ 
famous. Then, three years (20) _______, Pierre died and Marie’s world changed forever. 
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11. a. children b. childhood c. dream d. wish 
12. a. when b. which c. that d. despite 
13. a. Before b. Many c. By d. For 
14. a. because b. but c. while d. where 
15. a. made b. got c. awarded d. found 
16. a. after b. then c. afterward d. back 
17. a. saw b. witnessed c. met d. encountered 
18. a. to be working b. to have worked c. working d. being worked 
19. a. extremely b. excessively c. very d. widely 
20. a. later b. ago c. behind d. Back 
Đề luyện 2: 
I. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced 
differently from the rest 
1. a. bench b. attend c. educate d. subject 
2. a. romantic b. humanity c. mathematics d. mature 
3. a. medical b. salad c. family d. narrow 
4. a. breathing b. breakfast c. already d. dreamt 
5. a. marriage b. many c. calculate d. Japan 
II. Choose the one word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the sentence. 
6. There is no ___________ explanation for what happened. 
a. science c. Scientific b. scientifically d. scientist 
7. Williams is always determined to do anything she wants. She is a __________ woman. 
a. strong-willed c. Brilliant b. smart d. humane 
8. The man looked familiar. I ____________ him somewhere before. 
a. saw c. have seen b. had seen d. was seeing 
9. Last night a tornado swept through Rockville. It __________ everything in its path. 
a. had destroyed c. has destroyed b. destroyed d. was destroyed 
10. He behaved like an adult. He appears to be more ____________ than the other boys at 
his class. a. mature c. Ambitious b. developed d. intelligent 
III. Choose the one option - a, b, c or d - that best fits each of the numbered blank. 
Alexander Graham Bell was a British inventor and a teacher of deaf people. He is (11) 
_____ famous for (12) _________ the telephone. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on 
3 March 1847. Bell studied (13) _____ the universities of Edinburgh and London. He (14) 
______ to Canada in 1870 and a year later to the United States. In 1872, he (15) ________ 
a school for deaf people in Boston, Massachusetts. 
11. a. more b. most c. much d. too 
12. a. making b. designing c. inventing d. producing 
13. a. in b. at c. on d. between 
14. a. traveled b. emigrated c. left d. migrated 
15. a. founded b. found c. made d. Created 
Part 1. Read the passage about Albert Einstein and choose the letter A, B, C or D to 
indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.bt 
Albert Einstein was born on March 14th, 1879 in Ulm, Germany. His interest in science 
began when he was only five years old. But in school, he was not a very good student. 
Albert dropped out of school at fifteen because he hated strict discipline and rote- 
learning. 
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When his family moved to Milan, Italy, Albert decided to study Physics at the Swiss 
Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland. He failed the Institute’s entrance 
exam, but after a year’s study at a school near Zurich, he passed and entered in 1896. He 
graduated in 1900. Then he became a private physics and mathematics tutor for two years. 
In 1902, Einstein took a job in the Swiss Patent Office in Bern. The work was not very 
demanding, so he had plenty of time to develop his theories that would later change 
science forever. In 1909, Einstein finally left his job at the Patent Office and began his 
lifelong career in the academic world. His genius had begun to be recognized, and by 1914 
he was at the top of his profession as a member of the Royal Prussian Academy of 
Sciences in Berlin. In 1921, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics. 
In- 1933, when Hitler came into power, Einstein moved to the U.S.A. He became a 
professor at the Institute for Advanced Study and remained there until his death on April 
18th, 1955. 
Albert Einstein is remembered as the greatest scientist in the world. 
1. How did Albert Einstein work at school? 
A. He learned science very well. B. He didn’t work very well. 
C. He was interested in science. D. He left school at 15. 
2. When did he decide to study Physics in Switzerland? 
A. When he failed the institute’s entrance exam. 
B. After a year’s study at a school near Zurich. 
C. When he moved to Milan, Italy with his family. D. In 1896. 
3. What did he do right after finishing university? 
A. He worked as a private physics and mathematics tutor. 
B. He took a job in the Swiss Patent Office. 
C. He was a member of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences. 
D. He became a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study. 
4. Why did he have a lot of time to develop his theories while working in the Swiss Patent 
Office? A. Because he wanted his theories to change science forever. 
B. Because the work was not demanding. 
C. Because he didn’t have much work to do. D. Because he didn’t like to work there. 
5. When and where did he die? 
A. He died on April 18th, 1955 at the Institute for Advanced Study. 
B. He died on April 18th, 1955 in Berlin. 
C. He died on April 18th, 1955 in Milan. D. He died on April 18th, 1955 in the U.S.A. 
Part 2. Read the passage and choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete each 
of the following sentences. 
James Dean had starred in only three films when he died, at the age of 24, in 1955: East of 
Eden, Rebel without a Cause, and Giant. These three films, and his early death, made 
James Dean into a hero for many hundreds of thousands of young people in the 1950s. 
Even now, he is still a star. 
James Dean's mother died when he was nine years old, and his father sent him to live with 
his uncle and aunt on their farm in the small town of Fairmount, Indiana 
Dean started a theatre course, but soon dropped out and set off for New York in search of 
work as an actor. For some time he got only small parts in films and television plays (once 
he co-starred with Ronald Reagan). Soon he began to receive large numbers of letters 
from fans - mainly young people - and eventually he was noticed by the big film 
companies. 
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When he died, cinema audiences had seen only his first film, East of Eden. They liked him 
because he seemed to be himself on the screen, and because he had the image of a 
playboy: he looked moody, wore a T-shirt and jeans, and always had a cigarette at the 
corner of his mouth. And, of course, he was good-looking in a wild kind of way - 
something like Elvis Presley. In his own life he seemed rather pessimistic; he often said 
that he was going to die young. On September 30th 1955, on Highway 466 in California, 
he was on his way to a big race in his new Porsche when he met his death in an accident. 
1. James Dean acted in__________ . 
A. only three films B. more than three films 
C. only television plays D. many plays and films 
2. He was sent to live with his aunt and uncle___________ . 
A. when his mother died B. before his mother’s death 
C. because his father was busy D. when he was nine years old 
3. James Dean was liked by many hundreds of thousands of young people 
because________. 
A. he co-starred with Ronald Reagan B. they had seen the three films 
C. on the screen, he seemed to be himself, good-looking in a wild kind of way and had 
the image of a moody playboy 
D. he always wore a T-shirt and jeans and had a cigarette at the comer of his mouth 
4. James Dean started to work as an actor___________ . 
A. after finishing a theatre course B. after leaving Indiana for New York 
C. a short time before his death D. when he was noticed by the big film 
companies 
5. James Dean died in an accident___________ . 
A. when he was on his way to a big race B. while he was racing in his new Porsche 
C. while he was starring in a film D. when he was on "his way home 
IV. Identify the one underlined word or phrase - A, B, C or D - that mast be changed 
for the sentence to be correct. 
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Exercise 2. Choose the correct form of the verbs in brackets and write the complete 
passage on the blank lines. It (1. was / had been) a beautiful morning. It (2. rained / had 
rained) in the night and so the ground (3. was / had been) fresh and clean and it (4. smelt / 
had smelt) wonderful. None of the Taylor family (5. were / had been) awake though. They 
(6. went / had gone) to bed very late the night before. Their Australian cousin (7. arrived / 
had arrived) unexpectedly that evening and they (8. sat up / c) talking most of the night. 
Although it (9. was / had been) now 8 o'clock in the morning, they (10. were / had been) in 
bed for about two hours only. 
Excercise 3: Choose the best answer in brackets. 
1. We tried to phone Henry this afternoon, but there (were/ had been/ was/ would be) no 
answer. He (went/ has gone/ was going/ had gone) out. 
2. They arrived at work in the morning and found that somebody (had broken/ broke/ was 
breaking/ were breaking) into the office during the night. So they (had called/ called/ 
would call/ were calling) the police. 
3. I was driving home when I (see/ was seeing/ saw/ had seen) a car which (broke/ was 
breaking/ had broken/ would break) down, so I (stop/ would stop/ had stopped/ stopped) to 
see if I could help). 
4. Yesterday Bob was very surprised when he (had had/ had/ would have/ was having) a 
phone call from Ann. He (had written/ wrote/ has written/ was writing) to her many times, 
but she (never replied/ has not replied/ had never replied/ never had replied) to his letters. 
5. Lisa (had met/ was meeting/ would meet/ met) Brian a few weeks ago. He (just had 
come/ had come just/ had just come/ just came) back from holiday. He (looked/ looks/ is 
looking/ had looked) very well. 
Exercise 1. Below is the dialogue between Mary and David. Put Mary’s questions (A 
-F) in the right places and then read the dialogue aloud. 
A. Have you lived there ever since? 
B. And you got that job? 
C. Where were you born? 
D. And you went to live in Toronto? 
E. When did you go to Canada? 
F. So you left in 1994? 
Mary: David, tell me something about yourself. (1)____________ 
David: Well, I was born in Edinburgh, but I live in Canada, Toronto. 
Mary: (2)_____________________ 
David: When I was ten years old - that was in 1982. 
Mary: (3)______________________ 
David: No, not immediately. My parents and I lived in Winnipeg first. Then in 1984 we 
moved to Toronto. 
Mary: (4)_______________________ 
David: Not really. I went to school in Toronto and then in 1990 I went to university in 
Montreal. I had a great time - in all I spent four years there. 
Mary: (5)_______________________ 
David: That’s right. I worked in a theatre in Montreal for six months, until March 1995. 
But I couldn’t stay on in that job, so I applied for a job as a salesman in April 1995. 
Mary: (6)_______________________ 
David: Yes, I started work in July 1995. I’ve had that job until now. 
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Listen to the conversation again and fill in the blanks. 
Bob: Congratulations! You are now the Olympic champion. 
Sally: Thanks. Yes. I'm very happy. 
Bob: Our readers (1) ________ to know all about you. 
Sally: That's nice! Well, ask me your questions. 
Bob: First of all, tell me something about yourself. 
Sally: Well, I was born in 1980. I not a general (2) ________ at local schools and when I 
was 15, I joined the Star Sports Club near my home. 
Bob: Where is your home? 
Sally: In Manchester. 
Bob: I see. And do you live alone? 
Sally: No. I live with my family, my parents and two brothers. 
Bob: What do you like to do in your free time? 
Sally: Well, I don't have much free time, but I like different sports - baseball and 
swimming, for example, and just sitting at home and reading. 
Bob: What sorts of books do you like? 
Sally: Oh, love stories - romantic books. 
Bob: And what do you (3) ________ in the future? 
Sally: I want to be a sports teacher. I'm a student at college. I want to get my teacher's 
diploma. 
Bob: I see. Now tell me... 
Listen to the conversation between Bob and Sally. Decide whether the staiemenls are 
true (T) or false (F). 
1. In 1995 Sally joined the Star Sports Club. 
2. There are five people in her family 
3. She has a lot of free time. 
4. She likes not only sports but also reading 
5. She wants to be a writer. 
Listen to the conversation again and fill in the blanks. 
1. Sally got_________ at local schools. 
2. She________ in Manchester with her______ 
3. She likes ________ sports - basketball and _______for example. 
4. She likes to read________- romantic books. 
5. She wants to get her_____________. 
Choose the letter A, B, C or D the word that has the underlined part different from 
others. 
Question 1: A. general B. intelligent C. degree D. education 
Question 2: A. attend B. travel C. background D. tragic 
Question 3: A. private B. interrupt C. primary D. realise 
Question 4: A. career B. abroad C. secondary D. favorite 
Question 5: A. humane B. tutor C. occupation D. interrupt 
Question 6: A. realise B. headache C. peasant D. weather 
Question 7: A. school B. tooth C. book D. food 
Choose the letter A, B, C or D the word that has different stress pattern from others. 
Question 8: A. background B. humane C. schoolwork D. harbor 
Question 9: A. abroad B. career C. degree D. training 
Question 10: A. favorite B. brilliant C. ambitious D. general 
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Question 11: A. education B. experience C. unemployed D. introduction 
Question 12: A. foreign B. mature C. realise D. attend 
Question 13: A. tourist B. award C. travel D. private 
Question 14: A. agency B. professor C. telephone D. educate 
Question 15: A. obtain B. previous C. office D. tragic 
Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the sentences 
Question 1: He ____________ abroad before I met him in Sydney. 
A. studied B. study C. will study D. had studied 
Question 2: Jack always wants to achieve high goals. He’s so ___________. 
A. ambitious B. hard-working C. intelligent D. lazy 
Question 3: She will work for a travel ___________ after graduation. 
A. agency B. cue C. guide D. experience 
Question 4: By the end of last summer, Alexander _______ his Ph.D. 
A. received B. had received C. receive D. are received 
Question 5: After he had spoken, a _______ silence fell on the room. 
A. die B. death C. deathly D. deathless 
Question 6: If you want to be a telephonist, you should _________ your communication 
skills.A. practiced B. practice C. practicing D. to practice 
Question 7: Marie ___________ the dream of a scientific career which seemed 
impossible for a woman at that time. 
A. harbored B. attended C. obtained D. interrupted 
Question 8: We would love _______ three cups of coffee. 
A. have B. to have C. having D. had 
Question 9: Earl was one of the first American artists ___________ landscapes. 
A. painting B. painted C. for painting D. to paint 
Question 10: English is considered as one of our __________ languages. 
A. strong-willed B. foreign C. talented D. intelligent 
Question 11: ___________ having a private tutor, he couldn’t get good marks at school 
A. Because B. Even though C. Although D. Despite 
Question 12: Please don’t ___________ when I am studying. 
A. interrupt B. realise C. determine D. ease 
Question 13: I am sorry that I can't ________ your invitation. 
A. take B. accept C. agree D. have 
Question 14: Who ________ the boss tell him that? 
A. did hear B. does hear C. hears D. heard 
Question 15: She had worked as a tourist guide before __________ a teaching career. 
A. starting B. start C. to start D. Started 
Read the passage below and decide whether the statements are TRUE or FALSE? 
J. K. Rowling was born in Chipping Sodbury, July 31st, 1965. Her childhood was 
generally happy, although she does remember getting teased because of her name, 
“Rowling” – She recalls often getting called “Rowling pin” by her less than ingenious 
school friends. J. K. Rowling says she never really warmed to her own name, although, 
she does remember having a fondness for the name Potter from quite an early age. J. K. 
Rowling studied at St Michael’s Primary School in Gloucestershire, before moving to 
Chepstow, South Wales at the age of nine. 
From an early age, J. K. Rowling had the ambition to be a writer. She often tried her hand 
at writing, although little came from her early efforts. Aged six she wrote a book about a 
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rabbit with measles. After her mother praised her effort. Rowling replied ‘Well get it 
published then.’ She admits it was a ‘Bit of an odd thing for a child of six to think. I don’t 
know where it came from ”. 
Question 1: J. K Rowling was born in 1965. 
Question 2: When she was small, she was teased her name by less than ingenious mates. 
Question 3: At the age of nine, J. K. Rowling studied at St Michael’s Primary School in 
Gloucestershire. 
Question 4: From an early age, J. K. Rowling had the ambition to be a writer. 
Question 5: Her first story is about a rabbit with rabies. 
Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the passage below 
Barack Hussein Obama II was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, __________ (6) August 4th, 
1961. His father left soon after his death, and the couple divorced two years later. In 1965, 
Dunham married Lolo Soetoro, a University of Hawaii student from Indonesia. A year 
__________ (7), the family moved to Jakarta, Indonesia, where Obama's half-sister, Maya 
Soetoro Ng, was born in 1970. Several incidents in Indonesia left Dunham afraid for her 
son's safety and education so, at __________ (8) age of 10, Obama was sent back to 
Hawaii to live with his maternal grandparents. His mother and half-sister later joined 
them. 
Barack Obama was the 44th president of the United States and the first African-American 
commander-in-chief. He __________ (9) two terms, in 2008 and 2012. The son of parents 
from Kenya and Kansas, Obama was born and raised in Hawaii. He graduated from 
Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was president of the Harvard 
Law Review. After serving on the Illinois State Senate, he __________ (10) a U.S. senator 
representing Illinois in 2004. He and his wife Michelle Obama have two daughters, Malia 
and Sasha. 
Question 6: A. in B. on C. at D. of 
Question 7: A. after B. later C. sooner D. longer 
Question 8: A. the B. x C. an D. a 
Question 9: A. serve B. served C. serving D. to serve 
Question 10: A. was electing B. elects C. elected D. was elected 
Choose the letter A, B, C or D to answer these following questions 
Mark Zuckerberg is co-founder and CEO of the social-networking website Facebook, as 
well as one of the world's youngest billionaires. Zuckerberg was born on May 14th, 1984, 
in White Plains, New York, into a comfortable, well-educated family. He was raised in the 
nearby village of Dobbs Ferry. 
Zuckerberg developed an interest in computers at an early age; when he was about 12, he 
used Atari BASIC to create a messaging program he named "Zucknet." His father used the 
program in his dental office, so that the receptionist could inform him of a new patient 
without yelling across the room. The family also used Zucknet to communicate within the 
house. Together with his friends, he also created computer games just for fun. "I had a 
bunch of friends who were artists," he said. "They'd come over, draw stuff, and I'd build a 
game out of it." 
In June 2004, Zuckerberg dropped out of college and moved the company to Palo Alto, 
California. By the end of that year, Facebook had 1 million users. One year later, 
Zuckerberg's enterprise received a huge boost from the venture capital firm Accel 
Partners. Accel invested $12.7 million into the network, which at the time was open only 
to Ivy League students. 
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Zuckerberg's company then granted access to other colleges, high school and international 
schools, pushing the site's membership to more than 5.5 million users by December 2005. 
The site began attracting the interest of other companies that wanted to advertise with the 
popular social hub like Yahoo! and MTV network. 
Question 11: Where was Mark Zuckerberg born? 
A. Dobbs Ferry B. New York C. California D. Yorkshire 
Question 12: How old was he when creating “Zucknet”? 
A. 10 B. 11 C. 12 D. 13 
Question 13: What is the job of his father? 
A. dentist B. businessman C. teacher D. driver 
Question 14: Which sentence is NOT TRUE? 
A. He didn’t finish his college education 
B. Facebook grew in a rapid way. 
C. By the end of 2005, Facebook had 1 million users. 
D. The venture capital firm Accel Partners invested $12.7 million into Facebook. 
Question 15: Who were the first one to use the network? 
A. businessman B. children C. doctors D. university students 
Each sentence has a mistake. Find it by choosing the letter A, B, C or D. 
Question 1: She left her job soon to devote more time into her family. 
A. left B. to devote C. more D. into 
Question 2: Is the competition open to children among ten and fifteen years of age? 
A. open to B. among C. and D. years of age 
Question 3: Final, I'd like to thank everyone for coming to visit my sick mother this 
evening. 
A. Final B. to thank C. for coming D. sick mother 
Question 4: By last week, they finished the construction of the building 
A. By B. finished C. the D. of 
Question 5: They didn't seem very interested in that I was saying. 
A. seem B. very C. in D. that 
Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the sentences with given words 
Question 6: The winner/ be/ chosen/ a celebrity panel/ and/ home viewers. 
A. The winner be chosen by a celebrity panel and home viewers. 
B. The winner are chosen a celebrity panel and home viewers. 
C. The winner will be chosen by a celebrity panel and home viewers. 
D. The winner will be chosen a celebrity panel and home viewers. 
Question 7: Quan Ho/ singing/ be/ popular/ for/ about 8 centuries. 
A. Quan Ho singing have been popular for about 8 centuries. 
B. Quan Ho singing has been popular for about 8 centuries. 
C. Quan Ho singing is popular for about 8 centuries. 
D. Quan Ho singing will be popular for about 8 centuries. 
Question 8: They/ talk/ about/ young/ pop star/ now. 
A. They are talking about a young pop star now. 
B. They talk about a young pop star now. 
C. They have been talking about a young pop star now. 
D. They will talk about a young pop star now. 
Question 9: In 1778, he went/ London/ study/ Benjamin West/ for/ four years. 
A. In 1778, he went to London to study for Benjamin West for four years. 
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B. In