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I. Match a word in column A with its definition in column B.

1. catwalk A/ a room or area in a shop where you can put on clothes to

che~k that they fit before buying
2. customer B/ a large, usually enclosed, shopping area
3. cashier C/ a small shop for selling newspapers and magazines outside in
public places
4. fitting room D/ a large shop which sells most types of food and other goods
needed in the home
5. mall E/ the long, narrow stage that models ~a~ along in a fashion show
6. newsagent F/ a shop that sells mainly alcoholic drinks
7. supermarket G/ a person who sells newspapers an~ magazines
8. off-licence HI a person who buys goods or a service
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9. salesclerk I/ a perspn who serves customers in.a shop .

10.. newsstand J/ a person whose job is to receive and pay out money in a.~hop,
bank, restaurant, etc. I

Il. Fill in each gap with a word from the box.

occasion cotton minority design peers
casual label faded champagne economic
1. The magazine will appear in a new _ _ _ _ _ _ from next month:·
2. He'll only wear clothes with a designer ),
3. The _ _ _ _ _ _ indicators are better than expected.
4. They marked the _ _ _ _ _ _ with an open-air concert.
5. He was wearing · · blue jeans.
6. Children are worried about failing in front of their
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7. She looked pretty in a simple • dress. .1

8. _ _ _ _ _ _ clothes are comfortable clothes that you choose to wear 'in your
free time.
9. We always celebrate our wedding anniversary with a bottle of _ _ __
I 0. Our proposal tries to accommodate the special needs of _ _ _ _ _ _ groups.
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m. Supply the correct form of the word in bold. 1

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I. It's not _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to wear short skirts at the moment. (fashion)
2. He needs all the support and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ he can get. (encourage)
3. She was dressed _ _ _ _ _ __ in shorts and a·T-shirt. (casual)
 dr.nk after work. (occasio n)
4. We _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ meet for a 1 but as a manager he's
S. He may be a very talen ted_ ____ ____ a deao
loss. (design) car to run. (econom y)
6. A Mini is. an _ ___.:,_;...__ _ _---"'.between men and women ? (equal)
7. Don't you believe i n _ _ _ _ _ _ language. (poetry)
8. The story is written in richly th _ _ _ _ _ clothes. (style)
9. th
Her preference is for comfortable ra er d_an f his own poems. (inspire)
10. Hegave an _ _ _~_ _ _ _ _ rea ingo

IV. Fill in each gap with a suitable preposition. h . f

d my c 01ce o career.
1. My parents have alw~ys encourage me int of beer or a standard
2. One unit of alcohol 1s equal · half a P measure
of spirits.
3. Jeans are still • fashion.
4. Some styles ne_v_e_r_g_o____ ____ ____ fashion. . .
5. Dreams can be a rich source of inspiration _ _ _ _ an arttSt
6 . It's on1y a t·1ny m1non
· ·ty _ _ _ _ people who are causing the problem · .
7. Those who want violence are _ _ _ _ the minority.
8. Short skirts are back _ _ _ _ style.
9. I have nothing more to say _ _ _ _ the subject.
1O. White has always been a symbol . - puri9' in Western cultures.
V. SPEAK . Match the sentences in column · A with the ~entences in column B to
make a complete dialogue b.etween Lan 's m(?ther and her.

A (Lao's mother ) ' .. B (Lan)

1. Lan, pack your clothes, please. a) ·What about these sleeveless sweaters?
2. It's only a four-day trip. And it's hot b) How about these baggy pants, Mum?
at the seaside, so you should bring Can I_ bring two pairs, too? I think
some light clothes. ,r -
they are very comfort able.
3. Yes, bring two p~irs. c) But only two sweaters are not
4. Sleeveless sweaters? Yes, you can enough-for me, Mum.
bring ~o pf them., • f d) Oh, -this shirt is very colorful, Mum,
5. No, bringju st one pair. . I
e) Yes, Mum, but what ~lothes should
6. Let me see. But it has long sleeves. take?
Don't bring it. t) Oh, that's OK, Mum.
7. Oh, you can bring one more short- g)
sleeved blouse. Oh, your suitcase is full. Can I bring these stripped ~horts?
VI. Give the-correct tense of the-verbs in brac){ets. • • I
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1. I {know)--: -------=--- - her for a .very long time.

2. We (not play)_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ football together since last summer.
3. Her husband (not come)_ _ _ _........._ home yet. He never (come)_,_ 11 _ __
home before midnight and last night he,'(not get) , -in till .1

two o'clock. . J

4. Listen! I think someone (knock)_ __..._ _ _.___ at the door. ~, 1

5. While they (sleep) _ soundly, a stranger (enter)_ _ _~~ · the

room and (steal)_ _ _ _ _ _ all their .valuable things.. r
6. "Please, can I have my book back?" "Oh, dear. '1 (not finish)------,,- it" .
7. My youngest brothei.- (get)-.--_ _.___ _ _ a new job a week ago.
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8. Old George (not be)_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ here for ages. .
9. Let's go to a cafe when the concert (be)_ _ _....--....--- over,
10. When I (meet) 1 __
them in the streets-yesterday, they,(go)_.,.,._:', 1_
to the cinema. , · r
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VII. _Read the following passage and 'put tbe-:ver~· in the correct. form1 · Present
Perfect or Past Simple.
Twenty years ago few people (hrealize) ,,, , -t• •. · that computers· were

about to become part of our daily ·lives. _'fhi~ ~hoq period of time (2.se.e)_ _ _ __
enormous changes in business, education and public. administratioJ?-, _.J9bs~ which
(3.take) · weeks to , complete in the -pas~. are n9w carried; out in
minutes. Clerks who (4.spend) all
. day copying-and checking c~lculations
are now freed from these tedious tasks. In offices, the ·soft -hu~· and.-clicking of word
processors (5 .replace) · ·· · the clatter ·of typewriters.· Schoolchildren
(6.become)· _ _ as familiar with hardware.and. software as_their parents_:
(7.be). • _with pencils and exercise books. · , .. · "' •
Computerization of'public recor~s (8.e~atile)_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ gov~mment
departments to analyz~: th~ ne~ds of citi~e~s in detai!.. So!Ile of us .may wo!lder,
however, whether life (9 .really/ improve)_ _ _ _ _ as a result of these_ch~ges.
Many jobs (10.disappear) · - - . , . lor.exarn~l~, when. intellig~nt 1?1a~hines
(I I.take)_ _ _ _ _ _ over the work. Employers- complam that clenca~ staff
( 12.become.)_ _ _~ _ dependent o~ .c~lculat~rs··and>~ann~t do simpl~ arithmetic.
There are fears that -'governments (13l:n6t/d6)_ _ _ _ enough' fo 'ensure that
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personal information held on computers is ·really kept secret. Certainly, -many people
may now be wondering whefhe~ the ~pread' ofc6mputers (t4:6ring)) . us as
many problems as it (IS.solve)_ _ _ __
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VIlI. Rewrite the following sentences intb-:tlie··passive voice. \ I • J ti ' r~ •

1. Soll}~one checks !l"!,~,waf~r·level :every ~~e~. ·),,. ... ;H . \ f·1. 1

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The water level _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . i" "

2. We expect students-not to talk during the examination~. l , .

Students - -
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· We invited two hundred people to the party. 'l
Two hundred people . ,
4 · He is mending your s-h-oe_s_;a!....t..:.t.1.-
.he....J.:._
m_o_m_e- .n..!.t. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
Your shoes
5- We don'.t al-lo_w_sm-ok_i_n_g_in-1:h_i_s-re....:.s:..:.ta_u-ra,,__n_t._____;.,_..;.;;.._...;.,__ __
Smoking
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6 - Someone is interviewing Dr Smiths at the moment.
Dr Smiths
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7 • You must clean this machine every time you use it.
This machine
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He ____________
We had warned him not to go ~ear the river the day before.
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9. Someone has moved my chair. , '

My chair
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10. They were repairing.the machine wpen the accident happened.
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The machine
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IX. Change the following sentenc~ into'the.active voice~1
.,l. The traditional "ao dai" used to be woni by mo'st Vietnamese women.· - · '
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•Most Vietnamese__________________ • ,
2. Some beautiful patterns have been added to the "ao ·dai" by fas.hi on designers.
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Fashion designers . ; .. .
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3. The "ap·dai" was frequently.won:i by both men and women. ,

Both _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _~ -- -- -.;._
4. Was she told to wear the traditional "ao dai'} on her wedding day by her mother?
Did _ _ __ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _?
5: The "ao dai" has been mentioned in poems by poets for ~enturies.
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Poets \ · , '
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6. The traditional "ao dai" mustn't be thrown away. · .'
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7. ~ow fashion designers want the traditional '~ao dai" io be changed.
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Now _ _ _ _;:__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __,;__ _ _ _--:;..~ ~
8. Ms Mai decided that her traditipnal "ao d~i" should be ~ept. '( ? , I
Ms Mai _ _ __ __ _ ___--_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ f f

9. I should love my "ao dai" to be printed lines of poetry on.

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I should love someone• _.J 1
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1o. It is said that many Vietnamese women today prefer to wearing ~ odem clothing
at work. • I

People _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
X. Complete the passage with the words given in.,the box. .I
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A. regular B. king C. what D.popular

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E. uniform F. sold G. famous n

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Jeans are very (I)_ _ _ _ with young people all 'over the world. Some people
say that jeans are the (2)_ _ _ _ of youth. The story of jeans started almost 200
years ago. People in Genoa, Italy, made pants; The cloth made in ·Genoa was called
"jeanos". The pants were called "jeans". In the 1950s, two people helped make' jeans
popular with (3)_ _ _ _ : Elvis Presley, the (4) , of Rock and Roll, and
James Dean, a (5)_ _ _ _ movie star. In the 1970s and 1980s, jeans became very
expensive. In addition to (6)_ _ _ _ brands like Levi's and Lee, famous designers
like Calvin Klein and Pierre Cardin began making 'designer jeans". Jeans are so
popular that Levi's has (7)_ _ _ _ over 20 billion pairs. 1Almost anywhere in the
world you know (8)_ _ _ _ young people want to wear: jeans!
XI. Read the passage and decide if the following
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sentences are True or False.
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NYLON - THE FIRST'MAN-MADE FIBRE

Nylon was invented in early l 930s by an American chemist, Julian Hill. Other
scientists worked with his invention, and fi,nally on October 27, 1938, nylon was
introduced to the world. It was cheap and strong and ~ediately beca~e successful, 1

especially in the making of ladies~ stockings. During tl)e ,Second World W~r, the best
present for many women was a pair of.nylon stocking~, but more importantly, it w~s
used to make parachutes and tyres. Today nylon is found in many things: carpets,
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ropes, seat belts, furniture, computers, and even spare parts for human body. It has
played an important part in our lives for over 50 years. .
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1. Nylon was invented by an English chemist.
2. It was used to make parachutes and tyres during the Second
World War. . . • J
3. We can find nylon even in computers.
4. But nylon isn't used to make spare parts
for the huirlan. bodx,
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XII. Rewrite the following sentences without changing th~tr meanings,

1. Some fashion designers have printed lines of poetry on the "ao dai", s~ it looks
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modern.
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2. Poets have mentioned the "ao1~i" in.poems for centuries. ...

The "ao dai" , I .J
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3. The design and materi~l used,f9r m~~ f~{~·1ifferent from ~hos~ l;l~~d ~or wOJ;µen . .
The design and material used for men were not - - ~ - : - - - - - -
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· My father stopped smoking two.,years ago. ·. ·· ·
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My father_hasn't - ~ec~on-om ?
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5. 4 tt 's .use electricity ---•
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Why~~~~~~--- .~: w:h istle if ther e is ag ,emergency.
6: Someone w iH bl ow
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A whistle_::,__---!____-- L_ _ _ ,; ;_

he y ha ve w or ke d in th at fa ctor y for ten years.

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8. The boy.i~ .SQrry for being la
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He wishes ~-__.:____;,___ _.;..._very rich.
9. People say that the soil here is _ _ _ _,,;;__:.,___ _ _.
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The soil he re -- ..: ... _~ :. __ ~. .: __
arted to Ie~ r.tJ.Q hi rt ese in 20()0.,.
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