A. Fill in each blank with a suitable word ( 1ms)

                                                  How Nam has improved his English.

               In the first year of lower secondary 1……………………., I had some difficulties in learning English. My English pronunciation 2………………………. really bad and my English grammar was worse. I did not 3………………………..how to improve them. I didn’t want my father 4………………………… mother to know about this. One afternoon after the lesson, my teacher 5………………….......................... English told me to wait 6…………………………… her outside the classroom. She took 7………………………… to the school library and showed me tapes  of pronunciation drills kept in a glass bookcase. She also told me how to use an English- English dictionary to 8…………………………….  my English grammar. “Now I think you know what you should do” she said.  I made much progress and only one year later, I won the first 9…………………… in the English Speaking Contest 10……………………for secondary school students in my hometown.

1…………….. 2……………….3………………….4…………………5…………………...

6……………...7……………….8………………….9………………….10…………………

B. Read the passage and choose the best answers A, B, C or D. ( 0.5 ms)

1. What difficulties did Nam have in learning English in the first year?

A. The pronunciation

B. The grammar

C. Both pronunciation and grammar

D. The way of improving his pronunciation

2. Who wanted to meet him one afternoon after the lesson?

A. His teacher

B. One of his friends

C. His father

D. His mother

3. Where did Nam and his teacher go after that?

A. to the town library

B. to the school library

C. to the teachers’ room

D. to his house

4. What did the teacher show him then?

A. A glass bookcase

B. An English-English dictionary

C. An English Grammar book

D. Cassettes of pronunciation drills

5. What did he win in the English Speaking Contest one year later?

A. The first prize

B. The second prize

C. The third prize

D. The fourth prize