Experts call for more sex education in schools

VietNamNet Bridge – The survey conducted at two high schools in HCM Cit, Gia Dinh and Nguyen Hue, gave surprisingresults: many pupils said that they know babies are born from… armpit.

A group of students from the HCM City University for Social Sciences and Humanity has released the result of the survey on sex education and reproductive health in schools.
The survey was conducted on 76 schoolboys (43.9%), and 96 schoolgirls (55.5%), all are aged 17-18. 94.2% of the polled pupils are living with their families

Among the questions raised to the polled pupils, there was a simple one: “How can women give birth to babies?”

40 pupils (23.1%) of the two schools, thought that babies were born from the anus, 17 pupils (9.8%) said they did not know about that. Meanwhile, one of the pupils (0.6%) said that babies were born from belly-buttons.

When asked why they think that women give birth through anus, one of the 23.1% said that because the vagina is too small for a baby to go through (excerpt from the minute of discussion of Nguyen Hue’s schools).

Other pupils said honestly: “When I was a child, mother said babies are born from armpit. She said I would know about it when I’m grown up, and I still don’t know now” (excerpt from the minute of discussion of Nguyen Hue’s schools).

Meanwhile a lot of pupils said that they do not know anything about contraceptive measures. A schoolgirl said that she knew about the morning-after pill, and confirmed that her friends do not hear about these.

The surveyors have pointed out that pupils do not have much knowledge about reproductive health because they do not receive appropriate education. In fact, Vietnam has been focusing on providing knowledge to married couples only.

A teacher from Gia Dinh High School said that it is because of the few lessons at schools, while mass media is not a suitable information channel for pupils.

55% of pupils said that they have never asked about that at pharmacies, 45.1% said they do not intend to find the answers from medical centres, 35.8% said they have never asked teachers, 34.2% have never asked brothers or sisters, and 26% said they would not share their thoughts with their parents.

Meanwhile, 54 out of the 172 pupils said that they have girlfriends and boyfriends, and said they want to learn more about love and reproductive health.

(Source: Tien phong)

PRACTICE 7

1. If it’s cotton or linen, use a hot ________.
A. kettle B. vacuum cleaner C. iron D. copper

2. I paid Gower what I _______ him.
A. lent B. owed C. loaned D. presented

3. As people _________ more wealth, they tend to spend a greater proportion of their incomes.
A. accumulate B. lose C. distribute D. need

4. The blood area receives a large _________ from one of the unions.
A. donation B. award C. help D. support

5. People tend to _________ beautiful things.
A. disparage B. complain of C. under-estimate D. appreciate

6. I am reading the history of the Internet. Did you know it _______ in the 1960s?
A. begins B. is going to begin C. began D. is beginning

7. We were having dinner while it ________.
A. rains B. is going to rain C. raining D. was raining

8. Sarah has a car. Maybe she _________ you to the airport.
A. is going to take B. will take C. is taking D. takes

9. Monica is our best swimmer. I think she ________ the race tomorrow.
A. is going to win B. will win
C. wins D. both A and B are correct

10. Is that the phone? I ________ it.
A. is going to get B. will get
C. get D. both A and B are correct

11. If you have questions about the Waterson Case, talk to Louis Ramirez. He ________ you.
A. is going to help B. will help
B. help D. both A and B are correct

12. Isabelle Rolette won’t be able to finance changes at Belle Vie until she ________ a lender.
A. is going to find B. will find
B. finds D. has found

13. He ________ Law at Sheffield University next year.
A. is going to study B. is studying
C. studies D. both A and B are correct

14. “I am hungry.” “Oh, I _______ you a sandwich.
A. will make B. am going to make
C. make D. both A and B
are correct

15. The flight _______ at 8 p.m.
A. is going to leave B. will leave
C. leaves D. both b and C are correct


KEY
1. C
2. B
3. A
4. A
5. D
6. C
7. D
8. B
9. D
10. B
11.B
12.D
13.D
14.A
15. D

PRACTICE 6

1. Local residents have come out in __________ to the planned closure.
A. opposition B. conflict C. oppose D. contradict

2. We __________ threats of this kind very seriously.
A. have B. make
C. give D. take

3. She can be as _________ as a mule.
A. stubborn B. stupid C. slow D. quick

4. You will need to _________ them of your enthusiasm for the job.
A. advice B. convince C. persuade D. prove

5. The ambulance got there just __________ time to save his life.
A. at B. on C. in D. of

6. Pete, _________ her good friend, will help her.
A. is B. being C. be D. been

7. He could not help __________.
A. to cry B. cried C. cry D. crying

8. We appreciate __________ from you.
A. hearing B. hear C. to hear D. heard

9. He rushed out of the room, _________ the door as he went.
A. slammed B. to slam C. slamming D. slams

10. The instructor praised her __________.
A. to write B. written C. writing D. write

11. Margaret’s worst fault is _________.
A. to late B. been late C. late
D. being late

12. The spy admitted _________ some highly secret information to enemy agents.
A. having given B. having been given C. to have given D. to have been given

13. The nurse suggested _________ two aspirins.
A. taking B. being taking C. to take D. to be taken

14. Be careful not to step on the _________ glass.
A. breaking B. broke
C. break D. broken

15. The __________ passengers jumped into the lifeboat when notified that the ship was sinking.
A. exciting B. excite C. excited D. excitedly

KEY
1. A
2. D
3. A
4. B
5. C
6. B
7. D
8. A
9. C
10.C
11.D
12.A
13.A
14.D
15.C

PRACTICE 5

1. A thwarted love affair is the very _________ of fiction.
A. material B. object C. stuff D. belongings
2. She's a/an _________ editor in the reference department of a publishing company.
A. associate B. lower C. minor D. trivial
3. The decision has left many party members _________ their heads.
A. scratching B. rubbing C. scuffing D. cutting
4. Fax machines were a wonderful _________ at the time.
A. discovery B. invention C. detection D. finding
5. His public speeches are in direct __________ to his personal lifestyle.
A. negation B. disagreement C. contradiction D. difference
6. She gave the man an injection. It made him go to sleep.
A. She gave the man an injection which made him go to sleep.
B. She gave the man an injection, which made him go to sleep.
C. She gave the man an injection that made him go to sleep.
D. All are correct.
7. Is that the man ________?
A. you lent the money to B. you lend money
C. whom did you lend the money D. whom lent the money
8. The voters were overwhelmingly against the candidate _________ proposals called for high taxes.
A. who is B. whose C. whom he had D. that his
9. “The girl with ________ I am sharing the room is untidy,” Mary said.
A. who B. whose C. which D. whom
10. The company ________ employees are on strike is closing down fro two weeks.
A. who B. whom C. whose D. all are correct
11. To create an idea, or plan using your imagination is to_________.
A. work out B. think over C. think up D. think about
12. To speak to someone without letting them answer is to _________.
A. talk over B. talk at C. talk to D. talk about
13. To get an illness from someone is to ________.
A. pick it up B. truck it in C. take it away D. bring it about
14. To eat less of something to improve your health is to __________ on it.
A. strip down B. cut back C. run D. cut off
15. To get into a building or a car using force is to ___________.
A. break out B. break down C. break in D. break up


KEY
1. C
2. A
3. A
4. B
5. C
6. D
7. A
8. B
9. D
10.C
11.C
12.B
13.A
14.B
15.C

TEST 1

I. PRONUNCIATION AND STRESS

A. Which word is stressed differently from the others?

1. A. cartoon B. prison C. basic D. mileage
2. A. violence B. dinosaur C. gorilla D. pharmacy
3. A. vegetarian B. prefabricated C. satisfactory D. hypothetical
4. A. decompress B. location C. depressing D. complaint
5. A. disappear B. monument C. irrigate D. generate
6. A. combination B. violation C. politician D. excavator
7. A. executive B. millennium C. gasoline D. publicity
8. A. statue B. rely C. nuisance D. wagon

B. Which underlined part is pronounced differently?

9. A. challenge B. mammal C. traffic D. canal
10. A. fossil B. successful C. passionate D. depressing
11. A. chocolate B. classmate C. negotiate D. violate
12. A. drop B. joke C. top D. confidence
13. A. executive B. successful C. commute D. utensil
14. A. ground B. found C. though D. sound
15. A. client B. resist C. confidence D. disease

II. VOCABULARY

Choose the letter (A, B, C, or D) that best completes each sentence.

16. Without the patronage _______ several large firms, the festival could not take place.
A. for B. from C. of D. in
17. Studies show that if a working environment is pleasant, ________ increases.
A. productivity B. product C. crop D. harvest
18. They ________ my contract in October.
A. draw B. terminated C. entered D. finished
19. He was appointed as a _______ priest in the diocese of York.
A. waged B. salaried C. earned D. stipendiary
20. I couldn't have managed at college if I hadn't had an ________ from my parents.
A. grant B. allowance C. stipend D. all are correct
21. He plays a melancholy _______ of music.
A. piece B. part C. portion D. segment
22. Their ostensible goal was to clean up government corruption, but their real aim was to ________ the government.
A. remove B. unseat C. eliminate D. abolish
23. Tintagel Castle, the reputed birthplace of King Arthur, is being _______ professionally for the first time in more than 50 years.
A. exploded B. exceeded C. excavated D. expected
24. The company director was ________ from his car by terrorists.
A. abducted B. removed C. abandoned D. dismissed
25. The area is still very _______ and undeveloped.
A. urban B. remote C. rural D. municipal
26. Her whereabouts have been shrouded in ________ since she received the death threat.
A. veil B. excavation C. conscious D. secrecy
27. Disagreements about defence cuts have opened up deep ________ within the military.
A. divisions B. relations C. association D. connections
28. He _______ of the race after two laps.
A. hung out B. dropped out C. let out D. dropped off
29. The ________ is highly contagious, so don't let anyone else use your towel.
A. symptom B. bruise C. contusion D. infection

30. They were making the most _________ amount of noise last night.
A. advanced B. complicated C. tremendous D. sophisticated
31. Much of the coast has been ________ by nuclear waste.
A. fertilized B. irrigated C. nourished D. contaminated
32. The treatment has so far done little to ________ the spread of the cancer.
A. capture B. catch C. arrest D. keep
33. In the square in front of the hotel stands a monument to all the people killed in the war.
A. landmark B. monument C. spot D. destination
34. He was ________ to see Jeannie reach the other side of the river safely.
A. relieved B. irritated C. ridiculous D. terrified
35. This year the farmers were just able to gather in the ________ before the fine
weather came to an end.
A. collection B. seed
C. plant D. harvest

III. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE

Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best completes each sentence.
36. Do you know _________ ?
A. who how many people go on Sundays to church
B. who go to church on Sundays how many people
C. how many people who go on Sundays to church
D. how many people who go to church on Sundays
37. We watch the cat ________ the tree.
A. climbed B. climb
C. had climbed D. was climbing
38. If we had known your new address, we ________ to see you.
A. came B. will come
C. would come D. would have come
39. You may borrow as many books as you like, provided you show them to ________ is at the desk.
A. whoever B. who
C. whom D. which
40. He looked forward to ________ his first pay packet.
A. receive B. have received
C. be receiving D. receiving
41. Carol refused; ________, her answer was “no”.
A. in other words B. otherwise
C. words for words D. however
42. If you see Tom _________ you mind _________ him to get in touch with me? A. will / reminding B. will / to remind
C. would / reminding D. would / to remind
43. _________ I hear that song, I think of you.
A. Whatever B. Forever
C. Whenever D. However
44. “Let’s go dancing, _________?” – “Yes, let’s.”
A. will we B. don’t we
C. do we D. shall we
45. I wish I _________ all about this matter a week ago.
A. knew B. know
C. had known D. B & C are correct.
46. He was _________ he could not wake up.
A. very tired that B. such tired that
C. too tired that D. so tired that
47. Joan asked _________.
A. if there was coffee B. there was coffee
C. was there coffee D. where was the coffee
48. She didn’t know _________ to have fish or chicken for lunch.
A. both B. whether
C. neither D. as
49. For lunch, you may have _________ fish or chicken.
A. both B. neither
C. not only D. either
50. I suppose there’s a lot _________ between now and the first show.
A. to be done B. done
C. we do D. to have done
51. I ____ my house ____. That is why there is all this mess.
A. had – paint B. have – paint
C. am having – painted D. had had - paint
52. I warned him _________.
A. to be not late B. don’t be late
C. not to be late D. he is not late
53. I should have _________ my hair cut weeks ago, but just don’t seem to have had time.
A. let B. made
C. had D. gotten
54. I could not cut the grass because the machine _________ a few days previously.
A. broke down B. has been broken
C. had broken down D. breaks down
55. If you want to develop inner tranquility, you have to stop _________ by every little thing that happens.
A. bothering B. being bothered
C. to bother D. to be bothered
56. He was made _________ for two hours.
A. to wait B. wait
C. waiting D. waited
57. My boss is angry with me. I didn’t do all the work that I _________ last week.
A. should do B. should have done
C. must have done D. might have done
58. Ann is not at home. She’s __________ to dinner.
A. been B. gone
C. went D. being
59. “Where are my jeans?” “They _________ at the moment. Sorry.”
A. are washing B. were washed
C. are washed D. are being washed
60. The film was __________. There was so much blood in it.
A. horrify B. horrified
C. horrifying D. being horrified

KEY

1. A
2. C
3. B
4. A
5. A
6. D
7. C
8. B
9. D
10. C
11. A
12. B
13. B
14. C
15. A
16. C
17. A
18. B
19. D
20. D
21. A
22. B
23. C
24. A
25. C
26. D
27. A
28. B
29. D
30. C
31. D
32. C
33. B
34. A
35. D
36. D
37. B
38. D
39. A
40. D
41. A
42. C
43. C
44. D
45. C
46. D
47. A
48. B
49. D
50. A
51. C
52. C
53. C
54. C
55. B
56. A
57. C
58. B
59. D
60. C

PRACTICE 4

PRACTICE 4

1. I have vivid _________ of that evening.
A. memoirs B. accounts C. reminiscences D. memories
2. A church service was held in _________ of the victims.
A. remembrance B. memory C. celebration D. recollection
3. Your hair and eyes ________ me of your mother.
A. strike B. remind C. reminisce D. recalling
4. That tune really __________ back memories.
A. carries B. reminds C. recalls D. brings
5. I completely forgot _________ Gemma's party.
A. about B. of C. off D. for
6. “The earthquake surprised everyone.” “Yes, I was reading the paper when it __________.”
A. had hit B. hit C. has hit D. had been hit
7. Fatemah looked down to discover a snake at her feet. When she saw it, she ________.
A. was screaming B. had screamed C. screamed D. screams
8. A small stone struck the windshield while we _________ down the gravel road.
A. drive B. were driving C. had driven D. had been driving
9. We were having dinner while it _________.
A. rains B. is going to rain C. raining D. was raining
10. While the reporter __________ the policeman, the robber escape.
A. interviewing B. was interviewing C. had been interviewing D. has been interviewing
11. While her husband was in the army, Joyce ________ to him twice a week.
A. was writing B. wrote C. have written D. had written
12. He ________ fast when a dog crossed the street.
A. is driving B. drove C. was driven D. was driving
13. Martha dances badly, but Sonja dances _________ than Martha.
A. badly B. more badly C. worse D. worst
14. My father drives fast, but I drive ________ than my father.
A. more fast B. faster C. fast D. more fastly
15. You work late yesterday, but I worked _________ than you.
A. more late B. later C. late D. more lately





KEY
1.
D
6.
B
11.
B
2.
A
7.
C
12.
D
3.
B
8.
B
13.
C
4.
D
9.
D
14.
B
5.
A
10.
B
15.
B

PRACTICE 3

PRACTICE 3

1. Who wrote the __________ for the film 'Chariots of Fire'?
A. script B. libretto B. screenplay D. speech
2. He was often cast ________ the villain.
A. as B. like C. for D. with
3. Ellis Pike was chosen to act the __________ of the lawyer in the film.
A. play B. part C. role D. B and C are correct
4. The __________ took a fresh look at the life of Darwin.
A. documentary B. galaxy C. science fiction D. feature film
5. The film's 129 minutes were _________ down from 150 hours of footage.
A. shortened B. edited C. reduced D. summarized
6. Since the 1930, chemical insecticides such as D.D.T __________ very effective in destroying _________ insects.
A. has proved / disease-carrying B. have proved / disease-carrying
C. has proved / carrying-disease D. proved / disease-carrying
7. I borrow four books on gardening the last time I ________ to the library.
A. go B. went C. had gone D. have gone
8. As soon as you _________ that, I’d like to start preparing lunch.
A. have done B. will do C. did D. have been doing
9. ________ you _________ the composition yet?
A. Are / do B. Will / do C. Are / doing D. Have / done
10. I ________ hundreds of students, but I ________ such a hopeless class as this.
A. taught / meet B. have taught / have never met
C. taught / met D. teach / meet
11. How many lessons ________ up to now?
A. did she learn B. is she learning
C. does she learn D. has she learned
12. No, you’ve got it wrong. Michael _________ for Canada yet.
A. doesn’t leave B. hasn’t left
C. isn’t leaving D. won’t leave
13. _________ this seminar before?
A. Do you take B. Did you take
C. Have you taken D. Has you taken
14. It was very good, but I _________ many things since then.
A. forget B. forgot C. have forgotten D. has forgotten
15. Have you eaten dinner yet? Yes, I’ve eaten dinner ________.
A. yet B. already C. so far D. lately


KEY
1.
B
6.
B
11.
D
2.
A
7.
B
12.
B
3.
D
8.
A
13.
C
4.
A
9.
D
14.
C
5.
B
10.
B
15.
B