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CONTENTS

GRADE

11-

GLOBAL SUCCESS

Unit 1: A long and healthy life…………………………………………………………

Unit 2: The generation gap..…………………………………………………………….

Unit 3: Cities of the future…….………………………………………………..........

Unit 4: ASEAN and Viet Nam……………………………………………………………

Unit 5: Global warming……………………………………………………………………

Unit 6: Preserving our heritage..……………………………………………………..

Unit 7: Education options for school leavers..………………………………….

Unit 8: Becoming independent..…..…………………………………………….…2

Unit 9: Social issues………..…………….……………………………………….……….

Unit 10: The ecosystem…………………………………………………………..………

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Unit 8: Becoming independent

Noun

1

Situation

/sɪtʃuˈeɪʃn/

Tình huống

2

Confidence

/ˈkɒnfɪdəns/

Sự tự tin

3

Trust

/trʌst/

Sự tin tưởng

4

Schedule

/ˈʃedjuːl/

Lịch làm việc

5

Duty

/ˈdjuːti/

Nhiệm vụ

6

Pressure

/ˈpreʃə(r)/

Áp lực

7

Problem

/ˈprɒbləm/

Vấn đề

8

Effort

/ˈefət/

Nỗ lực

9

Characteristic

/kærəktəˈrɪstɪk/

Đặc điểm

10

Instruction

/ɪnˈstrʌkʃn/

Hướng dẫn, chỉ dẫn

11

Task

/tɑːsk/

Nhiệm vụ

12

Diary

/ˈdaɪəri/

Nhật ký

Verb

1

Contact

/ˈkɒntækt/

Liên hệ, liên lạc

2

Deal with

Deal

Đối mặt, xử lý

3

Manage

/ˈmænɪdʒ/

Xoay xỏa, cố gắng

4

Convince

/kənˈvɪns/

Thuyết phục

5

Install

/ɪnˈstɔːl/

Lắp đặt

6

Encourage

/ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒ/

Khuyến khích

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Succeed

/səkˈsiːd/

Thành công

8

Force

/fɔːs/

Bắt, ép buộc

9

Sign up for

/saɪn ʌp fɔː(r)/

Đăng ký

10

Communicate

/kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/

Giao tiếp

11

Identify

/aɪˈdentɪfaɪ/

Xác định

12

Carry out

/ˈkæri aʊt/

Tiến hành, thực hiện

13

Give up

/ɡɪv ʌp/

Từ bỏ

Adjective

1

Independent

/ɪndɪˈpendənt/

Độc lập

2

Responsible

/rɪˈspɒnsəbl/

Trách nhiệm

3

Self-motivated

/self ˈməʊtɪveɪtɪd/

Có động lực

4

Reliable

/rɪˈlaɪəbl/

Tin cậy, tin tưởng

5

Honest

/ˈɒnɪst/

Trung thực

Phrases

1

Out and about

/aʊt ænd əˈbaʊt/

Đi ra ngoài

2

Pay attention to

/peɪ əˈtenʃn tuː/

Chú ý tới

3

Life skill

/laɪf skɪl/

Kỹ năng sống

4

Pocket money

/ˈpɒkɪt ˈmʌni/

Tiền tiêu vặt

5

Make decision

/meɪk dɪˈsɪʒn/

Quyết định

6

Take

responsibility for

/teɪk rɪspɒnsəˈbɪləti

fɔː(r)/

Chịu trách nhiệm

Ex I: Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined.

1. A. scheduled

B. contacted

C. managed

D. installed

2. A. duty

B. system

C. diary

D. identify

3. A. collision

B. decision

C. pressure

D. vision

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4. A. celebrate

B. confidence

C. convince

D. become

5. A. problem

B. effort

C. attention

D. request

6. A. tasks

B. instructions

C. characteristics

D. attracts

7. A. succeed

B. function

C. summer

D. hungry

8. A. carriage

B. encourage

C. gratitude

D. teenager

9. A. within

B. together

C. Northern

D. cathedral

10. A. honest

B. horrible

C. humorous

D. hilarious

Ex II: Choose a word that has a different stress pattern from others.

1. A. wonderful

B. situation

C. necessary

D. interesting

2. A. communicate B. independent

C. particular

D. appropriate

3. A. important

B. suggestion

C. extremely

D. difficult

4. A. conversation B. collaborate

C. activity

D. relationship

5. A. language

B. friendly

C. reject

D. column

6. A. intonation

B. ability

C. competitive

D. acceptable

7. A. pattern

B. correct

C. basic

D. monthly

8. A. realize

B. method

C. practice

D. belief

9. A. achievement B. develop

C. paragraph

D. provision

10. A. preparation B. celebrity

C. disadvantage

D. entertainment

Ex III: Say the words out loud and odd one out.

1. A. reliable

B. helpless

C. motivated

D. prosperous

2. A. article

B. newspaper

C. project

D. magazine

3 A. responsible

B. persuade

C. healthy

D. terrific

4. A. colleague

B. neighbor

C. relative

D. college

5. A. achieve

B. obtain

C. refuse

D. collect

6. A. solution

B. problem

C. challenge

D. issue

7. A. ending

B. consequence

C. emotion

D. result

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8. A. specific

B. particular

C. detailed

D. vague

9. A. carry out

B. postpone

C. implement

D. conduct

10. A. benefit

B. advantage

C. strength

D. weakness

Ex IV: Match the words to make phrases.

1. pocket

a. job

2. public

b. learners

3. part-time

c. study

4. washing

d. pronoun

5. relative

e. media

6. independent

f. expressions

7. learning

g. activities

8. self

h. skills

9. life

i. transport

10. useful

j. goals

11. extracurricular

k. money

12. social

l. machine

Ex V: Circle the best word.

1. Though Jack is small, he has the confidence to deal about/with difficult

situations in real life.

2. The man manages to convince/explain his parents that he is responsible for

all his decisions made.

3. Jane’s parents encourage her to take/make part-time jobs to earn some

pocket money.

4. Would you like me help/to help you install the software, Peter?

5. Her brother is interested in IT, so he has just signed in/up for a computer

course.

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6. My cousin is able to achieve the things he wants without pressure from

others/the others.

7. It is quite important for teenagers to learn how/what to manage both time

and money.

8. It was my classmate who taught me how to install/use the app in the library

last Tuesday.

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9. The girl sometimes helps her mother with household chores as/like cleaning

and doing the laundry.

10. Our best friend has come up/out with many effective solutions for our own

problems.

Ex VI: Match.

1. answer

a. the house

2. do

b. the cooking course

3. take

c. the laundry

4. clean

d. important instructions

5. manage

e. a lot of money

6. spend

f. wise decisions

7. earn

g. the phone

8. use

h. some pagodas

9. join

i. my parents’ trust

10. give

j. some part-time jobs

11. make

k. public transport

12. visit

l. your time well

Ex VII: Match the words with their definitions.

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1. independent

a. a task you do regularly

2. pressure

b. having the job or duty of doing something or

taking care of somebody/something

3. responsible

c. something that you intend to do or achieve

4. manage

d. the ability to do things without the help of other

people

5. skill

e. to recognize somebody/something and be able

to say who or what they are

6. chore

f.

a

piece

of

work

that

somebody

has

to

do,

especially a hard or unpleasant one

7. schedule

g. to control or in charge of a business, a team, an

organization

8. identify

h. a plan that lists all the work that you have to do

and when you must do each thing

9. plan

i. the ability to do something well

10. task

j.

the

act

of

trying

to

force

somebody

to

do

something

Ex VIII: Complete the following sentences with words in Ex VII.

1. She was unable to attend because of the ………………. of work.

2. What made him remarkable as a photographer was his ………….. in capturing

the meaningful moment.

3. The manager has taken some time out of her busy ……………… to talk to us

about it.

4. We need people who are good at …………….. in this company.

5. Going away to college has made me become much more ………………

6. The government now has to take on the …………….. of reconstruction of the

country.

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7. Passengers were required to …………………. their own suitcases before they

were put on the plane.

8. Even when parents no longer live together, they each continue to be

……………….. for their children.

Ex IX: Choose the best answer.

1. You should …………. how much time you need for each task and always do

one thing at a time.

A. devote

B. decide

C. develop

D. deduce

2. ……………….. independent is not as challenging as some people may think.

A. become

B. becomes

C. becoming

D. becomeing

3. What do they do if the task they are working ………….. is too difficult?

A. on

B. with

C. out

D. over

4. If you plan to go to university, you …………… study hard to get good grades.

A. must

B. might

C. should

D. need

5.

Do

English

teenagers

learn

to

become

independent

in

the

same

way

…………… Vietnamese teenagers?

A. to

B. with

C. like

D. as

6. Would you please kindly give me some advice on how to ……………. my goals?

A. have

B. set

C. make

D. take

7. Can you choose a life skill that teenagers need to …………. in order to become

more independent?

A. manage

B. foster

C. develop

D. pursue

8. George learned how to cook by himself …………. he was at university in

London.

A. when

B. where

C. what

D. who

9. It helps to set clear rules, give teenagers responsibility, and build decision-

………….. skills.

A. doing

B. giving

C. taking

D. making

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10. What skills do you think you will definitely …………… while studying abroad?

A. achieve

B. gain

C. collect

D. obtain

Ex X: Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word CLOSEST in meaning to

the underlined word in each of the following sentences.

1. High salary and good working environment can motivate employees to work

for the company for longer period of time.

A. persuade

B. enhance

C. encourage

D. force

2. He has made efforts to finish the project two days ahead of schedule.

A. try best

B. try out

C. try on

D. try out for

3.

Teenager

years

form

an

important

period

of

their

development

that

influences adult life.

A. incline

B. impact

C. indicate

D. identify

4. It is quite expensive and unhealthy to eat out so frequently.

A. valuable

B. priceless

C. worth

D. costly

5.

There

are

many

things

that

you

can

do

to

help

your

child

develop

independence.

A. decline

B. decrease

C. improve

D. maintain

6. Parents also talk about their concerns and the importance of staying in

touch with their children.

A. worries

B. interests

C. decisions

D. thoughts

7. They have more confidence to discover who they are and what they want to

do with their lives.

A. invent

B. explore

C. excavate

D. investigate

8.

It

also

makes

it

easier

for

them

to

bounce

back

from

mistakes

and

challenges.

A. develop

B. construct

C. recover

D. resume

9. It is a good idea to monitor how well your child is going with independence

and adjust the rules accordingly.

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A. track

B. manage

C. supervise

D. control

10. Children can get good advice and learn practical skills from good support

network.

A. idea

B. guide

C. instruction

D. suggestion

Ex XI: Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word OPPOSITE in meaning

to the underlined word in each of the following sentences.

1. What other skills do you think teenagers need to become independent?

A. repetitive

B. refusal

C. reliant

D. reliable

2. You should try because there are some simple steps in doing laundry.

A. complicated

B. difficult

C. ineffective

D. confusing

3. Using some advanced equipment in our house really saves time and money.

A. ancient

B. traditional

C. conventional

D. old-fashioned

4. Most musicians and singers in this program are not professionally trained.

A. amateurly

B. informally

C. officially

D. casually

5. Achieving independence is an essential part of the journey to adulthood.

A. apparent

B. obvious

C. unimportant

D. compulsory

6. Supportive, strong relationships help teenagers feel safe and secure.

A. helpless

B. irresponsible

C. refusal

D. innocent

7. Managing conflicts with teenagers can strengthen your relationships and

help your child develop important skills.

A. decrease

B. deteriorate

C. decline

D. develop

8. In adolescence, parents and children often begin to spend more time apart.

A. separately

B. individually

C. mutually

D. together

9.

Teenagers

aren’t

always

enthusiastic

about

spending

time

with

their

parents, but it’s worth insisting that they do.

A. active

B. unwilling

C. ignorant

D. excited

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10. Staying connected with your teenage child is about building closeness in

your relationship.

A. distance

B. openness

C. bond

D. contact

Ex XII: Fill in the gap with a suitable word given in the box.

communication

changes

responsibilities

academic

opinions

learning

activities

independent

development

experience

1. Practical skills mean that learners can apply the ………..…. skills to their real

life.

2. Independent ……….….. often involves learning at home without a teacher to

ask for help.

3. Jack does part-time jobs because he wants to gain work ………..…… and learn

how to manage his money.

4. Becoming …………….. is about learning useful skills, making decisions by your

self and knowing how to manage your time.

5. As teenagers go through physical and emotional ……………. of adolescence,

they often experience intense and overwhelming emotions.

6. Exploring ………..….. and ideas is one of the ways your child works out where

they fit in the world.

7. Talking about your own opinions and feelings calmly can help to keep the

lines of …………….. open between you and your child.

8. ……….…… like youth groups, sporting clubs, volunteer activities can help or

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9. It is a good idea to explain to your child why younger and older children are

given different types of ………………..

10. Making mistakes may help children learn from experience and continue to

shape their brain’s ………………..

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Ex XIII: Complete the sentence with the correct form of the word provided.

1. Mrs. Smith has the habit of planning her weekly schedule including all her

activities and ………………. (RESPONSIBLE)

2. The girl is ………………… because she can cook and do the laundry by her self.

(DEPEND)

3. A good night’s sleep is …………….. for not only teenagers but also old people.

(NEED)

4. Students should self study because it gives them much more …………… (FREE)

5.

They should

develop

some certain

skills

such

as

good

……………….

and

relationship skills. (COMMUNICATE)

6. My school provides many extracurricular …………………. for students such as

sports, clubs, and bands. (ACT)

7. We all agree that a good sleep is good for brain’s …………….. and good health.

(DEVELOP)

8. The teacher is proud of these students because they are highly - ……………….

and quite confident. (MOTIVATION)

9. Some young people volunteer at local hospitals and take part in clean-up

activities to improve their ………………. (NEIGHBOUR)

10. Some universities require community service for their ……………. (ADMIT)

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