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§Ò luyÖn sè 1 I. Find the word having the underlined part pronounced differently from the others. (1pt) 1. A. birthday 2. A. calendar 3. A. finish 4. A. telephone 5. A. worried B. thirteenth B. parents B. invite B. post B. tomorrow C. thing C. pretty C. sometimes C. directory C. sorry D. that D. depend D. nice D. moment D. ordinal II. Put the verbs in brackets into correct forms. (1pt) My friends Paul and Ellen just (1- return) ...... from their holiday in Europe. Before they (2- leave) ...... New York, I (3- give) ...... them my brother's address in Switzerland in the hope that they (4- visit) ...... him and his family. When I (5- go) ...... to see them last Tuesday night, they (6- tell) ...... me how much they (7- enjoy) ...... travelling around Europe and that we soon (8- look) ...... at the colour photos they (9- take) ...... . They also gave me greetings from my mother and said that it (10- be) ...... a great pleasure for them to meet my relatives. III. Give the correct form of the words in brackets. (1pt) 1. If you do not see the doctor, your condition will only get ...... . (bad) 2. With hard work you can turn your dream into ...... . (real) 3. Students have to ...... three poems by Friday. (memory) 4. I don't think girls who smoke are at all ...... . (attract) 5. He has caused his parents a lot of ...... . (happy) IV. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions. (1pt) 1. He was not short, he wasn't tall. He was ...... average height. 2. 'Share these sweets ...... yourselves,' said the mother ...... her two children. 3. Yes, Rob is here ...... holiday, not ...... business. 4. Tom didn't want to lend us the money ...... first but ...... the end he agreed. 5. They will arrive ...... Tokyo ...... Wednesday. 6. One person I always laugh ...... when I see him on T.V is Dave Allen. V. Fill in each numbered blank with a suitable word. (2pts) It is usually very hard to become familiar (1) ...... the culture of a foreign country. If you live a long (2) ...... in that country, you will find out how little you really know about (3) ...... culture. Books are often of little use (4) ...... they concentrate on differences between your own culture and (5) ...... of the foreign country. A lot of information they contain is (6) ...... correct. It is even difficult for us to (7) ...... aware of the culture of our own country. A recent survey showed that British (8) ...... did not know what was really typical of their country! (9) ...... listed stereotypes when they were asked to describe the things they (10) ...... were typical of Britain. VI. Read the following passage and decide if the statements below are True (T) or False (F), according to the information given. (1pt) Isn't it amazing how much time we spend talking about food? 'Have you ever eaten ...?', 'What did you have for lunch?' and so on. And yet when you travel from one country 1 to another, you find that people have quite different feelings about food. People often feel that what they eat is normal, and what others eat is strange or silly. In most parts of Asia, for example, no meal is complete without rice. In England, people eat potatoes every day. In the Middle East, bread is the main part of every meal. Eating, like so many things we do, becomes a habit that is difficult to change. Americans like to drink a lot of orange juice or coffee. The English drink tea four or five times every day. Australians drink a large amount of beer and the French drink wine every day. The sort of meat people like to eat also differs from one country to another. Horse meat is thought to be delicious in France. In Hong Kong, some people enjoy eating snakes. New Zealanders eat sheep, but they never eat goat meat. The Japanese don't like to eat sheep meat because of its smell, but they enjoy raw fish. So it seems that although eating is a topic that we can talk about for hours, there is little common sense in what we say about it. People everywhere enjoy eating what they have always been eating, and there is little we can do to change our eating habits. ........ 1. The writer thinks that people often change their feelings about food. ........ 2. In many Asian countries people almost always have rice in their meal. ........ 3. The text is mainly about strange dishes in the world. ........ 4. The Japanese don't enjoy eating raw fish. ........ 5. People everywhere think that there is very little common sense in talking about food. VII. Write the second sentence so that it means the same as the first. (2pts) 1. You spent more money than I did. I didn't ....................................................................................................................... 2. 'If I were you, I wouldn't trust Peter,' she told John. She advised ............................................................................................................... 3. Have you ever been to France? Is this your ................................................................................................................ 4. William, the policeman, lived next door. The policeman, whose ............................................................................................... 5. He bought his car for 5 years. He has ........................................................................................................................ 6. My dress needs to be cleaned before the party. I must have my dress ................................................................................................. 7. We last went to Spain three years ago. It is .............................................................................................................................. 8. Be careful or you'll hurt yourself. If you are ..................................................................................................................... 9. What a pity John didn't take my advice. I wish ........................................................................................................................... 10. Nobody has read these copies. These copies ................................................................................................................ VIII. Underline one mistake in each line and write the correct one on the right. (1pt) That I enjoy most on T.V is the news. You can see actual events like they occur. You can see famous people being interviewing and giving them opinions on the world events. I enjoy read daily newspapers as 2 1. ....................... 2. ....................... 3. ....................... 4. ....................... 5. ....................... well. There are not only plenty of news, but interesting story about ordinary people as well. Life would be bored without all the entertainment and informations you get on newspapers and on T.V . 6. ....................... 7. ....................... 8. ....................... 9. ....................... 10. .................... §Ò luyÖn sè 2 I. Find the word which is stressed differently from the others. (0.5pt) 1. a. pretty 2. a. amazing 3. a. calendar 4. a. order 5. a. expensive b. distance b. apartment b. delightful b. receive b. favorite c. finish c. compliment c. moment c. complaint c. chemistry d. invite d. delicious d. dishwasher d. enjoy d. uniform II. Put the verbs in brackets into correct forms. (1pt) 1. The door to this room (shut) ................... since Monday. 2. Why don't you try (open) .................... the tin with a coin? 3. After we (sit) ................... down, Fuling offered us food and drinks. 4. Terance and Alice (water) ........................... the plants when they suddenly heard an alarm (go off) ............................. . 5. I hope he (finish) .................... before we (get) ........................ back. 6. We (take) ................ an umbrella because it (look) ............. as if it was going to rain. 7. If he hadn't been so quick, the little girl (be killed) ................. . III. Give the correct form of the words in brackets to complete the text. (1pt) How to succeed Let me make a suggestion to help you deal with difficult situations. If, for example, you are taking part in a sports (1) ......, meeting someone important, or giving a (2) ...... in front of a large audience, you will probably be quite (3) ......, and worry that you will not be as (4) ...... as you would like to be. What you need to do is to prepare yourself (5) ...... by running through the whole (6) ...... over and over again in your mind, (7) ...... going through every detail. For example, a famous pianist, (8) ..... for seven years for (9) ...... reasons, could still play magnificently on his release. When asked how he managed to play so well, his (10) ...... was that he had practised every day in his mind. Compete Perform Nerve Succeed Thorough Active Care Prison Politics Explain IV. Find one mistake in each sentence and correct it. (0.5pt) 1. Come from a poor family made me work even harder. 2. Not one of us are happy that our school principal, Mrs. Lee is leaving. 3. The librarian said us not to make so much noise in the library. 4. The passengers checked up their luggage before they got on the plane. 5. The person sits next to me is someone I've never met. V. Fill in each numbered blank with a suitable preposition. (1pt) Last year I went to about twenty different countries. I went to Japan (1) ...... the first time. The first time I came (2) ...... England was in 1985. We had rather a difficult journey this time. Our plane arrived (3) ...... Manchester (4) ...... 2.00 p.m., but our luggage only 3 got (5) ...... Manchester three hours later. The car (6) ...... the airport broke down, so we arrived (7) ...... Manchester itself several hours late. The next day we left (8) ...... London, and arrived (9) ...... Heathrow Airport (10) .......... any problem, luckily. VI. Fill in each blank with a suitable word. (1pt) (1) ...... all people have a fear of examinations. Examinations, (2) .......... , are a part of our lives and all schools in Singapore have (3) ............ . Some examinations are set and marked by the school's own (4) .......... . Others, like the "O" levels, are set by special examination boards. Examinations were first held (5) .......... China about three thousand years (6) .......... Scholars had (7) ......... memorize long passages taken from several books. Those who did well in the examination were allowed to enter the government service. Nowadays, the main purpose of examinations (8) ...... to test how well a person understand the subject which have been taught. (9) .......... are also used to find (10) ........... well students perform under pressure. VII. Read the following passage and circle the best option. (1pt) tea or coffee The Boston Tea Party did more than just helped start a war. It helped change the habits and taste of the North American people. It turned tea drinkers into coffee drinkers. Coffee and tea are both products of plants that grow in the tropics. When these beverages were introduced in Europe during the 1600s, they became very profitable businesses. Coffee reached England before tea did, but once the English tasted tea, it became a favorite mealtime drink. English people were soon buying about two pounds of tea leaves per person per year. English people who went to North America as colonists took along their taste for tea. They preferred it to coffee until about 1773. In that year, the British Parliament passed the Tea Act, a law that helped to push the colonists into war against the mother country. Among colonists, tea became a symbol of unfair taxation and of England's attempts to control all trading with the colonies. The resentment of the colonists was so strong that once several groups of them boarded English ships in Boston Harbour and threw bales of tea into the ocean. After this 'Boston Tea Party' drinking tea was called unpatriotic by the colonists. They turned to coffee as their beverage. Today tea is still the favourite drink in England. ON the other side of the Atlantic, things are different. The people of the United States drink about three times as many cups of coffee as cups of tea. 1. While it is not directly stated, the article suggests that A. tea drinkers might go to war. B. the tastes of a people can change. C. the colonists were very strong. 2. Coffee and tea plants grow in A. Great Britain. B. the tropics. C. Boston. 3. Tea became a symbol of A. a good, hot drink. B. parties in Boston. C. unfair taxation. 4. Why was the Tea Act not a good idea? A. Because it helped to push the colonists into war. B. Because it made coffee become too popular. C. Because it made English people visit the tropics. 5. On the whole, the article tells about A. beverages in Europe in the 1600s. B. England's resentment of taxes. C. one reason why Americans drink coffee. VIII. Write the second sentence so that it means the same as the first. (2pts) 1. Because of his hard work, he made a success of his business. He worked so .................................................................................................................. 2. Are you sorry you don't speak more languages? 4 Do you ever wish ............................................................................................................ 3. I found the film rather boring. I was ................................................................................................................................ 4. Tennis was something that never interested me. I never used ..................................................................................................................... 5. The wind was cold this morning but we went for a walk. Despite ............................................................................................................................. 6. The switch was too high for him to reach. He wasn't .......................................................................................................................... 7. My written English is better than my spoken English. I am ................................................................................................................................... 8. Your sister seems to be upset about something. It looks as if ...................................................................................................................... 9. You won't get into university without passing your exam. Unless ............................................................................................................................... 10. She dances beautifully and sings sweetly, too. She not only ...................................................................................................................... IX. Make all the changes and additions necessary to produce, from the following sets of words and phrases, sentences which together make a complete letter. (2pts) Dear Mr. Markham, 1. Thank you / much / letter of 14th March. ...................................................................................................................... 2. Naturally / I be delighted / very excited / prospect / holiday / Britain. ...................................................................................................................... 3. I like / take holiday / 15th June / 5th July. ...................................................................................................................... 4. I believe / it be time / Wimbledon tennis championships. ...................................................................................................................... 5. I would be grateful / you / arrange / me / see some of the matches. ...................................................................................................................... 6. There be no football / but perhaps I spend / day at the races / Ascot, too. ...................................................................................................................... 7. places I like / visit / be university towns of Oxford / Cambridge. ...................................................................................................................... 8. also like / see all the well-known London sights. ...................................................................................................................... 9. If possible / really love / visit / old English village. ...................................................................................................................... 10. be grateful / you and your company / give / this opportunity of a lifetime. ...................................................................................................................... 5 §Ò luyÖn sè 3 I. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. (1pt) 1. a. grew b. threw c. knew d. flew 2. a. message b. carriage c. voyage d. teenage 3. a. butter b. sugar c. put d. push 4. a. house b. honest c. horn d. high 5. a. rose b. advise c. mouse d. house II. Choose the correct word or phrase to finish each of the following sentences. (1pt) 1. She made ................. mistakes on her last exams. A. a little B. little C. few 2. His father is a very good friend of ............... . A. them B. theirs C. their D. none D. themselves 3. .............. it is getting dark, we will not wait for him any longer. A. Unless B. While C. Since D. Although 4. I bought three books. Here are two, but where is .................. one? A. other B. the other C. another D. the others 5. To come across means to ................. A. meet by chance B. come between C. find D. arrive 6. After two years’ hard work, she ................. in finding a job. A. managed B. succeeded C. was able D. achieved 7. It is one of the most ................. people I have ever met. He never says anything interesting. A. bore B. bores C. bored D. boring 8.I have got two sisters, ................... of whom is married. A. both B. all C. neither D. none 9. She had her hair ..................... yesterday. A. done B. make C. do D. made 10. This is the company ................ advertisement you watched on T.V. yesterday. A. whose B. of which C. which D. for which III. Use the correct form of the verbs in brackets .(1pt) Bob Smith (1. be) .................. born in 1953 in Dublin. Although he was an intelligent student, he left school with few qualifications. He had a variety of jobs in England, Spain and Canada before eventually (2. become) ................... a successful pop star. However, he (3. be) ............. now best known for the work he (4. do) .................. to help starving people in Ethiopia. He (5. shock) ....................by television reports of people (6. die) ........................... of hunger there in 1984. He therefore decided that he (7. persuade) .......................... famous British pop stars (8. make)...................... a record together and (9. use) ..................... the profits from it (10. send) .............. to the poor. 6 IV. Use the correct form of the words in brackets. (1pt) People collect a large (1. vary) .................... of objects : stamps, postcards, dolls. Some people collect things connected with (2. history) ........................ events or with (3. fame) .................. people. But one of the strangest (4. collect) ........................ is that of eggcups. Kevin Murphy of Bradford in Yorkshire has 10,000 of them. Not (5. surprise) .............................., his favourite eggcup is the one of the shape of a (6. type) .......................... hireman. His hobby began several years ago when he saw a few eggcups he liked on (7. sell) ........................... at a local shop, he started collecting them. (8. Other) ........................ like Kevin’s eggcups, too. “ I have just bought a (9. replace) ........................... for one of my favourites, which (10. mystery) .......................... disappeared last week”, he said. V. Fill in each blank with one suitable word. (1pt) National holidays in every country are (1) ................. with political event, with economic developments and national and local traditions. Our (2) ........................ important holiday is the anniversary of the proclamation of independence (3) ...................... is celebrated on the second of September. The center of the festival is Ba dinh square, Hanoi, the very heart of our country. Ba Dinh square is the (4) .........................place for military parades (5) ....................... working people’s demonstrations. The military parade is usually (6) .......................... by the physical cultural parade. The bands play. Models of modern rockets (7) ........................ carried past Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum. At the (8) ........................... of the physical and (9) .................. parades, the square is flooded (10) .................. endless columns of marchers. VI. Fill one preposition in each blank to complete the following passage .(1pt) Rudyard Kipling , one (1) .............. English famous writers, was born (2) .............. Bombay, India, in 1869. Kipling spent his childhood in India. (3) ............ six he was sent (4) ............ England and educated in a school. He went (5) ............... to India in 1883. Then he became keen (6) ............. writing and worked (7) ............... a newspaper reporter. When he was (8) .................. twenty one , he published his first book. Then he brought (9) .............. a small collection of short stories, which were interesting and full (10) ................... splendid description. VII. There is one mistake in each sentence below. Underline and correct it.(1pt) 1. United States lies in Northern America. 2. Neither the boy's parents nor I are satisfied with his progress. 3. I didn't give you my help since I didn’t know that you had difficulties. 4. Due to the weather was cold, we stayed at home. 5. The police has already recaptured Fox, one of the most dangerous prisoners. 6. Ten years are a long time to wait for someone. 7. Each boy and each girl in my class have to make a book report. 8. Rod Lee whose sister I know has won an Oscar. 9. I don't know the woman is talking with my mother over there. 10. She remembers to do a lot of homework when she was at school. VIII. Read the following passage and answer the questions below .(1pt) Zamenhof invented a new language called Esperanto to improve understanding between people of different countries. He showed Esperanto to his friends to find out what they 7 thought about it. Later in the same year he went to study at a university in Moscow. He wanted to improve Esperanto. His friends then worked hard to spread the new language. They tried to persuade schools throughout the world to teach it. However, only a few people today speak Esperanto because more and more people use English as a foreign language. 1. What did Zamenhof invent ? ..................................................................................................................... 2. What was the purpose of Zamenhof’s invention? ..................................................................................................................... 3. Why did he show his new language to his friends? ..................................................................................................................... 4. Who helped him to spread the new language? ...................................................................................................................... 5. Why do few people speak Esperanto now? ...................................................................................................................... IX. Rewrite the following sentences, using the words given .(1pt) 1. Nam is sorry now that he did not accept the job. Nam wishes that........................................................................................... 2. I was busy. I could not go to the meeting. If I................................................................................................................. 3. He gets up early in the morning and he is used to it. He is used..................................................................................................... 4. You will catch a cold if you do not keep your feet dry. Unless........................................................................................................... 5. Mark was too young to see horror films. Mark was not................................................................................................ 6. That factory is producing more and more pollution. More and more pollution............................................................................... 7. I did not realise he was your brother until I saw the photograph. It was only.................................................................................................... 8. It is nobody’s fault that the meeting was cancelled. Nobody......................................................................................................... 9. He succeeded in winning the race. He managed.................................................................................................. 10. We do not have classes after the exam any more. No more ........................................................................................................ X. Write complete sentences, using the words given and rearrange them to make a complete letter .(2pts) Dear Mum, 1. It / nice / me / see / last / week /. / ................................................................................................................................ 8 2. I / take / exam / three / day / ago /. / ................................................................................................................................ 3. I / miss / new / friends / make / here / . / ................................................................................................................................ 4. We / farewell / class / party / last / night /. / ................................................................................................................................ 5. I / feel / lonely / after / you / go /. / ................................................................................................................................ 6. Everyone / look / happy / because / finish / course / . / ................................................................................................................................ 7. If / pass / get / certificate /. / ................................................................................................................................ 8. I / stop / now/ see / next week/. / ................................................................................................................................ 9. I / happy / see / you / again / hope / yourself / too /. / ................................................................................................................................ 10. And / I / able / find / job / . / ................................................................................................................................ §Ò luyÖn sè 4 I. Choose the word in each group that differently from the rest .(1pt) 1. a. finished 2. a. create 3. a. skill 4. a. church 5. a. strips b. talented b. creator b. standard b. choose b. sparks has the underlined part pronounced c. watched c. creature c. specific c. chemistry c. tests d. looked d. creation d. sure d. change d. papers II. Choose a, b, c, or d which is closest in meaning to the sentence given. (1pt) 1. Do not disturb. a. Go this way. c. Don’t go inside. b. Knock and enter. . d. Don’t close the door. 2. Please hand in your key at the desk. a. Don’t lock the room. c. Lock your key before leaving. b. Keep your key safe. d. Leave your key at the receptionist. 3. Sorry. All tables are fully booked this evening. a. You can only have a meal if you have booked. b. You do not need to reserve a table. c. The restaurant is not open this evening. d. If you wait, you will be given a table. 4. The management doesn't accept responsibility for property left in the dining room. a. You cannot bring your luggage into the dining room. b. You must look after your things yourself. c. You should give your things to the manager. d. You should lock things in your suitcase. 5. Please ask if you need a porter to help with your luggage. a. You must carry your luggage yourself. b. Porters are available if necessary. c. A porter will come if you ring. d. Ask a porter if you need your luggage. 9 III. Use the correct form of the verbs in brackets. (1pt) My most embarrassing experience happened when I had just left the university. I had just started (1. teach) ............................ in a Liverpool secondary school. One morning my alarm clock (2. not ring) ................ as I (3. forget) ......................... (4) (wind) ..................... it up. I (5. wake) .................. up at 8.30 and my class (6. begin) ...................... at 9. I quickly shaved, washed, dressed, jumped into my car and (7. drive) ........................ to school. When I arrived, the students (8. already / be) ......................... in class. I did not go to the staff room, but went straight into the class. After three or four minutes, the students began laughing and I could not know why. Suddenly I (9. look) .................... down, I understood. I (10. put) ....................... on one black shoe and one brown shoe. IV. Use the correct form of the words in brackets to finish the sentences. (1pt) 1. On hearing the news, all the people in the office looked at one another (fear) .............. 2. All my efforts ended in (fail) ....................... 3. A lot of heroes and (hero) ....................... appeared during the struggle for national (depend) ......................... and (free) ............................. 4. The bank’s actions attracted widespread (critic) ....................... 5. There is no easy (solve) ....................... to this problem. 6. The painting I saw yesterday is ( doubt) ........................ genuine. 7. Our firm is no longer (compete) ........................... in world markets. 8. Don't worry. I'll try to finish this work (succeed) ......................... 9. Preserving natural resources is of great (important) ....................... 10. That restaurant often attracts a lot of customers because of its (special) ................... V. Fill in each blank with one suitable word .(1pt) London, the capital of Great Britain , is (1) ........................ on the Thames river. It is the largest city with a (2) .......................... of 8 million. It is (3) .......................... into four parts: the City, Westminster, the West End and the East (4) ......................... The West End (5) ........................ the best and most expensive houses (6) ....................... parks is the place (7) ....................... rich people live. (8) ..................... poor live in the East End where (9) ...................... are neither parks (10) ..................... fine houses. VI. Replace the underlined words by a word or group of words which have the same meaning. (1pt) 1. Please make clear to me what you plan to do. .................................. 2. It is not polite to make fun of people’s mistakes. ................................ 3. After he had gained weight, he could no longer wear those jeans. .............................. 4. No matter where he goes, I always go with him. .................................. 5. Remember to turn off the light before going to bed. ................................... 6. Please, look at this book carefully. ........................... 7. A bomb blew up with a loud noise. ........................... 8. Would you like to take part in the game? ........................... 9. We love our flat because we have such friendly people living next door. ....................... 10. The scientist performed an interesting test to prove something today. ........................... 10 11 VII. Read the text below and look carefully at each line. There are ten unnecessary words. Point them out by underlining them and write in the space provided (1pt) I thought I would let you to know how my summer holiday was in last week. When I got to the airport , I was told my flight would be delayed for at very least three hours. There was nothing to do but to wait. I felt very hungry but I could not buy anything to eat as I had run out of money. Time passed over slowly. After about two hours there was an announcement saying us that there would be a further delay of three hours and passengers on the flight could order a free meal in the cafe. I joined up a long queue and had just been being served when I heard another announcement telling the passengers that the flight was now be ready for boarding. I had to leave my meal and rush to the gate. There was another wait at the gate for half of an hour. But in the end my holiday ended happily. 1.....................2 ................... 3 ................... 4 ................... 5 ................... 6.....................7 ................... 8 ................... 9 ................... 10 ................... VIII. The following people all want to go on holiday. Look at the advertisements for holidays and decide which holiday would be best for each person. Write the correct letters - A to E in the space provided for each number.(1pt) A. Explore Africa Do you like adventure? Are you looking for a holiday you will never forget? Travel through Africa for five weeks with a small group. Groups fly to Nairobi every Saturday. If you are aged 25-45 send now for a brochure to Box 342. B. Seagull Sailing Holidays Suitable for all ages, learn to sail in three weeks. Teaching from qualified staff, no experience necessary. Accommodation is provided in holiday flats in a quiet fishing village. Breakfast, dinner and a packed lunch included in the price of the holiday. C. History Tour Tour Egypt with guides. The tour includes lectures about the history of Egypt and visits to museums. Travel by coach or river boat. Accommodation in top hotels. Tours last 2 or 3 weeks. D. Students Working Holidays For a really cheap (but healthy ! ) holiday. Pick fruits in the heart of the country. Accommodation provided in farm houses or camp in tents. All meals included. Free transport to place of work from railway station. If you are over sixteen, why not write for further details. E. Bell Island Hotel Short stays ( 3-7 days) available. Famous for excellent cooking, the hotel provides opportunities to enjoy the heated swimming pool, the disco, the top class bar and restaurants every night. All rooms have sea view. ..... 1. John and Samantha are university students. They want to have a holiday in the summer but they have very little money. ..... 2. Peter Brown is a businessman. He is tired and needs a rest but he doesn’t have much free time for a holiday. He wants to get away from the city life and stay somewhere near the sea. ..... 3. The Robinson family like outdoor holidays. They have never tried sailing, but they would like to learn. 12 ..... 4. Susan James has three weeks to spend on holiday. She doesn’t like sports and she doesn’t like relaxing on the beach, either. She enjoys sightseeing and learning about foreign countries. ..... 5. Bill Jones is 30. He wants an active , exciting holiday. He likes hot weather, but he doesn’t like the sea IX. Rewrite the following sentences using the words given (1pt) 1. “ Whatever you see in the cupboard, don’t touch it!” they said They warned me.............................................................................................. 2. Though he drives carefully, there is still a danger of accident. However........................................................................................................... 3. We should do something about it now It is time we..................................................................................................... 4. Sarah can swim further than I can. I cannot............................................................................................................ 5. He could not go to school because of his illness. As ................................................................................................................... 6. When I heard the telephone ring, I answered it immediately. On ................................................................................................................... 7. They believed that thirteen was an unlucky number. Thirteen ......................................................................................................... 8. It hasn’t rained hard for 2 months. It is.................................................................................................................. 9. Although she was ill, she turned up . Despite............................................................................................................. 10. I can’t visit you as I have no time. If ..................................................................................................................... X. Write complete sentences, using the words given (2pts) 1. If / he / not/ drive/ fast/ able / avoid /that/ terrible/ accident /./ .......................................................................................................................... 2. The/ man/stand / in front of / my/ uncle/ is/shopkeeper/./ .......................................................................................................................... 3. Having/ do/homework / the children/start /play football/./ .......................................................................................................................... 4. Jack/ put down/ the living-room carpet /moment/ as/tonight/he/house warming party. .......................................................................................................................... 5. Never/ her life/ she / ask/ make/ speech/ in public/./ .................................................................................................................................. §Ò luyÖn sè 5 I. Choose the word in each group that differently from the rest.(1pt) 1. a. amazed 2. a. surprising 3. a. treat b. decade b. section b. appearance 13 has the underlined part pronounced c. average c. story c. release d. arrange d. sure d. steal 4. a. low b. brown c. grow d. throw II. Fill one suitable preposition in each blank in the following passage. (1 pt) Millions of people (1)...................... the world have never seen snow. Others see more (2)...................... it than they want to. Each tiny piece of snow is called a snowflake, and each flake has six sides or six points. Billions of snowflakes fall every winter, and the amazing fact is that each one is different. A snowflake is (3)...................... individual as someone’s handwriting or fingerprint. A snowflake forms inside a winter storm cloud when a very small piece of dust is trapped (4)...................... a tiny drop of water. This happens in the atmosphere 10 kilometres (5)...................... the earth. The water freezes around the dust, and as this flake is blown (6)...................... the wind, it collects more drops of water. These drops freeze too, and the snowflake becomes heavy enough to fall (7)...................... the earth. As it falls, it passes through areas where the temperature and humidity vary. It collects more and more drops of water, and the shape continually changes. Some drops fall off and start to form news snowflakes. Since no two flakes follow exactly the same path (8)...................... the ground, no two flakes are exactly alike. However, they are all sixsided. So far, no one understands why this is so. III. Fill one suitable word in each blank to finish the passage.(1pt) It happened three years ago (1)...................... I was staying at my sister’s house. She and her husband went on (2) ...................... and I looked after the house for them. One night I (3) ...................... a lot of noise outside and I went (4) ...................... to see what was wrong. The house next door was (5) ...................... fire. Smoke and flames came out of the upstairs windows. A woman shouted, “Help, help. Tommy’s inside.” Without thinking, I ran into the house, but it was no good. Everything was burning and it was terribly hot. Then, while I was standing there, something hit me (6) ...................... the back of my head. The next thing that I remember I was (7) ...................... on the grass in front of the house. The fire brigade pulled me out of the house. The woman was there and she said, “It’s all right. Tommy’s safe.” Then I realized that she was holding a cat. I risked my (8) ......................for a cat. IV. Use the correct form of the words given to complete the passage. (1 pt) 1. In Britain, with your parents’ (permit) ...................... , you can get married at the age of 16. 2. According to a survey, young and inexperienced drivers are the (likely) ...................... to have an accident. 3. I’m really happy as all of my new neighbours are very (friend)...................... 4. It’s our (please) ...................... to have you here with us today. 5. Because I couldn’t sleep all night yesterday, now I feel really (sleep)...................... 6. Reading books can widen your (know) ...................... of this wonderful world. 7. It’s very (danger) ...................... to drive 100 kph without wearing a safe belt. 8. My 15th birthday last month was a(n) (forget) ...................... event in my life. V. Rewrite the following sentences with the words given. (1 pt) 1. Please don’t say things like that. I wish you .............................................................................................................. 2. It is not a habit of mine to sleep in the afternoon I am ....................................................................................................................... 3. I haven’t been to a cricket match for years. 14 It’s ......................................................................................................................... 4. We had to wait two hours for Donald. Donald kept ........................................................................................................... 5. He cannot speak because he is so angry. He is too ................................................................................................................ 6. It was a bit difficult to get into work this morning Getting ................................................................................................................... 7. On seeing him, the girl said she did not like him. As .......................................................................................................................... 8. She didn’t work hard enough, so she lost her job. The reason ............................................................................................................. VI. Correct the mistakes in the following sentences.(1 pt) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Paris is the most beautiful city I have been in. He enjoys to walk in the rain. He spoke too quick that I couldn’t understand what he said. Could you buy me two loafs of bread, please? Despite of the heavy rain, Jean still went to her close friend’s birthday party. However difficult is this exercise, I will manage to do it by myself. The park keeper told us not walk on the grass or we would be fined. John used to smoking cigarettes when he was a young man. VII. Circle the correct answers to complete the passage (1 pt) When man first learned how to make a fire, he began to use fuel for the first time. The first fuel he used was probably wood. As time (1) ......................, man eventually discovered that substances such as coal and oil (2)...................... . Coal (3) ...................... very widely as a source of energy until the last century. With the coming of the industrial revolution, it was soon realized that production (4) ...................... if coal was used instead of wood. Nowadays, many of the huge factories and electricity generating stations (5) ...................... to function if there was no coal. In the last twenty or thirty years, however, the use of coal (6) ...................... . As a result, there have been changes in the coal industry. It is believed that more people (7) ...................... coal if oil and gas were not so readily available. There is more than enough coal in the world for man’s needs for the next two hundred years if our use of coal (8) ...................... . Unfortunately, however, about half of the world’s coal may never be used. Mining much of it would be very expensive even if it was possible to use new equipment. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. A. passes B. used to pass A. are burning B. would burn A. not used B. did not use A. doubles B. has doubled A. were unable B. would be unable A. has declined B. will decline A. would use B. used A. did not increase C. does not increase C. would pass C. have burn C. not using C. will double C. will be unable C. declines C. use B. would not increase D. may not increase D. passed D. were burnt D. was not used D. would double D. are unable D. would decline D. will use VIII. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets.(1 pt) After (1-take off) ...................... from Fort Lauderdale, the planes began to head east. They (2-fly) ...................... about 260 kilometers east before the pilots (3-check) 15 ...................... their instruments and turned north. A short time later, however, one of the pilots radioed, “Everything (4-be) ...................... wrong... even the ocean (5-not look) ...................... as it should. We (6-lose) ...................... our way.” After (7-send) ...................... this message, he was silent. It (8-be) ...................... the last time anyone ever heard from him. A flying boat also disappeared shortly after setting off to search for the missing planes. IX. Make all the changes and additions necessary to produce complete sentences from the following sets of words and phrases.(2 pts) 1. Fiona / walking / so slowly / as if / she / very tired ............................................................................................................................... 2. Thank you / catalogue / which / you / mail / us / January 5th ............................................................................................................................... 3. Today / it / cold / ever ............................................................................................................................... 4. If they / to keep fit / must / take plenty / exercises / they / ? ............................................................................................................................... 5. Either / John / Bill / going / beach / today. ............................................................................................................................... 6. She / live / here / ever since / she / marry ............................................................................................................................... 7. I / no intention / come / this terrible place / again. ............................................................................................................................... 8. I / pay / cheque / because / no cash / me / at that time. ............................................................................................................................... §Ò luyÖn sè 6 I. Choose the word in each group that differently from the rest. (1pt) 1. a. great 2. a. fur 3. a. window 4. a. kind b. bread b. occur b. flow b. site has the underlined part pronounced c. break c. bury c. tow c. bite d. steak d. excursion d. now d. kid II. Read carefully the passage and decide whether the following statements are true (T), false (F), or no information (NI) .(1 pt) One of the lines from my favourite song goes this way: “Love is something you do, not what you talk”. Indeed, we often say that we love our families, but when was the last time you took the effort to make a cake for them or to sit down to talk to them? Do you take time to find out what has been happening in their lives? Most of the time, we would rather watch a movie or simply hang out at shopping centres with our friends than spend time with our family. People tend to take their families for granted because they have lived with them for their whole life. They do not feel the need to be considerate to their families, unlike being so to their friends. This is because their families would always accept and love them just as they are. It is usually when a person leaves his family that he realizes how important his family is to him. He will then appreciate the warmth and loving that a family gives. 16 Try loving your family now not with words, but with your actions, cultivate a good relationship with your family members and learn to appreciate each of them as the unique persons they are. ...........1. In fact, we usually spend a lot of time to take care of our family. ...........2. Making a cake for our family is very interesting. ...........3. We prefer going shopping than being with our family because it is boring to stay at home. ...........4. Some people may find it unnecessary to be considerate to their family. ...........5. Friends are difficult to please. ...........6. It is said that our family will love us only if we are good and well-behaved. ...........7. Only when we are far from our family can we realize the importance of our family. ...........8. When we are with our family, we should show our love with our actions III. Circle the correct answers to complete the sentences. (1 pt) 1. I should be very ...................... if you would accept the invitation to the party. A. thanking B. honourable C. pleased D. pleasing 2. Please don’t ...................... to put stamps on the letters I gave you to post. A. forget B. remind C. realize D. remember 3. Her mother asked her to ...................... the table for the evening meal. A. place B. put out C. serve D. lay 4. “You will not find kangaroos anywhere else on ...................... ,” said the Australian. A. soil B. world C. earth D. ground 5. “Will you ...................... me your pen for my examination this afternoon?” A. borrow B. lend C. allow D. permit 6. The picture was sold for a great ...................... of money. A. cost B. sum C. value D. price 7. No one was able to explain the ...................... of the old custom. A. beginning B. origin C. starting point D. reason 8. It is very difficult to ...................... a secret from my family. A. keep B. learn C. take D. hear IV. Use the correct form of the words given to finish the sentences. (1 pt) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Alison’s (shy) ...................... made it hard for her to speak in public. He cycled (care) ...................... and had an accident. Could you (straight) ...................... the picture over the sofa? You can trust him because he is very (rely) ...................... Saucepans are sold in the (house) ...................... goods department. He was very (pride) ...................... of the work he had done. During his (child) ...................... , his family lived in Cornwall. His examination results were so unsatisfactory that it seemed (point) ...................... for him to continue studying. V. Choose the correct word from the list below to fill in each blank.(1 pt) control / devote/ lead/ necessary/ plays/providing/ scarce/ solution Food (1) ...................... an important part in the development of nations. In countries where food is (2) ...................... , people have to spend most of their time getting enough to eat. This usually slows down progress, because men have little time to (3) ...................... to science, industry, government, and art. In nations where food is plentiful 17 and easy to get, men have more time to spend in activities that (4) ...................... to progress, human betterment, and enjoyment of leisure. The problem of (5) ...................... good food for everybody has not yet been solved. Many wars have been fought for the (6) ...................... of rich food-producing lands. But it is no longer (7) ...................... to go to war for food. Nations are beginning to put scientific knowledge to work for a (8) ...................... to their food problems. They work together in the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to help hungry nations produce more food. VI. Fill one suitable preposition in each blank in the following sentences .(1 pt) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. We both share a love ...................... music. I’ve been waiting ...................... an hour. I’m looking for a book ...................... animals. When does the train ...................... London leave? I can’t see because the lights are ......................... . The bill must be paid ...................... Monday I opened the can ...................... a can-opener. Now, I think all our problems are ...................... . VII. Fill in each blank with a, an, the or Φ . (1pt) 1. A: What happened to your bicycle? (1) ...................... front wheel is bent. B: I ran into (2) ...................... parked car when I swerved to avoid (3) ...................... big pothole in the street. A: Did you damage (4) ...................... car? B: A little. A: What did you do? B: I left (5) ................... note for (6) .................... owner of (7) ................... car. A: What did you write on (8) ...................... note? B: My name and my address. I also wrote (9) ...................... apology. 2. Our children enjoyed going to the beach yesterday. When they dug in (10) ..................... sand, they found various kinds of (11) ..................... animals. Susie found (12) ...................... crab, and so did Johnny. (13) ...................... crab Johnny found pinched him, which made him cry. But he had (14) ...................... good time at (15) ...................... beach anyway. 3. Alex, would you please answer (16) ...................... phone? VIII. Use the correct form of the verbs to finish the following passage. (2 pts) Dear Ann, I (1-receive) ...................... your letter about two weeks ago and (2-try) ...................... to find time to write you back ever since. I (3-be) ...................... very busy lately. I have my tests next week. In addition, a friend (4-stay) ...................... with me since last Thursday. She wanted to see the city, so we (5-spend) ...................... a lot of time visiting some of the interesting places here. We (6-be) ...................... to the zoo, the art museum, and the botanical gardens. Yesterday we (7-go) ...................... to the park and (8-watch) ...................... a balloon race. Right now it (9-be) ...................... 3.00 am and I (10-sit) ...................... at my desk. I (11-sit) ...................... here five hours doing my studying. My friend’s plane (12-leave) ...................... at 6.05, so I (13-decide) ...................... not to go to bed. That’s why I am writing to you at such an early hour in the day. I (14-get) ...................... a little sleepy, but I would rather stay up. I (15-take) ...................... a nap after I (16-get) ...................... back from taking her to the airport. How are you getting along? How about your class? Please write soon. 18 Yours, Janet. IX. Rewrite the following sentences with the words given .(1 pt) 1. It’s a pity I didn’t take my doctor’s advice. I wish ..................................................................................................................... 2. Who does this bag belong to? Whose ................................................................................................................... 3. The bread is so stale that we can’t eat it The bread isn’t....................................................................................................... 4. Unless he phones immediately, he won’t get any information. If ........................................................................................................................... 5. The garden still needs digging. The garden hasn’t .................................................................................................. 6. I am very pleased that we shall meet again soon. I am ...................................................................................................................... 7. You may get hungry on the train, so take some sandwiches In .......................................................................................................................... 8. It was so late that nothing could be done. It was too ............................................................................................................... X. Change the underlined words into suitable forms and rewrite the following groups of words into correct sentences in order to have a complete letter.(1pt) Dear Mum and Dad, 1. You/ be /glad /hear / I/ arrive/safely/ ............................................................................................................................... 2. Train/delay/ I/ get / here / late / ............................................................................................................................... 3. Camp / be / fantastic / everybody /be /kind / so far/ .............................................................................................................................. 4. Tomorrow / I / climb / mountain / if / weather / be /good / ............................................................................................................................... 5. If /rain / we /go /swim / indoor pool / .............................................................................................................................. 6. I /not /think /I /have /enough /money / .............................................................................................................................. 7. you /send / me /more /soon /possible / ? / .............................................................................................................................. 8. I/ tell /you / rest / news / next time / I /write / ............................................................................................................................... §Ò luyÖn sè 7 I. Choose the word that has different pronunciation .(1pt) 1. a. instrument 2. a. demonstrate 3. a. prepare 4. a. climb b. symbolize b. celebrate b. recently b. brotherhood c. solidarity c. labour c. remember c. comb d. spirit d. garden d. recognize d. bomb II. Odd one out, then explain your choice .(1pt) Eg: hand, head, maths, toe. => “maths” is different because it’s not a body part. 19 1. teacher, cooker, engineer, football player. ..................... 2. hippopotamus, elephant, ant, buffalo. ..................... 3. horse, tortoise, antelope, rabbit. ..................... 4. television, record player, electric fan, bicycle. ..................... III. Supply the correct word form. (1pt) 1. We had a marvellous holiday and our trip to the mountains was (forget) .............. . 2. It was very (polite) .............. of you to interrupt your teacher when he was speaking. 3. The more you study, the (good) ............... you’ll get. 4. A successful business need good (organize) ............... . 5. Great talkers are never great (do) ................ . 6. (Live) ............... indeed would be (dull) ................. if there were no (difficult) ................... . IV. Supply the correct preposition in each gap. (1pt) 1. When small, I was fond ...................... reading picture books. 2. Please look ..................... yourself when you are away ...................... home. 3. I divided the cake ..................... two smaller parts. 4. Why don’t you stop staring ..................... him? It’s very impolite to do that .................. saying anything. 5. I feel grateful ................ you .................... what you’ve done for me. V. Supply the correct verb form to complete the sentences. (1pt) 1. The film was very sad. It made her (cry) ......................... . 2. When I was a child, I (sing) ........................... this song. 3. The story (tell) ......................... by our grandmother made a deep impression on me. 4. At last you are here. I (wait) .......................... for you for more than half an hour. 5. You can make the tea now. The water (boil) ........................... . 6. I’d rather you (not talk about) ............................ it again. 7. If you (take) ......................... my advice, things (not be) ...................... that bad now. VI. Choose the best answer for each blank in the passage. (1pt) FOOTBALL TODAY Football is a very old game. It is (1) .......................... all over the world today. In Vietnam, we have an (2) ..................... football competition. Every year, the football teams from all provinces in Vietnam play against each (3) .......................... . Football players (4) ...................... Vietnam sometimes go to foreign countries and (5) ....................... against their football (6) ........................ Schools have football teams, (7) ....................... . (8) .................. year, their football teams also play against each other. 1.A. play 2.A. annual 3.A. another 4.A. from 5.A. usually 6.A. player 7.A. also 8.A. Every B. played B. every B. other B. in B. play B. teams B. either B. One C. playing C. all C. one C. to C. they C. games C. too C. Some VII. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word. (1pt) I’ll never (1) ..................... the night our car broke down. We were on our (2) ...................... home after a marvellous evening out with some friends. It was well after 20