A.    USE OF ENGLISH

             I.      Choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences. (2pts)

1.      It takes me two hours__________ my homework everyday.

      a/ do                           b/ to do                       c/  doing                     d/ did

2.      They asked her where she _______________ from.

      a/ comes                     b/ came                      c/ has come               d/ will come

3.      I wish I ________ a car. It would make life so much easier.

      a/ have                       b/ am having             c/ will have                d/ had

4.      Many tourists go up the mountain to visit a _________of a Vietnamese hero.

    a/ shrine                       b/ pagoda                   c/ mosque                  d/ church

5.      The course will start ......................early November.

a/ on                           b/ at                            c/ in                            d/ after

6.      ……………………means shorter or less than standard time.

a/ Part-time                b/ Grocery store       c/ Collect                   d/ Maize

7.      He often helps his parents ……………………eggs after school.

      a/ feed                                   b/ collect                     c/ exchange               d/ grow

8.      If you want to go to university, you……………… pass the entrance exam.

      a/ can                                     b/  will                          c/ could                     d/ ought to

9.      We wish it ............................ rain heavily now.

a. weren’t                               b. wasn’t                    c. won’t                      d. didn’t

10. She said ……………… she would go to Hanoi the next day.

a. if                                         b. whether                  c. that                         d. when

11. If they know your address, they ………………………………..you.

a. meet                                    b. will meet                c. would meet            d. met

12. It takes me an hour  ……………………………there.

a. to get                                  b. get                           c. gets                         d. got

13. He was born ……………………………15th January.

a. on                                        b. at                             c. in                             d. after

14. It rains heavily, ………………………………I can’t go to the party.

a. but                                      b. and                                     c. so                            d. because

15. ……………………..means bring things together.

a. Collect                               b. Grow                      c. Part- time               d. Grocery store

16. Mr. Tam is a farmer. He ……………..maize and raises chicken.

a. feeds                                   b. collects                  c. grows                      d. exchanges

17. Mr. Tam is a farmer. He ……………..maize and raises chicken.

a. feeds                                   b. collects                  c. grows                      d. exchanges

18. We wish it ............................ rain heavily now.

a. weren’t                               b. wasn’t                    c. won’t                      d. didn’t

19. She said ……………… she would go to Hanoi the next day.

a. if                                         b. whether                  c. that                         d. when

20. If they know your address, they ………………………………..you.

a. meet                                    b. will meet                c. would meet            d. met

21. It takes me an hour  ……………………………there.

a. to get                                  b. get                           c. gets                         d. got

22. He was born ……………………………15th January.

a. on                                        b. at                             c. in                             d. after

23. It rains heavily, ………………………………I can’t go to the party.

a. but                                      b. and                                     c. so                            d. because

24……………………..means bring things together.