Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences
Part I : Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. (1,0m)
- I’m …….. to get the tickets for the show today, as there are hardly any left.
A. worried B. tired C. anxious D. afraid
- …….......... stamps, my sister collects coins.
A. Except B. Beside C. Besides D. In addition
- My brother is one of those who................. at night.
A. enjoys to drive B. enjoy to drive C. enjoys driving D. enjoy driving
- She didn’t inform us ................................. her decision.
A. about B. in C. for D. on
- ........................ you go by taxi, you are likely to be late.
A. If B. Unless C. Since D. However
6. We need some milk, .................................?
A. need we B. needn’t we C. don’t we D. do we
7. Doctor: “Does your leg..............? ” – Michael: “ A little ”
A. pain B. ache C. hurt D. wound
8. If we can ................... our present difficulties, everything should be all right.
A. get off B. come across C. come over D. get over
9. I wish Marie ................................. . It’s unbelievable, she didn’t.
A. will succeed B. would succeed C. had succeeded D. has succeeded
10. The little girl wasted half an hour ……………….for her picture book.
A. look B. looking C. to look D. looked
Part II: Read the passage below and choose the best response to each of the questions.(1,0m)
More than two hundred years ago, the term environmental pollution was quite strange to people. They lived healthily, drank pure water, and breathed fresh air. Nowadays, the situation is quite different. People all over the world are worried about things that are happening to the environment. Actually it is man that destroying the surroundings with many kinds of wastes. Everybody knows that motorbikes and cars emit dangerous gases that cause poisonous air and cancer, but no one wants to travel on foot or by bicycle. Manufacturers know that wastes from factories make water and soil polluted, but they do not want to spend a lot of money on treating the wastes safely. Scattering garbage is bad for our health, but no one wants to spend time burying it. Is it worth talking a lot about pollution?
- More than two hundred years ago, ……
A. the environment was polluted as much as it is today. B. people knew nothing about environmental pollution.
C. air was polluted badly. D. people were faced with pollution.
- Nowadays, many people are concerned about ……
A. the poisonous air. B. the polluted water.
C. the wastes form factories. D. the environmental pollution.
- According to the passage, people know that motorbikes and cars emit dangerous gases ……
A. so they do not travel by motorbikes and cars. B. so they prefer traveling by bicycles.
C. but they prefer traveling by motorbikes and cars. D. and they enjoy traveling on foot.
- Factory owners ……
A. know nothing about pollution. B. pollute water and soil.
C. spend a lot of money on treating wastes. D. don’t treat industrial waste safely
- Which of the following is not true?
A. In former days, people led a healthy life. B. people have no awareness of the danger of pollution.
C. Water is now heavily contaminated by industrial wastes.
D. It’s harmful for our health if rubbish is spreaded over our areas
Part III. Read the following passage carefully, and then decide whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F) or No Given. (N). (1,0 m)
Thin people who do not exercise may carry lots of dangerous internal fat, warn doctors in the United Kingdom. Since1994, researchers at Imperial College London have scanned nearly 800 people with MRI machines to determine where they store fat. People who maintain their weight through diet rather than exercise were found to be likely to have major deposits of internal fat, even if they appear slim. As many as 45 percent of the women and 60 percent of the men with normal Body Mass Index were found to have excessive levels of internal fat. The doctors concluded that skinny but sedentary people are at a much higher risk of mortality than those who are overweight but active.
________ 1. Thin people do not carry lots of dangerous internal fat.
________ 2. Thin people warn the doctors in the U.K about fat.
________ 3. Scientists can know where people store fat with MRI machines.
________ 4. Overweight people are active.
________ 5. Overweight people may die more easily than slim people.
Part IV: Read the text below and then decide which word(s) below best fits each space. (2,0m)
Jeans are very popular with young people all (1)……. the world. Some people say that jeans are the “ uniform” of (2)…….. But they haven’t always been popular. The story of jeans started (3)……… two hundred years ago. People in Genoe, Italy made pants. The cloth (4)…. in Genoa was called “Jeans”. The pants were called “Jeans”. In 1850, a salesman (5)….California began selling pants made of canvas. His name was Levi Strauss. (6)….they were so strong, “Levi’s pants” became (7)…… with gold miners, farmer and cowboys. Six years (8)….., Levis began making his pants with blue cotton (9)……called denim. Soon after, factory workers in the United States and Europe began (10) …..jeans. Young people usually didn’t wear them.
1. A. in B. on C. over D. above
2. A. youth B. young C. younger D. youngest
3. A. lots B. much C. most D. almost
4. A. make B. makes C. making D. made
5. A. in B. on C. at D. with
6. A. Although B. But C. Because D. So
7. A. famous B. popular C. good D. wonderful
8. A. late B. later C. latest D. last
9. A. cloth B. clothing C. cloths D. clothes
10. A. wear B. wearing C. wore D. worn
Part V: Give the correct form of the words in brackets. There is an example for you. (2,0m)
1. She has one of the biggest ………………….… in Britain. ( COLLECT )
2. Thank you for a very …………………………. evening. ( ENJOY )
3. He cycled ………………………….. and had an accident yesterday. ( CARE )
4. I really don’t think he has the ………………….……. to do this job. (ABLE )
5. His boss told him off because he had behaved ............................... ( RESPONSIBLE )
6. The knife is very blunt. It needs …………………….. ( SHARP )
7. He doesn’t agree with the…………………..… that there is life on other planets. (BELIEVE)
8. She divorced him because of his ……………………… to the children. ( KIND )
9. Is it possible to …………………. between a hobby and an interest ? ( DISTINT )
10. She always listens ……………..…… to what she is told . ( ATTENTION )
Part VI: . There are 11 mistakes in the following passage. Find and correct them. There is an example for
Ex: 0. better -> best
Summer in England is the better season of all. The sky is clear and blue. The sun shines bright. But it is not pleasant to go out at noon because of the sun dazzles our eyes. The air is generally dry. It is very pleasant taking a walk in the morning when the country is cool, or again on the evening when the sunshine is not so heat, and the moon raises above the horizon. How beauty it is in summer in the countryside. There high in the sky, there has the moon which sheds it’s silver light together with thousand of little stars twinkling and twinkling.
Part VIII: Identify the underlined words or word phrases (A,B, C or D) that must be changed in order to correct the sentence . There is an example for you. (1,0m)
1. Mary asked me how did I go to school everyday.
A B C D
2. The English course will start in May 29th and finish in August.
A B C D
3. Last summer my family went to Vung Tau , where my aunt is living there.
A B C D
4. If you won’t study hard, you’ll fail the exam.
A B C D
5. I haven’t visited Mr. Ba when he moved to his new house.
A B C D
Part IX: Choose the correct word for each space from the list. Do not use the same word more than once.
A. assistant B. became C. called D. historical E. medicine F. romances
G. society H. where I. which J. writer K. next L. but
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is famous as the (1)…… of the Sherlock Holmes stories. He was born in Scotland in 1859. He went to Edinburgh University and studied (2)……. He worked as a doctor for several years, (3)…… when he was thirty-two, he (4)…… a full-time writer. He wrote (5)……, adventure stories, and (6)…… stories, but it was the detective stories (7)…… made him famous. He wrote the first story in 1887 while he was still a doctor, and in the (8)……twenty years he wrote fifty more. Sherlock Holmes lived in Baker Street with his friends and (9)……, Doctor Watson. Their enemy in many stories is a man (10)…… Moriarty. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle died in 1930, aged seventy-one.
C/ WRITING
Part I: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it.
1. We postponed our picnic because of the bad weather.
à Because ................................................................................................................
2. The remark was so unexpected that she didn’t know what to say.
à It was ....................................................................................................................
3. You’re the worst guitarist in the world.
à No one ..................................................................................................................
4. It was a waste of time to write that letter.
à I needn’t ...............................................................................................................
5. I haven’t been to Bristol for three years.
à The last time ..............................................................................................................
6. “ I can’t swim very well”- He told me.
à He .........................................................................................................................
7. My mother sent me a letter last week.
à A letter ..................................................................................................................
- I have no advice, which I can offer you.
à I have no .............................................................................................................
9. I want you to send this letter for me
à Would you mind .................................................................................................
10. Why don’t we go to the beach?
à How ................................................................................................................... ?
Part II: Using the words given and other words, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Do not change the word given. (1,0m)
- Do I have to fill any forms? (necessary)
à Is ............................................................................................................... forms ?
- This food is so good that I’m going to have some more. (such)
à This ................................................................................................... some more.
- Lan is taller than Hoa . (as)
à Hoa is............................................................................................................. Lan.
- It might rain, so take an umbrella with you. (case)
à Take an ..................................................................................................... it rains.
- I study hard because I want to pass the exam. (in order)
à I study .......................................................................................... pass the exam.
(Làm phải giải thích,ai làm được hết những bài tập này mk sẽ tặng cho 100 xu)