accelerate III Choose the right word or phrase to complete the sentences 11.. IV Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting 31.. Tom asked Mary to believ
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2 A mechanize B champion C character D chemical
4 A eradicated B defended C unnoticed D extended
5 A construction B procedure C masterpiece D present
6 A windsurfing B wilderness C rhino D philosopher
II) Choose the word whose stress is different
7 A environment B pneumonia C publication D equality
8 A kangaroo B involvement C biologist D accelerate
III) Choose the right word or phrase to complete the sentences
11 More and more trees in the area are found from the effect of polluted air
A died B to be dying C having died D to be dead
12 I get up early to go work on time
A in order to B so as not to C so that D in order that
13 This book provides students useful tips that help them to pass the coming exam
14 I _ to the author if I thought he would publish the article
A write B am writing C would write D had written
15 The children made _ a little poem and wrote it in the card
16 After Mary _ her degree, she intends to work in her father’s company
A will finish B is finishing C finishes D will have finished
17 “Write to me when you get home” “ ”
18 You _ the look on his face when he won the prize
A would have seen B can be seeing C must see D should have seen
19 The water will be further polluted unless some measures _
taken
20 “What do you think of the book?”- “Oh, excellent It’s worth a second time”
21 I hurried _ I wouldn’t be late for class
22 A football fan is has a strong interest in football
A a thing that B something that C a person that D what
23 Antarctic we know very little is covered with thick ice all the year round
24 He thought of his childhood he worked in the country
25 Mary is one of the girls who often late for school
26 I _ a novel _ by O Henry at seven yesterday evening
A read, written B would read, to write C was reading, written D was to read, writing
27 My brother told me he was soon going to visit
A the United State B the United States C United States D United State
28 The children are all _ beautiful clothes on New Year’s Day
Trang 229 I wonder if he If he _, please let me know as soon as possible.
A will come, arrives B comes, arrives C comes, will arrive D will come, will arrive
30 He died _ pneumonia
IV) Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting
31 The early we leave, the sooner we will arrive.
A B C D
32 George has not completed the assignment yet, and Maria hasn’t neither
A B C D
33 Tree squirrels are active, noisy, and lively animals that make its home in tree trunks
A B C D
34 The Charles Dickens’s character Wilkins Micawber lived in optimistic expectation of a best
fortune
A B C D
35 Daisy has such many things to do that she has no time to go out.
A B C D
V) Choose the sentence that is similar in meaning to the one given
36 “Do you believe in what the boy says, Mary?” said Tom
A Tom asked Mary to believe in what the boy said B Tom asked Mary if she believed in what the boy said.
C Tom said that Mary believed in what the boy said D.Tom asked Mary whether she believes in what the boy says
37 John is fat because he eats so many chips
A If John doesn’t eat so many chips, he will not be fat B If John didn’t eat so many chips, he would not be fat.
C John is fat though he eats so many chips D being fat, John eats so many chips
38 People say he won a lot of money on the lottery
A He is said that he won a lot of money on the lottery B He won a lot of money on the lottery, it
is said
C He is said to have won a lot of money on the lottery D He was said to win a lot of money on
the lottery
39 He started learning French six years ago
A He has learned French for six years. B It was six years ago did he start learning French
C He hasn’t learnt French for six years D It is six years since he has learned French
40 She is learning English because she wants to get a better job
A She is learning English so that she gets a better job B She is learning English so as she gets a better job
C She is learning English in order she can get a better job
D She is learning English so that she will be able to get a better job.
VI) Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with suitable words
TEENAGERS AND SPORT It’s quite rare to meet teenagers who don’t like sports When you are young, you know how important (41) to do physical exercise if you want to be healthy and strong, and for that reason you often concentrate on just one sport with so (42) _ enthusiasm that in the end you can’t live without it The problem is, though, that as you grow up you have less and less spare time At your age you have to study harder if you want to get good marks to go to university, with perhaps only one afternoon a week to do any sport This happens just when you are at the best (43) _ for many sports, such as gymnastics and swimming By the time you finish all your studies you will probably be too old to be really good at sports like those, but if you spend enough
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45 A impractical B unlikely C improbable D impossible
2 Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with suitable words
O’ Henry’ s real name was William Sidney Porter He was born in North California, the USA in
1862 His father was a doctor His father died (46) _ he was a small boy After finishing school, he worked (47) _ a secretary in his uncle’s chemist shop for 5 years Then he went
to Texas because he wanted to see new places During that time, he worked in an office and then in
a small bank He became (48) _ in literature He married and lived happily with his wife and daughter but his happiness didn’t last long One day, a thousand dollar was stolen at the bank (49) _ he worked He was put into prison (50) _ he had not taken money At that time, his wife died to get some money as present for his daughter on Christmas Day, in prison he wrote the story “Whistling Dick’s Christmas Present” in 1899 He signed under the penname “O’ Henry” After the prisonment in 1901 he continued writing He died in 1910
48 A interest B interesting C interested D interestingly