Read the passage and choose the best option for each blank: When people read a novel, they are entering 1 ……… a new world.. Read the passage and choose the best option to complete sente
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TRƯỜNG THPT BC CHU VĂN AN MÔN: ANH Thời gian: 60 phút Đề 004
I Read the passage and choose the best option for each blank:
When people read a novel, they are entering (1) ……… a new world Frequently, the story takes place
in a real part of the world at a (2)……… time in (3)………… The reader then learns about this place and time Also, the reader learns new words and (4)………… unfamiliar For example, one who lives in the mountains might learn ship terms and how to (5)………… a boat
2 a special b specially c particularly d particular
3 a historic b history c historical d historian
4 a anything b something c nothing d everything
II Read the passage and choose the best option to complete sentences:
Jack London was the famous American novelist and short story writer He was born in San Fransco in
1876 He quit school at fourteen to become a sailor He was a self-taught student, he finished his high school and college education during six months He led an adventurous but poor life His view point was in favour of the poor and socialism He read a lot of books of Karl Marx He was influenced by Marxist Party theory and the October Revolution In 1885, he joined the Socialist Labour Party but in the last years of his life, he moved away from the working class and in 1916 he left the party In 1916, he committed suicide because of despair dream He used an overdose of morphine and drowned himself in the sea He was an adventure novelist, a Socialist reformer and prominent socialist who often signed under the line “Yours for the revolution, Jack London.”
6 Jack London quit school in ………
7 He had a/an ……… life
a rich and adventurous b adventurous and poor c poor and quiet d rich and quiet
8 He was in favour of ………
a self-teaching b capitalism c the rich and the poor d the poor and socialism
9 Why did he committee suicide?
a Because he left the party b He used to have a dream
c Because of socialism d Because of despair of life and disillusion with American dream
10 Jack London died at the age of ………
III Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:
14 a feature b reason c season d pleasant
IV Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest:
16 a solidify b unpleasant c surgeon d perversity
17 a preserve b scalpel c laser d military
20 a intimacy b intensity c forefather d element
V Choose the best option:
21 Who was the ……… of this institution?
22 The cost of living has ……… over 10 percent in the past years
a risen b inflated c raised d produced
23 Burning coal and oil will release gases ………… to humans
Trang 2a dirty b dusty c harmful d serious
24 I am not ……… on my own
a used to live b used to living c used to d lived
25 By the time you come home, I ………… the decorating
a will finish b will have finished c have finished d am finishing
26 ……… the weather forecast, it will rain heavily later this morning
a On account of b According to c Because of d Due to
27 Tell me ………… there is anything special that you would like to do
28 She locked the door ………… she wouldn’t be disturbed
29 Life here is much easier than it ……… be
30 I just want to drop in to ………… because I’m going away in a few days
a say hello b say greeting c say goodbye d say good day
31 His work suffered because of his total ………… in sport
a absorb b absorbent c absorptive d absorption
32 I made some coffee ………… coffee was too strong
33 ………… unknown person stole a T.V from Mr.Green’s home
34 I have a certain ………… about my interview tomorrow
35 It was for its ……… sake that it wanted to go back to the fire
VI Error identification:
36 These countries are preference in imports of raw cotton
a b c d
37 The teacher explained the lesson again so that his students can understand it
a b c d
38 Many people believe that New York is the most great city in America
39 John stopped writing his letter because he had to leave to the hospital
a b c d
40 I’d like to take advantage to this opportunity to explain the difficulty I have met
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