A new study shows that women can reduce their chances of developing heart disease by jogging for about three hours every week.. The study is the first to show the effectiveness of joggin
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I Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others:
4 A competition B completion C information D question
5 A billion B climbing C bright D blouse
II Choose the best answers:
1 Tom: “I have passed my driving test.” Daisy: “ _”
A Congratulations! B Thank you! C Good luck!
D Bye!
2 “ What do you think of the ?” “ It’s wonderful It makes me cheerful
A English Competition B Art Competition C Singing Contest D Poetry Reading Competition
3.She that film three times
has seen
4.We lunch when we heard the news
having
5.When they got to the station, the train already
left
6 Mary to school by bus every day
7 My mother let me after 9 PM
8 She reminded him the door carefully
closed
9 I caught him the fence
jumping
10 for more than four hours, I felt tired and hungry
A Having worked B have worked C Having been worked D have been worked
11 He was accused of the car two months ago
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12 “I’m sorry I forgot your birthday,” said Dave to Julia.
A Dave said he is sorry he forgot Julia’s birthday
B Dave said to Julia that I’m sorry I forgot your birthday
C Dave excused Julia for forgetting her birthday
D Dave apologized for forgetting Julia’s birthday
13 How many contestants were there in all?
group
14 Many students take part in the campaign for illiteracy eradication.
stimulate
15 Schools need to help children to read and write
D innovators
16 A person who decides who has won a competition is called a
witness
17 I warned An staying at the hotel near the airport
A for B from C away
D against
18 We insisted a refund of the full amount
D to
19 The competition was by the Students' Parents Society
encourged
III Choose the underlined part among A, B, C, D that needs correcting:
1 I spent most of my time in the train read my favourite book.
A B C D
2 You had better learning a foreign language before applying for a job.
A B C D
IV Read the following passage carefully, and then select the best option A, B, C or
D to complete it:
Dear Sir/ Madam,
Trang 3I read the information about the English Speaking Competition on your Language Centre’s website I am interested _ (1) _ practising English with native speakers and I want to get some information about the _ (2) _
Could you please send me details of the competition, the number of _ ( 3) _ , entry procedures, venue, date and time? Please provide me with your phone number and e-mail
I look forward to _ ( 4) _ from you soon
D competitive
3 A participates B participants C participative D
participatory
V Read the passage and choose one correct answer for each question.
A new study shows that women can reduce their chances of developing heart disease
by jogging for about three hours every week The researchers at Harvard University Medical in Boston have just reported the results of the study on the New England Journal of Medicine The study is the first to show the effectiveness of jogging in the developing of heart disease in women Only a few earlier studies have examined the effects of jogging on the heart, but nearly all have been done on men The new study involves more than 72,000 women between the ages of forty and sixty-five during a period of eight years The researchers have found that women who jog at least three hours a week have a thirty to forty percent lower chance of suffering a heart attack than those who do not
1 The new study is about
A men and heart attack B effects of jogging on women’s heart
C men and jogging D medicine in Harvard University
2 Who have done the research?
A The journalists on the New England Journal of Medicine
B The researchers at Harvard University Medical in Boston
C Women between the ages of forty and sixty-five
D Some joggers
3 How many hours should women jog at least a week to reduce heart attacks?
4 If the woman jogs at least 3 hours per week, they will have lower chance of suffering heart disease than the other who do not.
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1.“ I hear you passed your exams Congratulations!” John said to us.
John congratulated on
_
2 " I have always wanted to be a pilot," John said
=>John dreamed
of _ _
3 “ I didn’t break the window.”
=> He denied
_
TEST 2
I Which word has a different sound?
1 A cheat B Christmas C charity D changeable
2 A annual B announce C athletic D campaign
3 A bill B child C wild D mild
4 A shortage B encourage C garage D damage
5 A promise B device C surprise D realise
II Choose from the four options given (marked A, B, C, and D) one best answer to complete each sentence
6 I’m sure I locked the door I clearly remember _ it
A locking B to lock C to have locked D lock
7 I didn’t hear you _ in You must have been very quiet
8 John appears some weight Has he been ill?
A having lost B having been lost C to have lost D
to have been lost
9 We would like to the president’s reception, but we weren’t
A having invited B having been invited C to have invited D to have been invited
taking
10 He is very stubborn, so it will be difficult to _ him to go
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A didn’t reserve B not to reserve C hadn’t reserved D hadn’t
been reserved
12 If I hadn’t drunk so much coffee, better
A I’d have slept B I slept C I’ll sleep D I sleep
13 If I were you, your car fixed before it lets you down
14 She went to London with the of finding a job
correct
15 I only had time to at the newspapers
16 Many local people object the building of the new airport
17 He was so _that he distrusted all his friends
a suspect b suspicious c suspicion d suspiciously
18 Friendship offers us great_in life
a please b pleasant c pleasure d pleased
19 My father took an interest in collecting stamps He had a valuable stamp
collection,
a on b up c in d over
20 True friendship should be based_understanding each other and faithfulness
I a out b at c on d over
21 I seem to remember that Sam has ever told me_number of _ lies
a a / 0 b the / the c 0 / the d the / 0
22. Naomi her father as she was growing up
a idol b idolatry c idolized d idolizing
23. _Man is engaged in a struggle with Nature
a constant b constantly c constancy d inconstantly
24. _The policeman did not permit them through the military zone He forced them -another way
a going / to go b to go / to go c to go / going d go / go
25. The children they cannot keep silent
a seem to be so excited that b seem being so excited that
c seem to be very excited that d seem being very excited that
Trang 6III Choose the underlined word or phrase in each of the sentences that needs correcting.
26 Being sick is the ultimate weapon that some children use so that to get their
to make sure that their demands are met
D
27 When we arrived at the store to purchase the dishwasher advertise in the newspaper, we
A B C learned that all the dishwashers had been sold
D
28 Being able to feel safe and self-contained in the dark during the night helps to develop the confidence
that all children need to cope with new experiences, for example when start school
29 It was an extremely emotional moment for both of us I will never forget the time
C D
30 He boss doesn't want him to have the habit of use the office phone for personal calls
A B C D
IV Choose the sentence among A, B, C, D that is closest meaning to the original sentence
31 He said, " I didn't reply to the letter"
A He apologized for didn't reply to the letter
B He apologized for not to reply to the letter
C He apologized for not to replying to the letter
D He apologized for not replying to the letter
32 John said: " You had better go on a diet, Mary"
A John advised Mary should go on a diet
B John said to Mary go on a diet
C John advised Mary go on a diet
D John advised Mary to go on a diet
33 I haven't got the money, so I am not going on holiday
A Having no money made me go on holiday
B Not having money on my holiday got me down
C If I had the money, I'll go on holiday
D If I had the money, I would go on holiday
34 The suitcase was extremely heavy but he managed to lift it easily
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B Although the suitcase was heavy but he managed to lift it easily
C The suitcase was not too heavy to lift
D He had no difficulty in lifting the suitcase
35 “Shall I post the letter for you?”
A He asked me if I should post the letter for him B He offered to post the letter for me
C He wanted me to post the letter myself D I wanted him to post a letter for me
IV Choose the word or phrase among A, B ,C, D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.
FRIENDS
To many people their friends are the most important in their life Really good friends always (36) joys and sorrows with you and never turn their backs on you Your best friend may be someone you have known all your life or someone you have grown (37) with
There are all sorts of things that can.(38) about this special relationship It may be the result of enjoying the same activities and (39) experiences .Most of us have met someone that we have immediately felt (40) with as if we had known them for (41) However, it really takes you year to get to know someone well (42) to consider your bets friends
To the (43) of us, this is someone we trust completely and (44) understands us better than anyone else .Its the person you can (45) him or her your most intimate secrets
39 A getting B keeping C sharing D putting
40 A relax B relaxed C relaxing D relaxation
43 A fewer B least C minority D majority
V Read the passage and choose the best answer:
It's been over two years now, but I still remember every detail of that day It was a beautiful warm sunny clear sky day I had to go to work and then had class at Hunter College that night Little did I know what would await me that morning When I got off
Trang 8my car, I found that the building was being evacuated and no one could tell me why I could not find anyone that I worked with There were hundreds of people just gathering around No one knew exactly what had happened Then someone said that there was a timing bomb in the building and the police were trying to dispose it I thought that I should have turned around and tried to go home but a police officer forced us to keep our place They were looking for the terrorists Suddenly the building exploded in a burst of white clouds of billowing smoke and slowly started to collapsed downwards The same officer who had directed us to stand there now shouted, "run" and we did But not fast or far enough We all were caught in the debris fallout Most of us made it out, some did not The world went totally black and soundless, I never heard the building fall, I could not see, nor hear, nor feel, just smell and taste were left I could not breathe
or think, nothing, the world just disappeared in an instant I eventually made it out and home, but I have never been the same since I lost a major part of my life that day, my girlfriend, Lynne
46. The story happened
a at the writer's office b at Hunter College
c in the writer's car d in a classroom
47 Which sentence is true?
a All people knew what happened to the building.
b There were no police coming
c People gathered in front of the building without knowing what happened
d The writer went home immediately
48 What happened to the building?
a It was bombed, b It was evacuated, c It went off d All are correct
49 The police
a allowed everybody to go away b were searching for the terrorists
c let everybody enter the building d forced everybody to enter the
building
50. _The writer _
a ran fast enough to get out of the accident
b was unconscious
c met his girlfriend in the accident
,d could not go home after the accident
* SOMEONE / ANYONE / NO ONE / EVERYONE
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2 I didn’t kill Why did you put me in prison?
3 The bus was empty There was _ on the bus
4 There is at the door Go and open it
5 I didn’t meet this morning
6 There was nobody at home V was away
7 I’m looking for my keys Has seen them?
8 _ has broken my window I don’t know who it is
9 Has found my blue pencil? No I’m sorry
10 This question is easy because _ can answer it
11 Be careful! is following you
12 I rang the doorbell, but opened the door
13 She didn’t tell about her plans
14 Oh, no! has eaten my chocolate cake
15 I can hear at the door Maybe they come to visit me
16 I am sad because remembered my birthday
17 Can tell me the capital of Thailand? – Me
18 Everybody was asleep was awake
19 He is very famous knows him
20 There wasn’t in the factory I saw _ there
21 lives here because of the lack of water
22 scares him He’s very brave
23 could have jumped over this wall and stole your bike It’s low
24 can help them They were disappointed
25 is ringing the bell Go and see who it is
26 “ there _ at home? “ “ I don’t think there is _ here”
27 My roommate is speaking to on the phone
28 Ann didn’t tell about her secret
29 I talked to _ at the phone company about my bill
30 is looking through the window
31 The party was nice enjoyed it
32 Tom is very popular likes him
33 I opened the door, but there was there
34 _telephoned the police, but he didn’t give his name
35 Is living in that house? It looks empty
36 _ was very kind to us They help us so much
37 is here No absentees
38 Does mind if I smoke?
39 I thought I heard the voices, but _ was there
40 We don’t want _ telling us what we should do
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42 Hello! Is there here?
43 We haven’t met in this block yet
44 Look There ‘s in the garden Do you know them?
45 I lost my umbrella yesterday I asked but nobody knows where