Choose one correct word or phrase in the list given to complete each of the following sentences.. Therefore, by wishing someone bad luck, the person hopes that the actor will actuatly go
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ĐỀ THI MÔN TIẾNG ANH ( 2 )
- PAPER ONE : REALDING
SECTION A: Questions 1 - 15 Choose one correct word or phrase in the list given to complete each of the following sentences Each word/phrase is used once only Sentence has been done for you as an example
- Formed through neither getting prerequisites
had debate untrained upon knock down
enough ability postpone so due to
possibility either did requested melted
pre-arrange for applied how apologize
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0 Many people were made homeless -due to -the storm
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1 I arrived early enough to have some coffee bcfore the class started
2 She heated the chocolate until it melted then poured it over the cake
3 Please show me how this machine works
4 He drives so quickly that I am afraid that one day he will knock down someone crossing the street
5 They are going to leave for manchester in an hour
6 Hello Is that 21035? Please put me through to the manager
7 I didn't go to the cinema yesterday; and I didn't write the composition, either
8 Although he was completely untrained as a furniture-maker, he produced the most beautiful chairs
9 It is nethier too hot nor too cold at this time of the year
10 I have never had any experience of living in the country
11 Frank went to the prison last year; so did Bob
12 Because it ratned very heavily all day they had to postpone the garden party until the following Saturday
13 To be admitted to this MA course, two requested are needed: a University Degree in Education and four years of teaching experience
14 The cllild was told to apologize for being rude to his uncle
15 I am thinking of a/ an possibility of studying abroad
- SECTION B: Read these passages and answer briefly the question that follow - Passage 1
Trang 2People who work in the British theater are often very superstitious The usual good-luck wish to an actor about to go on stage is to say “Break a leg” This may seem to be a rather unkind thing to say to someone who is pro ery nervous But there is a reason for it
Among actors,.it is thought that wishing for good luck will have the opposite effect Therefore, by wishing someone bad luck, the person hopes that the actor will actuatly good luck
Actors also believe that noisy shoes will bring bad luck Many theaters have a theater cat because cats are considered to be lucky Bad luck can come from many situations: from saying the last line of the play while rehearsing, to whistling inside the theater
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1 Which group of people are very superstitious?
The british theater group
2 What is the good-luck wish?
“Break a leg”
3 Why do people wish someone bad luck?
Because of its will actrally have good luck
4 What do actors believe can bring good luck?
Having a theater cat
5 May whistles by someone watching the play bnng bad luck?
Yes, they may
-Passage 2
The Nobel Prize was tablished by a Swedish inventor called Alfred Nobel He was bom in Stockholm, Sweder in 1833 His father_wac also an inventor Unfortunately, as a child, he was often very ill, in fact, he was too ill to attend school stead, Nobel was educated at home by a private tutor
He was, however, a very curious child He wanted to know and understand everything He would study a problem until he understood it completely He would conduct an experiment over and over again until he was satisfied with the result His hard work finally paid off when he invented dynamite 1 What nationality was Alfred Nobel? :
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1 What nationality was Alfred Nobel?
Swedish
2 How ill was he as a child?
He was too ill to attenct shool
3 How curious was he?
He wanted to know and undertant everything
4 What was the result of his hara work?
It paid off finding dynamite
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- Passage 3
Bad weather comes in many different forms One kind of bad weather is the tomado It is one of the most destructive of all the storms that we have on the eath
A tomado is a long cloud which comes down from the sky It is shaped like a funnel and consists of wind which whirls around and extremely fast In fact the wind can reach a speed of more than nine hundred kilometers per hour Weather " scientists are unable to know exactly when a tomato will occur Fortlunately the tomado is not usually very big and it does not last long
There are about two hundred tomadoes annually in the United Stạtes but in some years there are many more Tomadoes that occur over water are caued waterspouts
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1 What is the tomato?
The tomado is one of the most destructive of all the storms that we have on the earth
2 How much can a tomado destroy in comparison to other kinds of storms?
A tomado can destroy extremely fast in comparison to other kinds of storms
3 What is the speed of the wind that a tomado can get?
Nine hundred ( 900 ) kilometers per hour
4 Is it easy to forecast the tomado?
No, it is not
5 What is the tomado that comes over water caned?
It is called waterspouts
- Passage 4
The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morrning they were expecting a valuable parcel of diamonds from South Africa A few hours earlier, someone had told the pohce that thieves would try to steal the diamonds When the plane arrived, some of the detectives were waiting inside the main building while others were waiting on the airfleld Two men took the parcel off the plane and camed it into the Customs House While two detectives were keeping guard at the door, two others opened the parcel To their surprise, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand!
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1 How long were detectives waiting at the airport?
Thet were waiting at the airport all morning
2 What were they expecting from South Africa?
They were expecting a valuable parcel of diamonds from South Africa
4 Where did two men take the parcel after the arrival of the plane?
Two men take the parcel to the customs hpuse after the arrival of the plane
5 How many detectives opened it ?
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6 What did they find in the parcel?
They found the parcel was full of stones and sand
- SECTION C: Fill in each of the gaps in the passage below with only one suitable word
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India is the home of tigers, and every year large numbers of people are killed
by these animals : the tiger, however, does not usually have the habit of killing and eating human beings It prefers animals that it finds in the forests But sometimes, when a tiger has become old and lost some of its teeth, Expecialy when it has been injured, it is no longer strong or quick enough to catch and kill an animal it likes to feed on, it is easier for it to kill human beings, and when it has once tasted human fresh it goes on killing men, women and children for food
-PAPER 2 : WRITING SECTION A: Make all changes and additions necessary to produce sentences
from the following sets of words and phrases
-Example: I 1 get 1 bus / it 1 crowded 1 passengers
Answer: When I got on the bus, it was crowded with passengers
-1 We move 1 month ago 1 when 1 Tem be / holiday
We moved a month ago When Tom was on holiday
2 At 1 time we/ not know exactly when 1 where we go
At that time we didn’t know axactly where in when in where we going
3 She love 1 listen 1 live music
She love listening to live music
4 She 1 always take time 1 help 1 students after class
She always take time to hepl the students after class
5 Today / joe take 1 bus 1 tow n / then he get 1 cab 1 come 1 my house
Today, Joe take a bus into town then he get a cab to come to my house
7 First 1 her parents 1 not agree 1 finany 1 accept l her decision
First, her parents didn’t argee but finally the accept her decsion
7 Thank you again 1 extremely 1 pleasant evening
Thank you again extremely the pleasant evening
8 I 1 hope 1 come 1 England 1 next year 1 spend 1 some months 1 Cambridge
I hope I can come to England next year to spent some months in Cambridge
9 Last Sunday 1 I have / accident 1 when I drive 1 work
Last Sunday, I had an accident when I was driving to work
10 I also 1 like 1 congratulate 1 you 1 excellent 1 score
I would also like to congratulate you on your exellent score
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-exactly the same as the sentences printed before it
-1 haven't seen that man here before
It s the first time, I’ve seen that man here
2 She dldn't hurry, so she missed the train
It, She had hurried, she didn’t have missed the train
3 I'm sony I was rude to you yesterday
I apologize from being rude to you yesterday
4 Your hair needs cutting
It,s time you had your hair cut
5 They'll have to change the date of the meeting again
The date of the meeting will have take changed again
6 “I don't think John will come", said Bill
Bill doubted If john would come
7 I am sorry that I didn't finish my homework last night
I wish I had finished my homework last night
8 No, please don't tell him
I‘d rather you didn’t tell him
9 Although he had a good salary, he was unhappy in his job
ln spite of the fact that he had a good salary, he was unhappy in his job
10 Because of the rough sea, the ferry couldn't sail
The rough sea prewent the ferry from sailing
-SECTION C: Translate the following sentences into Vietnamese (if the given sentences are in English) or English (if the given sentences are in Vietnamese)
-1 Tôi không chắc lắm, nhưng theo tôi kêt quả điểm đã được công bố
I’m not sure but in my opinion the result has been annourrced
-2 Chúng tôi thực sự tin rằng với sự trợ giúp của Ngân hàng Thế giới, nền kinh tế Hàn Quốc sẽ nhanh chóng phục hồi
We do believe that with the assitance of the world bank the korean ecomomics will soon recover
-3 Trông anh ấy rất quen Chăc chắn là tôi đã gặp anh ấy ở đâu rồi
He looks so Familiar, I must have met him some where
-4 Các sản phẩm VN gần đây được xuất khẩu càng nhiều sang thị trường Châu âu Recenthy more and more The Vietnamese products have been Exported to the European market
Trang 6-5 Hàng năm vào ngày mùng 10 tháng 12, giải thưởng Nobel được trao cho những người đoạt giải
Every year, on December 10th The Nobel prizes are awarded to the winners
-6 Investments are the means by which nations utilize the capital of other nations to build factories and develop mines for their own industrial base
Đầu tư là những phương tiện mà thông qua nó các Quốc gia sử dụng vốn của Quốc gia khác sẽ xây dựng nhà máy và phát triển các hầm mỏ để làm nền tảng công nghiệp cho chính Quốc gia của họ
-7 Statistics show that inhaoitants of New York are eight times more likely to be murdcred than those who live in Little Rock, Arkansas
Các số liệu thống kê cho biết rằng các cư dân ở New york có nguy cơ bị giết hại gấp 8 lần so với cư dân sống ở Little Rock, Arkansas
-8 Everyone wants to reduce pollution But the pollution is as complicated as it as serious lt is complicated because much pollution is caused by thing that benefit people
Mọi người đều muốn làm giảm sự ô nhiễm Nhưng sự ô nhiễm vừa phức tạp, vừa nghiêm trọng Nó phức tạp là bởi vì những gì làm lợi cho con người thì càng gây
ra ô nhiễm nhiều hơn
-9 If a person can do what he wishes with his own property, time and energy, then economist say that he is economically free
Nếu như một người có thể làm những gì anh ta muốn bằng chính tài sản, thời gian và công sức của anh ta thì nhà kinh tế học cho biết là anh ta đã tự do về mặt kinh tế
-10 columbus Day is celebrated on the twelfth of October because on that day of
1492, Christopher Columbus first landed in the Amencas
Ngày Columbus được tổ chức kỷ niệm vào ngày 12/10 bởi vì cũng vào ngày đó năm 1942 Christopher Columbus lần đầu tiên đặt chân lên Châu Mỹ
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