ĐỀ CƯƠNG MÔN TIẾNG ANH THI CAO HỌC HÀNH CHÍNH CÔNG

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1 The minister was ………… in private hospital

2 Jane was ………… to leave as soon as possible

3 The vase is ………… to be over a century old

4 As ………… as I know, we have not received any letter like that

5 The ring is only made of plastic so it is quite ………

6 We were so late We ………… had time to catch the train

7 Your wish to learn a new language you must ………… regularly

8 The child was ………… by a lorry on the safety crossing in the main street

9 These figures give you some idea of the cost of ………… your car for one year

10 She did not ………… staying at home as she had some sewing she wanted to do

11 He said that he had never ………… across a painting which pleases him more

12 They decided to ………… in a visit to their relations when they were on

holiday

13 I suddenly ………… that I had left my purse with the money at home

14 The nation’s economy was ………… up and would certainly show a great improvement in the next five years

15 As a result of the company’s ………… policy, there are now 15 fair deal

supermarkets compared with 10 in 1980

16 My cousin’s main ………… for going abroad was his poor health

17 He parked in the wrong place and the police ………… his car away

18 The work keeps ………… , and I seem to get very little done

19 I’m not ………… to your plan but it needs modifying

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1 I always prefer animated movies ………… real life movies

2 We regret that we are ………… to attend the reception on 18 September

3 These leather shoes are all made ………

4 He is very much looking ………… to visiting your country

5 If it weren’t too much trouble, I’d ………… a cup of coffee

6 I am ………… cooking for your friends

7 You must try not to ………… so many mistakes

8 Our committee has elected a new …………

9 He finished the paintings in good time for the …………

10 They have not seen their uncle ………… 1975

11 You really ought to apologise ………… what you said yesterday

12 Have you ………… the idiom “He bought the farm”?

13 If you want to learn something, you had better ………… in class

14 There are many different ways to ………… a holiday

15 Open the window, ………… ? It’s very hot in here

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1 An ………… is a person who sees something and can tell what he or she is

2 Routine work is work which is done the ………… all the time

3 When you create you can draw, write ………… music, or make something new

4 ………… do you find it? Beautiful!

5 The mountains ………… far behind

6 Smith forgot ………… he was supposed to go

7 There were no people or houses …………

8 When the tenants failed to pay their bill, the authority decided to ………… the gas supply to the flats

9 Several items of clothes were found on the …………

10 The lake contained ………… of fish

11 You can use my bicycle ………… you bring it back tomorrow

12 He was so tired he wasn’t ………… driving himself home

13 If we hurry, we might get there ………… to catch the early train

14 The mosquito bite made my eyelid ………… and couldn’t open my eye properly

15 I tried to prevent them ………… , but they wouldn’t take any notice

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1 The man ………… we met on the bus was a professor

2 Peter would rather ………….early than late

3 When my brother was asked if he liked his job, he replied that he …………

4 ………… of the visitors are strangers to me

5 Tim ………… go fishing with his father when he was young

6 The news ………… bad last night

7 “Let’s go dancing, shall we?” “Yes, ………….”

8 I wish I ………….go to Hawaii with him

9 My daughter isn’t ………… young to go to school

10 I haven’t seen John ………….two months

11 It takes half ………… hour to walk from here to the station

12 She ………… fifteen years old tomorrow

13 I can’t remember where I ………… my glasses

14 ………… colour is your coat?

15 He is ………… very important person

16 ………… the child cried, the mother would run to it

17 He couldn’t go far because he was afraid ………… travelling by plane

18 I’m glad ………… you that you can have the job

19 Please wait until he ………… back

20 Tom has ………… his hair cut twice this month

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1 Mrs Tilley and elderly widow were walking along a dark …………

2 When I arrived, the student had ………… gone into class

3 I want you to reserve ………… at the Savoy restaurant for seven o’clock

4 He comes to see me every Sunday, and we often go ………… together

5 I fell ………… when I was watching television

6 By the end of ………… they will have finished work on the new stadium

7 Don’t hurry, there’s no ………… to run

8 I am going to have short ………… as I have a headache

9 You will not succeed ………… working harder

10 There is always heavy traffic in the city centre at …………

11 He is the ………… of a business company

12 He saved money ………… he had to economize.

13 We are looking ………… to the games So we will be pleased when they begin

14 If Maria comes to England, it will be a good ………… for her to improve her English

15 A dam is bull to keep the water of a stream ………… a river

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1 In the hotel lobby the detective caught ………… of the man he had been hired to follow

2 Most people prefer flying ………… going by sea because it is so much cheaper

3 Go on, finish the dessert It needs ………… up by sea because it won’t stay freshuntil tomorrow

4 Before he left on his trip to America, the young man promised his parents he

………… to them regularly

5 Of course I did not break it ………… purpose It was an accident

6 Andrew couldn’t ………… laughing at the expression on Maggie’s face

7 The artist has always been………….to criticism

8 If only we ………… more time, we could have seen more of the country

9 They search for the number in the phone…………

10 When they could put ………… the noise no longer, they banged on their

neighbor’s door

11 That hotel is so expensive They ………… you 60 pounds for bed and breakfast

12 As long as we ………… enough rain, I think there will be good harvest

13 ………… the long journey we had a marvelous holiday

14 She came to live here ………… a month ago

15 Could you wait for a few moments until the manager ………… back?

16 The journey took so long that ………… the time we got there all the seats had been sold

17 Graham was said ………… the brightest boy in the class

18 If you make a mistake when you are writing, just ………… it out with your pen

19 ‘You look tired Have a rest ………… I’ll get dinner.’

20 He is hoping that I ………… forget about fifty pounds he owes me

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1 I arrived early ………… to have some coffee before the class started

2 They are going to leave………… Manchester in an hour

3 I didn’t go to the cinema yesterday; and I didn’t write the composition, …………

4 Frank went to prison last year; ………… did Bob

5 It is ………… too hot nor too cold at this time of the year

6 To be admitted to this MA course, two………… are a University degree in

Education and four years of teaching experience

7 I am thinking of a/an ………… of studying abroad

8 You wouldn’t act differently if you knew about it, ………… you?

9 Please show me ………… this machine works

10 In the corner of the room ………… an artificial tree

11 Once ………… a time there was a very beautiful princess

12 Never in my life ………….I seen a cheetah

13 These are the ………… for which I resigned

14 When I looked through the window, I saw a girl ………… beauty took my breathaway

15 He achieved his ambition ………… working hard and acting wisely

16 ………… Gardner, motivation plays a positive role in learning a second

language

17 I would ………… be single than marry him

18 He is the most intelligent man I have ………… known

19 I was just ………….to go when you telephoned

20 Mary decided to ………… her job for the sake of her children

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1 The main office of the factory can be found ………….Maple Street

2 Because there are ………… members present tonight than there was last night,

we must wait until the next meeting to vote

3 David is ………… cooking, and he often cooks really delicious meals

4 The progress ………… in the early 1960s is remarkable

5 Sandra has rarely missed a play ………… she was seventeen years old

6 The governor has not decided ………… the new problems yet

7 There was very interesting news ………… this morning about the earthquake in Italy

8 ………… by the police for striking an office, the man cried in pain

9 The table is ………… to support television

10 The bridge was hit by a large ship ………… a storm last week

11 The taxi driver told the man ………… his disobedient son to hang out the

window

12 Harvey seldom pays his bills on time and his brother …………

13 The price of crude oil used to be a great deal lower than now, ………….?

14 These televisions are quite popular in Europe, but those …………

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1 The next …… of the school play will be on Monday at 6.30 p.m

2 The thief was …… to six months’ imprisonment

3 …… a flat with someone is cheaper than living on your own

4 No, thank you I don’t …… sugar in tea

5 Jim always gets very annoyed of he can’t get his own ……

6 “I hope you ………… speak French?”

7 I want some sugar, but there is …… in the bowl

8 …… of the students know the answer to that question

9 We are too late, the plane …… off ten minutes ago

10 The fewer hags you take …… trouble you will have

11 I also wish that I …… speak French”

12 … of the students know the answer to that question

13 We both decided to do different things: he wrote a letter … I listened to the radio

14 I spent half a year …… this boat

15 Mr Brown receives …… salary than anyone else in the company

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1 She set up in business ………… and was very successful

2 Could you please ………… me the way to the nearest post office?

3 This is Mr Evans, ……… invention has helped hundreds of deaf people

4 We would contact your nearest relative ………… any accident occurred

5 You should not ………… that job as you are not properly qualified

6 They turn up at the party, despite the …………

7 We shall have to postpone the meeting until …………, I’m afraid

8 A new Minister for Agriculture ………… appointed

9 The team lost their last football ………… of the reason

10 He is ………… his conduct and promises never to behave like that again

11 You have nothing to gain by refusing ………… our advice

12 The fact is ………., doctor, I just cannot get rid of this

13 The headmaster had been trying for years to ………… for new science block

14 The agent was ………… for carrying a false passport

15 I do not particularly like the climate here ………… I believe it is very healthy

$25, 000 to 40, 000 ……… (6) year for twenty years This is a lot of extraspending money.

What have some people done ……… (7) the money? Let’s look at one pastwinner Lisa wanted to be an artist, but she didn’t have enough ………(8)

to go to school She was working at a job she didn’t enjoy In August, Lisa boughtone ……… (9) and won two million dollars She quit her job three weekslater and is now attending art ……… (10) Lisa says, ”If I don’t become anartist, It’s my own fault I have the opportunity now.”

Passage two

Have you ever driven a van? I did once It ………(1) just after I left collegeand I had got myself a temporary job ………(2) a delivery man When Iaccepted the job I thought I would have to sit beside a driver, chat to him and help

………(3) to carry things from the van to the houses, but no, I was on my

………(4) and I had to drive the van and carry everything by myself Itmight have been very strenuous, but after no more than a week I had got used to itand I ……… (5) able to relax and enjoy the driving But I must say that Iwas very glad ……… (6) I had finished after six weeks It would have

………(7) rather boring in the long run I can imagine why someone whohas to do that kind of ……… (8) permanently doesn’t mind getting held up

in traffic hold-ups ……… (9) much as I do but something really ought

………(10) be done to improve road conditions; it must be so frustratinghaving to spend half your working life sitting in traffic jams

Passage three

I love to cook and eat, so I read a lot ………(1) food and diet I like toknow the advice and opinion of nutrition experts For ………(2), one expertsays that there is an ideal diet About fifteen to twenty percent of this perfect eatingplan is protein About fifty to sixty ………(3) is carbohydrates, and abouttwenty to thirty percent is fat This nutritionist also ………(4) that a high-fiber diet can help prevent cancer We can get fiber from foods like bran, nuts, beans,and vegetables If we eat a little fish every week, the fish oils ………(5)protect us against heart disease Garlic and onions could reduce the amount ofcholesterol ……… (6) our blood Do I believe in all this advice? I’m notsure, but I know I love to cook and eat, so I love most kinds of food, But I don’t

……… (7) to gain any weight Maybe I could even lose a few pounds,Here’s some advice from a diet expert:

* Go ………(8) for food only on a full stomach If you eat before you

go to the supermarket, you may not want so much junk food

* Use a shopping list Buy only the items on that ……… (9) Don’t takemuch money when you go food shopping

* Don’t keep candy, cookies, potato chips, soda, or other junk food on the house.And don’t eat desserts ……… lots of sugar and fat Eat fruit instead

I think these are good ideas, but can I do all these things all the time? Could you?

Passage four

Rabindranah Tagore lived in India many years (1) ……… He was a famousIndian He wrote many poems, stories, and songs He wrote (2) ……… inhis language Bangali, and in English Today we find his language in other languagestoo People still like to read his books because his books are good Tagore was (3)

……… in 1861 in Calcutta in India His parents were rich When he (4)

……… still very young, he was already interested in reading, writing, and

in music He wrote hi s first book of poems when he was only 17 (5)

……… old He also liked to watch things around him: the trees, the birds,the flowers, the grass, and so on All these things were beautiful for him When hewas old (6) ………to go to school, his father sent him to a school in his (7)

……… town He did not like his lessons He did not like his teacher’s way

of teaching, so after some time he (8) ……… His father found him ateacher He then learned at home A few years (9) ………, his father senthim to England He wanted Tagore to study law But Tagore did not want to So he(10) ……… back to India before he finished his study

Passage five

One day, late in the evening, a man was walking home alone on an empty road Hehad (1) ……… passed through the railway station (2) ………suddenly he heard some footsteps behind him He got (3) ……… bit scared

He quickened his steps, but the footsteps didn’t stop

The man thought that he was (4) ……… followed It must be a robber Noone else would be walking on this dark road at such late hour The man seemed to (5)

……… trying to catch him, so he started running, and the man behind him

started running, too (6) ……… matter how hard he tried to run, the manbehind him still followed him He was scared almost to death (7) ……… hereached an old cemetery Without thinking, he jumped over the wall and threwhimself on the ground near a big grave The man behind also jumped over the walland (8) ………now trying to find the man (9) ……… was noway out, the man got up and shouted in a trembling voice: “ Who are you? Why (10)

……… earth are you following me?”

Passage six

Most people are frightened of being unemployed Being unemployed hasdisadvantages, but there are good things about it too One advantage of ………… (1)having a job is that you don’t have to get up early and go to ……… (2) in therush hour You can stay in bed as ………(3) as you like, and there’s plenty oftime to read the newspaper and have a leisurely breakfast But the best thing of all isthat you are your ……… (4) boss There’s no one to tell you ………(5) to do and when to do it

One ………(6) of being unemployed is, of course, that you haven’t got muchmoney coming in Having a job at least enables you a bit of ……… (7)to go

on holiday On the other ……… (8), when you are unemployed you don’tneed (9) ……… go on holiday, because you are on holiday already In fact,the main ……… (10) with being unemployed is that you have to spend much

of your time looking for a job

Passage seven

Winter is dangerous because it’s so (1) ……… to know what is going tohappen and accidents take place so easily Fog can be waiting to meet you over thetop of (2) ……… hill Ice might be hiding beneath the melting snow, waiting

to send you (3) ……… the road The car coming towards you may suddenlyslide across the road

Rule Number one (4) ……… driving on icy roads is to drive smoothly.Uneven movements can make a (5) ………suddenly very difficult to control

So every time you turn either the wheel, touch the brakes or increase your speed, youmust be as gentle and as slow as (6) ……… Imagine you are driving with afull cup of hot coffee on the seat next to you Drive so that you wouldn’t (7)

in control of your car (10) ……… all times and you will avoid trouble

Passage eight

Tampa, Florida, owes a great deal (1) ……… its growth and prosperity to a Cuban cigar manufacturer (2) ……… Vicente Martinez Ybor When the Cuban Revolution broke out (3) ……… 1869, he was forced to flee his country and moved (4) ……… business to south Florida Sixteen years (5) ………,

serious problems caused him to seek a better location along the west coast of (6)

……… state His original land purchase of sixteen blocks expanded to more (7)

……… one hundred acres near Tampa This newly developed area (8)

……… called Ybor City in his honor With the demand (9) ……… factory workers for Ybor’s business, the surrounding areas expanded (10) ……… thrived

Passage nine

Alo is the most naughty boy in the world He is a five-year-old boy ………… (36) Bangladesh One afternoon, while his father was asleep on the sofa., Alo cut off

………… (37) father’s mustache, A few days later he cut off his brother’s eyebrows

………… (38) his brother was sleeping in the bedroom A few weeks after that, he cut off most of his mother’s hair when she was ………… (39) at night Alo’s family now keeps every pair of scissors under lock and key and …………40) sleeps behind locked doors

The behaviour of a Mexican boy named Manuel is perhaps ever …………(41) than Alo’s because it is more dangerous Manuel …………(42) to play with

matches, One day he found some matches near the kitchen stove He took the

matches, sneaked ………… (43) his parents’ bedroom and set fire to the curtains Fortunately Manuel’s mother ………… (44) into the bedroom just in time She pulleddown the curtain and put out the ………… (45) before it spread

Passage ten

An Italian was once visiting New York city He wished to take a walk in (36)

………… to see the city, but he was afraid that he would get (37) ………… because

he did not know a word of English, Therefore, (38) ………… leaving the hotelm he stpped at the first corner and carefully copied (39) ………… his notebook the name

of the street on which his hotel was located Then he walked (40) ………… Fifnally, (41) …………, he got lost Some hours later, he arrived in police station After the good deal of confused conversation, an interpreter was called The Italian explained

to the (42) that, although he didn’t know the (43) ………… of his hotel He did knowthe (44) on which it was located, He then showed the intrepreter what he had copied

in his (45) ………… The words which he had so carefully copied were “one-way street”

PART THREE

Make all the changes and additions necessary to produce sentences from the following sets of words and phrases.

Example: she/give/I/flower/ birthday

Possible answer: She gave me some flowers on my birthday

1 One morning/ officer Voger/ drink/ coffee/ restaurant

Example: she/give/I/flower/ birthday

Possible answer: She gave me some flowers on my birthday

1 What/ happen/ person/ win lottery?

5 What / some people/ do/ money?

Example: she/give/I/flower/ birthday

Possible answer: She gave me some flowers on my birthday

1 Receptionist: morning, how/ I/ help/ you?

Example: I/be/ sure/ you/ find/ suitable applicant/ fill/ vacancy

Possible answer: I am sure you will find a suitable applicant to fill the vacancy

1 Don’t/ think/ children/ love/ visit/ countryside

6 How/ about/ come/ my flat/ and have/ something/ eat/ before/ go?

Example: I/not see/ him/ four years

Possible answer: I haven’t seen him for four years

………

Make all the changes and additions necessary to produce sentences from the following sets of words and phrases.

Example: you/ need/ able/ speak/ English/ if/ want/ study/ England

Possible answer: You need to be able to speak English if you want to study in

England

1 Florence Nightingale/ from/ rich/ family

Example: I/ wonder/ why/ you/ not/ reply/ last letter.

Possible answer: I was wondering why you had not answered my last letter

Example: I/ wonder/ why/ you/ not/ reply/ last letter.

Possible answer: I was wondering why you had not answered my last letter

Mary

Make all the changes and additions necessary to produce sentences from the

following sets of words and phrases.

Example: I/ wonder/ why/ you/ not/ reply/ last letter

Possible answer: I was wondering why you had not answered my last letter

Dear Jan,

We not see / you / such / long time

41 Our latest news be / next week / we move house

42 New flat be / outskirts / city

43 Flat / not be larger / but we be / able grow / vegetables / garden

Make all the changes and additions necessary to produce sentences from the

following sets of words and phrases.

Example: She/give/Iflower/birthday

Possible answer: She gave me some flowers on my birthday.

46 Dear/ Sally/ Jim,

PART FOUR

Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same

as the sentence printed before it.

Example: She looks remarkably like her mother

She and her mother ………

Possible answer: She and her mother look remarkably alike

1 There is no danger that you fall from the ladder

There is no danger of ………

2 We are only interested in why they know it

The only thing ………

3 Nam asked Lan if she could remember where she had put the address book.Nam said, “ Lan ………

4 “I am sorry I came late, sir” the little boy said

The little boy

8 “How long have you been waiting here?’ the girl asked me

The girl asked ………

9 Tom doesn’t play football anymore

I’d rather ………

17 This is the last time I speak to you

I ………

18 The statue was so badly damaged that it couldn’t be completely saved

The statue was too ………

19 I cannot afford my family because I am jobless

If ………

20 Were you O.K with the exams” asked my father

My father wanted to know ………

21 Our correspondent in Paris sent this report

This report ………

Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same

as the sentence printed before it.

Example: She looks remarkably like her mother

She and her mother ………

Possible answer: She and her mother look remarkably alike

1 There are two ways by which acid rain attacks trees

Acid rain ………

2 The air we breathe is polluted with gas from cars and smoke from factors

Gas from cars ………

3 They seemed to be interested in artificial intelligence

6 I won’t tell you the truth if you treat me like that

Unless you stop ………

7 “Have you got a pale sweater?” I asked the shop assistant

I asked ………

8 She showed me the one that was too small

The one she ……….?” I asked

9 How much is the red sweater? I asked

“How much does ………

10 The red sweater was more expensive than the blue one

The blue sweater ………

The Immigration officials ………

15 Tax free goods can be bought before you get on the plane

Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same

as the sentence printed before it.

Example: She looks remarkably like her mother

She and her mother ………

Possible answer: She and her mother look remarkably alike

21 He got down to writing the letter as soon as he returned from his walk

23 There weren’t nearly as many people there as I had expected

There were far ………

24 I prefer going out for a meal to staying at home

27 Postal deliveries were delayed because of industrial action

Industrial action resulted ………

28 Can I offer you a cup of coffee?

Would ………

29 He has such an intelligent daughter She won all the prizes at her school

His daughter is so ………

30 I haven’t had any Italian food for ages

It’s ages since ………

30 Passing your driving test is not easy nowadays

It is not ………

31 It is ages since I saw you

I have not ………

33 ‘Do not write on the wall,’ said the teacher to the boys

The teacher told ………

34 A semi-detached house is cheaper than a detached one

Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same

as the sentence printed before it.

She and her mother ……….

Possible answer: She and her mother look remarkably alike.

1 George and Alan haven’t finished university yet

George and Alan are ………

2 Nobody heard Sheila’s cry for help

Sheila’s ………

3 Many teachers would rather go on holiday in the summer than work for extra money

Many teachers’s prefer ………

4 Wouldn’t it be marvelous to live in a house like that

7 Elizabeth;s children didn’t go to school yesterday because they had flu

Elizabeth’s children were prevented ………

8 “Is it raining?” Susan asked

Susan wanted to know ………

9 The house was much bigger than Jill had thought

Jill didn’t realized ………

10 John said he wouldn’t pay the bill

John refused ………