7/ “Can you tell me the way to the railway station, madam?” John asked a passer-by.. John asked a passer-by that if she could tell him the way to the railway station.. John asks a passer
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A Pick out the word whose underlined and bold part is pronounced differently from that of the other words:
1/ A wou ld B cou ld C tough D shou ld
3/ A mecha nic B table C ga rage D ca lculate
4/ A u nhappy B constru ction C fu ture D hu rrying
5/ A subordinate B normal C wor d D corpse
6/ A rou gh B cou ple C thou gh D dou ble
7/ A colle ct B the ory C apprentice D regre t
8/ A e nrich B pre serve C re strict D e lement
9/ A pro duct B co mmon C co ncerned D develo ped
10/ A quanti ty B mi neral C ti mber D particular
B Select the correct prepositions, conjunctions or adverbs to complete the sentences:
1/ Do you play any other sports _ football and basketball?
A beside B besides C between D like
2/ There were huge advances _ aviation technology _ World War Two
A in- during B in- in C during- in D during- during
3/ There's someone _ the door (= someone is _ the door and wants to come _)
A by- inside- in B by- outside- out
C at- outside- in D at- inside- out
4/ I've been having problems loading this software _ my computer
5/ Well, I think that's _ it _ now (= we have almost finished what we are doing _ the present)
A about- for- for B for- from- at
6/ I'm a different person when I'm _ the wheel
7/ I can't get _ these trousers anymore They're far too small _ me
A in- to B into- for C out of- to D over- for
Trang 28/ Getting a train _ country _ Cambridge _ Chester can be difficult.
A through- from- to B across- to- from
C across- from- to D through- to- from
9/ She looked _ _ her book and smiled _ me
A up- from- at B down- for- to C down- from- toD up- for- at
10/ Everyone _ the office is contributing money _ his leaving present
A in- to B in- for C at- for D at- to
C Select the correct words to complete the sentences:
1/ A _ is a famous cinema actor or actress
A filmgoer B film director C film maker D film star
2/ A _ is a book used in school containing text and questions and sometimes having spaces for a student to write answers in
A notebook B workbook C exercise book D reference book
3/ The _ of the bay is approximately 200 miles
4/ She's an extremely competent and _ worker
A industry B industrial C industrious D industrialize
5/ The _ between the original book and this new film is very faint
A relative B relation C relationship D related
6/ Our prices are _ with those in other shops
A comparison B comparative C comparable D comparably
7/ They didn't like my _ that we should all share the cost
A suggest B suggestion C suggestive D suggestible
8/ "Am I _ you?" she asked anxiously
9/ The restaurant turned out to be _ cheap
A surprise B surprised C surprising D surprisingly
10/ There's no _ what she'll do if she finds out about this
A know-how B knowledge C knowable D knowing
D Select the most appropriate word to complete the following sentences:
1/ Water is a compound containing the _ of hydrogen and oxygen
A elements B particles C particular D substance
2/ Some films about violence have _ badly on children and teenagers
A taken B offered C aimed D influenced
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A cartoon B educational C documentary D comedy
4/ My friend, _ mother is a doctor, intends to choose medical career
5/ I meet her, she always wears a blue dress
A Whatever B However C Whoever D Whenever
6/ _ reasons you give for your being late, I do not believe you
A No matter what B No matter how
7/ _ professor Smith’s students, Peter is the best
8/ The film was _ through
A too long for us to see B too long for us seeing it
C very too long for us to see it D too long enough for us to see
9/ The _ of beauty have changed through times
A platforms B standards C levels D marks
10/ He has a _ skill in performing
A ideal B specific C competitive D terrible
E Select the most appropriate verb to complete the following sentences:
1/ If I had not been too tired, I _ the film last night
C would not have missed D will not have missed
2/ He said that he _ a lot of money on advertising to expand his business
A spends B has spent C spending D had spent
3/ When you want to buy something, advertisements _ your choice
A display B influence C postpone D turn out
4/ How much does this book _?
5/ The weather became so bad that the climbers had to _
A turn back B turn on C turn out D turn up
6/ You have already read this ad, _?
A aren’t you B haven’t you C don’t you D didn’t you
Trang 47/ Do you hear the vendor _ about his wares?
A to shout B shouted C shouting D all are correct
8/ It is essential he _ hard for the exam
A study B studies C studying D studied
9/ The test _ to be more difficult than we thought
A made out B turned out C went out D picked out
10/ He worked hard to _ good crops from poor soil
A hire B produce C display D advertise
F Select the ONE mistake in the underlined word or phrase in each sentence below:
1/ Bradford, (A) which Bren (B) comes from, has (C) a lot of good curry (D) restaurants
2/ You know that (A) few Italian restaurant – (B) the one (C) which I mentioned (D) in my letter?
3/ I'm talking (A) about last July or (B) wherever it was (C) that you got (D) back from India 4/ "(A) That's (B) the three time (C) you've done that!" "Yeah, (D) what of it?"
5/ She's (A) one of those people (B) who love (C) will be the centre (D) of attention
6/ (A) The death (B) of his son was an experience (C) which he never (D) fully recovered
7/ You can't (A) complaint of being (B) lonely (C) when you don't make (D) any effort to meet people
8/ The police (A) asked me (B) explaining (C) why I hadn't reported the accident (D) sooner 9/ I know (A) very little about (B) why and (C) the wherefores (D) of the situation
10/ (A) It isn't a subject (B) to which I devote (C) a large number of (D) thought
G Select the best option which expresses the same meaning as the sentences provided:
1/ I have no advice to offer you
A I have no advice that is offered to you
B I have no advice that offered to you
C I do have no advice you offered to me
D I have no advice that I offered to you
2/ As the war ended, soldiers returned home
A The war ended and soldiers returned home
B If the war ended, soldiers would return home
C For the war ended and soldiers returned home
D Both the war ended and soldiers returned home
3/ It is said that he died by his own hand
A He was said to have died by his own hand
B He was said to die by his own hand
C He is said to have died by his own hand
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4/ Do as I tell that or you’ll regret about it
A In case you do as I tell you, you’ll regret
B So long as you do as I tell you, you’ll regret
C If you do as I tell you, you’ll regret
D Unless you do as I tell you, you’ll regret
5/ We must do our work well or the master will get angry with us
A Unless we do our work well, the master will get angry with us
B However we do our work well, the master will get angry with us
C Whenever we do our work well, the master will get angry with us
D Provided that we do our work well, the master will get angry with us
6/ I wonder why you haven’t done this homework
A This homework hasn’t been done and which makes me surprised
B This homework hasn’t been done and it makes me surprised
C This homework hasn’t been done that makes me surprised
D This homework hasn’t been done makes me surprised
7/ “Can you tell me the way to the railway station, madam?” John asked a passer-by
A John asked a passer-by that if she could tell him the way to the railway station
B John asks a passer-by that if she can tell him the way to the railway station
C John asked a passer-by if she could tell him the way to the railway station
D John asks a passer-by if she can tell him the way to the railway station
8/ There are different kinds of newspapers in Britain
A It said that Britain had many different kinds of newspapers
B It says that Britain has many different kinds of newspapers
C Britain had many different kinds of newspapers
D Britain has many different kinds of newspapers
9/ I don’t want to come here till you have finished your work
A If you had finished your work, you could have come here
B If you finished your work, you could come here
C If you have finished your work, you can have come here
D If you finish your work, you can come here
10/ You must be able to drive a heavy lorry to get this job
A It is important for you to be able to drive a heavy lorry
B It is necessary for you to be able to drive a heavy lorry
C It is possible for you to be able to drive a heavy lorry
D It is likely for you to be able to drive a heavy lorry
Trang 6H Read the following passages carefully, and then select the most appropriate words provided
to fill in the blanks:
Passage 10:
E-mail predates the inception of the (1) _, and was in fact a crucial tool in creating the Internet MIT first demonstrated the Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS) in 1961 It allowed multiple (2) _ to log into the IBM 7094 from remote dial-up terminals, and to store files online on disk This new ability encouraged users to (3) _ information in new ways E-mail started in 1965 as a way for multiple users of a time-sharing mainframe (4) _ to communicate Although the exact history is murky, among the first systems to have such a facility (5) _ SDC's Q32 and MIT's CTSS
E-mail was (6) _ extended to become network e-mail, allowing users to pass
messages between different computers by at least 1966 (it is possible the SAGE (7) _ had something similar some time before)
The ARPANET computer network (8) _ a large contribution to the development
of e-mail There is one report which indicates experimental inter-system e-mail transfers on it shortly (9) _ its creation, in 1969 Ray Tomlinson initiated the use of the @ sign to separate the names of the user and their machine in 1971 The ARPANET significantly increased the popularity of e-mail, (10) _ it became the killer app of the ARPANET
1/ A Internet B Newspaper C Radio D Television
2/ A customers B users C stores D peoples
4/ A laptop B phone C projector D computer
5/ A were B are C have been D will be
6/ A fastly B quickly C gradually D slowly
7/ A network B process C system D progress
8/ A performed B created C did D made