About a hundred years ago, Zamenhof invented a new language called Esperanto to improve understanding between people of different countriesA. However, only a few people today speak Esper
Trang 1I Pronunciation :
A Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in the group
B Choose the word whose main stress is put on a different syllable from that of the others in the group
16 a confidence b mischievous c obedient d reference
20 a develop b determine c attitude d romantic
25 a physical b regional c wonderful d researcher
26 a immedicate b environment c accident d percentage
28 a chemistry b physics c geography d literature
II Choose the underlined part in each sentence (A,B,C or D ) that needs correcting
1 After Mrs Wang had retured to her house from work , she was cooking dinner
2 Linda has worn her new yellow dress only once since she buys it
3.They are going to have to leave soon and so do we
4 Debbie , whose father is an excellent tennis player , has been playing tennis since ten years
5 While I’m shopping in the supermarket , I ran into an old friend who I hadn’t met for five years
Trang 2A B C D
6 Although the driver slamming on his brakers , he couldn’t avoid hitting the small dog
7 She didn’t know how to get to the station , so she stopped asking the way
8 Not only did he forget to turn off the lights, but also failed locking the door
9 The first person reached the South Pole was Amundsen , a Swedish exporer
10.Your hotel rooms should be book well in advance
11 There’s nothing original in the film being make in the studio
12.When their mother is away from home ,the children are look after by their grandmother
13 What do you do if you won the first prize of the lottery ?
14 I would do it if I could , but I can’t so I wouldn’t even try
15 If a drop of oil is placed in a glass of water , it would float to the top
16.If Peter had been more careful , he wouldn’t break the camera I lent him
17 If she had send a telegram , we would have received it by now
18 Had I known you were in hospital , I had come to visit you
19 If were to win one million dolars , I’ll quit my job at once
20 I finnal asked the ower how long had her bookstore been in busuness
21 Please take a seat and let me know what is your name
22 I’d rather to cook the meal than do the washing up
A B C D
23 You don’t know where the meeting is , isn’t it ?
24 I’m sure I would receice a bonus from the company soon
25 I am a student , am not I ?
A B C D
26.There wasn’t any directory in the telephone box in that I was phoning
Trang 327 Mrs Thatcher is a wonderful woman for who I have a great deal of respect
28 New Zealand , that is located in the southern hemisphere , was the first country to give women the vote
29 Both cattle or railroads helped build the city of Chicago
30 Scientists believe that even although pain is a very real thing to some extent , it seems to be learned
III CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER
1 I don’t have my own room I have to - the bedroom with my elder brother
2 Most of the students are strongly - of the school’s approach
3 Ever since she arrived , she quietly in the corner
4 She finished the monthly financial reports yet , but says she should have them by the end of the day
5 By the timeyou come back here next year , work on the new subway -
a will complete b has completed c will have been completed d will be completed
6 Be the time they arrived at the theater , the movie -
7.By the end of next year , Mr Park - for this company for 35 years
a will work b will have work worked c will be working d has worked
8 Scarely - finished her song when the audience started to cheer
a Had the singer b the singer had c has the singer d the singer has
9 You won’t know if the shoes - you until you - them on
a will fit / try b will fit / will try c fit / have tried d fit / tried
10 Caroline has been really busy the new products ready for the exhibition
11 a doctor , Alan rushed over to help the sick child
12 Two of the printers in our office need -
13 The children enjoyed playing in the sand and - in the ocean
14 Does she remember the report to the secretary last week ?
15 More information about the accident - collected
16 He was the only writer first prize
a be awarding b be awarded c to be awarded d who being awarded
17 Children - to show respect to their teachers
a teach b are teaching c are taught d taught
Trang 418 When I asked for dinner ,all the food -
a has eaten b had eaten c has been eaten d had been eaten
19 The festival was a failure It was
a bad organized b badly organized c bad organization d badly organizing
20 She can hardly get used - told what to do
21 Kevin never seems to get tired I wish I his energy
22 If I - him yesterday , I would have to come back tomorrow
23 Don’t worry home late tonight
a when I’ll b if I’ll be c unless I’ll be d if I am
24 I wish I - him , but I don’t
25 I’m sorry I missed seeing my old friends at your party I wish I
-a had been there b was there c could have been there d should have been there
26 Cindy that I could keep her book for another two days
27 James him up when the bus reached the aquare
a told me wake b asked me to wake c said me to wake d requested me waking
28 I asked him -, but he said nothing
a what the matter was b what was the matter c the matter was what d what’s the matter was
29 Do you agree -playing chess is a good way of relaxation ?
30 I have no double - they will succeed
31.The new computer system for the post office will allow accounts to be managed over the Internet
32 Many forest fires are caused by cigarettes out of cars
a are throwing b have thrown c throw d thrown
33 Pamela gave up her job at the publishing house , - surprised everyone
34 The missing man’s family is desperately seeking anyone information about his activities or whereabouts
35.Ricardo , - three sisters , has no interest in getting married
36 Nothing can travel faster than light
37 The ship hit - huge iceberg during its first voyage across - Atlantic
38 The company made very good profit in -
39 - is complicated ; especially when we study of Marilyn Monroe,the famous actress
Trang 5a Life/life b The life /the life c Life /the life d The life /life
40 Do you prefer town or -country ?
-/ Đọc k ỹ đo đđo ạ n v ă n sau ch ọ n ph ươ ng án đúng ( ứ ng v ớ i A ho ặ c B, C, D) cho m ỗ i ch ỗ tr ố ng
A Years ago there were many social rules and etiquette procedures (1) _ introductions Some formal
introductions between two people were (2) by letter by third party A person had to be very careful to weigh the importance of social class or status, age, and gender when deciding (3) _ person should be
presented or introduced to the other person first (4) , times have changed, and most of the social rules about introducing older people to younger ones, women to men, and those in higher positions to those in lower positions have changed, too Many people now feel much more (5) about making introductions
1 A involving B including C relating D mentioning
4 A Therefore B In addition C However D Furthermore
5 A anxious B relaxed C nervous D comfortable
B If you want to do your best in an exam, you should be relaxed and so one of the best things to do is to take
regular (6) _ even if they are only for a few minutes During revision time, you should take some time off to go for a walk or play your (7) sport It is a mistake to take up all physical activity Exercise can (8) you to relax You should spend twenty minutes doing something different every day Parents don’t like it when their teenage children spend (9) _ on the phone, but, in fact, chatting ti a friend is very good for you; parents think that children are (10)
Time and money; but research says talking to friends gives you a chance to relax, and this will make the time you spend studying more effective
6: A breaks B holidays C trips D pauses
7: A best B nicest C popular D favorite
8: A get B make C give D help
9: A days B minutes C hours D times
10: A wasting B losing C spending D missing
C The world is divided (11) two main parts: one part is poor and the other is rich The poor countries (12) "the developing countries" The big problem that they have to encounter is lack of food and medical care A lot of people do not have (13) _ food to eat and medicine to cure illnesses In some parts, children are even starving The land of those countries is too poor to cultivate anything on They do not know (14) new farming methods as well as inventions and discoveries
of science and technology Moreover, they do not have enough money to do it They certainly need help from (15) _ rich countries
12: A call B have called C called D are called
14: A to apply B applying C how to apply D how applying
Trang 6D Michael has just graduated from a Technical College As many other graduated students, he is looking for a job.
He likes to work at a place (16) _ he can meet many interesting people and has a chance to travel He got his driving licence three years (17) _, he can drive a van and a truck, too
At school, he did mostly technical subjects Technical drawing and mathematics (18) his best subjects He is very (19) _ in transport of all kinds – motorcycles, cars, airplanes…He loves engines and can
do all his own car repairs He had a job interview yesterday The interviewer promised to offer him a position of a car (20) _
E Another side effect of the human population explosion will be the conversion of more land to food production or cities This habitat (1) will cause progessive extinction of many more species Globally, 45 species of birds and 40 species of mammals went (2) between 1650 and 1969, more have disappeared since then, and many more are in endangered species list It has been estimated that half of all the species on Earth reside in the Amazon rain forest, (3) _ most of them in Brazil Brazil’s plans to colonize and cut down the rain forests and similar changes in Congo and Indonesia may very well (4) a major episode of extinction Recent efforts
to estimate the projected rate of extinction suggest (5) half of all the species of mammals and birds will become extinct within the next 200 to 300 years
21 A variety B extinction C endanger D destruction
22 A exhausted B exhaust C extinction D extinct
23 A as with B with C as to D as for
24 A influence B result from C lead to D cause to
25 A that B this C those D these
Đọc kỹ bài khóa và chọn đáp án đúng A, B, C hay D để trả lời các câu hỏi sau
A When I was a student, I had a summer job in an expensive restaurant in Glasgow One day we were expecting forty members of a football team for lunch I was given the job of peeling potatoes I thought I was managing quite well with my small knife until the owner appeared to see how I was getting on She was amazed that I was using a knife and asked why I wasn’t using the potato peeler I had no idea what a potato was so she led me into a small room behind the main kitchen There, on the table, was a small machine like the rubbish bins some people have in their bathrooms
She explains as if to a small child that I had to put the potatoes in, close the lid and press the button When she came back ten minutes later, I told her I thought it was quicker to do it by hand She asked what I mean “Well, they are not ready yet,” I replied You can imagine how I felt when she lifted the lid and took out the potatoes the size of peas The potato peeler was not automatic
Câu 1 When did the story happen?
Câu 2 What job was the writer given when a football team came for lunch?
A cooking potatoes B frying potatoes C cutting potatoes D peeling potatoes
Câu 3 How did she peel the potatoes?
Trang 7A by a small knife B by a pair of scissors C by a potato peeler D all are not correct
Caâu 4 Did she know how to use the machine?
A No, she did B No, she didn’t C Yes, she did D Yes, she does
Caâu 5 What do you think about the writer’s feeling when the owner checked the result?
B About a hundred years ago, Zamenhof invented a new language called Esperanto to improve understanding between people of different countries He showed Esperanto to his friends to find out what they thought about it Later in the same year he went to study at a university in Moscow He wanted to improve Esperanto Zamenhof’s friends then worked hard to spread the new language They tried to persuade schools throughout the world to teach
it However, only a few people today speak Esperanto because more and more people use English as a foreign language
Caâu 6 When was the language called Esperanto invented?
A About 10 years ago B About a century ago C About 1000 years ago D In 100 years’ time Caâu 7 Esperanto was intended for _
A people speaking different language B understanding counties
C people from the same country D English speakers only
Caâu 8 What did he show Esperanto to his friends for?
A To ask them to think about it C To improve it
B To spread the language D To know their opinions about it
Caâu 9 Zamenhof and his friends worked hard
A to invent the language B to teach it C to make it an international language D to speak it
Caâu 10 It can be concluded from the text that _
A Esperanto is more popular than English C English is more popular than Esperanto
B Schools throughout the world to teach Esperanto D A lot of people still speak Esperanto today
C Every year, 100 million sharks are killed by people in commercial and recreational fishing In the past they were killed simply for the sport of landing a good fighting fish Sharkskin was used for making sandpaper Other sharks are hunted for food, and some species for other products
Sharks are a common seafood in many places around the world, including Japan and Australia In Australia shark is the most commonly used fish Sharks are often killed for shark fin soup, in which many sharks are hunted for their fins, which are cut off with a hot metal blade before the live animal is tossed back into the water There have been cases where hundreds of de-finned animals were swept up on local beaches without any way to convey themselves back into the sea Conservationists have campaigned for changes in the law to make fining illegal in the USA
Caâu 11 Who kills sharks every year?
A conservationist B people in commercial fishin C people in recreational fishing D B and C are correct Caâu 12 What was sharkskin used for?
A to kill sharks B to cut off sharks’ fins C for a sport D to make sandpaper Caâu 13 Do the Japanese and the Australian eat sharks?
A Yes, they do B No, they do not C Yes, it does D No, it doesn’t
Caâu 14 How can people cut off the fins of sharks?
A with a hot metal blade B by using sou C by tossing sharks back into the water D with sandpaper
Trang 8Caâu 15 What do conservationists in the USA do to protect sharks?
A They hunt for their fins B They eat sharks
C They campaigned for changes in the law to make fining illegal D They kill them for food
D Books which give instructions on how to do things are very popular in the United States today Thousands of
these How-to books are useful: in fact, there are about four thousand books with titles that begin with the words “ How to” One book, may tell you how to earn more money, another may tell you how to save or spend it, and
another may explain how to give your money away
May How-to books give advice on careers They tell you how to choose a career and how to succeed in it If you fail, however, you can buy the book “ How to Turn Failure into Success” If you would like to become very rich, you can buy the book “ How to Make a Millionaire” If you never make any money at all, you may need a book called “ How to Live on Nothing”
One of the most popular types of books is one that helps you with personal problems If you want to have a better love of life, you can read “ How to Succeed in Love every Minute of Your Life” If you tired of books on happiness, you may prefer books which give step-by-step instructions on how to redecorate or enlarge a house Why have How-to books become so popular? Probably because life has become so complex Today people have far more free time to use, more choices to make, and more problems to solve How-to books help people deal with modern life
Caâu 16: From the first paragraph, we know How-to books are
A only about four thousand copies B on money C very helpful in life D needed a lot
Caâu 17: The passage tells us that How-to books sell well on how _
A to succeed in career B to solve personal problems C to deal with business D to make money
Caâu 18: If you often read How-to books, you
A will be sure to get something you need B will not know how to help yourself in life
C will become a man in life D needn’t think any more in the world
Caâu 19:How-to books appears only because
A people have more free time to spend than before B people meet more problems than their parents
C people may have more choices from How-to books than any other books
D modern life is more difficult to deal with
Caâu 20: The word “ step-by-step” would probably mean _
A little by little B gradually C slower and slower D A and B
E During the 19th century, it was common to hear people in Europe and America say that the resources of the sea are unlimited For example, a noted biologist writing in the mid-19th century commented that none of the great sea fisheries is to be exhausted Today though, there is evidence that the resources of the sea are as seriously endangered as those of the land and the air, and that the endangered species include Herring and Carp as well as the African Elephant, Indian Tiger, and the American Eagle
Furthermore, the threats to fish are more alarming in some ways than the threats to animals and birds
This is because fishes are a much needed food resources and people throughout the world depend on fish as
an important part of their dish, and the decline in the fish supply could have extensive effects on hunger and population Fishermen in the North Atlantic alone annually harvest 20 billion pounds of fish to satisfy food demands, but it is important to recognize that these practices cannot continue without depleting fish storage within the next few years Sea resources are rapidly declining in many parts of the world, and the problem cannot be ignored
Trang 9We can predict that food supplies in the sea cannot last forever.
Caâu 21: According to the author, what was the attitude in the 19th century toward resources of the sea?
Caâu 22: What is the range of the decline in fish supply?
A Europe and Asia B The whole world C Asia and America D America Caâu 23: What purpose does the author mention the endangered species for?
A Environment protection B The protection of African Elephant
C The protection of Indian Tigers D The protection of fish
Caâu 24: What does the author believe about sea resources?
A Sea resources can last forever B None of the great sea fisheries is to be exhausted
C Fish supply has no effects on people D Sea resources are important to people
Caâu 25: Which of the following titles best describes the purpose of the lecture?
A Unlimited Sea Resources B Threats to Animals and Birds
C Sea Resources on the Decline D Protection of Fish
Trang 10KEYS
I PRONUCIATION :
A Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in the group
B Choose the word whose main stress is put on a different syllable from that of the others in the group
16.C 17.A 18.D 19.A 20.C 21.B 22.C 23.B 24.A 25.D 26.C 27.B 28.C 29.D 30.B
KEYS
II Choose the underlined part in each sentence (A,B,C or D ) that needs correcting
1 D cooked 2 D bought 3 C so are 4 D for 5 A I was shopping 6 B slammed
7 D.to ask 8 D to lock 9 A to reach 10 C booked 11 D being made 12.B.are looked
13 A would 14.D.won’t 15.C.will 16.C wouldn’t have broken 17 A had sent 18 C would have 19 B I would 20 C her bookstore had 21 D your name is 22 A cook 23 D do you
24 A will 25 C aren’t 26 C in which 27 B for whom 28 A which 29.B and
30 A even though
KEYS
III CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER
16.C 17.C 18.D 19.B 20.B 21 C 22.D 23.D 24.C 25.A 26.C 27.B 28.A 29.A 30.A
31 C 32.D 33.B 34.B 35.D 36.C 37.B 38.C 39.C 40.A
KEYS
READING 1
B 6 A 7 D 8 D 9 C 10 B
READING 2
D Caâu 16.C Caâu 17 B Caâu 18 C Caâu 19 D Caâu 20.D