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MÔN TIẾNG ANH CÓ ĐÁP ÁN
I Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others.
1 A emergency B astrology C scientific D environment
2 A survivor B property C resident D government
3 A historic B iconic C spectacle D attraction
4 A official B together C koala D popular
5 A poisonous B pollutant C artistic D aquatic
II Choose the correct option A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence.
6 A person who the bagpipes is called a piper
A plays
B performs
C entertains
D celebrates
7 Don’t drink that water It’s
A damaged
B dumped
C contaminated
D caused
8 The team’s success was largely to her efforts
Trang 2A because
B due
C since
D lead
9 I often drink coffee, but today I tea
A am drinking
B drink
C drank
D had drunk
10 By the time we got to the cinema, the film
A started
B had started
C starting
D starts
11 All our English teachers are speakers
A native
B original
C foreign
D active
12 If you the president, what would you do to help the environment?
A are
Trang 3B had been
C were
D will be
13 Eating too much sugar can to health problems
A cause
B lead
C make
D result
14 Emergency teams are still removing the from the plane crash
A dirt
B debris
C dust
D accident
15 The heavy rain has caused in many parts of the country
A storms
B floods
C drought
D hunger
III Put the words in brackets in the correct form to complete these sentences.
16 Yuri Gagarin was one of the pioneers of space _ (explore)
17 Building a new road in this area could be environmentally (damage)
Trang 418 Many animals were burnt to _ in the forest fire (die)
19 Buckingham Palace is a major tourist (attract)
20 This hill is the home of King Arthur (legend)
IV Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
21 If everyone spoke the same language, do you think life (be) _ better?
22 I (never witness) any natural disaster in my life
23 The Kyoto protocol (sign) _ in 2003
24 The concert (begin) at 7.30 p.m and lasts two and a half hour Don’t be late!
25 If I can arrange one week off work, I (travel) _ to Korea
V Read the passage and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each of the gaps.
Australia is a country in the Southern Hemisphere (26) _ comprises the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and many smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans Neighbouring countries (27) _ Indonesia, East Timor, and Papua New Guinea to the north, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia to the northeast, and New Zealand to the southeast Australia (28) six states and two major mainland territories The capital city of Australia is Canberra With a population of over 380,000, it is Australia’s largest inland city and the eighth largest Australian city overall The (29) _ city in
Australia and Oceania is Sydney, with a population of over 4,700,000 It is also the state capital of New South Wales, and is located on Australia’s southeast coast along the Tasman Sea (30) _ large cities are the mainland state capitals: Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide
26 A who B where C which D whom
27 A include B contain C have D make
28 A has B takes C gets D does
Trang 529 A large B larger C largest D more larger
30 A Other B Others C Another D The others
VI Read the passage and decide if the following statements are True (F) or False (F).
Lotus flower has been regarded as Vietnam’s national flower Lotus symbolizes the beauty, commitment, health, honor and knowledge Lotus flowers grow from the muddy pond but their seed grow toward the direction of the sun light, which represent the purity of spirit Lotus is said to be the symbol of summer as it often blossoms in summer time when there is a lot of bright sunlight At night the flower closes and sinks underwater, at dawn it rises and opens again
Lotus flowers are beautiful in both appearance and smell The color of lotus flowers usually are pink, red, white, blue and purple, each color has different meaning but they all have pleasant smell and people simply love them at first sight
Different part of lotus can be used for different purpose: the flowers are used for praying; the seeds are used for making lotus tea and medicine while the green leaves are used to wrap chicken rice- a very delicious dish If you visit Viet Nam next time, remember to pay a visit
to the lotus pond and you will definitely be amazed by its beauty
31 Lotus is a symbol of the beauty, commitment, health, honor and knowledge
32 Lotus often blossoms when there is no bright sunlight
33 Lotus flowers are beautiful in both appearance and smell
34 All colors of lotus have the same meaning
35 Different parts of lotus can be used for different purposes
VII Rewrite the following sentences based on the given words so that it has the same meaning as the first one.
36 I’m not you, but I think you should recycle these plastic carrier bags (If)
=>
Trang 637 Emma came first because she worked hard (result)
=> _
38 Eating too much sugar can result in health problems (lead)
=> _
39 All flights had to be cancelled as a result of the pilots’ sudden strike (so)
=>
40 They invited me to travel to Los Angeles with them after I had planned my trip to England (By the time)
=> _
ĐÁP ÁN
11 - A 12 - C 13 - B 14 - B 15 - B
16 - exploration 17 - damaging 18 - death 19 - attraction 20 - legendary
21 - would be 22 - have never
witnessed 23 - was signed 24 - begins 25 - will travel
26 - B 27 - A 28 - A 29 - C 30 - A
31 - T 32 - F 33 - T 34 - F 35 - T
36 - If I were you, I would recycle these plastic carrier bags
37 - Emma came first as a result of her hard work
38 - Eating too much sugar can lead to health problems
Trang 739 - The pilots went on a sudden strike so all flights had to be cancelled.
40 - By the time they invited me to travel to Los Angeles with them, I had planned my trip to England
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