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ĐỀ SỐ 5 PHẦN A- TRẮC NGHIỆM PART 1; PHONETICS (10 P.)
Question I: Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently: (5 points)
Question II: Choose the word with the different stress pattern: ( 5 points)
1 A managerial B adolescent C antibiotic D controversial
2 A inhocent B preferable C immigrant D psychiatry
3 A encyclopedia B panorama C obligatory D disappear
4 A employee B disadvantageous C sympathetic D cortrespondence
5 A cement B conincidence C sanitary D eternal
PART 2; Vocabulary and Grammar and structures (20 P.)
Choose the best answer from options A, B, C or D to complete the sentence
1 Does that newspaper the government or oppose it?
2 It’s distressing to see small children in the streets
3 Most of my friends are reporters
A newspapers B newspaper C newspaper’s D newspapers’
4 The electorate will not easily forgive the government for failing to fulfill its ……
5 We to shop off in Singapore but the airplane changed the arrangements at the last minute
6 My brother sang of all the pupils of the group
A more beautifully B the most beautifully C less beautifully D most beautifully
7 Because I am terrified of spaces, I never go in lifts
A contained B compressed C constricted D confined
8 In a four-hour operation, surgeons managed to sew the girl’s hand back on
9 I like books on literature
A more than B most of all C much more D not at all
10 It is no use to school if you to work hard
A going / do not ready B to go / do not ready C going / are not ready D go / are not ready
11 There were many big trees, between me and the river and now they all fell down into the water
A each other B one after another C one another D a lot
12 "It seems he's driving more carefully now." "Yes, after three times for speeding."
A to be arrested B be arrested C having been arrested D have been arrested
13 Last year I was to be invited to visit Hanoi
A too lucky B more fortunate C less lucky D fortunate enough
14 She is not doing in the garden, just walking about the place
15 ……… recent times, the discipline of biology has expanded rapidly into a variety of
subdisciplines
Trang 2A It is since B When C Since it is D In
16 The child always keeps his hands and face
17 He found his trousers but clean
A it wasn't B they wasn't C they weren't D it weren't
18 At the party, he drank
A lemon juice a lot ofB many glasses of beer C many wine D much waters
19 On the battlefield of Waterloo, about 45,000 men were left
A dead and wound B dead and wounded C to die and wound D death and wound
20 I read an interesting in the paper the other day
PART 3 Prepositions and phrasal verbs (10 P.)
1. My father still hasn’t really recovered from the death of my mother.
2. The bomb exploded with a loud bang which could be heard all over the town.
3. Bill seems unhappy in his job because he doesn’t get _ his boss
4. Why do they talking about money all the time?
5. My father gave up smoking two years ago
6. The government hopes to _ its plans for introducing cable TV
7. When the tenants failed to pay their bill, the authorities decided to _ the gas supply to the flat
8. I was born in Scotland but I in Northern Ireland
9. I’ll be back in a minute, Jane I just want to try out my new tape recorder.
10.She got angry when they started to……… her private life.
PART 4 Error correction (10p)
1 The police is now investigating the robbery that took place in our neighbourhood last night
A B C D
2 There was a slight disagreement between committee members of the Club, regarding their
A B C D
trip next month
3 She was not unaware of their presence in the room as she was absorbed in her reading
the poorer nations
7 The audience watching the rock concert obviously do not satisfy with the slow numbers that
Trang 39 Many women have reached high positions in business but there are still little women in
PART 5 Reading comprehension (20p)
Passage1: Read the passage carefully and then find the correct answer from A, B, C, D to the questions that followed (10p)
A - Read the following reading passage and choose the correct answers
Fog is a cloud in contact with or just above the surface of land or sea It can he a major environmentalhazard Fog on highways can cause chain- reaction accidents involving dozens of cars Delays and shutdowns
at airports can cause economic losses to airlines and inconveniences to thousands of travelers carrying vastquantities of oil, increases the possibility of catastrophic oil spills
The most common type of fog, radiation fog, forms at night, when moist air near the ground loseswarmth through radiation on a clear night This type of fog often occurs in valleys, such as California's SanJoaquin Valley Another common type, advection fog, results from the movement of warm, wet air over coldground The air loses temperature to the ground and condensation sets in This type of fog often occurs alongthe California coast and the shores of the Great Lake Advection fog also forms when air associated with awarm ocean current blows across the surface of a cold current The thick fogs of the Grand Banks ofNewfoundland, Canada, are largely of this origin, because here the Labrador Current comes in contact withthe warm Gulf Stream
Two other types of fog are somewhat more unusual Frontal fog occurs when two fronts of differenttemperatures meet, and rain from the warm front falls into the colder one, saturating the air Steam fog appearswhen cold air picks up moisture by moving other warmer water
1 The first paragraph focuses on which aspect of fog?
A Its dangers B Its composition C Its beauty D Its causes
2 The word catastrophic is closest in meaning to ……
A accidental B inevitable C unexpected D disastrous
3 According to the article, fog that occurs along the California coast is generally ……
A radiation fog B advection fog C frontal fog D steam fog
4 It can be inferred from the passage that the Labrador Current is ……
5 The author organizes the discussion of the different types of fog according to ……
A their geographic locations B their relative density
C the types of problems they cause D their relative frequency
6 The author of the passage is probably an expert in the field of ……
A physics B economics C transportation D meteorology
7 According to the article, fog that forms through radiation process of moist air is generally ……
A radiation fog B advection fog C frontal fog D steam fog
8 Which is not true of the frontal fog?
A It is quite common
B It forms when two fronts of different temperatures meet
C The air is soaked
D The warm front has rain falling into the colder front
9 Which of the following is not caused by fog?
A Tankers' crash B Pile-up accidents
C Shutdowns at airports D Temperature losses
10 Grand Banks of Newfoundland, Canada, is mainly affected by ……
A radiation fog B advection fog C frontal fog D steam fog
Passage 2 Read the passage carefully and then find the correct answer from A, B, C, D to the questions that followed (10p)
Over a period of time, many habitats change with respect to the types of plants and animals that livethere This change is known as succession Succession occurs because plants and animals cause a change in
Trang 4the environment in which they live The first weeds and grasses that appear on a bare field, for example,
change the environment by shielding the soil from the direct sunlight As these plants spread, the ground surface becomes cooler and moisture than it was originally Thus, the environment at the ground surface has been changed The new surface conditions favour the spouting of the shrubs As shrubs grow they kill the
grasses by preventing light from reaching them and also build up the soil in the area In addition, they attractanimals that also enhance the soil Pine seedlings soon take hold and as they grow, they in turn shade out theshrubs They are not able to shade out oaks and hickory seedlings, however, they have found the forest floorsuitable These seedlings grow into large trees that eventually shad out the pine
Câu 1: What is the best title of this passage?
A The success of oak and hickory B Animal and plant habitat
C How environmental habitats change D The importance of weeds and grasses
Câu 2: Which is the correct order of plant succession in the exam in example in the passage?
A Weeds, pines, shrubs, oak B Weeds, shrubs, pines, oak
C Oak, pines, shrubs, weeds D Shrubs, weeds, pines, oaks
Câu 3: According to the passage, how do weeds and grasses affect the soil?
A They make it cooler and wetter B They attract animals to it
C They spread seeds on it D They added nutrients to it
Câu 4: It can be inferred from the passage that .
A pines and grasses can exist together B birds discourage the growth of shrubs
C Weeds and grasses prefer cold climate
D oak and hickory trees grow taller than pines
Câu 5: Which of the following is a stage of succession as described in the passage?
A Wild flowers growing in an unused parking lot
B Animals being tamed by children
C A forest cut down to build an airport
D A flood washing away a crop of wheat
Câu 6: Which of the following encourages the life of animals?
Câu 7: The word “originally” is closest in meaning to _.
A in the first place B specially C at the first source D for a short time
Câu 8: The word “sprouting” is closest in meaning to .
A nourishing B blossoming C flourishing D starting to grow
Câu 9: The word “shielding” can be replaced by .
Câu 10: Compared to pines, hickories are .
A shorter B higher C as high D more suitable for forest floor
PART 6 Cloze test (10p)
Jogging does not cost much, (1) a good pair of shoes You should wear shoes (2) forjogging Do not use your regular walking shoes (3) , particular if the trails on which you jog are notsmooth, you will definitely need good jogging shoes Shoes designed for jogging are more durable (4) _the conditions Jogging shoes are designed to be more stable (5) _ regular walking shoes They are alsomade (6) _ quick-drying materials that will keep your feet (7) when you jog, and they offerprotection plates (8) protect your feet from stone bruises You also should (9) suitable clothing.Protect your ankles and lower legs by wearing a sock that is (10) _ than your usual sock Wear short thatare longer, too Wear a hat that is breathable and waterproof
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Question 1: Use the correct form of the word in bracket to complete the sentence (10p)
1) Some young people today have a very strange _ (appear)
2) He always wears a shirt (stripe)
3) They have just _ a new style of jeans in the USA (introduction)
4) He is a famous stamp (collect)
5) It was an _ day (enjoy)
6) They me to join their family to Hue last year (invitation)
7) There is a _ lot near my house (park)
8) I am fond of _ to the movie on Sundays (go)
9) Many designers took from Vietnam’s ethnic minorities (inspire)
10) You should _ for an hour (relaxation)
Question 2: Use the correct form of the word in bracket to complete the passage (10p)
Nowadays it is important to be well - (1) if you want to get a good job To
be (2) it is generally neccessary to be well - educated Therefore, many people who arebadly-educated fell they are a (3) They fell unable to complete even the simplest (4) form More (5) should be given to these people to continue their studies Otherwise,much (6) can rerult from doing boring work Many (7) people are waitingtheir time in monotonous job Instead, they should be finding .(8) in theiroccupations, (9) are very worried about this situation and many have started training andeducation schemes As a rerult itis hoped that a greater number of people will qualify formore (10)
work in the future
Part 2: Cloze test (10p)
Read the passage carefully and then find the most suitable word to fill in the blank to complete the passage (10 p)
Watching Television and going for a walk are the most popular leisure (1) inBritain But although longer holidays and shorter working hours have given people more free(2) ., women generally have less free time (3) men, because they spend time(4) domestic work, shopping and childcare
Surveys showed that more men (5) newspapers than women, and (6) slightly higher proportion of adult read Sunday newspapers than read (7) morning national
newspaper
More people are taking holidays abroad (8) 1971 only 36 percent of (9) inBritain had been abroad on holiday; but by 1983 this proportion had (10) to 62 percent,nearly fifteen million people
Part 3: Writing (40p)
Question 1 Rewrite the sentences with the same in meaning as directed.
1 We were very impressed by the new camera but found it rather expensive
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5 I would like, moreover, to choose my own clothes
What's _
Question 2 Rewrite the sentences with the same in meaning USING the word given.
1 Very little money was raised by the charity appeal (RESPONSE) _
2 His irresponsible attitude is endangering his career as a doctor (JEOPARDY) _
3 That wasn't what I meant at all You've completely misunderstood me as usual (STICK)
Question 3 Rearrange these words and phrases to make correct sentences.
1 My brother/ keen/ learn/ different/ languages/
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ĐỀ SỐ 5
PHẦN A- TRẮC NGHIỆM PART 1; PHONETICS (10 P.)
Question I: Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently: (5 points)
Question II: Choose the word with the different stress pattern: ( 5 points)
1 A managerial B adolescent C antibiotic D controversial
2 A inhocent B preferable C immigrant D psychiatry
3 A encyclopedia B panorama C obligatory D disappear
4 A employee B disadvantageous C sympathetic D correspondence
5 A cement B coincidence C sanitary D eternal
PART 2; Vocabulary and Grammar and structures (20 P.)
Choose the best answer from options A, B, C or D to complete the sentence
1 Does that newspaper the government or oppose it?
2 It’s distressing to see small children in the streets
3 Most of my friends are reporters
A newspapers B newspaper C newspaper’s D newspapers’
4 The electorate will not easily forgive the government for failing to fulfill its ……
5 We to shop off in Singapore but the airplane changed the arrangements at the last minute
Trang 86 My brother sang of all the pupils of the group.
A more beautifully B the most beautifully C less beautifully D most beautifully
7 Because I am terrified of spaces, I never go in lifts
A contained B compressed C constricted D confined
8 In a four-hour operation, surgeons managed to sew the girl’s hand back on
9 I like books on literature
A more than B most of all C much more D not at all
10 It is no use to school if you to work hard
A going / do not ready B to go / do not ready C going / are not ready D go / are not ready
11 There were many big trees, between me and the river and now they all fell down into the water
A each other B one after another C one another D a lot
12 "It seems he's driving more carefully now." "Yes, after three times for speeding."
A to be arrested B be arrested C having been arrested D have been arrested
13 Last year I was to be invited to visit Hanoi
A too lucky B more fortunate C less lucky D fortunate enough
14 She is not doing in the garden, just walking about the place
15 ……… recent times, the discipline of biology has expanded rapidly into a variety of
subdisciplines
16 The child always keeps his hands and face
17 He found his trousers but clean
A it wasn't B they wasn't C they weren't D it weren't
18 At the party, he drank
A lemon juice a lot ofB many glasses of beer C many wine D much waters
19 On the battlefield of Waterloo, about 45,000 men were left
A dead and wound B dead and wounded C to die and wound D death and wound
20 I read an interesting in the paper the other day
PART 3 Prepositions and phrasal verbs (10 P.)
11.My father still hasn’t really recovered from the death of my mother.
12.The bomb exploded with a loud bang which could be heard all over the town.
13.Bill seems unhappy in his job because he doesn’t get _ his boss
14. Why do they talking about money all the time?
15.My father gave up smoking two years ago
16.The government hopes to _ its plans for introducing cable TV
17.When the tenants failed to pay their bill, the authorities decided to _ the gas supply to the flat
18.I was born in Scotland but I in Northern Ireland
19.I’ll be back in a minute, Jane I just want to try out my new tape recorder.
20.She got angry when they started to……… her private life.
PART 4 Error correction (10p)
Trang 91 The police is now investigating the robbery that took place in our neighbourhood last night.
A B C D
2 There was a slight disagreement between committee members of the Club, regarding their
A B C D
trip next month
3 She was not unaware of their presence in the room as she was absorbed in her reading
the poorer nations
7 The audience watching the rock concert obviously do not satisfy with the slow numbers that
PART 5 Reading comprehension (20p)
Passage1: Read the passage carefully and then find the correct answer from A, B, C, D to the questions that followed (10p)
A - Read the following reading passage and choose the correct answers
Fog is a cloud in contact with or just above the surface of land or sea It can he a major environmentalhazard Fog on highways can cause chain- reaction accidents involving dozens of cars Delays and shutdowns
at airports can cause economic losses to airlines and inconveniences to thousands of travelers carrying vastquantities of oil, increases the possibility of catastrophic oil spills
The most common type of fog, radiation fog, forms at night, when moist air near the ground loseswarmth through radiation on a clear night This type of fog often occurs in valleys, such as California's SanJoaquin Valley Another common type, advection fog, results from the movement of warm, wet air over coldground The air loses temperature to the ground and condensation sets in This type of fog often occurs alongthe California coast and the shores of the Great Lake Advection fog also forms when air associated with awarm ocean current blows across the surface of a cold current The thick fogs of the Grand Banks ofNewfoundland, Canada, are largely of this origin, because here the Labrador Current comes in contact withthe warm Gulf Stream
Two other types of fog are somewhat more unusual Frontal fog occurs when two fronts of differenttemperatures meet, and rain from the warm front falls into the colder one, saturating the air Steam fog appearswhen cold air picks up moisture by moving other warmer water
1 The first paragraph focuses on which aspect of fog?
A Its dangers B Its composition C Its beauty D Its causes
2 The word catastrophic is closest in meaning to ……
A accidental B inevitable C unexpected D disastrous
3 According to the article, fog that occurs along the California coast is generally ……
A radiation fog B advection fog C frontal fog D steam fog
4 It can be inferred from the passage that the Labrador Current is ……
A cold B weak C polluted D warm
5 The author organizes the discussion of the different types of fog according to ……
Trang 10A their geographic locations B their relative density
C the types of problems they cause D their relative frequency
6 The author of the passage is probably an expert in the field of ……
A physics B economics C transportation D meteorology
7 According to the article, fog that forms through radiation process of moist air is generally ……
A radiation fog B advection fog C frontal fog D steam fog
8 Which is not true of the frontal fog?
A It is quite common
B It forms when two fronts of different temperatures meet
C The air is soaked
D The warm front has rain falling into the colder front
9 Which of the following is not caused by fog?
A Tankers' crash B Pile-up accidents
C Shutdowns at airports D Temperature losses
10 Grand Banks of Newfoundland, Canada, is mainly affected by ……
A radiation fog B advection fog C frontal fog D steam fog
change the environment by shielding the soil from the direct sunlight As these plants spread, the ground surface becomes cooler and moisture than it was originally Thus, the environment at the ground surface has been changed The new surface conditions favour the spouting of the shrubs As shrubs grow they kill the
grasses by preventing light from reaching them and also build up the soil in the area In addition, they attractanimals that also enhance the soil Pine seedlings soon take hold and as they grow, they in turn shade out theshrubs They are not able to shade out oaks and hickory seedlings, however, they have found the forest floorsuitable These seedlings grow into large trees that eventually shad out the pine
Câu 1: What is the best title of this passage?
A The success of oak and hickory B Animal and plant habitat
C How environmental habitats change D The importance of weeds and grasses
Câu 2: Which is the correct order of plant succession in the exam in example in the passage?
A Weeds, pines, shrubs, oak B Weeds, shrubs, pines, oak
C Oak, pines, shrubs, weeds D Shrubs, weeds, pines, oaks
Câu 3: According to the passage, how do weeds and grasses affect the soil?
A They make it cooler and wetter B They attract animals to it
C They spread seeds on it D They added nutrients to it
Câu 4: It can be inferred from the passage that .
A pines and grasses can exist together B birds discourage the growth of shrubs
C Weeds and grasses prefer cold climate D oak and hickory trees grow taller than pines
Câu 5: Which of the following is a stage of succession as described in the passage?
A Wild flowers growing in an unused parking lot
B Animals being tamed by children
C A forest cut down to build an airport
D A flood washing away a crop of wheat
Câu 6: Which of the following encourages the life of animals?
Câu 7: The word “originally” is closest in meaning to _.
A in the first place B specially C at the first source D for a short time
Câu 8: The word “sprouting” is closest in meaning to .
A nourishing B blossoming C flourishing D starting to grow
Câu 9: The word “shielding” can be replaced by .
Trang 11A hiding B exposing C changing D protecting
Câu 10: Compared to pines, hickories are .
A shorter B higher C as high D more suitable for forest floor
PART 6 Cloze test (10p)
Jogging does not cost much, (1) a good pair of shoes You should wear shoes (2) forjogging Do not use your regular walking shoes (3) , particular if the trails on which you jog are notsmooth, you will definitely need good jogging shoes Shoes designed for jogging are more durable (4) _the conditions Jogging shoes are designed to be more stable (5) _ regular walking shoes They are alsomade (6) _ quick-drying materials that will keep your feet (7) when you jog, and they offerprotection plates (8) protect your feet from stone bruises You also should (9) suitable clothing.Protect your ankles and lower legs by wearing a sock that is (10) _ than your usual sock Wear short thatare longer, too Wear a hat that is breathable and waterproof
PHẦN B- TỰ LUẬN (60p)
Part 1: Word formation (20p)
Question 1: Use the correct form of the word in bracket to complete the sentence (10p)
1) Some young people today have a very strange _ (appear)
2) He always wears a shirt (stripe)
3) They have just _ a new style of jeans in the USA (introduction)
4) He is a famous stamp (collect)
5) It was an _ day (enjoy)
6) They me to join their family to Hue last year (invitation)
7) There is a _ lot near my house (park)
8) I am fond of _ to the movie on Sundays (go)
9) Many designers took from Vietnam’s ethnic minorities (inspire)
10) You should _ for an hour (relaxation)
Question 2: Use the correct form of the word in bracket to complete the passage (10p)
Nowadays it is important to be well - (1) if you want to get a good job To
be (2) it is generally neccessary to be well - educated Therefore, many people who arebadly-educated fell they are a (3) They fell unable to complete even the simplest
Trang 12(4) form More (5) should be given to these people to continue their studies Otherwise,much (6) can rerult from doing boring work Many (7) people are waitingtheir time in monotonous job Instead, they should be finding .(8) in theiroccupations, (9) are very worried about this situation and many have started training andeducation schemes As a rerult itis hoped that a greater number of people will qualify formore (10)
work in the future
1 qualified 2 successful 3 failure 4 application 5 encouragement
6 unhappiness 7 Gifted 8 Satisfaction 9 Employers 10.interesting
Part 2: Cloze test (10p)
Read the passage carefully and then find the most suitable word to fill in the blank to complete the passage (10 p)
Watching Television and going for a walk are the most popular leisure (1) inBritain But although longer holidays and shorter working hours have given people more free(2) ., women generally have less free time (3) men, because they spend time(4) domestic work, shopping and childcare
Surveys showed that more men (5) newspapers than women, and (6) slightly higher proportion of adult read Sunday newspapers than read (7) morning national
newspaper
More people are taking holidays abroad (8) 1971 only 36 percent of (9) inBritain had been abroad on holiday; but by 1983 this proportion had (10) to 62 percent,nearly fifteen million people
1.activities 2 time 3 than 4 on 5 read 6 a 7 daily 8 in 9 adults 10 risen
Part 3: Writing (20p)
Question 1 Rewrite the sentences with the same in meaning as directed.
1 We were very impressed by the new camera but found it rather expensive
2 He needn't have brought the umbrella along (because it didn't rain anyway)
3 She convinced the court that she was innocent / She convinced the court of her innocence
4 The last thing you can / could do is to phone the police
5 What's more, I would like to choose my own clothes
Question 2 Rewrite the sentences with the same in meaning USING the word given.
6 Very little money was raised by the charity appeal (RESPONSE) _
7 His irresponsible attitude is endangering his career as a doctor (JEOPARDY) _
8 That wasn't what I meant at all You've completely misunderstood me as usual (STICK)