One of our boys …… by the police last night.. He’s incapable …… even driving a rail in straight.. He turned …… the light so as not to waste electricity.. I’ll return Bob’s pen to him the
Trang 1I PRONUNCIATION AND STRESS
A Which word is stressed differently from the others?
3 A financial B appointment C underneath D torrential
B Which underlined part is pronounced differently?
II GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE
11 “What are you doing?”
“I …… the flowers They …… wonderful!”
C am smelling / are smelling D smell / are smelling
12 “Mark wasn’t there last night.”
“No, …… ”
A I wasn’t either B either was I C I wasn’t too D neither I was
13 One of our boys …… by the police last night
A is arrested B was arrested C were arrested D would be arrested
14 He lives there …… his own
15 He ordered them …… it again
16 He’s incapable …… even driving a rail in straight
17 He turned …… the light so as not to waste electricity
18 It’s proving difficult …… the men
A for rescuing B to rescuing C to rescue D in rescuing
19 I’ll return Bob’s pen to him the next time I …… him
20 I had to ask the boys ……
A to stop playing B stop playing C stop to play D stopping to play
21 You’d better give me your answer quickly, …… I’ll withdraw the invitation
A although B nevertheless C even though D or else
22 My father tells me to give …… smoking
23 He repeated the conversation that he had heard word …… word
24 Abdul was badly …… by a stranger
A frightened B frightening C frighten D to frighten
25 How many hours a day do you practice …… the piano?
Trang 2A to play B playing C play D for playing
26 The teacher asked me …… back as soon as possible
27 She helped him …… one of his old bookcases up the stairs
28 Do you know the man …… to John?
29 I’d like …… to you
30 Anne smokes a lot ……
A So her mother does B So does her mother C Does her mother too D Too her mother does
31 I haven’t seen Jenny ……
A for a long time B in the last time C since long D lastly
32 …… he had taken several courses, he could speak English fluently
33 A man whom people cannot trust will have …… friends
34 That ice is dangerously thin now You …… go ice-skating today
35 Do not get …… the bus when it is still moving
36 My shirt was torn …… the tree
A while climbing up B while I was climbing up
C while a climb was made up D in a climb up
37 I went …… hospital for an operation
38 I …… school in 1995
39 Students from Vietnam are not used …… in cold climate
40 The problem is easy enough, but …… students could answer it
III CLOZE PASSAGE
Read the following passage and then choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best completes each blank
The person I am going to write about is Charlie Chaplin He has always been one of my favorite actors and I really (41) _ his films
Charlie was born in London in 1889 Both his parents were music hall performers His father was a drunkard and his mother later (42) mad Life was hard and Charlie and his half brother, Sidney, were sent to a(n) (43) for a time
He first appeared on the stage when he was seven and by the time he was ten he was a regular performer When he was
17, he went on a tour of the USA where he was (44) _ and given a part in a Hollywood film His early films were not particularly successful but in 1915 he made his (45) _, “The Tramp”, in which he first appeared in the baggy trousers and with the hat and cane Soon he had had his own (46) _ built and was making his own films which included “The Gold Rush”, “Modern Times” and “The Great Dictator”
Trang 3In the 1940s his reputation in the USA started to (47) _ Silent films were no longer so popular Chaplin went to Europe but was not allowed to return to the USA because he was (48) _ of being a communist The authorities finally let him back in 1972 and he was (49) _ an Oscar, but by this time he had made Switzerland his home
Chaplin did not have a very happy personal life and was married four times He only found happiness with his fourth marriage in 1943 When he died on Christmas Day 1977, the world had lost one of the greatest (50) _ comedians
45 A achievement B completion C fiction D masterpiece
IV COMPREHENSION READING
Read the following passage For questions 51 - 55, you are to choose one best answer (A, B, C or D) to each question.
Edwin Forrest, often acknowledged as America’s first national idol of American theater, was born in Philadelphia in 1806
He was only 14 years old when he played Young Norval in Home’s Douglas He gained experience supporting Edmund Kean in Shakespearean roles In 1826 he established himself as one of the great tragedians of the century with his role as Othello in a New York debut His acting was bold and forceful, though he was also criticized for his boasting and loud language His violent temper did not injure his reputation as an actor, though, and his last appearance as Richelieu in Boston in 1871 was greeted with acclaim
51 Which of the following statements is best supported by this passage?
A Though Edwin Forrest was criticized, his reputation was not damaged
B Forrest was a great actor, but was brought down by his uncontrollable temper
C Though bold in his acting, in reality Forrest’s life was a tragedy
D Forrest became a national idol at age 14, but was ruined later
52 Which of the following roles was NOT one that Forrest played?
A Young Norval
B Edmund Kean
C Othello
D Richelieu
53 According to the author Forrest was
A angry
B temperamental
C satisfied
D creative
54 The word “injure” in line 5 could best be replaced by which of the following?
A support
B critique
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D offend
55 According to the passage, what happened in 1826?
A New York produced a new tragedian
B Forrest was in a New York play
C Forrest made his first debut
D Othello became known as a great tragedy
Keys to (1 – 3)