Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.10 pts Television is one of man’s important means of communication.. I[r]
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SECTION I -PHONETICS :
Ex1 Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the rest
by writing your answer (A, B, C, or D) in the numbered box (10 pts)
1 A eventually B invention C preparation D shyness
2 A reputation B communicate C documentary D hundred
3 A migrant B signature C habit D limitation
4 A dormitory B occupy C minority D territory
5 A advised B amazed C practiced D changed
Write your answers here:
1 ……… 2 3 4 5
Ex2 Mark the letter A, B, C or D in the numbered to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.(10 pts)
1 A industry B poisonous C atmosphere D awareness
2 A generous B extensive C sincerely D eternal
3 A mausoleum B pesticide C intermediate D decompose
Write your answers here:
1
……… 2 3 4 5 Ex3: Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from those of the other words Write your answers in the numbered blanks provided below (5p)
1 A random B canal C many D explanatory
2 A good B moon C food D balloon
3 A provide B product C production D procedure
4 A kite B bite C Christian D Christ
5 A voltage B voyage C massage D dosage
Answers:
Ex4: Choose the word whose stress pattern is differently from those of the other words Write your answers in the numbered blanks provided below (5p)
1 A argumentative B psychological C contributory D hypersensitive
2 A atomic B brilliant C determined D ambitious
3 A trigonometry B explanatory C immediately D democracy
4 A photograph B payroll C accent D regretful
5 A majority B ceremony C astronom y D investiture
Answers:
Trang 2SECTION II: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
Ex1: Circle the letter next to the word or phrase which best completes each of the following sentences (2.0 pts):
1 Peter used to swimming every Friday when he was a student
2 My friend me that he was going to take a driving test
3 The teacher advised the children and see the dentist regularly
4 I asked my friend he wanted to go out with me
5 I’m learning English I want to get a better job
6 Mary never cooks, ?
A did not she B doesn’t she C does she D did she
7 I think their house is I’ve ever seen
A the most beautiful B more beautiful
C most beautiful that D more beautiful that
8 “Does this jacket belong to you?”
“No, and I’m not sure _ it is.”
Ex2: Circle the letter of the word(s) that is different (1pt):
Example: 0 A Sunday B Friday C June D Tuesday
1 A downtown B cottage C suburbs D village
2 A professor B student C teacher D schedule
3 A department store B bakery C supermarket D shopping mall
4 A artist B music C inventor D cyclist
Ex3: Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verb in parentheses
(1 pt):
1 As soon as she arrives, we (have) dinner
2 She said that she (call) back later
3 My car (repair) _ at the moment I had an accident last week
4 The movie star’s picture (take) when he was shopping with his girlfriend
Trang 3Ex4 Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence Write your answer (A, B, C,
or D) in the numbered box (30 pts)
1 _ you do better work than this, you won’t pass the exam
2 I was just _ to go out when you telephoned
3 It’s difficult to pay one’s bills when prices keep _
4 She _ her neighbor’s child for the broken window
A blamed B accused C complained D denied
5 "Did you like the novel that I gave you last week?”
-“ _ the novels that I’ve read, I enjoyed this one the most.”
6 That old lady is _ deaf to hear what you say
7 I failed to buy that nice dress, for I had forgotten to bring my _
8 The radio is _ loud I can’t hear the noise
A too many B too much C much too D lot much
9 The visitor spoke _ the subject of wildlife in northern Britain
10 Not they but Tom _ the reward
A receives B receive C receiving D to receive
11 They have _ of helpers even when they are in need
A a great quantity B a large amount C a large number D great number
12 One person _ seven in the world speaks perfect English
13 “Pollution worries me” – “Me too It’s something _ lots of problems”
A that has brought B which has brought C is bringing D that bringing
14 I wasn’t a bit surprised to hear that Karen had changed her job
A I was a bit surprised to hear that Karen had changed her job
B That Karen had changed her job surprised me a bit
C Surprised, Karen had changed her job
D It came as no surprise to me to hear that Karen had changed her job
15 We quarreled _ the choice of a house
Write your answers here:
1 ………… 2 3 4 5
6 ………… 7 8 9 10
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Ex6: Fill in each blank with a suitable PREPOSITION or PARTICLE Write your answers in the numbered blanks provided below the passage (5p)
1 We’re all very obliged _ you
2 When the wound has healed _you can remove the plaster
3 Without a fridge, fresh food will go _very quickly
4 I’m faithful _ my principle
5 I haven’t heard Mandy since she wrote in July
6 This service _Tom’s car tomorrow
10 Have a card your sleeve
in my family SUCCESS
SECTION III READING:
Ex1 Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.(10 pts)
Television is one of man’s important means of communication It brings events and sounds around the world into million of homes A person with the television set can sit in his house and watch the president making a speech or visit a foreign country He can see war being fought and watch statesmen try to bring peace Through TV, home viewers can see and learn about people, places, and things in faraway lands Television even takes its viewers out of this world It brings them coverage of America’s astronauts as the astronauts explore outer space
In addition to these things, TV brings its viewers a steady stream of programs that are designed to entertain In fact, TV provides many more entertainment programs than any other kinds The programs include action packed dramas, light comedies, sporting events and motion pictures
1 What does television bring us?
A Noise from around the world B Man’s most important means of talking
C Events and sounds around our globe D President making speech
2 What can’t viewers do with the TV at home?
A watch a president giving a talk
B see a war being fought
C watch a statesmen making attempt to bring about peace
D see heavens and hells
3 Which of the following is NOT true?
A TV can bring us entertainment
B By watching TV, people can widen their knowledge
C People know events and sounds from different world
D People can meet presidents without going out
4 According to the passage, what don’t entertainment programs include?
A dramas B tragedies C musicals D motion pictures
5 With TV set a person can
A watch president making a speech B see a foreign country
Trang 5C learn things in faraway lands D all of them (A, B, C).
Write your answers here:
1 ……… 2 3 4 5
Ex2 Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.(20 pts)
Crime Prevention You can make life more difficult for thieves by (1) _ your wallet in an inside pocket instead of a back pocket But make sure that you still have it if someone bumps into you in
a (2) _ Most pickpockets are very skillful Never let your handbag out of your (3) _ On public transport, (4) _ hold of it You are also (5) _ to take travelers’ checks rather than cash when you go abroad, and to use cash dispenses which are on (6) _ streets, or are well lit at night
A quarter of all crimes are car thefts or things from cars, like radio and cassette players If your car is (7) _, you may not get it back One in four are never found, and even if it is, it may be badly (8) _ Always lock all doors and windows and think about fitting a car alarm too If you are buying a new radio cassette player, it is (9 _ choosing one that is security-code or removable by the drive These precautions will help to (10) _ thieves
9 A beneficial B practical C worthwhile D sensible
10 A put off B put down C put out D put back
Write your answers here:
1 ………… 2 3 4 5
6 ………… 7 8 9 10 Ex3 Fill in each numbered blank ONE suitable word.(20 pts)
Learning a foreign language is, in some ways, like learning how to fly or (1) _ the piano There are important differences, but there (2) a very important similarity It is this: learning how to do such things needs lots (3) practice It is never enough simply to “know” something You must be able to “do” things with (4) you know For example, it is not
Trang 6enough simply to read a book on (5) _ to fly an aero plane A book can give you lots of information (6) _ how to fly, but you only read a book and then try to (7) _ without a great deal of practice first, you will crash and kill (8) The same is true of (9) the piano So you think it is enough simply to read about it? Can you play the piano (10) _ having lots of practice first?
Write your answers here:
1 ………… 2 3 4 5
6 ………… 7 8 9 10 Ex4: Complete the passage by choosing the best word or phrase (A, B, C or D) (2ms)
For good or bad, computers are now part of our daily life Experts predict that before long all school and business and most families in rich parts of the world will (21) ……… a computer of some kind Among the general public, computers rouse strong feelings people either love them (22) ……… hate them
The computer lovers talk about how useful computers can be in business, in education and (23) ……… the home Apart (24) ………… all the games, you can do your accounts on them, learn languages from them, write letters on them and in some places, even (25) ………… your shopping with them Computers, they say, bring not leisure, as many (26) ……… jobs but are taken over by computerized robots as well
The haters, on the other hand, argue that computers, they say that computers bring not leisure but (27) ……… They worry, too, that people (28) ……… spend all the time talking to computers may forget (29) ………… to talk to each other Their biggest fear is that computers may eventually take (30) ………… from human beings altogether
26 A interesting B skillfull C pleasant D unpleasant
27 A unemployed B employment C unemployment D employ
Ex5:Fill in each plank with ONE suitable word to complete this passage
Are the people born clever and others born (1) ………… ? or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experience? Strangely enough, the answer to both these (2) …………
is “yes” To some extent, our intelligence is given at birth, and no amount of special education can make a genius out of a (3) ………… born with low intelligence On the other hand, a child lives in boring surrounding will develop his intelligence less than (4) ………… who lives in rich and varied surrounding Thus the limits of a person’s intelligence are fixed at birth but (5)
………… Or not he reaches thoselimits will (6) ………… on his environment This wiew, no held by most experts, can be supported in a number of ways It is easy to show that intelligence
is something we are born with (7) ……… we take two unrelated people at random from population, it is likely that (8) ……… degrees of intelligence will be completely different
If, on the other hand, we take children identical twins, they will very likely be (9)
……… intelligent as others This clearly suggests that intelligence depends on (10)
…………
Trang 7Ex6 Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets to complete the passage (2ms)
A friend of mine, Jenny (1 work) ……… in the international sales division at an electronics firm now She (2 just return) ……… from a trip to Japan She (3, ask)
……… (4 go)……… to Japan because she can speak Japanese, When she (5 be) ………… a business student at London University, she (6 study) ……… Japanese for four years She (7 never have) ………the opportunity to use her Japanese until she (8 go) ……… to Tokyo last year While she was there, she (9 speak) ………… Japanese everyday and (10 enjoy) ……… every minute of it She’s anxious to return
SECTION IV WRITING:
Ex1 Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it (20 pts)
1 She doesn’t get up late anymore
→ She used
2 They started learning English four years ago
→ They have
3 She is a far more serious student now than she used to be
→ She studies
4 I’d like you to help me to put the chairs away
→ Do you mind
5 I’ll do anything for you because I love you
→ I’ll do anything for you because of
6 He will come because he wants to be sure of meeting you
→ He will come so
7 Your hair needs combing properly
→ Your hair
8.“Would you mind not smoking in here?”
I’d rather
8 He wrote the letter in two hours
→ It took
9 “Why don’t we go out for a walk?”
Ex2: Rewite the following sentences so that the second one means exactly the same the one before (2ms)
1 My brother started working for this company six years ago
My brother has ………
2 “Please, do not smoke in this area of the restaurant”
Customers are ………
3 I don’t have time to help mom with housework
I wish ………
4 There is no better teacher in this school than Mr Jones
Mr Jone ………
Trang 85 Although John was severely disabled, he participated in many sports
In spite of his………
6 Both my brother and I are too young to drive
Neither my brother ………
7 They have just built a new shopping mall there
A new shopping mall ………
8 We don’t finish the work because of his carelessness
If he ………
9 I wrote the report in two days last week
It ………
10 The Bakers used to grow vegetables in the behind garden
Vegetables ………
Ex3 / Rewrite each of the sentences, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same :
1.The test is so long that I can’t finish it in time
=> It’s ………
2 They haven’t played tennis for almost 5 years
=> They stopped ………
3 It is a six – hour drive from Hanoi to my home village
=> It takes ………
4 I’m sorry that I didn’t finish my homework last night
=> I wish………
5 He wants people to call him Sir
=> He wants ………
6 He doesn’t take any exercise; that is why he is so unhealthy
=> If he ………
7 All his suits were made in Paris
=> He had ………
8 I’ve never tasted soup before
=> This is ………
9 When did you start learning English?
=> How long ………?
10 They haven’t decided the exact time yet
=> The ……… ………
Ex4 Finish the second sentence in such a way that it has a similar meaning with the one above (2.0 pts):
1 “Are you a member of this club?”, the receptionist said to me
The receptionist asked ……….………
2 It’s a pity that we don’t have a video camera
I wish………
3 If possible, you should keep the car in a garage at night
If possible, your……….………
4 We spent five hours getting to London
It took
Trang 9Ex5 Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it (5p)
1 Someone stole the old lady’s handbag
The old lady was
2 A true story forms the basis of Mary’s new novel
Mary’s new novel
3 If you have completed your test, you can go home
Get
4 Absolute secrecy was crucial to the success of the mission
Without
5 Something must be done to solve this problem
Urgent
Ex6.Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning
1 When she walked along the riverside, she met her old friend
- Walking
2 She is very happy to succeed in her examination
- It
3 You are advised to speak only English during the course
- We want _
4 Apples are usually cheaper than oranges
- Oranges _
5 "Why don’t I get a computer?" thought the office manager
- The office manager wondered
6 Could you turn the radio down, please?
- Would you mind _?
7 How long is it since they bought the house?
- When
8 Sitting in a same place so long is uncomfortable
- It _
9 Mr Brown is very happy to speak English to his students everyday
- It
_
10 Thousands of people have to build that castle for him for years
- That castle
11 It is possible for Robert to learn English in four years to be able to go abroad
- Robert finds
_
12 She has never read this book before
- It is _
13 He failed in the examination last year
- He did not
14 She didn’t say a word as she left the room
- She left
_
15 I started work for the company a year ago
- I’ve _
16 I haven’t eaten this kind of food before
- This is the first
_
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- He was made
18 I don’t really want to go to the museum
- I’d rather
_
19 The fire has destroyed many houses
- Many houses
20 May I borrow your pen?
- Would you mind
?
CONDITIONAL SENTENCES 1
1 If it cost too much, I (buy) ……….a smaller one
2 If the class (be) ……… full, we will find another one
3 What will we do if the taxi (not come) ……… ?
4 Will you phone me if there (be) ……… any problem?
5 I (ask)……… Peter if I see him tomorrow
6 I will go next week if I (get) ………a train ticket
7 It I have enough apples, I (bake) ……….an apple pie this afternoon
8 I will fix your bicycle if I (have) ……… a screwdriver of the proper size
9 If you drove more carefully, you (not, have) ……… so many accidents
10 If he (get) ………up earlier, he would get to work on time
11 If we (have) ………… more time, I would tell you more about it
12 If you (sell) ………….more products, you would earn more money
13 I could help you if you (trust) ……… me more
14 Where would you like to live if you (not live) ………in Paris?
15 What (you, do) ……… if you won a million dollars?
16 Would you mind if I (not give) ……… you the money?
17 If I spoke English, my job (be) ……… easier
18 If I (be) ………you, I wouldn’t worry about going to the university
19 If you had phoned me last night, I (wait) ………for you
20 If he (meet) ……… you yesterday, he would have invited you to his party
21 If I (not go) ……… Out last night, I would have met him
22 If Tom had been here yesterday, he (be) ……… able to advise us
23 If he (go) ……….… To London yesterday, he would have met his old friend
24 If I (have)……… to go to hospital, I would have given you some
25 If I (have) ……… any money, I would have given you some
26 I wouldn’t have minded having children if I (live) ……… in the country
27 His car (be) ……… a lot safer if he had bought some new tires
28 The children would have been better swimmer if they (go) ……… swimming more frequently
29 Cat could fly if they (have) ……… wings
30 If Peter (study) ……… harder, he would get better marks
31 You will be late for class if you (not hurry) ………
32 Mary would not have got wet if she (wear) ……….a raincoat
33 If today (be) ……… A holiday, I would stay in bed for all day long
34 If she (make) ……… him change his mind, she would save him a lot of trouble