III.Read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C, or D best fits each space.THE IMPORTANCE OF PLANTS Man has always depended on plants 36 _______ food and many other useful produc
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MARK YOUR CHOICE ON THE ACCOMPANYING ANSWER SHEET.
I Find the word that has its underlined part pronounced differently from the other three in each question.
1 A bead B dread C spread D thread
3 A identify B ideal C idol D idiom
II Find the word with the stress pattern different from that of the other three words in each question.
4 A complain B fountain C document D bargain
5 A appliance B anniversary C injection D experiment
6 A souvenir B opposite C bakery D kilometer
III.From the four underlined words or phrases (A), (B), (C), or (D), identify the one that is not correct.
7 We would like inviting you to our home for dinner on your birthday
8 Did you agree to your father on which motorcycle you should buy?
9 A large amount of people showed up for the grand opening
10 We didn’t enjoy the party because it did not have many entertainment
V Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence.
11 I didn’t realize _ it would take me to get there on foot
12 People work mainly to money
13 Jane told me that she _ to ring me all morning
A has been trying B had been trying C will be trying D has tried
14 is the amount you must pay to ride the bus
15 “The news I have for you isn’t good, I’m ,” the doctor said
16 Many foreign visitors love coffee
Trang 217 The soldiers all looked very smart in their
18 She was very ill but now she’s got it
19 Instead of throwing paper and glass we can recycle them
20 he was feeling very tired, he agreed to walk with me as far as the next village
21 Jack offered _ care of my garden while I was out of town
22 Most of the students have difficulty _ English
23 Sam always remembers in the garage so that the driveway is free for others’ cars
24 Gravity is a natural
25 Even the smallest baby can its mother by her voice
26 I some evening classes this semester, and I have a lot of homework
A take B am taking C am going to take D was taking
27 Ellis Pike was chosen to act the of the lawyer in the film
correct.
28 I borrow four books on gardening the last time I to the library
29 As soon as you _ that, I’d like to start preparing lunch
30 I have vivid _ of that evening
31 Your hair and eyes me of your mother
32 Fax machines were a wonderful _ at the time
33 The spy admitted _ some highly secret information to enemy agents
A having given B having been given C to have given D to have been given
34 I stayed up last night to a film on TV
35 Eating a bar of chocolate from time time won’t do you any harm
Trang 3III.Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each space.
THE IMPORTANCE OF PLANTS
Man has always depended on plants (36) _ food and many other useful products For this reason, farming is one of the world’s most important industries At first, (37) _ man did not know how to plant seeds and raise crops He (38) _ wild fruits and vegetables where he found them Then man discovered how to grow his own food He (39) _ seeds and waited for the crop to grow For the first time, he could be reasonably sure of his food supply He could settle down and (40) _ shelters in the places where he grew food
As populations began to increase, the (41) _ for food became greater Old-fashioned tools and farming methods were insufficient in meeting the demand, so man cultivated more and more land and invented complicated machines to make his work easier Tractors replaced horses and other farm animals Scientists studied and (42) _ with plants They told farmers how
to (43) _ plant diseases, and how to grow bigger and better crops Now one man, with a knowledge of plants and the (44) _ of machines, can cultivate hundreds of acres
He can raise plants which did not originally grow in the soil or (45) of his community
38 A collected B gathered C assembled D amassed
41 A demand B request C requirement D necessity
42 A practised B tried on C tested D experimented
45 A situation B condition C climate D atmosphere
I Read the passage and the questions or unfinished sentences Then choose the answer –A,
B, C, or D – that you think fits best.
MEASURING HEAT
A meter is a measuring device Just as the speedometer in an automobile tells how fast the car
is going, a thermometer records how warm or how cold something is
Thermometers measure heat in degrees For example, for comfort indoors the temperature in a room should be about 21C A simple room thermometer can tell us how near to this the temperature in a room is Other kinds of thermometers are also used One is used to measure the heat of an oven It shows heat from 38C to 316C Another may be used on an air-conditioner The thermometers used to measure body heat record temperatures from 33C to 42C Other thermometers can be used to show us that water freezes at 0C The thermometer used to tell temperature outdoors often records from far below 18C to about 49C
A thermometer is a much-used measuring device that proves helpful in the home, the office, the factory, the laboratory, the schoolroom, and many other places
Trang 446 While not stated in the article, you can tell that
A body temperature does not usually go over 42C
B thermometers are hard to make
C thermometers are always right
D thermometers are useful but rarely used
47 This article as a whole is about
A speedometers
B thermometers and their uses
C outdoor thermometers
D measuring heat and weight
48 Which of the following is NOT true?
A Thermometers measure heat
B Thermometers are used only indoors
C Thermometers are used outside
D Heat can be measured
49 Which of the following kinds of thermometers does not show degrees below zero?
A a doctor’s thermometer
B a room thermometer
C a thermometer for measuring heat of an oven
D all of the above.
50 The word “this” in the second sentence of paragraph 2 refers to
A comfort
B room
C the temperature of 21 degrees
D heat
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