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Số phách: SECTION A: PHONETICS I Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words Write your answer in the space provided. 1 A arrived B linked C lived D opened 2 A germ B gesture C gene D gear 3 A manufacture B mature C pasture D nature 4 A teenage B village C manage D message 5 A pool B soon C book D shoot
1 2 3 4 5 II Pick out the word that differs from the other words in the position of the main stress Write your answer in the space provided. 6.A celebration B contribution C operation D remarkable 7.A A verbal B polite C common D social 8.A compose B recent C gentle D stupid 9.A publish B rewrite C study D practise 10.A exercise B decorate C extinguish D advertise 6 7 8 9 10 Section B vocabulary and grammar– vocabulary and grammar I Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D 11 want to visit this part of the town A The most tourists B Most of tourists C Most tourists D Most tourist 12 The police have the man who is suspected of committing the murder A arrested B captivated C imprisoned D punished 13 They'll never to get here by six - the roads are quite busy today A manage B arrive C succeed D able 14 I'm tired of my neighbours their records at full volumn every night A to play B play C having played D playing 15 I disapprove people smoking in public places A of B with C at D on Full name :
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Trang 216 From 1926 until her death, Margaret Mead New York’s American Museum of Natural History
A was associated with B is associated with
C associated D associates with
17 The monitor is responsible ………… our form-master for the class
A with B for C about D to
18 Rarely do we get an intelligent student as you
A as B so C such D too
19 a hotel, we looked for somewhere to have dinner
A Finding B After finding
C Having found D both b and c are correct
20 Scientists have discovered a close ……between smoking and lung cancer
A action B connection C union D combination
21 you have no key, you will have to get back before I go to school
A Although B Provided C As D Unless
22 It took me quite a long time to get there It was journey
A three hour B a three-hours C a three-hour D three hours
23 I’m sure you’ll have no the exam
A difficulty to pass C difficulties passing
C difficulty passing D difficulties to pass
24 Many accidents in the home could be if householders gave more
thought to safety in their houses
A avoided B excluded C protected D preserved
25 Most orphans are bred in
A workhouses B orphanages C poor-houses D rich-houses
26 That is a problem ,……… the government is now dealing
A to which B with how C with which D which
27 I hope you have ………… lovely time and ……….good weather
A x…….x B a………a C the ……x D a…… x
28 I used my calculator ; otherwise ……….longer
A It will take B It would take C It take D It would have taken
29 Although ………….a country illegally is risky , the alian who finds work may believe the risk worthwhile
A when entering B he enters C entering D having entered
30 The boys were challenged to enter the house ………… having been told the ghost story
A until B because C since D after
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II There is one mistake in each of the following sentences Find and correct it.
31 Only a few of the films show at the gray Theatre are suitable for children (
Showing / that show )
32 The person sits next to me is someone I’ve never met him ( who sits / sitting )
33 The people about who the novelist wrote were factory workers and their families.( whom)
34 Tuan is the sixth student in my college winning the scholarship to study in America.( which)
35 I’d rather we have visited a museum ( visited)
36 We bought a new furniture for the living room ( new furniture)
37 Never before has not our school won the football cup (has our school )
38 The man with whom I was talking suddenly walked into the room ( with whom- about whom)
39 She warned Jim of staying at the hotel near the airport ( of – against)
40 Two men, neither of who I had ever seen before, came into my office.( who-whom)
III Complete using the correct form of the worlds in bold type.
41.He works with great ……… ( enthuse ) enthusiasm
42.The children’s ……… was obvious at the birthday party ( excite ) excitement
43.We shouldn’t hire such a young and ………man for a job as difficult as this one
( experience) inexperienced
44.John couldn’t give a logical ………as to why he had arrived so late ( explain)
explanation
45.Everybody liked the play and the critics said that it was definitely a ……….( succeed ) success 46.We never learnt the ……… about the incident ( true ) truth
47.Don’t waste your time ………… ( look for ) the document Ask Mr Gale looking for
48.My doctor doesn’t permit me ……….(eat) red meat To eat
49 Nowadays most teenagers have the ……… to do whatever they please ( free) freedom 50.You’d be ………… too if you had been waiting for two hours! ( patient) impatient
Section C – vocabulary and grammar reading
I.Read the following passage, and answer the questions :
Traditions and customs in great britain
Every nation and every country has its own customs and traditions In Britain traditions play a more important part in the life of the people than in other countries Englishmen are proud of their traditions and carefully keep them up
It has been the law for about 300 years that all theatres are closed on Sundays No letters are delivered, only afew Sunday papers are published
To this day an English family prefers a house with a garden to a flat in a morden house with central heating English people like gardens Sometimes the garden in front of the house is a little square covered with cement painted garden imitation of grass and a box of flowers
Holidays are especially rich in old traditions and are different in Scotland, Ireland, Wales and
England Christmas is great English national holiday, and in Scotland it is not kept, except by clerks in banks, all shops and factories are working
Answer the questions :
51 How importantare traditions in Britain ?
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………
53 Which does an English family prefer, a house with a garden or flat ?
……… 54.Find a sentence in the text which shows that the English people like gardens very much ………
55 How is Christmas kept in Scotland ?
……….
ii Fill in each numbered gap with one suitable word.
Money is something we take for (56)… in our life Some of us may wish we had more it , (57)… in the
forms of coins, notes or cheques It is hard to imagine (58)…people would manage (59)… money In the earliest periods of humen history, people use to exchange goods (60)… They would exchange things they had (61)… of for things that they were in (62)… of Foer example, they might offer food (63)… tools This method of exchange, which is known as (64)…, has many disadvantages Certain goods may be difficult , or may be impossible to devide into smaller units It can also be very difficult to know the work of something (65)… with other goods
Section D – vocabulary and grammar writing
I Complete the second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first one
66.The driver couldn’t have done much to avoid the accident
Little………(could the driver have done to avoid the accident )
67 Since we had nothing else to do , we decided to go for a walk
Having ……… nothing else to do , we decided to go for a walk
………
68 It would have been a supper weekend if it hadn’t been for the weather
But……… for the weather , It would have been a supper weekend
69.My parents find fault with everything I do
No matter …what I do my parents find fault with it /
me………
70 Someone has suggested aboiling income tax
It……has been suggested that income tax should be abolished
71 “ You stole the jewels ! ” the inspector said to him
The inspectator accused him of stealing the jewels………
72 I’ve never met such a famous person before
It’s the first time I have ( ever) met such a famous person
73 I would prefer you to do computer science
I’d rather…you didn’t smoke / you stopped smoking
74 He doesn’t play the guitar well and he doesn’t sing well
He neither … plays the guitar nor sings well
75 My friend advised me to sell the car
“ If I ……were you, I would sell the car , ” my friend said
ii.Write about 120 – 150 words on the following topic:
What career would you like to choose after leaving school ? why ?