Teacher : Thai Hong Vui Tay Tien Hai High School Test 1 for the final exam Choose one word whose stress pattern is different. Identify your answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D: 1. A. different B. regular C. achieving D. property 2. A. education B. community C. development D. unbreakable Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differrently identify your answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D: 3. A. worked B. missed C. hated D. watched 4. A. ought B. fought C. plough D. bought 5. A. brother B. sunbathe C. this D. thriller Choose the best option to complete the sentences: 6. How would you like your coffee? A. I never like tea B. Just milk please C. Yes, please D. No, thanks 7. Working under pressure lead to a mental breakdown. A. would B. could C. must D. should 8. Nam will never be on time he takes a taxi. A. even if B. yet C. because D. so 9. of cattle have caught the disease and many are dying everyday. A. Much B. A great deal of C. A great amount of D. A great number of 10. You have changed a lot I last saw you. A. when B. or C. while D. since 11. You must not talk you are spoken to. A. so that B. unless C. and D. for 12.Sorry to interrupt. Do you have a minute?" " A. Thank you for your information B. Have a nice day! See you later C. Can it wait? D. The same to you 13. Please sit here you father comes back. A. after B. when C. while D. until 14. Oh, you have drawn! A. What beautiful a picture B. What a beautiful picture C. How beautiful a picture D. How a beautiful picture 15. It's necessary that the plan before Thursday A. were fulfilled B. was fulfilled C. be fulfilled D. would be fulfilled 16. Kent found so complicated a question in the reading passsage. A. himself hard to answer B. himself hard answering C. hard for him to answer D. it hard to answer 17. Mary doesn't enjoy reading detective story, John doesn't, A.too B. either C. neither D. so 18. They decided to postpone their journey till the end of the month because of the epidemic. A. take up B. turn round C. put off D. do with 19. It's important students to read as many books as possible A. up B. about C. for D. to 20. When a reader reads an interesting book slowly and carefully, he it. A. reviews B. chews and digests C. swallows D. dip into 21 is a sport in which people or teams race against each other in boats with oars. Teacher : Thai Hong Vui Tay Tien Hai High School A. Rowing B. Wind surfing C. Swimming D. Water polo 22. They by the sea. A. are staying at a hotel B. are being stayed a hotel C. are staying a hotel D. are being stayed at a hotel 23. If Geoge , he could have been injured. A. had been run the street B. had been run into the street C. had run the street D. had run into the street 24. Of course you can come to the party. A. The more the merrier B. The more and the merrier C. The more and merrier C. The more and more merrier 25. The international Red Cross has about 97 million volunteers whose main is to protect human life and health. A. experience B. organization C. rule D. mission Choose one word or phrase which must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct: 26. The first world championship of windsurfing held in 1972 and first windsurfing became an Olympic sport in 1984 for men and 1992 for women A. in 1984 for men B. became C. held in 1972 D. the first world championship 27. Her parents thanked her teacher of helping her during the course. A. thanked B. of helping C. during D. the 28. "Never before I have seen such a lovely and life-like statue", said Kent excitedly. A. excitedly B. a lovely C. life-like D. I have seen 29. As soon as she washed the dishes and cleaned the kitchen , she takes a rest. A. washed B. cleaned C. takes D. rest 30. The boys walked more farther into the forest, where the trees grew more thickly than in other parts. A. more thickly B. where the trees grew C. more farther D. walked Choose the correct sentence which has the same meaning as the given one: 31. They believe the students were educated in Chicago. A. The students are believed to be educated in Chicago B. The students are believed to have been educated in Chicago. C. The students are believed were educated in Chicago D. The students are believed to have educated in Chicago 32.It was such an interesting novel that I stayed up all night to finish it. A. The novel was as interesting so that I stayed up all night to finish it. B. The novel was so interesting that I stayed up all night to finish it. C. The novel was so interested that I stayed up all night to finish it. D. The novel was such interest that I stayed up all night to finish it. 33. Mark asked me ," Why do you want to study Russian?" A. Mark asked her why I wanted to study Russian. B. Mark asked me why did I want to study Russian. C. Mark asked me why I wanted to study Russian. D. Mark asked me why he wanted to study Russian. 34. Some one saw him open the door. A. The door was seen to be opened by him. B. He was seen to open the door Teacher : Thai Hong Vui Tay Tien Hai High School C. He was seen to have opened the door D. The door was opened by him 35. The panda are in danger of extinction. A. The panda are at the risk of becoming extinction B.The panda are threatened to die out C. The panda are going to die out D.The pada are in stake of becoming extinct Read the passage and answer these questions: Most people think of deserts as dry, flat areas with little vegetation and little or no rainfall, but this is hardly true. Many deserts have varied geographical formations ranging from soft, rolling hills to stark, jagged cliffs, and most deserts have a permanent source of water. Although deserts do not receive a high amount of rainfall - to be clasified as a desert, an area must get less than twenty-five centimeters of rainfall per year-there are many plants that thrive on only small amounts of water, and deserts are often full of such plant life. Desert plants have a variety of mechanisms for obtaining the water needed for survival. Some plants, such as cactus,are able to store large amount of water in their leaves or sterms,;after a rainfall these plants absorb a large supply of water to last until the next rainfall. Other plants, such as mesquite , have extraordinarily deep root systerms that allow them to obtain water from far below the desert's arid surface. 36. What is the main topic of the passage? A. Deserts are dry, flat areas with few plants. B. There is little rainfall in the desert. C. Many kinds of vegatation can survive with little water D. Deserts are not really flat areas with little plant life. 37. The passsage implies that A. the typiccal conception of a desert is incorrect. B. all deserts are dry, flat areas. C. most people are well informed about deserts. D. the lack of rainfall in deserts causes the lack of vegetation. 38. The word"source" in line 3 means A. supply B. storage space C. need D. lack 39. Which of the following is mentioned in the passage about cacti? A. They have deep root systerms B. They retain water from one rainfall to the next. C. They survive in the desert because they do not need water. D. They get water from deep below the surface of the desert. 40. Where in the passage does the author describe desert vegetation that keeps water in its leaves? A. lines 1-2 B. lines 3-4 C. lines 7-8 D. lines 10-11 . author describe desert vegetation that keeps water in its leaves? A. lines 1-2 B. lines 3-4 C. lines 7-8 D. lines 1 0-1 1 . deserts do not receive a high amount of rainfall - to be clasified as a desert, an area must get less than twenty-five centimeters of rainfall per year-there are many plants that thrive on only. the passage and answer these questions: Most people think of deserts as dry, flat areas with little vegetation and little or no rainfall, but this is hardly true. Many deserts have varied geographical