ĐỀ THI HKI NĂM 2011 MÔN: ANH VĂN – ĐỀ 7 Exercise 1. Choose the best answer. 1. Have you ________ for a job yet? a. requested b. begged c. applied d. inquired 2. Yes, I have. It’s for a secretarial _________ in a large company. a. post b. matter c. work d. employment 3. Have you been for an __________ yet ? a. overview b. inspection c. appointment d. interview 4. Yes, I _________ one yesterday. a. took b. attended c. waited d. examined 5. Did they ask you what examination you’ve ______ ? a. overcome b. passed c. succeeded d. obtained 6. They wanted to know a lot about my education and my ________ a. awards b. winning c. passes d. qualifications 7. Did they ask you about your hobbies ? a. None b. Not c. No d. Without 8. Do you hope that you can get that job ? a. No b. I do c. Yes, I do d. Not Exercise 2.Put in much / many / few / a few / little / a little. 1. He isn’t very popular. He has very _________ friends. 2. Ann is very busy these days. She has very ________ free time. 3. Did you take ________ pictures when you were on vacation. 4. I’m not very busy today. I don’t have _________ to do. 5. Most of the town is modern. There are ______ old buildings. 6. The weather has been very dry recently. We’ve had very ________ rain. 7. Listen carefully. He’s going to give us ________ advice. 8. Do you mind if I ask you ________ questions ? 9. This town is not a very interesting place to visit, so _______ tourists ______ come here. 10. I don’t think Jill would be a good teacher. She has ________ patience. Exercise 3. Fill in the blanks with suitable words. 1. Most children are ill – prepared for __________. 2. With impotant exceptions, the transition from school to work is on the ______ fairly smooth. 3. Jane has been doing the ___ job for a very long time. Everyday, she does _____ the same thing again and again. She doesn’t like it anymore and want to do different. She is ___ with her job. 4. The interview was disappointing. I expected it to be much ________. 5. George has worked for the Bank of Milan for ten years and was still (1) ____ a clerk. He was not satisfied with his (2) _____ and wanted to find something (3) ____, so he prepared a letter about himself, with the words “ Help! I am a prisoner of the bank of Milan!” in big letters across the top, and (4) _____ it to several big companies, asking them for a job. A few days later, one of these letters came into the (5) __ of George’s chief at the bank. Someone’d given it to him at his club. The next morning, George’s chief asked him to come into his new room and said: “ George, I have some very good news for you. The bank of Milan is (6) ____ you free!” 6. During the last war, most of the men were fighting or working in factories, so it was (1) ___ to find men to do other work. The headmaster of a school in Washington wanted a gardener, but the (2) ____ person he was able to get was an old retired farmer. The old man worked so hard in the school garden that the headmaster (3) ____ worried. He thought that the old man might (4) ____ ill or die if he continued to work as before. At last the headmaster went to the man’s wife and (5) _____ her to speak to her husband. “ All right!”, she answered, “ but I don’t think it will do any good. You see, he has worked for himself all his life, never for (6) _____ else, so he has just never learnt to work slowly!”. Exercise 4. Choose the word with different sound. 1. a. few b. new c. stew d. crew 2. a. sew b. shrew c. flew d. threw 3. a. bought b. though c. thought d. caught 4. a. womb b. tomb c. club d. comb 5. a. heat b. seat c. death d. lead Exercise 5. Fill in each blank with suitable preposition. 1. Mozart died ______ Vienna in 1971 _______ the age ______ 35. 2. “ Are you ____ this photograph?”. - “ Yes, that’s me, ________ the left”. 3. “ Where’s the light switch?” - “ It’s ______ the wall _______ the door”. 4. I couldn’t decide what to eat. There was nothing ______ the menu that I liked. 5. We live ______ high rise. Our department is _______ the fifteenth floor. 6. When you paid the hotel bill, did you pay ______ cash or ______ credit card ? Exercise 6. Rewrite the sentence without changing the meaning. 1. Don’t speak until someone asks you. Don’t speak ___________ 2. Jane is a better cook than Robert. Robert can’t ___________ 3. Mark is too young to see the horror film. Mark is not ____________ 4. I don’t really want to go to the museum. I’d rather _____________ 5. We’ve made great progress in our economy in the last few years. Great progress _________ 6. I want to see the manager, not his assistant. It is _________________ 7. I was surprised I failed the exam. I didn’t expect _________ 8. Did you manage to solve the problem. Did you succeed _______ 9. Nobody saw me come in. I came in without ______ 10. They said I was a liar. I was accused _________ 11. It’s too bad I couldn’t go out with you I’d like ______________ 12. I’m sorry that I didn’t take your advice I regret ______________ Exercise 7. Give the correct form of words given. 1. Tolerance. a. The body cannot ________ such a large amount of radiation. b. He plays the piano ________ well. c. I’m a _______ man but your behaviour is more than I can bear. d. The heat was _______ but suffocating during the day. 2. Tend a. Such ______ statements are likely to provoke strong opposition. b. Prices continue to show an upward _________. 3. Determine a. She went on her work with an air of ______. b. I’m _______ to succeed in this exam. c. The main _____ of economics success is our ability to control inflation. 4. Reason a. They discussed the matter calmly and ________. b. She put a well – ________ case for increasing the fees. c. She’s perfectly ________ in her demand. 5. Satisfy a. The patient is getting _________. b. She can look back on her career with great _______. c. The result of the experiment is ________. 6. Fear a. A _____ mountaineer reached the top of the Himalaya last week. b. The battle field was a _________ sight. c. We were very proud of his _________. d. She was unable to speak from ________. 7. Expect a. _______ objections to the plan haven’t happened. b. Parents have great _______ for their children’s future. 8. Prospect a. Who is the _______ candidate at the next Presidential election. b. A _______ is a person who searches for valuable minerals. 9. Occupy a. Please state your name, age and ______. b. This table is already _________. c. The _______ of the od house had left it in a terrible mess. d. It’s an _______ advise service. e. She looked _______ this morning. What’s the matter with her? 10. Disappoint a. The weather this summer has been the most _________. b. ________ he had nothing new to show us. . ĐỀ THI HKI NĂM 2011 MÔN: ANH VĂN – ĐỀ 7 Exercise 1. Choose the best answer. 1. Have you ________ for a job yet?. recently. We’ve had very ________ rain. 7. Listen carefully. He’s going to give us ________ advice. 8. Do you mind if I ask you ________ questions ? 9. This town is not a very interesting place. come here. 10. I don’t think Jill would be a good teacher. She has ________ patience. Exercise 3. Fill in the blanks with suitable words. 1. Most children are ill – prepared for __________.