1 ĐỀ KIỂM TRA CHẤT LƯỢNG SỐ 25 Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. 1. a. events b. spirit c. Asian d. silver 2. a. gold b. region c. organize d. game. 3. a. trained b. proved c. impressed d. performed 4. a. competitor b. medal c. level d. development 5. a. honor b. high c. host d. hold 6. a. enthusiast b. successfully c. competitor d. participation 7. a. spirit b. impress c. event d. perform 8. a. development b. cooperation c. surprisingly d. facility 9. a. festival b. badminton c. participant d. organize 10. a. solidarity b. energetic c. excellently d. combination 11. a. games b. teams c. medals d. events 12. a. success b. enthusiast c. support d. surprise 13. a. southern b. athlete c. both d. enthusiasm 14. a. compose b. propose c. purpose d. suppose 15. a. organize b. spirit c. title d. surprising Choose the best answer: 16. In _______ 22 nd SEA Games, Vietnam won 158 _______ gold medals. a. Ø / the b. the / Ø c. a / the d. the / the 17. _______ logo of the 22nd SEA Games is the stylization of Lac bird, the ancient bird pictured of the face of Ngoc Lu kettledrum, _______ most special and typical relic of the ancient Vietnamese culture. a. A / the b. The / the c. Ø / Ø d. The / Ø 18. _______ symbol of the SEA Games Federation is to emphasize the solidarity, friendship, and nobility. a. A b. An c. The d. Ø 19. The host country, Laos, is expected to announce official sports for 25th SEA Games _______ November 2008. a. on b. in c. during d. from 20. Vietnam recommended archery, vovinam, billiards-snooker and canoeing ______ official sports at the games. a. at b. with c. as d. in 21. The Party and State leaders, delegates, domestic arid international guests, and 11 sports delegations _______ Southeast Asian countries to the 22nd SEA Games were warmly welcomed. a. over b. at c. for d. from 22. Johnny used to be one of the most _______ athletes in my country. a. succeed b. success c. successful d. successfully 23. The 22 nd SEA Games consisted of athletes from eleven _____ countries. a. participate b. participant c. participation d. participating 24. _______, the athlete broke the world's record with two attempts. a. Surprise b. Surprised c. Surprising d. Surprisingly 25. On behalf of the referees and athletes, referee Hoang Quoc Vinh and shooter Nguyen Manh Tuong swore to an oath of "_______, Honesty and Fair Play". a. Performance b. Delegation c. Participation d. Solidarity 26. The ASEAN Para-Games are hosted by the same country where the SEA Games took place. a. organized b. impressed c. participated d. defended 27. The ASEAN Para-Games is a biannual multi-sport _______ held after every Southeast Asian Games for athletes with physical disabilities. a. games b. event c. work d. situation 28. In beach volleyball, Indonesia defeated Thailand in straight sets to take men's gold _______. a. present b. award c. medal d. reward 29. The 22 nd SEA Games was the first time when Vietnam finished top of the medal _______. a. standings b. events c. spirits d. programs 30. Viet Nam's successful hosting of the 22nd SEA Games is considered a/an _____ example for other countries to follow, particularly in honesty, consistence and organizing method. a. festival b. peaceful c. energetic d. outstanding 31. _______ you study for these exams, _______ you will do. a. The harder / the better b. The more / the much c. The hardest / the best d. The more hard / the more good, 32. My neighbor is driving me mad! It seems that _______ it is at night, _______ he plays his music! a. the less / the more loud b. the less / less 2 c. the more late / the more loudlier d. the later / the louder 33. Thanks to the progress of science and technology, our lives have become _______. a. more and more good b. better and better c. the more and more good d. gooder and gooder 34. The Sears Tower is _______ building in Chicago. a. taller b. the more tall c. the tallest d. taller and taller 35. Petrol is _______ it used to. a. twice as expensive as b. twice expensive more than c. twice more than expensive d. more expensive than twice 36. Peter is _______ John. a. younger and more intelligent than b. more young and intelligent than c. more intelligent and younger than d. the more intelligent and younger than 37. San Diego is town in Southern California. a. more nice and nice b. the nicer c. the nicest d. nicer and nicer 38. It gets _______ when the winter is coming. a. cold and cold b. the coldest and coldest c. colder and colder d. more and more cold 39. Robert does not have _______ Peter does. a. money more than b. as many money as c. more money as d. as much money as 40. The Mekong Delta is _______ deltas in Vietnam. a. the largest of the two b. the more larger of the two c. one of the two largest d. one of the two larger 41. Vietnam was _______ host country of the 22nd SEA Games. a. a b. an c. the d. Ø 42. The 22nd SEA Games Mascot is _______ Golden Buffalo. a. a b. an c. the d. Ø 43. To prepare for the 22nd SEA Games, Vietnam carried out _______ intensive program for the athletes. a. a b. an c. the d. Ø 44. How many _______ took part in the 22 nd SEA Games? a. compete b. competitors c. competition d. competitor 45. The second part of the program in the 22 nd SEA Games opening ceremony was named "_______ for Peace". a. Cooperate b. Cooperation c. Cooperative d. Cooperatively 46. The _______ wanted to reduce the breadth of the games, with many events currently having small fields and weak competition. a. organize b. organization c. organizable d. organizers 47. In 2006, Viet Nam made a deep impression ______ other countries in the region by successfully hosting the Southeast Asian Student Sport Festival. a. with b. for c. in d. on 48. The Southeast Asian Student Sport Festival is the biggest sport event _______ the youths in the region. a. for b. on c. in d. of 49. At his last attempt the athlete was successful _______ passing the bar. a. in b. for c. with d. on 50. The number of Vietnamese sport officials and referees of international standard taking part in regional tournaments has increased rapidly. a. hosting b. participating c. achieving d. succeeding 51. At the 23rd SEA Games, Viet Nam proved its position in the region by ____ third behind the host - the Philippines and second-ranked Thailand. a. finishing b. playing c. preparing d. performing 52. In the 22nd SEA Games in 2003, the country _______ the competition with 340 medals, including 156 golds, 91 silvers and 93 bronzes. a. defended b. cost c. topped d. ranked 53. To improve its athletes' _______, Viet Nam has regularly exchanged delegation of sport officials, coaches, referees and athletes with other countries. a. team b. competitor c. appearance d. performance 54. _______ is the activity of doing special exercises regularly in order to make your muscles grow bigger. a. Wrestling b. Bodybuilding c. Weightlifting d. Badminton 55. He is a great sports _______. He rarely misses any sport games although he was busy. 3 a. enthusiast b. player c. energy d. programmer 56. As she did so, her parents became _______. a. the angriest b. the most angry c. the more angry d. angrier and angrier 57. People should eat ____ and do ____ to reduce the risk of heart disease. a. less fat / more exercise b. less and less fat / the more exercise c. the less fat / the more exercise d. fatter / more exercise 58. He spent a year in India and loves spicy food. _______ the food is, _______ he likes it. a. The hotter / the more and more b. The hotter / the more c. The more and more hot / the more d. The hottest / the most 59. Of course you can come to the party. _______. a. The more the merrier b. The more and the merrier c. The more and merrier d. The more and more merrier 60. I feel _______ I did yesterday. a. much more tired than b. many more tired than c. as many tired as d. as more tired as 61. She is _______ a spectator. a. more an athlete than b. more of an athlete than c. an athlete more than d. an athlete of more than 62. His house is _______ mine. a. twice as big as b. as twice big as c. as two times big as d. as big as twice 63. ____ live in Ho Chi Minh City than in the whole of the rest of the country. a. As much as people b. More people c. As many as people d. People more 64. It gets _______ to understand what the professor has explained. a. the more difficult b. more difficult than c. difficult more and more d. more and more difficult 65. You must drive slower in built up areas. _______ you drive in the city, it is _______ that you will have an accident. a. The faster and faster / the more b. The faster / the more probable c. The more and more fast / the more and more probable d. The more fastly / the probable 66. There are more sports competed in this SEA Games than in last SEA Games. a. The sports competed ill this SEA Games are the same as those in last SEA Games. b. Not as many sports were competed in last SEA Games as in this SEA Games. c. In the last SEA Games there were some sports which were not competed. d. In this SEA Games, there are less sports competed than in last SEA Games. 67. No one in the team can play better than John. a. John plays well but the others play better. b. John as well as other players of the team plays very well. c. Everyone in the team, but John, plays very well. d. John is the best player of the team. 68. He only feels happy whenever he does not have much work to do. a. The more he works, the happier he feels. b. The less he works, the happier he feels: c. His work makes him feel happy. d. He feels happier and happier with his work. 69. More petrol is consumed nowadays than ten years ago. a. Not so much petrol was consumed ten years ago as nowadays. b. Petrol consumption is going down nowadays. c. We had more petrol ten years ago than we do nowadays. d. We should consume as much petrol as possible. 70. I learn a lot but I cannot remember anything. a. I learn more and more and remember more and more. b. The less I learn, the more I remember. c. The more I learn, the less I remember. d. I remember not only what I have learnt. 71. The 22nd SEA Games was launched by _______ impressive opening ceremony at Hanoi's My Dinh National Stadium, in front of over 40,000 spectators. a. a b. an c. the d. Ø 72. The opening ceremony of the 22nd SEA Games began at 7 pm with _____ song "Vietnam - Our Fatherland". a. a b. an c. the d. Ø 73. On behalf of _______ host country; Prime Minister Phan Van Khai declared the 22nd SEA Games opening ceremony. a. a b. an c. the d. Ø 4 74. Before the 22nd SEA Games, Vietnam had made a good _______ in every aspect. a. prepare b. preparation c. preparative d. preparer 75. ASEAN press praised the great _______ of Vietnamese athletes at the 22nd SEA Games. a. sports b. sportsman c. sporting d. sportsmanship 76. The success of the 22nd SEA Games had a great contribution of many _______ volunteers. a. support b. supporter c. supportive d. supportively 77. The delegation to the SEA Games was composed _______ top competitors of the country. a. on b. of c. for d. among 78. All the audience was quite surprised ________ the success of that young athlete. a. on b. at c. to d. off 79. Thanks to the encouragement and support, all Vietnamese athletes competed _______ high spirits. a. for b. of c. on d. in 80. Since its rejoining in the Southeast Asian arena in 1989, Viet Nam's sports have made great _______, particularly in recent SEA Games. a. success b. invention c. host d. game 81. The athlete had tried his best to _______ his SEA Games title and records. a. carry b. perform c. defend d. support 82. Viet Nam is now willing to _______ part in the 24th SEA Games hosted by Thailand by the end of 2007 with a total of 958 athletes. a. play b. lose c. take d. enjoy 83. _______ is a game in which two teams hit a large ball with their hands backwards and forwards over a high net. If you allow the ball to touch the ground, the other team wins a point. a. Volleyball b. Water polo c. Basket ball d. Badminton 84. He became Jamaica's first Olympic gold medalist when he won the 400-meter _______ in 1948. a. distance b. title c. runner d. sport 85. She won the race in _______ time and got the gold medal. a. included b. durable c. rank d. record 86. The party was _______ I had expected. a. more a hundred times fun than b. a hundred times fun more than c. a hundred times more fun than d. more fun than a hundred times 87. He finds physics _______ other science subjects. a. far more difficult than b. many more difficult than c. too much more difficult than d. more much difficult than 88. _______ he drank, _______ he became. a. More / more violent b. The most / the most violent c. The more / the more violent d. The less / less violent 89. Mary was _______ of the two sisters. a. the clever b. as clever as c. the cleverer d. the cleverest 90. French is a _______ language to learn than English is. a. difficult b. more difficult c. most difficult d. more and more difficult 91. The cuisine of France is _______. a. more famous than that of England b. famous than the cuisine of England c. more famous than which of England d. as famous than that of England 92. Earning money has always been the thing that pleases him most. _______ he becomes, he is. a. The more rich / the more happy b. The richest / the happiest c. The richer / the happier d. Richer and richer / happier and happier 93. The fast we finish, _____. a. the sooner we can leave b. we can leave sooner and sooner c. the sooner can we leave d. we can leave the sooner 94. Of all athletes, Alex is _______. a. the less qualified b. the less and less qualified c. the more and more qualified d. the least qualified, 95. The climber was seventy miles in the wrong direction and got _______. a. more panicked b. the more panicked c. more than panicked d. more and more panicked . 1 ĐỀ KIỂM TRA CHẤT LƯỢNG SỐ 25 Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest rest. 1. a. events b. spirit c. Asian d. silver 2. a. gold b. region c. organize d. game. 3. a. trained b. proved c. impressed d. performed 4. a. competitor b. medal c. level d. development 5 a. A b. An c. The d. Ø 19. The host country, Laos, is expected to announce official sports for 25th SEA Games _______ November 2008. a. on b. in c. during d. from 20. Vietnam recommended archery,