A- accurate B- efficient C- punctual D- reliable 2- Students sometimes support themselves by ………… of evening jobs.. difficult 4- The noise got ………… as the car disappeared into the distan
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Trường THPT Chuyên Phan Ngọc Hiển Năm học 2010 – 2011
GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY
A> Multiple choice:
1- You are late again! Please, try to be …… in future
A- accurate B- efficient C- punctual D- reliable
2- Students sometimes support themselves by ………… of evening jobs
3- Driving in London is supposed to be confusing but I didn’t find it at …… difficult
4- The noise got ………… as the car disappeared into the distance
A- smaller B- fainter C- weaker D- slighter
5- I ‘d ……… you didn’t leave just at the moment
6- According to the ………… of the contract, tenants must give six months notice if they intent to leave
7- It was not easy to understand her ……… to the situation
8- From the hotel there is good ……… of the mountains
9- He lost the race because he ran out of petrol on the last ……
10- What he told me was a ……… of lies
B> Fill in each of the blanks with the correct preposition or verbal particle:
1 Don’t sit _up for me I shall probably be back very late
2 Put _out the cigarette, please I don’t like the smell of your
tobacco
4 His bad behaviour was put _down to his upbringing
5 John can’t go out He is up to _ his ears with work
6 They came _out with another good idea for raising money for the hungry
7 Don’t trust him He always goes back _ on his word
8 Mrs Brown goes _for cooking special slimming food
9 She put _in an application for a job as a nurse
10 She turned _in late as usual just as I was going home
C> Supply the correct form of the word in parentheses
1 The judge told him it was _ to drink and drive and banned him for a year (RESPONSIBLE) IRRESPONSIBLE
Trang 22 Most doctors are _ after they learn general medicine
(SPECIAL) SPECIALISTS
3 Peter’s gained so much weight because he can’t stop _ (EAT)
OVEREATING
4 The sun and the moon are often _ in poetry (PERSON) PERSONIFIED
5 The work is still at very _ level (EXPERIMENT)
EXPERIMENTAL
6 She wants to be an actress but her parents _ of her intention (APPROVE) DISAPPROVE
7 In the Middle Ages, salt was very valuable so that slaves were _ with it (COMPARE) INCOMPARABLE
8 The _ of the trains and the buses cause frustration and
annoyance (FREQUENT) INFREQUENCY
9 It is usually for bidden to destroy _ buildings (HISTORY) HISTORIC
10 This matter is very _ Don’t discuss it outside the office
(CONFIDENCE) CONFIDENTIAL
D> Supply the correct form and tenses of the verbs in brackets:
My friend Mike and Jane (just return) have just returned _ from their honeymoon in Europe Before they (leave) _ left _ New York, I (give) had given them my brother’s address in Moscow in the hope that they (visit) would visit him and his family When I went to call on the newly-weds last Tuesday night, they told me how much they (enjoy) _ had enjoyed (travel) travelling around Europe and that we (soon look) _ would soon look _ at the colour slides they (take) _ had taken They also (give) gave _ greetings from my brother and
assured me that it (be) had been a great pleasure for them to meet
my relatives
E> Find and correct the mistake in the following sentences
1 The police is now investigating the robbery that took place in our neighbourhood last night
2 There was a slight disagreement between committee members of the club, regarding their trip next month
3 Most of us were feeling sleepily at the meeting because the speaker had a very
monotonous voice
4 She was not unaware of their presence in the room as she was absorbed in her reading
5 When you talk to the old man, please remember to speak out as he is hard of hearing
6 My pen has very few ink in it, so could you give me some?
7 Neither William or his brother stole the rambutans from your orchard
8 It is hoped that the develop countries will be less selfish in their economic policies and help the poorer nations
9 The audience watching the rock concert obviously do not satisfy with the way the band played
10 Those silly ghost stories Abu told made Rafik feared to go upstairs by himself