Christine wanted to know who I was looking for.. Christine wanted to know who I had been looking for.. Christine wanted to know who I have looking for.. Chọn từ thích hợp ứng với a hoặc
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II Chọn từ mà phần gạch dưới có cách phát âm khác với các từ còn lại:
III Chọn từ có trọng âm chính nhấn vào âm tiết có vị trí khác với từ còn lại
IV Chọn câu đúng nhất
6) Nancy won the scholarship
A She must have happied
B She must have been happy
C She must have happy
D She will be happy
7) Christine asked me,” Who were you looking for?”
A Christine wanted to know who I was looking for
B Christine wanted to know who I had been looking for
C Christine wanted to know who I have looking for
D Christine wanted to know who I had looked for
8) Contrary ………… his father’s advice, he married her
9) We considered ………… to Hoi An
10) “ When did you come here?” “I………… here since January 23 ”
11) One of the girls………in that bank died
12) My brother works in a company which produces ………goods for export
A high light B high-rise C high-minded D high-tech
Trang 213) “ John, are you a student?” “ Yes I’m a freshman.”
John is
A a new student B a graduate student
14) …………you agree, nothing can be arranged
15) My father left his spectacles behind because he was………
16) “What did you have for lunch?” “………”
A A few rice and a few oranges B A few rice and a little oranges
C A little rice and a few oranges D A little rice and a little oranges 17) Pests occur in large numbers , and they can ……… terrible damage , particularly
to growing crops, that in some parts of the world people frequently suffer from famine
18) Don’t let your brother …the present
19) No sooner ……….the news than she fainted
A she heard B had she heard C as she heard D she had heard 20) If you’ d not given me advice, I ……….again
C would have failed D wouldn’t fail
21) The results of Dr Frank’s experiment announced on TV last night
22) She usually reads a newspaper while she for the bus
A waits B is waiting C was waiting D has waited
23) The environment is not so pure as it
C is used to being D was used to be
24) Burning coal and garbage may do to the atmosphere
Trang 325) My close friend, has just got Sacombank’s scholarship, is an excellent student
26) ……… I’m sure he would have eaten it
27) ……… your raincoat; it’s begun to rain
28) Is that the man ……….?
C whom did you lend the money D whom you lent the money
29) Everyone in the house woke up when the burglar alarm …………
30) ……… along the street, I met one of my classmates
V Xác định từ hoặc cụm từ có gạch dưới, cần phải sửa để câu trở thành chính xác:
31) Fa
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rming is the ch
B
iefly occu
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pation of the Cam
D bodians
32) A internat
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ional team of astr
B
onomers find the smallest
Earth-C like planet yet outside our
solar
D
system
33) With hands tre
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mble, the mother of for
B
mer North Vietnam sur
C geon Dr Dang Thuy
Tram drew one of the dia
D ries to her heart
34) Dang Thuy Tram tre
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ate sol B
diers in field hos
C
pitals in South Vietnam during
D the war
35) The poli
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ceman sto
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pped him when he was
C
drive home and ac
D cused him of speeding
Trang 4VI Chọn từ thích hợp (ứng với a hoặc b,c,d ) để điền vào chổ trống trong đoạn văn sau, từ câu 36 đến câu 45
O.Henry, pseudonym of William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), American writer, noted
for his numerous short stories Born in Greensboro, North Carolina, Porter left
….(36)… in his midteens In 1882 he moved to Texas, … (37)… he worked in various jobs, including as a bank teller in Austin from 1891 to 1894 and … (38)a journalist in Houston from 1895 to 1896 In 1898 he was convicted
… (39)… embezzlement committed during his years as a bank teller, and he
subsequently served a three-year term in a penitentiary Porter then … (40)… in New York City, and for the remainder of his life he contributed short stories
….(41)… the popular magazines of his day His stories about … (42)….people are characterized by colorful detail, keen wit, and great narrative skill Their signature feature is the … (43)… of coincidence and ironic twist of circumstance to produce a surprise ending to the plot This device, used, for example, in one of his
……(44)… stories, “The Gift of the Magi” (1906), has held the attention of an enormous audience down to the present day The best-known collections of Porter's hundreds … (45)… stories include The Four Million (1906), The Gentle Grafter (1908), and Options (1909)
VII Đọc kỹ đoạn văn sau và chọn câu trả lời đúng
Michael Faraday, (1791-1867), British physicist and chemist, best known for his
discoveries of electromagnetic induction and of the laws of electrolysis
Trang 5Faraday was born on September 22, 1791, in Newington, Surrey, EnglanD He was the son of a blacksmith and received little formal education While apprenticed to a bookbinder in London, he read books on scientific subjects and experimented with electricity In 1812 he attended a series of lectures given by the British chemist Sir Humphry Davy and forwarded the notes he took at these lectures to Davy, together with a request for employment Davy employed Faraday as an assistant in his
chemical laboratory at the Royal Institution and in 1813 took Faraday with him on an extended tour of Europe Faraday was elected to the Royal Society in 1824 and the following year was appointed director of the laboratory of the Royal Institution In
1833 he succeeded Davy as professor of chemistry at the institution Two years later
he was given a pension of 300 pounds per year for life Faraday was the recipient of many scientific honors, including the Royal and Rumford medals of the Royal
Society; he was also offered the presidency of the society but declined the honor He died on August 25, 1867, near Hampton Court, Surrey
46) Faraday’s father was………
A a doctor B a mechanic C a blacksmith D a shoe-maker
47) When he was a bookbinder, he was interested in…………
C books on science D books on literature
48) When Faraday sent the notes he took at the lectures to Sir Humphry Davy, what did
he ask Davy for?
A He asked for money B He asked for scientific books
49) Sir Humphry Davy ………
A was a professor
B was a chemist
C enabled Faraday to become a great scientist
D All are correct
50) How old was Faraday when he died?