BTTN UNIT 1 MAI LAN HUONG

Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.. Choose the word A, B, C or D that best fits each of the blank spaces.. Read the following passage and choose the

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A VISIT FROM A PENPAL

TEST 1

I Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the other.

3 A climate B federation C separate D apartment

4 A ethnic B currency C secondary D official

5 A Buddhism B compulsory C puppet D instruction

II Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.

8 A primary B religion C optional D separate

9 A friendliness B primary C tropical D correspond

III Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English.

11 We’ve corresponded with each other for years but I’ve never meet him

from all over the world

18 It is used to be easy to park in the city center

IV Find the one choice that best completes the sentence.

21 – “Are Alice and Tom still living in New York?” –“No, they _ to Dallas.”

A are just moved B had just moved C have just moved D will just move

22 – “Where is the new stove that you bought yesterday?”

– “The color didn’t match, so I _ it to the store”

A returned B had returned C returned D did returned

23 – “You and Carl seems to be getting along well”

– “Yes, I _ him better than before”

24 – “How are you feeling?” – “I’ve been feeling better since _”

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A the doctor has come B the doctor will come C the doctor had come

D the doctor came

25 I _ Alex since he was a child

A have known B has known C have knowed D has knowed

26 Vietnam is one of the countries of the _ of South East Asian Nations

A Association B associational C Assonance D Assassination

27 Islamic people usually go to the _ to pray

28 The plane arrived at Tan Son Nhat _ at 10 p.m

29 That famous book _ of five chapters

30 The _ of the US state of Utah is Salt Lake City

31 –“What is the _ of Thailand?” –“The Bath.”

A current B population C territory D currency

32 The city has a(n) _ of around 19,000,000

A atmosphere B population C climate D capital

33 The units _ into the following areas: listening, speaking, writing and reading

A are separated B separate C separated D separating

34 People aged 65 and over now _ nearly 20 % of the population

35 Mexico is famous for its hot _ and spicy food

V Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best fits each of the blank spaces.

The Ancient Mexicans used to respect and fear the sun They were frightened that the sun (36) _ stop rising As a result, they (37) _ make sacrifices (38) _ the sun god would continue to give them day and night and the four (39) _

Farmers, however, used to (40) _the rain god almost as (41) _ as the sun god Even today there are ruins of great pyramids they used to build to worship the sun and the rain gods

Another popular god was the wind god, which took the form of a (42) _ with feathers.This feathered snake was also the (43) _ of knowledge for Ancient Mexicans Under its influence, civilization spread throughout Mexico, which at that time was (44) _ a peaceful country with plenty of skilled craftsmen and traders Unfortunately, news of this country eventually (45) _, and Mexico was invaded from the far north Later, other people called Aztecs settled

in Mexico

37 A have to B used to C is used to D get used to

38 A for B in order to C since D so that

39 A seasons B directions C dimensions D quarters

40 A respect B worship C admire D prays

45 A popular B known C transmit D spread

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VI Read the following passage and choose the item (A, B, C or D) that best answers each of the questions about it.

Every nation and every country has its own customs and traditions In Britain traditions play

a more important part in the life of the people than in other countries Englishmen are proud of theirtraditions and carefully keep them up

It has been the law for about 300 years that all theaters are closed on Sundays No letters are delivered; only a few Sunday papers are published

To this day an English family prefers a house with a garden to a flat in modern house with central heating English people like gardens Sometimes the garden in front of the house is a little square covered with cement painted garden in imitation of grass and a box of flowers

Holidays are especially rich in old traditions and are different in Scotland, Ireland, Wales

and England Christmas is a great English national holiday, and in Scotland it is not kept, except by

clerks in banks, all shops and factories are working

46 What is the best title for the passage?

A Traditions and Customs in Great Britain B The importance of Traditions and Customs

C Traditional life vs Modern Life D Englishmen’s hobbies

47 How important are Traditions in Britain

A It’s slightly important B It is more important than in other countries

C It is rather important D It is somewhat important

48 In Great Britain, _

A only a few papers are published

B A garden in front of the house is a little square covered with cement painted garden in imitation of grass and a box of flowers

C All shops and factories are working at Christmas

D traditions are preserved

49 The word it in the last paragraph refers to _

A Christmas B A national holiday C old traditions D England

50 Which of the following is not true?

A In Great Britain all theaters are closed on Sundays

B In Great Britain a postman doesn’t work on Sundays

C English family like a house with a house better than a modern flat

D In Scotland Christmas is a great national holiday

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TEST 2

2 A difficult B currency C instruction D puppet

3 A compulsory B territory C mausoleum D comprise

4 A association B continue C countries D tropical

11 Last Monday Henry had saw a wallet on lonely street in Montreal

IV Find the choice that best completes the sentences.

21 – “How long have you been with the company” – “I there for two years.”

A will work B was working C worked D have worked

22 – “When are you planning to send the memo to the staff?” – “I it already”

A send B had sent C have sent D was to sent

23 – “Betty told me that you have a cottage on Lake Superior.”

– “Yes, we it since we first moved to Michigan.”

A had bought B bought C was buying D have bought

24 What have you learned since you here?

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A came B come C have come D have been coming

25 – “Where are Ken and Margaret?”

– “They were hungry, so they to the grocery store.”

26 I wish Beth trying to be so nice

A would stop B will stop C stops D stop

27 School is for all children between the ages of five and sixteen

A compose B compromise C compulsory D comfort

28 She still on her parents for money because she hasn’t got a job

29 There are a lot of different groups living in London

30 The teacher the class into groups of three

31 We stayed in rooms in the same hotel

A separated B separation C separate D separately

32 He was so by Cindy’s singing that he asked her to sing on the radio

A shocked B impressed C admiring D surprised

33 Did you what she was wearing

34 All students must learn English, but German is

A option B optional C opportunity D opposition

35 What is the cause of the illness?

A primary B essential C possibly D most

An American professor who has studied The Mayas (36) come up (37) a new theory about the sudden end of their empire According to Professor Richard Hansen, an

archaeologist (38) the University of California; the collapse of the Mayan (39)

in Central America was (40) about by Mayas (41)

Their object was to display their wealth and power by making their building and decoration

as beautiful as possible This involved using large quantities of lime, which they put

(42) the walls to make them smooth Unfortunately, the creation of lime is a progress which requires intense heat, and they (43) had to cut down huge numbers (44) trees This affected the quality of the soil, and it (45) almost impossible to farm

39 A civil B civilians C civilize D civilization

41 A themselves B themself C theirself D theyselves

43 A however B therefore C moreover D besides

45 A become B becomes C has become D became

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Las Vegas, Nevada, is the most famous city for gambling in the United States It started in

1905 as a small train stop There were only a few buildings in the desert In 1946, a famous

gangster named Bugsy Siegel built the first casino He was murdered in 1947 This made him and

Las Vegas more famous! I the early 1950s, tourists went to Las Vegas not only to gamble, They went to watch atomic bomb tests in the desert outside the city In those days, people didn’t know it was dangerous They thought it was interesting

Las Vegas is also famous for its wedding chapels Like all of Las Vegas, they are open

twenty four hours a day Getting married is easy A couple just pays a few dollars for a license, and they can get married immediately They don’t have to wait Many famous movie stars were married

in Las Vegas

46 Nevada _

A a famous city for gambling B in another name of Las Vegas

C is a state in the United States of America D is the capital of Las Vegas

47 The word “this” in the first paragraph refers to _

A the fact that Bugsy Siegel built the first casino B was thrilling

C the fact that Siegel built the first casino D a famous gangster

48 People used to think that watching atomic bomb test _

C might be a quiz show D should be prohibited

49 In the context of the passage, the word “chapel” in the last paragraph means _

A Las Vegas is a place for gambling

B In 1905, there were only a few buildings at the place now called Las Vegas

C Bugsy Siegel was a famous gangster

D The only things that make Las Vegas famous are wedding chapels

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TEST 3

7 A impression B difficult C optional D separate

9 A religious B compulsion C Buddhism D instruction

10 A currency B primary C mausoleum D friendliness

11 Humans lose their baby tooths when they are young but soon begin to grow another set

16 It is very crowed here; I wish there wasn’t so many people

first year of service

19 Lee died on April and his entire will of $460,000 goes to society for the Blind

21 Coffee will not grow a cold climate

22 I know I can on my friends to help me

23 The book is into ten chapters

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A divided B formed C changed D shared

24 He made a good on his first day of work

A impress B impression C impressive D impressions

25 I that he was driving a new car

26 Cut the cake into eight _ pieces

A separated B separation C separate D separately

27 This island was once French

A territory B terrorist C terrorism D terror

28 The living accommodation _ three bedrooms, a kitchen and a bathroom

A compromise B compromises C comprise D comprises

29 The new country hopes to establish _ relations with all its neighbors

A friend B friendly C friendliness D friendship

30 The _ of a murdered dairymaid is said to walk the farm yard at night

31 They _ with leading European scholars

A correspond B correlate C correct D correspondence

32 –“Did you meet Ann here at the university?” –“No, we _ when I started college”

A have already met B had already met

C had already been meeting D had already meet

33 –“Would you like to go to the band concert?” –“Thanks, but I _ it already”

A had seen B have been seeing C have seen D did see

34 –“What did you do last night?”

–“I watched TV, practiced the violin, and _ my homework

35 –“Why is Teddy so sad” –“Because his birth _ away

Named (36) _ an ex-Governor of New South Wales, Sydney is the State’s capital (37) _ Located on the south east coast of Australia in the temperate zone, It enjoys a mild(38) _ averaging14.5 hours of sunshine per day (39) _ summer and 10.25 hours

in winter It is also the largest, oldest and perhaps the most beautifully situated city in Australia First established by the British as a convict settlement (40) _ 1788, it is a modern

cosmopolitan city that has developed into one of the nation’s major industrial, business, and (41) _ centers

Sydney is (42) _ to nearly 4.2 million people (as at 1995) The suburbs reach out from the city center and harbor creating a metropolitan area of about 1000 square kilometers The

57 square kilometer harbor is one of the largest in the world and famous (43) _ the

unmistakable 134 high arch of the Harbor Bridge and the graceful sails (44) _ the Opera House It is busy waterway with ferries, freighters, hydrofoils and (45) _craft

38 A wind B atmosphere C degree D climate

41 A manufacture B manufacturing C manufactory D manufacturer

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43 A since B as C due to D for

45 A please B pleasant C pleased D pleasure

According to the census of 1800, The United States of America contained 5,308,483 persons

In the same year the British Islands contained upwards of fifteen of fifteen million; French

Republic, more than twenty seven million Nearly one fifth of American people were black slaves; the true political population consisted four and a half million free whites, or less than one million able-bodied males, on whose shoulders fell a burden of a continent Even after two centuries of

struggle the land was still untamed; forest covered every portion, except here and there a trip of

cultivated soil; the minerals lay undisturbed in their rocky beds, and more than two-thirds of the people clung to the sea-board within fifty miles of tidewater, where alone the wants of civilized life could be supplied

46 In the United States of American in 1800

A one out of every twenty-five Americans was a black salve

B one out of every four Americans was a black slave

C two out of three Americans were black slaves

D one out of every five Americans was a black slave

47 What is the true political population in America in 1800?

A About four-fifths of the population B About one fifth of the population

A About one-fifth of American people were black slaves in 1800

B Two-thirds of the American people live on the seaboard

C In 1800, the land was still untamed

D In 1800, strips of cultivated land were everywhere

49 In the context of the paragraph, the word “untamed” means _

A calm B dangerous C uncultivable D bad

50 How long had the struggle to tame the American continent been going on in 1800?

century

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TEST 4

6 A optional B primary C impressive D separate

7 A introduction B population C recreation D Hinduism

8 A federation B separation C compulsory D information

9 A secondary B mausoleum C conversation D correspondence

11 The town has had two big snowstorms before Christmas last years

21 When the road , go left

22 Their future on how well they do in school

A depends B depend C dependence D dependent

23 The from my family and friends made me very unhappy

A separate B separation C separated D separately

24 Freeman is in the tile role, playing a disillusioned cop

A impress B impression C impressive D impressing

25 Most kids love shows

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A punk B puppet C punch D talk

26 Work out how you would like to the money

27 Wilson now found himself leading a weak and party

28 –“I took the TOEFL It was really hard.” –“ a lot before you took it?”

A Have you studied B Did you study C Had you studied D Do you study

29 I wish I Paul’s phone number

30 I on the subways in New York City

A haven’t ridden B have never ridden C have never ride D haven’t never ride

31 Did you say that you here only three days ago

32 The country’s population consists of three main groups

33 A school outfit is no longer

A compulsory B option C comprise D compromise

34 Many Canadians spend their vacations in warmer

35 The plane arrived at Tan Son Nhat at 10 p.m

From a European perspective, the first explores were engaged in the settlement and

discovery of the ‘new world’ However, the history of the United States is but a recent episode (36) comparison with the history of the North America continent and its (37) Between 54 million and 2 million years ago, the continent evolved into a form we know today At least 15,000 to 20,000 years ago, nomadic hunters began to migrate from Asia across the Bearing Strait

By the fifteen century, when the European nations were ‘discovering’ America, the country (38) by minimum of 2 million natives Most of the tribes had developed some kind of agriculture or (39) while remaining as hunters and retaining nomadic characteristics They roamed the high western plains, hunted mountain valleys, and farmed along the river from coast to coast There was considerable diversity and there (40) several hundred

different languages among the wide-ranging tribes Several tribes, such as Iroquois, were very (41) in achieving political unit and extending their influence

The native (42) were very well adapted to their environment and without the air

of natives, the first European settlers might not have survived Many native vegetables, (43)

_ maize and potatoes became important staples Moreover, native trackers, guided

expeditions and taught hunters and explorers the ways of the land For years, U.S history began with Columbus, but today the cultures and contributions of the early inhabitants of the Americans (44 ) studied and acknowledged The story of the North America begins the true origin

of the continent and (45) people

37 A civil B people C civilian D inhabitant

38 A was inhabited B inhabited C had inhabited D has been inhabited

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41 A success B succeed C successful D successfully

42 A people B peoples C nations D settlers

43 A so like B example C such as D so as

Of all the natural wonders of the world, few are as spectacular as Niagara Falls Located on the Niagara River along the border between The United States and Canada, Niagara Falls actually consists of two falls, the American Falls and Horseshoe Falls The former is on The US side of the border, in the state of New York, while the latter is on the Canadian side About 85% of the water inNiagara River flows over the Horseshoe Falls, which is the more impressive of the two falls

About 10 million people visit the falls each year, most during the summer tourist season Sightseers can ride steamers up close to the boiling water of the falls, or view them from the parks

on both sides of the river Niagara Falls has long been a popular honeymoon destination for

newlyweds

46 Which of the following is entirely on the US side of the border with Canada?

A Niagara River B American Falls C Niagara Falls D Horseshoe Falls

47 It can be inferred in the passage that Horseshoe Falls

A is the larger of the two falls

B is the less impressive fall

C has 15% of the Niagara River flowing over its edge

D is in the state of New York

48 According to the passage, people prefer to visit Niagara Falls in the

A According to the passage, Niagara Falls is the most spectacular wonder of the world

B Niagara Falls is located on Niagara River

C The American Falls and the Horseshoe Falls compose the Niagara Falls

D American Falls is the less impressive of the two falls

50 In the author judgment,

A Niagara Falls is most beautiful during the summer tourist season

B Niagara Falls is a very popular tourist attraction, especially with honeymooners

C American Falls is more beautiful than Horseshoe Falls

D The water of the two falls is very hot

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