Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently.. Read the passage and choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete the passage.. you finish all your studies you will
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I Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently.
1 A eradicated B defended C unnoticed D extended
2 A windsurfing B wilderness C rhino D philosopher
3 A mechanize B champion C character D chemical
II Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is different from the rest.
4 A kangaroo B involvement C biologist D accelerate
5 A parrot B reserve C vertical D master
6 A traveller B employment C society D successful
III Choose the best option A, B C or D to complete the sentence.
7 More and more trees in the area are found from the effect of polluted air
A died B to be dying C having died D to be dead
8 I get up early to go work on time
A in order to B so as not to C so that D in order that
9 This book provides students useful tips that help them to pass the coming exam
10 I _ to the author if I thought he would publish the article
A write B am writing C would write D had written
11 The children made _ a little poem and wrote it in the card
12 After Mary _ her degree, she intends to work in her father’s company
A will finish B is finishing C finishes D will have finished
13 “Write to me when you get home” “ ”
A I must B I should C I will D I can
14 You _ the look on his face when he won the prize
A would have seen B can be seeing
C must see D should have seen
15 The water will be further polluted unless some measures _
A will be taken B are taken
16 “What do you think of the book?”
“Oh, excellent It’s worth a second time”
A to read B to be read C reading D being read
17 I hurried _ I wouldn’t be late for class
A since B so that C as if D unless
18 I _ a novel _ by O.Henry at seven yesterday evening
A read, written B would read, to write
C was reading, written D was to read, writing
19 He died _ pneumonia
20 What are the between women’s in old times and women in modern times?
A differs B different C difference D differences
21 In the past people believed that women’s _ roles were as mothers and wives
A nature B natural C naturism D naturalist
Trang 2A not give B do not give C not to give D to give not
23 He has arrived, but he talks as if he all about that
24 The Vietnamese boy was regarded as a hero he gave his life to his country
A according to B because of C on account of D because
25 He came home late, so I asked him where _ been
A he had B has he C he has D had he
26 This novel is than the one I read last week
A good B as good C more good D better
27 An endangered species is a species _ population is so small that is in danger of becoming extinct
28 Joe seemed to be in a good mood, he snapped at me angrily when I asked him
to join us
29 The 22nd Southeast Asia Games were _ in Vietnam in 2003
30 _ number of boys were swimming in the lake, but I didn’t know exact number of them
A A / the B The / an C The / the D A / an
31 The master _ satisfied with his students’ progress that he praised them in class
A was so B was so that C was such D is such a
32 The book I bought yesterday is expensive , it is not very useful
A Still B Besides C Yet D As a result
33 Come and sit down Have a cup of tea, _?
A wouldn’t you B will you C haven’t you D do you
34 Vietnam’s women gymnast were jubilant and Friday afternoon after bringing home the gold medal in team competition
A expectantly B unexpectedly C unexpected D expected
35 People say he won a lot of money on the lottery
A He is said that he won a lot of money on the lottery
B He won a lot of money on the lottery, it is said
C He is said to have won a lot of money on the lottery
D He was said to win a lot of money on the lottery
IV Read the passage and choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete the passage.
TEENAGERS AND SPORT
It’s quite rare to meet teenagers who don’t like sports When you are young, you know how important (81) to do physical exercise if you want to be healthy and strong, and for that reason you often concentrate on just one sport with so (82) _ enthusiasm that in the end you can’t live without it The problem is, though, that as you grow up you have less and less spare time At your age you have to study harder if you want to get good marks to go to university, with perhaps only one afternoon a week to do any sport This happens just when you are at the best (83) _ for many sports, such as gymnastics and swimming By the time
Trang 3you finish all your studies you will probably be too old to be really good at sports like those, but
if you spend enough time on (84) _ while you are young, then one day you will find that you are very good at your sport but too old to study, and you will find it (85) _ to get a good job Somehow, it doesn’t seem fair
36 A this is B you are C it is D things are
39 A training B practice C exercise D sporting
40 A impractical B unlikely C improbable D impossible
V Read the passage and choose the best option A, B, C or D to answer the question.
THE WILD LIFE
Wild animals (and wild plants) and the wild places where they live are seriously threatened almost everywhere One species has become extinct in each year of this century But many hundreds are now in danger Lack of attention would lead to the rapid advance of the process of extinction
Already many kinds of wild animals has been so reduced in number that their role in the
ecosystem is forgotten Animals like the great apes, the whales, seals etc thought to be in danger
of extinction
But even more important, perhaps than individual kinds of animals and plants, whole habitats are
in danger of vanishing: marshes are being drained, and the world forests, especially tropical forests are being cut down to satisfy man’s needs of timber and paper
What would our world be like if all the wild animals and wild plants vanished?- Would our life still exist then?
41 What would happen to the human beings if the wild life vanished?
A Many species would quickly become extinct
B The human life would be seriously threatened
C Species would go on dying out
D Tropical forests would be cut down
42 What is more important than individual kinds of animals and plants?
A the vanishing of whole habitats
B the extinction of many species
C the rapid advance of the process of extinction
D man’s need of timber and paper
43 What does the writer caution us against?
A cutting down the tropical forests
B hunting wild animals
C draining marshes
D destroying our environment
44 What would happen if we cut down forests?
Cutting down forests would cause ………
A the changes of temperature B the flood
C both A and B are correct D none are correct
45 “To threaten” in the passage means …………
A to pollute B to give fear to
Trang 4C to vanish D to poison
VI Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting.
46 The early we leave, the sooner we will arrive
A B C D
47 George has not completed the assignment yet, and Maria hasn’t neither
A B C D
48 Tree squirrels are active, noisy, and lively animals that make its home in tree trunks
A B C D
49 Daisy has such many things to do that she has no time to go out
A B C D
50 My brother has always helped me in time of need, and I wish that he was here now
A B C D
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