Ba hates doing the washing up and his brother hates doing the washing up.. Ba doesn’t dislike doing the washing up but his brother does.. Ba hates doing the washing up and his brother do
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Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently.
Choose the option that best fits each of the blanks.
6. I _gardening, but I don’t have time for it now
A use to enjoy B used to enjoy C use to enjoying D used to enjoying
7. He died _a broken heart
8. The doctor _he should take a few days off
9. I went to bed _last night
10. The next meeting of the committee _on November 5th
11. The _is people who cannot see
12. Mr White _her to stand up
13. It’s too cold outside _you close the door, please?
14. She is studying hard _pass the final exams
15. Can you fill _this form for me?
16. “ _ do you have English?” ~ “Three times a week.”
17. The new library _on Ngo Quyen Street next week
A opens B will opening C going to open D was opening
18. What you had to do sounds _hard work
19. Once upon a time there _a girl called Little Pea
20. You should try to learn the new words by _
Choose the underlined part that needs correcting
21. I don’t enjoy to go on vacation as much as I used to
22. Tim’s mother said that she was very proud about her son
23. My sister uses to play tennis a lot but she doesn’t play very often now
24. The course begins on May 12th and finishes some time at August
25. Take this form to your teacher and ask her sign it
Which sentence is closest in meaning to the root one?
26. I used to get up late, but I don’t any more
A I used to get up late B I am now getting up late
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C I will get up late D I am going to get up late
27. Mr Lam is a very careful driver
A Mr Lam drives his car very careful B Mr Nam is driving care and careful
C Mr Lam drives very carefully D Mr Nam and a driver are carefully
28. He told me to close the window
A “Do you close the window?” he told me
B “Can you close the window, please?” he said
C “Are you going to close the window?” he asked
D “Please can I close the window?” said he
29. Ba hates doing the washing up and his brother hates doing the washing up
A Ba doesn’t dislike doing the washing up but his brother does
B Ba hates doing the washing up and his brother doesn’t, too
C Ba and his brother love doing the washing up
D Ba hates doing the washing up and so does his brother
30. When were you born?
A What is your birthday? B When is your birthday?
C When is your date of birth? D What is your birth date?
Read the passage and fill in each blank
Like the Y & Y, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is a youth (31) _It builds character, and encourages good citizenship and personal fitness
Scouting began in (32) _in 1907 Two years later, an American businessman, William Boyce, got lost in London A boy helped him and explained that he was a scout This meeting led to the Scouts Association (33) _the Atlantic in 1910
Although scouting is mainly for boys, there are organizations similar to the BSA which girls can join The Girl Guides Association and the coeducational Camp Fire Boys and Girls, both of which (34) _in 1910, are two such groups (35) _1994, there were 5,400,000 scouts in America
31. A organize B organization C organizations D organizes
Read the passage and choose the correct answer.
According Dr Lee, here are the most important things a student should do to be a good language learner First, you should always go to class and get to it early Second, you should sit straight and pay
attention And you ought to ask and answer questions in class Third, you should do all homework and
try to use your new language outside of class at least once every week Finally, you mustn’t give up
36. The author was trying to _
A show how important the language is B introduce a new way of language learning
C give the reader advice on language learning
D persuade the readers to join their new language class
37. The author wrote the passage to _
A students B language learners C doctors D engineers
38. Which of the following could be the best title of the passage?
A How to be a good language learner B How to be a good teacher
C A new way of language learning D Dr Lee’s Ideas
39. We could replace “ought to” in line 3 with _
40. Language learners shouldn’t _
A get to class early B ask and answer questions in class
C be absent from school D use the new language outside of class
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