CLOZE PASSAGE Read the following passage and then choose the word A, B, C or D that best completes each blank.. Computer programmer David Jones earns £35,000 a year designing new comput
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I PRONUNCIATION AND STRESS
A Which word is stressed differently from the others?
1 A irrigate B limousine C tremendous D telescope
2 A forbid B technique C permit D mattress
3 A preparation B encouragement C ridiculous D
appreciative
suspension
5 A prefabricated B dictatorial C appreciation D recommendation
B Which underlined part is pronounced differently?
9 A official B flip C fitness D flier
II GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE
A Choose the word (A, B, C, or D) that best completes each sentence.
11 “Why didn’t you attend the concert?” “I would have gone if I time”
had
12 I did not see you last night I wish I you last night
A met B could meet C could have met D have met
13 It is no use to school if you to work hard
A going … do not ready B to go … do not ready C going … are not ready D go … are not ready
14 Fred was a really silly boy when we were in high school I still remember very stupid questions
A his asking B asking him C him to ask D his being asked
15 “Would you like some entertainment?” “I wouldn’t mind having .”
A little B a few C a little D few
16 “That will be too late because we by that hour”
A have gone B will have gone C will go D went
17 For a while, we consider not with them
18 The ceremony has just started Look! The flag is now
A being raised B being rose C risen D raising
19 I can’t stand to his complaints any longer
A listen B to listen C listened D listening
20 John said that no other car could go
A so fast like his car B as fast like the car of him C as fast like his car D as fast as his car
21 I had two copies of it originally, but I can’t find one now
A another B the other C the others D other
Trang 222 “I was late again this morning.” “Well, I think you had better on time.”
A to start to be B start being C started being D to be
23 He in this city for exactly two years by next Monday
A will live B will have lived C will be living D has lived
24 Don’t leave your clothes about on the bedroom floor
A lie B lay C lying D laying
25 She told me her address, I wrote down on a piece of paper
A that B which C whose D A and B are correct
26 Tom: “Under what condition will he go?” Bob: “As far as I know, he won’t go unless Jean .”
A will go B went C goes D would go
27 John’s score in the test is the highest in the class He last night
A should study B should have studied C must have studied D must study
28 He told me that he me at the airport the next time I came
A saw B sees C had seen D would see
29 I am going to _
A have tested my eyes B have my eyes testing C have my eyes test D have my eyes tested
30 The little boy _ with his ball in the garden when he suddenly
it and lost his balance
A played / kicked B was played / kicked C was playing / kicked D played / was kicking
B Identify one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect.
31 The natives, who were used to get most of their living from the sea, seldom if ever ventured inland to search for food A B C
D
32 Each year, tourists from all over the world travel to Poland to visit a birthplace of Frederic Chopin
33 Sheep have been domesticated for over 5,000 years ago
A B C D
34 One of the most beautiful botanical gardens in the United States is the wildly
A B C and lovely Magnolia Gardens near Charleston, South Carolina
D
35 Studies reveal that people who eat the great amount of salt suffer the most from hypertension
A B C D
36 Mr Harris will be divided the biology class into two sections to prevent overcrowding in his classroom
A B C D
37 Too many polished rice in one’s diet could cause beriberi, a painful new disease
A B C D
38 The cabin is certainly not luxuriously, but it is very practical and comfortable
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39 The letter was sent by special delivery must be important
A B C D
40 People tend to become irritate and short-tempered whenever they get overtired
A B C D
III CLOZE PASSAGE
Read the following passage and then choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best completes each blank
The Great Pyramid of Giza, a monument of wisdom and prophecy, was built as a tomb for Pharaoh Cheops in 2720 B.C (41) its antiquity, certain (42) of its construction make it one of the truly great wonders of the world The four sides of the pyramid are (43) almost on exactly true north, south, east and west – an incredible engineering feat The ancient Egyptians were sun worshippers and great astronomers, so computations for the Great Pyramid were (44) on astronomical observations
Explorations and detailed examinations on the base of the structure (45) many intersecting lines Further scientific (46) indicates that these (47) a type of time line of events – past, present, and future Many of the events have been interpreted and found to (48) with known facts of the past Others are prophesied for future generations and are presently under (49)
Was this superstructure made by ordinary beings, or (50) _ built by a race far superior
to any known today?
41 A Though B In spite C By D Despite
42 A tenets B relics C aspects D properties
43 A lined B aligned C assigned D fathomed
44 A set B based C fitted D founded
45 A reveal B testify C impose D reset
46 A volume B trial C study D text
47 A front B represent C repose D forward
48 A tangle B consort C resort D coincide
49 A inspection B introduction C recommendation D
investigation
50 A that B which C such D one
IV COMPREHENSION READING
Read the following passage For questions 51 – 55, you are to choose one best answer (A, B,
C or D) to each question.
Computer programmer David Jones earns £35,000 a year designing new computer games,
yet he cannot find a bank prepared to let him have a cheque card Instead he has been told to wait another two years until he is 18
The 16-year-old works for a small firm in Liverpool, where the problem of most young people of his age is finding a job David’s firm releases two new games for the expanding home computer market each month
But David’s biggest headache is what to do with his money Despite his salary, earned by inventing new programs within tight schedules, with bonus payments and profit-sharing, he cannot drive a car, take out a mortgage or obtain credit cards
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David got his job with the Liverpool-based company four months ago, a year after leaving school with six O-levels and working for a time in a computer shop “I got the job because the people who run the firm knew I had already written some programs,” he said
“I suppose £35,000 sounds a lot but actually that’s being pessimistic I hope it will come
to more than that this year” He spends some of his money on records and clothes, and gives his mother £20 a week But most of his spare time spent working
“Unfortunately, computing was not part of our studies at school,” he said “but I had been studied it in books and magazines for four years in my spare time I knew what I wanted to do and never considered staying on at school Most people in this business are fairly young anyway.”
David added: “I would like to earn a million and I suppose early retirement is a possibility You never know when the market might disappear.”
51 Why is David different from other young people of his age?
A He earns an extremely high salary B He is not unemployed
C He does not go out much D He lives at home with his parents
52 David’s greatest problem is
A making the banks treat him as an adult B inventing computer games
C spending his salary D learning to drive
53 He was employed by the company because
A he had worked in a computer shop B he had written some computer programs
C he works very hard D he had learnt to use computers at school
54 He left school after taking O-levels because
A he did not enjoy school B he wanted to work with computers and staying at school did not help him
C he was afraid of getting too old to start computing D he wanted to earn a lot of money
55 Why does David think he may retire early?
A You have to be young to write computer programs B He wants to stop working when
he is a millionaire
C He thinks computer games might not always sell well D He thinks his firm may go bankrupt