TEST 16 Cảm ơn bạn: "thuyhan tran" <thuyhan90@gmail.com> đã đánh máy bài viết này I. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. 1. he was sacked having an argument with his boss. a . hit b. field c. scolded d. threatened 2. I was lucky enough to find a parking … outside the bank a. region b. field c. space d. slot 3. The dustbins are …. every Thursday a. thrown b. thrown away c. space d. emptied 4. I promptly went to sheep again a. early b. soon c. immediately d. after a white 5. English is required for that job a. compulsory b. interesting c. extra d. optional 6. Central heaving has been put in a. received b. installed c. corrected d. altered 7. Mary want to go New York by herself, but her father would not give his … a. control b. example c. consent d. altered 8. Clara wanted to buy the coat, but it cost more than she could … a. assume b. afford c. arouse d. limit 9. The show should have stared an huor ago, I don’t know what could have caused … a. alarm b. delay c. statement d. custom 10. I sometimes take John’s coat instead of my own, because the two of them look so … a. original b. similar c. comfortable d. the same 11. George had difficulty swimming across the lake, but he finally succeeded on his fourth… a. attempt b. process c. display d. instance 12. I know I have seen that man before,I can’t … where a. assume b. wonder c. recognize d. recall 13. I want to go the library, but I’m not walking in the right … a. distance b. circumstance c. attitude d. direction 14. I want to learn more about tha American political system, but I don’t know where to get the … a. situation b. information c. conversation d. association 15. Inthis hot weather the ice will soon… a. spoil b. melt c. bake d. fail 16. We had hoped that Robert would agree to help us, but he has … to a. desired b. promised c. esfused d. intended 17. Since I have been ill, my appetite has diminished a. desire for exercise b. desire for sleep c. desire for visitors d. desire for food 18. Her husband is very competent ; he will repair the roof himsefl a. talking about b. thinking about c. arguing about d. putting off 19. The time for discussing the problem is over ; now we must act a. talking about b. thinking about c. arguing about d. putting off 20. I new my father would discipline me for my action a. reward b. reprove c. congratualate d. punish II. Read the passage and the choose one answer for each of the following questions: In many old cities in Europe, there are narrow twisting roads with many shops huddling together along the two sides, These commerrcial places are not so modern and convenient as those called shopping centers in modern cities, especially in the suburbs of the big cities in the United States. Shopping centers have developed rapidly because of the shift og the population to the suburbs , the growing use of and dependence upon the automobile and the heavy tracffic in downtown areas A shopping center is a large group of stores facing a huge central enclosed mall which may be covered , heated and air-conditioned .A shopping enter is olso surrounded by a parking area with space for thousands of cars We can buy on kinds of food and get anything we need in a chiefly sold a shopping center .Unlike a supermaket, where groceries are chiefly sold , a shopping center provides us with all services besides food .We canget our hair cut , eyes examined , clothes washed ,We can book our tickets for a would tour and even enroll in special classes Shopping centers are , therefore , very convenient for customers , but they lack the sense of closeness as felt in older commercial center 1. The rapid development of shopping centers in mainly due to a. the fact growing prosperity of suburban paople b. the increased use of the automobile c. the growing use of heavy cars in big cities d. the shifl of the population to downtown areas 2. A shopping center is alarge group of stores facing a huge centrall mall which is a. narrow and winding b. very crowded with automobiles c. used as a store-house for heaters and conditioners d. shaded and com fortable 3. American shopping centers are especially established in the suburbs because a. the customers want to avoid the heavy traffic in downtown areas. b. the traffic is heavier in the suburbs than in the downtown areas. c. there are few people moving from the downtown areas to the neighboring regions. d. the streets in the downtown areas are so narrow and twisting. 4. Customers cant’t find the ‘sense of closeness’ in a modern shopping center because. a. all the items in the stores are very expensive. b. the shopkeepers are not very cordial. c. it is too modern and conventional. d. they worry too much about the safety of their cars. 5. In the shopping sections of many old cities in Europe, the stores are located. a. in the auburbs. b. in residential areas. c. along poor, dirty roads. d. along small, winding streets. III. Read the article below and put a cross on the letter next to the word that best fits each space. There has been a revolution in the world of newspapers. Not many years (1)……… , newspapers were still being produced using techniques unchanged for (2)……… hundred years. The journalists gave their stories to a typist, who prepared them for an editor, who passed them on (3) ……… the printer. The printer, who was a (4)……… skilled man, set up the type. (5)……… was then collected to make the papes. When the pages were complete, the printing machines could be (6)……… Nowadays what (7)……… ? the journalists type their stories into a computer. The (8)……… checks their spelling, plans the page, shapes the articles. When the pages are ready, another computer may control the printing. (9)……… can be no doubt about it, producing a newspapers is an entinely different (10)……… now. 1 a. before b. after c. ago d. yet 2 a. a b. some c. an d. over 3 a. to b. by a. through d. with 4 a. hardly b. mostly c. partly d. very 5 a. they b. which c. this d. all 6 a. switched b. started c. stopped d. moved 7 a. gives b. occurs c. goes d. happens 8 a. computer b. editor c. typist d. printer 9 a. it b. there c. you d. we 10 a. skill b. work c. management d. busuness IV. Fill in each gap in the passage below with one suitable word. In questions of preserving peace and saving mankind (1)……… the threat of (2)……… war, let one remain (3)……… or stand (4)……… This concerns all and everyone. Each state is large or (5)……… , socialist or (6)……… , has an important (7)……… to make. Every responsible political party, every public organization and every person can also make an important contribution. No task is more (8)……… , more noble or humane than that of uniting all (9)……… to achieve this lofty (10)……… This (11)……… must be (12)……… by our generation, not shifted onto the shoulders of those (13)……… will succeed us. This is the imperative of our time. This, I would say, is the (14)……… of historic responsibility (15)……… our decision and actions in the time remaining until the beginning of the third millennium. Mikhail Gorbachev V.Use the words to make sentences. 1. None/ us took/ holiday besides Tom. ……………………………………… 2. Mr. Jones/ cut himself/ shave. ……………………………………… 3. Please advise us/ soon/ goods have/ dispatched. ……………………………………… 4. I see/ your advertisement/ today’s “Cambridge News” ……………………………………… 5. I neither/ smoke/ drink. ……………………………………… 6. I arrive/ Monday 4 th / expected/ return/ London/ Thursday/ 7 th July. ……………………………………… 7. No problem/ harder/ solve/ one. ……………………………………… 8. The phone/ not be/ instead / I/ write/ you/ instead. ……………………………………… 9. None/ her/ friend/ wished her/ happy birthday. ……………………………………… 10. None/ students/ have/ finish/ exam yet. ……………………………………… VI. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the one printed before it. 1.Given fair warning, I could have avoided that date. If you had told me ………………… 2. Please don’t say things like that. I wish ………………… 3. It would have been a superb weekend if it hadn’t been for weather. But ………………… 4. Dogs can swim better than cats can. Cats cannot ………………… 5. She hasn’t been to the hairdresser for three months. It’s ………………… 6. There’s a spare bed in David’s room. David’s room ………………… ĐÁP ÁN I. 1.b 5.a 9.b 13.d 17.d 2.c 6.b 10.b 14.b 18.a 3.d 7.c 11.a 15.b 19.a 4.c 8.b 12. d 16.c 20.d II. 1.b 2.d 3.a 4.c 5.d III. 1.c 3.a 5.c 7.d 9.b 2.a 4.d 6.b 8.a 10.d IV. 1.from 6.capitalist 11. task 2. nuclear 7. contribution 12. accomplished 3. indifferent 8. urgent 13. who 4. aloof 9. efforts 14. burden 5. small 10. goal 15. for V. 1. None of us took a holiday besides Tom 2. Mr. Jone cut himsefl shavin 3. Please advise us as soon as the goods have been despatched 4. I’ve seen (saw) your advertisement in today’s “ Cambridge News” 5. I neither smoke nor drink 6. I arrived on Monday 4 th and expected to return to London on Thursday 7 th July 7. No problem is harder to solve than this one 8. The phone hasn’t been installed yet, do I’m writing to you instead 9. None of her friends wished her a happy birthday 10. None of the students have finished the exam yet VI. 1. If you had told me in advance/ in (good) time I could have avoided that date. 2. T wish you wouldn’t say things like that. 3. But for the weather, it would have been a superd weekend. 4. Cat’s cannot swim as dogs (can). 5. It’s three months since she last went to the hairdresser. 6. David’s room has a spare bed in it. Describe the career you have choden, and the reasons for your choice. Choosing a career is of the most improtance. It determines one’s whole life. As for me, after careful consideration, I want to become a construction engineer. In our country, after long years of atrocious war, many houses, villages, bridges and roads were destroyed by bombing. They all need to be repaired or rebuilt. After graduation, I’ll contribute my part to the reconstruction of my war torn country into one of the most modern and powerful countries in the world. How happy I feel when I am able to turn slum areas into blocks of hight buildings, to bring happiness and joys to my poor compatriots! How proud and delighted I am go to build high-ways, bridges and factorries for my city dwellers by the sweat of my brow!