Created by : Nguyen Trong Tan For Lan Anh BÀI TẬP BỔ TRỢ NÂNG CAO (Năm học 2010-2011) Môn : Tiếng Anh Mã đề thi: 987 Multiple choice: Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest A care B nightmare C share D are Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest A cooks B starts C needs D hopes Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest A engaged B decided C expected D attracted Pick out the word whose main stressed syllable is different from the rest A begin B common C require D around Pick out the word whose main stressed syllable is different from the rest A effective B expensive C division D volunteer Choose the best answer to complete the sentence A _ book tells stories through pictures A novel B biography C craft D comic Choose the best answer to complete the sentence Water polo is a game where two _ teams play against each other, attempting to score points by throwing a ball into the opponent’s goal A opposite B oppose C opposing D opposable Choose the best answer to complete the sentence The journey was the most difficult for the old dog, but he found the strength to make it A amazingly B amaze C amazing D amazement Choose the best answer to complete the sentence The games really became a festival that impressed sports A enthusiasts B enthusiasm C enthuse D enthusiastic 10 Choose the best answer to complete the sentence A scientist who studies living things is a _ A biologically B biologist C biology D biological 11 Choose the best answer to complete the sentence Lan : “You look great in that blue dress, Ngoc!” Ngoc: “ ” A No, I don’t B Oh, you don’t like it, you? C I bought it at NEM’s D Thanks It’s my father’s present on my birthday 12 Choose the best answer to complete the sentence Tue :“Don’t forget to send your parents my regards.” Nhung: “ ” A Thanks, I will B you’re welcome C Good idea, thanks D It’s my pleasure 13 Choose the best answer to complete the sentence Tue: “Could I get you a drink?” Linh : “ ” A No, I don’t B No, thanks C No, you couldn’t D No I couldn’t 14 Choose the best answer to complete the sentence Waiter : “How you like your hamburger done? Customer: “ ” A I don’t like it much B I like it C Well-done, please D Not very well 15 Choose the best answer to complete the sentence Student A: “Should we use solar energy to protect the environment?” Student B: “ ” A No, thanks B You don’t think so, you? B Yes, I’ll go D That’s a good idea 16 Choose the best answer to complete the sentence The _ the hotel is, the more comfortable its rooms are and the better service it supplies to its hotel guests A cheaper B larger C more expensive D more storey 17 Choose the best answer to complete the sentence Will you please turn the radio? The baby is sleeping A on B up C down D round 18 Choose the best answer to complete the sentence I am looking _ a book about Vietnamese food Have you got it? A after B for C through D over 19 Choose the best answer to complete the sentence Had I seen the film last night, I _ you about it now A would have told B could tell C should tell D will tell 20 Choose the best answer to complete the sentence When I came to see them last night, they _ chess They said that they for three hours A had played / had played B were playing / had played C were playing / had been playing D played / would play 21 Choose the best answer to complete the sentence That is the house _ my grandfather used to live in A where B which C that D B and C are correct 22 Choose the best answer to complete the sentence When I got home last night, the room _ A was cleaning B was cleaned C had cleaned D had been cleaned 23 Choose the best answer to complete the sentence When I entered the room, everybody joyfully A was dancing B had danced C danced D were dancing 24 Choose the best answer to complete the sentence She felt very when she first got her present job A worrying B worriedly C worries D worried 25 Choose the best answer to complete the sentence This is the house _ A in which I was born B which I was born C that I was born D which in I was born 26 Choose the best answer to complete the sentence The higher one rises in the atmosphere, the temperature generally becomes A colder than B the colder than C the colder D is colder 27 Choose the best answer to complete the sentence What if you _ in my situation? A will you do/ are B will you be doing/ have been C would you do/ were D you would do/ were 28 Choose the best answer to complete the sentence John got ill and had to smoking A get up B put on C give up D go on 29 Choose the best answer which has the similar meaning as the underlined word What a lovely baby! He certainly resembles his father, doesn’t he? A looks after B looks up C looks for D takes after 30 Choose the best answer to complete the sentence _ her sadness, she tried to hide it and go to the party A Because of B In spite C Although D Despite 31 Find out one mistake in the following sentence Only when the famine gets worse world governments will begin to act A B C D 32 Find out one mistake in the following sentence She brought a lot of money with her so that she needed buy some duty-free goods A B C D 33 Find out one mistake in the following sentence I have been working hardly for two weeks and now I feel like a rest A B C D 34 Find out one mistake in the following sentence Tom likes taking part sports, so he will join the football team of his school A B C D 35 Find out one mistake in the following sentence We are going to visit our grandparents when we will finish our final exams A B C D 36 Choose the best answer to complete the sentence They are not to take part in this program of the World Health Organization A as old B enough old C old enough D so old 37 Choose the best sentence that has the same meaning as the original one Why don’t we go for a walk? A What about go for a walk? B What about going for walk? C What about going for a walk? D What about going a walk? 38 Choose the best sentence that has the same meaning as the original one He thinks learning Chinese is easy A He thinks it is not easy to learn Chinese B He thinks it is easy to learn Chinese B He thinks it is not easy learning Chinese D He thinks it is easy learn Chinese 39 His parents advised him to study hard for his exams A He was advised to study hard for his exams B He was advised study hard for his exams C He was advised to study hard his exams D He is advised to study hard for his exams 40 The train had already left before I got to the station A When I get to the station, the train has already left B When I had got to the station, the train had already left C When I got to the station, the train already left D When I got to the station, the train had already left Read the following passage carefully and choose the best answer Water polo originated in England during the 1870s and soon became popular in the United States It was first played in the Olympic Games as a men’s exhibition sport in 1904 it became a men’s medal sport, but only the United States fielded a team In 1908 it was contested internationally at the Olympics Over the succeeding a team decades water polo became especially popular in Europe From approximately 1920 to 1946 the United States departed from the international rules for water polo by adopting for play a loosely inflated ball that could be gripped in one hand and carried toward the goal Opposing players usually attempted to seize the ballcarriers, wrestle them under water, and render them helpless from loss of breath This rough style of play virtually disappeared by 1946 Since that time traditional water polo has grown rapidly in north America, especially as a college sport It is particularly popular in southern Califofnia and other parts of the west Women have played water polo since the game’s early days, but participation was not widespread until the 1960s In 1961 United States water polo established a nation club championship for women It has hosted one from men since 1890 Women’s water polo became an Olympic medal sport at the 2000 Games in Sydney, Australia 41 Where did water polo originate? A In Europe B In England C In the United States D In North America 42 When did water polo become a men’s medal sport in the Olympic Games? A 1875 B 1900 C 1904 D 1908 43 When did players the United States follow the same rules as in Europe? A In 1920 B In 1945 C In 1946 D In 1960 44 In what parts of the United States does water polo is very popular at colleges? A In the East B In the West C In the South D In the Midwest 45 When did water polo become a women’s medal sport in the Olympic Game? A In 1990 B In 1960 C In 1980 D In 2000 Fill in the blanks in the following passage with suitable words by choosing the best answer: TEENAGERS AND SPORT It’s quite rare to meet teenagers who don’t like sports When you are young, you know how important (46) to physical exercise if you want to be healthy and strong, and for that reason you often concentrate on just one sport with so (47) _ 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 any sport This happens just when you are at the best (48) _ for many sports, such as gymnastics and swimming By the time you 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 (49) _ 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 (50) _ to get a good job Somehow, it doesn’t seem fair 46 A this is B you are C it is D things are 47 A keen B many C great D much 48 A stage B age C period D time 49 A training B practice C exercise D sporting 50 A impractical B unlikely C improbable D impossible The end