Choose the word or phrase A, B, C, or D that best completes the sentence or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.. On entering secondary school, a new world opens up and frequen
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I PRONUNCIATION Choose the word that has the underlined part
pronounced differently from the others.
1 A minority B literacy C primary D library
2 A eradicate B campaign C vacation D transport
3 A straggle B maturity C student D education
4 A please B decrease C speech D realistic
5 A ethnic B northern C healthy D south
II LANGUAGE FOCUS
A Choose the word or phrase A, B, C, or D that best completes the
sentence or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
6 The price of petrol has gone by over 50 percent in less than a year
7 At present, more and more people are taking part in the struggle
illiteracy
8 The Vietnam Society of Learning Promotion started a campaign
illiteracy eradication
9 Most of the students felt that respect in classroom was essential for
effective learning to take place
A mutual B considerable C deep D grudging
10 Modem farming methods can have an adverse on the environment
A effect B effective C effectiveness D effectively
11 Once we have all relevant information, we can make a decision
A correct B connected C available D confidential
12 The government has launched a aimed at educating young people
about the dangers of drugs
A struggle B program C combat D campaign
13 People judged to be functionaIly lack the basic reading and writing
skills
A literate B literacy C illiterate D illiteracy
14 The students were asked to reading and writing skills to the villagers
A deliver B express C provide D support
15 More work has been done to eradicate illiteracy in our country
A put up with B get rid of C take control of D cut down on
B Choose the word or phrase A, B, C, or D that best completes the
sentence.
16 Illiterate people lack the basic reading and writing skills in everyday
life
A to require B requiring C that require D required
17 Illiteracy rates in recent years
A fell B have fallen C was falling D had fallen
18 She was the first in her family a college education
A get B getting C to get D gotten
19 They asked our bags outside the exam room
A to leave B us to leave C we leave D us leaving
20 Before the meeting finished they arranged when next
A they met B they to meet C should they meet D to meet
21 Nobody yet knew what to cause the dam to burst
A happens B to happen C had happened D did it happen
22 The weather report says that ten inches of snow tomorrow
A may be there are B there might be
23 Please ask the restaurant clientele in the no smoking areA
A not to smoke B not smoking C don't smoke D not smoke
24 'You got home late last night.' 'The Morgan insisted for dinner.'
A on our staying B for us to stay
C that we were staying D about us staying
25 in 1636, Harvard is one of the most famous universities in the United States
A Founding B Founded C Being founded D It was founded
C Identify the one underlined word or phrase - A, B, C or D - that must be changed for the sentence to be correct.
26 The museum guard asked the visitors to not touch the exhibits
A B C D
27 The tour guide explained that the castle is only open in Tuesdays
A B C D
28 I'm sorry to bother you, but you did say to call whether I was worried
A B C D
29 We were disappointed when the receptionist told that the hotel was
A B
fully booked that week
C D
30 In 1852 Massachusetts passed a law required all children from four to
A B
eighteen years of age to attend school
C D
III READING
A Fill in each blank space with one appropriate word from the box.
advantage qualifications hopefully effective training practical eradicated worth while unemployment opportunities break
Around the age of sixteen, you must make one of the biggest decisions of your life Do I stay on
at school and (31) go on to university later? Do I leave and start work or begin a (32) course? The decision is yours, but it may be (33) remembering two things: there is more (34) among who
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big (35) in the competition for jobs If you decide to go straight into a job,
there are many (36) for training Getting (37) will help you to get on
more quickly in many careers, and evening classes allow you to learn (38)
you earn Starting work and taking a (39) to study when you are older is
another possibility This way, you can save up money for your student days,
as well as getting (40) work experience
B Read the passage carefully, then choose the correct answers.
In the primary school, a child is in a comparatively simple setting and most
of the time forms a relationship with one familiar teacher On entering
secondary school, a new world opens up and frequently it is a much more
difficult world The pupil soon learns to be less free in the way he speaks to
teachers and even to his fellow pupils He begins to lose gradually the free
and easy ways of the primary school, for he senses the need for a more
cautious approach in the secondary school where there are older pupils,
Secondary staff and pupils suffer from the pressures of academic work and
seem to have less time to stop and talk Teachers with specialist roles may see
hundreds of children in a week, and a pupil may be able to form relationships
with very few of the staff He has to decide which adults are approachable;
good schools will make clear to every young person from the first year what
guidance and personal help is available - but whether the reality of life in the
institution actually encourages requests for help is another matter
Adults often forget what a confusing picture school can offer to a child He
sees a great deal of movement, a great number of people – often rather
frightening-looking people - and realizes that an increasing number of choices
and decisions have to be made As he progresses through the school the
confusion may become less but the choices and decisions required will
increase The school will rightly expect the pupil to take the first steps to
obtain the help he needs, for this is the pattern of adult life for which he has to
be prepared, but all the time the opportunities for personal and group advice
must be presented in a way which makes them easy to understand and within
easy reach of pupils
41 According to the passage one of the problems for pupils entering
secondary schools is that
A they are taught by many different teachers
B they do not attend lessons in every subject
C the teachers do not want to be friendly
D the teachers give most attention to the more academic pupils
42 In secondary schools every pupil having problems should
A be able to discuss 'his problems in class'
B be able to discuss his problems with any teacher
C know how to ask for help I
D be freed from any pressure of academic work
43 Talking about secondary schools, the author is mainly concerned
about
A academic standards B the personal development of pupils
C the role of specialist teachers D the training of the individual teachers
44 The word 'approachable' means most nearly the same as
A friendly and easy to talk to B desirable
C capable of offering accommodation D advisable
45 According to the passage adults usually
A think that children learn better in secondary school
B neglect their children when they enter secondary school
C fail to encourage their children to work hard
D fail to know how confusing things may be to a child when she enters secondary school
IV WRITING Choose the sentence, A, B, C or D, which is closest in meaning to the printed one.
46 Jane ran into her old friend downtown last week.
A Jane went downtown to meet her old friend
B Jane had to drive her old friend downtown last week
C Jane met her old friend downtown unexpectedly
D Jane's car crashed into her friend's last week
47 You should have persuaded him to change his mind.
A It was essential to persuade him to change his mind but you didn't
B You persuaded him to change his mind but he didn't listen
C You didn't persuade him to change because he didn't mind
D It was diffucult to persuade him to change his mind
48 I would never have lent Mike my car if I had known that he had a past record of driving violations
A I refused to lend Mike my car
B Mike got a speeding ticket while driving my car
C I knew nothing about Mike's driving record, so I lent him my car
D Mike drove my car without his driver's license
49 The court found the man innocent of murdering his wife.
A The man was judged not guilty of killing his wife
B The man was found murdered by his wife
C The court found a murdered man and his wife
D The court decided that the man had killed his wife
50 Had I known more about computer programming, I would have worked for a computer company.
A A better knowledge of computer programming will help me find a job in a computer company
B I didn't know much about computer programming, so I didn't work for a computer company
C I wish I knew more about computer programming and could work for a computer company
D Knowing more about computer programming, I would find a job in a computer company