ABC high school Teacher : Quỳnh I. Vocabulary and expression: Choose the most suitable word or phrase 1. My mother is _______ the meal in the kitchen. a. instructing b. buing c. preparing d. using 2. In the surgery, ________ is required. a. carelessness b. perfect accuracy c. imperfect accuracy d. mistakes 3. Some of computers can work 500,000 ______ faster than any person. a.times b. many c. much d. more 4. I like _______ cross-word puzzles. a. to do b. to make c. to get d. to achieve 5. Tom’s work at school is above the ________. He often gets 6 or 7 marks. a. middle b. centre c. average d. level 6. A ______ is a person who compose music. a. music singer b. composer c. music writer d. compositor 7. We can not ______ up our mind whether to stay at home or to go to London on holiday. a. do b. take c. get d. make 8. Electricity is cut off because he cannot pay the _______ bill. a. electrician b. electric c. electrify d. electrification 9. A computer can keep track of sales trends. a. look after b. take over c. decide d. follow 10. He is the man who has never accomplished anything before. a. done b. composed music c. finished successfully d. computated 11. He has written 3 novels since the beginning of the year. He is a ______ writer. a. produce b. product c. production d. productive 12. His _______ made us surprised. a. decide b. decision c. decisive d. decisively 13. Who are you waiting ________? a. at b. for c. of d. forward 14. Their wedding rings are made ________ gold. a. of b. for c. in d. into 15. In our country, children start ______ school at the age of seven. a. a b. an c. the d. no article II. Grammar and structure: Choose the best word, phrase or sentence. 1. My computer needs ______. a. repair b. to repair c. reparing d. repaired 2. We did not visit the museum because we had no time. 1 ABC high school Teacher : Quỳnh a. If we have time, we will visit the museum. b. If we have time, we would visit the museum. c. If we had had time, we would have visited the museum. d. If we had had time, we will have visited the museum. 3. We can not see the road _______ the fog. a. because of b. although c. because d. despite 4. _____ we read, ______ we know. a. The most / the most b. The more / the more c. Most / most d. More / more 5. It gets _______ Let’s go swimming. a. hot and hot b. the more hot c. more and more hot d. hotter and hotter 6. Peter usually drives _______ Mary. a. more fast b. more fast than c. more fast d. faster than 7. Here _______ some accounts that you must check. a. is b. are c. was d. have been 8. Tom told me he ________ meet me at the airport when I ______. a. would/arrived b. will/arrive c. will have/arriving d. would be/arriving 9. She ______ him very much, She had been waiting for him for ten years. a. must love b. must loved c. must have loved d. must loving 10. The problem seems to be _______. a. most serious b. more serious than c. more serious as d. more and more serious 11. At this time tomorrow, we _______ our final exam. a. will have taking b. will be taking c. will be taken d. would take 12. Your dress is longer than________. a. I b. me c. my d. mine 13. ______ I have time, I will go with you. a. if b. unless c. so d. so that 14. If I knew ______ took your umbrella, I would tell you. a. what b. who c. whom d. that 15. I would rather do any job ______ be jobless. a. better than b. more than c. than d. so than 16. _______I post that letter for you on my way to the office. a. Do b. Shall c. Would d. Will 17. He felt he really let his team _____when he missed the pelnalty. a. Out b. In c. Down d. Off 18. He'll never pass his driving test _____ he takes some lessons. a. Unless b. If only c. Provided d. If 19. Opposite our house is a nice park________ there are trees and flowers. a. Which b. Where c. Whose d. That 20. If you want to help, perhaps you could ________ the table for the dinner. 2 ABC high school Teacher : Quỳnh a. Put b. lay c. spread d. place 21. He thinks we've invited too many guests, but I say the more the______ a. nicer b. happier c. merrier d. greater 22. John has taken __________swimming as he wants to keep fit a. up b. on c. in d. off 23. You smell awful. It's about time you ________ a bath. a. Have b. will have c. had d. to have 24. Lack of funds prevent him .with his studies. a. to continue b. With continuing c. continue d. from continuing 25. Is she a friend of .? a. yours b. you c. your d. you're III: Rewrite the following sentences without changing their meanings: 1/ His father is taller than his mother. - His mother is not _______________________________________ 2/ Although the traffic was bad, I arrived on time. - In spite of _________________________________________ 3/ If you have a car, you are able to travel around more easily. - Having a car enables __________________________________ 4/ The sudden noise caused me to jump. - The sudden noise made _________________________________ 5/ My father said I could use his car. - My father allowed ______________________________________ 6/ Tom is ill. He became ill three days ago. - Tom has _____________________________________________ 7/ I can’t give up smoking, but I’d like to. - I wish________________________________________________ 8/ If you don’t hurry, you’ll be late. - Unless _______________________________________________ 9/ Jane is a better cook than Mary. - Mary can’t ____________________________________________ 10/ Jack is too young to get married. - Jack is not _____________________________________________ 11/ Despite taking a taxi, Bill arrived late for the concert. - Although ______________________________________________ 12/ She made herself ill because she worked very hard. - She worked so __________________________________________ 13/ The book was so good that I couldn’t put it down. - It was such _____________________________________________ 14/ Nobody can solve this problem. - This problem ___________________________________________ 15/ The man injured in the accident was taken to the hospital. - The man who ___________________________________________ 16/ That girl is very beautiful. - What __________________________________________________ 3 ABC high school Teacher : Quỳnh 17/ Bill is not old enough to drive a car. - Bill is too _______________________________________________ 18/ His house is not as comfortable as hers. - Her house is _____________________________________________ 19/ Tom said : “I’m feeling ill.” - Tom said that _____________________________________________ 20/ I got all the information I need from Tom. - Tom provided _____________________________________________ 21/ They don’t understand him because he doesn’t speak clearly. - If _______________________________________________________ 22/ She was very stupid when she went out in the rain. - It was ____________________________________________________ 23/ I am always nervous when I travel by air. - Travelling by air _____________________________________________ 24/ The last time I saw her was in 1985. - I haven’t ___________________________________________________ 25/ That meal was excellent. - How ______________________________________________________ 26/ That factory is producing more and more pollution. - More and more pollution ______________________________________ 27/ We must leave now or we’ll miss the train. - If _________________________________________________________ 28/ We spent five hours getting to London. - It _________________________________________________________ 29/ When I arrived in London, I wrote a letter home. - On ________________________________________________________ 30/ I hope to see you at Christmas. - I’m looking forward ___________________________________________ IV. Fill in the blank with the proper form of the word given. 1. Susan is very ____________ of the work she had done. (pride) 2. Jane is____________in seeing sights. (interest) 3. Mai is sad about her ____________ (poor) 4. I can say for____________that you have made much progress in learning English. (sure) 5. I don’t think I’m accustomed to____________on the left. (drive) 6. Prices continue to show an upward ______________ (tend ) 7. I’m ______________ to succeed. (determine) 8. They discussed the matter calmly and ______________. (reason) 9. She can look back on her career with great ______________ ( satisfy) V. Reading comprehension. A. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase. 4 ABC high school Teacher : Quỳnh The (1) _______ of computers makes jobs outdated. For example, typists are (2) ______ by people who could use a computer to word process documents. Some routine jobs are replaced by (3) ________ machines controlled by computers. Some (4)______ jobs are replaced by robottype machines making the work much safer. Thanks to computers, many new jobs appear. New skills are needed to use the computer (5) ______ and hardware. Computer (6) _______ write the instructions to make the computer (7) _______. Engineers to build the automatic machines are (8) ________ and more needed. Some people may work (9) _______ hours as a result automation and the introduction of information (10) ________ into the work place. 1. a. invention b. introduction c. appearance d. all are correct 2. a. replaced b. taken place c. placed d. played against 3. a. automatic b. automatical c.automation d.automatically 4. a exciting b. dangerous c. interesting d. funny 5. a. softy ware b. safety ware c. software d. softly ware 6. a. writers b. repairers c. programmers d. users 7. a. to work b. work c. working d. worked 8. a. least b. the least c. the less d. more 9. a. least b. less c. the less d. the least 10. a. technique b. technology c. technological d. technical VI .Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase. The top winner in the Intel Science Talent Search that year was Ryan Patterson (1) _______ Colorado, the US. He was eighteen years old. He (2) _______ one hundred thousand dollars for his college education. He (3) ______ a device that could change American Sign Language into written words on a small screen. The invention has won prizes in other science contests. Ryan (4) _______ that he wanted to continue developing electronic devices (5) ______ could improve people’s lives. 1. a. in b. at c. on d. from 2. a. took b. gave c. received d. sent 3. a. discovered b. invented c. achieved d. attained 4. a. said b. told c. spoke d. inquired 5. a. who b. which c. that d. a and c VII. Supply the missing prepositions : 5 ABC high school Teacher : Quỳnh 1. I’d rather not go __________ an Indian restaurant. I’m not very keen __________ Indian food. 2. I’m sorry __________ the smell __________ this room. It’s just been painted. 3. The police are responsible __________ maintaining law and order. 4. Ann is very fond __________ her younger brother. 5. Britain certainly isn’t famous __________ its food. 6. This place is always very lively __________ night. It’s usually crowded __________ people. 7. That man’s very honest. He isn’t capable __________ telling a lie. 8. Our house is similar __________ theirs – I think ours is a bit larger. 9. I felt sorry __________ the children when we went __________ holiday.It rained very hard and we had to spend most of the time indoors. VIII Give the correct tense of the verbs in brackets. 1. - John _________ (lose) his job last month and since then he _________ (be) out of work. - Do you know why he _________ (lose) his job ? - Because he _________ (be) very rude to his boss. 2. Yesterday morning, when I _________ (arrive) at the airport, Sophie _________ (wait) for me. She _________ (wear) a pink dress and _________ (look) very pretty. 3. Bill and I come __________ the same town but my accent is different __________ his. 4. When do you plan to leave __________ Hanoi ? 5. The lesson was difficult __________ us but the teacher was capable ___________making us understand it throughly. 6. After six months of living __________ Canada, he got accustomed __________ the cold weather. 7. Because the atmosphere is absent __________ the moon, nothing can exist there. IX. Give the correct word form. 1. There is a__________ of food and water in the refugee camp. (short) 2. The days are beginning to __________. (short) 3. Her hair curls __________. (nature) 6 ABC high school Teacher : Quỳnh 4. Her husband’s sudden __________ made her life __________. (die / mean) 5. He soon put on __________ when he stopped playing football. (weigh) 6. The lesson was so __________ that most of them fell asleep in the middle. (interest) 7. Those pictures are __________ beautiful. (extreme) 8. You are very __________ from your brother. (differ) 9. Many cultural __________ were held by the government. (act) 10. She has a good __________ of science. (know) 7 . guests, but I say the more the______ a. nicer b. happier c. merrier d. greater 22. John has taken __________swimming as he wants to keep fit a. up b. on c speak clearly. - If _______________________________________________________ 22/ She was very stupid when she went out in the rain. - It was ____________________________________________________