BỘ ĐỀ THI CÔNG CHỨC MÔN TIẾNG ANH ( CÓ ĐÁP ÁN)

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BỘ ĐỀ THI CÔNG CHỨC MÔN TIẾNG ANH ( CÓ ĐÁP ÁN)

(Mẫu đề thi năm 2017 của Bộ nội vụ, tương đương trình độ Anh B, phù hợp cho thi

công chức tỉnh, Thuế, Kho bạc, Hải quan, Thống kê…)

Đề 01

I/ In this section your must choose the word or phrase best completes each sentence.

Choose the letter A, B, C, or D for the word or phrase you choose.

Câu 1 She … French before she began studing English in 1990.

A had studied B studied C studies D has studied

Câu 2 Children in large families learn how to get … with other people

Câu 3 Are you coming on the ……… to Cairo today?

Câu 4 Please wait for him … he comes back.

Câu 5 We would … to stay at home this evening

Câu 6 I don’t like … with strangers.

Câu 7 I have never ……… any experience of living in the country.

Câu 8 Do you like this suit? I’ve ……… a friend of mine

A.lent it of B.lent it from C.borrowed D.borrowed it from

Câu 9 John and Barbara … to get married in St Mark’s church.

Câu 10 A milkman is a man who ……… milk.

II Read the text and questions Choose the best answers.

ATLANTIC COLLEGE

Last week, I went to visit Atlantic College, an excellent private college inWales Unusually, it gives young people much needed experience of life outside theclassroom, as well as the opportunity to study for their exams The students, who areaged between 16 and 18 and come from all over the world, spend the morningstudying In the afternoon they go out and do a really useful activity, such as helping

in the farm, looking after people wit learning difficulties or checking for pollution inrivers

One of the great things about Atlantic College students is that they come frommany different social backgrounds and counties As few can afford the fees of

$20,000 over two years, grants are available A quarter of the students are British, andmany of those can only attend because they receive government help "I really admirethe college for trying to encourage international understanding among young people”,

as Barbara Molenkamp, a student from the Netherlands, said "You learn to live withpeople and respect them, even the ones you don’t like During the summer holidays

my mother couldn't believe how much less I argued with my sister.”

To sum up, Atlantic College gives its students an excellent education, using methodswhich really seem to work

Câu 11 What is writer trying to do in the text?

A give an opinion about a particular student

B give an opinion about a special type of education

C describe the activities the students do in their free time

D describe his own experience of education

Câu 12: What can a reader find out from this text?

A how to become a student at Atlantic College

B what kind of programmer Atlantic College offers

C what the British education system is like

D how to get along better with other people

Câu 13: What is the writer’s opinion of Atlantic College?

A It doesn’t allow students enough study time

B Its student are taught to like each other

C It doesn’t give good value for money

D Its way of teaching is successful

Câu 14: How has Barbara changed since at Atlantic College?

A She knows a lot about other countries

B She is more confident than her sister now

C She finds it easier to get on with other people

D She prefers her new friends to her family

Câu 15: Which advertisement uses correct information about Atlantic College?

A Study at Atlantic College Courses for 16-18 years old Lessons all morningsport in the afternoon

B Study at Atlantic College Courses 16-18 year olds Morning lessons andafternoon activities Help with fees available

C Study at Atlantic College Classes on international topics Many free placesavailable Students of all ages welcome

D Study at Atlantic College Learn English in a beautiful place Lots of weekendactivities Help with fees available

III Read the text below and choose the correct word from the list (1-10) below

for each space There is an example at the beginning.

0 A decided B suggested C interested D persuaded

LITTLE CAT, LITTLE CAT, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?

When Bo the cat (0) …… A…… to explore a furniture van, she had a biggeradventure than she expected She was discovered (1) ……… the driver, after

has had completed a (2) ……… of over 500 kilometers It was (3)

……… end of a long day The driver and the cat were both hungry! He gaveher some milk and started making inquiries He telephoned his last (4) ………but they had not last a cat It was getting late, so he took Bo home for the night and (5)

……… morning delivered her to animal hospital The cat’s owner (6)

………done some detective work too After (7) ……… everywhere forthe cat, he suddenly remembered the furniture van (8) ………had made

a delivery to a neighbor Fortunately, he (9)……… the name of the company Hecalled their office and in short time Bo was (10) ……… safely

ĐÁP ÁN:

12.B 13.D 14.C 15.B 16.D 17.A 18.C 19.D 20.A 21.C 22.B 23.D 24.B 25.C

-Đề 02

I/ In this section your must choose the word or phrase best completes each sentence.

Choose the letter A, B, C, or D for the word or phrase you choose.

Câu 1: She is too young … it

A.to understand B.understanding C.understand D.understood

Câu 2: Her parents were very ……… because she was out so late that night.

Câu 3: I have seen him …

A.ten days B.for ten days C.ten days ago D.in ten days

Câu 4: It may be raining, but I’m thoroughly enjoying _.

A himself B yourself C by myself D myself

Câu 5: They will now have a … rest

Câu 6: The librarian went to look in the cupboard … rare books were kept

Câu 7: Drive fast we will miss the train.

A because B so C although D or

Câu 8: Show me … my room, please?

Câu 9: I’d like ……… two seats in the circle, please

Câu 10: He has just arrived … London.

II Read the text and questions Choose the best answers.

All spiders spin webs That's because webs help spiders Webs help spiders do threethings Webs help spiders hold eggs Webs help spiders hide And webs help spiderscatch food Webs help spiders hold eggs Many spiders like to lay their eggs in theirwebs The webs help keep the eggs together Webs help spiders keep their eggs safe.Webs help spiders hide Most spiders are dark They are brown, grey, or black Butspider webs are light They are white and cloudy When spiders hide in their webs,they are harder to see Webs help spiders catch food Spider webs are sticky When abug flies into the web, it gets stuck It moves around It tries to get out But it can't It

is trapped! Spiders can tell that the bug is trapped That's because spiders feel the webmove And the spider is hungry The spider goes to get the bug As you can see, webshelp spiders hold eggs Webs help spiders hide And webs help spiders catch food.Without webs, spiders would not be able to live like they do Spiders need their webs

to survive

Questions

Câu 11: This passage is mostly about

Câu 12: Spider webs help spiders:

I hold egg II catch food III find water

Câu 13: As used in paragraph 4, the word trapped most nearly means

Câu 14: How can spiders tell when something is trapped in their web?

A They hear it B They smell it

Câu 15: As used in the last sentence of the passage, the word survive means to stay

III Read the text below and choose the correct word from the list (1 – 10) below

for each space There is an exampled at the beginning (0) of the list.

0) A give B take C sell D buy

NEW OPPORTUNITIES WITH AN OPEN UNIVERSITY DEGREE

Like any other university, the Open University can (0) …A you a degree However,you don’t have to (1) ……… working to study It can also open up awhole variety (2) ……… interests If you have (3) ……… studied before,you will enjoy the special, new pleasure of (4)……… your knowledge You willmake friends of (5) ……… kinds You may also (6) ……… that yourqualification provides new career opportunities

You don’t actually (7) ……… to the Open University for lectures, but study athome, using television, radio and computer software You can (8) ……… oneclass a month if you wish at an Open University centre Of course, there are exams totake, as in (9) ……… university

If you (10) ……… like to know more, all you have to do is complete the formbelow It could be the start of a wonderful new period in your life

A.suggest B.find C.wish D.want

Câu 1: Although their carpets _ primarily for mosques, sometimes, they _

designs for restaurants and hotels as well

A are designed – produce B.have been designed - were producedC.will be designed - were producing D.have designed - had been producing

Câu 2: If the tree hadn't been so high, he _ up to take his kite down.

A.can climb B.could climb C.could have climbed D.was able to climb

Câu 3: Since, at the very beginning, he showed some inclination towards laziness, he

_ of all his duties Afterwards he worked very well

A.had to be reminded B.had to remind

C.must have reminded D.must have been reminded

Câu 4: When Tiger Woods _ his sixth golfing title in a row, he equalled the record

of Ben Hogen, which _ 52 years ago

C.is won - had been set D.wins - has been set

Câu 5: I'm not sure who should be punished for the incident Certainly not Alice,

since she _ of possible dangers

A.wasn't warned B.hasn't warned C.hadn't warned D.wouldn't be warne

Câu 6: If eating disorders _, they can be fatal.

A.aren't treating B.aren't treated C.weren't treated D.don't treat

Câu 7: Usually I _ cash for things because I _ using credit cards.

A.have paid - didn't like B.pay - don't like

C.have been paid - won't like D.am paying - haven't liked

Câu 8: The origin of April Fool's Day, the first day of April, is uncertain, but it _ to

arrival of spring in late March, when nature _ to "fool" humanity with changes inweather

A.has been related - has said B.may be related - is said

C.ought to relate - has been said D.relates - is saying

Câu 9: This morning, the attendant _ a baby who _ in an old blanket on the steps

of the country hospital

A.finds – wrapped B.was being found - has been wrappedC.found - was wrapped D.was found - had been wrapped

Câu 10: It's true that life _ as anything may happen at any time, but some

precautione such as insurance policies, _ against disaster

A.mustn't be predicted - have taken B.shouldn't predict - have been takingC.doesn't predict - are taking D.can't be predicted - can be taken

II Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

David Saucez’s bank robbing was as bad as his bingo Desperate to pay of hisgambling debts, he held up his local bank, and made off with around 2,000 poundsbefore turning up for work as a member of Belgian gendarmerie It was the earliest hiscolleagues could have possible expected For Saucez not only use his service pistol inthe hold-up, but also made his get-away in his own easily recognized family car Thecar’s number was taken by the manager of the Sub Belge bank in the Brussels suburb

of Schaerbeek He witnessed the hold-up, but was unnoticed by Saucez The unhappygendarme told colleagues who arrested him that he had run up a debt of 60,000Belgian francs (around 800 pounds), playing bingo He was also paying off a homeloan, and his wife – who works in another bank – did not know of his gambling.Saucez, described as a "model gendarme” with six years’ service, said he consideredrobbing the same bank the week before His nerve falled at the last moment, and heended up asking for advice on a loan On Monday this week be returned to the samebank, and the same temptation This time is was too much He told arresting officers

"I had no intention of committing a hold-up I left the barracks to go to the bank andrequest a delay in repaying my loans It was on the way there that I decided to takeaction.” He was well equipped for the job, if not the getaway Producing his servicepistol, he demanded and got the money and then made off in his distinctive redVauxhall The gendarmerie, having answered the manager’s alarm call too late tocatch the robber red handed, at least he had the information to catch him red-vehicled.They traced the car number to Saucez, alerted his unit in Brussels, which said he hadbeen on duty but was now absent A few minutes later be turned up completely withthe hold-up weapon the getaway car, and the remainer of the foots in his pocket

Câu 11: David Saucez works

A.as a policeman B.as a security guard

C.in the bank he robbed D.in another bank

Câu 12: David Saucer robber the bank because he

C.was unaware that he was so heavily in debt D.was worried about his debt

Câu 13: The previous week, David Saucez had planned to rob the bank but

he

A.asked them to lend him some money

B.asked them what he should do about borrowing money

C.paid some money into his account there

D.didn’t dare to go inside

Câu 14: The police knew about the robbery because

A.David Saucez admitted his guilt

B.David Saucez had parked his car outside the bank

C.David Saucez was unlucky

D.the bank manager called them

Câu 15: David Saucez arrived late for his duty because he …

A.stopped to pay some of the money he owed

B.was afraid to report for duty

C.was going to rob the bank

D.was trying to escape

III Read the text below and choose the correct word from the list (1-10) below foreach space.

Some time ago, scientists began experiments to find out (1) it would bepossible to set up a "village” under the sea A special room was built and lowered(2) the water of Port Sudan in the Red Sea For 29 days, five men lived(3) a depth of 40 feet At a (4) lower level, another two divers stayedfor a week in a smaller "house” On returning to the surface, the men said that theyhad experienced no difficulty in breathing and had (5) many interestingscientific observations The captain of the party, Commander Cousteau, spoke of thepossibility of (6) the seabed He said that some permanent stations were to beset up under the sea, and some undersea farms would provide food for the growingpopulation of the world

The divers in both "houses” spent most of their time (7) the bottom of the sea

On four occasions, they went down to 360 feet and observed many extraordinary(8) of the marine life, some of which had never been seen before During theirstay, Commander Cousteau and his divers reached a depth of 1,000 feet and witnessed

a gathering of an immense (9) of crabs which numbered, perhaps, hundreds ofmillions They also found out that it was (10) to move rapidly in the water in aspecial vessel known as a "diving saucer”

Đề 04:

I.In this section your must choose the word or phrase best completes each sentence Choose the letter A, B, C, or D for the word or phrase you choose.

Câu 1: He is coming a cold after a night out in the rain.

A.down with B.up with C.away from D.across with

Câu 2: Although his work is not outstanding it is………… done.

A.enough B.sufficient C.well D.adequate

Câu 3: We must push the piano to the corner of the hall to our party tonight.

Câu 4: Thang was asking Huong, his classmate, for her opinion about the novel he

had lent her Select the most suitable response to fill in the blank

Thang: "What do you think about the novel?"

Huong: " "

C.I can't agree with you more D.I wish I could

Câu 5: The women who… next door is often willing to help us whenever we are in

difficulty

Câu 6: My favourite team 15 games so far this season, and will probably win

the championship

Câu 7: John Kennedy was elected president, he was the youngest American

President ever

Câu 8: "The inflation rate in Greece is five times my country,” he said.

C.as many as that in D.as high as that in

Câu 9: I’m not accustomed _ up so early

Câu 10: The ………… charged by the architect for the plans of the new building

were unusually high

II.Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

THE COST OF EDUCATIONStudent all over the world have to work for their education A college education inmany countries is expensive The costs are so high that most families begin to save fortheir children’s education when their children are babies Even so many young peoplecannot afford to pay the expenses of full-time college work They do not have enoughmoney to pay for school costs Tuition for attending university, books for classes, andaccommodation costs are high There are other expenses and special student activityfees for such things as parking permits and football tickets The cost of collegeeducation increases every year However campuses are still crowed with students.Some students depend on their family support to pay for college Perhaps some of thestudent have scholarship or money grants, but many do not How do the rest of thestudent manage? There are two answer to the money difficulties of college students.They can borrow money, or they can find jobs and earn it In either case, thousands ofstudents everywhere find answers to their money problems

Câu 11: Education is expensive in ………countries.

Câu 12: Parents have to save for their children’s education

A.since when they are born B.when they are young

C.since their school age D.when they attend school

Câu 13: Education is expensive ………

A.A few families can afford it B.Many families can afford it

C.No families can afford it D.all families can afford it

Câu 14: There are………

A.some reduced costs for poor students B.no money grants

C.scholarship for all the students D.only some scholarship

Câu 15: Thousands of students have to ………

A.work for their education B.earn money for scholarship

C.work for a scholarship D.work to borrow money

III.Read the text below and choose the correct word from the list (1-10) below foreach space.

Everyone wants to reduce pollution But the pollution problem is (1) complicated as it is serious It is complicated (2) much pollution is caused bythings that benefit people (3) , exhaust from automobiles causes a largepercentage of air pollution But the automobile (4) transportation for millions

of people Factories discharge much (5) the material that pollutes the air andwater, but factories give employment to a large number of people

Thus, to end (6) _ greatly reduce pollution immediately, people would have to(7) using many things that benefit them Most of the people do not want to dothat, of course But pollution can be (8) reduced in several ways Scientists andengineers can work to find ways to lessen the (9) of pollution that such things

as automobiles and factories cause Governments can pass and enforce laws that(10) businesses and traffic to stop, or to cut down on certain pollutingactivities

A.carefully B.unexpectedly C.gradually D.little

Câu 1: George has been in the publishing business since he college.

A was in B learned C had in D worked

Câu 2: I don’t know where … before he came here.

A.is he living B.he had lived C.did he live D.has he lived

Câu 3: Mr and Mrs Kent are old age ………

Câu 4: My aunt and uncle always quarreled about their tea; she like it strong but he

wanted it…

Câu 5: How much are the tickets? "I think they are two dollars ………”

Câu 6: It is such a big city that he’s got …

A.late B.loose C.lost D.up

Câu 7: Will you ……… me to post this letter tomorrow?

Câu 8: Show me … my room, please?

Câu 9: … he joined the army my brother had never been abroad

Câu 10: 006, the secret agent, is on an important ………

Students at the age of 18 always have to face difficult decision to make: somewant to go on with their study at college or university, others prefer to start workimmediately Many school leavers are eager to go to work in order to make money tolive independently and help their parents They always do their best to overcome anyobstacles they may encounter Unfortunately, owing to the guidance poor and boldfrom their parents and teachers, most boys and girls are ill- prepared forunemployment Therefore, they often feel worried and build up all sort of fearsomeprospects in their mind as the time to start work gets nearer It is the duty of theschool and family to prepare these young people for their future jobs

Câu 11: The main idea of the passage is ………

A.Learning at university B.Making an important decision at 18C.Starting to work after leaving school D.Getting to know about new job

Câu12: Why do some young people want to find a job after they leave school?

A.They are badly in need of money B.They want to get rid of schoolingC.Their parents do not help them D.They want to lead an independent life

Câu 13: What do young people do when they have difficulty?

A.They just let things go B.They do their best

C.They complain about their parents and teachers D.They ask for help.

Câu 14: The word “Unfortunately” in line 5 is nearest in meaning to

Câu 15: Which of the following is not true about young people who start work?

A.They meet difficulty B.They feel worried

C They are very successful D.They are eager to work

III.Read the text below and choose the correct word from the list (1-10) below foreach space.

Schools in the United States have not always had a large number of libraries As(1) as 1958 about half of the public schools in the United States had nolibraries at all The (2) of public school libraries increased dramatically whenthe federal government passed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965,(3) provided funds for school districts to improve their education programs andfacilities, including their libraries (4) , many educators claim that since thelegislation was passed federal spending has not increased sufficiently to meet therising (5) of new library technologies such as computer databases and Internetaccess

Because the federal government provides only limited funds to schools, individualschool districts (6) on funds from local property taxes to meet the vast majority

of public school expenses Therefore, the libraries of public schools tend to reflect the(7) capabilities of the communities in which they are located Districts inwealthy suburbs often have fully staffed libraries (8) abundant resources,spacious facilities, and curricular and instructional support In (9) , schooldistricts in many poor areas house their libraries in ordinary classrooms or in smallrooms The libraries in such areas are generally staffed by volunteers, who organizeand (10) books that are often out-of-date, irrelevant, or damaged

A.Otherwise B.Therefore C.Consequently D.Nevertheless

-Đề 06:

I In this section your must choose the word or phrase best completes each sentence Choose the letter A, B, C, or D for the word or phrase you choose.

Câu 1: Her career was all _ she cared about, _ made her so successful.

A.what – which B what – that C that – that D that – which

Câu 2: _ I wear tonight depends on _ you're planning to take me to Shall I wear

something special, or should I dress more casually?

A.What – where B How – when C If – what D Which - how