TEST Cám ơn bạn: "Nam Huy" đánh máy test LEVEL: PRE-INTERMEDIATE & INTERMEDIATE I Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence My mother can’t seeing me at home all day a stop c give up b stand d suffer When the company had to lay off a number of workers, he became _ a considerate c delyberate b redundant d dismissed Dr Johnson is a very _ man in our neighborhood a impossible c unpopular b unlike d disliked This time next week they to the United States a will be flying c are flying b will fly d have flown My uncle Tom, _ you met the other day, is one of the best lawyers in the city a whose c whom b that d both b and c are correct Mike always keeps his promise, so you can rely _ him a to c on b for d at They asked me I had read “Moby Dick” by Herman Melville a what c whether b if d both a and c are correct I will have your bicycle before returning it to you a repaired c repairing b to repair d repair Only when you are old enough the truth a you know c will you know b you know d you know 10 We are listening to her advice a interested with c tired in b bored in d tired of 11 He has been a war for many years and covered the war in Rwanda last year a correspondent c editor b newsman d reporter 12 She was in the countryside and sent to a little village school a brought on c taught b brought up d learned 13 The meeting was attended by nearly one hundred scientists, several of were very young a them c who b those d whom 14 He doesn’t write to his parents as often as he a used to c got used to b was to d had to 15 My hair needs _ , but I’ve been too busy to have it cut a being cut c cutting b to cut d cut 16 Had they arrived at the fair early, they what they wanted a would have found c had found b found d find 17 After having been held for years, he was released yesterday a passive c pensive b active d captive 18 You cannot the truth when that detective questions you yesterday a release c contain b reveal d captive 19 There is great in climbing Mr.Everest, but many people have made the attempt a trial c drill b pause d peril 20 His parents are trying to him to get married a cause c deserve b determine d persuade II Read the passage and then choose one answer for each of the following questions: Chess must be one of the oldest games in the world An Arab traveller in India in the year 900 wrote that it was played “long, long ago” Chess was probably invented in India, and it has been played everywhere from Japan to Europe since 1400 The name “chess” is interesting When one player is attacking the other’s King, he says in English, “Check”; when the King has been caught and cannot move anywhere he says “Check mate” These words come from Persian “Shah mat” means” the king is dead”, that is when the game is over and one player has won Such an old game changes very slowly The ruler have not always been the same as they are now For example, at one time the queen could only move one square at a time Now she is the strongest piece on the board It would be interesting to know why this has happened! Chess takes time and thought, but it is a game for all kinds of people You don’t have to be a champion in order to enjoy it It is not always played by two people sitting at the same table The first time the Americans beat the Russians was in a match played by radio Some of the chess masters are able to play many people at the same time The record was when one man played 400 games! It is said that some people play chess by post This must make chess the slowest game in the world Which of the following is known to be true? a Chess is an old Indian travelling game b Chess is the oldest game in the world c Chess was played in Japan and Europe before 1400 d Chess was played in India long before 900 One player has won the game when the other player’s King can not move anywhere a he attacks the other player’s King b he says some Persian words c the other player’s King can not move anywhere d he says “check” to the r other player According to the old rules of the game the queen could move no more than one square at a time a the queen was the attacked all the time b the King had to attacked all the time c the queen could move no more than one square at a time d the king could not move anywhere Which of the following will you hear when one player has won the game? a “Shah mat” c “the King is dead” b “check” d “check mate” Which of the following is NOT correct? a All kinds of people can play chess b only two people can play chess sitting at the same table c Some people write each other playing chess d The Russians lost the game player by radio III Read the article below and put a cross on the letter next to the word that best fits each space Should smoking be banned in public laces? Statistics (1) show beyond doubt that cigarette smoking can (2) damage the health, yet a surprisingly large number of people continue to smoke (3) in spite of all warnings By doing so they are not just shortening their own lives, they are also affecting the health of (4) those around them It is time that non-smokers fought bach! Personally, I think smoking should (5) definitely be banned in public places In the first place, it is very unpleasant (6) to sit in a smoke-filled room, such as a restaurant or cinema, if you not yourself smoke (7) added to this, smoking can be a serious fire risk, especially in crowed places (8) like discos Finally, in my opinion, nobody should be asked to risk his heath just because of another person’s bad habits Smokers may (9) protest that they should be free to as they like They say that we already have no-smoking areas in public places, and that this should be enough To my mind, however, non-smokers should also be free to go anywhere they choose without risking their health Smoking is harmful not just to smokers but to non-smokers too If some people are foolish enough to continue this dangerous habits, it seems to me that they should at least be prevented (10) from doing so in public a Survey b Conducts c Statistics d Evidence a damage b destroy c spoil d hurt a thanks to b in spite of c because of d due to a they b these c those d things a definite b indefinite c indefinitely d definitely a sit b to sit c sitting d sat a add b adding c to add d added a for b as c like d such a protest b object c refuse d deserve 10 a for b at c from d in IV Fill in each gap in the passage below with one suitable word For over a hundred years, the (1) people of London have gone to bed and (2) got up in the morning to the deep sounds of the world (3) famous bell called Big Ben The (4) bell appeared in Westminster Tower a year before the clock, in 1858 It (5) weighs 13.5 tons, and it is the (6) largest bell in all England As we have (7) mentioned the clock that the bell serves appeared one year later, in 1859 Each of the clock’s four (8) faces is almost 6.5 metres (9) in deameter The munute hand is over metres (10) long and weighs over 100 kilograms (11) Although the clock is so big, it is very exact, it is seldom more than one second (12) wrong in 1924 hours English scientists use an original method to correct (13) mistake in the clock There is a small tray in the middle of the pendulum.If the clock is running slow, they put a penny coin in the tray, and the clock begins to run (14) faster If the clock begins to run fast, they take (15) away the penny The little coin is enough to make the giant clock run a second faster or slower every day V Use the word to make sentences Dear Betty Thank you / invite me / your birthday party Thank you for inviting me to your birthday party I / afraid / not be able / come I’m afraid I’m not able to come We / have / many things to / this week We have got many things to this week The boss / ask / me / work overtime The boss asked me to work overtime I / promise / so / and / have to keep / promise I promise to so and have to keep my promise I / wish / can go to party I wish I coould go to the party If I / be there / all of us / have good time If I were there, all of us would have good time I’ll be thinking / you / when I / type / piles of letters I’ll be thinking of you when I type these piles of letters I / hope / your party / a success I hope your party will be a success 10 I / wish happy returns I wish you many happy returns VI Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the one printed before it He started investigating the case a week ago He has been investigating the case for a week I’m quite sure that she didn’t steal the necklace She can’t have stolen the necklace The flat’s very noisy but we enjoy living there/ Even though the flat’s very noisy we enjoy living here “If I were you I wouldn’t trust Peter”, she told John She advised John not to trust Peter She is a far serious student now than she used to be She studies far more seriously now than she used to Your car does not give as much trouble as mine Your car gives less trouble than mine COMPOSITION Smoking damages our health (Smoking is harmful to our health) (Việc hút thuốc có hại đến sức khoẻ chúng ta) Over the last thirty years, thanks to the efforts of various branches of science and technology, research has proved that smoking damages health and shortens man’s life-span According to a diagram released by the World’s Health Organization (WHO), the number of people who die of diseases connected to smoking is increasing more and more The more science and technology learn, the more damage caused by smoking is discovered Therefore, it seems that we can never put a final stop to the list of harm caused by smoking First of all, smoking brings about the decline of our memory because each cigarette we smoke destroys 15,000 cerebral cells Smoking is considered the number one cause of cardio-vascular trouble, pneumonia, lung cancer etc … The main offending agents are carbon monoxide and nicotine in the smoke These cancer – causing agents are also the ones which cause pharyngeal cancer The toxic effects of smoke make the smoker’s voice hoarse Additionally, the visible effect is that the tobacco or opium tar sticks to the teeth, and causes them to become dark or dirty-yellow, diminishing our good looks and charm In conclusion, I would like to quote our well-known scholar “Le Quy Don” as saying some hundred years ago that smoking was like taking a toxic drug, the smoke of which wasted our health and diminished our life-span; yet, few people heeded his sage advice ... afraid / not be able / come I’m afraid I’m not able to come We / have / many things to / this week We have got many things to this week The boss / ask / me / work overtime The boss asked me to work... they b these c those d things a definite b indefinite c indefinitely d definitely a sit b to sit c sitting d sat a add b adding c to add d added a for b as c like d such a protest b object c refuse... person’s bad habits Smokers may (9) protest that they should be free to as they like They say that we already have no-smoking areas in public places, and that this should be enough To my mind, however,