Teacher : Ngoâ Vaên Thieän Revision TEST 1 I. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. 1. a.hea r .clea r c.bea r d.ea r 2. a.hea t b,great c.beat d.beak 3. a.university b.unique c.unit d.undo 4. a.mouse b.could c.would d.put 5.a. war b. work c. world d. whom 6.a. use b. umbrella c. under d. utter 7.a. winter b. answer c. award d. towards 8.a. lawn b. allow c. drawing d. swimmer 9.a. student b. education c. united d. truck 10. a. chorus b. cherish c. chaos d. scholar 11. a. pretty b. get c. send d. well 12. a. pardon b. hard c. parents d. park 13. a. seat b. say c. show d. sand 14. a. house b. hour c. heat d. hand 15. a. feat b. great c. seat d. beat 16. a. cost b. post c. roast d. toast 17. a. bear b. beer c. dear d. fear 18. a. laugh b. plough c. enough d. cough 19. a. Valentine b. imagine c. discipline d. magazine 20. a. biscuits b. magazines c. newspapers d. vegetables 21. a. honourable b. honesty c. historic d. heir II. Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence 1. Those active boys like to go _________climbing. a. mountainous b. mountain c. mountaineer d. mountains 2. It’s important for children to get a good ____________. a. educate b. education c. educator d. educational 3. I think you should give it up. There is no__________ for it. a. help b. helpful c. helpless d. helpfully 4. She stays ______ home to take care _________ her sick mother. a. in / for b. from / at c. at / of d. for / with 5. Mary spent most her money_____ the help for the poor. a. on b. with c. in d. with 6. Although she studied English at University, she is working ______an accountant now. a. for b. as c. at d. over 7. He has smoked for more than 20 years, and eventually he___ from a lung cancer now. a. suffers b. takes c. participates d. enters 8. It is not easy to ______ our bad habits. a. suffer b. take care c. overcome d. spend 9. The governments of many countries are trying to prevent a nuclear____ at any cost. a. disadvantage b. suffer c. war d. 1 Teacher : Ngoâ Vaên Thieän organization 10. The ______ have to suffer from a serious physical or mental disability. a. educated b. handicapped c. aged d. orphans 11. Peter is busy mowing the lawn so he cannot answer the phone. a. cutting the lawn with a knife b. cutting the lawn with a pair of scissors c. cutting the lawn with a sickle d. cutting the lawn with a machine 12. They have _____various social activities, but not all the members want to be drawn in. a. volunteered b. spent c. participated d. organized 13. John has just moved to the city. He ________lives here. a. no longer b. any longer c. any more d. more than 14.No one can prevent us ______ good things. a. to do b. from doing c. of doing d. in order to do 15. As a teacher and a leader, she wanted us _____effectively. a. have known how to learn b. knowing how to learn c. to know how to learn d. to know of learning learn 16. After_________ it, please return the form to us in the envelope provided. a. to complete and sign b. you are completing and signing c. completing and sign d. completing and signing 17. Full ______ by all members is compulsory. a. participate b. participation c. participator d. participant 18. There are many places of ______ to visit in London and Paris. a. interest b. interesting c. interested d. interestingly 19. Those students volunteered to care ______ the sick and the aged. a. on b. with c. in d. for 20. Did you learn the news ______ Janet? a. with b. for c. since d. from 21. I often take part ______ social activities every weekend. a. in b. for c. against d. over 22. More than 70 people were killed in the ______, caused when a dam burst. a. flood b. drought c. vacation d. war 23. Landslides have cut off many villages in remote areas. a. suburb b. central c. faraway d. natural 24. New-born children always need special _______ a. help b. care c. look d. interest 25. A_____ is a very bad accident such as an earthquake or a plane crash, especially one in which a lot of people are killed. a. disaster b. drought c. flood d. war 26. She often thinks carefully ________any question. a. before answering b. before having answered c. by answering d. having answering 27 ________ from the horseback, he was taken to hospital and had an operation. a. When falling b. As he was fallen c. After having fallen d. To fall 2 Teacher : Ngoâ Vaên Thieän 28. John no longer wants to live in the city. He decides to move to the countryside. a. no sooner b. no more c. no less than d. no end of 29. We are talking _____ Canada for our vacation next month. a. about having gone b. going c. about going d. to go 30. I am interested ______ the new course next week. a. in learning b. in having learnt c. to learn d. on having learnt 31. One _________of living in the town is the lack of safe places for the children to play. a. disadvantage b. disadvantaged c. disadvantageous d. disadvantageously 32. Can you please help me __________my unfinished work. a. on b. for c. over d. with 33. The master of the orphanage was very happy to be supported by ______ donations from the rich. a. aged b. voluntary c. helpful d. disadvantaged 34. Each nation has many people who voluntarily take care of others a. look after b. take part in c. organize d. clean up 35. _____ are children whose parents passed away. a. Volunteers b. College students c. Handicapped children d. Orphans 36.My roommate used to rush out of the room and mess up the floor and I had to _____ after her. a. take care of b. clean up c. take part in d. overcome 37. A ______ is a long period of time during which no rain falls. a. flood d. disaster c. drought d. summer 38.Some high school students often take part in helping the disadvantaged or handicapped children. a. look after b. clean up c. understand d. participate in 39.I am used to ______ with the window open. a. sleep b. sleeping c. having slept d. slept 40. I look forward to ______ home next month. a. go b. have gone c. going d. having gone 42. Will you … me to post this letter tomorrow? a. remember b. mind c. suggest d. remind III. Rewrite the following sentences with the words given: 1/The last time I saw her was in 1985. -I haven’t__________________________________________ 2. It’s a pity I can’t go to the game next Saturday. I wish____________________________________________ 3. This food is so good that I’m going to have some more. 3 Teacher : Ngoâ Vaên Thieän This is such_______________________________________ 4.That factory is producing more and more pollution. -More and more pollution_______________________________ 5.We must leave now or we’ll miss the train. -If________________________________________________ 6.He is sorry now that he didn’t invite Jane to his party. -He wishes__________________________________________ 7.This furniture is so old that it is not worth keeping. -This is such ________________________________________ 8.I hope to see you at Christmas. -I’m looking forward __________________________________ 9. Because the traffic is heavy, I sometimes come to my office late. -Because of ________________________________________ 10. I’m sorry I missed your birthday party. -I wish__________________________________________ 11.Mary regretted buying the second- hand car. Mary wished __________________________________________ 12.It was such a dirty beach that we decided not to stay. The beach __________________________________________ 13.The exercise is so difficult that the students can’t do it. The exercise is too_____________________________________ 14.Could you turn the radio down, please? Would you mind______________________________________? 15.I didn’t invite her because I didn’t know her address. If________________________________________________ 16.The coffee was so hot that I couldn’t drink it. The coffee was too___________________________________ 17.Nobody fed the chickens this morning. The chickens______________________________________ 18.Mary didn’t apply for the job in the library and regrets it now. Mary wishes_______________________________________ 19.We got lost because we didn’t have a map. If_______________________________________________ 20. Don’t try to escape. It’s no use. It’s no use __________________________________________________ IV. Identify one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect: 1. Would you like keeping quiet for a moment ? I’m trying to fill in a form. A B C D 2. They don’t allow smoking in the auditorium; they don’t want to risk setting it with fire. A B C D 3. Would you mind me to turn down the radio a bit ? A B C D 4. We couldn’t help laughing when he was making fun of ourselves . A B C D 5. One of books I lent you is very interesting. A B C D 6. I wish he is here now. 4 Teacher : Ngoâ Vaên Thieän A B C D 7. They stopped to work because of the hot weather. A B C D 8. He hasn’t written to her since a long time. A B C D 9. If he went to school yesterday, he would have understood the lesson. A B C D 10. John lost his job last month and since then he was out of work. A B C D 11.While she was talking on the phone, the children started fighting and breaking the window. A B C D 12. Tom wishes that he watched the football match last night. A B C D 13.Will you help me moving this desk ? A B C D MULTIPLE CHOICE 1/ They have visited many _____ places in England. a. interesting b. interested c. interests d. interestingly 2/ She couldn’t accept the _____ to my birthday because she was busy. a. solution b. invitation c. problem d. question 3/ Peter felt very _____ because he didn’t pass the final examination. a. disappointmentb. disappointing c. disappointed d. disappointedly 4/ I’m very grateful to him for _____. a. his help b. helping c. his helping d. a help 5/ A book _____ for my birthday. a. was given me b. was given to me c. gave me d. gave to me 6/ Your house is bigger than _____. a. me b. my c. mine d. I am 7/ The question was _____ difficult that we can’t answer it. a. very b. extremely c. too d. so 8/ Jane doesn’t speak English as _____ as Betty. a. well b. good c. better d. fluent 9/ I wish John ______ here now. a. is b. was c. has been d. is being 10/ He would pass the examination if he ______ harder. a. worked b. would work c. works d. had worked 11/ Tom’s away ______ the moment. He is on holiday ______ France. a. in / in b. in / at c. at / at d. at / in 12/ She always goes for a walk with her dog ______ Sunday mornings. a. in b. on c. at d. during 13/ He arrived ______ Hanoi at 8.30 in the evening. a. to b. at c. in d. for 14/ In England, people drive ______ the left side of the road. a. in b. about c. at d. on 15/ We are leaving Hanoi ______ Ho Chi Minh City at 2 o’clock this afternoon. a. for b. in c. to d. at 16/ What was happening when he arrived ______ the airport ? a. to b. at c. in d. for 5 Teacher : Ngoâ Vaên Thieän 17/ It will be ready ______ two weeks. a. for b. in c. with d. during 18/ He lives in a flat ______ the fifth floor. a. on b. in c. at d. above 19/ We didn’t go ______ the party because some friends came to stay with us. a. to b. for c. at d. in 20/ All the teachers love him because he is ______. a. good-behaved b. well-behaved c. good behavior d. behaved 21/ He gave up his job ______ he was ill. a. in spite of b. although c. because of d. because 22/ Because ______, he couldn’t read the letter. a. it was dark b. the darkness c. of being dark d. being dark 23/ No longer ______ for that company. a. does he works b. works he c. does he work d. he works 24/ If I ______ time. I would have gone shopping. a. have had b. had c. had had d. would have 25/ I wish I ______ to type when I was a student. a. had learnt b. would learn c. would have learnt d. learnt 26/ ______ he quits smoking, he will die. a. If b. Unless c. Although d. Because 27/ He spent a whole day ______ the radio. a. repairing b. to repair c. repaired d. repair 28/ More newspapers ______ in this city. a. are selling b. are being sold c. sell d. sold 29/ She sings more ______ than you do. a. beautifully b. beautiful c. well d. badly 30/ The bill ______ before the fifth of the month. a. had to pay b. had to be paid c. had paid d. paid 31/ I’m sorry _____ not accepting your invitation. a. for b. about c. with d. by 32/ This is the letter _____ Ann wrote to me last week. a. who b. whom c. which d. whose 33/ He says he _____ for a foreign company. a. would be working b. had been working c. is working d. were working 34/ Dick told me that there was a good programme on T.V _____. a. tonight b. the night before c. that nightd. tomorrow night 35/ Tom asks his friend where _____. a. does he live b. he lives c. lives he d. he does lives 36/ The driver often causes accidents. He drives _____. a. careful b. carefully c. careless d. carelessly 37/ They had a _____ seafood lunch in a restaurant. a. likely b. lovesick c. lovely d. unlikely 38/ Mrs Brown went _____ last Sunday. a. to shopping b. shopping c. for shopping d. by shopping 39/ The tone of his letter is _____. a. friendly b. quietly c. calmly d. gently 40/ These abbreviations are _____ used in writing letters. a. common b. commonly c. in common d. with common 6 Teacher : Ngoâ Vaên Thieän 41/ The tea was ______ hot for her to drink. a. so b. enough c. too d. very 42/ If it doesn’t rain, they ______ for a picnic. a. would go b. have gone c. go d. will go 43/ It was such ______ that nobody believed it. a. crazy story b. crazy c. a crazy story d. story 44/ Their crop was ______ good that they decided to give a party. a. very b. too c. such d. so 45/ She asked how long ______ us to get there. a. it would take b. it will take c. would it take d. will it take 46/ Mrs Reed ______ on the radio in her car while she ______ home yesterday. a. was turning / was driving b. was turning / drove c. turned / was driving d. turned / drove 47/ She ______ to some music when she suddenly heard a siren. a. listening b. is listening c. was listening d. listened 48/ She looked in her mirror ______ an ambulance behind her. a. saw b. had seen c. and was seeing d. and saw 49/ She immediately pulled her car to the side of the road and waited for the ambulance _____. a. to pass b. passing c. passed d. pass 50/ Never ______ such a stupid person. a. I have seen b. have I seen c. have seen I d. I saw 1/ Next month I have a week’s vacation. I am (1) _____ to take a trip. First I will to Madison (2) _____ my brother. After I leave Madion, I will go Chicago to see a friend (3) _____ is studying at a university there. She has lived in Chicago for three years, (4) ____ she knows her way around the city. She has promised to take me to (5) _____ interesting places. I have never been in Chicago, so I am looking forward (6) _____ going there. 1.a. planning b. interesting c. exciting d. surprising 2.a. to talk b. to speak c. to visit d. to receive 3.a. she b. who c. it d. whom 4.a. however b. because c. that d. so 5.a. a lot b. many c. much d. any 6.a. to b. and c. of d. despite 2/ Last year, I ( 7) _______ mountain climbing for the first time.It was exciting and terrifying ( 8) _______ the same time.We moved slowly and carefully,and it ( 9) _______ three days to get to the top.When we climbed onto the summit, we found (10) _______ group of climbers.They had arrived several hours (11) _______ us.They were having dinner and (12) _______ to Beethoven.We laughed and they invited us to (23) _______ them.The climb was, to say the least, an unforgettable (24) _______ . 7.a.took b.went c.got d.had 8.a. in b.for c.at d.during 9.a. began b.was c.cost d.took 10.a. other b.another c.any d.some 11.a. ahead of b. from c.behind d.among 12.a. hearing b. looking c. listening d. seeing 7 Teacher : Ngoâ Vaên Thieän 13.a. jog b. practise c. examine d. join 14.a. experiment b. experience c.expectation d. expression 8 . _________ her sick mother. a. in / for b. from / at c. at / of d. for / with 5. Mary spent most her money_____ the help for the poor. a. on b. with c. in. d. for 20. Did you learn the news ______ Janet? a. with b. for c. since d. from 21. I often take part ______ social activities every weekend. a. in b. for