Prepared by Nguyen Sy Chien Wednesday, August 28, 2013 PhÇn III: c¸c c©u hái vÒ Ng÷ Ph¸p A./ PhÇn tù luËn Bài 1: Chọn một động từ / cụm động từ trong ngoặc thích hợp để hoàn thành câu: 1. Either Saturday or Sunday (is / are) ___ OK. 2. Twenty kilometres (is / are) ___ too far to walk. 3. Fifty pounds (seems / seem) ___ a large amount of money 4. "Star Wars" (is / are) ___ a very interesting film. 5. The house between the two other ones (is / are) ___ empty. 6. Bill, my neighbour, often (go / goes) ___ to the races. 7. The flock of birds (is /are) ___ circling the overhead. 8. Neither Mary nor her friends (is / are) ___ going to class today. 9. Writing letters to her friends (makes / make) ___ her happy. 10. The news he told me (was / were) ___ ridiculous. Bài 2: Dùng "MUCH, MANY" hoặc " A LOT OF" điền vào chỗ trống hoàn thành câu: 1. We'll have to hurry. We haven't got ___ time. 2. Tom drinks ____ milk. 3. She is a very quiet person. She doesn't say ___. 4. I put ___ salt in the soup. Perhaps too ___. 5. _____ people do not like flying. 6. The man was badly injured in the accident. He lost ___ blood. 7. It's not a very lively town. There isn't ___ work to do. 8. This car is expensive to run. It consumes ____ petrol. 9. Don't disturb me. I've got ___ work to do. 10. He's got so ___ money, he doesn't know what to do with it. Bài 3: Dùng "LITTLE, A LITTLE, FEW" hoặc " A FEW" điền vào chỗ trống hoàn thành câu: 1. We didn't have any money but Tom had ___. 2. He doesn't speak much English. Only ____ words. 3. Nora's father died ____ years ago. 4. "Would you like some more cakes?" "Yes, please, but only ____." 5. This town isn't very well-known and there isn't much to see, so _____ tourists come here. 6. I don't think Jill would be a good teacher. She's got ___ patience with children. 7. This is not the first time the car had broken down. It has happened ____ times before. 8. The cinema was almost empty. There were very ___ people there. 9. There is a shortage of water because there has been very ___ rain recently. 10. Hurry! We've got ___ time. Bài 4: Dùng "A GREAT DEAL OF, A LARGE NUMBER OF, MUCH" hoặc "MANY" điền vào chỗ trống hoàn thành câu: 1. How ___ photographs did you take? 2. How ___ money have you got? 3. I like reading. I've got ___ books. 4. They didn't ask me ___ questions. 5. George knows ___ about economics. 6. It costs ___ money to travel round the world. 7. They sent ___ books to the school library. 8. There was ___ food at the party but they didn't eat ___. 9. The teacher has corrected ___ mistakes in his essay. 10. ____ Shakespeare's plays have been performed on stage. Bài 5: Dùng danh động từ, cụm danh động từ hoặc động từ nguyên thể có "TO" kết hợp cặp câu sau thành một. Câu kết hợp phải là câu có tương tự với cặp câu đã cho: 1. Alice made a mistake in her homework. She remembers it. -> 2. Tom asked me to remind him to buy a new shirt. I forget it. -> 3. Mr. Pike taught John several years ago. He doesn't remember it. -> 4. This work must be done before we go home. We mustn't forget. -> . 5. Mary planned to go to the concert last night. She forgot it. -> 6. Peter lived in the country when he was a boy. He doesn't remember it. -> 7. He took Jane to a party two months ago. He remembers it. -> . 8. Grandmother often wears her glasses when she reads. Sometimes she forgets. -> 9. Helen didn't buy some meat. She forgets it. -> 10. Jim called his friends on his birthday. He remembers it. -> Bài 6: Dùng cụm từ gợi ý trong ngoặc đơn để kết hợp hai câu sau thành một. 1 Prepared by Nguyen Sy Chien Wednesday, August 28, 2013 1. Forest workers planted young trees quickly. The whole area would become a green forest soon. (using "so . . . that"). 2. Britain would benefit enormously from a channel tunnel. Europe would benefit enormously from channel. (using "both . . . and"). 3. His wife tells him he must sell the clocks. He must give them away to a museum. (using "either . . . or"). 4. He stayed up late last night. He can't meet you now. (using "so . . . that"). 5. You are so young that you can't read this novel. (using "too . . . to"). 6. I went to the kitchen. I turned on the light. It was dark. (using present participle phrase / because). 7. Tom's motorbike is very light on gas. He bought it last week. (using adjective clause). 8. I refused the offer. I explained that I had already been offered a job by the other company. (using present participle phrase / that). 9. Lan has such a nice voice that everyone likes it. (using "so . . . that") 10. She said she would contact me but she didn't phone and she didn't write. [using (neither . . . nor")] Bài 7: Dùng cụm từ "TOO . . . TO" hoặc ("NOT" ENOUGH . . . . TO") kết hợp hai câu sau thành một: 1. I have little wool. I will not be able to make a warm coat 2. You are quite clever. You understand it perfectly. 3. He came very late. The lesson was over. 4. That man is quite stupid. He believes me. 5. That hat is very small. This boy is big. Bài 8: Đổi các câu sau sang câu tường thuật: 1. "Let's go on a diet," said Ann. 2. "Would you please fill in this form?" said the clerk. 3. He said, "You needn't come tomorrow." 4. "You mustn't come without knocking," he told me. 5. He said, "If I were you, I would apply for that job." Bài 9: Câu kết hợp: 1. Dùng mệnh đề danh từ thích hợp: a. Where have you put my hat? Tell me that. b. We want to know. We are going somewhere. c. He will arrive sometime. I do not know the time of his arrival. d. He will waste his time. That is certain. e. Columbus made an egg stand on its end. I will tell you this method. 2. Dùng mệnh đề liên hệ thích hợp: a. The French and the Italian languages are different forms of the Latin language. This language was once spoken in almost every part of Europe. b. You are not keeping good health lately. Can you tell me the reason? c. The time was six o'clock. The accident happened then. d. He has many plans for earning money quickly. All of them have failed. e. The grapes hung over the garden wall. The fox saw the grapes. Bài 10: Dùng mạo từ "THE" thêm vào trước tính từ trong ngoặc nếu cần thiết để cho câu hoàn chỉnh. Biến đổi từ trong ngoặc ở dạng đuôi "-ING" hoặc "-ED" cho phù hợp: A just society is a human ideal. We would all like to live in a place where (1. rich) _____ are not too rich and (2. poor) ______ are not too poor; where no people would be (3. shock) ____ or (embarrass) _____ at the way (4.old) ____ are cared for. (5. blind) ____ would have much opportunitiy as (6. sighted) ____ (7. deaf) _____ would be able to develop their skills. (8. unemployed) ____ would not depend on the state, because no one would be unemployed. (9. healthy) ____ would take care of (10. sick) ____. The most innocent people in society, (11. young) ____ would be protected. In this happy place no one would feel (12. depress) _____ or (13. distress) _____. Unfortunately, in the real world, life can be both (14. distress) _____ and (15. depress) ____ . So let's be thankful for a sense of humour. I recently saw a notice in an undertaker's window and I wasn't sure whether it was addressed to (16. living) ____ or (17. dead) ____. Bài 11: Dùng "A, AN" hoặc "THE" điền vào chỗ trống nếu cần thiết: 1. _____ postman's little boy says that he'd rather be _____ dentist than ______ doctor, because ______ dentists don't get called out at _____ night. 2. Just as ______ air hostess (there was only one on the plane) was handing me _____ cup of ____ coffee _____ plane gave _____ lurch and _____ coffee went all over _____ person on _____ other side of _____ gangway. 3. There was _____ collision between _____ car and _____ cyclist at _____ crossroads near _____ my house early in _____ morning. _____ cyclist was taken to _____ hospital with _____ concussion _____ driver of _____ car was treated for _____ shock. _____ witnesses say that _____ car was going at _____ seventy miles _____ hour. 4. Professor Jones, _____ man who discovered _____ new drug that everyone is talking about, refused to give _____ press conference. 5. Peter Piper, _____ student in _____ professor's college, asked him why he refused to talk to _____ press. 2 . He can't meet you now. (using "so . . . that"). 5. You are so young that you can't read this novel. (using "too . . . to") in this form?" said the clerk. 3. He said, "You needn't come tomorrow." 4. "You mustn't come without knocking," he told