George Gershwin was an American composer whose (A) concert works joined (B) the sounds of Jazz with(C) them(D) of traditional orchestration... Read the 3 following passages and circle t[r]
(1)I Which word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently?
1 A woke B worry C wrote D won't
2 A head B bed C pretty D better
3 A natural B nature C native D nation A describe B title C licence D little
5 A learn B heart C earth D search
II Which word in each group that has the different stress? A solidify B surgery C military D deafness A stagnant B wholesale C submit D labour A renovate B committee C tomorrow D proposal A apologise B photography C inhabitant D optimistic 10.A multiply B inflation C argument D intimate III Choose the best answer :
11.He has progressed _ in learning English that I can hardly keep up with him a so rapid b so rapidly c very rapidly d too rapidly
12 Were you pleased with the translation?” – “Yes, the job was .”
a.amazing satisfactory b.amazing satisfactorily
c.amazingly satisfactory d.amazingly satisfactorily 13.To be a scientist, you shoud have a about scientific subjects
a.curiosity b.knowledge c.discovery d.lecture 14. _ Bill _ Mary is going to the play tonight
a Neither / nor b Both / and c Either / nor d Neither / or 15.Were I to have a vacuum cleaner, I _so slow
A won’t be B wouldn’t be C wouldn’t have been D hadn’t been 16.His shoes need
A repaired B to be repairedC repairing D A or C
17.He couldn't answer my questions, made me disappointed
A which B what C that D this
18.At Trang Tien Plaza not many people take the staircases, but the lifts are in constant
A usage B purpose C need D use
19.His passion is reading books He loves all kinds of books, science fiction in
A depth B particular C fact D short 20.Never ……… too much wine
A.drink B have drunk C to drink D drinking 21.She's a law student and she _ for four years now
A studies B is studying C has been
studying D studied 22 Look! The yard is wet It last night
A must rain
B couldn't have rained
C must have rained
D should have rained
23.He needed $ 800 but as his capital was _up in shares he borrowed it from his bank
A tied B bond C knotted D locked
24.She opened the packet and emptied the _into a saucepan A fullness B insides C contents D refills
25 Tell your brothers to come _, because it is going to rain in a minute A indoors B outdoors C within D inwards
26 The girl’s father _to buy her car if she passed her examination A admitted B accepted C agreed D approved
27 The girl in the shop was _how to use a new kind of electric cooker A proving B establishing C exposing D demonstrating
(2)A know B known C knowing D knows
29 “ Sandra is a miserable person” – “ of course she is She is jealous _everyone
A about B with C to D of
30 It's the English grammar puzzles me most
A which B that C whom D what 31 Would you mind me how to work the lift ?
A show B to show C showing D shown 32 Please have the watchman this conference hall
A swept B sweep C sweeping D to sweep
33 He got an excellent grade in his examination the fact that he had not worked particularly hard
A on account of B Because C In spite of D Although 34 “I understand you don’t like opera.” “… , I go at least once a month.”
a On the contrast b In contrary c On the contrary d In the contrast 35 “Who did you invite to dinner?” “No one ………than Frank and his family.”
a rather b except c besides d other
36 We intend to …… with the old system as soon as we have developed a better one
a up b away c down d in
37 ………….the phone rang later that night did Anna remember the appointment
a no sooner b only c not until d just before
38 “This traffic is terrible!” “You’re right People should ……” a less use their cars b use less their cars
c use their cars less d their cars use less 39 When he was running across the field, he _a log
A fell down B fell over C fell off D fell into 40 I saw him _dead by the soldier
A shooting B shoot C to shoot D shot IV.Mistake recognition :
41.She is indeed (A) grateful (B) for (C) you for (D) your help
42.According with (A) my professor, we must make (B) three book reports (C) before (D) the end of the semester
43 Geologists (A) at the Hawaiilian Volcano Observatory rely(B) on a number (C) of instruments to studying(D) the volcanoes in Hawaii
44 The (A) interested (B) lecture will be repeated (C) next week (D)
45 The most people (A)still believe that marriage (B) and family life (C) are (D) the basis of our society
46 As many as (A)50 percent of the income from motion pictures produced(B) in the United
States comes from (C) marketing the films abroad(D)
47 Sleep is controlled(A) by the brain (B)and associated by (C) characteristic breathing(D) rhythms
(3)49 As(A) secretary of transportation from 1975 to 1977, William Coleman worked to help (B)the bankrupt railroads in the northeastern United States solved(C) their financial (D) problems
50 Talc, a(A) soft mineral with a variety(B) of uses, sold is (C)in slabs or in powdered form(D)
V Read the following passages and circle the best answer A, B, C or D A)To a European, money means power, the freedom to as he likes, which also means that, consciously or unconsciously, he says: “I want to have as much money as possible myself and others to have as little money as possible.”
In the United States, wealth was also acquired by stealing, but the real exploited victim was not a human being but poor Mother Earth and her creatures who were ruthlessly plundered It is true that the Indians were expropriated or exterminated, but this was not, as it has always been in Europe, a matter of the conqueror seizing the wealth of the conquered, for the Indian had never realized the potential riches of his country It is also true that, in the Southern states, men lived on the labor of slaves, but slave labor did not make them fortunes; what made slavery in the South all the more inexcusable was that, in addition to being morally wicked, it didn’t even pay off handsomely
Thanks to the natural resources of the country, every American, until quite recently, could reasonably look forward to making more money than his father, so that, if he made less, the fault must be his; he was either lazy or inefficient What an American values, therefore, is not the possession of money as such, but his power to make it as proof of his manhood; once he has proved himself by making it, it has served its function and can be lost or given away In no society in history have rich men given away so large a part of their fortunes A poor American feels guilty at being poor, but less guilty than an American renter who had inherited wealth but is doing nothing to increase it; what can the latter but take to drink and psychoanalysis?
1 Which of the following can be concluded from the first paragraph? A Those who have a lot of money enjoy real freedom
B Money is made either consciously or unconsciously
C Some European acquire money and power without even being conscious of it D Some people not only want to get rich but wish others to be poor
2 To an American, money means …………
A The freedom to whatever he likes B proof of ability and manhood
C diligence and efficiency D both B and C
3 The author seems to believe that the natural resources in the U.S are ………… A poor B limited C rich D on the increase In the passage, the word “fortunes” (Para.2 and 3) is used twice What does it
mean?
A luck B good opportunitiesC wealth D power In the author’s opinion, an American renter …………
A should feel more guilty than a poor American B should feel content with this inherited wealth
C is even lazier and more inefficient than a poor American D will take to drink if he does nothing to increase his wealth
B)English has for more than a century and a half (1) called a world language The number of people who speak it as their mother tongue, has been estimated at between three hundred million (2) four hundred million It is recognized as an (3) language in countries (4)
(4)course drew audiences (6) to 100 million But this spread of English throughout the world is relatively recent In the late sixteenth century English was spoken by just (7) five million people The arrival of English in North America was the key step in its (8) expansion The United States is a huge commercial market and this has tended to promote the English language in many (9) nations About eighty per cent of the data stored on the world ‘s computers is believed (10) in English and nowadays insufficient knowledge of English can be a problem in businesses
1 A being B been C is D be
2 A to B or C and D with
3 A official B office C original D main
4 A which B who C that D where
5 A attached B attaching C attach D which attach
6 A having B on C up D down
7 A below B beneath C less D under
8 A nation– wide
B world – wide
C country – wide
D world– through
9 A others B another C other D various
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