1. But for the view, this would be a lovely room, (if)
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2. The police are ready on the streets because the protest may get violent, (in case) __________________________________________________________________
3. Please give the book back to me some time - I’d be grateful, (if)
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4. I’m living in Italy because I got married to an Italian, (if)
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5. I might lose my job, but they’d have to pay me a month’s wages, (should) __________________________________________________________________
6. Simon was ill, so he didn’t go to the party, (if)
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7. We’ve got a broken window because you and your friends were playing football in the back yard! (if).
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8. If you don’t leave the building immediately, I’ll call security, (or)
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9. If the bank hadn’t given me a loan, I would not have been able to set up my business, (but for)
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10. I missed the end of the film so I don’t know who the murderer was. (if) __________________________________________________________________
TEST 1
I. PRONUNCIATION
Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. a. academic b. campus c. apply d. entrance
2. a. receive b. achieve c. increase d. creative 3. a. tutor b. subject c. study d. result 4. a. scary b. challenge c. psychology d. course 5. a. require b. society c. twice d. applicant II. LANGUAGE FOCUS
A. Choose the one word or phrase -a, b, cord-that best completes the sentences.
6. My brother is 20. He’s still___________university in York.
a. in b. on c. at d. for
7. She is interested___________working in university administration.
a. in b. for c. on d. of
8. Students have to apply ________ a place at the university while doing the A level
a. in b. on c. from d. for
9. The college he________ to has accepted him.
a. submitted b. required c. applied d. decisive
10. Students normally enter university from 18 onwards and study for an ________degree
a. academy b. academia
c. academic
d. academically
11. For this course a pass in English at grade B is______________.
a. acceptable b. available c. accessible d. decisive 12. Several students failed to reach the_______________standard.
a. require b. required
c. requisite d. requirement
13. To be offered a place at such a good university is quite a(n)_____________..
a. proficiency b. preference c. achievement d. benefit 14. Whenever something goes wrong, everyone____________it on me.
a. blames b. charges c. insists d. accuses
15. Please complete the__________form and return it to us.
a. applying b. application c. applicant d. applicable 16. If it __________tomorrow, I will not have to water the garden.
a. will rain b. is raining c. rained d. rains 17. Had I known his address, I _______before.
a. Would write b. have written c. had written d. would have written 18. Supposing I__________to agree to your request, how do you think the other
students would feel?
a. would b. am c. were d. could
19. _____ already busy in August, I would gladly accept your invitation.
a. Was I not b. Were I not c. If I am not d. Unless I was not 20. If she_________rich, she would travel around the world.
a. would be b. is c. had been d. were 21. I would appreciate it__________what I have told you a secret.
a. you can keep b. that you kept c. you will keep d. if you kept 22. George wouldn’t have met Mary _____ to his brother’s graduation party,
a. if he has not gone b. if he should not have gone
c. hadn’t he gone d. had he not gone
23. If you had taken my advice, you__________in such difficulties now.
a. won’t be b. hadn’t been c. wouldn’t be d. wouldn’t have been 24. The minister has a talent for talking to ordinary people as if they________her equals.
a. are b. were c. be d. had been 25. I wish Mark_________; a little better when we have visitors.
a. will behave b. would behave c. behaves d. had behaved 26. If it______more humid in the desert of the Southwest, the hot temperatures would be unbearable.
a. is b. were c. would be d. had been
27. If he hadn’t shown such a blatant disregard for company regulations by smoking while on duty, he_____________
a. wouldn’t dismiss b. wouldn’t be dismissed c. wouldn’t have dismissed d. wouldn’t have been dismissed 28. He behaved as if nothing_____________.
a. has happened b. would happen c. had happened d. was happening 29 you at the station if you’d told me you were coming today.
a. I’d met b. I’d have met c. I met d. I’d meet
30. If only he______us the truth in the first place, things wouldn’t have gone so wrong.
MỤC LỤC...1 UNIT 1 HOME LIFE...1 UNIT 2 CULTURAL DIVERSITY...1 UNIT 3 WAYS OF SOCIALISING...1 TEST YOURSELF...1 UNIT 4 SCHOOL EDUCATION SYSTEM...1 UNIT 5 HIGHER EDUCATION...1 UNIT 6 FUTURE JOBS...1 TEST YOURSELF...1 UNIT 7 ECONOMIC REFORMS...1 UNIT 8 LIFE IN THE FUTURE...1 FIRST-SEMESTER EXAMINATION...1 UNIT 9 DESERTS...1 UNIT 10 ENDANGERED SPECIES...1
UNIT 11 BOOKS...1 TEST YOURSELF...1 UNIT 12. WATER SPORTS...1 UNIT 13 THE 22ND SEA GAMES...1 UNIT 14 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS...1 TEST YOURSELF...1 UNIT 15 WOMAN IN SOCIETY...1 UNIT 16 THE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASEAN NATIONS...1 SECOND-SEMESTER. EXAMINATION...1 ĐỀ THI TỐT NGHIỆP THPT NĂM 2013 và 2014...1 UNIT 1: HOME LIFE...2
TEST 1...10
IV. WRITING...16 Choose the sentence -a, b, c or d-which is closest in meaning to the printed one...16
TEST 2...16
I.PRONUNCIATION...16 A.Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others...16
IV. WRITING... 24 From the words or phrases -a, b, c or d- choose the one that best completes the sentences...24
UNIT 2: CULTURAL DIVERSITY...25
I. Check (V) the correct column according to how the -ed is pronounced...25
II. Complete these sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the box...25
III. Fill in each blank with the correct form of the word in brackets...25
IV.Complete these sentences, using the present perfect, present perfect progressive, past perfect or past perfect progressive...26
UNIT 3: WAYS OF SOCIALISING...47
TEST 1...52 TEST 2...60
B.Choose the word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the sentences...61 From the words or phrases - a, b, c or d - choose the one that best completes the sentences...68
TEST YOURSELF...68
UNIT 4: SCHOOL EDUCATION SYSTEM...77
TEST 1...80 TEST 2...88
IV.WRITING...95 UNIT 5: HIGHER EDUCATION...97
TEST 2...108
UNIT 6: FUTURE JOBS...113
TEST 2...130 TEST YOURSELF...138
UNIT.7 ECONOMIC REFORMS...150
1... 152 2... 152 3... 152 4... 152 5... 152 6... 152 7... 152 8... 152 9... 152 10... 152
TEST 1...154
B.Read the passage carefully, then choose the correct answer...167 d.I can’t agree with your point of view even if I
respect you...169 unit 8: life in the future...170
d. I’m grateful of your kindness to me when I visited your farm last summer holiday...181 TEST 2...181 FIRST-SEMESTER EXAMINATION...189
d. But for his title as the former champion, David would not have defeated his rivals...199 UNIT 9: DESERTS...200
TEST 1...204
IV.WRITING...211
TEST 2...211
c. even though it is quite expensive d. it is quite expensive...219
UNIT 10: ENDANGERED SPECIES...220
TEST 1...223 TEST 2...231
c. The child need have run away. d. The child could have run away...239 Unit 11: BOOKS...239
TEST 1...246 TEST 2...263 TEST YOURSELF...277
UNIT 12: WATER SPORTS...285 IV.Say whether the verbs in the sentences are transitive (tr.) or intransitive (intr.)...286 V.Write sentences starting at column A. You must decide if the sentence ends at A, or if you need to continue with column B. If the sentence is still not complete, you should then use column C...287 VI.Underline the verbs and identify them as transitive (v.t) or intransitive (v.i). Change the sentences to passive if possible...287
TEST 1...289
TEST 2... 296
UNIT 13: THE 22nd sea games...305
TEST 1... 312 TEST 2... 323
c. it seems worse. d. the worse does it seems...335 UNIT 14: INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS...336
TEST 1... 346 TEST 2... 353 TEST YOURSELF...361 Two boys were asking______________________________________________________...379 TEST 1... 379
...398 UNIT 16: THE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASEAN NATIONS...399
2._______________________________________________________________________
...404 3._______________________________________________________________________
...404 4._______________________________________________________________________
...404
6._______________________________________________________________________
...404 8._______________________________________________________________________
...405
TEST 1... 406
X. 54. c 55. D...551 ĐỀ THI TỐT NGHIỆP THPT...551 31.Alaska is not only the biggest American state in area, but the smallest
A B C in population.
D
111. READING
A. Fill in each blank with one appropriate word from the box.
Graduates through formerly condition finals Tuitions education concern doctorate grant After school many British students go to university. They apply to several universities (36)___________UCAS (Universities and Colleges Admission Service)
and receive offers of a place on (37) _______that they achieve certain grades in their A levels.
A first degree, the Bachelor’s degree, generally takes three years. Most courses end with exams called (38) _______ . Results are given as classes: a first is the highest class, seconds are often split between upper second and lower second, and below that is a third.
(39) _______may add the letters BA (Bachelor of Arts) or BS (Bachelor of Science) after their name. Some graduates go on to study for a further degree, often a master’s degree or a (40)_______.
Students in Britain (41)_______had their tuition fees paid by the state and received a government (42) _______to help pay their living expenses. Now they receive only a loan towards their expenses, and have to pay £1000 a year towards (43)_______. The new arrangements have caused a great deal of (44) _______both among students and among members of the public who believe that (45) _______should be free.