23-28) Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in the following passage:
(23)___________ I was young, I (24) ________ dreamed of a famous scientist. When I was at school, I decided (25) ___________ engineering, and then became a millionaire by inventing a wonderful new product (26) ________ would make the world a better place. Unfortunately, I wasn’t very good ( 27) _________ technical subjects. Any time I operate any kind of equipment, (28) __________ terrible happens.
23/ A. while B. When C. As D. Although
24/ A. rarely B. seldom C. hardly D. atways
25/ A. to study B. study C. studying D. studied
26/ A. who B. which C. whom D. what
27/ A. in B. at C. on D. about
28/ A. something B. nothing C. thing D. many things
(29-32) Read the dialogue and then decide whether the statements that follow are true or false. Write True or False in your answersheet:
Marie was born in Poland in 1876. She learnt to read when she was 4 years old. She was intelligent and had an excellent memory. She finished high school when she was only 15 years old. When she grew up, Marie went to Paris to study Mathematics and chemistry at the university. She won the Nobel Prize for physics in 1903 and 8 years later she received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Marie Curie died in 1934
____ 29/ She finished high school in 1891
____ 30/ She studied Mathematics and chemistry at the university in Paris.
____ 31/ She won the Nobel Prize for physics when she was 28.
____ 32/ Marie Curie died in 1943
(33-36) Rewrite the sentences so that they are nearest in meaning to the sentence printed before them.
33/ Mary’s sister doesn’t cook as well as her mother.
Mary’smother is better__________________________________________________
34/ Singapore has reputation for its cleanliness.
Singapore is _________________________________________________________
35/ Do you take pride in being a student of Hoang Van Thu High School?
Are you ____________________________________________________________
36/ The new toy is exciting to the baby.
The baby is ___________________________________________________________
1. If you don't work hard, you ___________ the exam
2. Marie Curie, ____________ farther was a Polish, was a French physicist
3. World population will continue to rise ___________ we try to reduce it
4. The girl ________ in front of the school gate is our new classmate
5. Even ________ tired, Mrs.Hoa helped me with my homework
The word in capital letters at the end of each of the following sentences can be used to form a word that fits suitably in the blank space. Fill in the blank in this way. (20 points)
Some recent research into (1) ____________ (CONVERSE) between men and women has produced results which will surprise few women. Men are always interrupting women when they talk. One (2) ____________ (RESEARCH) feels that men regard female talk as a kind of conversational (3) ____________ (HOUSE). They expect women to play a (4) ____________ (SUPPORT) role. So a man interrupts in a display of dominance or control. Men also have a much more (5) ____________ (PLEASANT) listening style. Whereas a woman uses gestures or say: "mm", a man will say such thing as "right" or "okay" thus settle the stage for an (6) ____________ (INTERRUPT). Conversation of this kind, then, hardly has (7) ____________ (MEAN) communication. Male talk is often (8) ___________ (ARGUE) while women are more tentative, asking more questions and tending to build up their replies on what the other person had said. The research would indicate that women are better (9) ____________ (LISTEN) than men. Yet, listening secretly to conversation between groups of women, one has the (10) ____________ (IMPRESS) of several simultaneous monologues into which no man would be able to get a chance to speak.
II. Fill in each blank with the correct form of the word in brackets. (5 pts)
1. We are very interested in doing (SCIENCE) research.
2. The whole world talk about the (CONSERVE) of energy these days.
3. He is hard to (PLEASANT).
4. Tom was punished yesterday because he was very (OBEY) in class.
5. The boy took a (HAND) of candies and ran away.
6. I am still (DEPEND) on my parents because I haven’t got a job.
7. There are not many (REFER) books in our library.
8. The men were very (COURAGE) in the battle.
9. Things are (SURPRISE) cheap in this market.
(SPORT) is the spirit of all Olympic Games.
Fill the blank in each sentence below with the correct form of the word at the end of each sentence. Write your answer in the space given. (5 pts)
1. I’m tired of listening to all your ____________________. COMPLAIN
2. She got very angry, but later apologized for her ____________________. PATIENT
3. The ____________________ is that the plan will fail. CONCLUDE
4. The situation has never been so ____________________ before. CHAOS
5. He could find no words to describe the ____________________. TRAGIC
6. He has always dreamt of becoming a ____________________. MILLION
7. He was too ____________________ to tell his teacher about his stupid mistake. SHAME
8. It was very ____________________ of him to steal the money. HONEST
9. Are you going to Malaysia on business or for ____________________? PLEASE
10. His grandfather is very ____________________ about Chinese history. KNOW
Fill in the blank:
Mui Ne resort - one of the most attractive and famous holiday __(5)__ in Binh Than Province, VN and around the world.
Fill in the blank with ONE suitable word to complete the following sentence:
Cook immediately saw the potential of a convenient "off-the-peg" holiday product in which everything was ... in one cost.
Fill in the blank with one appropriate preposition to complete the following sentence :
Clean air provides us ... a healthy supply of oxygen.
Fill each blank with the correct form of the words given in capital letters. (5 pts)
1. My father says his school years were the most ____________________ time of his life. MEMORY
2. They gave the cancer patient some morphine to ______________________ the pain. die
3. The price of oil has fallen ____________________ over the last 4 months. CONSIDER
4. His boss punished him because he had done his job so ____________________. RESPONSIBLE
5. He couldn’t get the job because he wasn't ____________________ enough. QUALIFY
6. She got very angry with us, but later apologized for her ____________________. PATIENT
7. He admitted his fault with a certain amount of ____________________. RELUCTANT
8. At this time of year, fruit is ____________________. PLENTY
9. I believe you because I know you are always ____________________. TRUTH
10. David had to ____________________ from the team because of his serious injury. DRAW