Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 6. When Marie was a student, she used to pass all the exams with ______ colors.
A. fly B. flew C. flying D. flown
Question 7. The method of heating milk to kill bacteria was named ______ Louis Pasteur, the scientist who invented it.
A. for B. by C. after D. from
Question 8. Marie Curie received some _______ training from her father.
A. scientifically B. scientists C. sciences D. scientific
Question 9. Marie Curie was born _______ November 7th, 1867.
A. in B. from C. at D. on
Question 10. Let me give you a little _______ about the president of the company.
A. specialization B. concentration C. background D. degree
Question 11. Jane is always determined to do anything she wants. She’s a _______ woman.
A. strong-willed B. ambitious C. brilliant D. humane
Question 12. The new road should help ______ traffic problems.
A. raise B. create C. ease D. cause
Question 13. ____ is the science of numbers and shapes.
A. Mathematics B. Chemistry C. Physics D. Sports
Question 14. She has to work _____ hard in order to earn a living.
A. so B. such C. extremely D. too
Question 15. She received a _____ after a two-year course.
A. diploma B. book C. document D. essay
Question 16. Marie Curie was the first woman in France _______ a university professor.
A. was B. to be C. used to be D. is
Question 17. As soon as we ____ at the airport to say goodbye to Tom, his plane _____already.
A. will arrive / will take off B. have arrived / is going to take off
C. arrived / had taken off D. is arriving / took off
Question 18. They were accused of crimes against _____________.
A. humanity B. humanitarian C. humane D. humanely
Question 19. I’ve been feeling better since the doctor ______.
A. came B. will come C. had come D. has come
Question 20. SARS_____ a rapidly spreading, potentially fatal infectious viral disease.
A. was B. has been C. would be D. is
Question 21. Our government _____ a system of private schools in a near future.
A. will develop B. has developed C. would develop D. develop
Question 22. The holiday-makers ____ in the sunshine to get sun burnt last week.
A. laid B. lied C. lay D. lying
Question 23. She finally finished ____ at 6: 00pm and served the dinner.
A. being cooked B. cooking C. to cook D. cooked
Question 24. He is used to ______ early in the morning.
A. get up B. gets up C. got up D. getting up
Question 25. ______ the bad weather, the plan landed safely.
A. Because of B. In spite of C. Because D. Though
Question 26. Oxfam is a ______ organization that helps poor people in the developing countries.
A. human B. humanitarian C. humanity D. humanized
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 27. Marie Curie had one of the most brilliant minds in the world.
A. stupid B. famous C. expensive D. patient
Question 28. As a schoolgirl, she was very mature for her age.
A. very young B. very clever
C. behaving like an adult D. behaving like a child
(A) Though Linh was (B) not good at (C) playing badminton, she managed (D) to win her opponents.
A. Though
B. not good at
C. playing
D. to win
1. Operation Stargate was the name of a secret spying operation that was run by the Pentagon in the United States for over 20 years. The aim of the operation was to (1) ............... the possibility of using mind readers, clairvoyants and astrologers to help with spying operations. The pentagon employed six of these psychic people, and the experiments were held at a secret military base in Maryland. Put in special rooms, the psychics were asked to concentrate on particular spting operations. By using a technique called 'remote viewing', they were asked to (2) ............... solutions to specific problems. The team had a limited number of successes. They were able to give (3) ............... of the layout of the building where American diplomats were held hostages in 1979, and on another occasion they assisted Customs officials by describing exactly where a drug dealer could be found. When a US diplomat was kidnapped in Italy, they described the town he was in and in addition said exactly what the building looked like. (4) ..............., they had many more failures than successes. In the end, the government ordered the CIA to take over the mission. The team was then examined by a group of experts, who were not (5) ............... by the results. They decided that (6) ............... the psychics had been right a few times, this had probably just happened by (7) ............... At other times, they were probably repeating information that they had (8) ............... in newspapers orr magazines. The military authorities now have the (9) ............ task of explaining to (10) ......... they wasted $ 20 million on the project.
1- A. look through B. look down on C. look up D. look into
2- A. come into B. come up with C. come across D. come up agianst
3- A. description B. definition C. plan D. details
4- A. But B. Yet C. Although D. However
5- A. impressive B. impressing C. impressed D. impression
6- A. despite B. although C. in spite of D. besides
7- A. chance B. possibility C. occasion D. opportunity
8- A. come into B. come round C.come across D. come up against
9- A. embarrassed B. embarrassing C. embarrassment D. embarrass
10- A. critical B. criticize C. criticism D. critics
2, Điền từ vào chỗ trống:
curious, fold, illness, misbehaved, gestures, touched, opportunity, refused, manners, lonely
When Helen Keller was a baby, she had a fever. After her (1) ...... she became blind, deaf and dumb. It was the beginning of a (2) ...... life. No one could understand Helen and she couldn't see, hear or talk to people. As she grew older, she was (3) ....... to know what was going on around her. She (4)....... the lips of others when they spoke but she could not understand them. No one could understand Helen's (5)........ This made her very angry and she often kicked and screamed until she was very tired. Doctors couldn't help Helen. Her parents became exasperated when they couldn't find a teacher for her. It looked as though Helen would never have an (6)...... to learn. Things changed when Annie Sullivan decided to take up the challenge to teach Helen. During Annie's first breakfast with the Kellers, Helen (7)........ She grabbed other people's food off their plates and (8)....... to use a spoon. Annie took almost 2 hours to teach Helen how to (9).......... her napkin and eat properly. During that time, Helen lost her temper, but Annie was determined to teach naughty Helen table (10)...... Amazingly, Helen soon learned many things through the careful guidance of Annie Sullivan, her mentor.
3. Viết lại câu:
In Whales we saw Edward II'S birthplace.
In Whales we saw the castle ....................
1. Operation Stargate was the name of a secret spying operation that was run by the Pentagon in the United States for over 20 years. The aim of the operation was to (1) ............... the possibility of using mind readers, clairvoyants and astrologers to help with spying operations. The pentagon employed six of these psychic people, and the experiments were held at a secret military base in Maryland. Put in special rooms, the psychics were asked to concentrate on particular spting operations. By using a technique called 'remote viewing', they were asked to (2) ............... solutions to specific problems. The team had a limited number of successes. They were able to give (3) ............... of the layout of the building where American diplomats were held hostages in 1979, and on another occasion they assisted Customs officials by describing exactly where a drug dealer could be found. When a US diplomat was kidnapped in Italy, they described the town he was in and in addition said exactly what the building looked like. (4) ..............., they had many more failures than successes. In the end, the government ordered the CIA to take over the mission. The team was then examined by a group of experts, who were not (5) ............... by the results. They decided that (6) ............... the psychics had been right a few times, this had probably just happened by (7) ............... At other times, they were probably repeating information that they had (8) ............... in newspapers orr magazines. The military authorities now have the (9) ............ task of explaining to (10) ......... they wasted $ 20 million on the project.
1- A. look through B. look down on C. look up D. look into
2- A. come into B. come up with C. come across D. come up agianst
3- A. description B. definition C. plan D. details
4- A. But B. Yet C. Although D. However
5- A. impressive B. impressing C. impressed D. impression
6- A. despite B. although C. in spite of D. besides
7- A. chance B. possibility C. occasion D. opportunity
8- A. come into B. come round C.come across D. come up against
9- A. embarrassed B. embarrassing C. embarrassment D. embarrass
10- A. critical B. criticize C. criticism D. critics
2, Điền từ vào chỗ trống:
curious, fold, illness, misbehaved, gestures, touched, opportunity, refused, manners, lonely
When Helen Keller was a baby, she had a fever. After her (1) ...... she became blind, deaf and dumb. It was the beginning of a (2) ...... life. No one could understand Helen and she couldn't see, hear or talk to people. As she grew older, she was (3) ....... to know what was going on around her. She (4)....... the lips of others when they spoke but she could not understand them. No one could understand Helen's (5)........ This made her very angry and she often kicked and screamed until she was very tired. Doctors couldn't help Helen. Her parents became exasperated when they couldn't find a teacher for her. It looked as though Helen would never have an (6)...... to learn. Things changed when Annie Sullivan decided to take up the challenge to teach Helen. During Annie's first breakfast with the Kellers, Helen (7)........ She grabbed other people's food off their plates and (8)....... to use a spoon. Annie took almost 2 hours to teach Helen how to (9).......... her napkin and eat properly. During that time, Helen lost her temper, but Annie was determined to teach naughty Helen table (10)...... Amazingly, Helen soon learned many things through the careful guidance of Annie Sullivan, her mentor.
3. Viết lại câu:
In Whales we saw Edward II'S birthplace.
In Whales we saw the castle ....................
1. Operation Stargate was the name of a secret spying operation that was run by the Pentagon in the United States for over 20 years. The aim of the operation was to (1) ............... the possibility of using mind readers, clairvoyants and astrologers to help with spying operations. The pentagon employed six of these psychic people, and the experiments were held at a secret military base in Maryland. Put in special rooms, the psychics were asked to concentrate on particular spting operations. By using a technique called 'remote viewing', they were asked to (2) ............... solutions to specific problems. The team had a limited number of successes. They were able to give (3) ............... of the layout of the building where American diplomats were held hostages in 1979, and on another occasion they assisted Customs officials by describing exactly where a drug dealer could be found. When a US diplomat was kidnapped in Italy, they described the town he was in and in addition said exactly what the building looked like. (4) ..............., they had many more failures than successes. In the end, the government ordered the CIA to take over the mission. The team was then examined by a group of experts, who were not (5) ............... by the results. They decided that (6) ............... the psychics had been right a few times, this had probably just happened by (7) ............... At other times, they were probably repeating information that they had (8) ............... in newspapers orr magazines. The military authorities now have the (9) ............ task of explaining to (10) ......... they wasted $ 20 million on the project.
1- A. look through B. look down on C. look up D. look into
2- A. come into B. come up with C. come across D. come up agianst
3- A. description B. definition C. plan D. details
4- A. But B. Yet C. Although D. However
5- A. impressive B. impressing C. impressed D. impression
6- A. despite B. although C. in spite of D. besides
7- A. chance B. possibility C. occasion D. opportunity
8- A. come into B. come round C.come across D. come up against
9- A. embarrassed B. embarrassing C. embarrassment D. embarrass
10- A. critical B. criticize C. criticism D. critics
2, Điền từ vào chỗ trống:
curious, fold, illness, misbehaved, gestures, touched, opportunity, refused, manners, lonely
When Helen Keller was a baby, she had a fever. After her (1) ...... she became blind, deaf and dumb. It was the beginning of a (2) ...... life. No one could understand Helen and she couldn't see, hear or talk to people. As she grew older, she was (3) ....... to know what was going on around her. She (4)....... the lips of others when they spoke but she could not understand them. No one could understand Helen's (5)........ This made her very angry and she often kicked and screamed until she was very tired. Doctors couldn't help Helen. Her parents became exasperated when they couldn't find a teacher for her. It looked as though Helen would never have an (6)...... to learn. Things changed when Annie Sullivan decided to take up the challenge to teach Helen. During Annie's first breakfast with the Kellers, Helen (7)........ She grabbed other people's food off their plates and (8)....... to use a spoon. Annie took almost 2 hours to teach Helen how to (9).......... her napkin and eat properly. During that time, Helen lost her temper, but Annie was determined to teach naughty Helen table (10)...... Amazingly, Helen soon learned many things through the careful guidance of Annie Sullivan, her mentor.
3. Viết lại câu:
In Whales we saw Edward II'S birthplace.
In Whales we saw the castle ....................
I. Complete the sentences, using the correct present verb tense in the bracket. 1. She often ………. very hard, but she ……….at all today because it’s a holiday. (work / not work).
2. I ………. time to do any typing since Monday. (not have)
3. Look! That man ………. out of the bank! And he ………. a large bag full of money. (run / carry)
4. I don’t mind baby sitting for you. Your baby never ………. (cry)
5. Nobody ………. from Amanda since she went to the sevchelles. ( hear)
6. Every time he ………. a photo, his hand ………. , and his photos never ………. good. (take / shake / look)
7. She ………. the same old clothes for a week. (wear)
8. “Can you come out for a drink with us later?” “Sorry, I ………. Liza with her work, and it’ll take us hours to finish it.” (help)
.9. He ………. a bike since 1997.(not ride)
10. She ………. for you for an hour and a half. (wait)
11. She usually ………. a BMW, but today she ………. her husband’s Volvo. (drive)
12. “Where do you live?” “Normally I ………. in Paris with my parents, but at the moment I ………. In London, so I ………. with an English family.” (live / study / live)
13. I know you ………. because you ………. out of the window. (not listen / look)
14. Julia ………. five languages fluently, and at the moment she ………. as a translator. (speak / work)
15. I ………. three pullovers in winter because I always ………. cold. (wear / feel)
I. Complete the sentences, using the correct present verb tense in the bracket. 1. She often ………. very hard, but she ……….at all today because it’s a holiday. (work / not work).
2. I ………. time to do any typing since Monday. (not have)
3. Look! That man ………. out of the bank! And he ………. a large bag full of money. (run / carry)
4. I don’t mind baby sitting for you. Your baby never ………. (cry)
5. Nobody ………. from Amanda since she went to the sevchelles. ( hear)
6. Every time he ………. a photo, his hand ………. , and his photos never ………. good. (take / shake / look)
7. She ………. the same old clothes for a week. (wear)
8. “Can you come out for a drink with us later?” “Sorry, I ………. Liza with her work, and it’ll take us hours to finish it.” (help)
.9. He ………. a bike since 1997.(not ride)
10. She ………. for you for an hour and a half. (wait)
11. She usually ………. a BMW, but today she ………. her husband’s Volvo. (drive)
12. “Where do you live?” “Normally I ………. in Paris with my parents, but at the moment I ………. In London, so I ………. with an English family.” (live / study / live)
13. I know you ………. because you ………. out of the window. (not listen / look)
14. Julia ………. five languages fluently, and at the moment she ………. as a translator. (speak / work)
15. I ………. three pullovers in winter because I always ………. cold. (wear / feel)
Last week (A) unless my mother (B) had had (C) enough money, she (D) would have bought that toy for me.
A. unless
B. had had
C. enough money
D. would have thought
Pick out the underlined words or phrases that are not correct:
1. Did I see you, I am feeling very happy now.
2. Miss Trang has played the piano when she was a young girl.
3. Mai would have helped this poor man if she had many money last Sunday.