IV. Choose the best answer.

1. A large number of students in this school…….English quite fluently.

          A. speaks               B. is speaking                   C. has spoken                    D. speak

2. Beauty as well as health…..failed her this term.

          A. has                              B. have                   C. is                                  D. are

3. Not only John but his brothers……also in debts.

          A. is                                 B. have                   C. was                               D. were

4. The quality of these recordings……..not very good.

          A. is                                 B. are                     C. is being                               D. has been

5. To what place……..either the man or his son wish to go?

          A. is                       B. does                   C. do                      D. are

6. We have had……….homework in Mathematics recently.

          A. lots of                B. many                 C. several               D. any

7. The use of credit cards in place of cash……increased rapidly in recent years.

          A. have been                    B. has been                      C. has                          D. have

8. Three years in a strange land…….like a long time for lonely people.

          A. is seeming                   B. are seeming                 C. seems           D. seemed

9. For most of these children, poverty………..them from having enough schooling.

          A. makes                          B. avoids                          C. prevents                 D. refuses

10. If anyone…….., tell him I’ll come back later.

          A. was calling                  B. called                 C. call                               D. calls

11. About 60% of students in this class……from China.

          A. was                              B. were                   C. are                      D. is

12. The writer and poet……at the meeting yesterday.

          A. have been                    B. was                              C. were             D. had been

13. The Browns……..here since 1950.

          A. are living           B. is living             C. have lived                     D. has lived

14. The science classes at this……..difficult.

          A. schools are                   B. school is            C. school are                D. school’s is

15. She isn ’t used to………….in these bad conditions.

          A. work                  B. working             C. worked              D. be working

16. One of the……from Italy.

          A. student is           B. students are                  C. student are                D. students is

IV. Choose the best answer.

1. A large number of students in this school…….English quite fluently.

          A. speaks               B. is speaking                   C. has spoken                    D. speak

2. Beauty as well as health…..failed her this term.

          A. has                              B. have                   C. is                                  D. are

3. Not only John but his brothers……also in debts.

          A. is                                 B. have                   C. was                               D. were

4. The quality of these recordings……..not very good.

          A. is                                 B. are                     C. is being                               D. has been

5. To what place……..either the man or his son wish to go?

          A. is                       B. does                   C. do                      D. are

6. We have had……….homework in Mathematics recently.

          A. lots of                B. many                 C. several               D. any

7. The use of credit cards in place of cash……increased rapidly in recent years.

          A. have been                    B. has been                      C. has                          D. have

8. Three years in a strange land…….like a long time for lonely people.

          A. is seeming                   B. are seeming                 C. seems           D. seemed

9. For most of these children, poverty………..them from having enough schooling.

          A. makes                          B. avoids                          C. prevents                 D. refuses

10. If anyone…….., tell him I’ll come back later.

          A. was calling                  B. called                 C. call                               D. calls

11. About 60% of students in this class……from China.

          A. was                              B. were                   C. are                      D. is

12. The writer and poet……at the meeting yesterday.

          A. have been                    B. was                              C. were             D. had been

13. The Browns……..here since 1950.

          A. are living           B. is living             C. have lived                     D. has lived

14. The science classes at this……..difficult.

          A. schools are                   B. school is            C. school are                D. school’s is

15. She isn ’t used to………….in these bad conditions.

          A. work                  B. working             C. worked              D. be working

16. One of the……from Italy.

          A. student is           B. students are                  C. student are                D. students is

17. My mother…………drink much coffee but now she has become addicted to it.

          A. didn’t use to      B. didn’t used to              C. wasn’t used to                   D. used to

18. You have to pay extra if you take too……with you.

          A. much luggages            B. many luggages            C. much luggage        D. many luggage

19. ……in your class have tickets for the lecture series?

A. Do any of the student                      C. Do any of the students

B. Does any of the student                   D. Does any of the students

20. There…..available in his area of specialization.

          A. isn’t a lot of job    B. aren’t a lot of jobs    C. isn’t a lot of jobs    D. aren’t a lot of job.

1: Ten miles ………. a very long distance for us to walk.

A. is B. are C. be D. am

2: There are small……………………….between British and American English.

A. differences B. difference C. differently D. different

3: The quality of these recordings .................. not very good.

A. be B. are C. am D. is

4: The number of students in this class …………. limited to thirty.

A. be B. are C. is D. am

5: Not only the air but also the oceans ..................... been polluted seriously.

A. have B. has C. is having D. are having

6: Working in the factory ................... not what children should do

A. be B. is C. are D. have been

7: A large number of students in this school………. . English quite fluently

A. speaks B. is speaking C. has spoken D. speak

8: Bread and butter ………..... what she asks for

A. is B. are C. will be D. have been

9: Neither Daisy nor I …........... glad to do that.

A. am B. has been C. are D. is

10: Some of the milk I bought last night ..................... not fresh anymore.

A. is B. is being C. are D. are

11: The use of credit cards in place of cash ................ increased rapidly in recent years.

A. to have B. have C. has D. having

12: The police ……….. to interview Fred about a robbery.

A. want B. wants C. wanting D. has wanted

13: That you take a computer course …............... very necessary.

A. am B. have been C. are D. is

14: Each of the residents in this community ........... responsible for keeping this park clean.

A. is B. am C. are D. were

15: Anything ........................ better than going to the movies tonight.

A. is B. are C. am D. were

16: What time ......................... the news on TV?

A. is B. am C. are D. were

17: The effects of cigarette smoking ................... been proven to extremely harmful.

A. have B. has C. to have D. having

18: Advertisements on TV .......................becoming more competitive than ever before.

A. is B. are C. was D. was

19: Mr. Thomson with his wife and his three children ............… abroad

A. to be B. have been C. are D. is

20: A pair of jeans .................... in the washing machine this morning.

A. is B. are C. have been D. were

III. Circle A, B, C or D to indicate the best answer to fill in the blank.

1. Minh wishes he ________ English perfectly well.

            A. spoke                      B. has spoken  C. speaks                     D. is speaking

2. Where ________ before you moved here?

            A. did you use to live                          B. used you to live

            C. did you used to live                        D. do you use to live

3. I ________ a toady bear, but I don’t have one now.

            A. was use to having               B. used to having        C. was used to have    D. used to have

4. They ________ go on holiday when they lived in the countryside.

            A. weren't use to                     B. didn't use to            C. not use to                D. hadn't used to

5. The manager told me to pass ________ the message I had just read.

            A. on                           B. in                            C. to                            D. for 

6. I ________ a long hair, but I have short one now.

            A. was use to having               B. was used to have                C. used to have            D. used to having

7. They ________ go on holiday when they lived in the countryside.

            A. weren’t use to                    B. didn’t use to           C. hadn’t used to                     D. not use to

8. Many children in our village are still ________. They can’t read or write.

            A. creative                   B. illiterate                  C. traditional               D. unhealthy

9. Tuberculosis ________ incurable before.

            A. used to think           B. used to be thought  C. use to think D. use to be thought

10. I wish I ________ find the time to do more reading.

            A. may            B. can                          C. could                      D. will

Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences .

1 . The science classes at this _______ difficul .

A . schools are B . school is C . school are D . school's is

2 . One of the ___________ from Italy .

A . student is B . students are C . student are D . students is

3 . __________ to support the case against James ?

A . Is there any proof B . Are there any proof

C . Is there any proofs D . Are there any proofs

4 . You have to pay extra if you take too _________ with you .

A . much luggages B . many luggages

C . much luggage D . many luggage

5 . _______ in your class have tickets for the lecture series ?

A . Do any of the student B . Does any of the student

C . Do any of the students D . Does any of the students

Modern English is the (1) _________ of the English language (2) ______ since the great

vowel shift, completed in roughly 1550.

Despite some (3) ________ in vocabulary, text from the (4) _______ 17th century, such as

the works of William Shakespeare and the King James Bible, are considered to be in Modern

English, or more specifically, are referred to as using Early Modern English

According to Ethnology, there are (5) ________ 508 million speakers of English as the first

or (6) ________ language as of 1999, a number dwarfed only by the Chinese language (7) _________ terms of the number of the speakers. However, Chinese has a smaller geographical

range and is spoken primarily in mainland China and Taiwan and also by a sizable immigrant

community in North America. (8) _______, English is spoken in a vast number of territories

including the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, the United States of America, Australia, New

Zealand, India, Pakistan, and Southern Africa. Its large number of speakers, plus its worldwide

presence, have made English a (9) _______ language for use in such diverse applications as

controlling airplanes, developing software, conducting international diplomacy, and business (10) ________. 1. A. way B. form C. road D. shape

2. A. spoken B. speak C. told D. said

3. A. variety B. difference C. differences D. unlikelihood

4. A. soon B. early C. premature D. earlier

5. A. on B. beyond C. above D. over

6. A. second B. twice C. two D. secondly

7. A. on B. with C. in D. for

8. A. Contrary B. On contrary C. In contrary D. With contrary

9. A. private B. shared C. common D. public

10. A. relations B. relationship C. related D. relationa

SECTION I: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY A. GRAMMAR: Choose the best answer 1. 90% of the world’s rice in Asia. A. were grown B. grew C. is grown 2. English in over 45 countries. A. was spoken B. spoke C. is spoken 3. I at home so I don’t go to school. A. am taught B. taught C. was taught 4. A hundred watches every hour on eBay. A. were sold B. are sold C. sold 5. That book by an eighteen- year-old writer. A. was written B. wrote C. written 6. The competition _ by a a group of people from Liverpool. A. were won B. won C. was won 7. Today, eBay by almost 100 million people. A. uses B. is used C. was used 8. Every 90 seconds someone _ a digital camera. A. is bought B. buy C. buys 9. In 2001 the jeans company, Levis, _ a pair of jeans for $46,532. They in 1880. A. bought/ made B. was bought/ made C. bought/ were made 10. Between 1998 and 2003 over 100 books about eBay. A. are written B. were written C. wrote 11. In the 1950s, lots of new things . A. were invented B. invented C. was invented 12. They phoned the emergency number and came and quickly repaired the lift. A. anyone B. someone C. nobody 13 The police couldn't find him _ . A. nowhere B. somewhere C. anywhere 14. Our favourite restaurant The Lemon Tree. A. called B. is called C. calls 116 15. Things that were owned by famous people by Christie’s every year. A. were sold B. sold C. are sold 16. The Gucci fashion house beautiful bags and shoes. A. designs B. was designed C. is designed 17. I pressed the button but _ happened. A. nothing B. anything C. something 18. The Turkish manager hasn't got _ to say about the teams' terrible performance. A. anything B. nothing C. everything 19. We have got new to play our matches. It is a big park near the town centre. A. anywhere B. somewhere C. somebody 20. Can you answer the phone? is calling. A. Someone B. Everybody C. No one

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence below.

21.  _______ those students _____ English?

A. Are, speaking         B. Do, speak                 C. Are, speak                D. Do, speaking

22. My school _______ at 8 am and ________ at 5 pm every day.

A. start, end                                                      B. starts, ends

C. is starting, is ending                                     D. are starting, are ending

23. My friend and I always _______ the bicycles to school from Monday to Saturday.

A. are riding               B. is riding                    C. rides                         D. ride

24.They ______ on Sunday, they play sports together.

A. doesn’t study          B. don’t study               C. aren’t studying         D. isn’t studying

25. We often ________ to the beach every summer holiday.

A. go                           B. are going                  C. goes                          D. is going

26. Nam likes________ volleyball.

A. to playing               B. plays                         C. playing                     D. play

27. I ________ 2 hours a day learning English.

A. spend                      B. is spending               C. spends                      D. are spending

28. I feel tired today, so I ________ badminton with my Dad.

A. is not playing         B. don’t play                 C. plays                         D. play

29. During break time, students in this school usually _____ books in the library.

A. reads                       B. are reading               C. read                          D. is reading

30. Look! They _______ and dancing over there.

A. sings                       B. sing                          C. is singing                 D. are singing

1. Janpanese ............ at the meeting A. will speak B. will spoken C. will be spoken D. will be speaking 2. The towers of the My Son sanctuary are the most significant ................ of the My Son civilization A. apartments B. plans C. structures D. arrangements 3. Ha noi’s four sacred temples, the ................ of Ha noi were built to defend the four directions of the Thang long capital city A. communication B. feelings C. energy D. spirits 4. Portuguese ................... as an official language in this city for three hundred years A. has always been spoken B. has been spoken always C. has always spoken D. had always spoken 5. The Thang Long Imperial Citadel was the ................ of political power for nearly seven centuries without interruption A. system B. centre C. middle D. point 6. ................. in simpler words A. Has this issue expressed B. Cannot issue express C. Can this issue express D. Could not this issue be expressed 7. All traffic laws ................... A. is observed B. must be observed C. must have observed D. had better observe