Chọn câu đúng (6)
A. She have two daughters
B. She has two daughters
C. She is have two daughters
D. She is has two daughters
Chọn câu đúng (7)
A. There is a parks
B. There is department store?
C. There is good coffee shops?
D. There is a movie theater
Chọn câu đúng (8)
A. There aren’t some tomatoes in the kitchen
B. There aren’t much tomatoes in the kitchen
C. There aren’t many tomatoes in the kitchen
D. There aren’t a tomatoes in the kitchen
Chọn câu đúng (3)
A. How many strawberries are there?
B. How many strawberries is there?
C. How much strawberries are there?
D. How much strawberries is there?
Chọn câu đúng (4)
A. Mother my cans make a cake
B. Mother my can make a cake
C. My mother can make a cake
D. My mother cans make a cake
Chọn câu đúng (5)
A. Is there some chicken?
B. Is there any chicken?
C. Are there many chicken?
D. Are there some chicken?
San Francisco is where I grew up between the ages of two and ten and where I lived for a period when I was about 13 and again as a married man from the ages of 37 to 51. So quite a big slice of my life has been spent there. My mother, who is now 90, still lives in Los Gatos, about 60 miles south of San Francisco. Even though I have since lived in Switzerland and settled in London over 25 years ago, I have kept property in California for sentimental reasons.
I was born in New York and I love the United States. It is still a land of enormous drive, strength, imagination and opportunity. I know it well, having played in every town and, during the war, in every army camp, I have grown new roots in London as I did in Switzerland and if I am asked now where I want to live permanently, I would say London. But I will always remain an American citizen.
Climatically, San Francisco and London are similar and so are the people who settle in both cities. San Francisco is sophisticated, and like London, has many parks and squares. Every day my sisters and I were taken to play in the parks as children. We had an English upbringing in terms of plenty of fresh air and outdoor games. I didn't go to school. My whole formal education consisted of some three hours when I was five. I was sent to school but came home at noon on the first day and said I didn't enjoy it, hadn't learned anything and couldn't see the point of a lot of children sitting restlessly while a teacher taught from a big book. My parents decided, wisely I think, that school was not for me and I never went back.
My mother then took over my education and brought up my two sisters and me rather in the way of an educated English lady. The emphasis was on languages and reading rather than sciences and mathematics. Sometimes she taught us herself, but we also had other teachers and we were kept to a strict routine. About once a week we walked to Golden Gate Park which led down to the sea and on our walks my mother taught me to read music. One day I noticed a little windmill in the window of a shop we passed on our way to the park and I remember now how my heart yearned for it. I couldn't roll my r's when I was small and my mother who was a perfectionist regarding pronunciation, said if I could pronounce an 'r' well I'd have the windmill. I practiced and practiced and one morning woke everybody up with my r's. I got the windmill. I usually get the things I want in life - but I work for them and dream of them.
38. When the writer was twelve he was living in ____.
A. San Francisco B. Los Gatos
C. London D. a place unknown to the reader
39. During the war, the writer ____.
A. became an American soldier B. went camping all over the country
C. gave concerts for soldiers D. left the United States
40. The writer didn't attend school in America because ____.
A. his mother wanted him to go to school in England
B. his mother preferred him to play outdoors in the parks
C. his parents didn't think he was suited to formal education
D. he couldn't get on with other children
41. He was educated at home by ____.
A. his mother and other teachers B. an educated English lady
C. his mother and sisters D. teachers of languages and science
42. The writer managed to obtain the little windmill by ____.
A. borrowing the money for it B. learning to read music
C. succeeding in speaking properly D. working hard at his lessons
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
Question 11: Nga had just arrived home and there was a knock at the door.
A. Not only did Nga just arrive home but there was also a knock at the door.
B. No sooner had Nga just arrived home when there was a knock at the door.
C. Had it been for Nga's arrival home, there wouldn't have been a knock at the door.
D. Scarcely had Nga arrived home when there was a knock at the door.
Question 12: Chris said that it was Rosa who had left the door unlocked.
A. Rosa was accused of having left the door unlocked.
B. Chris offered that Rosa was the one having left the door unlocked.
C. Chris blamed Rosa for leaving the door unlocked.
D. Chris warned Rosa about having left the door unlocked.
Question 13: The anandamide found in chocolate breaks down more quickly than the anandamide found in the brain.
A. The anandamide found in chocolate breaks down the quickest compared to the anandamide found in the brain.
B. The anandamide found in chocolate breaks down a lot quicker than the anandamide found in the brain.
C. The more quickly the anandamide found in chocolate breaks down, the more slowly the anandamide found in the brain.
D. The anandamide found in chocolate breaks down the most quickly among all the anandamides found in the brain.
II. Pick out the word whose stress is placed differently from the others in each group. Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.
1. A. collect B. advise C. practise D. prepare
2. A. Improvement B. resident C. department D. environment
3. A. university B. documental C. historic D. electricity
4. A. graduation B. agricultural C. industrial D. recommend
5. A. intelligent B. difficult C. interesting D. hospital
B. LEXICAL - GRAMMAR
I. Choose from the four options given (marked A, B, C and D) one best answer to complete each sentence. Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.
1. Faraday attended a lecture ___________ by a famous scientist.
A. giving B. gave C. given D. to give
2. We couldn’t help___________ when he told us what had happened.
A. laugh B. to laugh C. to be laughing D. laughing
3. “___________ bad weather we are having this summer!” said the woman.
A. What a B. How C. What D. How this
4. I understand most of this, _________ there are still one or two points I would like you to clear up for me.
A. however B. but C. therefore D. so
5. Could you buy me a copy of the newspaper___________ your way to work?
A. for B. by C. along D. on
6. The car was easy to recognize so it wasn’t ___________ difficult for the police to catch the thieves.
A. much B. many C. too D. such
7. I was so tired that I ___________ asleep in the chair.
A. got B. went C. felt D. fell
8. This is Mr. White ___________ invention has helped hundreds of disabled people.
A. who B. which C. that D. whose
9. I need some help with the table. ___________ you lift the other end, please?
A. May B. Should C. Could D. Shall
10. She used to___________ her living by delivering vegetables to local hotels.
A. earn B. to earn C. earning D. earns
II. Each sentence below has four underlined words or phrases marked A, B, C, D. Circle one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct. Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.
1. People think computers never do any mistakes, but in fact, they do.
A B C D
2. Going to the cinema is an enjoyable way relaxing at weekend.
A B C D
3. Since Mai looks a bit pale these days, I think she should have taken up some exercises.
A B C D
4. He appears being a perfect man but in fact, he is very rude to his wife.
A B C D
5. The youth nowadays prefer pop music than traditional music.
A B C D
III. Supply the correct form of the words in brackets. Write your answer on your answer sheet.
1. She had never been greatly concerned about her ___________ (APPEAR)
2. The _____________ of people interviewed prefer TV to radio. (MAJOR)
3. I'm afraid I was very___________ with the travel arrangements. (satisfy)
4. Even the most ___________ person ought to appreciate the beauty of this music. (sense)
5. If she can make up such stories, she is certainly a very ___________girl. (imagine)
C. READING
I. Read the following passage then choose the best answer from the four options (marked A, B, C and D) to complete the numbered blanksin the passage. Identify your answers by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.
Christmas is a Christian holiday. It commemorates the __________ (1) of Jesus Christ more than 2,000 years ago. Christian churches hold ___________(2) services to celebrate Christmas ______(3) midnight on Christmas ____________(4), most churches hold special candlelight services. But Christmas is also a social and family____________(5). It is a festival of goodwill, a
time____________ (6) family, friends, food, and gift-giving. Many Americans share Christmas cookies, decorate their home, and place presents ____________(7) the family Christmas tree. Children often hang up stockings for Santa Claus to fill _________(8) small gifts. __________ (9) tradition, Santa comes on a sleigh pulled by reindeer. Presents are ____________(10) opened on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day.
1. A. day B. birth C. God D. father
2. A. Religious B. religion C. region D. regional
3. A. On B. in C. under D. at
4. A. Morning B. afternoon C. evening D. Eve
5. A. Christmas B. holiday C. weekend D. day
6. A. Of B. to C. for D. on
7. A. on B. under C. beside D. in
8. A. With B. in C. of D. on
9. A. Despite B. Because of C. According to D. But
10. A. Never B. rarely C. sometimes D. usually
B. Find and correct the mistakes in the following sentences 23. She has started learning to drive two weeks ago. 24. Unless she will study hard, she will fail the exam. 25. She felt tired but she went to bed earlier than usual.
Computer programmer David Jones earns £35,000 a year by designing new computer games, yet he cannot find a bank prepared to let him have a cheque card. Instead, he has been told to wait another two years, until he is 18. The 16-year-old works for a small firm in Liverpool, where the problem of most young people of his age is finding a job. David's firm releases two new games for the expanding home computer market each month. But David's biggest headache is what to do with his money.
In spite of his salary, earned by inventing new programs within tight schedules, with bonus payments and profit-sharing, he cannot drive a car, take out a mortgage, or obtain credit cards. He lives with his parents in their council house in Liverpool, where his father is a bus driver. His company has to pay £150 a month in taxi fares to get him the five miles to work and back every day because David cannot drive. David got his job with the Liverpool-based company four months ago, a year after leaving school with six O-levels and working for a time in a computer shop. "I got the job because the people who run the firm knew I had already written some programs." he said. "I suppose £35,000 sounds a lot but actually that's being pessimistic. I hope it will come to more than that this year”. He spends some of his money on records and clothes, and gives his mother £20 a week. But most his spare time is spent working.
"Unfortunately, computing was not part of our studies at school," he said. "But I had been studying it in books and magazines for four years in my spare time. I knew what I wanted to do and never considered staying on at school”. Most people in this business are fairly young, anyway. David added: "I would like to earn a million and I suppose early retirement is a possibility. You never know when the market might disappear."
Question 1. How does David earn money?
A. by working as a taxi driver
B. by selling new programs
C. by designing new computer games
D. by running a small firm
Question 2. Why is David different from other young people at his age?
A. He earns an extremely high salary.
B. He is not unemployed.
C. He does not go out much.
D. He lives at home with his parents.
Question 3. David's greatest problem is_________.
A. making the banks treat him as an adult
B. inventing computer games
C. spending his salary
D. learning to drive
Question 4. He was employed by the company because__________
A. he had worked in a computer shop.
B. he had written some computer programs.
C. he works very hard.
D. he had learnt to use computers at school.
Question 5. He left school after taking O-levels because_____________
A. he did not enjoy school.
B. he wanted to work with computers and staying at school did not help him.
C. he was afraid of getting too old to start computing.
D. he wanted to earn a lot of money.
Question 6. Why does David think he might retire early?
A. You have to be young to write computer programs.
B. He wants to stop working when he is a millionaire.
C. He thinks computer games might not always sell so well.
D. He thinks his firm might go bankrupt.
Question 7. The word "it" in paragraph 2 refers to_________________________
A. computing
B. producing
C. teaching
D. introducing
Choose the best answer for each question
1. Michael is always looking for new experiences. He's very ..................
A. adventurous B. lazy C. timid D. intelligent
2. Hannah is ............ . She enjoys meeting new people everywhere she goes.
A. introverted B. extroverted C. pessimistic D. cynical
3. In ancient times, it ………… several days to send a message from one city to another.
A. took B. had taken C. has taken D. was taking
4. David is ............ . He is always positive about future events.
A. optimistic B. pessimistic C. adventurous D. shy
5. He completes every task with utmost precision. He is a ......... individual.
A. careless B. meticulous C. lazy D. dishonest
6. When Sarah ………. this morning, I .......... my breakfast.
A. was calling/eat
B. called/ have eaten
C. called/ was eating
D. had called/ ate
7. The oceans would be cleaner with ........ plastic.
A. so B. such C. less D. fewer
8. At the moment, Alice….....a book, and Bob…….a sandwich.
A. reads/ has made
B. is reading/ is making
C. has read/ was making
D. read/ will be making
9. Yesterday during lunchtime, they…….. different activities. She…….music and he…………..a book.
A. are doing/is listening to/is reading
B. were doing/was listening to/was reading
C. was doing/ has listened to/ is reading
D. had done/was listening to/read
10. Individuals should consume ............. junk food.
A. much B. most C. less D. fewer
A food chain is the way energy goes from one living thing to another through food. Plants are the first (16) _______ in most food chains. Plants use the energy in sunlight to make their own food. Plants store the energy in their leaves and stems. Plants are called primary producers in food chains. Animals eat the plants (17) _______ use the Sun's energy to grow. Animals are called (18) _______. Animals that eat plants are primary consumers. Animals that eat other animals are secondary consumers. Animals store the energy in their bodies. Energy flows (19) _______ plants and bigger animals through the steps of eating and being eaten. Each part of the food chain is directly connected to the other, just (20) _______ the links in a chain.
16. A. step B. foot C. run D. leg
17. A. when B. what C. that D. then
18. A. buyers B. shoppers C. sellers D. consumers
19. A. in B. from C. for D. till
20. A. as B. alike C. similar D. like
My sister is a pilot. She ________ all over the world.
A. flys
B. flyes
C. flies
D. to fly
