V. Choose the best answer to complete each of the sentences by circling A, B, C or D.

1. Such____________ that he would stop at nothing.

A. his ambition was                                              B. did his ambition

C. does his ambition                                             D. was his ambition

2. Scientists are now beginning to conduct experiments on____________ trigger different sorts of health risks.

A. noise pollution can                                  B. that noise pollution

C. how noise pollution                                 D. how noise pollution can

3. ____________, we all went home.

A. Goodbye was said                                   B. Goodbye had been said                 

C. Goodbye said                                          D. When goodbye said

4. ~ “Goodbye, Susie!”.              ~   “____________”

A. So so                         B. The same                   C. Yeah                D. So long

5. You ____________ the washing up. I could have done it to you

A. hadn’t to do                                            B. needn’t have done               

C. couldn’t have done                                  D. mustn’t have done

6. He objects to ____________.

A. his mistakes being laughed at                            B. laughing his mistakes at

C. his mistakes laughing at                                    D. his mistakes at laughing

7. I can’t make____________ what it says; it’s a very old book.

A. for                             B. up                              C. out                   D. of

8. His name is Archibald, but everyone calls him Archie____________.

A. for short                    B. in brief                       C. for brief            D. in short

9. Bill: “What do you think of what Mr. Cook said at the meeting?”    

- Mary: “____________”

A. Well, I could help myself.                                 B. Sorry, I have no idea.

C. Oh, he was good- looking, wasn’t he?                         D. Oh, the meeting was boring.

10. When he returned home, he found the door____________.

A. unlocking                  B. unlocked                    C. to be unlocked  D. have unlocked

11. ____________ patient, and you will succeed.

A. To be                B. Are                                      C. Being               D. Be

12. “____________ the villagers, I’d like to thank you for your generous donation,” Mr. Lam said.

A. According to                                           B. On behalf of                        

C. In addition to                                          D. Thanks to

13. The woman____________ when the police told her that her husband had died.

A. broke down      B. broke away                C. broke in            D. broke into

14. There are nine kinds of fruit in my basket. One is an orange, one is a lemon and ____________ is an apple.

A. others               B. the other                    C. another             D. the others

15. I can’t give you a detailed description of the woman, as I only _________at her briefly.

A. gazed               B. glared                        C. glanced             D. stared

16. The boy ____________ in the accident was taken to hospital.

A. injuring            B. being injured              C. have injured     D. injured

17. I feel terrible.I didn’t sleep ____________ last night.

A. a jot                 B. a wink                        C. an inch             D. an eye

18. Alex can’t ____________ seeing his mother cry because she means a lot to him.

A. mind                B. avoid                         C. finish                D. stand

19. He thought the party was going to be boring, but it ____________ to be the most unforgettable evening of his life.

A. turned out                  B. looked around            C. passed away     D. fell back on

20. My friend in the United States ____________ a very good salary as a pharmacist.

A. make                B. makes                        C. do                    D. does

21. His answer was so confusing that I could hardly make any ____________ of it at all.

A. interpretation    B. meaning                     C. intelligibility     D. sense

22. The environment is ____________ almost everywhere and many species of animals are in danger of extinction.

A. threatening seriously                               B. serious threatened     

C. seriously threaten                                             D. seriously threatened

23. Jack went to the party, wearing a ___________ tie.

A. lovely red woolen bow                                     B. red lovely woolen bow        

C. woolen lovely red bow                                      D. lovely red bow woolen        

24.________ Professor Johns, __________ man whose new drug everyone is talking about, refused ________interview.

A. 0- the - an                  B. 0- a - the           C. The- a - the                 D. The - a- an

25. This factory produced ____________ motorbikes in 2014 as in the year 2012.

A. as twice as many                  B. twice as many           

C. as twice many            D. as many as twice

26. Don’t put David in charge of arranging the theater trip; he’s too______________.

A. organized                            B. well organized           C. unorganized      D. organizing

27. It ____________ to Fred that I secured a place at Havard.

A. had been                    B. had been up                C. was down                  D. helped

28. As a rule you shouldn’t argue with your hosts unless they _______ something openly offensive.

A. had said                     B. have said                    C. will say            D. would say

Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best complete each of the following sentences.

 “___________ send this document to my office by fax? ” “Certainly .”

A. Would you like

B. Would you mind

C. Could you

D. Why not

Choose the best option among A, B, C, or D to complete each of the following sentences.

1. Tell me ___you want and I will try to help you.  

A. that                                     B. what                                    C. who                        D. which

2. The bed ___I slept in was too soft.                   

  A. whose                               B. which                                  C. what                       D. who

3. Nora is the only person ____understands me. 

  A. which                               B. who                                    C. what                       D. whose

4. The hotel ___we stayed was not clean.              

A. who                                    B. that                                     C. where                        D. when

5. What was the name of the people ___car had broken down.    

 A. which                                B. who                                     C. whom                     D. whose

6. I recently went back to the town _____I was born.            

 A. what                                  B. where                                  C. who                        D. which

7. I don’t agree with ____ you have just said.           

A. what                                   B. who                                    C. when                       D. which

8. Do you know the girl ___Tom is talking to?   

A. whom                                             B. what                                   C. which                      D. whose

9. I gave her all the money ____ I had.              

 A. that                                    B. what                                   C. when                       D. whose

10.The stories ___Tom tells are usually very funny.   

 A. when                                 B. that                                     C. where                      D. who

11. I met the woman ___can speak 6 languages.        

 A. who                                   B. when                                   C. which                      D. whom

12. The periodic table contains all the elements, ________ has a particular atomic weight and atomic number.

A. which of each                     B. each of which                     C. which each             D. each

III. Circle the best answer among A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences. (2.5 pts)

1.She didn’t want __________the start of the film.

A. missed B. miss C. to miss D. missing

2. Jack was tired. _________, he tried to complete his homework.

A. But B. Although C. However D. Because 

3. The rubbish is_________ everyday.

A. collect B. collected C. collecting D. be collected

4. “I suggest going to Vung Tau on the weekend”   -“___________.”

A. That’s a fine day B. That’s a good idea C. That’s a trip D. That’s a reason

5. Which is_______, Mount Everest or K2 in the Himalaya?

A. higher B. high C. highest D. the highest

6. This is the first time I __________ the experiment on plant breeding.

A. have done B. do C. would do D. did

7.Tom: "You've got a lovely singing voice, Mary."

Mary: " __________ "

A. It's all right. B. Congratulations! C. Thank you. D. No, thanks.!

8. By the time we ______  to the cinema, the film had started.

A. got      B. had got                 C. has got               D. gets

9. If I were you, I __________ for a new car to buy.

A. would look B. will look C. look D. looking

10. Air _______ is causing many environmental problems in our cities today.

A. pollute B. pollution C. polluting D. polluted

II. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences. 1. If the teacher were here now, we’d ask him the difference ___ “science” and “technology”. A. among B. of C. between D. for 2. The teacher _____ me that I had better devote more time to science subjects such as physics, chemistry, and biology. A. said B. talked C. spoke D. Told 3. If you __________ something, you should patent it as quickly as possible. A. invented B. will invent C. have invented D. are inventing 4. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an area of __________ concerned with making computers copy intelligent human behaviour. A. learning B. study C. lesson D. invention 5. Facebook was built on the ………of earlier social network sites like MySpace and Bebo. A. succeed B. successful C. successfully D. Success 6. Little Pascal ……a mechanical calculator which could do additions or subtractions very quickly. A. discovered B. found C. found out D. invented 7. Many people believe that robots have made workers jobless…that is not necessarily true.

I . Choose the best answer from the four choices (A or B,C,D) to complete each of the following sentences.

1. When I saw your teacher this morning, I found that he looked very ……………

2. Come here. We have ……………….……good news for you and your family.

3. Mr. Truong feels sick now because he drank too………………wine this morning.

4. I didn’t break those glass windows but my classmates,Tuan and Hoang……………….……

5.  - “Would you like some corn?”                  - “______.”              

      A. No, thanks. I’m full                                 B. Ok. I don’t like corn

      C. All right                                                     D. Yes, I would

II. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form.

1. If she ……………….. (invite) me, I ………………. (go)

2. If it …………………. (rain), we ………………… (cancel) the match.

3. If she ………………. (be late), we …………………. (go) without her.

4. If you ………………. (ask) more politely, I ………………… (buy) you a drink.

5. If he ……………….. (win) the first prize, his mother ……………… (be) happy.

6. To prepare for the new year, I (paint)............................. my house again since last month .

7. They(wash)..........……....…..the used plastic bottles with water yesterday.

8. It is dangerous(drive) ................................ quickly.

III. Read carefully and complete the passage. Use the words given in the box.

Today,  many people in the world are leaving their small villages in the  country (1) .................big and noisy cities. This means that they are leaving the peaceful hills, mountains, fields (2).......................... rivers of the countryside for the busy world of streets, buildings, traffic and crowds.

       In many countries people come to live in towns and cities (3)....................... they need work. After one or two factories have been built in or near a town, people come to find work and soon an industrial area begins to grow. There (4)........................usually an area nearby where the factory workers live.The familes of these workers need schools, hospitals and markets (5).............................more and more people come to live in the area to provide these services and so a city grows.

IV. Read the following passage and choose the best answers.

                                                     My Television

        My television is an important (1) _____of furniture to me. I can’t get (2) ____ the house very often, but my TV brings the whole (3) ______to me. From the evening news and the “all-news” channels. I learn about events(4) ______ the outside world: politics, the environment, recent changes in technology and medicine, and (5) ______on. I like game shows and travel programs, too.

1. A. bit                                  B. piece                      C. slice                       D. pair

2. A. out                                 B. in                            C. out of                     D. in to

3. A. world                             B. places                    C. towns                     D. cities

4. A. on                                  B. in                            C. out                          D. over

5. A. such                               B. this                         C. that                         D. so

V. Re-arrange the words to make meaningful sentences

1.      is / driving / dangerous / fast / very /./

……………………………………………………………………………………………

2.      live / many / the / people / country / prefer / in / to /./

..............................................................................................................................................

3.      traffic / are / rush hours / always / there / jams / during /./

……………………………………………………………………………………………

VI. Rewrite these sentences, beginning with the words given

3. My sister started playing the piano 10 years ago.

-> My sister has ………………………………………………………………………….

4. They are going to build a supermarket near our house.

-> A supermarket …………………………………………………………………………

5. Study harder for the exam or you will fail it.

-> If you ……………………………………………………………    …………………

--------------THE END---------------