Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one.

Question: We regret we cannot accept payment by credit card for sales of under $10

A. If you spend more than $10, you must pay by credit card.

B. We make a charge if you pay by credit card.

C. We prefer cash payment for large sales.

D. If you spend less than $10, you cannot pay by credit card.

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one.

1. The garage is going to repair the car for us next week.

A. The garage is going to buy the car for us next week.

B. We are going to help the garage to repair the car next week.

C. We are going to get the car repaired next week by the garage.

D. We are going to have the car serviced next week by the garage.

2. Parking in this space is for doctor on duty only.

A. Tell the doctor if you need to park here.

B.You can park in this space only in an emergency.

C.You can park here if you are visiting the doctor.

D. Only the doctor working today can park here.

3. Warning: Security cameras in use around this building

A. Cameras can not be used in this area.

B. This area is guarded by cameras.

C. You can not buy films for cameras here.

D. You must look after your cameras here.

4. Minh says he'd like to have been put in a higher class.

A.Minh wishes that he were put in a higher class.

B.Minh wishes he had been put in a higher class.

C.Minh hopes that he will be put in a higher class.

D. Minh regrets he had been put in a higher class.

5. Would you like me to prepare some documents for you?

A. If you insist, I'll prepare some documents for you.

B. I would prepare some documents for you if you don't mind.

C.I'll prepare some documents for you if you allow me to.

D. I will prepare some documents for you if you like.

I. Choose the word or phrase that best complete each sentence.(20 points)

1. She is not doing __________ in the garden, just walking about.

A. anything B. nothing C. something D. one thing

2. When we say “hello, how are you?’. We are talking to a ________

A. stranger B. teacher C. friend D. person.

3. My pencils are there. Where are yours?

A. Here they are B. There they aren’t C. Here it is D. There it is.

4.This sign says “stop!”. We __________go straight ahead.

A. can B. don’t can C. must D. must not

5. What time ________ on television?

A. is the news B. are the news C. is news D. are news

6. There is too much noise in this room now. I can’t understand what __________.

A. is the teacher saying B. the teacher is saying

C. the teacher says D. does the teacher say

7. Who is that old man __________ the big nose?

A. of B. by C. with D. from

8. Is he bad __________ Physics?

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

9. Whose book are you reading?- It’s ______________

A. English book B. interesting C. Mary’s D. about Mary

10. Please speak a little more ________.

A. slow B. slowly C. slower D. slowlier

II. Supply the correct form of the verbs in brackets.(8 points)

1. My brother (have)breakfast at 6.00 every morning.

2. He is tired and he’d like (sit) down.

3. Hoa (not do) her homework in the afternoon. She does it in the evening.

4. Look! The plane (fly).towards the airport. It is going to land.

5. My father (watch) TV in the living room now. He often watches TV in the evening.

6. What is there (drink)..for dinner?

7. The Nile River is the longest river in the world and it (flow) to the Mediterian Sea.

8. Mr and Mrs Thinh ( not grow ) .. vegetables in their garden.

III. Use the correct form of the words in brackets to complete sentences(8 points)

1. The..................of this book is 2.000d COST

2. Air ….. is a big problem in many cities in the world. POLLUTE

3. We went to bed early because we had a ……….. day. TIRE

4. The ..............of the experiment is 20 minutes LONG

5. Students are very interested in outside class........................ ACT

6. Students of our school are ..........................with one another FRIEND

7. Be ..................! The ground is very wet and slippery. CARE

8. I think you look very ...................in that hat. FUN

Choose the sentence which is closest in meaning to the one above or that has been completed from the given word cues.
"Good morning, Mary! How are you?" Henry said.

A.  Henry said good morning Mary and asked how was she.

B.  Henry greeted Mary and asked how is she.

C.  Henry said good morning and asked Mary how she is.

D.  Henry greeted Mary and asked how she was.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to choose the sentence which is closest in meaning to the given one.

You are in this mess right now because you didn't listen to me in the first place.

A. If you listened to my advice in the first place, you wouldn't be in this mess right now.

B. If you had listened to my advice in the first place, you wouldn't be in this mess right now.

C. If you listen to my advice in the first place, you will not be in this mess right now

D. If you had listened to my advice in the first place, you wouldn't have been in this mess right now.

Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one.

We think he was in London last year.

A. He was thought to be in London last year.

B. He was thought to have been in London last year.

C. He is thought to be in London last year.

D. He is thought to have been in London last year.

Read the following passage, and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

Loneliness is a curious thing. Most of us can remember feeling most lonely when we were not in fact alone at all, but when we were surrounded by people. Everyone has experienced, at some time, that utter sense of isolation that comes over you when you are at a party, in a room full of happy laughing people, or in an audience at a theatre or a lecture. It suddenly seems to you as if everybody knows everybody else, everybody is sure of himself, everybody knows what is going on; everybody, that is, except you.

This feeling of loneliness which can overcome you when are in a crowd is very difficult to get rid of. People living alone - divorced, widowed or single people - are advised to tackle their loneliness by joining a club or society, by going out and meeting people. Does this really help? And what do you do if you are already surrounded by people?

There are no easy solutions. Your first day at work, or at a new school or university, is a typical situation in which you are likely to feel lonely. You feel lonely because you feel left out of things. You feel that everybody else is full of confidence and knows what to do, but you are adrift and helpless. The fact of the matter is that, in order to survive, we all put on a show of self-confidence to hide our uncertainties and doubts. So it is wrong to assume that you are alone.

In a big city it is particularly easy to get the feeling that everybody except you is leading a full, rich, busy life. Everybody is going somewhere, and you tend to assume that they are going somewhere nice and interesting, where they can find life and fulfilment. You are also going somewhere, and there is no reason at all to believe that your destination is any less, or, for that matter, any more exciting than the next man's.

The trouble is that you may not be able to hide the fact that you are lonely, and the miserable look on your face might well put people off. After all, if you are at a party you are not likely to try to strike up a conversation with a person who has a gloomy expression on his face and his lips turned down at the comers. So trying to look reasonably cheerful is a good starting point in combating loneliness, even if you are choking inside.

The next thing to avoid is finding yourself in a group where in fact you are a stranger, that is, in the sort of group where all the other people already know each other. There is a natural tendency for people to stick together, to form 'cliques'. You will do yourself no good by trying to establish yourself in a group which has so far managed to do very well without you. Groups generally resent intrusion, not because they dislike you personally, but because they have already had to work quite hard to turn the group into the functioning unit. To include you means having to go over a lot of ground again, so that you can learn their language, as it was, and get involved in their conversation at their level. Of course if you can offer something the group needs, such as expert information, you can get in quickly.

In fact the surest way of getting to know others is to have an interest in common with them. There is no guarantee that you will then like each other, but at least part of your life will be taken up with sharing experiences with others. It is much better than always feeling alone. If all this seems to be a rather pessimistic view of life, you have to accept the fact that we are_all alone when it comes down to it. When the most loving couple in the world kiss and say goodnight, as soon as the husband falls asleep, the wife realizes that she is alone, that her partner is as far away as if he were on another planet. But it is no cause for despair: there is always tomorrow.

Question:The word “fulfilment” in the passage is closest meaning to

A. improvement

B. contentedness

C. ambition

D. expectation

Read the following passage, and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

Loneliness is a curious thing. Most of us can remember feeling most lonely when we were not in fact alone at all, but when we were surrounded by people. Everyone has experienced, at some time, that utter sense of isolation that comes over you when you are at a party, in a room full of happy laughing people, or in an audience at a theatre or a lecture. It suddenly seems to you as if everybody knows everybody else, everybody is sure of himself, everybody knows what is going on; everybody, that is, except you.

This feeling of loneliness which can overcome you when are in a crowd is very difficult to get rid of. People living alone - divorced, widowed or single people - are advised to tackle their loneliness by joining a club or society, by going out and meeting people. Does this really help? And what do you do if you are already surrounded by people?

There are no easy solutions. Your first day at work, or at a new school or university, is a typical situation in which you are likely to feel lonely. You feel lonely because you feel left out of things. You feel that everybody else is full of confidence and knows what to do, but you are adrift and helpless. The fact of the matter is that, in order to survive, we all put on a show of self-confidence to hide our uncertainties and doubts. So it is wrong to assume that you are alone.

In a big city it is particularly easy to get the feeling that everybody except you is leading a full, rich, busy life. Everybody is going somewhere, and you tend to assume that they are going somewhere nice and interesting, where they can find life and fulfilment. You are also going somewhere, and there is no reason at all to believe that your destination is any less, or, for that matter, any more exciting than the next man's.

The trouble is that you may not be able to hide the fact that you are lonely, and the miserable look on your face might well put people off. After all, if you are at a party you are not likely to try to strike up a conversation with a person who has a gloomy expression on his face and his lips turned down at the comers. So trying to look reasonably cheerful is a good starting point in combating loneliness, even if you are choking inside.

The next thing to avoid is finding yourself in a group where in fact you are a stranger, that is, in the sort of group where all the other people already know each other. There is a natural tendency for people to stick together, to form 'cliques'. You will do yourself no good by trying to establish yourself in a group which has so far managed to do very well without you. Groups generally resent intrusion, not because they dislike you personally, but because they have already had to work quite hard to turn the group into the functioning unit. To include you means having to go over a lot of ground again, so that you can learn their language, as it was, and get involved in their conversation at their level. Of course if you can offer something the group needs, such as expert information, you can get in quickly.

In fact the surest way of getting to know others is to have an interest in common with them. There is no guarantee that you will then like each other, but at least part of your life will be taken up with sharing experiences with others. It is much better than always feeling alone. If all this seems to be a rather pessimistic view of life, you have to accept the fact that we are_all alone when it comes down to it. When the most loving couple in the world kiss and say goodnight, as soon as the husband falls asleep, the wife realizes that she is alone, that her partner is as far away as if he were on another planet. But it is no cause for despair: there is always tomorrow.

Question:When we start a new job, we try to hide our sense of loneliness by trying to

A. do our job very well.

B.be as friendly as possible with other people.

C. appear sure of ourselves.

D.look cheerful.

Choose the sentence which is closest in meaning to the one above or that has been completed from the given word cues.
"What will you do if you have ten days off school?" he asked.

A.  He asked me what will I do if I have ten days off school.

B.  He asked what I will do if I have ten days off school.

C.  He asked me what I would do if I had ten days off school.

D.  He asked what would I do if I had ten days off school.