Choose the words or phrases that best fit each of the blank spaces.

The Telephone

             You may use the telephone every day but how much do you know about it ? The telephone was (1) ____ by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876. Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1847. Later he went (2)____ in the US. A.G. Bell was always interested (3)____ sound. He had a work shop in his house and did many (4) ____ there.

            One day, while he was doing an experiment in his workshop, he was careless and spilt some burning liquid onto his clothes. (5) _____ into his telephone. Bell said : ‘‘Mr. Watson, I want you to come over here immediately, please ’’. His (6) _____, Watson, was in another room far away (7) ____ the workshop. However, he heard Bell clearly on his own telephone. Quickly he ran to Bell’s workshop. “ Mr. Bell, I heard every (8) _____ you said ! ’’, Watson shouted (9) ____. Bell had finally succeed. He had invented the first telephone. Later other, (10) ______ made better ones.

1. A. invent               B. inventing             C. invented                D. to invent

2. A. to live               B. living                     C. live                       D. lived

3. A. into                   B. to                            C. in                            D. by

4. A. examples          B. samples                 C. work                      D. experiments

5. A. Talk                  B. Talking                  C. Talked                   D. To talk

6. A. worker              B. helper                    C. assistant                D. aider

7. A. from                  B. to                            C. by                           D. of

8. A. sound                B. word                      C. phrase                   D. sentence

9. A. excited B. exciting                 C. excitedly   D. excitingly

10. A. invent B. invention  C. inventing  D. inventors

III. Reading comprehension: Choose the words or phrases that best fit the blank spaces. 2ms

Ha long Bay

Ha Long  Bay of the Descending Dragon – is very .....(24)..... with both Vietnamese and .....(25)..... tourists. One of the .....(26)..... of Ha Long is the Bay’s .....(27)..... water and limestone mountains. The Bay’s water is clear .....(28)..... the spring and early summer. Upon arriving .....(29)..... Ha Long City, visitors will go along to Chay Beach. From the beach, visitors can hire .....(30)..... and go out to the Bay. It is here that visitors will find some of Southeast Asia’s most .....(31)..... sites. Dau Go Cave is one of the most beautiful .....(32)..... at Ha Long. It was the cave in which General Tran Hung Dao hid .....(33)..... stakes to beat the Mongols on Bach Dang River in 1288.

24. A. familiarly B. famous C. popular D. friendly

25. A. nation B. nationality C. international D. national

26. A. attractions B. places C. spaces D. sites

27. A. running B. noisy C. going D. calm

28. A. when B. during C. as D. while

29. A. in B. to C. on D. at

30. A. a boat B. a ship C. a ferry D. a yacht

31. A. beautiful B. beautifully C. beautifulness D. beauty

32. A. places B. areas C. caves D. regions

33. A. wood B. wool C. wooden D. woolen

III. Reading comprehension: Choose the words or phrases that best fit the blank spaces. 2ms

Ha long Bay

Ha Long  Bay of the Descending Dragon – is very .....(24)..... with both Vietnamese and .....(25)..... tourists. One of the .....(26)..... of Ha Long is the Bay’s .....(27)..... water and limestone mountains. The Bay’s water is clear .....(28)..... the spring and early summer. Upon arriving .....(29)..... Ha Long City, visitors will go along to Chay Beach. From the beach, visitors can hire .....(30)..... and go out to the Bay. It is here that visitors will find some of Southeast Asia’s most .....(31)..... sites. Dau Go Cave is one of the most beautiful .....(32)..... at Ha Long. It was the cave in which General Tran Hung Dao hid .....(33)..... stakes to beat the Mongols on Bach Dang River in 1288.

1. A. familiarly B. famous C. popular D. friendly

2. A. nation B. nationality C. international D. national

3. A. attractions B. places C. spaces D. sites

4. A. running B. noisy C. going D. calm

5. A. when B. during C. as D. while

6. A. in B. to C. on D. at

7. A. a boat B. a ship C. a ferry D. a yacht

8. A. beautiful B. beautifully C. beautifulness D. beauty

9. A. places B. areas C. caves D. regions

10. A. wood B. wool C. wooden D. woolen

IV. Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning to the first:          (2 Ms)

1. The Smiths have tidied the house for Tet .  

      The house ...............................................................................................................................

2. The last time he met her was in 2005.

      He hasn't.................................................................................................................................

3. The young man said, “I must  go to Cairo tomorrow”.                       

      The young man.......................................................................................................................

4. "Do you have any friends in this town ?",  she asked me.           

       She asked me….......................................................................................................................

ĐỀ 2

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others:(1m)

      5.  A. these B. thank C. this D. their

      6   A. started  B. decided  C. visited  D. helped

         7.  A. diet                                         B. disappear                       C. fill                                    D.  drill

      8.  A. no                                      B. note                               C. son                     D. go

II. Choose the best answers. (3ms)  

9. The festival was ___________________in the communal house yard.
     A. designed B. met C. organized        D. started

10.It’s difficult to find ____________________at busy times in Da Lat.
       A. accommodation B. waterfalls  C. mountains        D. resorts

11.The cup of coffee kept him ___________________all night.
      A. alone           B. aloud  C. awake         D. asleep

12.Angkor Wat was _____________________built for Hindus.  
      A. immediately           B. gradually  C. traditionally         D. originally

13.He is _____________________forgetting his homework.
      A. always B. often   C. never         D. usually

14.Liz is interested in the _____________________contest.
      A. rice-cooked    B. rice-cooking              C. cooking-rice         D. cooked-rice

15.Would you ____________________waiting here for a moment ?
         A. like B. please     C. let         D. mind

16. I don’t know how ____________________the game.
        A. to play B. played     C. play         D. playing

17. Mrs. Thoa was cooking ____________________Tuan arrived home.
        A. because B. when      C. while        D. since

18. Six people from each team will participate ____________________this contest.
        A. to B. with      C. in        D. for

19. Last night I … television when the phone rang.

         A. watched            B. was watching          C. have watched       D. watches

20. Will you pick me … after the party?

          A. up                       B. on                            C. over                     D. through  

V.  Read the passage and choose the words from the box that best fit the blank spaces. There is one word you don’t need to use (1pt).

leave           from           reduced        which        increased

       The first passenger plane was introduced by British Airway and Air France in 1976. Concord holds many world records, including the fastest crossing of the Atlantic (1) ______________ New York to London, which was achieved in 2 hours 45 seconds. Flying at twice the speed of sound means that flying time is (2) ______________ by half, which is why the Concord flight between London and New York is used a lot by businessmen and film stars. You can (3) ______________ Britain at 10.30 and arrive in New York an hour earlier than usual. Twenty planes have been built up to the present day. But there are no plans to build any more. Each plane is produced at a cost of fifty five million pounds (4) ______________ makes them very expensive.

Read and choose the words or phrases that best fit each of the blank spaces.

Paper

Paper was …….(1)…… by the Chinese in the first century AD. Most paper is made …..(2)…. wood. When trees are …….(3)……, they are transported …..(4)….. land or water to paper mill. Here they are cut …(5).. and the wood is broken up into fibres. Which are ….. (6) with water and chemicals. This wood pulp is then dried on a machine and ….(7)…. into paper.

One tree is needed for every 400 ….(8)…. of a typical forty-page newspaper. If half the adults in Britain each buy one daily paper, this uses up over 40.000 trees a day. Trees are being cut down faster than they are being …….(9)…, so there may be a (n) ……(10) paper shortage before the year 2010.

1. a. imagined b. invented c. thought d. brought

2. a. from b. of c. by d. with

3. a. cut in b. cut of c. cut down d. cut up

4. a. on b. of c. through d. by

5. a. up b. all c. over d. in

6. a. turned b. mixed c. beaten d. joined

7. a. make b. making c. made d. to make

8. a. covers b. texts c. sheets d. copies

9. a. set up b. replaced c. grown up d. found

10. a. able b. important c. serious d. essential

Read and choose the words or phrases that best fit each of the blank spaces.

Paper

Paper was …….(1)…… by the Chinese in the first century AD. Most paper is made …..(2)…. wood. When trees are …….(3)……, they are transported …..(4)….. land or water to paper mill. Here they are cut …(5).. and the wood is broken up into fibres. Which are ….. (6) with water and chemicals. This wood pulp is then dried on a machine and ….(7)…. into paper.

One tree is needed for every 400 ….(8)…. of a typical forty-page newspaper. If half the adults in Britain each buy one daily paper, this uses up over 40.000 trees a day. Trees are being cut down faster than they are being …….(9)…, so there may be a (n) ……(10) paper shortage before the year 2010.

1. a. imagined b. invented c. thought d. brought

2. a. from b. of c. by d. with

3. a. cut in b. cut of c. cut down d. cut up

4. a. on b. of c. through d. by

5. a. up b. all c. over d. in

6. a. turned b. mixed c. beaten d. joined

7. a. make b. making c. made d. to make

8. a. covers b. texts c. sheets d. copies

9. a. set up b. replaced c. grown up d. found

10. a. able b. important c. serious d. essential

Read the passages and choose the best answer to each of the following questions

One of the most famous monuments in the world, the Statue of Liberty, was presented to the United States of America in the nineteenth century by the people of France. The great statue, which was designed by the sculptor Auguste Bartholdi, took ten years to complete. The actual figure was made of copper supported by a metal framework which had been especially constructed by Eiffel. Before it could be transported to the United States, a site had to be found for it and a pedestal had to be built. The site chosen was an island at the entrance of New York Harbour. By 1884, a statue which was 151 feet tall, had been first erected in Paris. The following year, it was taken to pieces and sent to America. By the end of October 1886, the statue had been put together again and it was officially presented to the American people by Bartholdi. Ever since then, the great monument has been a symbol of liberty for the millions of people who have passed through New York Harbour to make their homes in America.

1. The Statue of Liberty……………….

            A. is the most famous monument in the world                  

            B. was designed and constructed by the American sculptors 

            C. is located in the centre of New York                   

            D. is among the most famous monuments in the world

      2. The Statue of Liberty …………….

           A. was sent to America in 1884                             B. was sent to America in 1885

           C. was sent to America in 1886                             D. was never sent to America

      3. The Statue of Liberty…………………….

          A. was sold to the USA by the French people       

          B. was given to the American people as a present by the French people

          C. was presented to the USA in the 18th century by the people of France

          D. was designed and constructed according to the order placed by the French 

      4. The Statue of Liberty was first erected………….....

           A. in New York                         B. on an island at the entrance of New York Harbour

     C. in Paris                                 D. in Eiffel Tower

     5. The Statue of Liberty was made of ………………….

           A. copper                                         B. copper with metal framework     

           C. concrete                                       D. concrete with metal framework

Choose the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following sentences.

Roget's Thesaurus, a collection of English words and phrases, was originally arranged by the ideas they express rather than by alphabetical order.

A. restricted

B. as well as

C. unless

D. instead of

Choose the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following sentences.

Roget's Thesaurus, a collection of English words and phrases, was originally arranged by the ideas they express rather than by alphabetical order.

A. restricted

B. as well as

C. unless

D. instead of