IV. Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in brackets. (10 pts)

Dress Code

           UK companies have received criticism from a business forum for what their report refers to as a rather narrow-minded attitude towards the dress code for office workers. This follows a case in which a male (1. employ) working in the post room of a large (2. organize) in the United Kingdom received a (3. suspend) for wearing jeans to work. While the report accepts that there is a need for people dealing with (4. custom) to look well dressed, it questions whether employees who work behind the scenes necessarily need to dress formally. The authors of the report made a (5. compare) between the UK and other European nations where employers seem (6. concern) about the need for their workers to wear smart clothes in the office. Their (7. argue) is based on research that claims workers are far more (8. product) when they have the (9. free) to dress in a way that they feel most (10. comfort) in.                                                                                                                                             

1. ____________    2. ____________   3. ____________   4. ____________    5. ____________

6. ____________    7. ____________   8. ____________   9. ____________  10. ____________

III. Complete each blank in the following sentences with a word from the list. (5 pts)    

improve          came            composed          independent         wildlife            treatment           

energy            first               against               prevention            develop          matter

1.       No _______________ what happens, I'll do as advised.

2.       Both sunlight and electricity are forms of _______________.

3.       Farmers are recommended to _______________ their soil using fertilizers.

4.       When we turned round the corner, the mountain _______________ into view.

5.       Millions of people in the world use English as their _______________ language.

6.       Development of the area would endanger_______________.

7.       The fight _______________ air pollution is an urgent task of our city at present.

8.       Is it true that _______________ is better than cure?

9.       More and more women in the world are now used to being _______________.

10.    Water is _______________ of two elements: hydrogen and oxygen.

II. Supply the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets.

    Write your answers in the spaces that follow. (10 pts)

1.       On my way home yesterday I (see) two young women (quarrel). 

2.       I think it (rain) soon. We’d better (go) back home quickly.

3.       It’s time we (wake) him up. He (sleep) for over 10 hours.

4.       By the time my father (return) next month, I (finish) this course.

5.       When we finally (arrive) at the party, most of them (leave).

6.       My sister usually (take) her motorbike to the garage (repair).

7.       I’m sorry, but your food (still prepare). It (be) ready in five minutes.

8.       (Not have) anything to do, she (cycle) round the city for a change.

9.       He suggested (eat) out instead of (cook) at home as usual.

10.    She's busy (write) a report, so (not disturb) her.

I. Choose the correct answer to complete each of the sentences below.

    Write your answers (A, B, C or D) in the spaces given on the right. (10 pts)

1.       Jane, as well as the other students, seldom came to class late, _____?

A. didn’t she      B. didn’t they         C. did she                   D. did they                                                       __________

2.       Her only brother, _____ is living in London, used to go to this school.

A. that                  B. who                     C. whom                     D. he                                                                 __________

3.       I don't have my own room. I have to ______ the bedroom with my elder brother.

A. divide             B. share                  C. separate                D. live                                                               __________

4.       My alarm clock didn’t _____, so I was late for class yesterday.

A. set up             B. put off                 C. go off                      D. wind up                                                       __________

5.       She wondered _____ her father looked like now, after so many years away.

A. how                 B. where                 C. what                       D. that                                                               __________

6.       My brother has always had a reputation _____ hard.                      

A. in working     B. about working   C. to work                  D. for working                                                 __________

7.       I bought these trousers during the sale. They were a real _____.                

A. cheap             B. bargain              C. purchase               D. buy                                                               __________

8.       Have a good flight and remember to give me a _____ as soon as you arrive.

A. call                  B. phone                 C. ring                         D. touch                                                            __________

9.       In the desert, it is hot in the day-time but the temperature _____ sharply at night.  

A. slips                B. drops                  C. descends              D. reduces                                                       __________

10.    Paulo is the head _____ at the Buckingham Hotel. He’s famous for his fish recipes.             

A. cooker           B. chief                   C. waiter                     D. chef                                                              __________

11.    Unlike other Asian states, Singapore has _____ raw materials.

A. hardly             B. any hardly         C. hardly some         D. hardly any                                                  __________

12.    I object _____ like this.

A. to be treated                                  B. with treating                                                                                     __________

C. to being treated                             D. for being treated 

13.    David: "How about driving to the countryside this Sunday?"   Peter: “_____.”

A. That's a good idea                       B. That's my pleasure                                                                        __________

C. Yes, I am driving                          D. Never mind

14.    Linda: “What a lovely house you have!”     Jack: “_____.”

A. Of course not, it’s not costly                                            B. I think so                                                     __________

C. Thank you. Hope you will drop in                                  D. No problem

15.    You were wrong ______ her for something she didn't do.

A. so as to criticize                            B. of criticizing                                                                                      __________

C. that criticizing                                D. to criticize

16.    Does anybody know _____?

A. how long ago this castle was built                                 B. how long this castle was built ago        __________

C. how long ago was this castle built                                D. that how long ago was this castle built

17.    Tom is reading in the library. He’ll have a test tomorrow. He _____ for it now.

A. could study                                     B. should be studying                                                                         __________

C. will study                                         D. must be studying

18.    I like my sister’s house. It is a _____.

A. built new house                          B. newly built house                                                                           __________

C. built newly house                       D. new building house

19.    The driver of the car _____ in the accident was killed.

A. which was badly damaged        B. who was damaged badly                                                             __________

C. whom badly was damaged        D. that be damaged badly

20.    Mary: "Do you regret paying five hundred dollars for the painting?"

Tom:  "No, I would gladly have paid _____ for it."

A. twice so much                                 B. as much twice                                                                                  __________

C. twice as much                                D. so much twice      

IX. Finish the second sentence in such a way that its meaning is similar to that of the original one.

1.     The house was so old that it needed repairing.

=>It was such ____________________________________________________________.

2.     She couldn’t come to my birthday party because she was busy.

=>She was busy __________________________________________________________.

3.     It took Mai five hours to go to the seaside last week.

=>Mai spent _____________________________________________________________.

4.     She always gets up early in the morning and she is used to it.

=>She’s used____________________________________________________________.

5.     He speaks too quickly for me to understand.

=> He doesn’t speak_______________________________________________________.

VIII. Read the passage below and choose the correct word or phrase to complete each of the blanks.

New Year is one of the most important(1) _______ in the United States. On New Year eve, most people go to the parties. At twelve o’clock at night, everyone says “Happy new year!” and they (2) _______ their friends and relatives good luck. New Year’s Eve is usually a long night to this holiday when children dress as witches, ghosts or others. Most children go to houses asking for candy or fruit. (3) _______ people at the house do not give them candy, the children will say a trick(4) _______ them. But this (5) _______ ever happens. Many people give them candy or fruit.

1.     A. contests                              B. courses                      C. festivals                          D. meetings

2.     A. greet                                    B. wish                           C. dream                             D. congratulate

3.     A. so                                        B. Whether                      C. Although                         D. If

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

5.     A. hardly                                  B. hard                           C. soon                               D. always

VII. Read the passage below and choose the correct answer to each of the questions

A young man from Germany named Levi Strauss arrived in California in 1850. He went there to sell things to the miners. He saw that the miners needed strong pants, so he began to make them. He used cloth that people made tents from. He put rivets on the pockets to make them strong because the men put rocks in their pockets. These pants were very strong and lasted a long time. The pants became very popular immediately.

Later Mr. Strauss started making jeans from cotton cloth from Nimes, France. People called this cloth denim. Denim was popular in the fifteenth century. Christopher Columbus used denim for the sails of his ships. Sailors in Genoa, Italy, wore denim pant. The words “jeans” comes from the word “Genoa”. Mr. Strauss made the first jeans in the United States, but the idea and the kind of cloth came from Europe.

Jeans were always blue until recently. People used indigo to dye them. Indigo is the oldest dye in the world. Most jeans have blue threads going across and white threads going up and down. These two colors make denim look different from other kinds of cloth.

1.     The worddenim comes from the name of a city in _______.

     A. France                             B. India                           C. Italy                                D. Germany

2.     The word jeans is from the name of a city in_______.

     A. France                             B. The United States       C. Italy                                D. Germany

3.     Levis Strauss went to California to_______.

     A. sell things to miners         B. look for gold               C. make jeans                      D. be a sailor

4.     Rivets_______.

     A. made goods sails                                                   B. made tents strong           

     C. came from Genoa                                                  D. made the pockets of jeans strong

5.     Cloth is made from thousands of_______.

     A. tents                               B. sails                           C. factories                         D. threads

V. Give the correct form of the words in brackets to complete each of the following sentences.

1.     Would you describe yourself as a _______ person?                                                                (COMPETE)

2.     I need to buy a new pair of _______.                                                                                      (TRAIN)

3.     When I first started snooker, I had no real  _______ of the rules.                                             (KNOW)

4.     Can you write an _______ for the next issue of the school magazine?                                     (EDIT)

5.     My best friend has a great _______ and everyone likes her.                                                    (PERSON)

VI. Identify one of the underlined parts that is not correct in each of the following sentences and get it right

1.     In the last hundred years, travelling became much easier and more comfortable.

         A                     B                        C                                                    D

2.     There’s differences and similarities between Vietnamese and American cultures.

A                                        B                 C                                                   D

3.     We all know that we have to work hardly to earn a living ourselves and support the family.

                      A                                 B                             C                         D

4.     I have changed my major from History to English because the former isn’t so interested to me as the latter.

          A                     B                                                                                             C                          D

5.     Education and training are an important steps in getting the kind of job that you would like to have.

     A                                   B                                 C                 D

IV. Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in the brackets to complete each of the following sentences.

a.     These two man (1. argue) _______ about the plan when I (2. come) _______ into the office

b.    The moment I (3. notice) _______ the man’s injury, I (4. call)  _______ an ambulance.

c.     The director didn’t allow the actors (5.  travel) _______ by air while they (6. work) _______ on the film last year.

d.    While her husband (7. be) _______   in the army, she (8. write)  _______ to her husband once a week.

e.     Yesterday we (9. listen) _______   to an interesting play on radio while our mother (10. prepare) _______   dinner

f.      Leonard (11. not have) _______ money for the bus because he (12. forget) _______ to ask his mother.

g.    By the time Sonia got to the party, everyone already (13. begin) _______ (14. dance) _______.

h.         Last Monday while we (15. watch) _______ an exciting game on T.V in our living room, the electricity (16. go) _______ out

i.      My cousin (17. never/visit) _______ a mine until his father (18. take) _______ him one day.

j.      It’s no use (19. advise) _______ him. He never allows anyone (20. give) _______ advice.

III. Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each of the following sentences

1.     They are twins and look very _______. 

A. alike                                     B. same                          C. likely                               D. identical

2.     My brother and I _______ swimming almost every day last summer.

A. went                                     B. had been going          C. were going                      D. had gone

3.     I wasn’t sure how Belinda would react because I ______ her long.

A. didn’t know                           B. wasn’t knowing           C. hadn’t been knowing        D. hadn’t known

4.     Many young people want to be independent _______ their parents nowadays.

A. on                                        B. up                              C. from                               D. of

5.     He spoke so quickly that I didn’t ______ what he said. 

A. receive                                 B. accept                        C. listen                               D. catch

6.     It’s strange at first, but I’m used to _______ the bagpipes now.

A. play                                      B. played                        C. playing                            D. have played

7.     “What a lovely dog you have!” – “_______"

A. Thank you. It’s a present from my brother                    B. Thanks. I’m just fine

C. Don’t worry. That’s what friends are for                       D. Never mind. I’ll take care of it

8.     When we got to the airport, I realized I _______ my passport at home!

A. was left                                B. had left                       C. left                                  D. had been leaving

9.     When the robbery happened, the security guard _______ !

A. slept B. was sleeping            C. had slept                    D. was slept

10.  Jack _______ chess before so I showed him what to do.

A. hadn’t been playing              B. didn’t play                   C. wasn’t playing                 D. hadn’t played

11.  On my present salary, I just can’t________ a car which costs over $3.000. 

A. pretend                                B. elect                           C. afford                             D. adopt

12.  I went_______ bed early but I couldn’t get _______ sleep because the people_______ the next room were talking so loudly.

A. in/forward                             B. at/into/at                     C. to/into/in                         D. for/to/with

13.  We _______ about the upcoming concert when someone _______ at the door.

A. were talking - knocked                                                B. had been talking – knocked

C. talked – were knocking                                               D. were talking – were knocking

14.  By the time he died, Beethoven _______ nine symphonies.

A. was writing                           B. wrote                          C. had been writing              D. had written

15.  My cousin and I _______ on the computer when there was a power cut.

A. played                                 B. were playing               C. have been playing           D. are playing

16.  Where _______ when I saw you on the bus last night?

A. are you going                       B. have you gone            C. were you going               D. did you go

Choose the word that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in the sentence.

17.  Every year, this charity organization takes on volunteers to support the needy and the poor.

A. dismisses                            B. creates                       C. recruits                            D. interviews

18.  I received housing benefit when I was unemployed.

A. out of order                          B. out of fashion             C. out of work                      D. out of practice

Choose the word that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in the sentence.

19.  The Vietnamese consider it rude to interrupt a person while he is talking.

A. bad mannered                      B. polite                          C. uneducated                     D. ignorant

20.  Remember not to show your nervousness during a job interview.

A. confidence                           B. anxiety                       C. challenge                        D. creativeness