(11-12) Choose the underlined word or phrase(A,B,C, or D) that needs correcting:
11/ Nam asked Mai what he can do to help her.
12 Helen will pass these exams whether she tries to study hard.
(13-16) Use the correct tense or form of the verbs in parentheses.
13/ The driver stopped __________ a coffee because he felt sleepy. (have)
14/ Nobody enjoys ____________ by other people. . ( laugh at)
15/ I remember __________ you before, but I have forgotten your name. ( meet)
16/ Why do you keep looking back? Are you afraid of ___________ ? (follow)
17-22) Use the correct form of the words in parentheses:
17/ What an ___________ you have!. ( imagine)
18/ The hotel is __________ situated in a quiet sport near the river. ( beauty)
19/ Most of his__________ have been known to those who are interested in computer in the world. ( invent)
20/ He’s building a high fence around his garden so that the children can play in_________. (safe)
21/ The fishermen caught fish to eat and drank rain water to stay _________. ( live)
22/ It’s _________ to let children develop in the way they want. (importance)
(23-28) Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in the following passage:
Books are written to provide knowledge and good books enrich the mind. By putting ourselves under the (23)___________ of superior mind, we improve our mental powers. Throughgood books we learn that people everywhere are the same, in all ages and (24) ________ all classes. This knowledge improves our love of others and helps us to live in (25) ___________ with them. We also understand that the world was made not only for man alone but for every creature that can (26) ________ hunger and thirst, warmth and cold. Though it may be possible for us to travel throughout the world and see things ( 27) _________ today,it is not possible for us to see things that happened in the past. But good books help us to see not (28) __________ into the remote regions of the world today but also the world in which our ancestors live.
23/ A. feeling B. understading C. influence D. development
24/ A. for B. in C. at D. with
25/ A. peace B. peaceful C. quiet D. quietly
26/ A. have B. be C. become D. feel
27/ A. coming B. arriving C. getting D. happening
28/ A. only B. just C. same D. as
(29-32) Read the dialogue and then decide whether the statements that follow are true or false. Write True or False in your answersheet:
Radio stories have become a thing of the past because people prefer both to watch and to hear. Radio is now a medium that is used more often in a car than a home. Because music and news are the easiest types of programs tolisten to in a car, They are the most common. Radio, in fact, has become the music medium. It provides music forall tastes, from country, western to classic
____ 29/ Most people listen to radio programs in their cars.
____ 30/ Most radio programming consists of news and music.
____ 31/ Radio is now used more often in a home.
____ 32/ Radio used to be the music me dium.
(33-36) Rewrite the sentences so that they are nearest in meaning to the sentence printed before them.
33/ In spite of taking a taxi, Thuy still arrived late for the meeting.
Though ____________________________________________________________
34/ Because of the high cost of visiting Ha Long Bay, There are fewer tourists here this year.
Because ____________________________________________________________
35/ I haven’t heard from her for ages.
I lost _____________________________________________________________
36/ Those outdoor activities are suitable for young children.
Young children should take _____________________________________________
(23-28) Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in the following passage:
A volcano is an opening in the earth’s surface through (23)___________ lava, hot, gases and rock fragments erupt. (24) ________ an opening occurs when melted rock from deep within the earth blasts through the surface. Most volcanoes are a top mountains, particularly cone-shaped mountains. The mountains themselves are also called volcanoes. Eruptions of volcanic mountains are spectacular sights. In some eruptions, huge fiery clouds rise over the mountain, and growing rivers of lava flow down (25) _________ sides. In other eruptions, red- hot ash and cinders shoot out the mountaintop, and large chunks of hot rockare blasted (26) ________ into the air. A few eruptions are so ( 27) _________ that they blow the mountain apart. Some eruptions occur on volcanic islands. Such islands are the tops of volcanic mountains that have been built (28) __________ from the ocean floor by repeated eruptions. Othereruptions occur along narrow cracks in the ocean floor.
23/ A. which B. that C. where D. when
24/ A. So B. Such C. That D. Many
25/ A. its B. it C. their D. theirs
26/ A. high B. low C. below D. above
27/ A. gentle B. violent C. terrible D. awful
28/ A. up B. on C. into D. onto
(29-32) Read the dialogue and then decide whether the statements that follow are true or false. Write True or False in your answersheet:
Bad weather comes in many different forms. One kind of bad weather is the tornado. It is one of the most destructive storms that we have on the earth. A tornado is a long cloud which comes down from the sky. It is shaped like a funnel and consists of windwhich whirls around and around extremely fast. In fact, the wind can reach a speed of more than nine hundred kilometers per hour. Weather scientists are unable to know exactly when a tornado will occur. Fortunately, the tornado is not usually very big and it does not last long. There are about two hundred tornadoes annually in the United States, but in some years there are many more. Tornadoes that occur over water are called waterspouts
____ 29/ One good thing about a tornado is that it does not last long
____ 30/ Tornadoes over water are called funnels.
____ 31/ The annually number of tornadoes in the United States is about one hundred.
____ 32/ There are about two hundred tornadoes in one year in America
7,Electricity is also used to power many appliances that we have in our homes. Such appliances include television sets, computers, electric fans, irons and many others. The list is simply endless. Modern Man will most probably be lost without electricity. Electricity is generated at power stations. Two-thirds of the power stations in the world prduce electricity by means of turbo generators driven by steam. True False ____ 29/ People use electricity to power many appliances in our homes . ____30/ Electricity is generated at solar energy. ____ 31/ Life will be lost if there is no electricity. ____ 32/ Turbo generators are driven by steam