Decide which of the options (A, B, C, or D) is the best answer.

Everyone wants to reduce (28) _____. But the pollution problem is as complicated as it is (29)____. It is compltcated because much pollution is caused by things that benefit people. For example, (30)_____ from automobiles causes large percentage (31)______air pollution.

But the automobike provides transportation to millions of people. (32)_____ discharge much of the material that pollutes air and water, but factories give employment to a large number of people. Thus, to end or greatly (33)_____ pollution immediately people would have to stop using many things that benefit them. Most people do not want to do that, of course. But pollution can be

gradually reduced in several ways. (34)______ and engineers can work to find ways to lessen the amount of pollution that such things as automobiles and factories cause. Governments can pass and enforce laws that (35)_____ businesses and individuals to stop, or cut down on certain polluting activities.

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

29.      A. seriousness                          B. serious                                          C. seriously                                       D. serioused

30.      A. exhaust                                B. exhausted                                    C. exhaustedly                                 D. exhauster

31.      A. to                                           B. with                                              C. in                                                   D. of

32.      A. Hills                                      B. Mountains                                   C. Factories                                      D. Rivers

33.      A. reducing                              B. reduced                                        C. reduce                                          D. reduction

34.      A. Doctors                                B. Engineers                                     C. Workers                                       D. Scientists

35.      A. require                                  B. Requires                                       C. required                                        D. requiring

Read the following passage and choose the best answers.

I often hear or read about “natural disaster”- the eruption of Mount St Helen, a volcano in the state of Washington: Hurricane Andrew in Florida; the floods in the American Midwest; terrible earthquakes all over the world; huge fires; and so on. But I’ll never forget my first personal experience with the strangeness of nature – “the London Killer Fog” of 1952. It began on Thursday, December 4^th when a high –pressure system (warm air) cover southern England. With the freezing-cold air below, heavy fog formed. Pollution from factories, cars, and coal stoves mixed with the fog. The humidity was terribly high, there was no breeze at all. Traffic (cars, trains, and boats) stopped. People couldn’t see, and some walked onto the railroad tracks or into the river. It was hard to breathe, and many people got sick. Finally on Tuesday, December 9^th, the wind came and the fog went away. But after that, even more people got sick, many of them died.

1.                               1. Which natural disaster isn’t mentioned in the text?

A. a volcanic eruption                                           B. a flood                            C. a hurricane   D. a tornado

1.                               2. What is his unforgettable person experience?

A. the London killer                                              B. the heavy fog in London

C. the strangeness of nature                                  D. a high-pressure system

1.                               3. What didn’t happen during the time of the “London Killer Fog”?

A pollution                   B. humidity                       C. heavy rain                      D. heavy fog

1.                               4. The traffic stopped because of _________.

A. The rain                   B. the windy weather      C. the humid weather        D. the heavy fog

Rewrite the following setences as directed.

23. Although his leg was broken, he managed to get out of the car. (use Despite)

@_____________________________________________________________________________________

24. The storm destroyed the town completely. (change into passive)

@_____________________________________________________________________________________

25. We don’t go on cleaning up the beach because it starts raining. (use conditional sentences type 2)

@_____________________________________________________________________________________

26. “Good morning! How are you today?” Nam said to me. (use reported speech)

@_____________________________________________________________________________________

27. Lan goes to the bookshop to buy a dictionary. (make question for the underline part)

@_____________________________________________________________________________________

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently.

1.                               1. A. media                        B. deny                               C. remote                                D. response

2.                               2. A. pity                            B. wide                               C. violent                                D. variety

3.                               3. A. shore                          B. sand                               C. sugar                                   D. share

Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.

1.                               4. A. internet                      B. telegraph                        C. recycle                                D. wonderful

2.                               5. A. dynamite                   B. pesticide                        C. interactive                          D. achievement

Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best completes the sentence.

6. People can get the latest ________and enjoy interesting programs on TV.

A. newspaper                 B. website                          C. news                                   D. data

7. ________ from factories is one cause of water pollution.

A. waste                         B. materials                        C. treasure                               D. products

8. Don’t spend much time________ the Internet, will you?

A. to surf                        B. to play                            C. playing                               D. surfing

9. I can’t easily get access________ the Internet because of living in the country.

A. for                             B. to                                   C. into                                     D. about

10. We should put garbage bins around here to prevent lazy students________throwing trash.

A. for                             B. against                           C. from                                   D. away

11. In order to save time, they decided to ride ________the forest.

A. over                           B. to                                   C. for                                      D. through

12. Let’s do something to protect the environment, ________?

A. shall we                     B. shall I                             C. don’t you                           D. shan’t we

13. I am the youngest student here, ________?

A. aren’t I                      B. am not I                         C. aren’t you                           D. am I

14. You should avoid________ in such a dangerous river.

A. swim                          B. to swim                          C. sitting                                 D. swimming

15. I think that most children are creative enough to write________ poems.

A. beauty                       B. beautiful                        C. beautifully                          D. beautify

16. If we don’t go on littering, the environment ________ cleaner and cleaner.

A. is becoming               B. could become                C. would become                    D. will become

17. They wanted their school________ more beautiful and attractive.

A. become                      B. to become                      C. becoming                            D. becomes

18. I have already heard of the violent earthquake which caused terrible________.

A. destruction                B. destroy                           C. destructive                         D. destroyer

19. He is going to the post office ________ he wants to send some postcards to his friends.

A. as                               B. however                         C. and                                     D. although

20. She will save a lot of money________ she uses energy-saving bulbs.

A. but                             B. if                                    C. although                             D. unless

21. When he was a little boy, he used to going swimming.

A                          B                   C          D

22. You rarely drink tea, don’t you?

A                 B       C     D

III- WRITING

A. Choose the correct sentence which has the same meaning as the given one.

Question 32: They decided to go for a picnic in spite of the cold weather.

A. Although the weather was cold, they decided to go for a picnic.

B. It was very cold so they decided to go for a picnic.

C. If it had been cold, they would not have gone for a picnic.

D. Because it was very cold, they decided to go for a picnic.

Question 33: Both Peter and Mary enjoy scientific expedition.

A. It is not Peter, but Mary, that enjoys scientific expedition.

B. Peter enjoys scientific expedition. Therefore, does Mary.

C. However Peter enjoys scientific expedition and Mary does.

D. Peter enjoys scientific expedition, and so does Mary.

Question 34: He cannot afford a new computer.

A. So, he would buy a new computer.

B. The new computer is so expensive but he can buy it.

C. The new computer is so expensive that he cannot buy it.

D. Therefore, he would buy a new computer.

Question 35: Because of the interesting novel, I stayed up all night to finish it.

A. I stayed up all night to finish the novel, therefore, it was interesting.

B. Unless it were an interesting novel, I would stay up all night to finish it.

C. Though it was an interesting novel, I stayed up all night to finish it.

D. Because it was an interesting novel, I stayed up all night to finish it.

A. Read the following passage. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to complete the passage.

      We can (41) __________other people in many different ways. We can talk and write, and we can send messages with our hands and faces. There is also the phone (including the mobile!), the fax, and e-mail. Television, film, painting, and photography can also communicate ideas.

      Animals have ways of (42) __________ information, too. Bees dance and tell other bees where to find food. Elephants make sounds that humans can’t hear. Whales sing songs. Monkeys use their faces to show anger and love. But this is nothing (43) __________ to what people can do. We have language – about 6,000 languages, in fact. We can write poetry, tell jokes, make promises, explain, persuade, tell the truth, or tell lies. And we have a sense of past and future, not just present.

       Radio, film, and television (44) __________ a huge influence on society in the last hundred years. And now we have the Internet, which is infinite. But what is this doing to this? We can give and get a lot of information very quickly. But there is (45) __________ information that it is difficult to know what is important and what isn’t. Modern media is changing our world every minute of every day.

Question 41:  A. talk to        B. talk with                  C. communicate to        D. communicate with

Question 42:  A. changing    B. transferring             C. exchanging                D. giving

Question 43:  A. compare    B. comparing               C. is compared               D. compared

Question 44:  A . have          B. have had                  C. are having                 D. had

Question 45: A. so much      B. such much               C. so many                     D. too much

I-PHONETICS

A. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others in each line.

Question 1.  A. laughed                      B. contained                   C. established              D. talked
Question 2.  A. delights                      B. tasks                           C. loves                        D. hopes

Question 3.  A. dune                            B. hummock                  C. shrub                        D. buffalo

B. Choose the word that has stress pattern different from that of the other words.

Question 4. A. extinction                    B. animal                         C. classify                     D. primary

Question 5. A. addition                     B. endanger                     C.   medicine                 D. survival

II- VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR NOTES

  Choose A, B, C or D that best completes the unfinished sentence.

Question 6: Is Miss Wilson very fond _______ French food? - No, she is not used _______ having French food.

A. over / with                B. in / about                  C. of / to                        D. off / for

Question 7: I am afraid that the company is in deep trouble. ________, we are going to make some people redundant.

A. Therefore                 B. However                   C. But                            D. And

Question 8: To _____ a desert is a dangerous activity which requires careful preparations for risks.

A. circle                        B. remain                      C. explore                      D. comprise

Question 9: Lan: “Are you American?” – John: “__________”

     A. Sorry!                       B. Yes?                          C. Excuse me?               D. Pardon?

Question 10: Look _______! The tree is going to fall.

A. off                             B. in                               C. over                           D. out

Question 11: Maria tried to read a novel in French ________ the book was too difficult for her to understand.

A. and                            B. but                             C. therefore                   D. so that

Question 12: Scientific ________ helps to explore some places and discover more and more remote parts of the world.

A. survey                       B. research                    C. lead                           D. expedition

Question 13: Most deserts are enormous sandy areas.

A. narrow                      B. mysterious                C. aerial                        D. immense

Question 14: The Simpson Desert was named _______ Mr. Simpson, President of the South Australian Branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australia.

A. for                             B. with                           C. at                               D. after

Question 15: I must say that you have done very well. ________, you should be aware that you still have a lot of things to learn.

A. But                            B. So                              C. Therefore                 D. However

Question 16: The Sahara contains complex linear dunes that are ________ by almost 6 kilometers.

A. lay                             B. located                      C. separated                  D. developed

Question 17: The hill was so ________ that it took us more than five hours to climb up.

A. sloping                      B. enormous                  C. arid                            D. stable

Question 18: A ________ is a large animal that lives in deserts and is used for carrying goods and people.

A. camel                        B. horse                         C. donkey                      D. cow

Question  19 .That's a very nice dress you're wearing. -  “________________________ “

    A. That's nice                B. I'm glad you like it     C. That's all right           D. You're quite right

Question 20: ________, I cannot keep pace with Johnny.

A. So I have tried hard                                       B. However hard have I tried

C. I have tried hard so                                        D. However hard I have tried

Question 21: Deserts are often composed of ________ and rocky surfaces.

A. trees                          B. oil                              C. water                         D. sand

Question 22: Three great stretches of sandy deserts almost circle the center of Australia.

A. lands                         B. valleys                      C. areas                         D. dunes

Question 23: According _______ Bill, there's something wrong _______ my computer.

A. on / about                 B. after / for                  C. to / with                    D. upon / at

Question 24: Deserts are also classified by their ________ location and dominant weather pattern.

A. sandy                        B. geographical            C. aerial                        D. facial

Question 25: He is only sixteen, and ________, he is not eligible to drive a car.

A. therefore                  B. nevertheless             C. however                    D. but

Question 26: A _______ is a landscape or region that receives very little precipitation.

A. sandy area                B. dune                          C. shrub land                 D. desert

Question 27: He told me not to do it; ________, I did it.

A. Therefore                 B. However                   C. So                              D. But

Question 28: Thanks to pictures taken by satellites, deserts have not _______ a mystery in our time.

A. intended                   B. attained                    C. remained                  D. hidden

Question 29: ________ Sahara of ________ Africa is the world's largest desert.

A. Ø / the                         B. The / Ø                        C. A / an                        D. The / an

Question 30: We used to climb up the crest of the hill to get a good view of the surroundings.

A. foot                           B. face                           C. top                             D. middle

Question 31: Not all teenagers are well ……………. for their future job when they are at high school.

A. interested                B. satisfied                    C. concerned                 D. prepared

Question 30. In spite of his hard work, he couldn’t finish the job.

            A. As hard as he work, he couldn’t finish the job.             

            B. Despite he worked hard, he couldn’t finish the job.      

            C. Though he worked hard, he couldn’t finish the job.

            D. Although hard work, he couldn’t finish the job.

Question 31. Although she is intelligent, she doesn’t do well at school.

            A. In spite of intelligent, but she doesn’t do well at school.

            B. Despite being intelligent, she doesn’t do well at school.

            C. Even though her intelligent, but she doesn’t do well at school.

            D. In spite the fact that she intelligent, but she doesn’t do well at school.

Question 32. Even though it was raining heavily, the explorers decided to continue their journey.

            A. It rained so heavily that the explorers could not continue their journey.

            B. The explorers put off their journey due to the heavy rain.

            C. The heavy rain could not prevent the explorers from continuing their journey.

            D. If it had rained heavily, the explorers would not have continuing their journey.

Question 33. Although he was exhausted, he managed to finish the marathon race.

            A. Despite his exhaustion, he managed to finish the marathon race.

            B. In spite of he was exhausted, he managed to finish the marathon race.

            C. Even though being exhausted, he managed to finish the marathon race.

            D. Though he was exhausted, but he managed to finish the marathon race.

Question 34.  He was very kind to help me with my English.

            A. It was very kind of him for helping me to learn English.

            B. It was very kind of him to help me learning English.

            C. It was very kind of him to help me learn English.

            D.  It was very kind of him because he helped me to learn English.

Question 35. Despite the heavy snow, his father went out to work.

A. Although the snow was heavy, his father went out to work.

B. Although the snow is heavy, his father went out to work.

C. Although it snows heavy, his father went out to work.

D.Although the snow was heavily, his father went out to work.

Question 36. Although he is rich, he feels unhappy.

A. He feels unhappy because of his richness.                         B.  He feels unhappy, so he is rich.

C. Despite his richness, he feels unhappy.                  D.  He feels unhappy because he is rich.

Choose the one word or phase (A,B,C or D) that needs correcting

Question 37. They have not returned to Rhode Island since they are leaving in 1970

                                      A                              B                                   C          D    

Question 38. My father will fly to Ha Noi, that is the capital city of Vietnam.

                                           A                          B        C                    D

Question 39. Although his poor health, Mr. Brown still works hard to support his family.

                           A                B                                         C                        D

Question 40. Although my parents are very busy at work, but they try to spend much time for their children.              A                                                                B                     C           D