Đề 1
Section 1: Vocabulary, Grammar and Phonetics
I. Choose the correct answers in A, B, C or D to complete each sentence
1. Bob hasn’t ……… his mind yet.
A. made
B. gone
C. used to
D. found
2. Everyone has to follow this way to get into the fair, ………?
A. do they
B. don’t they
C. doesn’t she
D. doesn’t he
3. We spent half a year _____ this hotel.
A. to build
B. built
C. with building
D. building
4. She is bored _____ getting up early.
A. with
B. in
C. of
D. to
5. Would you like me to get you something to drink? - ______
A. That would be nice
B. No, I’m sorry
C. That’s too bad
D. My pleasure
6. English is the _____ language on one- fifth of the land area of the world.
A. office
B. official
C. officer
D. officially
7. It's an hour since he ......... , so he must be at the office now.
A. has left
B. left
C. was leaving
D. is leaving
8. I usually go to work by bus, but ________ and then I use my motorbike.
A. again
B. Once
C. now
D. ever
9. Of my parents, my father is _________________.
A. the stricter
B. the strictest
C. stricter
D. strict
10. "What can I get for you?". ______________ .
A. All right
B. I'm afraid not
C. I hope so
D. Yes, please
II. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. think B. healthy C. thus D. ethnic
2. A. discussion B. revision C. attention D. admission
3. A. cease B. chase C. increase D. raise
4. A. although B. enough C. laugh D. cough
5. A. mute B. junior C. music D. humor
6. A. who B. where C. which D. when
7. A. send B. tent C. rely D. tend
8. A. lock B. shock C. block D. program
9. A. talked B. passed C. dialed D. stopped
10. A. comb B. climb C. dumb D. blond
III. Put the correct verb forms of the verb in brackets.
1. "Do you mind if I sit here?" - "I'd rather you (sit).....sat...... over there."
2. There (be) …has been….. no rain here for 6 months.
3. He spoke to me as if he (be) …were… my father.
4. By the time we (stop) …stopped……, we had driven six hundred miles.
5. The price ( become ) ....is becoming....... more and more expensive these days.
6. Pupils are made (work)……to work………… hard at this school.
7. It’s ten years since I last (see) …saw…… her.
8. Don’t forget (lock) …to lock… the door before going to bed.
9. The pens ( produce ).....product......... by Thien Long Company are usually cheap and good.
10. Does The film (begin) ......begin.....at 7.30 or 8.00?
IV. Fill the blanks with the right form of the CAPITAL words provided in the right column
1. Their children have quite ____different_____ characters. DIFFERENCE
2. What is the correct ___pronounciation______of this word? PRONOUNCE
3. He didn’t win the championship, so he felt very __hopeless__ . hope
4. She is one of the greatest __performance_____ to appear in this theater. PERFORM
5. My house is on the top of a hill. It’s very _windy___ there in the fall. WIND
6. It is ___unhealthy__ to eat too much sugar and fatty food. HEALTH
7. Many rural areas in Viet Nam have been __urbanized________ in the last few years. urban
8. Bell _______successfully_______ demonstrated his invention. SUCCESS
9. Every day, there are two _flights___ from Da Nang to Ho Chi Minh city. FLY
10. There are a lot of ___contestants_______ in the competition. contest
V. Choose the underlined words or phrases that are not correct in standard written English. Find and
correct it
1. Lan seemed (A) happily (B) when she received (C) her aunt’s (D) letter.=> happy
2. My brother didn’t (A) have money enough (B) to buy (C) the dictionary he liked (D) => enough money
3. We should (A) put the coffee (B) table among (C) the armchair and the couch (D). => between
4. The driver of (A) the car was serious (B) injured (C) in the accident (D). => seriously
5. Everyone was exciting (A) as the prince (B) wanted to choose (C) his wife from (D) the village.
=>excited
6. He gets up (A) early in (B) order reviewing (C) lessons before (D) school.=> to review
7. All the students (A) are looking (B) forward to spend (C) their free time relaxing in the sun (D) this summer.
=> to spending
8. I agree (A) that we ought be (B) good students at school and (C) good children (D) at home => ought to be
9. Be careful (A) when you cross (B) a busy street. Look out with (C) cars and trucks (D). => for
10. Is she (A) accustomed to (B) doing (C) her homework by her (D)? => herself
