DS1918

I. Choose the word / phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the space in each sentence. (2,5 pts)

1. Are you ____ teaching on Saturday mornings this term?

A. enjoy
B. likely
C. busy
D. expected

2. I hope ____ to know this beautiful city better.

A. to have
B. to get
C. to need
D. to appear

3. Jeff complete;y ignored what I said and ____ on eating.

A. put
B. tried
C. went
D. depended

4. The ones about ____ I have been worried these days are the students of mine.
A. that
B. whom
C. whose
D. which

5. I suggest that we should ____ people from catching fish by using electricity.
A. let
B. relate
C. prohibit
D. encourage

6. Mr. Loc, who teaches Maths here, speaks very ____ English.
A. best
B. good
C. well
D. fluently

7. Watching TV all day is a bad habit ____ we get no exercise and eat unhealthy snacks.
A. but
B. though
C. because
D. therefore

8. A recycled plastic bottle saves enough ____ to run a 60-watt light bulb for 6 hours.
A. energy
B. money
C. electron
D. life

9. _Hai Anh: “____” _Minh Phuong: “Why not?”

A. You should cook the meal now
B. How about cooking the meal now?
 C. Have you cooked the meal?
D. We’d better be cooking the meal.

10. _Sue: “Thank you very much for your donation.” _Peter: “____”
A. Yes, do it now
B. Sure, I’ll do it
C. Not a chance
D. It’s my pleasure

II. Look at the signs. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) for each sign. (0,5 pt)

11. What does the sign say?

A. You can drive as fast as you can.
B. Beware of careless drivers.
C. Slippery road is ahead.
D. You cannot drive a car on this road.

12. what does the sign say?

A. Littering is permitted here.
B. We must not use recylce bins.
C. We must put waste paper into the bin.
D. Dust bins can be found everywhere.

III. Read the following passage. Decide if the statements from 13 to 16 are True or False, and choose
correct answers (A, B, C or D) for the questions 17 and 18. (1.5 pt)

We can develop alternative sources of energy, and unless we try we’ll never succeed. Instead of using fossil
fuels we should be concentrating on more economical uses of electricity, because electricity be produced
from any sources of energy. If we didn’t waste so much energy, our resources would last forever. We can
save more energy by conservation than we can produce for the same money. Unless we do search on solar
energy, wind power, tidal power, hydroelectric plants … our fossil fuels will run out and we’ll freeze or
starve from the sun, the waves, and the winds last forever. We won’t really survive unless we aren’t working
on cleaner and safer sources of energy.

13. Fossil fuels are renewable sources of energy.

14. Electricity can be produced from the sea.
15. The energy form the sun, the waves and the winds will never be used up.
16. We really need to worry about cleaner and safer sources of energy.

17. What is the passage mainly about?

A. We are facing huge lack of energy
B. Electricity is the main energy we use
C. Alternative sources of energy must be developed
D. It is impossible to have safer sources of energy

18. Which source of energy cannot last forever?

A. coal
B. wind
C. water
D. waves

IV. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage. (1,5 pts)
Two British policemen were (19) ___ to investigate a flying saucer on March 31, 1989, the day before April
Fool’s Day. When the policemen arrived at a field in Surrey, they saw a small figure wearing a silver space
(20) ___ walking out of a spacecraft. Immediately the police ran off in the opposite direction. Reports
revealed that the alien was in fact a small person, and the flying saucer was a hot air balloon that had been
specially built to look (21) ___ a UFO by Richard Branson, the 36-year-old chairman of Virgin Records.

Branson had planned to (22) ___ the balloon in London’s Hyde Park on April 1. However, a wind change
had brought him down in a Survey field. The police received a lot of phone calls from terrified motorists as
the balloon drifted over the motorway. One lady was so (23) ___ by the incident that se was crying as she
was (24) ___ the UFO to a radio station.

V. Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence. (1.5 pts)

25. Have you read the ____ of our school closing ceremony? (announce)
26. In the 18th century jean cloth was made ____ from cotton. (complete)
27. The next stage I the development of television is ____ TV. (active)
28. Some ____ have raised people’s awareness of rhinos’ protection. (conservation)
29. Sweden has a(n) ____ solar energy program. (advance)
30. We all enjoy listening to his ____ stories. (humor)

VI. Rearrange the groups of words in a correct order to make complete sentences. (0.5 pt)

31. that family members / a celebration / Tet is so important / try to come back home / living apart /./
32. and developing nations / the rivers and seas / for polluting / Both developed / are responsible /./

VII. Rewrite each of the following sentences in another way so that it means almost the same as the
sentence printed before it. (2.0 pts)

33. We are eager to make a trip to the countryside this July.

→ We are looking ___________________________________

34. It’s two months since we last saw a movie.

→ We haven’t ______________________________________

35. Minh does not speak English as well as Lan.

→ Minh wishes he ___________________________________

36. Stop using the computer after 10 P.M.

→ You must shut ____________________________________

DS1920
I. Choose the word/phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the space in each sentence. (2.5 pts)
1. My uncle, ____ is a computer programmer, works at New York’s Columbia University.
A. whom
B. whose
C. who
D. which

2. The whole incident was captured ____ CCTV at the shopping mall yesterday.
A. at
B. on
C. in
D. above

3. Internet users often suffer various risks, such as spam or ____ junk mail.
A. scientific
B. electric
C. electronic
D. traffic

4. In 2019 Brunie has a ____ of just over 439,300.

A. currency
B. collection
D. religion
D. population

5. Last weekend, Ba invited Liz to join his family on a ____ to his home village.
A. two days trip
B. two-day trip
C. trip of two-day
D. two-day’s trip

6. The ____ lot is kept under video surveillance, so you needn’t worry about your car.
A. parker
B. parking
C. parks
D. park-keeper

7. The Internet is available almost everywhere now. ____, some people have never got access to it.
A. Although
B. So that
C. However
D. Therefore

8. Most robots are empowered by artificial ____, or Al , and machine learning technology.
A. intelligence
B. internet
C. information
D. interest

9. _Hai Dang: “Do you thick wearing uniforms is a good idea?” ¬ Minh Dan: “____”
A. Well done, You did it
B. Yeah. You don’t have to think of what to wear every day.
C. It’s nice of you to say so
D. Yes, I can. And so can all of my friends.
10. _Tim: “____” Paul: “I disagree. The course is too expensive for us”.
A. That academy isn’t good
B. That summer course is unaffordable.
C. Do you like that course?
D. Why not take that summer course?

II. Look at the signs. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) for questions 11 and 12. (0,5 pt)

11. What does sign (A) say?

A. You mustn’t drive after drinking.
B. You shouldn’t drive under the influence of drugs.
C. You must be careful with drunk drives.
D. You should be careful as there is a pub ahead.

12. What does sign (B) say?

A. Disabled people can stand here.
B. This is a forbidden area for the handicapped.
C. Facilities for disabled people are available here.
D. The handicapped must stay here at all times.

III. Read the following passage. Decide if the statements from 13 to 16 are True or False, and choose
the correct answers (A, B, C or D) for questions 17 and 18. (1,5 pt)

There is a list of interesting jobs that we’ll never have again, and a town crier is, of course, on the list. It’s
been a long time since town criers worked professionally, so there are not many people knowing who town
criers were. Today we can only see them in the movies or at some old tourist sites. Before newspapers were
invented, a town crier, who was usually an older gentleman with a booming voice, always dressed offically
and had a little bell which he carried with him always. His job was to go through city streets ringing the belt
and shouting the latest news as he was walking.

The occupation of the town crier was quickly replaced by radio, television, texting, internet, and all the
marvels of modern technology. Today this occupation exists only for entertaining purposes and as local
folklore. Competitions for the best town criers are still being held in some parts of the world like America,
Australia, Canada and England.

13. A lot of people now work as professional town criers.

14. Today people can get ti know about town criers in films and at some tourist attractions.
15. Town criers had worked professionally before mass media were invented.
16. Town criers used to wear casual clothes when working.

17. What is the passage mainly about?

A. The birth of town crying
B. Town crying, an extinct job
C. Town criers and modern technology
D. Town crying for entertainment

18. It can be inferred from the passage that town criers used to ____.
A. live in a town square.
B. be waited and welcomed to town squares.
C. make loud deep sounds
D. take part in competitions in western countries

IV. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage. (1,5 pts)
There are many ways to cut the (19) ___ of your power bill in your home. Take a look at the way we choose
computers (a laptop or a desktop computer). A laptop is a computer that is small enough (20) ___ carried
around easily and is flat when closed. While a desktop computer is the one that fits on a desk but that is not
easily moved from place to place.

Regardless of their convenience difference, choosing a laptop or a desktop computer may result in a
significant difference in energy (21) ___. I’m writing this by using a laptop with power (22) ___ features
switched on – using around 50 watts maximum. Back some years ago, I would work with a desktop
computer with a 17” CRT screen – around 300 watts all told.

The following are some rough (23) ___ based on coal fired power generation for just the computer aspect:
- Laptop = 50w x 10 hours a day x 365 days = 182.5 kilowatt hours
- Desktop = 300w x 10 hours a day x 365 = 1095 kilowatt hours

In the case of coal fired electricity, each kilowatt you save not only puts (24) ___ back into your pockets, but
also avoids up to 1.5 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions being generated.

V. Use the correct form of the word given in each sentences. (1,5 pts)
25. Ha Noi will have ____ between 23˚C and 27˚C. (temperate)
26. It’s worrying that natural disasters are becoming ____ damaging. (increase)
27. UFO stands for “____ Flying Object”, which is also known as a flying saucer. (identify)
28. Although robots have proved to be significant, they still have a few ____ (limit)
29. You can finish the work at home on Sunday if ____. (necessity)
30. The police ____ to the emergency quickly and the victims were rescued. (response)

VI. Rearrange the groups of words in a correct order to make complete sentences. (0,5 pt)
31. India, downing trees / and power lines, causing / has hit / widespread damage / a powerful cyclone /./
32. what would you do? / If you had / and playing games endlessly, / a 15-year-old / boy staying up too late
/./

VII. Rewrite each of the following sentences in another way so that it means almost the same as the
sentence printed before it. (2,0 pts)
33. Nowadays young people pay more attention to traditional festival than they did some years ago.
→ Some years back young _______________________________
34. This is the first time they have experienced the wonderful feeling in space.
→ They have never _____________________________________
35. We should teach young children to care for the environment.
→ I suggest young children ______________________________
36. Drivers and passengers must fasten the seat belt when travelling in cars.
→ It is compulsory for __________________________________