ĐỀ SỐ 6

A. PHONETICS
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. Write your
answers in the space provided below.
1. A. exhaust B. luxury C. examination /D. anxiety
2. A. heir B. hollow C. hero D. heat
3. A. modal B. model C. modest D. modern
4. A. tissue B. passion C. machine D. issue
5. A. boast B. goal C. load D. oar
B. LEXICO & GRAMMAR
I. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to fill in each blank. Write your answers
in the space provided below.
1. He hurt his leg _____________ in order to miss the exam.
A. at purpose B. for purpose C. in purpose D.on
purpose
2. It ____________ to me whether we meet them or not.
A. makes no difference B. is not a difference
C. is indifferent makes D. not a difference
3. Some officials proposed increase the __________ on tobacco.
A. money B. fee C. duty D. salary
4. He must be the director, _____?
A. will he B. mustn’t he C. is he D. isn’t he
5. The new manager explained to the staff that she hoped to ……………….... new
procedures to save time and money.
A. manufacture B. establish C. control D. restore
7. Thank you very much. I haven’t been to _____________ party for ages.
A. a so enjoyable B. the so enjoyable C. so enjoyable a D. so
enjoyable
8. George took _______________ of the fine weather to work in his garden.
A. chance B. interest C. advantage D.
charge
9. The escaped prisoner fought ____________before he was finally overpowered.
A. head over heels B. tooth and nail C. heart and soul D. foot and mouth
10. The builders say they will have finished the roof ____________ .
A. by Tuesday B. as soon as they can
C. at the end of last year D. without any more delay
11. The water company will have to ____off water supplies while repairs to the
pipes are carried out.
A. hold B. run C. set D. cut
12. The reason why he gets into trouble so often is that he has a _______ temper.
A. fast B. rapid C. speedy D. quick
13. You can take part in sport activities or not. That depends on you. It is
________
A. compulsory B. required C. optional D. forceful
14. In the kitchen, there is a_____________ table.
A. beautiful large round wooden . B. large beautiful wooden
round
C wooden round large beautiful D. round large wooden
beautiful
15. - Thang: "What do you think about that work of fiction?"
- Huong: "____________________"
A. Yes, let's. B. The best I've ever read!

C. I can't agree with you more. D. I wish I could.

16. I’m very busy at present. I __________ my report on time.
A. may finish B. could not finished C. may not finish D. didn’t
finish
17. ____________ the class size is our school’s immediate aim.
A. Reduced B. Reduces C. To reduce D.
Reduction
18. This is _______ the most difficult job I’ve ever had to do.
A. by heart B. by chance C. by far D. by
myself
19. Jack can speak two languages. One is English. _____ is Vietnamese.
A. Other B. The other C. Another D. Others
20. Not only _____ us light, but it also gives us heat.
A. the sun gives B. the sun has given
C. has the sun given D. does the sun give
II. Put the verbs in blanket into the correct form. Write your answers in the
space provided.
- It is essential that all English teachers (1. prepare) __prepare_____ for the
entrance exam.
 - Not a word (2. she, talk) __she had talked_____________ to me since we had a
quarrel.
- It was our fault to keep Jane keeping so long. We (3. inform) __should have
informed___ her in advance.
- The student (4. sit) _sitting_________ next to me was nervous because he (5. not
attend) ____didn’t attend______ the gifted exam before.
- No sooner did the president (6. arrive) __arrive________ than they had an
important discussion.
- I don’t know why you (7. always, talk) __are always talking________ in class,
guy.
- Jin is a first year student. By the end of the year, she (8. learn) _have beeen
learning_______ English for eight years.
- Were I (9. know) _to know___ you are not at home today, I wouldn’t ask him to
call you.
- Peter, together with his family members, (10. visit) __vistied________ Opera
House three times this year.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

III. Supply the correct forms of the words given in BOLD. Write your answers in
the space provided.
1. We have a good ____relationship______, who helped us a RELATION
lot.
2. Because now Jenny has got a job, she is DEPEND
_____indenpendent______ of her parents.
3. The books read by the Romans have some ___similarity__ SIMILAR
to the ones we are reading now.
4. They all cheered ____enthusiastic_______ as their team ENTHUSIASM
came out.
5. My students are so talkative. They seem to be totally CAPABLE
__________ of working quietly by themselves.
6. This village was __________ three years ago. ELECTRIFY
7. People do not like her because she is HONEST
____honest________ !
8. This matter is terribly ______confidential_______ You CONFIDENCE
mustn’t confide it to anyone else.
9. It is very ______unhealthy______to live in a damp and HEALTH
dirty room.
10. There was loud ______laughing_____ as the clown fell LAUGH
off the ladder.

IV. Find and correct the underlined word or phrase that is not correct as
standard English.
1. If I can’t leave my bags here, what do you suggest me to do with them.
A B C D
2. Some university students support themselves by tutoring, working in restaurants
A B
or they do market research.
C D
3. We are looking forward to taking on a tour of athens by our Greeks friends.
A B C D
4. The prize-giving ceremony will be televised lively from Hoa Binh theater.
A B C D
5. He usually comes home at five o’clock, but this week he works very late.
A B C D

C. WRITING.
I. Finish the second sentence in such a way that it means exactly the same as the
first one. (1.0 point)
1. All the children will receive a prize, whatever their score in the competition.
No matter what their score in the competition
2. I didn’t come to my cousin’s party last night, so he was very unhappy.
 Had ____
3. Except for the inspector, everyone was in uniform.
 The inspector ________________________________________________
4. Everyone thinks the book was written by the princess herself.
 The book is thought to be written by the princess herself
5. He was so angry that he was lost for words.
 Such was his angrily he was lost for words.
II. Do not change the given word, use it to rewrite each of the following
sentences so that each has as a similar meaning as the original one.
1. I can't understand Doris and what she has done.
SENSE
 I can't __make sense of_____Doris and what she has done.
2. Peter was ready to leave the office when his boss asked him to type up a report.
POINT
Peter __on the point of leaving_ the office when his boss asked him to type up a
report.
3. When he drinks a lot, he gets very bad.
MORE
The more he drinks, the worse he gets
4. John was shocked to hear that he had failed his driving test.
CAME
 It came as a surprise to John to hear that he had failed his driving test.
5. “Many thanks for your timely support”, said Jenny to the man.
GRATITUDE
 Jenny expresses gratitude to the man to thank for his timely support