TEST 7
I. PHONETICS
(1-3). Choose the word whose underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. a. computer b. situation c. telephone d. teacher
2. a. look b. good c. school u: d. foot
3. a. pleased b. smoked c. stopped d. missed
(4-5). Choose the word whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others.
4. a. disappointed b. compulsory c. economic d. interactive
5. a. device b. purpose c. website d. access
II. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
(6-20). Choose the word or phrase (a, b, c or d) that best fits the blank space in each sentence.
6. Wearing uniforms helps poor students feel equal ________ others.
a. up b. on c. off d. to
7. Most children are fond ________ fairy tales.
a. in b. of c. at d. with
8. The kids are watching cartoons ________ the Disney Chanel.
a. on b. in c. of d. from
9. ________ you change your mind, I won’t be able to help you.
a. If only b. Because c. Unless d. Although
10. Can you tell me when ________ is? It’s on the third Sunday in June.
a. Mother’s Day b. Father’s Day c. Teacher’s Day d. Thanksgiving Day
11. If I have any more news, you’ll be the first ________.
a. know b. to know c. knowing d. who will know
12. I’ll have my hair ________ this afternoon.
a. to cut b. cutting c. cuts d. cut
13. You don’t know where Sarah is, ________?
a. do you b. don’t you c. is she d. isn’t she
14. The story was so funny that I couldn’t help ________ when I read it.
a. laugh b. to laugh c. laughing d. my laugh
15. We often give him ________ by e-mail.
a. a good information c. some good information
b. some good informations d. many piece of information
16. He wants to know if there ________ an English test tomorrow.
a. is b. was c. will be d. would be
17. What ________ in your spare time? Do you have any hobbies?
a. do you do c. have you done
b. are you doing d. will you do
18. It was so quiet that it seemed ________ the earth had stopped.
a. if b. only if c. as if d. unless
19. Why don’t you do something worthwhile with your time instead of just ________ it.
a. spending b. wasting c. using d. passing
20. ‘Well done. You did great.’ ‘________.’
a. It’s nice of you to say so c. It’s OK now
b. Not at all d. With all my heart
(21 -25). Choose the underlined word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that needs correcting.
boring
21. The film was so bored that I felt asleep in the middle.
A B C D
age
22. School children in the same grade are usually the same old as their classmates.
A B C D worldwide
23. The advertising agency which has had the highest sales worldwidely is Dentsu Inc.
A B C D it's high time +S+V2/ed: đã đến lúc
addressed làm gì = it's time to V0
24. It is high time that the Wildlife Department addresses the problem of animal ownership.
A B C D
that
25. I can’t understand how something weighs two hundred tons can fly.
A B C D
(26-30). Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence.
26. Many scientists do not believe in the ________ of UFOs. (exist) existence
27. Although they are very rich, they are living ________. (happy) happily
28. Fluoride ________ your teeth, thus preventing tooth decay. (strong) strengthens
29. Only the very ________ could afford to travel overseas. (wealth) wealthy
30. She gained international ________ as a tennis player. (famous) fame
III. READING
(31 -36). Choose the word or phrase (a, b, c or d) that best fits the blank space in the following
passage.
About twenty per cent of the world’s present (31) ________ already comes from the sun in one form
or another. Special devices have already been made available to put on the roof of houses and flats to
tia do đó, vì thế
(32) ________ the sun’s rays and thus heat water. Thousands of these devices are now being used to
provide (33) ________ in homes throughout the United States while more than a million solar water-
heating units have already been (34) ________ in homes in Japan. Other purposes for which solar energy
sự tưới tiêu nước thải
is at present being used include the separation of salt (35) ________ seawater, irrigation and sewage
disposal. sự xử lí
For most people in developing countries, the need is not for air conditioners or central heating
(36)________ for cheap ways of cooking food, drying crops and lighting homes.
31. a. mineral b. energy c. resource d. material
32. a. collect b. give c. make d. produce
33. a. fuel b. source c. power d. gas
34. a. supplied b. completed c. stored d. placed
35. a. to b. from c. of d. with
36. a. but b. and c. or d. then
(37-43). Read the passage. Decide if the statements that follow are True or False and choose the
correct answer.
People in Asia refer to tropical storms as typhoons. These are the same types of storms as hurricanes.
People call tropical storms in the Atlantic Ocean and Eastern Pacific Ocean hurricanes. They call tropical
storms in the western Pacific Ocean typhoons. And those storms that occur in the Indian Ocean are
cyclones. Yet they are all the same type of storm.
Sadly, tropical storms are often responsible for large numbers of deaths. For instance, the deadliest
storm in history took place in Bangladesh. It happened in 1970. Between half a million to one million
chết
people perished when a cyclone made landfall. In the 1700s and 1800s, there were several deadly
typhoons and cyclones. A few killed several hundred thousand people each. In more recent times, a
cyclone that hit Myanmar in 2008 killed at least 100,000 people.
37. A tropical storm changes its name depending on its location.
38. Tropical storms in the eastern Pacific Ocean are called cyclones.
39. Tropical storms can cause massive loss of human life.
40. Tropical storms have killed hundreds of thousands of people in the past.
41. A tropical storm in Myanmar in 2008 killed around one million people.
42. How do people in Vietnam call tropical storms?
a. Hurricanes b. Cyclones
c. Tornadoes d. Typhoons
43. How many people died in the world’s deadliest cyclone?
a. 500,000 b. More than 500,000
c. Nearly 1,000,000 d. 1,000,000
IV. WRITING
(44-46). Choose the sentence (a, b, c or d) that is almost the same in meaning as the sentence given.
44. We played too well to be worried by our defeat.
a. Although we didn’t play well, we won the match.
b. We didn’t play well so we lost the match.
c. We played quite well but lost the match.
d. We played well and won the match.
45. That library book must be returned within one week.
a. The book was brought back last week.
b. The book should have been returned a week ago.
c. The book has already been borrowed for a week.
d. The book can’t be kept longer than a week.
46. In the class of twenty-five, Jeanne is the third best student.
a. No other student is as smart as Jeanne.
b. The class has only three smart students.
c. Two students are smarter than Jeanne.
d. Jeanne is not as smart as most of the other students.
(47-50). Rewrite the sentences so that they are nearest in meaning to the sentence printed before
them.
47. The last time I saw my uncle was in 1999.
seen my uncle since 1999
I haven’t ______________________________________________________________.
48. My car is going to be checked next Sunday.
I’m ___________________________________________________________________.
going to have my car checked next Sunday
49. My sister prefers reading a book to watching TV.
My sister would rather _____________________________________________________.
read a book than watch TV
50. The test I did yesterday was so difficult that I couldn’t finish it in an hour.
a difficult test that i couldn't finish it in an hour.
Yesterday I did such_______________________________________________________.
