Ngoại ngữ cơ bản 2 CQ49/01.(01+02)

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ĐỀ 1
Part A: Use of English
I. Choose and circle the best answer to complete the sentences:
1. At last year launch party, who …… to do the carter?
A. did you hire B. do you hire C. were you hire D. you hired
2. I …… them a reminder. They …… us of their last order yet.
A. am going to send/didn’t pay B. will send/haven’t paid
C. am going to send/ haven’t paid D. have sent/haven’t paid
3. The company was in …… a very bad financial state that the factory couldn’t
meet the demand for it.
A. such B. so C. enough D. too
4. There were a lot of mistakes in the report that you gave me last week. I think
you should check your figures a bit ……
A. more carefully B. more careful C. carefully D. more carefully
5. It is 12.20. You ring a colleague but there is no reply. He …… to lunch.
A. might go B. may go C. might went D. might have gone
II. Circle the word or phrase which best complete each sentences:
1. To …… in a job interview, you should arrive on time, be well - dressed and
keep …… when answering the questions.
A. successfully/calm B. successfully/calmer
C. success/calmly D. succeed/calm
2. Something went …… with my computer so I couldn’t complete my work.
A. wrong B. wrongly C. wrongness D. wrongfulness
3. What is the …… of the room?
A. widths B. widen C. wide D. width
4. …… doesn’t interested us as much as literature.
A. Economics B. Economy C. Economical D. Economically

I. Choose the best answer to fill in the blanks in the reading text.
Price Al Walled bin Talal (1)…… 7 March 1955 is a member of the Saudi
Royal Family. He is also chairman of Kingdom holdings. The company has
investments all (2)…… the world to taking over $15 billion. It is a major
shareholder in Disneyland Paris where it (3)…… a 25% stake. It also owns the
Four Seasons hotel group, has a 5% shareholding in the Citicorp, owns 5% of
Apple Computers and (4)…… addition has stakes in many other companies such
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as TWA, Netcape, Daewoo and Motorola. Prince Al Walled is the most successful
(5)…… in the world. Chairman of his company at the age of fourteen, Prince Al
Walled was (6)…… up in Beirut before returning to Saudi Arabia to attend
military school. He studied at university in San Francisco and got his Master from
Syracuse University. He (7)…… His first fortune is the eighties investing in real
estate in Saudi Arabia. He also worked as a local partner for Korean company in
the country. By 1988, he was worth over $1 billion (8)…… for him there is no
income tax in Saudi Arabia. In 1991, he made his best investment of his life. He
bought shares for $890 million in Citicorp, America’s largest bank at that time.
That stake is now worth $5,51 billion. His latest project is to build the (9)……
skyscraper in Riyadh. Riyadh is continuing to grow (10)…… the capital of Saudi
Arabia and it looks if the $35 million Kingdom centre will be get another
profitable investment.
1. A. born B. was born C. is born D. were born
2. A. in B. over C. at D. for
3. A. holding B. hold C. holds D. held
4. A. in B. on C. at D. in
5. A. investment B. investing C. investor D. investors
6. A. taken B. got C. stood D. brought
7. A. make B. made C. making D. makes
8. A. lucky B. luck D. luckily D. unluckily

4. You want to borrow bankers some money.
5. Suggest your friend to advertise the vacancy on the internet.
II. Finish the second sentences so that it means the same as the first.
1. Their forecasts are always too inaccurate for us to use.
→ Their forecasts are
2. Our tax laws are too complicated to understand.
→ Our tax laws
3. Few drugs on the market have been tasted as extensively as this.
→ This is one of
4. We haven’t done business for 9 years.
→ We last
5. I have never heard such a boring presentation before.
→ That was
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Part D: Translation.
I. Translate these English sentences into Vietnamese.
1. Most stockbrokers will buy and sell shares in publicly quoted companies.
2. The fall in demand forced us to cut production.
3. Because of ATMs, banks don’t have as many branches as they used to have.
4. Of all staff in Sale Department, Peter works the most effectively.
II. Translate these Vietnamese sentences into English.
1. Sinh viên sẽ có nhiều cơ hội kiếm được việc làm tốt nếu như họ có kiến thức
chuyên môn vững vàng, có trình độ tiếng Anh tốt và sử dụng vi tính giỏi.
2. Mức sống của các nước phát triển cao hơn nhiều so với các nước đang phát
triển.
3. Nhiều yếu tố ảnh hưởng đến thành công của 1 doanh nghiệp, bao gồm cả những
chính sách của Chính phủ.
4. Với sự cạnh tranh như hiện nay, việc tăng giá là không thể. Vì vậy tôi nghĩ rằng
chúng ta sẽ cố gắng cải thiện sức sản xuất của nhà máy.

3. Do có máy ATM, các ngân hàng không còn có nhiều chi nhánh như trước đây
nữa.
4. Trong tất cả các nhân viên của phòng kinh doanh, Peter làm việc hiệu quả nhất.
II.
1. Students will have a lot of chances to have good jobs if they have good
knowledge of their majors, English skills and computer skills.
2. Living standard in developed countries are much higher than living standard in
developing countries.
3. A lot of factors affect success of a business, including government’s policies.
4. With such present competition, it is impossible to raise prices so I think we’ll try
to improve our factory’s productivity.