I. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) which best completes each sentence. Circle
the letter you choose.
1. His funny story is
A. amuse B. amusing C. amused D. amusement
2. I can’t stand my Mum for money.
A. ask B. to ask C. asking D. asked
3. England won the World Cup 1966.
A. at B. in C. on D. from
4. It is dangerous sky-diving.
A. to practise B. practise C. practising D. practice
5. The streets are crowded with a population has no interest in learning.
A. who B. which C. whom D. whose
6. My physics course is than my math course.
A. difficult B. as difficult C. difficuter D. more difficult
7. I have never seen a film than this.
A. as boring B. bored C. more boring D. more bored
8. Who is the of the two sister?
A. taller B. tallest C. tall D. most tall
9. The boys don’t enjoy lessons. They’d like games
A. do/play B. doing/playing C. to do/to play D. doing/to play
10. My brother for this company since he left school.
A. works B. has worked C. is working D. worked
11. Do you know ?
A. what the writer name is B. what is the writer’s name
C. what the writer’s name is D. what is the writer name
12. We a new house yet.
A. have found B. didn’t found C. not found D. haven’t found
13. When I to see them, they chess.
A. came/played B. came/were playing
C. was coming/was playing D. was coming/playing
A. biologer B. biologist C. physicer D. physicist
25. Vietnam is a country.
A. develop B. development C. developed D. developing
26. We worked very hard yesterday. It was a day.
A. tired B. tiring C. tire D. tiringly
27. morning exercises is very good for our health.
A. Do B. Done C. Did D. Doing
28. Smoking is to our health.
A. harm B. harmful C. harmless D. harming
29. Who drive more , men or women?
A. careful B. carefully C. careless D. as carelessly
30.Gravity is the force of the Earth to attract towards its center.
A. thing B. nothing C. something D. everything
III. READING COMPREHENSION
A. Read the following passage carefully then choose the answer (A, B, C, or D)
which
you think is correct
I was born in Newcastle, a city in the North East of England. Newcastle is on the bank
of
the River Tyne. It is quite big, with a population of about 200,000 people. There is a
cathedral and a university. There are five bridges over the River Tyne, which link
Newcastle
to the next town, Gateshead, where there is one of the biggest shopping centers in the
world.
A few years ago, the main industries were shipbuilding and coalmining, but now
the chemical and soap industries are important.
I moved to London ten years ago but I often return to Newcastle. I miss the people,
who are
very friendly, and I miss the beautiful countryside near the city, where there are so
many
39. What does the writer miss?
A. the people B. the beautiful countries
C. the hills and the streams D. the people and the beautiful countries
40. Who are called “Geodies”?
A. people who are born in Newcastle
B. people who are born in England
C. people who are born near the River Tyne
D. people who are born in London
B. Read the following passage carefully then choose the answer (A, B, C, or D)
which
you think is best suited to the gaps
I (41) from Switzerland. I came to London six months ago (42) English. I
haven’t
met many English people (43) , only my teachers. I started (44) English at
school
in Switzerland when I was eleven, so I have learnt it for nearly ten years. At first
(45) London, I couldn’t (46) anything, but now my English is improved. I have
just taken an exam. (47) I pass, I will move into the next class. I’m (48) today
because my parents will come tomorrow to stay (49) me for a few days and I
haven’t
seen them for a long time. They have never been to England and they (50)
English.
41. A. come B. am coming C. came D. have come
42. A. learn B. learning C. am learning D. to learn
43. A. just B. already C. yet D. since
44. A. learn B. learned C. to learn D. learning
45. A. in B. at C. on D. from
46. A. understand B. know C. listen D. hear
47. A. Because B. When C. Unless D. If
48. A. excite B. exciting C. excited D. excitement