Đề thi môn tiếng Anh kỳ 1: Giải Trần Đại Nghĩa Lần IV năm học
2006 - 2007
GRADE 10
Choose the best option (A, B, C, or D) to fill in the blank in each sentence.
1. Excuse me! I’m doing my homework. ________ not making too much noise?
A. Would you please
B. Can you
C. Could you
D. Would you mind
2. I’d prefer to go to the football field rather ________ be in class today.
A. than
B. to
C. for
D. as
3. Would you like to eat out this evening?
__________ .
A. Yes, I would like
B. Yes, I do like
C. Yes, please
D. I’d love to
4. I couldn’t find Jimmy at the party last night. If I ______ him, I’d have been very happy.
A. meet
B. met
C. had met
D. have met
5. How _______ can you run every morning, Jack?
About two kilometers.
A. many
B. much
C. fast
D. far

D. hadn’t better
12. - Your house looks so new and strange, doesn’t it?
- Well, ________.
A. it’s being painted
B. it’s just been painted
C. it’s painted
D. it was painted recently
13. Wildlife is being ________ with extinction?
A. dealt
B. coped
C. feared
D. threatened
14. _ Do you feel like dancing now?
_ ___________.
A. It’s a good idea
B. I feel good thanks to dancing
C. You are welcome
D. Maybe, it’s true
15. Janet is a beautiful but very arrogant girl. She always looks ________ other people.
A. into
B. up to
C. after
D. down upon
Read the passage and choose the best option (A, B, C, or D) to fill in each blank.
Plant and animal species are dying (16)______ at an unprecedented rate. Estimates range that
from 4,000 to as many as 50,000 species per year become extinct. The (17)______ cause of
extinction is habitat destruction, particularly of the world’s richest ecosystems – tropical rain
forests and coral reefs. (18)______ the world’s rain forests continue to be cut down at the current
rate, they may completely disappear by the year 2030. In (19)______, if the world’s population
continues to grow at its present rate and puts (20)______ more pressure on these habitats, they

B. for
C. in
D. up
6. ________ hard tests the teacher gave, that student managed to get good scores.
A. Whatever
B. Whenever
C. However
D. Wherever
7. They couldn’t finish it ________ the lack of support.
A. because
B. because of
C. why
D. the reason
8. _ ________ does it take you to do the washing?
_ About an hour or so.
A. How fast
B. What length
C. How long
D. What time
9. He was once again _______ in his final attempt. What a pity for him!
A. successful
B. successive
C. unsuccessful
D. success
10. He is _________; he needs to eat less.
A. weightless
B. weighting
C. underweight
D. overweight
11. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others:

powerful, and that people are no longer in control of them.
One of the problems with a computer is that, like any other machines, it can break down. If a
computer is affected, then the information it is storing can be lost. If a computer program has a(n)
5.______ in it, the computer’s calculations can be seriously affected. A faulty program in a
hospital or police computer could cause terrible mistakes.
1. A. shocking; B. amazing; C. astonishing; D. liking
2. A. what; B. which; C. when; D. where
3. A. of; B. in; C. on; D. for
4. A. becoming; B. getting; C. running; D. turning
5. A. foul; B. abnormality; C. wrongdoing; D. error
GRADE 12
1. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others:
A. job
B. mother
C. lover
D. but
2. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others:
A. great
B. steak
C. breakfast
D. danger
3. Choose the word that has the main stress on the first syllable:
A. pollution
B. industry
C. politician
D. importance
4. Choose the underlined word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that needs correcting:
Five millions of people take
A B
part in the recycling campaign

10. Women are now independent _______ men.
A. of
B. on
C. against
D. at
11. Tom Cruise, ________ career excelled in the film industry, is one of the leading figures in
Hollywood.
A. that
B. whose
C. whom
D. who
12. They couldn’t finish it ________ there was no adequate support.
A. because
B. because of
C. why
D. so long
13. Everyone in our class ________ his suggestion.
A. agrees with; B. agree to; C. agrees to; D. agree with
14. You have to be aware of the damage humans are doing to quicken the _____ of wildlife.
A. extinct; B. extinctive; C. extinctions; D. extinction
15. He is boasting; what he is saying is just a(n) _________.
A. statement
B. understatement
C. overstatement
D. restatement
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following
passage:
European concern for wildlife was outlined by Dr Peter Baum, an expert in the environment and
natural (16)______ division of the council, (17)______ he spoke at a conference arranged by the
administrators of a British national park. The park is one of the few areas in Europe to hold the