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Section: 1 of 2
Full name:…………………….
Class:…….

45 minutes test
Subject: English

I. phonetics: Choose a word whose underlined part is pronounced differently by circling the
corresponding A, B, C or D.
1.A. walked

B. missed C.explained

2. A. regarded B.B. punched

D. helped

C. pleased

D. pushed

3. A. biscuits

B. magazines C. newspapers

4. A. English

B. American


8. I take responsibility to ………my little brothers because they are sometimes very naughty.
A. look after

B. get up

C. sit down

D. shut up

9. Tim……….. his hair while I………..up the kitchen
A. washed / was cleaned B. was washing / was cleaning


C. was washing / cleaned D. washed / cleaned
10. Thebride and the groom would pray, asking their ancestors’ ……….. to get married.
A. permission B. permit

C. permissive D. permissibility

11. He told me that he …………………our wedding tomorrow
A. attended B. will attend

C. is attending D. would attend

12. Men’s responsibility is to work and …………. the family and women’s job is to look after the
family.
A. support

B. supportive


17.Lan: “Are you American?” –John: “....................................”
A. Sorry!

B. Yes?

C. Excuse me? D.Pardon?

18.There are many ways ……….someone’s attention.
A. to attract

B. to sell

C. to lend D. to buy

19. Linh: “How do you do?” –Nam: “…………..”
A. I’m well. Thank you. B. Not too bad. C. Yeah, OK. D.How do you do
20.Ann:What an attractive hair style you have got, Mary! - Mary:………..
A. Thank you very much. I am afraid
C. Thank you for your compliment

B. You are telling a lie
D. I don't like your sayings

21.. “ I’m afraid I can’t come to your birthday party this weekend!” –“…………………………”


A. What a shame !

B. What a pity ! C. Me too.



C. typical

D. close-knit

III. Reading: Readthe following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer
sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 27 to 30.
EX1:
In the United States and Canada, it is very important to look at a person in theeyes when you
are having a conversation with him or her. If you look down or to the side when the other person
is talking, that person will think that you are not interested in what he or she is saying. This of
course, is not polite. If you look down or to the side when you are talking, you may appear hiding
something, that is, it might seem that you are not honest. However, people who are speaking will
sometimes look away for a few seconds when they are thinking or trying to find the right word.
But they always turn immediately back to look the listener in the eyes. These social rules are the
same for two women, two men, a woman and a man, or an adult and a child.
27. These social rules are used for _____.
A. two men

B. a man and a woman C. everybody D.two women

28. When you are talking to an American or Canadian, you should _____.


A. look directly at him or her

B. look to the side

C. avoid looking directly at him or her


32. A. office B. cafe’

C. bar

33. A. rains B. rained

C. rain

34. A. having B. had

C. to have D. have

35.A. when B. if

C. so

D. shop
D. to rain

D. where

IV. Writing:Rewrite these sentences in reported speech:
36. “ I came back from Ho Chi Minh city yesterday” Thuan said.
Thuan said that………………………………………………………………………………………
37. “ I will come back early” Brown said to his parents.
Brown promised……………………………………………………………………………………
38. “ I am sorry I am late” Tom said to his teacher.
Tom apologised for…………………………………………………………………………………
39.“ How far is it from your house to the Supermarket” Mai asked me


A. accepted

B. complained C. agreed

D. argued

5. I finished my homework a few days ahead................. the deadline.
A. of

B. to

C. by

D. at

6. He hurried................ he would be late for class.
A. since

B. as if

C. unless

D. so what

7. If she............... rich, she would travel around the world.
A. would be

B. is

C. has been


D. have been leaving

12. ................... of the workers has his own work.


A. Every

B. Each

C. Other

D. All

13. The equipment in our office needs.................
A. modern

B. modernizing C. modernized

D. modernization

14. They felt................. when they failed the exams the second time.
A. discouraged

B. annoyed C. undecided D. determined

15. I have bought a present for my mother, and now I need some...............
A. paper wrapper B. wrap paper C. wrapped paper D. wrapping paper
16. Computer is one of the most important................... of the 20th century.
A. inventing


B. hadn't been

C. wouldn't be D. wouldn't have been

21. Hair colour is one of.................. characteristics to be used in identifying people.
A. the most obviously

B. most obvious C. obviously the most D. the most obvious

22. I would appreciate it................ what I have told you a secret.
A. you can keep

B. that you kept

C. you will keep D. if you kept

23. My cat would not have bitten the toy fish................ it was made of rubber.
A. if she has known
C. had she known

B. if she should known
D. if she knew

24. ......................, the results couldn't be better.


A. No matter what he tried hard

B. No matter how hard he tried

28. Who will take …………………………of their children?
A. carefully

B. care

C. careless

D. careful

29.I’m afraid I have to leave ……. a few days time.
A. in

B. after

C. on

D. at

30.I ………… a driving test next month
A. will be having

B. will have had C. have

D. will have

31. Tony is my uncle’s son. He is my……….
A. nephew

B. half-brother



36. What is your teacher…………….?
A. like

B. liked

C. liking

D. does like

37. He is a tall man………………
A. of long hairs

B. with long hairs C. of long hair D. with long hair


38. My classroom is ………………… this one.
A. as big as

B. as big that

C. so big as

D. so big that

39. The scientists are doing their experiments in the …………
A. laboratory

B. laundry


A. with

B. from

C. as

D. towards

44. I don’t feel sorry ………….. him. He doesn’t work hard enough.
A. for

B. about

C. with

D. to

45. Mr. Bradley has gone to New York ………… business.
A. in

B. by

C. on

D. with

46. “I’m going to the theatre tonight.” –“So …………..”
A. will I

B. I will

50. I ………… to work when I saw the accident.
A. shall drive

B. am driving

C. drove

D. was driving.


51. Now I……………………… at night.
A. am used to work

C. am used to working

C used to working

C. used to work

52. Would you please…………………………him speak about the new plan?
A. let

B. allow

C. ask

D. tell

53. He told me that he…………………….
A. had already the film seen

C. How

D. So

57. The Daily Sun is a very good newspaper, It has all the latest………………..
A. news

B. events

C. papers

D. happenings

58. How many……………………………… can you speak?
A. conversations

B. languages C. communications D. speeches

59. We use oil and gas for………………
A. action

Bb. energy

C. operation D. control

60. A: Would you like chicken or lamb?
B: I………………………. lamb to chicken
A. like

B. want


64. It’s very kind……………………….. invite me.
A. from you to

B. of you to

C. by you to

D. that you

65. You don’t believe in what he said,…………………………?
A. do you

B. did you

C. by you to D. that you

66. If I had a million dollars, I ………………………..travel around the world.
A. can

B. will

C. would

D. should

67.”What is your name?” she asked
A. She asked what is my name.

B. She asked what was my name.


D. are wanting

72. The young girl ………………… has been busy cutting the grass in the garden all day.
A. the next door

B. lives next door C. next door

D. at next door

73. the children ………………… either their parents or their aunts before they left Paris.
A. didn’t meet

B. hadn’t met

C. hasn’t met D. haven’t met


74. Nobody, not ………………… his father, could persuade Tam to go and see the dentist.
A. only

B. even

C. just

D. also

75. Digital clocks, however precise, ………………… because the earth’s rotation changes slightly over
the year.
A. they can not be perfectly accurate


D. equal

79. The country’s annual ………………… of tea has increased every year since 1992.
A. produce

B. growth C. outcome

D. production

80. She has changed so much that ………………… anyone recognized her.
A. almost

B. hardly

C. not

D. no

81. In recent years, more and more people ………………… for things with credit cards.
A. pay

B. paid

C. are paying

D. have been paying

82. I think you ………………… better not encourage the students to take extra lessons.
A. will

D. As long as

86. If I were you, I ………………… that job.


A. would apply for

B. will ask for

C. will apply for D. would ask for

87. Do you ………………… my smoking in here?
A. want

B. worry

C. expect

D. mind

88. Venice, ………………… was built on water, is a city in Italy.
A. where

B. which

C. that

D.what

89. You have tea for breakfast, ………………… you?


C. left

D. having left

93. I don’t understand this point of grammar. I wish I ………………… It better
A. understand

B. would understand C. had understand D. will understand

94. I ………………… you all about it if you have the time.
A. tell

B. told

C. will tell

D. would tell

95. At last we’ve found the information that I was looking …………………
A. for

B. for it

C. will tell

D. it

96. My friend Nigel, ………………… works in the city, earns much more than I do.
A. that

B. for

C. in

D. at

100. It has been snowing ………………… Christmas morning.
A. since

B. for

C. until

D. to

101. He is looking forward to ………………… to Scotland.
A. travel

B. travelling

C. be travelling D. A and B

102. Some films about violence have ………………… badly on children and teenagers.
A. taken

B. offered C. aimed

D. influenced

103. He has to ………………… the bus to work.

B. over

C. off

D. into

107. The cat was ………………………………to wait for the mouse to come out
A. patiently enough

B. so patient C. enough

D. patient enough

108. we have to start early ……………………………… we’ll be late for school
A. or else

B. so that

C. although

D. that

109. Venice, ……………………………… was built on water, is a city in Italy
A. where

B. that

C. who

D. which


B. make C. work

D. act

114. I’m not accustomed ………………………………up so early
A. to getting

B. to get

C. by getting

D. get

115. It was really kind ……………………………… you to help poor people
A. from

B. on C. of

D. in

116. Tell me ………………………………….. there is anything interesting that you would like to do ?
A. that

B. which

C. if

D. so


B. where

C. that

D. it

121.Their house is much…….than ours.
A. big

B. more big C. more bigger D. bigger

122.Cuba is……..sugar growing areas is the world
A. largest

B. one of largest C. one of the largest D. one of the larger

123.My brother stopped……………..two years ago.
A. smoked

B. smoke

C. to smoke

D. smoking

124 .He is ……..to lift his weight
A. not enough strong

B. enough strong C. not strong enough D. strong not enough



D. think hardly

129.The Context ………. öhich you learn something can affect how well you remember it.
A. of

B. for

C. to

D. in

130.A very nice painting is hung ………….. the wall in our classroom
A. on

B. over

C. at

D. above

131…………… stamps is my hobby
A. Collect

B. Collection

C. Collecting

D. Collected


136.You can learn to move information fromyour short-term memory ……….. your long-term memory.
A. by

B. with

C. in

D. to

137.Wild animals are …….. almost everywhere
A. serious threatened

B. seriously threatened C. seriously threaten D. serious threaten


138.Do you mind ………. the cooking?
A. doing

B. to do

C. before

D. then

139.He said he was going ……… but he would get to he party by night.
A. next

B. now

C. before D. then

B. of

C. on

D. at

144.My father is a ………… he works in a garage
A. teacher

B. mechanic

C. farmer

D. doctor

145.Jane’s glasses are on the desk, so she……….be there
A. ought

B. must

C. shall

D. will

146.I expect ……… a postcard from my father in England today
A. being received

B. to receive

C. receiving D. to be receiving

B. in

C. down

D. off

151. He’ll never pass his driving test . . . . . . . . . . . . . he takes some lessons.
A. unless

B. if only

C. provided

D. if

152. Opposite our house is a nice park . . . . . . . . . . . . . there are trees and flowers
A. which

B. where

C. whose D. that

153. If you want to help, perhaps you could . . . . . . . . . . . . . the table for dinner.
A. put

B. lay

C. spread

D. place


B. with continuing C. continue

D. from continuing

158. Is she a friend of . . . . . . . . . . . . . ?
A. yours

B. you

C. your

D. you’re

159. Despite playing under strength, the village team ……………….. beat their arrivals.
A. could

B. were able to C. couldn’t D. weren’t able to

160. She had to do the shopping for her neighbour, ………………….. she?
A. didn’t

B. hadn’t

C. does

D. isn’t

161. The government…………………………… the earth quake victims with food, clothes and medicine.
A. gave


165. I suggest Andrea …………………. in touch with the organizers.
A. should get

B. to get C. getting

D. should getting

166. Your car’s very ………………. It hardly seems to use any petrol at all.
A. economical

B. economic C. ecumenical D. ecological

167. ……………….. to the bank manager’s loan, Gerald’s struggling company managed to stay solvent.
A. with thanks

B. thank you

C. thanks

D. gratefully

168. Is there any chance ………………… the machinery repaired?
A. to have

B. of having

C. for having

D. of being


B. shallow

C. low

D. narrow

173.Her parents were very …………… because she was out so late that night.
A. responsible

B. Sorry

C. worried

D. overcome

174.From the hotel there is a good …………… of the mountains
A. vision

B. View

C. sight

D. picture

175.Since he was a boy, one of his …………….. has been stamp collecting


A. hobbies


A. description

B. information C. news

D. fact

180.You will become ill ……………..you stop working so hard
A. until

B. when

C. unless

D. if

181.Oh, no ! My wallet has been ……………
A. robbed

B. picked

C. stolen

D. theft

182.We watched the cat …………. the tree.
A. Climbed

B. climb

C. had climbed

186.Is there a bank where I can ………………. these pounds for dollars?
A. exchange

B. turn

C. alter

D. arrange

187.Travelling to Paris …………….. air is quicker than driving
A. by

B. on

C. over

D. through

188.I think Sally is quite …………. her sister


A. as pretty

B. as pretty than C. as pretty as

D. prettier

189.Four people were seriously ….. in an accident on the motorway
A. injured



193.That lesson was much too difficult……….understand
A. for me to

B. me to

C. for I to

D. that

194.She warned me …………
A. to not do it

B. not to do it

C. I should do it D. about to do it

195.He completely …………. with what you said.
A. admitted

B. agreed

C. accepted

D. argued

196…………..he had no money for a bus, he had to walk all the way home.
A. For

B. Thus


B. involvement

C. occasion

D. competition

201.Most of the goods …………………………… in this factory are exported


A. Make

B. Making C. To make D. Made

202.We can’t have out car now ; ……………………………at the garage
A. It’s still being repaired B. It’s still repairing C. It’s still repaired D. It’s still being repairing
203. The more waste paper we recycle……………………………
A. The least tress we preserve

B. The most trees we preserve

C. The more tress we preserve

D. The best tress we preserve

204. The building used to be a library……………………………
A. Isn’t

B. Doesn’t



209. They left the room …………………………… they had finished the example
A. During

B. While C. Soon D. As soon as

210. When I returned, I found that my car …………………………… away
A. Had been towing B. Has been towing C. Has been towed D. Had been towed
211. Not one of the students .................. the answer to that difficult problem.
A. know

B. knows

C. is knowing

D. has known

212. All work must be finished .................. next Thursday.
A. during

B. until

C. on

D. by

213. It took the director two hours ..................
A. explaining us the new plan

A. explaining the new plan to us


C. visiting D. to visit

218. .................. weather! We can’t go out for a walk now.
A. How terrible

B. What terrible C. How a terrible D. What a terrible

219. It is dangerous to drive when you ..................
A. are drinking

B. are drunk C. have drunk

D .will drink

300. She spoke quietly to him .................. nobody else could hear a word.
A. because

B. if

C. although

D. so that

301.The technological and economic changes of the 19th century had a marked ……………………on
workers
A. cause

B. effect


B. dissolves

C. softens

D. disappears


306.There are many …………………….. of pollution in our modern world
A. resources

B. sources C. bases

D. foundation

307.Many people …………………….. that natural resources will never be use up
A. view

B. regard C. consider

D. believe

308.Using the computer competently is an important …………………….. to help one get a good job.
A. reason

B. aspect

C. factor

D. issue