m«n thi: tiÕng anh (vßng 1)
thêi gian lµm bµi : 120 phót
(ThÝ sinh lµm bµi trªn ®Ò thi nµy)
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I. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY: (40 points)
Part 1: Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D (15 points)
1. Tam ………………go fishing with his brother when he was young.
A. used to B. is used to C. has used to D. was used to
2. I don't know what to do this evening. What about . ……………. to the movies?
A. go B. to go C. going D. goes
3. I don't like doing the . ……………. , especially cleaning the windows.
A. homework B. housework C. job D. occupation.
4. My favorite . ……………. is Literature.
A. play B. game C. subject D. activity
5. My mother is very . ……………. at cooking.
A. well B. good C. popular D. famous
6. She. ……………. a letter when the telephone rang.
A. writes B. wrote C. has written D.was writing
7. He has just got an interesting . ……………. in a textile company.
A. work B. job C. occupation D. employment
8. William suggested . ……………. at home for a change.
A. staying B. to stay C. stay D. stayed
9. The . ……………. of waste paper can save a great amount of wood pulp.
A. recycle B. recyclable C. recyclement D. recycling
10. Mrs Nga forgot to . ……………. the faucet when she left for work.
A. turn off B. turn on C. turn up D. turn down
11. This book is different ..................... the one I had.
A. with B. to C. from D. at
12. What will happen if the pollution ....................... on.
A. puts B. goes C, keeps D. takes
13. I’m afraid this article is ........................ date.

admits Anita. ‘I (4) ........................................... (have) no work experience, and there
(5) ........................................... (always be) a lot of competition for jobs in the art world.’ Last
summer, Anita (6) ........................................... (see) an advertisement for volunteers to help
organise an arts festival in her home town. She
(7) ......................................... (apply) and (8)........................................ (accept). Since then, Anita
(9) ........................................... (find) a job as an administrator in a London gallery. ‘I definitely
(10) ........................................... (not get) this job, if I (11) ......................................... (not gain)
such useful experience doing the voluntary job at the arts festival,’ she says. Anita’s experience is
far from unique, but it is not only job-seekers who (12) ............................................. (benefit) from
volunteering. If businesses
(13) ............................................ (see) to be doing something for the community, it
(14) ............................................ (enhance) their public image. For this reason, more and more
companies nowadays (15) .................................... (encourage) their employees to volunteer,
either partly or wholly in the company’s time.
II. READING: (35 points)
Part 1: Look at the text in each question. What does it say? Choose the correct
explanation – A, B or C (10 points)
1.
A. You can buy a film ticket one hour
before the film begins.
B. You can buy tickets for live
performances half an hour before the
show starts.
C. You must buy your tickets half an hour
before the film begins.
2. What does Helga want Ravi to do?
A. go to a meeting tonight and make notes
to tell her tomorrow
B. take her notes to the meeting tonight
and talk about them

bottles for plastic ones.
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A. If you have visited this port before, you
don’t have to register again.
B. As soon as you enter this port, you
must visit the harbour office.
C. Before you sail out of this port, you
must revisit the harbour office.
8.
A. Information is given about what this
meat-free product contains.
B. You will find suggested recipes for this
vegetable product below.
C. Vegetarians should read the ingredients
before cooking this product.
9.
Staff are requested not to boil
water in kettles, but use the
hot drinks machine provided.
A. You can get a hot drink from the
machine or boil a kettle.
B. A kettle is provided for making hot
drinks.
C. Use the hot drinks machine rather than
boiling a kettle.
10. Mark,
See you at the conservation
talk on Saturday. Can you
give Sue a ring and arrange
to give her a lift there?

.................................................................the trumpet while he was living in a special home for children who (5)
.................................................................got into trouble with the police. When he had finished his stay in the home,
he (6) .................................................................various bands and then he formed his own. Between 1925 (7)
.................................................................1928 he made about 60 records. These records made him one (8)
.................................................................the first solo stars in the history of pop (9) .................................................................. When he
died, he had (10) ............................................................... making records and he had been touring all over the (11)
.................................................................for more than forty years, and he (12) ................................................................. just as popular
(13) ................................................................. he had been before. He even (14) ................................................................. a number
one pop record - What A Wonderful World – (15) ................................................................ the 1960s.
III. WRITING: (25 points)
Part 1: Rewrite each sentence beginning as shown, so that the meaning remains the
same. (10 points)
Example: He wrote the letter in two hours.
It took him two hours to write the letter.
1. I am sorry I don’t have time to come and help you with your homework.
I wish ____________________________________________________________.
2. Let’s visit the museum this afternoon..
Why don’t _________________________________________________________.
3. The school keeper cleans the classrooms every day.
The classrooms ____________________________________________________.
4. “Why don’t we go out for a while?”
He suggested _____________________________________________________.
5. He forgot his umbrella, so he got wet.
He got ___________________________________________________________.
6. At the weekend I get up later than during the week.
During the week I __________________________________________________
7. The college where I study is quite near my apartment.
The college _______________________________________________________
8. Yesterday morning my friend Marco arrived before I finished breakfast.
Yesterday morning I was ____________________________________________