TEST 1
I. PRONUNCIATION: Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from
the rest.
1. a. finished b. cooked c. stopped d. raised
2. a. machine b. chemistry c. architect d. Christmas
3. a. underline b. unite c. understand d. unknown
4. a. attend b. weekend c. tendency d. dentist
5. a. vegetables b. books c. stamps d. months
II. VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSION: Choose the word, phrase or sentence that best completes
each unfinished sentence below or that best keeps the meaning of the original sentence if it is
substituted for the underlined word or phrase.
6. Newton laid the ______ for many other discoveries in mathematics and physics.
a. basements b. foundations c. inventions d. achievements
7. The pull of the earth is called ______
a. dynamo b. generation c. gravity d. appliance
8. Geometry is the study of ______
a. letters and signs b. numbers c. forms d. computations
9. Language is not necessarily the ______ property of those who use it.
a. private b. common c. public d. personal
10. We are from Vietnam. Vietnamese is our mother tongue.
a. foreign language b. first language c. second language d. official language
11. The geneticists have discovered the laws of ______
a. generation b. inhabitance c. language d. inheritance
12. Laser beams have been used for cancer ______
a. entertainment b. achievement c. treatment d. movement
13. We find it ______ to do housework.
a. bore b. bored c. boring d. bores
14. Most miners suffer ______ from tunnel collapse and from flooding.
a. die b. death c. dead d. dying
15. In poor areas, nature ______ is low on the list of pri )rities compared with employment and
health.

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a. My teacher told me that don't give up hope.
b. My teacher told me don't give up hope.
c. My teacher told me whether not give up hope.
d. My teacher told me not to give up hope.
27. The bag was heavy, so we could not take it with us.
a. The bag was too heavy enough for us to take it with us.
b. The bag was very heavy enough for us to take it.
c. The bag was too heavy for us to take it with us.
d. The bag was too heavy for us to take with us.
28. It was impossible for them to speak English fluently.
a. They found impossible to speak English fluently.
b. They found it impossible to speak English fluently.
c. They found it to speak English fluently is impossible.
d. They found it is speaking English fluently impossible.
29. Peter ______ from Paris. He ______ there three weeks ago with his friends.
a. will just return / flies b. has just returned / flew
c. had just returned / flew d. is just returning / was flying
30. She wondered why the train ______ yet.
a. did not arrived b. has not arrived c. had not arrived d. would not arrive
B. Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order to make the sentence
correct.
31. Because a former British colony, Australia has close cultural and historical links with the UK.
32. Water power from the tides and the waves is one way to reduce pollution and create energy
safe and clean.
33. Solutions to the problem of how to dispose of excess rubbish must find.
34. Better standards of healthcare mean people live longer as they used to.
35. We hope to environmental pollution will not exist in the future.
IV. READING COMPREHENSION
A. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.

c. do not account for air pollution
d. release no harmful smoke
B. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.
We all know that jogging or running slowly (41) ______ long distances is good exercise for
our (42) ______. It helps us keep fit and (43) ______ weight, makes the heart stronger, and even
helps us (44) ______ better about ourselves. It costs almost nothing, (45) ______ a good pair of
(46) ______ to protect a jogger
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s leg and feet (47) ______ the shock of the hard surfaces. A new
kind of running shoes has just been introduced. The shoes (48) ______ designed by a team of
researchers at the University of Calgary. The shoes, (49) ______ are made of special materials,
can reduce the damaging effects on a jogger's body. They may also prove to be (50) ______ in
helping elderly people to walk.
41. a. at b. for c. with d. on
42. a. health b. healthful c. healthy d. healthily
43. a. get b. lose c. loose d. take
44. a. feel b. feels c. feeling d. felt
45. a. so b. actually c. and d. but
46. a. gloves b. clothes c. shoes d. trousers
47. a. without b. from c. for d. at
48. a. be b. is c. has been d. were
49. a. which b. that c. who d. when
50. a. use b. used c. useful d. usefully
TEST 2
I. PRONUNCIATION: Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from
the rest.
1. a. adventures b. empty c. invention d. passengers
2. a. responsibility b. people c. pneumonia d. paper
3. a. pose b. purpose c. impose d. suppose
4. a. method b. mouth c. there d. both

19. Something went wrong ______ my computer yesterday.
a. on b. with c. along with d. for
20. My father often comes ______ home late in the evening.
a. a b. an c. the d. no article
III. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE:
A. Choose the best word, phrase, or sentence.
21. He is asking his friends about the accident as if he ______ policeman.
a. be b. is c. was d. were
22. Mr. Jones sometimes ______ on time for work.
does not get up b. had not got up c. won
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t get up d. is not going to get up
23. Put the raincoat on. It ______
a. is raining b. has rained c. had rained d. will be raining
24. Listen! Someone ______ at the door.
a. will be knocking b. is knocking c. had been knocking d. will be knocking
25. He looked at the pictures attentively.
a. he had an attentive look at the pictures.
b. he had an attentively look at the pictures.
c. he looked at the attentively pictures.
d. the attentive pictures that he looked at.
26. I think learning Chinese is more ______ learning English.
a. as difficult as b. difficult so a. than difficult as d. difficult than
27. This is the house ______ I spent my childhood.
a. in where b. in that c. in which d. in what
28. Please show me the man ______
a. whom they are talking about
b. about that they are talking
c. about who they are talking
d. that they are talking

d. try to solve the bad results of unwanted waste
38. More and more rubbish is discarded because ______
a. more and more goods are consumed
b. people pay careful attention to unwanted waste
c. household waste has grown at a rate of 30% a year
d. people can make use of landfills
39. Possessive pronoun its means ______
a. of solution b. of rubbish c. of landfill d. of biodegradable waste
40. The problem of using landfills ______
a. is the acids and poisonous chemicals being leaked from the landfills
b. is biodegradable waste
c. can be solved
d. has no effect on people
B. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.
Why do we need to (41) ______ food? There are at least three reasons.
Firstly, it is necessary for us (42) ______ food fresh for our daily needs. Many kinds of food, (43)
______ fruit and vegetables, are only available at certain times (44) ______ the year. (45) ______,
if we want to eat these foods all year round, we need to preserve them. Secondly, we (46) ______
need to preserve food for exporting overseas to (47) ______ sure that it is always in good (48)
______ in transit. Lastly, we need to preserve food for the time (49) ______ food shortages
happen. There are a number of methods of preserving food: both high and low
temperatures, (50) ______, irradiation, and drying.
41. a. preserve b. conserve c. prevent d. invent
42. a. to keep b. keep c. keeping d. kept
43. a. so as b. such as c. so that d. such that
44. a. for b. in c. of d. on
45. a. Unless b. Moreover c. However d. Therefore
46. a. quite b. too c. also d. enough
47. a. take b. make c. do d. keep
48. a. condition b. situation c. circumstance d. opportunity