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.
a. conserve b. conservation c. conservational d. conserving
16. All areas of the world are ______to be affected by global climate change.
a. like b. alike c. likely d. unlike
17. Children take ______in playing computer games in their free time.
a. please b. pleasant c. pleasing d. pleasure
18. Certain kinds of shark population have decreased by ______75% in the last 30 years.
a. out of b. up to c. up with d. along with
19. I am fed ______daily housework.
a. up with b. out of c. onto d. Into
20. Mary is one of ______best students that got the scholarship.
a. a b. an c. the d. no article
III. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE:
A. Choose the best word, phrase, or sentence.
21. They don't allow ______at gas stations.
a. smoke b. to smoke c. smoking d. smoked
22. Sport at school encourages children to work together ______helps them to keep fit.
a. as b. as well as c. because d. so that
23. Children are quick ______whether they like or dislike a book.
a. to decide b. for decision c. when decide d. on decision
24. Many of these plants are ______
a. good for eating b. good to eat c. good with eaten d. good at eating
25. We are trying to save the animals ______are in danger of extinction.
a. who b. whom c. those d. which
26. My teacher said to me, "Don't give up hope."
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.
Air pollution happens when wastes are poured into the atmosphere and the air becomes contaminated and unpleasant to breathe.
There are many causes that lead to air pollution.
The most serious cause is the development of industry. Smoke, chemicals, and wastes from factories which consist of sulphur and nitrogen oxides are dangerous for our health. Burning coal and oil release other gases that are harmful to human.
Vehicles, especially cars, help to make our material life more comfortable and convenient; however, they also account for air pollution in the cities.
People all know that they are breathing polluted air but it is difficult for them to choose, fresh air or comfortable material life.
36. The word contaminated means ______
a. fresh b. polluted c. harmful d. dangerous
37. According to the writer, ______
a. only cars that cause air pollution
b. only waste from factories that causes air pollution
c. only burning coal that causes air pollution
d. there are many causes that lead to air pollution
38. Which sentence is NOT true?
a. We will stop using cars.
b. Cars help to make our material life comfortable.
c. Polluted air is unpleasant to breathe.
d. Burning coal does harm to us.
39. The most serious cause that leads to air pollution is ______
a. vehicles b. industrial development
c. gas d. household garbage
40. Cars ______
a. have no relation to air pollution
b. make our life more convenient
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'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
5. a. low b. allow c. however d. cow
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. She often has a good relationship with her classmates.
a. gets on well with b. gets in with
c. gets over d. gets acquainted with
7. The pharmacist's job is to ______prescriptions.
a. make up b. take up c. turn up d. do up
8. Mathematics helps us ______sound conclusions from facts.
a. put b. draw c. push d. combine
9. The colored people are ill-treated because of ______discrimination.
a. race b. skin c. gene d. sex
10. Pee use language to ______with one another.
a. communicate b. calculate c. compute d. stimulate
11. The ______from school to work is not always smooth for everyone.
a. transition b. repetition c. substitution d. translation
12. He was dismissed because of his laziness.
a. employed b. sacked c. offered d. appointed
13. Marilyn Monroe was very ______in 1960s.
a. fame b. famous c. famously d. famousness
14. Water and sunshine are ______to trees and plants.
a. necessary b. necessity c. necessarily d. Necessitate
15. Every country has a ______flag and anthem.
a. nation b. national c. nationality d. nationalization
16. That car is ______expensive.
a. surprise b. surprised c. surprising d. surprisingly
17. Sorry! I left my ______card at home.
a. medicine b. medical c. medicament d. medically
18. Work can have harmful effects ______our health.
a. on b. from c. at d. of
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.
a. does not get up b. had not got up c. won'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 c. 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
29. I have a lot of things ______this morning.
a. that I have to do b. I have to do that c. for that I do d. that to do
30. It is rather confusing. I really don't know ______
a. what to do b. what doing c. to do what d. doing what
B. Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order to make the sentence correct.
31. The weather continues to get worse and worst.
32. Many factories recycle old newspapers by re-inking and pulp them.
33. The draining these swamps will destroy the mosquitoes' breeding places.
34. Vitamin D helps us not only build strong teeth and bones, but also absorbing Calcium.
35. He is absolutely convinced that life is pleasure and easy.
IV. READING COMPREHENSION
A. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.
Every day, all over the world, people dispose unwanted waste from both domestic and commercial sources without paying any attention to the bad results. Household waste has grown at a rate of 30% a year because our material life is well-developed. The more goods are consumed, the more rubbish is discarded.
One of the solutions for rubbish is to make use of landfills to get rid of its biodegradable waste. However, we have to cope with another problem that is the acids and poisonous chemicals being leaked from the landfills. People who live near the landfills suffer from symptoms such as headache, drowsiness and exhaustion.
36. Unwanted waste is disposed from ______
a, domestic source b. commercial source
c. both domestic and commercial sources d. only industrial sources .
37. People ______
a. always care for what they dispose
b. pay no attention to the bad results of what they dispose
c. know nothing about the bad results of what they dispose
d. try to solve the bad results of unwanted waste