TN FRENCH 2014

SECTION A: PHONETICS
Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
Example: 00. A. man B. bad C. many D. manage
Answer: 00. C
01. A. pleasure B. result C. zoo D. physics
02. A. vital B. bride C. deliver D. design
03. A. rocky B. document C. crossroad D. society
04. A. visited B. stamped C. wanted D. collected
05. A. private B. engage C. motivation D. favourite
01. A 02. C 03. A 04. B 05. B
SECTION B: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
I. Choose the best word from A, B, C, or D that fits each blank.
06. I don’t think Tom has passed his Math exam, _____?
A. don’t I B. do I C. hasn’t he D. has he
07. In Malaysia, Islam is the country’s official _____.
A. language B. religion C. federation D. region
08. Many Vietnamese women today prefer to wear modern clothing at work because of its _____ .
A. material B. fashion C. label D. convenience
09. Wearing uniforms help students feel _____ in many ways.
A. equal B. different C. comfortable D. casual
10. We wish we _____ speak English _____ .
A. could/ fluently B. could/ fluency C. can / fluently D. can / fluency
11. If you _____ to get well soon, you must take this medicine.
A. will want B. wanted C. would want D. want
12. She had to do the shopping for her friend, _____ she?
A. didn’t B. hadn’t C. does D. did
13. The children _____ to stay up late.
A. don’t allow B. aren’t let C. aren’t allowed D. would rather
14. It’s time she _____ promotion, in my view.
A. get B. got C. will get D. have got
15. The road was closed, so we had to _____ and find an alternative route.
A. put down B. turn back C. go about D. go off
16. The _____ operation which was performed on Mrs. Brown’s hip was expensive.
A. five hour B. five hours C. five-hour D. five-hours
17. The little girl wouldn’t go into sea _____ her father went, too.
A. unless B. except C. but D. when
18. David feels _____ again after his illness but he still cannot work _____.
A. strong / hard B. strong / hardly C. strongly / hard D. strongly / hardly
19. The girl _____ father is a chef at a famous restaurant cannot cook.
A. that B. which C. who D. whose
20. I _____ at the airport so late that my plane had already taken off.
0020A. arrived B. got C. reached D. came

06. 07. 08. 09. 10.

11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

II. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

- Listen to those people! What language they (21. speak)_____ ?
- Where you (22. go)_____ if you had a lot of money?

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- Did you advise him (23. join)_____ in the talent contest?
- Who (24. carry)____ our bag when we climb the mountain?
- In 1990, two men (25. claim)_____ that they (26. capture)_____ by aliens.
- I wish that I (27. know)_____ how to mend this shirt.
- When I (28. come)_____ to see Mr. Hung last night, he (29. read)_____ a newspaper and his two
children (30. listen)______ to an English song.

21. speaking 22. 23. to join

24. 25. 26.
27. knew 28. came 29. was reading
30. were listening
III. Give the correct form of the words in brackets.
31. The weather was terrible so we had a very _____ holiday. (PLEASE)
32. Liverpool is an _____ city in the north of England. (INDUSTRY)
33. There are many people living in _____ now in the world. (POOR)
34. It’s forbidden to destroy _____ buildings. (HISTORY)
35. The _____ of the new guests caused trouble to my aunt. (ARRIVE)
36. It is very ____ to live in a damp room. (HEALTH)
37. I had my trousers _____ because they were too short. (LONG)
38. I am bored. I need some _____ in my life. (EXCITE)
39. On a _____ day, we receive about 50 letters. (TYPE)
40. The children listen _____ to the rules of the game explained by the teacher. (ATTENTION)
31. pleasant 32. industrial 33. poorless
34. historic 35. 36. healthy
37. 38. excited 39. type
40.
IV. Fill in each numbered blank with (a, an, the or Ø).
I came home from (41)_____ school one day with a slight headache, and so I took two aspirins
from the bottle in (42)_____ medicine cupboard. They left (43)_____ curious taste in my mouth, and
when my mother came home half (44)_____ hour later I told her what I had done. She screamed and
ran to (45)_____ telephone; I had taken some tablets that (46)_____ doctor had prescribed for her
stomach cramps, and she had been warned that it was dangerous to exceed (47)_____ stated dosage-
one tablet (48)_____ day. She had broken (49)_____ bottle that morning, and tranferred (50)_____
tablets to an empty aspirin bottle.

41. Ø 42. a 43. a 44. an

45Ø 46. the 47. 48. a
49. the 50. Ø

V. Each of the following sentences has a mistake. Find and correct it.
Example. The thief asked her handing over her money.
A B C D
Answer: C  to hand
51. We don’t mind to wait for you to finish your homework.
A B C D
52. Children from all over the world took part in the ceremony in Friday afternoon.
A B C D
53. You can download a lot of informations from the Internet onto your own computer.
A B C D
54. Could you tell me how much does it cost and where to buy it?
A B C D
55. Everybody sang and danced happy at the party last night.

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 A B C D
56. Getting enough sleep is important in order not fall asleep in class.
A B C D
57. It’s three years from my brother left home for the United States.
A B C D
58. I was amazing that he was interested in our plan.
A B C D
59. Since it is raining hardly, you had better not go out now.
A B C D
60. I asked her if she believes in the existence of UFOs.
A B C D
51.waiting 52. on 53
54. it cost 55. happily 56. in order to
57. 58. interesting 59.
60. believed
SECTION C: READING
I. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word to complete the following passage.
In the United States of America the national (61)____ is also English. Four hundred years
(62)____ some English people sailed to north America to live there, and (63)____ brought the new
language to this new (64)____ . Now in the United States of America people (65)____ American
English. Most of the words are the (66)_____ in American and British English, but American people
say some English words not like people (67)_____ in England.
Canada is to the north of the United States of America. It is (68)_____ than the United States.
In Canada many people speak English (69)_____ they also came from England many years ago. But in
some parts of Canada, they speak (70)_____ . People living in these parts came from France.

61. 62. 63.

64. 65. 66.
67. 68. 69.
70.

II. Read the passage and choose the best answer A, B, C or D.

I went to Australia on a student program last year and I’d like to (71)_____ you about it. I was
very (72) _____ when I knew I was going to Australia because I had never been there before. I didn’t
think about the problem of speaking English (73)_____ I met my host family. At first, I couldn’t
communicate with them because my English was so bad. All the five years I had been learning
English wasn’t much use at all, (74) _____ we didn’t have real practice at school. Even though my
grammar was good, my pronunciation wasn’t. My problem is (75)_____ “l” and “r”. For example,
Australian people often asked “What do you eat in Vietnam?” I wanted to tell them that we eat rice,
but they didn’t understand when I said “We eat lice”. My host mum helped me a lot by (76)_____ my
bad pronunciation. I usually practised by talking to myself when I had a shower, so no one could hear
me. After four months my English was (77)_____ better. Apart from English I learned to make my
own breakfast and lunch. I had to (78)_____ a bicycle to school every day. I went swimming and tried
waterskiing and sailing, (79)_____ was wonderful. But the most valuable thing was that I learned to
be (80)_____ myself and to be independent.

71. A. say B. tell C. talk D. speak

72. A. exciting B. excites C. excited D. excite
73. A. after B. until C. when D. while
74. A. although B. even C. because D. so
75. A. pronouncing B. speaking C. reading D. telling
76. A. correct B. to correct C. corrected D. correcting

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 77. A. more B. many C. much D. a lot of
78. A. ride B. drive C. cycle D. sail
79. A. where B. which C. who D. what
80. A. with B. on C. to D. by

71. 72. 73. 74. 75.

76. 77. 78. 79. 80.
III. Read the passage below and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
Easter on different Sunday each year. But it is always in March or April. Easter is not a
national holiday. It is a religious holiday for Christians. For many people, Easter celebrates the
beginning of spring. The English word for Easter comes from the old English word Eastre. Eastre was
the name of the goddess of spring and light. In the spring, flowers bloom and trees become green. The
earth wears “new clothes”. Many people wear new clothes on Easter Sunday, too.
Eggs and rabbits are new signs of spring and new life. American children believe in an
imaginary rabbit, the Easter Bunny. The night before Easter, the Easter Bunny visits many homes. He
brings children Easter baskets with eggs and candy. Some Easter eggs are hard-boiled eggs in
different colours. Other Easter eggs are chocolate. The Easter Bunny hides eggs in the house or
outside in the yard. On Easter morning, children look for Easter eggs from the Easter Bunny.
On Easter Sunday, families often come together for a dinner for ham or lamb with fresh spring
vegetables. Dessert is often cake in the shape of a lamb or rabbit. And there is plenty of candy from
the Easter Bunny!
81. Easter is only celebrated by Christians.
82. The word Easter means “new clothes”.
83. Eggs and candy are delivered and hidden by the Easter Bunny.
84. On Easter morning, children run about trying to find the Easter Bunny.
85. Easter is an occasion for family reunions.

81. 82. 83. 84. 85.

IV. Read the passage below and then choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D).
One of the most important discoveries of the 19 th century was the method of using
natural gas for cooking and heating. Large amounts of natural gas are found in the United
States, usually several thousand feet below the surface of the earth. Natural gas is most often
found in places where petroleum, the oil from which gasoline is made, is found. Often the
natural gas must be removed before the oil itself can be reached.
For many years after natural gas was first discovered, it was thought to have no value.
Finally, however, people began to understand its use and to find ways of storing it and
moving it from place to place. Today natural gas is stored in large tanks and used for
lighting, cooking and heating. It has also been used for electric generators and hybrid cars
recently. In many ways natural gas is one of our finest fuels. It can be used for cooking
without making the room hot. It is cheap and can be moved easily from one place to another
through long pipelines, some of which are hundreds of miles in length.
86. It can be inferred from the passage that ______ .
A. natural gas is useless
B. people once wasted natural gas
C. natural gas is moved in trucks
D. natural gas is found where there is no petroleum
87. This passage as a whole is about _____ .
A. discovering natural gas
B. finding petroleum
C. using natural gas and petroleum
D. natural gas and its use
88. Which of the following is NOT true about natural gas?
A. It is not used for heating.

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 B. It is cheap.
C. It moves through pipes.
D. It can be stored.
89. According to the passage, the easiest way to move natural gas from one place to another
is _____ .
A. to liquidize it and move it through pipelines
B. to liquidize it and move it by trucks
C. through pipelines
D. to store it large tanks to move
90. How many uses of natural gas are mentioned?
A. two B. three C. four D. five

86. 87. 88. 89. 90.

SECTION D: WRITING
Finish the second sentence in such a way that it has the same meaning as the one printed before it.
91. Who owns this umbrella?
Who does .....………………………………………………………………………………………….?
92. Let’s go fishing this weekend.
Why …………………………........................…………………………………………………………?
93. The machine was too rusty to be repaired.
The machine …………………………………………………………….……………………………...
94. She’s very pleased to be going away on holiday soon.
She’s looking …………………………………………………………........……………………………
95. He regrets telling her the truth.
He wishes…….....……………………………………………………….......…………………………..
96. The last time it rained was a fortnight ago.
It hasn’t....……………………………………………….......……………………………………..………
97. We don’t buy the house because we don’t have enough money.
If ........... ………………………………………………………......…………………………..……………
98. I am quite tall but you are taller.
I am not....……………………………………………………….………………………………..……….
99. “I am going to meet your sister in front of the station, Lisa”. said Ba
Ba told……………………………………………………………………………………..……………….
100. They enjoyed the show very much.
They were.........……………………………………………………………………………………………

Total mark: 100: 10 = 10

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