TEST 38

I. Choose the words with different stress pattern.

1. A. description B. evidence C. difficult D. fluently
2. A. convenient B. confusion C. forward D. computer
3. A. accurate B. customer C. computer D. celebrate
4. A. operate B. opera C. physics D. generation
5. A. sociable B. elastic C. investigate D. revision
6. A. possession B. property C industry D. element
7. A. relative B. energy C. application D. benefit
8. A. chicken B. cheerful C. reception D. decorate
II. Choose the word or phrase (a, b, c or d) that best fits the blank space in each sentence.
1. Mr Nam,...........is a well- known doctor in our city, has just moved to Hanoi.
A. who B. which C. that D. whom
2.........being poor, they are very self- confident and generous.
A. However B. Although C. Because D. Despite
3. I'll wait for you..........you come back.
A. as B. until C. while D. when
4. Ha: Why don't we go for a picnic this Sunday? Hoa:
A. You're welcome B. Great! That is a good idea! C. Never mind D. It’s my pleasure
5. Hardly..........believes that.
A. somebody B. anybody C. everybody D. all
6. Please wait for me! I’ll go there............a few minutes.
A. on B. at C. in D. for
7. About 120 people have been................with the virus of bird flu since the beginning of the year.
A. affected B. infectious C. infected D. threatened
8. The Chairman was so angry with the committee that he decided to..............from it.
A. cancel B. postpone C. resign D. prevent
9. The soldier was punished for...............to obey his commanding officer’s orders.
A. refusing B. regretting C. objecting D. resisting
10. When we arrived in Paris it was........with rain.
A. running B. dropping C. pouring D. falling
III. Choose and correct the one error in each of the following sentences.
1. I am very interested in the poems writing by Xuan Dieu.
2. She studies hard in order to having good marks
3. Although it was raining hardly, we went out without a raincoat
4. If you cut down the trees in the forests, there will be big floods every year
5. Of the two boys, Long is the best at English.
6. A galaxy, where may include billions of stars, is held together by gravitation attraction.
7. Mrs. Stevens, along with her cousins from New Mexico, are planning to attend the festivities.
8. Although the bad traffic, I managed to arrive at the meeting on time.
9. Hardly had he entered the room than all the lights went out.
10. The teacher asked him why hadn't he done his homework, but he said nothing.
IV. Fill in each gap with ONE suitable word.
Every year, students from many countries learn English. Some (1)................these students are young children.
Others are teenagers. Many are adults. Some learn at school, others study by themselves. (2) ………… do all these
people want to learn English ? It is difficult to answer that question. Many boys and girls learn English at school
because it is one of their subjects. They study their (3)………… language and mathematics. and English. Many adults
learn English because it is useful for (4)................work. Teenagers often learn English for their higher studies because
some of their books are in English at college or university. Other people learn English for their hobby because they
want to read newspapers or magazines (5).................English or listen to English songs.
V. Use the correct form of the words in the parentheses in each sentence:
1. His parents are very.................of him because he studies very well. (pride)
2. Our main.....................to export are rice, coffee and rubber. (produce)
3. Passover of the Jewish people is a festival which celebrates.....................from slavery.(free)
4. Gas and oil......................always increases in cold weather, (consume)
5. The students wear their school uniforms with......................(proud)
6. We find advertising on television very…………… (effect)
7. I have a....................to talk a lot whenever I am nervous, (tend)
8. Use a bigger screwdriver to..........................this screw. (tight)
9. We should plant a lot of trees to..........................pollution. (minimum)
10. Many families are trying to ..................... by not eating in restaurants. (economy)
VI. Fill in each gap with ONE suitable preposition (if necessary)
1. Shall we travel............your car or mine?
2. Jack has gone away. He will be back...........5 minutes.
3. This house is ...........fire. Call............help.
4. ........... night we can see millions ...........stars...........our heads.
5. I was very surprised............your success.
6. She helped her mother............the house work.
7. He fell out.........the bike and hurt himself.
8. It's not easy to live.........................money.
9. I explained ...........................him that the elevator was out.......................order.
10. I looked....................the window and watched the people in the street.
VII. Rewrite the sentences so that they are closest in meaning to the sentences printed before them.
1. Some one has just washed our car.
We.................................................................................................................... .
2. I didn't have enough money, so I didn't buy a laptop.
If........................................................................................................................
3. "I must study hard for my next examination tomorrow morning"
She said.............................................................................................................
4. I didn't borrow her some money yesterday.
If only ...............................................................................................................
5. I am looking for ward to the trip next week.
I am excited ......................................................................................................
6. The book was so interesting that I couldn’t put it down.
It was ...............................................................................................................
7. The people who were there can remember nothing unusual happening.
Nobody who .....................................................................................................
8. She dances beautifully and she sings sweetly, too.
Not only ...........................................................................................................
VIII. Choose the underlined words or phrases that need correcting.
1.Many bridges in New Zealand were covered with wooden roofs to protect it from rain and snow.
A B C D
2.On some streets, it has against the law to ride a motorcycle without a helmet.
A B C D
3.Special education is intended help both handicapped and gifted children to reach their learning potentials.
A B C D
4.What I love most about the book that was the close-knit friendship of the three friends.
A B C D
5.When I kept getting unwanted calls, I called the phone company and had my phone number change.
A B C D
6.I tried to make it clear to them that urgent action were required.
A B C D
IX. Read the text and choose the best answer.
Last summer Paul went (1) holiday for two weeks to the island of Sardinia. He (2) in a hotel
which had a wonderful swimming (3) and beautiful views of the sea. It was in a village where the local people went (4)
in the winter, and foreign visitors came in the summer.
Paul spent his (5) day on the beach, but on the second day he felt very ill. First he was too hot, then he was too cold. He
couldn’t understand why he felt (6) that. So he went to see the local doctor, who was a very nice man, and (7) English was
excellent.
“Summer is a time when people often feel ill,” the doctor said. “It’s too hot for most of us! (8) this
medicine, and stay out of the sun.”
Paul took the doctor’s (9) and stayed in his room for the rest of his holiday. He soon felt better. “(10)
a cheap holiday!” he thought happily.
1. A. to B. for C. on D. in
2. A. lived B. rented C. hired D. stayed
3. A. pool B. suit C. place D. pot
4. A. fish B. fishing C. to fish D. catch fish
5. A. one B. early C. first D. next
6. A. like B. as C. so D. X
7. A. spoke B. an C. who D. whose
8. A. eat B. drink C.take D.have
9. A.advices B.advise C.advise D.advises
10.A. how B. it C. what D. that