MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING

HANOI UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN STUDIES

TEST

Choose A, B, C, or D that best completes each unfinished sentence; or that best

substitutes the underlined part.

1. Although he coughed badly, he made no effort to stop smoking.

A. As his bad cough C. In spite of his bad cough
B. Even he coughed badly D. Because he coughed badly
2. John not only works with enthusiasm ……….. gets on with his colleagues.
A. but as well B. but also C. nor D. either
3. Since men ………… fire, human civilization ……….. with high speed.
A. discovered / has developed C. had discovered / developed
B. discovered / had developed D. discovered / would have developed
4. David was the last ………. the office but he forgot to turn off the lights and locked the
doors.
A. to leave B. leave C. leaving D. left
5. Many Vietnamese have devoted all their lifetime ……….. for the nation’s freedom and
independence.
A. to struggle B. struggling C. to struggling D. of struggling
6. ………. the weather forecast, we would have delayed the picnic.
A. If we listened to B. In case we listened C. If that we listened to D. Had we listened to
7. By the time we ………. at the hall, the lecturer …………. half of his speech.
A. will arrive / made C. had arrived / made
B. arrived / had made D. arrive / is making
8. They have just installed a smoke discovery system ………. provides them with early
warning of fire.
A. that B. which C. whose D. when
9. The manager could not force them ………. their quarrel so he called the police.
A. to stop B. stop C. stopping D. stopped
10. Nothing ……… to improve the working security; therefore, the miners decided to go
on a strike.
A. had done B. had been done C. was doing D. would do
11. He has just graduated ……….. Business Administration.
A. in B. from C. for D. at
12. Now we use more and more natural resources than we did in ………. past.
A. a B. an C. the D. V
13. Hard as he is trying, he cannot ………….. his classmates.
A. keep in mind B. catch up with C. take up D. took charge of

14. When acids …………. with metals they form salts.

A. react B. create C. invent D. discover
15. Many scientists still wonder whether the ……… which astronauts have to experience
 when they are in out space influences their health or not.
A. weight B. weightless C. weightlessness D. weightlessly
16. After every semester some best students are always ………. prizes and scholarships.
A. prevented B. devoted C. obtained D. awarded
17. Vaccinating is the best ………. of some certain infectious diseases.
A. prevent B. prevention C. preventing D. preventor
18. The noise made me incapable of ………….
A. competition B. publication C. concentration D. compensation
19. Everybody shows their deepest sympathy on the ………. of the flood victims.
A. die B. death C. dead D. dying
20. ………. diamonds are unstable form of carbon.
A. A B. An C. The D. V
21. Faraday was known for designing ingenious experiments, but did not ……… a good
mathematics education.
A. accept B. receive C. achieve D. compound
22. ………. they got the airport, the plane had taken off.
A. After B. By the time C. Since D. For the time
23. Atoms may be combined to produce more complex forms of matter ………. ions,
molecules or crystals.
A. such as B. so as C. such that D. so that
24. Chemistry is divided into many areas of study called sub-disciplines ………..
chemists specialize.
A. of that it is B. which it is C. in that D. in which
25. The chemistry ………. at the high school or early college level is often called
“general chemistry”.
A. is teaching B. has been taught C. had taught D. taught
26. Bases are substances that react with acids ……….. salts and water.
A. form B. to form C. which form D. that forming
27. Mr. Peter was the only one ………. keen on the project of expanding their trade in
some foreign countries.
A. that is being B. that to be C. being D. to be
28. It was heavy traffic that prevented …………. on time.
A. we to arrive B. us to arrive C. us from arriving D. us arriving
29. We ……….. the lesson thoroughly because our teacher ………. it twice.
A. will understand / was explaining C. understood / had explained
B. had understood / explained D. were understanding / has explained
30. When they met again, they ………. each other for five years.
A. do not see B. have not seen C. had not seen D. will not have seen