UNIT 1 – TEST 1 – TỰ LUẬN

I. Fill in the blanks, using the right choice given in the box. (1 point)
two / too hear / here meat / meet rode / road weak / week
Câu 1. I need ____________ bottles of milk, ____________.
Câu 2. We had to ____________ at the supermarket where we bought some ____________.
Câu 3. Last____________ the children were very____________.
Câu 4. It’s very difficult to ____________ you _______________.
Câu 5. He ____________ a bicycle on a ____________ which was paved with yellow flowers.

II. Put the verbs in brackets in the past simple or the past continuous. (1 point)
Câu 6. While he (study) ____________________ at high school, he (meet) ________________ a friend
who shared the same interest with him.
Câu 7. The students (make) __________________ noise when the teacher (come) __________________
into the class.
Câu 8. She (turn) ____________________ off the computer and (get) ________________ into the bed
since she couldn’t resist the feeling of sleepiness.
Câu 9. I first (arrive) ___________________ in Ho Chi Minh City as a child.
Câu 10. The pandemic (spread) ___________________ all over the world at this time that year, which
(cause) ___________________ severe damages.

III. Fill in the blanks with the words in the box. (1 point)
generosity prosperous ambitions innovation
dedication reputation talented leaders
Câu 11. John is an extremely _____________ piano player. He’s got a lot of achievements during his life.
Câu 12. Everyone highly appreciated the millionaire’s _____________ in donating a large sum of money
towards the welfare activities.
Câu 13. Uncle Ho’s __________ to the country of Viet Nam’s independence was so great that he had
never thought anything else for himself.
Câu 14. Although she had got several invitation letters, she chose this company because of its
____________.
Câu 15. General Giap was one of the greatest ____________ in Vietnamese history.

IV. Read the passage and answer the questions. (2 points)

Francis Nguyen Trong Tri, penname Han Mac Tu (September 22, 1912 - November 11, 1940) was
a Vietnamese poet. He was the most celebrated Vietnamese Catholic literary figure during the colonial
era.
He was born at Le My Village, Dong Hoi District, Quang Binh Province. His pen name included:
Minh Due, Phong Tran, Le Thanh, and finally Han Mac Tu, by which name is known today. He grew up
in a poor family, his father having died when he was young. He showed poetic talent at a young age.
When he met Phan Boi Chau, he received encouragement and praise that made him well-known. He
contracted leprosy in 1937, and was finally hospitalized at Quy Hoa Hospital in September 1940, where
he died two months later.
His many poems addressed to real or fictive women - in the manner of Giacomo Leopardi in the
West, for example - remain popular, and he is known as a love poet in Vietnam. His poems on folk
subjects are also well-known.
Han Mac Tu’s early poems - praised by Phan Boi Chau - are famous for their purity of diction and
form, and show him to be a fluent Classicist with a strong interest in realistic subjects. Subsequently, his
poetry showed the influence of French Symbolism, and after he fell sick, became increasingly violent and
despondent. Personal despair combined with the search for poetic novelty. led him to found the short-
lived "Chaos" (Loạn) or "Mad" (Ðiên) school of poetry. More than a love poet, Han Mac Tu was a
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Modernist, who sought to fuse, in a new poetic language, disparate traditions and experiences. Beginning
with poems that refreshed the Classical tradition, he went on to absorb the French influence, which he
directed toward the turbulence of his own painful history. His language, increasingly tortured, remained
both Classical and innovative throughout; and though a Catholic, he made frequent use of Buddhist ideas
and imagery.
(Source from Wikipedia)
Câu 16. How old was he when he died?
_____________________________________________________________________
Câu 17. What made he become famous?
_____________________________________________________________________
Câu 18. What poems is he famous for?
_____________________________________________________________________
Câu 19. What did his poetry show?
_____________________________________________________________________
Câu 20. What got him to found Chaos and Mad school of poetry?
_____________________________________________________________________

V. Give the correct forms of words in brackets. (2 points)

Câu 21. The golden autumn light provided the ___________________ for his paintings and novels.
(INSPIRE)
Câu 22. There was a _____________________ two-minute silence as we remembered the soldiers who
had died in the war. (RESPECT)
Câu 23. Many of these improvements were carried out on the home farm, but encouragement to
_____________on tenant farms can also be seen. (INNOVATION)
Câu 24. They awarded her a gold medal for her ___________________ in scientific researches.
(ACHIEVE)
Câu 25. Tourism has acted as a _______________ to the country’s economy. (STIMULATE)

VI. Complete the sentences with a/ an/ the/ zero article (Ø). (1 point)
Câu 26. Ho Xuan Huong, who is called __________ queen of Nom poetry, is the writer of the poem
“Banh Troi Nuoc”.
Câu 27. As___________ young man, Soichio Honda, the founder of Honda Motor, didn’t have
_______________ job at all.
Câu 28. Donald Trump is ______________ 45th president of the USA.
Câu 29. They don’t usually have _______________breakfast but yesterday they were provided
_______________ good breakfast.
Câu 30. ________________effective campaign has just started. It encourages people to keep our
environment clean and green.

VII. Complete each sentence with ONE preposition. (1 point)

Câu 31. The story “Hon Dat” by Anh Duc was made ______________ film.
Câu 32. She is fed _____________ with doing the same thing everyday.
Câu 33. Although they were poor, they still brought___________ their children to become good citizens.
Câu 34. The police prevented me _________________getting into my flat because there was a fire there.
Câu 35. They always make a judgment ___________________ others’ behaviors.

VIII. Use the words or phrases to write meaningful sentences. (1 point)

Câu 36. Michael Jackson/be/ one of the most successful singers/ and/have/great influence/the young/.
________________________________________________________________________
Câu 37. Son Tung MTP/famous singer/,/ inspire/many young people/keep on/their ambitions/.
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