HONG QUANG HIGH SCHOOL MONTHLY TES1

HONG QUANG HIGH SCHOOL MONTHLY TEST
Fullname: ( Time allowance: 90’ – Date: 07/12/2009)
Group:12 A1
I. Pick out the word which the underlined part id pronounced differently from that of the other words.
1. A. practising B. amusing C. advertising D. arising
2. A. nature B. navy C. national D. nature
3. A. mountain B. obtain C. contain D. remain
4. A. slash B. stack C. stamp D. swamp
5. A. fluoride B. hidden C. arid D. lid
II. Choose the underlined part that is incorrect.
6. The new bridge makes possible to cross the river easily and quickly.
A B C D
7. According to a team of scientists, there are evidence that Mount Everest is still rising.
A B C D
8. Insurance rates are not the same for different people because they are not likely have the same risk.
A B C D
9. Pele’ scored more as 1,280 goals during his career, gaining a reputation as the best of soccer player of all time.
A B C D
10. In general the only kind of cells that cannot replace itself are nerve cells.
A B C D
III. Circle the best options to complete the following passage.
School exams are, generally speaking, the first kind of tests we take. They find out how much knowledge we
have(11)…………But do they really show how intelligent we are? After all, isn’t it a(12)……………that people who are
very successful academically don’t have any(13)………….sense?
Intelligence is the speed(14)…………we can understand and(15)……………to new situations ant it is usually tested by
logic puzzles. Although scientists are now preparing(16)………………computer technology that will be able to
“ read” our brains,(17)………….tests are still the most popular ways of measuring intelligence.
A person’s IQ is their intelligence(18)………….it is measured by s special test. The most common IQ tests are(19)
……………by Mensa, an organization that was founded in England in 1946. By 1976 it(20)……….1.300 members in
Britain. Today there are 44.000 in Britain and 100.000 worldwide, (21)…………in the US.
People taking the test are judged in(22)………….to an average score of 100, and those who score over 148 are entitled to

join Mensa. This(23)………………at 2% of the population. Anyone from the age of six can take the tests. All the
questions are straightforward and most people can answer them if(24)………… enough time. But that’s the problem-the
whole(25)…………of the tests is that they’re against the clock.
11. A. fetched B. gained C. attached D. caught
12. A. case B. fact C. circumstance D. truth
13. A. natural B. bright C. sharp D. common
14. A. on B. to C. in D. at
15. A. accord B. react C. answer D. alter.
16. A. advanced B. forward C. ahead D. upper
17. A. at this age B. for the present C. at the time D. now and then
18. A. how B. that C. as D. so
19. A. appointed B. commanded C. run D. steered
20. A. held B. had C. kept D. belonged
21. A. largely B. enormously C. highly D. considerably
22. A. concern B. relation C. regard D. association
23. A. adds up B. turns up C. comes up D. works out
24. A. allowed B. spared C. let D. provided
25. A. reason B. point C. matter D. question
IV. Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning with the given one.
26. We’re closed on Sundays, but we stay open from 8 a.m until 6 p.m on weekdays and from 8 a.m until 12 a.m on
Saturdays .
A. On Tuesday, the store closes at 8 a.m B. On Tuesday, the store closes at 6 p.m
C. On Tuesday, the store closes at 4 a.m D. On Tuesday closes at 12 a.m
27. We had several guests at our house over the holidays.
A. We were guests at our friend’s house B. Several people visited us during the holidays
C. The holidays were over by the time our guests arrived D. The holidays that several people would come
28. I can’t believe that he did it without telling me first.
A. I cant’ believe what he told me B. He told me that he did it first
C. He didn’t believe that I told him first D. He didn’t inform me before he did it
29. What a beautiful garden you have!

A. I think your garden is lovely B. What makes your garden so beautiful?
C. I have not seen your garden yet D. You should take care of your garden
30. Those plants look a little dry, don’t you think?
A. You should not buy such small plants B. The plants can’t be saved
C. The plants need some water D. I do not think they are too dry
V. Choose the best answer.
31. While he……… the poster, a door behind him opened.
A. stared at B. was staring C. has stared D. had stared
32. Drivers have been warned to be careful…………locking their doors.
A. for B. about C. of D. at
33. It’s too bad we lost the game. If you ………… for us, we………………
A. play/shall win B. played/should win
C. had played/should have won D. had played/should win
34. Do you know Paris,…….has been considered as the “ cradle of fashions?”
A. which B. that C. where D. when
35. It was not until the thirteenth stroke………… the bell stopped.
A. so that B. that C. before D. when
36. She demanded that she………… allowed to meet her son in prison.
A. was B. would be C. be D. both B and C
37. Hardly……………asleep when the phone woke him up again.
A. the doctor fell B. the doctor had fallen C. did the doctor fallen D. had the doctor fallen
38. I’m not used………….spoken to like that.
A. to be B. to being C. being D. to have been
39. I’m so tired that I can’t take …………what you are saying.
A. up B. in C. out D. on
40. “ Did you like the film?”
“ Well, after……………the book, I was a bit disappointed.”
A. having read B. I have read C. read D. had read
41. I wish you…………make so much noise. I’m trying to work.
A. shouldn’t B. wouldn’t C. couldn’t D. needn’t

42. I’m very busy, so please don’t disturb me…………….it’s urgent.
A. while B. unless C. if D. since
43. “ When was the bicycle stolen?”
“ It…… happened this morning because I saw it in front of the house late last night.”
A. shouldn’t have B. had to have C. had D. was to have
44. Trees and shrubs are needed to………….land.
A. conserve B. preserve C. replace D. discard
45. All these factors help children to………the obstacles, uncertainties and even disappointments that they encounter
when they start work.
A. get over B. get along with C. get away with D. get through
46. An important part of conservation is the………….of waste-waste of forests, soil, wild life, minerals and human lives.
A. destruction B. protection C. prevention D. defense
47. You will meet a dark stranger and find romance
I do not believe any one can make such………………
A. threats B. warnings C. forecasts D. predictions
48. Several important methods were…………for preserving food in the 19
th
century.
A. seen B. covered C. prepared D. invented
49. If you cannot afford to buy a house, often you can get a bank to………you must of the money to buy one.
A. invest B. lend C. give D. borrow
50. While the industrial revolution previously changed the nature of mutual work, the computers revolution is now
changing the work done by the……………
A. hardware B. memory C. mind D. brain
51. The teachers said that the smaller classes would ……… more individual attention and better marks.
A. result of B. result in C. restrict in D. restrict on
52. The most serious problem of modern times is that man is destroying the natural……….of the earth and transforming
huge areas into wasteland.
A. sources B. sorts C. resources D. origins
53. A lot of humour depends on the use of words………… sound the same but have different meanings.

A. where B. what C. which D. whose
54. Stop laughing!
I can’t…………….
A. help it B. resist C. do anything against it D. hold myself
55. What are you doing?
A. It doesn’t touch you B. It’s none of your business
C. You don’t enter at all D. Look after your own affair
VI. Read the passage then choose the best answer to question below.
A. In the early days of sea travel, seamen on long voyages live exclusively on salted meat and biscuits. Many of
them died of scurvy, a disease of the blood which causes swollen gums, lived white spots on the flesh and general
exhaustion. On one occasion, in 1535, an English ship arrived in Newfound-land with its crew desperately ill. The
Men’s lives were saved by Iroquois Indians who gave them vegetable leaves to eat. Gradually it came to be realized
that scurvy was caused by some lack in the sailor’s diet and Captain Cook, on his long voyages of discovery to
Australia and New Zealand, established that the fact that scurvy could be warned off by the provision of fresh fruit for
the sailors.
Nowadays it is understood that a diet which contains nothing harmful may yet result in serious disease if certain
important elements are missing. These elements are called “vitamins”. Quite a number of such substances are known
and they are given letters to identify them, A, B, C, D and so on. Different diseases are associated with deficiencies of
particular vitamins. Even a slight lack of Vitamin C, for example, the vitamin most plentiful in fresh fruit and
vegetables, is thought to increase significantly our susceptibility to cold and influenza.
The vitamins necessary for a healthy body are normally supplied by a good mixed diet, including a variety of fruit and
green vegetables. It is only when people try to live on a very strict diet, say during extended periods of religious
fasting, or when trying to lose weight, that is necessary to make special provision to supply the missing vitamins.
Another example of the dangers of a restricted diet may be seen in the disease known as “beri-beri”, which used to
afflict large numbers of Eastern peoples who lived mainly on rice. In the early years of this century, a Dutch scientist
called Eijkman was trying to discover the cause of beri-beri. At first, he thought it was transmitted by a germ. He was
working in a Japanese hospital where the patients were fed on rice which had had the outer husk removed from the
grain. It was thought this would be easier for weak, sick people to digest.
Eijkman thought his germ theory was confirmed when he noticed the chickens in the hospitals yard, which were fed
on scraps from the patients’ plates, were also showing signs of the disease. He then tried to isolate the germ he thought

was causing the diseases, but his experiments were interrupted by hospital official, who decreed that the huskless
polished rice, even though left over by the patients, was too good for chickens. It should be recooked and the chickens
fed on cheap, coarse rice with the outer covering still on the grain.
Eijkman noticed that the chicken began to recover on the new diet. He began to consider the possibility that eating
unmilled rice somehow prevented or cured beri-beri-even that a lack of some ingredient in the husk might be the cause
of the disease. Indeed this was the case. The element needed to prevent beri-beri was shortly afterwards isolated from
rice husks and it is known as vitamin B. The milled rice, though more expensive , was in fact perpetuating the disease
the hospital was trying to cure. Nowadays, this terrible disease is much less common thanks to our knowledge of
vitamins.
56. Scurvy is a disease which causes
A. loss of blood B. swollen limbs
C. exhaustion D. bright red spots on the flesh
57. Captain Cook
A. invented vitamins B. established a scurvy factory for his sailors
C. provided fresh vegetables for his sailors D. warded off attacks on his provisions
58. A diet which contains nothing harmful
A. may yet cause scurvy B. has plenty of vitamins
C. will usually result in serious disease D. always ensures good health
59. Deficiencies of the various vitamins
A. cause identical diseases B. cause different diseases
C. are not serious except in the case of vitamin C D. are often caused by scurvy
60. Fresh fruit and vegetables
A. contains more vitamin C than any other food B. decrease our resistance to colds
C. contain every kind of vitamin D. increase our susceptibility to influenza
61. A good mixed diet
A. normally contains enough vitamins B. still needs supplementing with vitamins
C. is suitable for religious fasting D. is often difficult to arrange
62. The disease “beri-beri”
A. kills large numbers of Western peoples B. is a vitamin deficiency disease
C. is transmitted by disease rice D. can be caught from diseased chickens

63. The chickens Eijkman noticed in the hospital yard
A. couldn’t digest the huskless rice B. proved beri-beri is transmitted by germs
C. were later cooked for the patients’ food D. were suffering from vitamin deficiency
64. Huskless, milled rice
A. was cheaper than unmilled rice B. was less nourishing than unmilled rice
C. was more nourishing than unmilled rice D. cured beri-beri
65. The ingredients missing from milled rice
A. was vitamin B B. did not affect the chickens
C. was named the Eijkman vitamin D. has never been accurately identified
B. There was a time when parents who wanted educational present for their children used to buy a typewriter, a
book or a dictionary. Convinced that computers are the key to success, parents are insisting that children be taught to
use them in school as early as possible. They tend to fear that their children will be unemployable if they haven’t
mastered computer technology. The use of computers in school is becoming more and more widespread. However,
many teachers welcome computers, while others remain reluctant. They argue that using computers in studies is a
wastes that “ too much money is going for computerized educational materials.” However, it is widely agreed that
children should be taught computer programming, which does more develop their problem-solving skills and ability to
think systematically.
66. The purpose of the author when he writes the above passage is
A. to explain the important of the early introduction of computers to school
B. to present the different ideas of parents about spending money on computers
C. to complain about the over-use of computers in school
D. to prove that using computers in studies is a waste
67. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A. parents fear that children will waste much money on studying computers
B. parents suggest that their children study how to use computers early in school
C. teachers are not interested in the educational value of computers
D. teachers should learn how to use computers early
68. According to the passage, the students’ skills of solving problems and their ability to think systematically can be
develop by
A. studying how to use computers B. using computers in studies

C. computerizing educational materials D. studying computer programming in school
69. The passage implies that
A. children must spend much money on computers if they want to become more intelligent
B. children cannot avoid learning how to use computers in school
C. computers can help children to improve and perfect their personality and character
D. the knowledge about computers is very necessary to human society
70. The best title for the passage is
A. affirms the primacy of speech over writing B. affirms the primacy of writing over speech
C. teaches its children to speech perfectly D. keeps written records
VII. Pick out the word which has the stress pattern different from that of the other words.
71. A. entertainment B. accumulation C. humiliation D. determination
72. A. horizon B. collection C. petroleum D. reading
73. A. champion B. composer C. research D. machine
74. A. technique B. language C. production D. courage
75. A. industry B. agricultural C. restaurant D. ambulance
VIII. Read the set of words given, and then choose the best sentence that is the best made.
76. three/she/factories/has/shoe/bought/making
A. She has three factories making bought shoe B. She bought three factories has making shoe
C. She has bought three factories making shoe D. She has bought three shoe-making factories
77. family/Ho Chi Minh/born/President/in/nationalist/was/1890/a/in
A. Ho Chi Minh family was born in a nationalist president in 1890
B. Ho Chi Minh President was born in a nationalist family in 1890
C. President Ho Chi Minh was born in a nationalist family in 1890
D. President Ho Chi Minh family was born in a nationalist in 1890
78. nationalist/a/as/HoChiMinh’s/children/taught/resist/father/his/of/rule/the/the/to/French
A. As a nationalist. The Ho Chi Minh’s father taught his children to resist a rule of the French
B. As a nationalist, the Ho Chi Minh’s father taught his children to resist of the French rule
C. As a nationalist, Ho Chi Minh’s father taught his children to resist the rule of the French
D. As the nationalist, Ho Chi Minh’s father taught his children to resist a rule of the French
79. all/they/nationalists/later/became/fight/Vietnam’s/willing/for/to/independence

A. They all later became nationalists willing to fight for Vietnam’s independence
B. All they later became nationalists willing to fight for Vietnam’s independence
C. They all became later nationalists willing to fight for Vietnam’s independence
D. They all became later willing nationalists to fight for Vietnam’s independence
80. Ho Chi Minh/we/that/not/learnt/only/the/suffering/people/exploitation/from/were
A. Ho Chi Minh were learnt that we not only people suffering from exploitation
B. Ho Chi Minh learnt that we not the only people suffering from exploitation
C. Ho Chi Minh learnt that we were not the only people suffering from exploitation
D. Ho Chi Minh learnt that we were not suffering the only people from exploitation
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