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ĐỀ ÔN THI TỐT NGHIỆP TIẾNG ANH LỚP 12.
PART II: VOCABULARY.

1. I have to live on unemployment benefit because I am __________.
A. out of duty B. off work C. out of work D. out of job
2. People who are out of work are ____________.
A. unemployed B. unemployment C. employed D. employee
3. The old man has saved a lot of money for his _____________.
A. retire B. retiring C. retirement D. retired
4. We had a _________ discussion about football.
A. bore B. boring C. bored D. boredom
5. She gave along ___________ about unemployment in Vietnam.
A. lecturer B. lecturing C. lectured D. lecture
6. Money doesn't always bring ____________.
A. happy B. happily C. happies D. happiness
7. His _________ makes his parents happy.
A. success B. successful C. succeed D. succeeded
8. I usually get up late and___________ breakfast at 7.30 a. m.
A. eat B. have C. take D. get
9. He smokes a lot. He is a __________ smoker.
A. heavy B. hard C. much D. big
10. Mary anf her younger sister have many __________.
A. different B. difference C. differ D. differences.
11. During the trip to Japan, we_________ a lot of pictures.
A. took B. did C. made D. got
12. The __________ of Hanoi is about 5 million.

A. populated B. populayion C. popular D. populate
13. What's the right ___________ to say this word in English?
A. way B. method C. manner D. approach
14. There were many people lying _________ the sun on the beach.
A. under B. on C. in D. below
15. _________ weekends, I often go fishing with my family.
A. Over B. At C. In D. For
16. She is a dances, so you should buy a pair of _________ shoes as a present for her birthday.
A. dancing B. dance C. dances D. dancer's
17. What will happen to his____________ ?
A. horse racing B. horse race C. racing horse D. race
horse.
18. A rod of wood or steel which is used with a line for catching fish is called a ______.
A. fishing rod B. fish rod C. rod fish D. rod fishing]
19. Sky-diving is dangerous __________ great fun.
A. so B. and C. but D. for
20. The exhibition___________ place twice a year.
A. makes B. has C. does D. takes
21. _________ do you spend your free time?
A. What B. Which C. How D. When
22. How much does that watch___________ ?
A. cost B. pay C. spend D. fix
23. My __________is broken. I want to have a new one.
A. tea cup B. cupping tea C. cup for tea D. cup of tea
24. What is your_________ sports?
A. interesting B. favourite C. liking D. exciting
25. Peter worked for the bank for six months, anf then he gave it __________
A. up B. away C. off D. down

26. When will we leave? __________He finishes his task.

A. Now that B. As soon as C. Until D. If
27. It is ________ drive without a driving lecense.
A. dangerous B. danger C. dangerously D. in danger
28. My brother has no______________in football.
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A. imteresting B. interest C. interested D. intersestingly
29. All of us think that she has a ____________voice.
A. beauty B. beautiful C. beautifully D. beautifullness
30. Everyone knows that women are _________ to men.
A. equal B. equally C. equality D. equalize
31. We call aboy learning at school a _________
A. schoolboy B. boy of school C. school's boy D. boy at
school
32. Hamlet is a __________ play.
A. success B sucecessful C. succeed D. successfully
33. The _________ area of the city is not very attractive.
A. industrial B. industry C. industrialize D. industrialism
34. What's the _______ of Vietnam?
A. population B. popular C. populate D. populous
35. My brother can play a lot of __________instruments.
A. musically B. musician C. music D. musical
36. My car is quite __________.
A. economic B. economics C. economical D. economy
37. More and more young people want a university __________.
A. education B. educated C. educator D. educate
38. My sister is a very warm and __________ person.

A. care B. careful C. carefulness D. careless
39. Halong is one of the most famous tourist in Vietnam.
A. attractions B. attract C. attracted D. attracting
40. The man who designs a house is the __________.
A. engineer B. painter C. crchitect D. manager
41. There is ___________of fruits in Vietnam.
A. various B. varied C. a variety D. vary
42. Suddenly the lights___________out and we were left in darkness.
A. went B. gave C. put D. turned
43. All the children should learn to speak a foreign ____________.
A. story B. country C. language D. tongue
44. There used to be a radio_________ in Hang Dau Street.
A. place B. room C. building D. station
45. I'm going to watch "The Wheel of Fortune" on VTV3 which will be _________
at 12 p.m.
A. out B. in C. on D. here
46. His __________tongue is Vietnmese, but he can speak English and Chinese, too.
A. father B. mother C. first D. home
47. In this term, pupils will learn the way in which words aare put _________ to make sentences.
A. together B. one another C. each other D. next
48. It is the English pronunciation that_________ a lot of difficlties to Vietnamese students.
A. makes B. causes C. does D. gets
49. It is __________ to hear the competition results.
A. surprise B. surprising C. surprised D. surprisingly
50. She is___________ in being a nurse.
A. tired B. afraid C. bored D. interested
51. In England if you want to get a job, you'll have to look through "Situation" __________
column.
A. Vacancy B. Vacant C. Vacation D. Vocation
52. ___________is a very serious problem in many countries.

A. Employ B. Employed C. Unemployed D. Unemployment
53. She didn't work hard enough, ____________she lost her job.
A. so B. but C. and D. yet
54. Why was his lecture so ?
A. boring B. bored C. bore D. boredom
55. They couldn't understand his________________.
A. refuse B. rwefusing C. refusal D. to refuse
56. Their holiday was so ______ that they did not want to go back to work.
A. enjoy B. enjoing C. enjoyable D. enjoyment
57. I like Xuan Dieu's poems very much. To me, he's the king of love poems in Vietnamese ______
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A. poems B. literature C. works D. novels
58. When Nguyen Trong Tri became a poet, he decided to adopt the _________name of "Han Mac
Tu".
A. poem B. new C. pen D. carreer
59. My parents ________ me a lot when I failed the exam to my favourite university. Without
their support I wouldn't be successful today.
A. complained B. encouraged C. taught D. told
60. He is__________ nect year after 30 years with the company.
A. receiving B. reducing C. retiring D. returning
61. He made one big mistake and, as a ___________, he lost the game.
A. cause B. part C. reason D. result
62. He left school at the __________of 18.
A. age B. end C. period D. year
63. You should make better_______ of the English books you have.
A. advantage B. result C. study D. use

64. Monica and Chandles are getting________ on Sunday.
A. marry B. married C. merry D. merried
65. The scieentific study of the life anf structure of plants and animals is called___________
A. biology B. philosophy C. geography D. physic
66. The process of finding somebody/something, or learning about something that was not known
about before is called a/an _________.
A. finding B. experriment C. discovery D. development
67. The science of numbers and shapes is called
A. physics B. mathematics C. biology D. politics
68. When you food, you change it into substances that your body can use.
A. cure B. digest C. invent D. fee
69. A force pf attraction that causes objects to move towards each other is called_________
A. A. electricity B. evolution C. gravitation D. invention
70. Christopher Columbus________ the New Continent quite by chance.
A. invented B. discovered C. experimented D. developed
71. The telephone was________ by Graham Bell.
A. disscivered B. cured C. appointed D, invented
72. Isaac Newton had to do many ______ before he could produce an electric lamp.
A. discoveries B. inventions C. experiments D. developments
73. Most of the experiments are carried out in _______
A. laboratories B. fams C. fields D. schools
74. Charles Darwin was the father of the ________ of evolution.
A. practice B. project C. theory D. problem
75. The ______ of the computer has changed the way people exchange and process information.
A. invention B. invent C. inventive D. inventor
76. In the past we used to have oil lamps, but now we all use ______ lights.
A. electrical B. electricity C. electric D. electrician
77. Many strange diseases have ______ in the last few decades.
A. development B. developed C. developing D. developmental
78. Isaac Newton is not only a physicist but also a _____.

A. mathematics B. mathematical
C. mathematician D. mathematically
79. Our body can get energy from foot thanks to the process of _____.
A. digestion B. digestive C. digestively D. digest
80. Even though he didn't have much _______, he still became a great scientist.
A. school B. schooling C. scholar D. schooled
81. Scientists haven't found the ________ for AIDS.
A. cuable B. curability C. cure D. curing
82. A newspaper which is published every day is called a ______ newspaper.
A. weekly B. daily C. monthly D. yearly
83. Vietnam's population ______ 80 million in 2004.
A. reduced B. increased C. reached D. rose
84. The air ______ the earth is becoming thinner.
A. surrounding B. rounding C. involving D. floating
85. Under the sun's heat, water on each ______.
A. melts B. evaporates C. rises D. floating
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86. Under the sun's heat, water on earth _______.
A. melts B. evaporates C. rises D. floating
87. The sun, the moon, the Earth, and Mars are examples of ______.
A. systems B. universes C. planets D. worlds
88. Because of the ______, things fall to ground when they are dropped.
A. attraction B. gravity C. force D. power
89. The mountain is 100 meters above sea ______.
A. level B. surface C. top D. line
90. The sun is our main _____ of energy.

A. force B. cabin C. resource D. source
91. The Wildlife Fund helps to _____ endangered species.
A. reduce B. produce C. increase D. preserve
92. The _____ of solar energy is now still limited.
A. produce B. product C. production D. productive
93. The heat from the sun causes the _____ of water on the earth's surface.
A. evaporate B. evaporation C. evaporating D. evaporated
94. Comets move _______ across the sky.
A. swift B. swiftness C. swiftly D. swifty
95. Your hair is too long now. It needs ______.
A. to cut B. cutting C. being cut D. to be cutting
96. If we could find out the _______ for cancer, thousands of people would be saved every year.
A. remedy B. prevention C. disease D. cause
97. Physical ______ can cause overweight.
A. activity B. inactivity C. exercise D. expression
98. A doctor who studies and treats mental illnesses is called a _______.
A. physicist B. doctor C. psychiatrist D. suegeon
99. I am ______ to him because he has helped me a lot.
A. helpful B. pleasing C. worried D. thankful
100. Eating too much junk food is _____ to people because it can cause obesity.
A. harmful B. helpful C. peasing D. ordinary
101. We can make good advances in the _______ of disesses.
A. cause B. prevention C. harm D. survival
102. No ______ has been found for cacer.
A. prevention B. survival C. exercise D. cure
103. Cancer is a _____ disease.
A. killing B. death C. dead D. kill
104. The doctor ____ him to give up smoking, but he didn't quit.
A. applied B. persuaded C. prevented D. pleased
105. She is a bit overweight, so the doctor advises her to go on a ______.

A. treatment B. prevention C. diet D. cure.
106. If you didn't ______ rid smoking, your health would be affected.
A. go B. get C. make D. take
107. In recent years we have ______ good advances in finding a cure for pneumonia.
A. got B. done C. made D. brought
108. If we built more hospital, we could ______ better care of people.
A. get B. do C. take D. give
109. Medicine has litle help to ______ to those who can't give up their bad habits.
A. apply B. persuade C. cure D. offer
110. The scientists have ________ out the cause of the new disease.
A. got B. made C. found D. killed
111. Prevention is better than even the most expensive methods of ________.
A. treatment B. remedy C. medicine D. preparation
112. If smokers stopped smoking, their health would be _________.
A. prevented B. improved C. harmed D. reduced
113. Heart disease, cancer, and pneumonia ______ more deaths than other diseases.
A. bring B. make C. cause D. kill
114. When the disease becomes serious, people with heart disease may need a ____.
A. treatment B. surgery C. cure D. remedy
115. The doctor's wise decision helped ________ the patient's life.
A. keep B. cure C. cause D. save
116. Due th the government's policy, many farmers have decided to _______ their farm.
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A. stop B. abandon C. finish D. kill
117. Cheese, butter, and ice-cream are ______products.
A. milk B. oil C. fat D. dairy

118. People who work at farm are __________.
A. teachers B. doctors C. farmers D. nurses
119. Farmers expect a good ________ this year.
A. field B. cattle C. rice D. crop
120. The government decided to ________ the price of rice exports.
A. low B. high C. height D. increase
121. The _______ destroyed the crop.
A. water B. flood C. river D. tears
122. Vietnam _______ tractors.
A. importing B. import C. imports D. been ported
123. Yesterday, the storm swept _____ the northern part of the country.
A. in B. out C. over D. through
124. The farmers demanded _______ lowering of machine import prices.
A. a B. an C. the D. 
125. Last year's crop was a _________.
A. fail B. failing C. failed D. failure
126. Bacteria are tiny _________.
A. animals B. birds C. fish D. organisms
127. Pollution greatly affects the life of _________ animals.
A. while B. wine C. wild D. whilst
128. Bacteria are always at _________.
A. work B. working C. works D. worked
129. Oceans, rivers, and lakes are important ________ resources.
A. land B. water C. air D. soil
130. Life would come to a(n) ________ without bacteria.
A. start B. beginning C. end D. last
131. Many ________ of rare animals have already become extinct.
A. specs B. spices C. spaces D. species
132. ____________ of ton of rubbish are thrown into the forest.
A. Thousand B. Thousands C. Some thousand D. A thousand

133. Iron is an essential _________ element in human body.
A. chemic B. chemical C. chemistry D. chemist
134. Human beings should stop cutting __________ trees.
A. down B. up C. on D. over
135. Bacteria help ________ the bodies of dead plants and animals
`A. destroy B. damage C. decay D. demolish
136. Marshes are being ___________.
A. dry B. dried C. drained D. drain
137. Many species are dying ___________.
A. in B. out C. up D. over
138. Without bacteria, the chemical elements in dead bodies and head vegetation would be kept
________.
A. up B. on C. in D. by
139. Human beings are _________ their environment.
A. concering B. destroying C. breaking D. demolishing
140. The Pharaohs always took their _______ with them into another world.
A. land B. water C. air D. possessions
141. His wife and his children ________ him to America last year.
A. went B. brought C. accompained D. carried
142. The Pharaohs were the _______ of ancient Egypt.
A. rulers B. servants C. solders D. workers
143. Ships are sailed by __________ members
A. group B. team C. class D. crew
144. On 30
th
April, 1975, American solders were _________ by the Vietnamese.
A. won B. triumphed C. defeated D. attrack
145. In some __________ societies, gold was used as money.
A. modern B. out of date C. ancient D. future
146. Everyone who comes must _________ a present with him.

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A. pass B. bring C. give D. send
147. These students are keen _______ learning foreign languages.
A. with B. of C. on D. by
148. He can change his timetable when he wants to. So he's got a _________.
A. modern B. old C. flexible D. convenient
149. A(n) _______is an announcement in a newspaper or on TV about a product, event, job vacancy.
A. book B. article C. brochure D. advertisement
150. She is ___________ the best ten students.
A. out of B. among C. in D. between
151. Luckily we still have _________ water in the house.
A. little B. a little C. few D. a few


PART III. GRAMMAR:

1. Don't you get tired ________watching TV every night?
A. with B. by C. of D. at
2. I can't stand _______on the underground when it is busy.
A. travel B. traveling C. to travel D. to traveling
3. She's keen ______playing will dolls.
A. on B. at C. of D. with
4. Don't be afraid _____the dog. He's quite harmless.
A. in B. of C. at D. for
5. She hates ________housework at weekends.
A. doing B. do C. to do D. to be doing

6. I had a headache, and the doctor asked me _______some aspirin.
A. took B. to be taking C. take D. to take
7. I am ________of gardening and growing a wide variety of flowers.
A. fond B. keen C. surprised D. fed
8. Mary is______ in gardening. She can work in the garden for hours.
A. excited B. exciting C. interested D. interesting
9. Every day I spend two hours _______ English.
A. practise B. to practise C. practising D. practised
10. This is the place _______ I was born.
A. where B. what C. which D. that
11. I don't mind _______ if you're tired.
A. drive B. drives c. to drive D. driving
12. He likes _______ part in sports, so he joins the football team of the school.
A. take B. taking C. takes D. took
13. She did all the work ______ her own.
A. by B. on C. for D. at
14. Have you seen Peter lately? I've been looking ______ him this week.
A. at B. in C. for D. into
15. I don't remember ______ the front door when I left home.
A. to lock B. lock C. locked D. locking
16. Children enjoy ______ to ghost stories on Halloween night.
A. telling and listening B. tell and listen
C. to tell and listen D. to tell and to listen
17. They decided ______ to Japan for their summer holiday.
A. going B. to go C. go D. to going
18. She hasn't written to me ______.
A. already B. yet C. never D. ever
19. She is too ______ with her work, so she doesn't have time to go out with her friends.
A. bored B. busy C. fed up D. tired
20. His parents think it's time for him _______ married.

A. gets B. get C. to get D. got
21. I'm ______ of hearing your excuses for your lateness.
A. tired B. fond C. worried D. surprised
22. She has learned English for 3 years, and she is good ______ English now.
A. by B. in C. for D. at
23. A heavy storm swept through the village and many people________.
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A. kill B. killed C. are killed D. were killed
24. I've known him ______I left high school.
A. during B. until C. since D. when
25. Her strength is that she never gives_____.
A. in B. up C. at D. out
26. It is David ______broke the glass.
A. which B. whom C. who D. whose
27. Smoking is bad for your health. You had better ______it up.
A. to give B. give C. giving D. to be giving
28. The flat is very noisy, ______we enjoy living there.
A. but B. and C. for D. so
29. You will become ill _____you stop working so hard.
A. until B. when C. unless D. if
30. I hope you don't mind me ______so late at night.
A. telephoning B. to telephone
C. telephone D. to have telephoned
31. It took three and half hours_________ to Singapore.
A. to fly B. flying C. to be flown D. fly
32. She enjoys______, and she writes five pages every day.

A. writes B. write C. writing D. to write
33. Are you _______in knowing all the answers?
A. Interested B. excited C. amused D. frightened
34. The students are bored _______learning the same subjects.
A. of B. at C. in D. with
35. There ________many kangaroos and koalas in wild forests in Australia.
A. are B. is C. be D. have
36. My sister started working as a teacher two years______.
A. before B. ago C. for D. now
37. I hurt ______when I fell.
A. my B. my own C. mine D. myself
38. _______ is a popular sport in Europe.
A. To ski B. Skiing C. Ski D. To skiing
39. There are many ways of_______ourselves in a big city.
A. enjoy B. enjoying C. enjoyment D. to enjoy
40. She_____smoking two months ago.
A. stops B. stoped C. stopping D. stopped
41. I never feel like______early on Monday morning.
A. getting up B. get up C. gets up D. to get up
42. It is not easy______a high-paid job.
A. find B. finding C. finds D. to find
43. Would you like the doctor______?
A. coming B. to come C. come D. comes
44. Mary great opera_______of the world can be heard in the Sydney Opera.
A. singers B. singing C. singer D. sing
45. The football fans began cheering when the match_______.
A. started B. was starting C. was started D. to start
46. He_______playing with his dog.
a. is loving B. loves C. was loving D. love
47. He is________listening to his sister's advice.

A. bored in B. tired in C. tired of D. interested with
48. My husband wants me______this letter before afternoon.
A. to post B. posting C. post D. posts
49. If you study harder, you______pass the examination.
A. will B. would C. could D. should
50. I hate_______the dirty dishes after a meal.
A. wash B. washing C. to wash D. to be washing
51. She doesn't like going______in the sea in summer.
A. to swim B. swimming C. to be swimming D. swim
52. Many people in the world are fond______football.
A. of B. with C. in D. for
53. The evening was spent_________.
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A. to play and to talk B. to play and talk
C. playing and talking D. playing and to talk
54. That's the best film I________.
A. saw B. have ever seen C. see D. am seeing
55. I am afraid of______by the strong wind.
A. taking away B. take away
C. being taken away D. being taking away
56. Do you_______me to type this letter for you?
A. want B. love C. enjoy D. fancy
57. Human beings must stop______ the environment.
A. to pollute B. polluted C. pollutant D. polluting
58. What will you do when you_______school?
A. will finish B. finished C. finishing D. finish

59. Human beings must stop_______the evironment.
A. to pollute B. polluted C. pollutant D. polluting
60. What will you do when you_______school?
A. will finish B. finished C. finishing D. finish
61. You can pass the exam by_______harder.
A. studying B. study C. to study D. to be studying
62. We walked for ten kilometers and then we stopped_______a rest.
A. to have B. have C. having D. has
63. It is raining hard. We had better_______at home tonight.
A. staying B. to stay C. stay D. to be staying
64. He has been out of work________a long time.
A. since B. for C. when D. in
65. How are you? I haven't seen you________ages.
A. since B. for C. in D. at
66. When I came home, my father_________a magazine.
A. read B. reads C. was reading D. has read
67. I__________play with dolls when I was small.
A. enjoyed B. hated C. started D. used to
68. People now live_________than before.
A. well B. the best C. as well D. better
69. _________of people gathered in front of the church.
A. A hundred B. Hundred C. Hundreds D. Two hundred
70. She dances__________than her sister.
A. beautiful B. the most beautiful
C. the most beautifully D. more beautifully
71. We stayed in the Grand Hotel__________is very near the beach.
A. where B. when C. which D. it
72. Last year, a new bridge over the Black River_________.
A. was built B. built C. is built D. builds
73. This is the bus________goes to Lodon.

A. where B. it C. what D. which
74. Ho Chi Minh City is_________than Hanoi.
A. more noisy B. noisy C. more noisier D. noisier
75. The bus takes_______than the train.
A. longer B. more long C. the longest D. long
76. It's time________the children to go to bed.
A. with B. for C. in D. of
77. Melbourne is________than Sydney.
A. more hot B. more hotter C. hoter D. hotter
78. On a summer Sunday, most of the roads are crowded________cars.
A. with B. of C. for D. at
79. It________him two hours to finish the exercise.
A. take B. took C. to take D. taking
80. I speak French________than my sister.
A. gooder B. better C. more good D. more well
81. My keys______last week.
A, was stolen B. were stolen C. are stolen D. is stolen
82. They took her to the hospital,_______is only a mile away.
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A. which B. where C. in which D. it
83. David doesn't work very hard. I work_________.
A. more hard B. more hardly C. hardlier D. harder
84. Are oranges_________than bananas?
A. more expensive B. expensive C. more cheap D. cheap
85. I am two years________than my brother.
A. elder B.more elder C. older D. more old

86. His father works much__________than he does.
A. hard B. hardly C. harder D. more hardly
87. This is the beach_________I spent most of my time.
A. which B. where C. that D. when
88. Your Enghlish is very_________. You speak English very__________.
A. good/good B. good/well C. well/good D. well/well
89. The south of England is characterized as________ the North.
A. flat as B. flat than C. flater than D. flatter than
90. She plays the piano_________than I do.
A. more beautifully B. quite beautifully
C. most beautifully D. as beautifully
91. Are you used__________on your own?
A. at work B. to work C. to working D. with working
92. They got the Riverside Shopping Mall, _________she wanted to go shooping.
A. where B. which C. to which D. that
93. The doctor advised__________ to give up smoking.
A. that he B. to him C. for him D. him
94. She enjoys watching movies_________make her laugh.
A. they B. what C. which D. who
95. The Anglo-Saxons_________a Germanic language which_________the basis of modern English.
A. spoke/form B. spoke/forms C. speak/formed D. speak/forms
96. American English has no some spelling rules________are different from______in British English.
A. which/them B. which/those C. who/them D. who/those
97. Radio is a good (medium) for practising listening to English.
A. media B. medal C. medium D. medicine
98. Many people love the (simple) of life in the countryside.
A. simplicity B. simplify C. simply D. simple
99. Damage to the building was (consider).
A. consider B. considering C. considerable D. considerably
100. One (effect) way to improve your English is to practise it daily.

A. effective B. effect C. effectively D. effectional
101. It's________to imagine today's world without the computer.
A. hard B. harder C. hardly D. as hard
102. I could______recognize her when she put on her suit and changed her hairstyle.
A. hardly B. hardly to C. not hardly D. hardly not
103. I had no difficulty_____ to her English.
A. listen B. to listen C. to listening D. listening
104. Many technical terms in Vietnamese_______from other languages such as English and French.
A. borrowed C. are borrowed
B. have borrowed D. have been borrowing
105. Emails are ______ among young people than the elders.
A. widely more used B. more used widely
C. more widely used D. more widely
106. 60% of the world's radio stations ______ in English.
A. broadcats B. broadcast
C. is broadcast D. are broasdcast
107. The novel "Tom Sawyer", ______ was written by Mark Twain, is my all-time favourite.
A. that B. what C. which D. who
108. Everything ______ they said was true.
A. which B. what C. how D. that
109. Yesterday she had to do a difficult English test for ______ she did not prepare.
A. it B. that C. which D. what
110. There wasn't much ______ they could do to help.
A. that B. which C. what D. still
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111. Huy told me about his English course, ______ he's enjoying very much.

A. what B. which C. that D. in which
112. The broken glasses are all ______ remain.
A. still B. what C. which D. that
113. In recent years Vietnamese students have learnt foreign languages, of ______ English is clearly
the most popular.
A. that B. those C. which D. them
114. Lodon is the city in _____ I was born.
A. where B. which C. that D. there
115. Not all artists _____ are famous have spent years studying.
A. which B. they C. who D. now
116. Do you know a nearby restaurant ______ has good food?
A. that B. who C. where D. whose
117. Do you know a shop ______ I can buy a computer?
A.  B. which C. where D. in where
118. The house _______ he lives is not very big.
A. that B. which C.  D. where
119. This is the bank ______ was robbed yesterday.
A. which B. where C. who D. what
120. My friend Minh, _______ was my classmate in primary school, is moving to Ho Chi Minh City
next week.
A. that B. whom C. who D. 
121. The hotel ______ we stayed during our last sumer holiday was very expensive.
A. that B. where C. which D. 
122. Many members in my class like Mai, _______ to our class last month, do not like the new
teacher.
A. coming B. that came C. who came D. having come
123. I live in a building ______ has 40 floors.
A. which B. in which C. it D. where
124. I live in a building ______ there are 40 floors.
A. that B. which C. where D. in where

125. The police have discovered the paintings ______ were stolen last month from the museum.
A. who B. whose C. what D. which
126. Ted, ______ fixes my car, has just won the lottery.
A. that B. who C. he D. where
127. Do you have a calculator _____ I can borrow?
A. where B. what C. which D. why
128. They seem to give the children anything ______ they want.
A. what B. which C. where D. that
129. Have you ever considered _____ to another country?
A. move B. to move C. moving D. to be moving
130. At the time I _____ how hard my parent tried to earn enough money for the whole family.
A. wasn't realizing B. am not realizing
C. don't realize D. didn't realize
131. The headmaster said their pupils would_______the best learning conditions.
A. be provided B. be provided with
B. provide D. provide with
132. He_______in love with her the moment the saw her.
A. fell B. has fallen C. felt D. has felt
133. "Romeo and Juliet"________one of Shakespeare's best works.
A. consider B. considered C. are considered D. is considered
134. Her paintings_______by her childhood in rural New York.
A. inspired B. was inspired C. were inspired D. is inspired
135. The book can be used in a _______of________.
A. various/way B. various/ways C. variety/way D.
variety/ways
136. In my opinion, Victor Hugo remains the most famous and the most________author in French
literature.
A. love B. loved C. beloved D. loving
137. His new house, which ______ by the lake, has a beautiful and modern desingn.
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A. situate B. situates C. is situated D. has situated
138. Anna Robertson Moses, who was also known as Grandma Moses, is considered
A B C
one of the greatest female artist of U.S . art.
D
139. Grandma Moses, who started paiting when she was seventy-six, never had a art lesson.
A B C D
140. Darwin, ______ theory of evolution is famous throughout the world, was an English scientist.
A. who B. whose C. whom D. that
141. The telephone, ______ was invented by Graham Bell, has changed our way of communication.
A. that B. when C. which D. whose
142. Marie Curie, ______ won a Nobel prize in Physics, is among the greatest scientists of all times.
A. who B. whose C. that D. whom
143. When _______, Newton already showed his talent in Sciences.
A. he a boy B. was a boy C. boy D. a boy
144. He was interested _______ fixing broken objects and making new things.
A. in B. on C. at D. with
145. Faraday was born ______ a poor family.
A. for B. in C. onto D. on
146. Jane Eyre, which ______ by Charlotte Bronte, is one of my favourite novels.
A. wrote B. written C. was written D. writes
147. Even though he didn't have _____ schooling, he was still successful.
A. many B. little C. a ot D. much
148. Leonard de Vici was ______ a scientist _______ an artist.
A. not/but also B. not only/also C. only/but D. not only/but also
149. _______ was a French Emperor, fought his final battle in Waterloo.

A. Napoleon Bonaparte who C. Napoleon Bonaparte, that
B. Napoleon Bonaparte, who D. Napoleon Bonaparte, whose.
150. John's father worked very _______, but he _______ earned enough to feed his family.
A. hard/ hard B. hardly / hard C. hard/ hardly D. hardly/
hardly
151. When ______, Humphrey used to travel all over the world.
A. he was young B. was young C. be young D. he young
152. When he grew _______, he decided to settle down and set up his frist factory.
A. older B. ondly C. oldest D. more old
153. Charles Dickens, whose ______ all over the world, was not very successful with his career at
first.
A. books read B. books reading C. books are read D. books to read
154. Johan, ______ the first prize in the inter-university marathon race, is my classmate.
A. wining B. won C. who wining D. who won
155. _______ he met Professor Goshen, who taught him the first painting lessons.
A. Later a few years C. A few later years
B. A few years later D. Years a few later
156. Bill Gates, ______ among the software engineers,is one of the richest men in the world.
A. whose name is famous C. whose famous name is
B. whose i famous name D. whose name famous is
157. Jean did not have much schooling ______ she had to work very hard.
A. despite B. even C. and D. however
158. He was not very interested in Phy sics __________ he grew older.
A. unless B. until C. alhough D. because
159. Who _______ wrote Pride and Prejudice?
A. the English was writer who C. was the writer English who
B. was the English writer who D. the English writer who was
160. When teacher at CFL, Jonathan developed an inter-univerity library system.
A B C D
161. The painting Sun Flower, which painted by Van Gogh, was stolen many times.

A B C D

162. When young, my mother had to work very hardly to earn money.
A B C D
163. When was he a student, he hated Chemistry, Biology and Physics.
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A B C D
164. The professor grew angrily as he found out that none of us had done our homework.
A B C D
165. Earnest Hamwi, who invention of the ice cream cone brought him a lot of money,
A B C
was a pastry vendor.
D
166. Einstein's theory of relativity is well - know all over the world.
A B C D
167. When he was at school, Anderson did not show any talent in writing but late he became a famous
novel writer.
168. Professor Thompson, gave a lecture at our university last week, is a world famous physicist.
A B C D
169. My mother had few schooling, but she's the most intelligent woman I've ever known.
A B C D
170. Darwin invented the theory of evolution after years of researching.
A B C D
171. Ho Chi Minh city, which named is after President Ho Chi Minh, is quite a young city.
A B C D
172. Marilyn Monroe, who a famous actress, died of drug overdose.

A B C D
173. When Newton was 22, he began study the theory of gravitation.
A B C D
174. Isaac, who had a great interest on philosophical matters, later wrote a famous
A B C
book on the purpose of living.
D
175. His first physical experiment carried out when he was still a highschool student.
A B C D
176. His grandmother and his uncle took care for him after his parents died in an accident.
A B C D
177. If an object is let off in the cabin of a spaceship, it__________.
A. floated B. is floating C. will float D. would float
178. __________we find new sources, we will soon run out of energy.
A. If B. When C. Unless D. Only
179. All of out rain forests________unless we find some ways to stop people from cutting down trees.
A. will be destroyed B. are destroyed
C. will destroy D. destroy
180. _______we don't try to limit the world's population, there won't be enough space to live.
A. When B. If C. Unless D. While
181. If the earth stops_______around the sun, there will be no light on earth.
A. move B. to move C. moved D. moving
182. The sun is many times_______ the earth.
A. bigger than B. bigger C. as big D. big as
183. Mercury is perhaps the coldest_______the hottest planet in the solar system.
A. both B. but C. also D. as well as
184. We need to stop______at what damage we have done to the nature and try_______ it before ti's
too late.
A. looking/to fix B. to look/to fix
C. to look/fixing D. looking/fixing

185. If we don't do anything______the ice on the poles from melting, the earth will be flooded one
day.
A. for stop B. to stopping C. to stop D. stop
186. It is______on the poles.
A. extremely cold B. cold extremely
C. extreme cold D. cold extreme
187. Mercury is the smallest among the planets_______the sun.
A. of B. for C. with D. on
188. The sun is ________when seen from Mercury than when seen from the earth.
A. more much brilliant B. much more brilliant
C. much brilliant more D. much brilliant
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189. Unless we_______throwing garbage into the river, it will be polluted.
A. stop B. don't stop C. will stop D. won't stop
190. The pollution rate in this area seems________slowly.
A. increase B. increasing C. to increase D. to be increase
191. This forest is 3 acres__________.
A. width B. wide C. widely D. widened
192. A conference______takes place every year is called a yearly conference.
A. where B. which C. when D. who
193. I took the trip_______ my brother recommended.
A. who B. whom C. where D. 
194. Compared to the earth, Mercury is _______to the sun.
A. much closer B. much more closer
C. much more near D. more closer
195. If we don't stop todestroy forestst, soon there will be no forest left on the earth.

A B C D
196. If we will reduce the speed of population growth, there will be less pressure on the earth.
A B C D
197. We have to apply new technology to reduce wast as well to recycle used materials.
A B C D
198. Because it doesn't receive any sunshine, the dark side of Mercury is much cold
A B C D
than the brigh side.
199. The new building in Sunshine square is higher four times than the old building.
A B C D

200. If we do nothing for preserve their habitat, some species will become extinct.
A B C D
201. Some planets of the sun are the half size of the earth.
A B C D
202. When an object lets off, in falls to wards the ground because of the earth's gravity.
A B C D
203. There are nine planets altogerther on the picture on the wall.
A B C D
204. A magazine which publishes every month is called a monthly magazine.
A B C D
205. We tried stop the storm from striking the city but we were not succuessful.
A B C D
206. Unless we leave a bowl of water under the sun, it will evaporate.
A B C D
207. Mercury is the smallest member of the sun family, as it is only 3,100 across miles.
A B C D
208. In the lighted side of the planet, it's so hot that no creature can live.
A B C D
209. If we continue to use fuels at the current rate, we would soon have to face a fuel

A B C D
crisis.
210. The morning star, sometimes called the evening star, can to be seen soon after
A B C D
sunset.
211. Men will continue to live on foods unless other types of protein are not found.
A B C D
212. Chris is a good friend of________.
A. me B. my C. mine D. I
213. If you_________more slowly, he would have understood you.
A. spoke B. would speak C. spoken D. had spoken
214. Your house has_______ nice furniture.
A. such B. such a C. so D. so a
215. Norah Jones________music is loved by many jazz fans, grew up in Texas.
A. who B. whose C. whom D. which
216. The more expensive the hotel,___________the service.
A. better B. best C. the better D. the best
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217. I'm going on holiday_________the end of this month.
A. at B. in C. on D. to
218._________it rained a lot, we enjoyed our holiday.
A. Because B. Despite C. Although D. Because of
219. I come from Seattle, ________many successful companies like Microsoft and Boeing are
situated.
A. which B. where C. that D. 
220. "The Matrix" is_______than any other films I've seen.

A. more exciting B. more excited
C. most exciting D. most excited
221. If I______you, I would go to bed earlier at night.
A. be B. am C. had been D. were
222. If it________too cold, we could go on a picnic.
A. isn't B. wouldn't be C. weren't D. wouldn't be
223. If I had millions of dollars, I would_______all over the world.
A. be travelled B. travelling C. travel D. to travel
224. If you were not sick, ________with us?
A. will you come B. would you come
C. do you come D. are you coming
225. If they didn't live so far away, I_________ them every week.
A. visit B. visited C. will visit D. would visit
226. If the questions________not too difficult, we______them.
A. were/could answer B. are/ could answer
C. were/ can answer D. are/ can answer
227. One of the doctors_______the patient's injuries are not very serious.
A. say B. says C. said D. are saying

228. One of the_______diseases mankind has to face______cancer.
A. worst/ are B. worse/ are C. worst/ is D. worse/ is
229. They haven’t found ______ any efficient medicine for SARS.
A. in B. up C. on D. out
230. He has tried to get rid of ______, but he hasn't succeeded.
A. smoking B. smoke C. to smoke D. smokes
231. I hope these tablets can be _____ to your headache.
A. help B. of helping C. of some help D. helping
232. If I were 5 years younger, I would ____ that job.
A. apply to B. apply for C. apply into D. apply in
233. If I were you, I would peruade him ______ the new treatment.

A. to try B. trying C. tries D. try
234. He couldn't stop smoking. Neither _______.
A. cuod his wife B. his wife could
C. his wife did D. did his wife
235. I told her ____ to the hospital and have her lungs checked, but she didn't want to.
A. go B. goes C. to go D. going
236. Heart disesse is as dangerous as cancer _____.
A. is B. are C. do D. does
237. Finally, they succeeded ______ finding a cure for that strange disease.
A. with B. on C. to D. in
238. The doctor said she needed to be _____ a diet.
A. in B. on C. with D. into
239. If I were your age, I would ___ every month.
A. go to bushwalk B. go bushwalk
B. bushwalking D. go bushwalking.
240. Psychiatrists have tried _____ people from smoking.
A. stoped B. to stop C. stop D. to be stopped
241. Mrs. Taylor smokes usually 20 cigarettes a day, and her health is badly affected.
A B C D
242. Some people never go out into the fresh air except doing some shopping.
A B C D
243. If I am 10 centimeters taller, I would play basketball.
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A B C D
244. One of he best ways to stay healthy are to do exercise every morning.
A B C D

245. If I were you, I will go to the dentist's and have the tooth checked.
A B C D
246. If the weather weren't too bad, we would to go swingming.
A B C D
247. If the doctors could find in the remedy, a lot of people would be saved.
A B C D
248. The nurses have to work very hard to make good care of all patients.
A B C D
249. Many habits such as smoking, staying up late, and overesting can be harm
A B C D
to our health.
250. If she bought that house now, she ran out of money.
A B C D
251. I tried to persuade my father going on s holiday, but he didn't want to leave his work.
A B C D
252. Overeating and physical inactivity are the causes for many killing diseases.
A B C D
253. As for heavy smokers and drinkers, medicine is of no almost help.
A B C D
254. I have to thank you for help me so much while I was in hospital.
A B C D
255. However smoking has been proved to be harmful, many people are still addicted to it.
A B C D
256. John finally succeeded with persuading his father to take a holiday in Hawaii.
A B C D
257. If he weren't too old, he would apply to the job as a was reporter.
A B C D
258. Both doctors and psychuatrists try to stop people from smoke, but they are not
A B C D
successful.

259. What you would do if you could speak French well?
A B C D
260. Fresh air and regular exercise are great of use to our health.
A B C D
261. The farmers of this country can't supply enough because ______ bad weather.
A. due B. of C. to D. from
262. I _______ not miss any classes if I _______ you.
A. would/ was B. would/ were C. will/ am D. will/ was
263. Vietnam is rice - ______ country.
A. export B. exports C. exported D. exporting
264. This field ____ give good crops
A. used to B. awaiting C. used at D. used from
265. The demontrators are ______ their employers' answers.
A. await B. awaiting C. waiting D. awaiting for
266. Mr Minh is elected the Head of the ______ Union.
A. s' Farmers B. Farmers C. Farmers' D. Farmer's
267. Mai and Minh decided to go ______ a walk.
A. by B. for C. on D. in
268. My parents ____ bought me a new motorbike if I had not failed the exam.
A. will B. will have C. would D. would have
269. The farm could _____ imported more machines.
A. have B. had C. has D. having
270. The village would have ______ a new school if they had had enough money.
A. buided B. built C. build D. building
271. My grandfather ______ teach literature at a high shool, but he is now retired.
A. used to B. is used to C. use to D. was used to
272. This is a wheat _______ farm.
A. grow B. growing C. grown D. grows
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273. It raned ______ heavily ______ after only half an hour, everywhere was coveered with water.
A. so/ that B. such/ that C. very/ that D. so/ then
274. We dedided to drive back through a new road ______ was much longer but safer.
A. what B. where C. which D. how
275. It's the frirst time I ______ a bird of this colour.
A. see B. am seeing C. can see D. have seen
276. The ground is hard and dry. It hasn't rained _____ ages.
A. from B. for C. since D. by
277. If I _____ the leader of the team, I ______ do a lot of things.
A. was/ will B. was/would C. were/would D. had been/ would
278. I ______ to the author if I thought he would publish the article.
A. write B. am writing C. would write D. had written
279. The black bear suddenly appeared from ______ the tent.
A. behind B. out C. with D. after
280. He ____ on a trip to America if he had time and money.
A. will go B. would have gone C. goes D. would go
281. Most snakes eat animals _____ than their own size.
A. large B. that are large
C. which are larger D. are large
282. If we went that way, I am sure we ______ get there quicker.
A. can B. must C. need D. would
283. Even if the rain ______ now, there won't be a harvest this year.
A. came B. comes C. didn't come D. will come
284. I'd rather ______ to a concert than a film, if you don't mind.
A. go B. going C. gone D. to go
285. _______ is one of the few substances that can be frozen.
A. It is water B. water C. that water D. though water

286. Small animals can to survive the desert heat by finding shade during the daytime.
A B C D
287. If you had sat the plant in a cooler place, the leaves would not have burned.
A B C D

288. Farming now use 20 percent of the earth's land area to produce food.
A B C D
289. Trees are classified as neither hardwoods or softwoods.
A B C D
290. Farming now use 20 percent of the earth's land area to produce food.
A B C D
291. Trees are classified as neither hardwoods or sofwoods.
A B C D
292. No one would have attended the lecture if you told the truth about the visiting speaker.
A B C D
293. We had better to review this lesson carefully because we will have some questions on it.
A B C D
294. Huong used to living in Hanoi, but her job required her to move to another city.
A B C D
295. If hay receives enough rain at the proper time, it grows quickly like grass.
A B C D
296. The more the relative humidity rises, the worst the heat affects us.
A B C D
297.When they are frightening by a storm, dairy cows may refuse to give milk.
A B C D
298. Mai often arrives at the office at nine o'clock, but because the storm, she was late this morning.
A B C D
299. To planting trees is a custom of Vietnamese people during tet holiday.
A B C D
300. Because the highway system was built 40 years ago, most of the roads now need

A B C
repaired.
D
301. When the weather becomes colder we know that the air mass must originated in the
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A B C
Artic rather than over the Gulf of Mexico.
D
302. If I would have studied Russian at shool, I would have understood him easily.
A B C D
303. Many people stop to smoke because they are afraid it may be harmful to their health.
A B C D
304. If I would have studied Russian at school, I uwould have understood him easily.
A B C D
305. Nam had so interested and creative plans that everyone wanted to work with him.
A B C D
306. The Pharaohs _______ thu rulers of ancient Egypt.
A. were used B, used to be C. were used to D. were used to being
307. The bell rang but I didn't hear it. I ______ asleep.
A. were B. must be C. must have been D. was
308. If I had known Chinese was so difficult, I ______ never ______ it up.
A. would/taken B. will/take
C. would/take D. would/have taken
309. Potatoes and onions ______from insects by new technology.
A. are preventing B. prevention is
C. are prevented D. prevented

310. The gass is wet, It ______ last night.
A. used to rain B. rains C. would rain D. must have rained
311. ______ the moon has no water, its surface responds to the gravitational force of the earth.
A. although B. however C. terefore D. except
312. I would have been in real triuble _____ your help.
A. although B. despite C. because D. if it hadn't been for
313. Lan did very well on the exam. She ______ hard
A. studies B. would study
C. probably studies D. probably studied
314. Tomatoes can be used ______ as a salad green or as a cooking vegetable.
A. such B. both C. iether D. neither

315. In bacteria other organisms, _______ is the DNA that provides the genetic information.
A. it B. wich C. and D. both
316. His light are out. Perhaps, he _____ to sleep.
A. went B. has gone C. goes D. is going
317. Mai didn't come to class yesterday. She ______ an accident.
A. will have had B. would have
C. may have had D. can have
318. Nam was fined for speeding. He ______ so fast.
A. should drive B. should have driven
C. drives D. should not have driven
319. Take Mai's address with you ______ you have time to see her when you are in Hanoi.
A. if B. when C. in case D. as
320. This is the only party ______ in my life.
A. I enjoy B. I will enjoy
C. I have never enjoyed D. I've ever really enjoyed
321. Hai's car stopped on the high way. It _______ out of petrol.
A. runs B. may run C. may have run D. would run
322. My son came back home without his book. He _____ it.

A. could have lost B. was losing
C. would lose D. would be losing
323. The farther a star is from us, ______ it seems to us.
A. smaller B. much small C. the smallest D. the smaller
324. Great noise is known__________deaf of many people.
A. causing B. to cause C. causes D. caused
325. My father said no other motorbibe could go_______his motorbike.
A. so fast like B. as fast like C. so fast D. as fast as
326. If my mother had not attended the meeting, she would never meet her old friend.
A B C D
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327. The relics of Mayan cities have recent been discovered in Mexico.
A B C D
328. The ancient Egyptians built pyramids to keeping their rulers' bodies after their death.
A B C D
329. There is fewer rainfall in Vietnam this year than the previous one.
A B C D
330. It is believe that the ancient Egyptians used ramps to lift huge stones.
A B C D
331. My younger sister is always fed up to listening to lectures all the day.
A B C D
332. Her father made her to go to the party with him because he thought she was too young.
A B C D
333. The film was so bored that we walked out of the cinema after just 15 minutes watching it.

A B C D

334. I could have kept the book for another days because I hadn't finished reading it.
A B C D
335. The shop assistant didn't know how much was the shirt so she had to ask the boss.
A B C D
336. I usually talk to a man who ideas are very interesting and creative.
A B C D
337. It is likely that everyone in Vietnam has his own house and car by 2050.
A B C D
338. The ship might have to be attacked because there was nobody on deck.
A B C D
339. If I didin't have enough work to do, I would go to bed early.
A B C D
340. Unless food production increase, a lot of people will run out of food.
A B C D
341. If I had known that you really need me, I would have come here immediately.
A B C D
342. Do you mind to go out with me to buy some ice creams?
A B C D