ĐỀ ÔN THI TN NĂM 2011 – ĐỀ 1
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
I. Fill in the blanks with the words given :
as took schooling chemist scientific lectures
in on informal attended went discoveries
Michael Faraday, the English physicist and (1)___________ , is best
known for his (2) ___________ of electricity and chemistry. He was born
(3) ___________ September 22
nd
, 1791, in Newington, England. He was the
son of a blacksmith and received little formal (4)___________. While
apprenticed to a bookbinder in London, he read books on (5) ___________
subjects and experimented with electricity. In 1812 he (6) ___________ a
series of lectures given by the British chemist Sir Humphry Davy and
forwarded the notes he (7) ___________ at these lectures to Davy, together
with a request for employment. Davy employed Faraday (8) ___________
an assistant in his chemical laboratory at the Royal Institution.
II. Use the correct form or tense of the verbs in parentheses :
1. Last night I (go) ____________ to a party. When I (get)
___________, the room (be) ____________ full of people. Some of them
(dance) _____________ and others (talk) ____________. One young
woman (stand) ____________ by herself. I (never, meet) ___________
her, so I (introduce) ____________ myself to her.
2. John is in English class. He (study) ____________ English this
semester. He (also, take) ____________ some other classes. His Classes
(begin) ____________ at 9 o’clock every day.
3. I don’t like (force) __________ (leave) _________ the room (study)
_________ whenever my roommates feel like (have) _________ a party.
4. While she (talk) __________ on the phone, the children (start)
__________ fighting and (break) __________ the window.
5. I hope they (repair) __________ this road by the time we (come)
__________ back next summer.
III. Complete the following sentences with correct prepositions :
1. He was _________ prison _________ 2 years. _________ that time he
became interested _________ pigeons.
2. I want two seats _________ Romeo and Juliet _________ Friday night.
3. Go on _________ you see the church _________ your right.
4. How do you go _____ school ?
It depends _______ the weather. ______ wet days, I go _____ tube.
_____ fine weather I go ______ foot.
5. I look forward _________ seeing you again next year.
6. I’m tired _________ walking all day long.
IV. Fill in the blanks with correct form of the word in parentheses :
1. Her ____________ from school without any excuse made the teacher
angry. (absent)
2. She can’t stand his _____________. (rude)
3. They are all _____________ educated persons. (good)
4. Hard work always brings _____________ (succeed)
5. Your rice field is more _____________ than ours. (produce)
6. Most children are not _____________ good at their future work.
(expect)
7. With the help of the computer, you can _____________ make a
business plan. (ease)
8. Tom has never had accidents. He drives very _____________ (care)
9. His parents _____________ him to study harder. (courage)
10. I’m sure they will get used to the _____________ condition soon.
(work)
11. Your new dress makes you more _____________. (beauty)
12. You should do these exercises _____________. (quick)
13. There are a lot of _____________ differences in England. (region)
14. Driving _____________ is _____________. (fast / danger)
15. One of the _____________ diseases that mankind has ever had is
AIDS. (bad)
V. Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it means
exactly the same as the sentence printed above it :
1. Tom is sorry that he didn’t watch the football match last night.
- Tom wishes ___________________________________________________
2. The test we did yesterday was so difficult that we couldn’t finish it in
two hours.
- Yesterday we did _______________________________________________
3. “How many students are there in your class ?”
- The man asked me ______________________________________________
4. “You should go to the lecture”
- The teacher advised us __________________________________________
5. You must hurry or we’ll miss the train.
- Unless we _____________________________________________________
6. It’s not difficult to make bread.
- Bread is ______________________________________________________
7. Jack said, “I have studied English for five years, Mary.”
- Jack told ______________________________________________________
8. Unless they leave a lamp beside that hole, somebody will fall into it.
- If ____________________________________________________________
9. The workers repaired the bridge last week.
- If ____________________________________________________________
10. No one could open the door of the house.
- The door ______________________________________________________
11. The city where we were born is very small.
- The city in ____________________________________________________
12. She has studied French for five years.
- She began _____________________________________________________
13. They left very early in the morning. They didn’t want anybody to see
them.(so that)
- ______________________________________________________________
14. He collects old coins. He is likes it.
- He is fond _____________________________________________________
15. She said, “ Have you got a new car, Jack ?”
- She asked _____________________________________________________
16. He said to her, “ Give my regards to your parents.”
- He told _______________________________________________________
17. “Don’t talk to that man”, she said.
- She told ______________________________________________________
18. I didn’t understand the lesson because I didn’t go to school yesterday.
- If ____________________________________________________________
19. Jane can’t go to your party because you don’t invite her.
- If ____________________________________________________________
20. They haven’t finished their homework yet.
- Their homework _______________________________________________
21. Jim was absent because he was ill.
- Because of ____________________________________________________
22. We were late for the play because of the long line at the ticket-
window.
- Because there __________________________________________________
23. I couldnt see anything because it was so dark.
- Because of ____________________________________________________
24. Because the weather is warm and damp, rice grows very well here.
- Because of ____________________________________________________
25. Jane never says a hard word to Tom because of her love for him.
- Because Jane___________________________________________________
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