Bài tập nâng cao Tiếng Anh 12 - TEST YOURSELF 2 docx

Bài tập nâng cao Tiếng Anh 12
Lê Nga CBT - 2010
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TEST YOURSELF 2
I. Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern
1. A. applicant B.scenery C.permission D.journalist
2. A.accompany B.evaluate C.illiterate D.interviewee
3. A.reliable B.category C.secondary D.dictionary
4. A.decisive B.maximum C.experience D.apoointment
5. A.effectiveness B.associate C.curriculum D.kindergarten
II. Choose the best answer for each of the following sentences
1. Luckily, by the time we got there, the painting .
A.didn’t sell B.hadn’t sold C.wasn’t sold D.hadn’t been sold
2. But for your help, we in trouble.
A.would have been B.would be C.had been D.were
3. It was a service I will eternal grateful.
A.for it B.for that C.for which D.for whom
4. People don’t get enough sleep may become short-tempered.
A.which B.who C.whom D.they
5. If you wet, you should change your clothes immediately.
A.get B.got C.will get D.had got
6. Tony Blair is believed for Liverpool last week.
A.leaving B.to leave C.having left D.to have left
7. If the earth suddenly spinning, we off it.
A.stops/ will fly B.stopped/ would fly C.will stop/ fly D.would stop/ flew
8. The academic year in England is into three terms.
A.closed B.caculated C.devided D.added
9. Those who high grades are able to do the A level.
A.achieve B.succeed C.manage D.obtain
10. If you do not get the job, try not tobe too .

A.boring B.bored C.disappointing D.disappointed.
III. Give the correct form of the given words to complete the following sentences.
1. My friend’s brither is now working in an agency. EMPLOY
2.Mr. Been has all the right to become a good manager. QUALIFY
3. They all cheered as their team came out. ENTHUSIASM
4. Mr.Lam works as an for a local firm. ELECTRIC
5. He is so ! He just can’t make up his mind. DECIDE
IV. Find a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence and correct it.
1. Growing in the corner were two big dogs, both of them looked extremely dangerous.
A. B. C. D.
2. If I knew you were coming, I would have met you at the airport.
A. B. C. D.
3. I’m afraid all our coppies have been sold but more have ordered.
A. B. C. D.
4. I enjoyed talking to the people with that I met at the party last night.
A. B. C. D.
5. I could make rabbits disappear into thin air if I am a magician.
A. B. C. D.
V. Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank.
THE INTERVIEW
Susan was very vervous about her interview. For at least three weeks before it she was (1)
about it. She really wanted the job but she know that a lot of other people wanted it too. She had been told
when she phoned the (2) in the advert that there were a great many applicants for it, so she prepared
herself. She made (3) of what she might be asked and of what she wanted to ask. When the day
came, she arrived half an hour early. There were six other people waiting to be interviewed. They all looked
(4) more confident than her. She began to feel even more nervous. One by one the others were
Bài tập nâng cao Tiếng Anh 12
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called. Each of them came out looking (5) . Susan was the last one to be called into the interview
room. She had decided by then that she had no (6) of getting the job, so she felt relaxed as she
walked in; she felt that she had nothing to (7) . The three interviewers were all very serious and they
didn’t seem to be interested in her. She (8) all her answers she had prepared and said the first thing
that came (9) her head. Afterwards she was sure she wouldn’t get the job, but two days later she got
a letter telling her she had been chosen (10) she had been the only one who had acted naturally.
1. A.thought B.bored C.worried D.amused
2. A.number B.digit C.boss D.secretary
3. A.speeches B.papers C.phrases D.notes
4. A.many B.much C.a lot of D.mostly
5. A.satisfying B.satisfactory C.satisfied D.satisfaction
6. A.chance B.method C.hope D.dream
7. A.make B.lose C.hold D.talk
8. A.understood B.reminded C.remembered D. forgot
9. A.with B.for C.into D.over
10. A.because B.although C.so that D.unless
VI. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the
original sentence.
1. Paul didn’t accept the job at the company because the salary was too low.
If it…………………………………………………………………………………………
2. Tom is working on two jobs right now, so he doesn’t have time to help you.
Were Tom…………………………………………………………………………………
3. It was thought that the thief was still in the house.
The thief …………………………………………………………………………………
4. They didn’t let him enter the restricted area.
He …………………………………………………………………………………
5. The man’s wife had been admitted to the hospital. I spoke to him.
I spoke …………………………………………………………………………………
VII. Complete the following sentences, using the words given.
1. Prepare/ job/ interview/ can/tressful/ particular/ when/ you/ call/ first/ one.//

2. Late/ application/ can/receive/ up/ June 30
th
/ but/ there/ few/ vacant/ place/ leave/ university//.
3. First/ category/ be/ state/ school/ system/ which/ free/ all/ student/ pay / by/ state//
4. Each/ university/ consider/ application/ before/ make/ decision/ offer/ place//
5. National / Curriculum/ set/ government/ and/ must/ follow/ all/ state/ school//.

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