Dạng bài thi công chức tiếng anh

DẠNG 1: Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. (Chọn từ hay
mệnh đề nào tốt nhất hoàn thành mỗi câu)
A doctor who performs operations is a b. surgeon
A plan was put forward by William Low. He suggested it
A plane cannot get into the air without some kind of power
A relation of yours is coming to see you. She c. will be coming soon.
after having been held… captive .for 5 years, he was released yesterday.
Around the earth there is a (n) atmosphere
Because of the heavy rain we had to postpone the dinner party until the following
Sunday.
Between two films there is a (n) interval
Bill is phoning his girlfriend again. That’s the third time he has phoned her this
evening.
Can you b. change a pound? I need some money for the telephone box.
Can you tell me what time the doctor’s office open?
Children can be instructed in swimming. They can be taught how to swim
Darwin was a brilliant scientist in the nineteenth century.
Did anyone clean the windows? should have been cleaned
Do a good deed a. whenever you can.
Don’t blamed bad habits in a child
Dr Nam was believed to be living in New York.
Dr. Johnson is a very .man unpopular in our neighborhood.
Everybody admires him because . a. he’s got a sense of humor.
Geoffrey c. loves making speeches.
Go straight on this road and you will arrive at the hotel in five minutes.
had they arrived at the fair early, they… would have found what they wanted.
Have you ever heard this song b. sang in Vietnam?
Having laid the table, Mrs. Robert called the family for dinner.
He doesn’t care how he stands. He stands a. as he pleases
he doesn’t write to his parents as often as he… used to
He failed to give a. satisfactory reasons for his absence for school.

he has been a war… correspondent …for many years and covered the war in Rwanda
last year.
He has told us more than any living person.
He may eventually get across the channel. He may do this finally
He suffers from bad headaches.
He suggested b. building a double railway tunnel
He wanted to measure temperatures. d. take
He was sacked after having an argument with his supervisor
He was robbed all his money.
He c. had taken the basic course before he took the advanced one.
Her parents were very worried because she was out so late that night.
His parents are trying to… persuade him to get married.
His. model of the airplane was correct in very detail and could really fly.
how long had they been fighting the forest fire? For nearly three weeks.
How long are the dogs going to be trained?
Until they have learned how to walk in all kinds of traffic.
I feel as if my head were on fire now, doctor.
I have drunk d. four bottles of beer .today
I managed to find the book I was looking for
I never wear yellow because it doesn’t d. suit me.
I was abou t to go out when you telephoned
I will have your bicycle before repaired returning it to you.
I expect him to arrive in a fortnight.
I would like to visit Australia some time in the future.
I’m not sure where did it made
I’ve never heard of it. Where was it made ?
If I knew you are busy, I wouldn’t disturb you.
If it rained heavily there d. would be floods.
If she can make such stories, she is certainly a very. c. imaginative girl.
If you are impolite to a person, you should make an b. apology

If you had come to the party, you would have met her.
If you live in a house which is not yours have to pay b. rent
It is of immense size. It is huge
It was a great success. He succeeded d. in making everyone laugh.
It was difficult to arrange a data which was convenient for everyone.
It was fortunate we didn’t have to carry him. It was our good luck
it would be possible to build a platform. A platform c. could be built
It’s Grandmother’s birthday tomorrow, so don’t forget to wish her many happy a.
returns
John and Lucy are very d. spoilt because their parents give them everything they
ask for.
Mary mackintosh wants to be a drive. She’s had a lot of .driving lessons.
mike always keeps his promise, so you can rely on him.
Mrs. Black is a. spending her holiday with friends in the country.
My father jogs a couple of miles every morning.
my hair needs… cutting …, but I’ve been too busy to have it cut.
My mother can’t stand.seeing me at home all day.
my uncle Tom you whom met the other day, is one of the best lawyers in the city.
My uncle went out of the house c. half an hour ago.
Only when he is heve, does he speak English.
only when you are old enough will you know the truth.
People are c. interested in the idea of a Channel Tunnel.
Programmers on TV and radio are broadcasts
She blamed her parents for the failure of her marriage
She intends to stay for a few days. That’s what she a. plans to do.
she told me that she had been studying english literature.
she was … brought up in the countryside and sent to a little village school.
she will accept the job the salary is satisfactory.
She’s got beautiful eyes, b. hasn’t she.?
Sunday is a holiday when most people rest.

take this road and you will arrive at the hotel in five minutes.
that’s where I used to live when I was young.
The British feared invasion. They were afraid of it.
The Brown had to use all their savings to buy their new house.
The children hurt b. themselves when they fell.
the clock slowed down. It was slow
The hill threatened the surrounding villages with destruction.
The villages might be destroyed
The instructor of a football team is the c. coach
The interviewer asks the job applicants what qualifications she’s got.
The leader of a football team is the c. painter
The man coming towards us is an engineer.
The man who design a house is the b. architect
The man whose work is to amuse people who attend a show is a entertainer(n)
the meeting was attended by nearly one hundred scientists, several of … them …were
very young.
the patient refused to listen to his doctor’s advice.
The people in the theatre are the audience
The problem is difficult therefore few students could answer it.
the team’s success was largely due to our efforts.
the three friends all applied for the same job.
The trees had been there c. for centuries
the weather was awful. I wish it had been warmer.
There are two d. it’s in the word “ pretty”
there is great… peril … in climbing Mr.Everest, but many people have made the attempt.
There is only one student in the classroom preparing his lesson.
There’s not much rice left, but I think there’s just enough of it last to the end of the
week.
they asked me……I had read “Mby Dick” by Herman Melville.
They can be instructed in swimming. They are very young. in spite of the fact that

they flew to the island. Then hired a car for three days and visited most places of
interest.
They were walking slowly d. past the Director’s room.
They will have left for Paris by 6 a.m tomorrow
This book is d. Andy’s
this composition needs rewriting
This is the first time I have tried to play badminton.
this time next week they will be flying.to the United States.
We are not used to studying late at night
we are tired of listening to her advice.
We both worked for three hours, yet she paid John more than me.
we delayed our departure on account for the weather condition.
We felt very relieved to bear you were safe.
Wedding rings are usually made a. of gold
What are you cooking in that saucepan? It smells good.
When he heard the terrible noise, he asked me what was going on.
When I first came here, they hadn’t built this bridge yet.
When I tried to walk I had a sharp b. pain in my right leg.
when the company had to lay off a number of workers, he became redundant
When the teams have played for 45 minutes it is a. half-time
when we visited the zoo on Sunday, it was very crowed, but on a weekday
it’s practically empty
When will he begin to teach? a. As soon as he’s finished his training.
When you want to go by train you go to a (n) railway station
Where have you been giding?” she asked. She asked me where a. I had been hiding.
Who actually saw the accident b. happen ?
whose belt is it ?” “It’s my c. sister’s ”
You can hear it when it is actually striking. You can hear, it is striking the moment
you cannot captive the truth when that detective questions you yesterday.
You will get a surprise. You b. will be surprise

Dạng 2: / Read the passage and then choose one answer for each of the lollowing
questions:
TEST 3:
Dinosaurs were reptiles that lived during a period of earth’s history called the Mesozoic
Era, which is also known as the Age of Reptiles. The first dinosaurs appeared more than 200
million years ago. For many millions of years,they dominated the land with their huge size
and strength. Then about 65 million years ago, they died out rather suddenly, never to
reemerge.
The word “dinosaurs” comes from two Greek words meaning “terrible lizards”, but their
appearance could be truly terrifying. The biggest ones weighed more than ten times as much
as a mature elephant and nearly equaled the size of most modern day whales. The famous
kinds of dinosaurs, including the brontosaur and tyrannosaurus rex, reached 80 to 90 feet in
length. Not all dinosaurs were giants, however, some were actually not larger than a
chicken.
Scientists still do not know what caused dinosaurs to disappear. One theory involves a
change in the earth’s climate. It is believed that temperature dropped significantly towards
the end of the Cretaceous Period. Too large to hibernate and not having fur or feathers for
protection, it is possible that the climate became too chilly for dinosaurs. In contrast, other
species having protection, such as the mammals and birds, were able to survive.
1.what is the best title for this passage? b. Parth’s Largest Reptiles.
2. It can be inferred from the passage that the Age of Reptiles lasted about
a. 135 million years .
3. in line 6, the author use the phrase “never to reemerge” to indicate that the
dinosaurs b. became extinct
4. According to the passage, what is true about the size of dinosaurs?
d. It varied quite greatly.
5. The paragraph following the passage most likely discusses
c . another theory about the disappearance of dinosaurs
TEST4:
Chess must be one of the oldest games in the world. An Arab traveller in India in the year

900 wrote that it was played “long, long ago”. Chess was probably invented in India, and it
has been played everywhere from Japan to Europe since 1400. The name “chess” is
interesting. When one player attack the other’s King, he says in English, “Check”: when the
king has been caught and cannot move anywhere he says “Check mate”. These words come
from Persian. “Shah mat” means “the king is dead” that is when the game is over and one
player has won.
Such an old game changes very slowly. The rules have not always been the game as
they are now. For example, at one time the queen could only move one square at a time.
Now she is the strongest piece on the board. It would be interesting to know why this has
happened! Chess takes time and thought, but it is a game for all kinds of people. You don’t
have to be a champion in order to enjoy it. It is not always played by two people sitting at the
same table. The first time the Americans beat the Russians was in a match played by radio.
Some of the chess masters are able to play many people at the same time. The record was
when one man played 400 game! It is said that some people play chess by post. This must
make chess the slowest game in the world.
1. which of the following is known to be true?
d. chess was played in India long before 900.
2. One player has won the game when
c. the other player’s king can not move anywhere
3. According to the old rules of the game
c. the queen could move no more than one square at a time
4. which of the following will you hear when one player has won the game?
a. “Shah mat”
5. Which of the following is NOT correct?
b. only two people can play chess sitting at the same table.
TEST5
The agricultural revolution in the nineteenth century involved two things: the invention of
labor-saving machinery and the development of scientific agriculture. Labor-saving
machinery naturally appeared first where labor was scarce. “in Europe” said thomas
Jefferson, “the object is to make the most of their land, labor being abundant; here it is to

make the most of our labor, land being abundant.” It was in the United States, therefore, that
the great advances in nineteenth-century agricultural machinery first came.
At the opening of the century, with the exceptions of a crude plow, farmers could have
carried practically all of the existing agricultural implements on their backs; by 1860, most of
the machinery in use today had been designed in an early form. The most important of the
early inventions was the iron plow.
as early as 1790 Charles Newbold of New Jersey had been working on the indea of a cast –
iron plow and spent his entire fortune introducing his invention. The farmers, however, were
not interestedin it, claiming that the iron poisoned the soil and made the weeds grow.
Nevertheless, many people devoted their attention to the plow, until in 1869 James Oliver of
South Bend, Indiana, turned out the first chilled-steel plow.
1.what is the main topic of the passage?
c. Machinery that contributed to the agricultural revolution.
2. The expression “make the most of” in line 5 is closest in meaning to…
a. get the best yield from.
3. Which of the following can be inferred from what Thomas Jefferson said (lines 4-
6)? d. There was a shortage of workers on United States farms.
4. What point is the author making by stating that farmers could carry nearly all
their tools on their backs? a. Farmers had few tools before agricultural revolution.
5. According to the passage, which of the following statements about Charles
Newbold is true? d. He spent his own money to promote his invention.
TEST 6:
Every year about two million people visit Mount Rushmore, where the faces of four U.S.
presidents were carved in granite by sculptor Gutzon Borglum and his son, the late Lincoln
Borglum. The creation of the Mount Rushmore monument took 14 years-from 1927 to 1941-
and nearly a mollion dollars. There were times when money was difficult to come by and
many people were jobless. To move more than 400,000 tons of rock, Borglum hired laid-
offworkers from the closed-down mines in the Black Hills area. He taught these men to
dynamite, drill, carve, and finish the granite as they were hanging in midair in his specially
devised chairs, which had many safety features. Borglum was proud of the fact that no

workers were killed or severely injured during the years of blasting and carving. During the
carving, many changes in the original design had to be made to keep the carved heads free
of large fissures that were uncovered. However not all the cracks could be avoided, so
Borglum concocted a mixture of granite dust, while lead, and linseed oil to fill them.
Every winter, water from melting snows gets into the fissures and expands as it freezes,
making the fissures bigger. Consequently, every autumn maintenance work is done to refill
the cracks. The repairers swing out in space over a 500-foot drop and fix the monument with
the same mixture that Borglum used to preserve this national monument for future
generations.
1.In line 13, the word “fissures” refers to …… b. cracks
2. According to the passage, Borglum’s son………. a. is dead.
3. The men who Borglum hired were…………. d. unemployed miners.
4. It can be inferred from the passage that………
a. the heads qre not as originally planned.
5. Borglum’s mixture for filling cracks was ………
c. invented by the sculptor himself .
TEST 7:
How can we know that the birds we see in the South in the winter are the same ones that
come north in the spring? Once John J. Audubon, a bird lover, wondered about this. Every
year he watched a pair of little phoebes nesting in the same place. He wandered if they were
the same birds. He decided to put tiny silver bands on their legs. The next spring back came
the birds with the bands to the very same plsce. Back came the young birds to build their
nests on the walls of farm buildings in the neighborhood. The phoebe, it was learned,
wintered wherever it was warm enough to find flies. In summer, phoebes could be seen from
Georgia to Canada; in winter, anywhere from Georgia to Florida and Mexico. The phoebes
was the first kind of bird to be banded, and Mr. Audubon was the first birdbander. Today
there are hundreds of birdbanders all over America. These people band all kinds of birds.
The government of the United States has a special birdbanding department which makes
all the birdbands. The bands do not hurt the birds, as they are made of aluminium and are
very light. They come in different sizes for different size birds. Each band has a special

number. On each band are these words: “notify Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, D.C”.
Anyone who finds a dead bird with a band on its legs is asked to send the band to
Washington with a note telling where and the bird was found. In this way naturalists add to
their knowledge of the habits and needs of birds.
1. The title below that best expresses the main theme or subject of this selection is:
d. Studying birdline through birdbanding
2. According to the election, Audubon proved his theory that
b. birds return to the same nesting place each spring.
3. Audubon’s purpose in banding the phoebes was to
a. satisfy his curiosity.
4. The migration habits of phoebes depend upon.
c. the available food supply.
5. Which statement is true according to the selection?
c. the government offers a reward for information about dead birds.
TEST 8:
The body of primitive man, a faraway and primitive man called Homo sapiens, so far as
we can reconstruct from the fragmentary evidence we have,was exactly like our own, and his
brain was as big as that of modern man and his ability to learn were probably as great as
that of the average man today, but he had a very meager inheritance of knowledge.
The use of tools and weapons of a primitive sort was probably passed on from the
subhuman creatures, who had learned how to break stones and use the sharp edged pieces
for cutting and scraping, and how to use a short, heavy stick for a club and a long, pointed
one for spear. The subhuman creatures knew how to make use of fire when they found it,
but they did not know how to make it.
They had probably also discovered the advantages of social living; that several families
living together in a tribe could offer each other help and protection, and that hunters killed
more game if they banded together and had a leader to direct the hunt.
The discovery that social living increased the odds in favor of survival was, perhaps,
primitive man’s greatest discovery greater than either the discovery of fire or the invention of
the wheel.

1. What we know of primitive man is based upon a. pieces of evidence.
2. the first real man c. received very little knowledge from his ancestors.
3. According to the author, man became a social being because
a. co-operation was necessary for survival.
4. A direct result of primitive man’s discovery of the advantages of social living was
a b. tribe
5. The author believes that man’s discovery of the advantages of social living is
b. of great significance.
TEST 9:
I must tell you about our holiday this year, it was one of the best we’d ever had. No, we
weren’t staying in an expensive hotel, but a youth hostel! I know what you’re thinking; we
must’ve gone mad. But we haven’t, I just wish we’d discovered youth hostels years ago. Now
that I’m back at university again luxury hotels are a thing of the past, and I was complaining
about this one day to a friend who said that she and her family never stayed anywhere but
hostels. I had no idea that hostels could be anything from a cottage to a castle. I mean
where else do you get to stay in a castle! In fact there are four different grades simple,
standard, superior and special so you pay an overnight charge according to the kind of
hostel you stay at. You can’t stay more than three nights as a time but that didn’t bother us
because we wanted a touring holiday. Basically you look after yourself although most hostels
do breakfast and some of them offer an evening meal if you arrive early enough. There are a
few rules like having to be in by 11 p.m in the evening and out by 10 a.m in the morning but
otherwise you’re free to do what you want. Now i really believe that the best thing about this
whole holiday was meeting so many different and interesting people. I used to think hostels
were only for the young and noisy, but not any more. You can’t imagine what a variety there
was! Anyway what are you all doing next year?
1. This is from
b. aletter
2. What is the write trying to do?
d. to give information
3. Why didn’t the writer stay in a hotel?

The writer didn’t have enough money to stay in a hotel because she is
studying again.
4. What did the writer most enjoy about her holiday?
She enjoyed meeting other people staying in the hostel .
III/ Read the article below and put a cross on the letter next to the word that best fits
each space.
TEST 3:
Dear Editor,
I went to Newzealand on a student programme last year and I’d like to (1) tell you about
it. It was very (2) excited. When I knew I was going to Newzealand because I had never
been there before. I didn’t think about the problems of speaking English (3) until I met my
host family. At first I couldn’t communicate with them because my English was so bad. All
the eight years I (4) had been learning wasn’t much use at all, (5) because we didn’t have
real practice at school. Even though my grammar was good, my pronunciation wasn’t. my
problem is pronouncing “I” and “r”. for example, newzealand people often asked “What do
you eat in Thailand?” I wanted to tell them that we eat rice, but they didn’t understand when I
said “we eat lice” . my host mum helped me a lot by (6) correcting my bad pronunciation. I
usually practiced by talking to myself when I had a shower, so no one could hear me. After
four months my English was (7) much better. Apart (8) from English I learn to make my own
breakfast and lunch. I had to ride a bicycle to school everyday. I went swimming and tried
water-skiing and sailing, (9) which was wonderful. But the most valuable thing was that I
learn to be (10) by myseif and to be independent.
Kittiya Leelawipat, Commercial College, Bangkok, Thailand.
TEST 4
Should smoking be banned in public places?
Statistics (1) show beyond doubt that cigarette smoking can (2) damage the health, yet a
surprisingly large number of people continue to smoke (3) in spite of all warnings. By doing
so they are not just shortening their own lives, they are also affecting the health of (4) those
around them. It is time that non- smokers fought back!
Personally, i think smoking should (5) definitely be banned in public places. In the first

place, it is very unpleasant (6) to sit in a smoke-filled room, such as a restaurant or cinema,
if you do not yourself smoke (7) added to this, smoking can be a serious fire risk, especially
in crowed places (8) like discos. Finally, in my opinion, nobody should be asked to risk his
heath just because of another person’s bad habits.
Smokers may (9) protest that they should be free to do as they like. They say that we
already have no-smoking areas in public places, and that this should be enough. To my
mind, however, non-smokers should also be free to go anywhere they choose without risking
their health.Smoking is harmful not just to smokers but to non-smokers too. If some people
are foolish enough to continue this dangerous habits, it seems to me that they should at least
be prevented (10) from doing so in public.
TEST 5:
When you (1) shop for a new car, you should start by using consumer magazines. You
can find them in the (2) referrence section of a library. You can read about the advantages
and disadvantages of each new carm and get (3) an idea of how much you should pay.
When you decide (4) on which make and (5) model you want to buy, you should go to a
dealer and test-drive the car to see (6) if you like it. The salesperson will tell you the sticker
price. You should bargain with the salesperson and make (7) an offer based on what you
learned from the consumer magazines. Then you should go to Sometimes you have to go
back and forth several times between dealers to bargain for the best price.When you agree
on a price with a salesperson, you usually have to leave a small (8) deposit . The
salesperson writes up a contract that you both have to sign. When the dealer (9) delivers
the car, you have to pay the balance or get a loan. Most people make a down payment and
take out a loan for the rest. You can get a loan from a bank or sometimes from the auto
company. You can (10) pay off the loan over a period of time, usually from two five years.
TEST 6:
When man first learned how to make a fire, he began to use fuel for the first time. The first
fuel he used was probably wood. As time(1) passed, men eventually discovered that
substances such as coal and oil (2) would burn . Coal (3) was not used very widely as a
source of energy until the last century. With the coming of the industrial revolution, it was
soon realized that production (4) would double if coal was used instead of wood.

Nowadays, many of the huge factories and electricity generating stations (5) would be
unable to function if there was no coal.
In the last twenty or thirty years, however, the use of coal (6) believed As a result, there
have been changes in the coal industry. It (7) will use that more people (8) would use coal if
oil and gas were not so readily available.There is more than enough coal in the world for
man’s need for the next two hundred years if our use of coal (9) does not increase
Unfortunately, however, about half of the world’s coal (10) may never be used , Mining
much of it (11) would be Very expensive even if it was possible to use new equipment.
TEST 7:
The table tennis match was very enjoyable before (1) someone lit a cigarette and runnier
the evening. After (2) finishing smoking, they let the cigarette fall on the wooden floor.
Unfortunately, they dropped it without putting it out but (3) no one paid any attention to it.
Even woman (4) who was next to the man with the cigarette did not notice. Soon, however,
there was (5) a lot of smoke. Suddenly flames (6) shot up into the air. Someone
immediately ran out of the room (7) to phone the fire brigade. Two or three men got some
buckets of water (8) to put out the fire, but it was useless. Everyone in the large hut (9) was
very frightened. The next moment people rushed towards the main doors. Before the fire
brigade arrived, the whole building was on fire. On (10) entering the burning building, one of
the firemen succeeded in (11) rescuing an old woman.
TEST 8:
When you are driving abroad you should make sure that you have all your documents
with you. These (1) include your passport, your driving license and insurance papers. It (2)
can be very inconvenient if you (3) lose any of these or if you cannot find (4) them quickly.
You must also make sure that your car has a nationality plate which shows the country
where the car is registered; for (5) example, GB for Great Britain, F for France, N for Norway
and so on.In some (6) countries you have to pay if you don’t (7) obey motoring laws and
this can sometimes cost you a lot of money. For instance, you may have to pay immediately
if you are stopped by a police officer for taking no notice of traffic lights, speed (8) limits or if
you allow children (9) under the age of twelve to (10) travel in the front seat of a vehicle.
TEST 9:

For many young people sport is a popular part of school life and (1) being past in one of
the school teams and playing in matches is very important. (2) if someone is in a team it
means a lot of extra practice and often spending a Saturday or Sunday away (3) from home,
as many matches are played then.It (4) can also involve traveling to other towns to play
against other school teams and then (5) staying on after the match for a meal or a drink.
Sometimes parents, friends or other students will travel with the team to support (6) their
own side.When a school team wins a match it is the whole school which feels proud, (7) not
only the players. It can also mean that a school (8) becomes well-know; for being good at
certain sports and pupils from that school may end up playing (9) for national and
international teams so that the school has some really (10) famous names associated with
it!
IV/ Fill in each gap in the passage below with one suitable word.
TEST 3:
When you are (1) invited to a meal in Thailand, the words of the invitation literally (2)
mean come and eat rice. Indeed, nearly all Thai (3) dishes are eaten with rice, (4) which
grows there very easily (5) as the climate is warm and there is (6) plenty of rain.
The food is always (7) served in neatly cut pieces, so there is no (8) need to knives and
forks but, instead, (9) special spoons and forks are used . the Thais used to eat with their
(10) hands and there are still some people who eat this way. There is a particular way of
doing it. First they wash their right hand in a bowl of (11) water they only ear with their right
hand. They are careful not to let the food (12) tough the palm of their hand. After the meal,
the hand is again carefully washed.
The meal is usually made up (13) of several different dishes, all of which are spicy. They
are served in bowls which everyone shares, (14) though each person has their own bowl of
rice. As Thailand has a long coastline, it is not surprising that fish and shellfish (15) play an
important part in Thai cooking
TEST4:
For over a hundred years, the (1) people of London have gone to bed and (2) got up in
the morning to the deep sounds of the world (3) famous bell called Big Ben. The (4) bell
appeared in Westninster Tower a year before the clock, in 1858. it (5) weighs 13.5 tons, and

it is the (6) largest bell in all England.
As we have (7) mentioned the clock that the bell serves appeared one year later, in
1859. each of the clock’s four (8) faces is almost 6.5 metres (9) in diameter. The minute
hand is over 4 metres (10) long and weighs over 100 kilograms.
(11) Although the clock is so big, it is very exact, it is seldom more than one second (12)
wrong in 1924 hours. English scientists use an original method to correct (13) mistake in
the clock. There is a small tray in the middle of the pendulum. If the clock is running slow,
they put a penny coin in the tray, and the clock begins to run (14) faster. If the clock begins
to run fast, they take (15) away the penny. The little coin is enough to make the giant clock
run a second faster or slower every day.
TEST 5:
Most people think that the older you (1) get, the (2) harder it is to learn a new language.
That is, they believe that children learn (3) more easily and efficiently than adults. Thus, at
some point in our lives, maybe around age 12 or 13, we lose the (4) ability to learn language
well. Is this idea fact or myth?
Is it true that children learn a foreign language more efficiently than adults? On the (5)
contrary, research studies suggest that the opposite may be true. One report, on 2,000
Danish children studying Swedish, (6) concluded that the teenagers learned more, in less
time, than the younge children. Another rerort, on Americans learning Russian, showed a
direct improvement of (7) ability over the (8) age range tested, that is, the ability to learn
increased as the age (9) increased from childhood to adulthood.
There are several possible (10) explanations for these (11) findings. For one thing,
adults know more about the world and therefore are able to understand meanings more
easily than children. Moreover, adult can use (12) logical thinking to help themselves see
pattern in the language. Finally, adults have more self-discipline than children.
All in all, it seems that the (13) common idea that children are better language (14)
learners than adults may not be facts, (15) but myth
TEST 6:
Almost (1) all reading books contain a fable. These old stories (2) which taught people
moral lessons many years ago can now help (3) us learn English. Our fable is about a fox (4)

and a crow. A crow is a big black bird that likes to steal (5) things from house, and a fox is
an animal (6) which likes to steal things (7) from crows.
One day a fox was walking along looking (8) for something (9) to eat when he saw a crow
on a branch og a tree (10) with a large piece of cheese in his beak. The fox, who could not
climb (11) the tree, began to think to some way to get the cheese. So he said (12)to the
crow: “One of my friends heard (13) you sing last week and told me you had a very fine
voice. Won’t you sing for me?”
The crow was surprised (14) to hear this for crows do not have voices. But when the fox
continued to speak well of his voice, he began to (15) sing. The piece of cheese fell to the
ground and the fox ate it. What would you say is the moral of this story?
TEST 7:
The country is (1) more Beautiful than a town and pleasanter to live in. Many people think
so, and go to the country (2) for The summer holidays though they cannot live (3) there all
the year round. Some have a cottage built in a village (4) so That they can go there
whenever they can find the time.
English villages are not all alike, but (5) in some ways they are not very different (6) from
each other. Almost every village has a church, the round or square tower of (7) which can
be seen for many miles around. Surrounding (8) the church is the churchyard, (9) where
people are buried.
The village green (10) is a wide stretch of grass, and house or cottages are (11) built
round it. Country life is now fairly comfortable and many villages (12) have/ get water
brought through pipes into each (13) home/house Most villages are so close to some small
town (14) that people can go there buy (15) what they can’t find in the village shops
TEST 8:
An old porter had been (1) working for the railway (2) for a very long time. He was
standing in one of the big railway (3) stations in London one morning, waiting for travelers to
ask him to (4) help them with their luggage, when he (5) saw a small man running towards
the trains, (6) carrying a bag.
The porter watched the man for a (7) few seconds, and then the man saw the porter. At
(8) once he ran up to him and (9) asked “Can I catch the 10.35 train to New Castle, porter?”

He was breathing very (10) fast and he sounded worried.
The old porter (11) looked at him for a moment and then said politely “ Well, sir, I’d like to
help you, but I can’t (12) answer your question, because I don’t (13) know how fast you can
run (14) along the rails. “you see”, he explained, ‘ the 10.35 train to New Castle (15) left five
minutes ago’
TEST 9
Mr. boxell was just shutting his shoe shop at the end of the day (1) when a man in a well-
cut suit (2) came/ walked in and asked for an expensive pair of shoes. There was (3)
something about the way the man walked that (4) made Mr. Boxell suspicious. He felt as if
he had seen him before (5) some where , and then (6) remembered that he had on TV! The
man was a criminal! The man tried on a few pairs of shoes (7) wanted he bought a pair (8)
before Mr. Boxell strongly recommended “They’re bit tight’, the man complained. “They’ll
stretch, sir’, Mr. Boxell said. (9) which/ that Mr. Boxell had expected, the man limped (10) as
the shop next day to complained (11) into the shoes. As soon as he entered the shop, he
was surrounded by police. Mr. Boxell had deliberately (12) about/ of the man a pair of shoes
(13) sold Were a size (14) which/ that small, knowing he would return them the next day
(15) too !
STT DẠNG 5: Hoàn thành câu
1
Ann / like/ us/ pick/ her/ the bus station
>Ann would like us to pick her up at the bus station.
2
Doctor / demand/ every/ drop/ water/ boil.
> The Doctor demanded that every drop of water should be boiled.
3
I / decide/ how many/ postcards/ I/ going/ get.
>I can’t decide how many postcards I am going to get.
4
I / lying/ the beach/ read/ magazine when/ see/ her.
>I was lying on the beach, reading my magazine when I saw her.

5
I / wish happy returns
>I wish you have happy returns
6
If I/ be there/ all of us/ have good time >
If I were there all of us would have good time
7
jacket / small/ not fit/ me >
The jacket is so small that it doesn’t fit me.
8
Jeff’s family/ happy/ when/ he/ mary/ Nancy >
Jeff’s family will be happy when he marries Nancy
9
accident/ happen/ while/ drive/ highway >
The accident happened while he was driving on a highway
10
advise/ not/ to go to/ bus/ next time >
He advise me not to go by bus next time
11
After/ I/ entered/ house/ it/ to rain >
After I had entered the house it began to rain
12
Although/ live/ far/ company/ work/ time
. >Although they live far from their company they always come to work on time.
13
book/ interesting/ that/ read/ twice >
The bookwas so interesting that I have read it twice
14
Disappointed/ know/ not/ able/ come/ birthday party.
>She is Disappointed to know that you won’t be able to come to her birthday

party.
15
doctor/ whom/ see/ party/ friend >
The doctor whom you saw at the party is my friend
16
father/ impossible/ home/ lunch >
My father finds it impossible to come home for lunch
17
He/ insist/ invite/ mother-in law/ restaurant.
>He insisted on our invitinghis mother-in law to the restaurant.
18
He’ll/ seventeen/ next/ Saturday >
He’l be seventeen years old next Saturday
19
How long/ you/ waiting/ answer >
How long have you been waiting for the answer?
20
I be happy/ get/ letter/ offer job/ your company
>I was very happy when I got your letter in which you offered me a job in your
company
21 I look forward/ start work/ you >I look forward to starting to work for you.
22
I would/ to spend/ vacation/ a summer resort hotel.
>I would like to spend my vacation at a summer resort hotel.
23
I/ afraid/ not be able/ come
>I’m afraid I’m not able to come
24 I/ happy/ get/ letter
>I am happy to get your letter
25

I/ hope/ they/ keep/ promise/ that/ work/ do/ by/ end/ next week.
>I hope they will keep their promise that the work shall be done by the end of next
week.
26
I/ hope/ your party/ a success
>I hope your party will be a success
27
I/ interested/ films/ children.
>I’m interested in films for children.
28
I/ promise/ do so/ and/ have to keep/ promise
>I promise to do so and have to keep my promise
29
I/ remember see/Dr Nam/ television/ times
>I remember seeing Dr Nam on television several times
30
I/ wish/ can go to party
>I wish I could go to the party
31
I’ll be thinking/ you/ when I/ type/ piles of letters
>I’ll be thinking of you when I type these piles of letters
32
If I/ not try/ be nice/ people, I/ not/ any friends.
>If I didn’t try to be nice to people, I wouldn’t have any friends.
33
It/ natural/ men/ love/ freedom.
>It is natural that man should love freedom.
34
It’s/ eleven thirty/let us/ stop/ work/ have lunch/ now
>It’s eleven thirty. Let’s stop working to have lunch now.

35
John/ begin/ give up/ smoke/ ago.
>John began to give up smoking 2 years ago.
36
Let hope/ problems/ not take/ long solve
>Let’s hope our problems will not take long time to solve
37
London/ stand/ Thames/ divide/ two equal parts.
>London stands on the Thames which divides it into two equal parts.
38
Manville had lose/ every basketball game last year.
>Manville had lost every basketball game last year.
39
Mary said it feel/ different/ be a senior.
>Mary said it felt different to be a senior
40
My present employer/ expect me/ stay him/ end month
>My present employer is expecting me to stay with him until the end of this month
41
My wife/ be anxious/ find/ good school/ children/ attend.
>My wife is anxious to find a good school for the children to attend.
42
parents/ used/ drink tea/ dinner
>My parents used to drink tea after dinner
43
Paul/ want/ his wife/ go back/ school/ next semester.
>Paul wants his wife to go back to school next semester.
44
Remember/ post/ letter/ me/ when/ you/ go post office
>Remember to post the letter for me when you go to the post office.

45
She had/ study two more years/ finishing high school.
>She had to study two more years before finishing high school.
46
She worry/ not be able/ continue/ study/ same subjects.
>She is worried they will not be able to continue to study the same subjects.
47
She/ not get along very well because she/ not know/ way around
>She didn’t get along very well because she didn’t know her way around
48
She/ smell/ find/ whether/ fit/ eat
>She was smelling the fish to find out whether it was fit to eat
49
take/ them/ 3 years/ build/ bridge
>It took them 3 years to build the bridge
50
Thank you/ invite me/ your birthday party
>Thank you for inviting me to your birthday party
51
the boss/ ask/ me/ work overtime
>the boss asked me to work overtime
52
The person Mary meet/ the steps/ Howard Anderson
>The person Mary met on the steps was Howard Anderson.
53
They expect/ meet their friend/ the lobby/ seven o’clock
>They expect to meet their friend in the lobby at seven o’clock.
54
They/ regret/ not go/ party/ us/ last night.
>They regret not going to the party with us last night.

55
Thrilled/ learn/ she/ win/ prize
>She was Thrilled to learn that she had won a prize.
56
train/ arrive/ Hanoi/ in/ hour
>The train will arrive in Hanoi in one hour
57
Unlike/ his/ Bob/ exercise/ everyday.
>Unlike his brother, Bob does morning exercise everyday.
58
We think/ about buy/ house/ the office
>We are thinking about buying a house near the office
59
We/ go/ airport/ meet him/ tomorrow
>We will go to the airport to meet him tomorrow
60
we/ have/ many things to do/ this week
>we have got many things to do this week
61
we/ not know/ when/ manager/ return
>We do not know when the manager return
62
We/feel at home/ the United States if/ meet some friends
>We will feel at home in the United States if we meet some friends.
63
When/ I/ her/ talking/ John
>When I saw her She was talking to John
64
when/ meet/ her/ talking/ teacher
>When I meet hershe was talking to the teacher

65
When/ reach/ football ground/ game/ start.
>When we reached the football ground, the game had already started.
66
Why/ we/not meet/ in front/ the coffee shop/ eight?
>Why don’t we meet in front of the coffee shop at eight?
67
you/ hear/ news/ radio/ this mornings? >Did you hear the news on the radio this
mornings?
68
You/ not tell/ when/ want me/ start work/ for you
>didn’t tell me when you wanted me to start working for you
ST
T
DẠNG 6: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it
means the same as the one printed before it
1 I’m quite sure that she didn’t steal the necklace
>She can’t have stolen the necklace
2 John began playing the piano ten years ago.
>John has been playing the piano for ten years.
3 the flat’s very noisy but we enjoy living there-
->Even though the flat’s very noisy we enjoy living here
4 Couldn’t you find a better hotel
>Is this the best hotel you could find?
5 He could not afford to buy the car.
>The car was too expensive for him to buy.
6 He didn’t need to be reminded about it.
>It wasn’t necessary to remind him about it.
7 He started investigating the case a week ago.
>He has been investigating the case for a week

8 His parents made him study for his exams.
>He was made to study for the exams by his parents.
9 How long has it been since you left this city, Bob?”
>He wanted to know how long it had been since Bob left that city
10 I advise you take a holiday,” the doctor continued.
>“You’d better take a holiday.
11 I have never read such a romantic story
>This is the most romantic story I have ever read.
12 I love music although I can’t play any musical instrument.
>Despite my love of music I can’t play any musical instrument.
13 I only paid a few hundred pounds for the car
>The car cost me only a few hundred pounds.
14 I think you should go by train,” he told us.
>He advised us to go to by train.
15 I was sorry I didn’t know how to do it
->I wish I had known how to do it.
16 I’ll only help you if you promise to try harder.
>Unless you promise to try harder I won’t help you
17 I’m sorry that I didn’t finish my homework last night.
>I wish I had finished my homework last night.
18 If I were you i wouldn’t trust Peter,” she told John
->She advised John not to trust Peter
19 If you don’t rest yourself you really will be ill.
>Unless you rest yourself you really will be ill.
20 It isn’t necessary to finish the work today.
>You don’t have to finish the work today.
21 It was drowning, but he saved me.
>If he hadn’t saved me I would have drowned
22 My mother made these curtains.
>These curtains were made by my mother

23 Our house is going to be painted by a local firm.
>We are having our house painted by a local firm.
24 Sally finally managed to get a job.
>Sally finally succeeded in getting a job.
25 Sally is the cleverest student in the class.
>Nobody in the class is cleverer than Sally.
26 She bought that house in 1973
>She has lived in that house since 1973
27 She didn’t say a word as she left the room.
>She left the room without saying a word
28 She is a far serious student now than she used to be.
>She studies far more seriously now than she used to
29 She needs to study harder.
>She doesn’t study hard enough
30 Spare the rod and spoil the child.
>If a child is spared punishment he’ll be spoilt.
31 Speaking English fluently is not easy.
>It is difficult to speak English fluently.
32 That’s the last time I go to that restaurant.
>I certainly won’t go to that restaurant any more.
33 The doctor told him that he worked too hard
>“You work too hard,” the doctor said to him.
34 These shoes will have to be repaired.
>They will have their shoes repaired.
35 They believe he is mad.
>He is believed/ thought to be mad.
36 They think the owner of the house is abroad.
>The owner of the house is thought to be abroad.
37 They won’t be able to come on Sunday
>It will be impossible for them to come on Sunday.

38 We can’t afford to buy the car.
>The car is too expensive (for us) to buy.
39 We started cooking for the party four hours ago.
>We have been cooking for the party for four hours
40 You remembered to post the letter, didn’t you?
>You didn’t forget to post the letter, did you?
41 You were cheating”, said Carol to June.
>Carol accused June of cheating.
42 your car does not give as much trouble as mine.
>Your car gives less trouble than mine.