Bài tập tiếng anh điền từ có đáp án

Bài tập điền từ
I.
LÝ THUYẾT

1.
Cấp độ cụm từ


Khi học bài trên lớp, học sinh thường không chú ý nhiều ñến các cụm từ cố ñịnh. Hầu như học sinh mới

chỉ dừng lại ở việc hiểu nghĩa của các cụm từ ñó nhưng như vậy là chưa ñủ. Các bài ñiền từ thường nhằm

vào những cụm từ trên, bỏ trống một thành phần và yêu cầu học sinh chọn từ ñiền vào. Các phương án

ñưa ra thường không khác nhau về chức năng/ ngữ nghĩa nhưng chỉ có một phương án kết hợp ñược với

các thành tố xung quanh và là ñáp án ñúng.

Ex: Her parents wanted her to go to university but I know that she was really fed (2) with studying.

2.
A. on B. in C. up D. down

Trong 4 giới từ trên chỉ có
up
là ñáp án ñúng vì khi kết hợp với từ ñứng trước và từ ñi sau thì nó tạo thành

một cụm từ có nghĩa.

Chính vì vậy, trong quá trình học tập các em cần lưu ý học thuộc những cụm từ xuất hiện cố ñịnh như:

·

To be fond of sth = to be keen on sth:
yêu thích cái gì

·

To be interested in sth:
thích thú, quan tâm cái gì

·

To be good at sth:
giỏi về lĩnh vực gì, giỏi làm gì

·

To be surprised at sth:
ngạc nhiên vì ñiều gì…

·

To be fed up with sth:
chán ñiều gì

·

To be bored with sth:
chán làm gì

·

To be tired of sth:
mệt mỏi vì ñiều gì

·

To be afraid of sth:
sợ, e ngại ñiều gì

Ngoài ra, các câu hỏi cũng hay tập trung vào những cụm ñộng tân cố ñịnh hoặc những cụm ñộng ngữ

(phrasal verbs)


2. Cấp độ cấu trúc


Người ra ñề có thể bỏ bớt một từ trong các cấu trúc học sinh ñã ñược học trong sách giáo khoa và ñưa ra 4

phương án lựa chọn. Khi làm các câu hỏi này, các em cần lưu ý phân biệt rõ các từ và ñặt nó vào bối cảnh

cụ thể trong câu vì các lựa chọn ñưa ra hầu hết ñều có cùng ý nghĩa với nhau nhưng chỉ có một từ có thể

ñiền vào chỗ trống ñể tạo thành cấu trúc ñúng.

Ex: It really takes you years to get to know someone well to consider your best friend.

A. enough

B. such C. too D. so

Trong câu trên, chỉ có
enough
có thể ñược ñiền vào chỗ trống ñể tạo thành cấu trúc có nghĩa là
V + Adv +

enough + to do sth
. Trong khi ñó,
such
và
so
thường ñi kèm với mệnh ñề phía sau.
Too
cũng có cấu trúc

gần giống
enough
nhưng khác về vị trí và ý nghĩa. Hãy xem ví dụ sau:

Ex: The coffee is too hot to drink. (Cà phê nóng quá nên không thể uống ñược).

Như vậy, cấu trúc too là:
Too + adj + to do sth
: quá…. ñến nỗi không thể làm gì.

Ngoài ra, trong chương trình học tiếng Anh phổ thông cũng có rất nhiều bài nói về cấu trúc so sánh của

tính từ và trạng từ nên ñây cũng là mảng kiến thức trọng tâm trong các câu hỏi trắc nghiệm ñiền từ. Người

ra ñề có thể bỏ bớt 1 thành tố trong câu trúc so sánh như “
than, as
” hoặc ñưa ra những dạng so sánh hơn

kém khác nhau của cùng một tính từ/ trạng từ và yêu cầu học sinh lựa chọn.

Ex: When receiving the exam result, she seemed than his sister.

A. more happy B. happier C. the more happy C. the happiest

Rõ ràng câu trên cần chọn
B. happier
ñể ñiền vào chỗ trống vì câu này so sánh hơn tính từ
happy
(do

có
than
). Ta không dùng
more happy
vì tính từ này kết thúc bằng chữ “y”.


3. Cấp độ mệnh đề và câu


Phổ biến nhất về cấp ñộ này là các câu hỏi về sự hòa hợp giữa chủ ngữ và ñộng từ (
subject – verb

concord
). ðể làm tốt câu hỏi dạng này, các em cần phân biệt danh từ ñếm ñược và danh từ không ñếm

ñược; danh từ số ít và danh từ số nhiều ñể chia ñộng từ/ trợ ñộng từ cho ñúng. Các em cần lưu ý có rất

nhiều từ kết thúc là
–s
nhưng vẫn là danh từ số ít (ví dụ như
series
) hay có những danh từ không kết thúc

bằng
–s
mà vẫn là danh từ số nhiều như
men
(ñàn ông),
women
(phụ nữ),
feet
(bàn chân),
geese
(con

ngỗng),
teeth
(răng),
lice
(con rận),
mice
(con chuột). Ngoài ra còn có một số danh từ có thể dùng ở cả

dạng số ít và số nhiều như:
fish
(cá),
carp
(cá chép),
cod
(cá thu),
squid
(cá mực),
trout
(cá

trầu),
turbot
(cá bơn),
salmon
(cá hồi),
mackerel
(cá thu),
pike
(cá chó),
plaice
(cá bơn sao),
deer
(con

nai),
sheep
(con cừu).

Có một số từ/ cụm từ luôn luôn ñi với danh từ ñếm ñược (như
few, a few, many
…) trong khi một số từ chỉ

bổ nghĩa cho danh từ không ñếm ñược như (
little, a little, much
…).

Ex: We have cut down trees that there are now vast areas of wasteland all over the world.

A. so much B. so many C. so few D. so little

Vì danh từ ñi sau (
trees
) là danh từ ñếm ñược số nhiều nên chỉ có thể ñiền phương án B hoặc C. Dựa vào ý

nghĩa của câu (vế sau) thì ta phải chọn B. (Chúng ta ñã chặt nhiều cây xanh ñến nỗi ngày nay có nhiều khu

ñất hoang rộng lớn trên toàn thế giới).

Mặt khác, việc xác ñịnh sự tương ứng về số giữa chủ ngữ và ñộng từ cũng giúp ta chọn ñược ñáp án chính

xác từ những phương án có nội dung tương tự nhau. Hãy xem ví dụ sau ñây:

Ex: 75% of the world’s is in English.

A. mail
B. parcels C. envelopes D. letters

Ngoài kiến thức thực tế, học sinh cũng có thể phân tích ngữ pháp của câu ñể chọn từ ñiền vào chỗ trống.

Ta thấy rằng ñộng từ to be ñược chia ở dạng số ít là “
is
” nên chủ ngữ chắc chắn là số ít hoặc không ñếm

ñược. Các phương án B, C, D ñều ở dạng số nhiều nên danh từ không ñếm ñược
mail
chính là ñáp án.

Cuối cùng tôi xin lưu ý các em là khi làm bài dạng chọn từ ñiền vào chỗ trống trong ñoạn văn, các em nên

ñọc kỹ toàn bài và hiểu ñược mối quan hệ giữa các thông tin trước và sau chỗ trống. ðôi khi, ñáp án lại có

ngay trong chính ñoạn văn các em ñang ñọc!

Thông thường dạng bài ñiền từ vào chỗ trống bao gồm 1 ñoạn văn (khoảng 150 – 200 từ) với các chỗ

trống ñể ñiền từ. ði kèm là các phương án cho học sinh lựa chọn ñể ñiền vào các chỗ trống trong ñoạn

văn. ðây là dạng bài tập có phạm vi kiến thức rất rộng, nhằm kiểm tra kiến thức ngôn ngữ tổng hợp của

học sinh trong rất nhiều lĩnh vực ngữ pháp như: từ vựng, cấu trúc ngữ pháp, ngôn ngữ, yếu tố văn hóa

v.v… ðể giúp các em làm tốt bài tập dạng này, sau ñây chúng tôi xin hướng dẫn chi tiết cách làm bài và

giúp các em nhận biết các lỗi cũng như các “bẫy” thường gặp. Các câu hỏi thường ñược phân chia theo

các cấp ñộ kiến thức từ ñơn vị từ vựng, cụm từ, cấu trúc câu và ñến toàn ñoạn. Trong phần 1 này, chúng

tôi sẽ ñề cập các dạng câu hỏi ở cấp ñộ từ vựng.


1.
Trong tiếng Anh có 3 loại từ cơ bản là danh từ, ñộng từ, tính từ. Và ñây cũng chính là các từ loại ñược

hỏi nhiều nhất. Nhận biết các từ loại này không khó, nhưng ñể chọn ñúng từ cần ñiền vào chỗ trống, các

em cần nhớ những quy tắc sau:

-
Danh từ thường ñứng ñầu câu ñóng vai trò là chủ ngữ, hoặc ñứng sau ñộng từ làm tân ngữ cho ñộng từ

ñó.

-
Tính từ dùng ñể bổ sung ý nghĩa cho danh từ và thường ñứng trước danh từ.

-
ðộng từ thường ñược bổ nghĩa bởi trạng từ (có thể ñứng sau hoặc trước ñộng từ).

Khi làm bài, các em cần xác ñịnh vị trí của từ cần ñiền so với các từ xung quanh và ñoán xem ñó là loại từ

gì, sau ñó mới nhìn xuống phần phương án lựa chọn. Với cùng một gốc từ, nếu có xuất hiện một từ loại

ñang cần thì các em có thể chọn luôn. Trong trường hợp có hơn 1 từ cùng từ loại thì ta phải cân nhắc về

nghĩa.

Ex: […] There are doubts about the of the new drug in treating the disease. […]

A. effect
B. effective C. effectiveness D. effectively

Chỗ trống cần ñiền ñứng sau mạo từ “
the
” nên chắc chắn phải là danh từ. Trong 4 phương án trên có tới 2

danh từ là
effect
(ảnh hưởng) và
effectiveness
(hiệu lực, tác dụng) nên ta phải dựa vào nghĩa của câu và từ

ñể chọn. Có những hoài nghi về tác dụng chữa bệnh của loại thuốc mới nên
effectiveness
là ñáp án ñúng.

2.
Giới từ là một trong những phần yếu nhất của hầu hết học sinh. ðiều này một phần cũng bởi vì giới từ

tiếng Anh và giới từ tiếng Việt có nhiều trường hợp khác xa nhau, thậm chí ñối nghịch nhau, dẫn ñến việc

sử dụng sai của nhiều học sinh. Chẳng hạn như giới từ “trên, dưới”. Chúng ta thường

nói:
trên
trời,
dưới
biển… tuy nhiên tiếng Anh lại nói:

in the sky
,
in the sea
… (chứ không phải “
on
the

sky”, “
under
the sea” như nhiều học sinh nhầm lẫn). Mặt khác, tùy vào ngữ cảnh của câu và hàm ý của

người nói mà giới từ ñược dùng cho phù hợp.

Ví dụ, cùng với từ
“rain”
nhưng ta có thể dùng cả giới từ “
in
” hoặc “
under
” tùy hoàn cảnh. Hãy so sánh:

·
She was completely wet because she had walked
in
the rain. (Cô ấy ñi trực tiếp trong mưa)

·
With a big umbrella she walked leisurely
under
the rain. (Cô ấy không trực tiếp bị mưa vì ñã che ô).

Ngoài ra, giới từ chỉ thời gian cũng là nguyên nhân khiến nhiều học sinh mất ñiểm trong bài thi. ðể giúp

các em dễ nhớ cách dùng giới từ chỉ thời gian, chúng tôi ñã rút ra: “Ngày
on
giờ
at
tháng, năm
in
”. Khi

làm bài, dựa vào những từ chỉ thời gian ñứng gần nhất là các em có thể tìm giới từ tương ứng.

3.
Loại câu hỏi thứ ba cũng thường thấy trong các bài thi tốt nghiệp THPT là dạng câu hỏi về các từ ñể hỏi

(
wh-question
). Trong bài học hôm nay, chúng ta cùng ôn lại ý nghĩa của các từ ñể hỏi này:

-
What
: cái gì, ñiều gì. What were you doing at 10 p.m last night? (10 giờ tối qua cậu ñang làm gì vậy?)

-
Which
: cái nào (khi có nhiều lựa chọn). Which do you want, red or blue one? (Chị muốn mua chiếc nào,

chiếc màu xanh hay chiếc màu ñỏ?)

-
Who
: ai, người nào (hỏi cho chủ ngữ). Who taught you English at secondary school? (Ai dạy bạn tiếng

Anh ở cấp 2 vậy?)

-
Whom
: ai, người nào (hỏi cho tân ngữ của ñộng từ). Whom is he talking about? (Anh ta ñang nói về ai

thế?)

-
Whose
(+ danh từ): của ai. Whose books are these? (Những quyển sách này là của ai vậy?)

-
Where
: ở ñâu. Do you know where is my key? (Cậu có biết chìa khóa của tớ ở ñâu không?)

-
When
: khi nào. When do you fininsh the assignment? (Khi nào thì cậu hoàn thành bài tập?)

-
Why
: tại sao. Why are you looking at me like that? (Sao chị nhìn tôi như thế?)

-
How

: như thế nào. How does she look? (Trông cô ấy thế nào?)

-
How often
: bao lâu một lần (hỏi tần suất). How often do you come back home? (Bao lâu bạn về quê một

lần?)


-
How much/ many
: hỏi số lượng. How many students are there in your class? (Lớp bạn có bao nhiêu học

sinh?)

-
How far
: bao xa. How far is it from your house to the school? (Từ nhà bạn ñến trường bao xa?)

Khi chọn từ ñể ñiền, các em phải ñọc kỹ nội dung câu hỏi ñể xác ñịnh từ ñiền cho chính xác.

Ex: To the majority of us, this is someone we trust completely and (1) understands us better than

anyone else.

A. whose
B. who C. whom D. which

Ta thấy rằng từ cần ñiền dùng ñể chỉ người (someone) nên phương án “
which

” bị loại. Ta không thể dùng

phương án A vì từ ñi sau là ñộng từ (
understands
) chứ không phải danh từ. Từ cần ñiền phải là ñại từ chỉ

người ñóng vai trò là chủ ngữ cho mệnh ñề phía sau. Theo như phân tích ở trên,
who
dùng cho chủ ngữ

còn
whom
dùng cho tân ngữ nên suy ra
who
là ñáp án ñúng.


Hãy ñọc một mạch từ ñầu ñến hết bài ñọc, không ñọc các ñáp án cho sẵn, không cố gắng ñiền vào chỗ

trống. không dừng lại khi có từ mới. Các em có khoảng 30 giây ñến 1 phút ñể thực hiện bước này và trả

lời 2 câu hỏi:

1.
Nội dung chính của bài này là gì?

2.
Các sự kiện của bài diễn ra trong quá khứ hay hiện tại?

II.
LUYỆN TẬP


Chúng ta cùng làm một bài tập đọc và ñiền từ của ñề thi tốt nghiệp THPT năm 2010.

Hãy ñọc một mạch từ ñầu ñến hết bài ñọc, không ñọc các ñáp án cho sẵn, không cố gắng ñiền vào chỗ

trống. không dừng lại khi có từ mới. Các em có khoảng 30 giây ñến 1 phút ñể thực hiện bước này và trả

lời 2 câu hỏi:

3.
Nội dung chính của bài này là gì?

Các sự kiện của bài diễn ra trong quá khứ hay hiện tại?


Bài 1. ðọc kỹ ñoạn văn sau và chọn phương án ñúng (ứng với A, B, C, hoặc D) cho mỗi câu từ 1 ñến 5.

William Shakespeare was one of the greatest writers in the English literature. He was born in 1564 in

Stratford-upon-Avon. (1)
the age of eighteen he married Anne Hathaway, (2) was eight

years older than himself. A few years later he moved to London, where he worked as an actor and a

playwright. Shakespeare (3) 36 plays and 154 sonnets (a kind of poem). His most famous plays are

the four great tragedies - Othello, Macbeth, Hamlet, and King Lear. Shakespeare died in Stratford-upon-

Avon on 23 April 1616. His (4) are still very popular today: they have been translated into different

languages, and many of them have been (5) into films, both in English and in other

languages.

1:
A. In

B. From

C. At

D. On

2: A. who

B. whose

C. which

D. whom

3: A. write

B. written

C. writes

D. wrote

4: A. films

5: A. worked

B. plays

B. produced

C. novels

C. done

D. actors

D. made


Như chúng ta thấy, bài này nói về Shakespear và những sự kiện và thành tựu quan trọng trong ñời ông.

Hầu hết các sự kiện ñều diễn ra trong quá khứ và xảy ra theo trình tự thời gian.


Mục ñích của lần ñọc thứ nhất là nắm ñược nội dung chính của bài, thời gian và bố cục của bài. Việc này

giúp các em rất nhiều trong việc suy luận và chọn ra câu trả lời ñúng.

Bây giờ, hãy ñọc lại bài, ñọc kỹ lần lượt từng câu một, chú ý câu có chứa chỗ trống hoặc cả câu sau nó.

Với mỗi chỗ trống, xác ñịnh xem từ cần tìm là từ loại gì, ñóng vai trò chức năng gì trong câu và có nghĩa

gì. Xem cả 4 ñáp án ñã cho và lựa chọn ra ñáp án ñúng.Chú ý không dừng lâu ở những câu khó mà bỏ qua.

Các em có 3 phút ñể làm phần này


Nếu các em ñể ý, việc tìm từ ñiền chỗ trống trên cơ sở phân tích chức năng ngữ pháp và nghĩa của từ cần

tìm giúp các em xác ñịnh chính xác và có cơ sở giải thích cho việc tại sao ta chọn từ này chứ không phải

từ kia.

Bây giờ, các em hãy ñọc lại cả bài với các từ ñã ñiền và kiểm tra một lần nữa xem lựa chọn của mình ñã

chính xác chưa. Với câu khó chưa tìm ñược ñáp án, ñây là lúc các em có thể tìm ra ñáp án. Nếu vẫn không

tìm ñược, bỏ qua.Các em có 30 giây ñến 1 phút ñể làm phần này.


Chữa bài:


Hai chỗ trống số 1 và số 2 cùng nằm trong 1 câu.

Xét vị trí chỗ trống là trước một cụm danh từ “
at the age of 18
”, nên phải là một giới từ. Áp dụng kiến

thức về nhóm giới từ phổ biết ñã học trong bài 14, ta biết

At
ñược dùng trước cụm danh từ ñi với 1 cụm danh từ chỉ ñịa chỉ, tuổi hoặc thời gian chính xác (giờ). Vậy

ñáp án có thể là “
At
”.

Xét 3 lựa chọn còn lại ñều là giới từ, nhưng in chỉ ñứng trược cụm từ chỉ tuổi mang tính ước lệ hay quãng

tuổi. Ex: She is in her thirties ( cô ấy ñang ở lứa tuổi trên 30 và dưới 40.). Vậy nên A. bị loại.

ðáp án B. from có thể ñứng trước một mốc thời gian cụ thể, nhưng với nghĩa ñánh dấu khởi ñầu một giai

ñoạn ñến nay, vậy nên cũng bị loại vì ñộng từ và nghĩa của câu miêu tả một hành ñộng ñã xảy ra, ñã hoàn

thành tại một thời ñiểm cụ thể trong quá khứ.

ðáp án D. On là ñáp án hoàn toàn không phù hợp, vì on chỉ ñứng trước danh từ chỉ ngày, kỳ nghỉ hoặc chỉ

một dịp ví dụ: on Monday hoặc on this occasion.

Vậy ñáp án ñúng à
C. At

Câu 2. chỗ trống cần ñiền ñứng sau một danh từ, phân cách bởi dấu , và trước ñộng từ, nên phải là ñại từ

chủ ngữ của một mệnh ñề. Mệnh ñề này bổ nghĩa cho danh từ chỉ người Anne Hathaway. Vậy chỗ trống

cần ñiền phải là một ñại từ chủ ngữ chỉ người.

Xét 4 ñáp án cho sẵn, ta thấy lựa chọn
B. Whose
và lựa chọn
C. Which
ñều chỉ vật, nên hiển nhiên sai.

Lựa chọn
D. Whom
là ñại từ chỉ người, nhưng là ñại từ tân ngữ, nên cũng bị loại.

ðáp án ñúng là
A. who
vì nó là ñại từ chủ ngữ chỉ người và phụ hợp về mặt ngữ pháp với chỗ trống cần

ñiền.

Xét vị trí của chỗ trống, từ cần ñiền là 1 ñộng từ.

Cả 4 lựa chọn ñã cho ñều là ñộng từ, chỉ khác nhau về thời. Shakespeare ñã qua ñời, và không còn viết

kịch hay thơ ở hiện tại, nên ñáp án
A. write
và
C. writes
là sai hiển nhiên.

ðáp án B. sai về mẫu câu, vì
written
là phân từ 2, nhưng trước nó lại không có trợ ñộng từ. ðó là chưa nói

ñến ngữ nghĩa.

Xét ngữ cảnh, việc việt các vở kịch và thơ của Shakespeare ñã hoàn thành trong quá khứ, ðộng từ ở ñây

phải chia ở quá khứ ñơn. Vậy nên ñáp án ñúng là
D. wrote


Ta thấy chỗ trống số 4 ñứng sau một tính từ sở hữu là his, vì vậy nó phải là một danh từ. vậy nên ñáp án

B.
played
là sai. Trong các ñáp án còn lại thì
A. actors
và
C. films
là không phù hợp về nghĩa vì

Shakespeare không làm phim và cũng không có diễn viên còn sống ñến nay. Vậy ñáp án ñúng là
D. Plays

Vị trí cần ñiền số 5 là một ñộng từ ở dạng phân từ 2 . Cả 4 ñáp án ñã cho ñều là ñộng từ dạng này. Xét cấu

trúc câu và ngữ cảnh, câu này có ý rằng nhiều vở diễn của Shakespeare ñã ñược làm thành phim.

Lựa chọn A là sai vì ñộng từ thành ngữ
to work something into something
thường chỉ dùng với nghĩa ñen

với nghĩa là rèn, nén hay trộn cái gì thành cái gì ñó. Ex: She works the iron into a knife. (cô ấy rèn thanh

sắt thành cái dao)

Lựa chọn B. cũng sai vì tân ngữ của nó ñứng trực tiếp sau nó, không có mẫu câu
produce into
.

Lựa chọn C. sai vì không có mẫu câu
do sthm into something

ðể diễn tả ý chuyển hoặc làm cái gì thành cái gì, người ta thường dùng mẫu:
to make something into

something
và ñấy và là ñộng từ thành ngữ.

ðáp án ñúng là
D. made


Trên ñây là ba bước và cách luyện tập và làm bài ñọc ñiền từ.

Các bước gồm:

•

Bước 1:
ñọc cả bài


tìm hiểu nội dung chính, cách tổ chức thông tin, thời gian (30 giây-1 phút)

•

Bước 2:
phân tích chỗ trống cần ñiền, phân tích ñáp án cho sẵn

loại ñáp án sai, tìm ñáp án ñúng (3

phút - 4 phút)

•

Bước 3:
kiểm tra lại

tìm sai sót nếu có (30 giây-1 phút)


Bài 2.

Marconi was born in Bologna in Northern Italy, (1) 1874. His father was a rich Italian businessman,

and his mother was a Scot (2) had lived in Ireland and had gone to Italy to study music. The family

lived in a country house, the Villa Grifone, just outside Bologna.

When he was a boy, people didn’t think that Marconi was (3) clever. He was a quiet boy who spoke

little (4) thought a lot. He liked nothing better than to sit and read science books in his father’s big

library. He also loved to (5) experiments with electricity. For most of his early life, he was taught at

home. He did not go to school.

1.
A. on B. at C. in D. through

2.
A. who B. whom C. which D. whose

3.
A. particular B. particularly
C. particularity
D. particulars

4.
A. though B. if C. and D. but

5.
A. make B. do C. take D. have


Bài 3.

Dear Editor,

I went to Newzealand on a student programme last year and I'd like to (1) you about it. It was

very (2) 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) 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) been learning

wasn't much use at all, (5) 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) 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) better. Apart (8 ) 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) was wonderful. But the most valuable thing was that I learn to be (10)



myself and to be independent.


Kittiya Leelawipat,

Commercial College,

Bangkok, Thailand.

(1)

say

tell

tal
k

(2)

exciting
excites

excited

(3)

after

until

whe
n

(4)

had

hav
e

has

(5)

although
even

because

(6)

(7)

(8 )

(9)

(10)

to correct

more

from

where

with

correct

many

with

which

on

corrects

much

for

who

to

correcting

a lot of

to

what

by


Bài tập

Bài 1: Choose the correct option to put in each of the numbered gaps.

The history of the bicycle goes back more than 200 years. In 1791, Count de Sivrac (l)

onlookers in a park in Paris as he showed off his two - wheeled invention, a machine called the

‘celerifere’. It was basically an (2) version of a children’s toy which had been in (3) for

many years. Sivrac’s ‘celerifere’ had a wooden frame, made in the (4) of a horse, which was

mounted on a wheel at either end. To ride it, you sat on a small seat, just like a modern bicycle, and

pushed (5) against the (6) with your legs — there were no pedals. It was impossible to steer a

‘ce1erifere’ and it had no brakes, but despite these problems the invention very much (7) to the

fashionable young men of Paris. Soon they were (8) races up and down the streets. Minor (9)

were common as riders attempted a final burst of (10). Controlling the machine was difficult as the

only way to change (1l) was to pull up the front of the "celerifere" and (12) it round while

the front wheel was (13) in the air. "Celerifere" were not popular for long, however, as the

(14) of no springs, no steering and rough roads made riding them very uncomfortable. Even so, the

wooden ‘celerifere’ was the (15) of the modern bicycle.

l. A. delighted

2.
A. increased

3.
A. use

4.
A. resemblance

B. cheered

B. enormous

B. play

B. shape

C. appreciated

C. extended

C. operation

C. body

D. overjoyed
D. enlarged

D. service

D. appearance

5. A. fast

B. deeply

C. heavily

D. hard ·
6. A. surface

B. ground

C. earth

D. floor

7. A·. attracted
8.
A. going

B. appealed

B. getting

C. took

C. holding

D. called

D. making

9. A. wounds

B. trips

C. injuries

D. breaks

10. A. velocity

B. energy

C. pace

D. speed

11.
A. direction

12.
A. roll

B. route

B. drive

C. heading

C. turn

D. way

D. revolve

13. A. cycling

B. circling

C. winding

D. spinning

14. A. mixture

B. link

C. combination

D. union

15. A. origin

B. design

C. model

D. introduction

Bài 2: Choose the correct word form for each of the numbered gaps.

E-MAIL

There can’t be many people who are (1) …. of e-mail, even if they have never actually sent one. Although

there are some (2) … between e-mail and letters, there are also many differences. The first is that e-mail

is delivered (3) …., so it can be a very (4) …. means of communication when speed is important. This

speed means that e-mail is more (5) … for communicating over large distances. Another difference is that

e-mail tends to be (6) … informal. People are much more likely to use language which they would

consider (7) … for a formal letter. Words spelled (8) …. in an e-mail are less likely to be checked than in a

letter. One explanation for this is that an e-mail seems to be less permanent than something (9) … on


paper. We can be sure that the future development of e-mail will have all kinds of (10) … effects on the

way we communicate.

1.
A. aware

2.
A. similar

B. unaware

B. similarity

C. awareness

C. similarities

D. unawareness
D. dissimilar

3. A. instant

B. instance

C. instances

D. instantly

4. A. effect

B. effecting

C. effective

D. effected

5. A. practice

B. practiced

C. practical

D. impractical
6.
A. related

7.
A. suited

B. relating

B. suitable

C. relative

C. unsuitable

D. relatively

D. suitably

8.
A. correct

9.
A. written

10.
A. expected

B. incorrect

B. writing

B. unexpected

C. correctly

C. to write

C. expecting

D. incorrectly
D. being written

D. unexpectedly


Bài 3: Choose the correct connectives for the gaps in the following passage.

Our weather is not beautiful all the time. Perhaps you can remember a day (1) bad weather

made you afraid. One kind of bad weather (2) ……. scares many people is called a thunderstorm. This is

(3) happens when there is a thunderstorm. (4) you see a sudden Hash of bright light. (5) , a few

seconds you hear a loud rumbling sound. This quick Hash is called lightning, (6) the loud sound is

called thunder. Lightning is colorful; (7) , it can cause serious problems. Lightning is electricity (8)

is moving very rapidly. It may be moving between a cloud and the ground, between two parts of the

same cloud. The lightning heats the air around it. This hot air expands, (9) gets bigger, and it causes

the air to move in waves. The air waves pass you in a series, one after another. (10) you may hear

many rumbles and not just one sound.

1.
A. when

2.
A. when

B. which

B. who

C. that

C. that

D. what

D. what

3. A. when

B. whose

C. that

D. what

4. A. Firstly

B. Firstly

C. To begin

D. At the beginning

5. A. within

B. Without

C. With

D. Before

6.
A. but

7.
A. furthermore

B. and

B. however

C. or

C. but

D. furthermore

D. and

8. A. when

B. where

C. that

D. what

9. A. but

B. however

C. or

D. moreover

10. A. That’s why

B. The result

C. So

D. So that


Bài 4: Decide the best option (A, B, C, or D) to be used in each numbered blank.

ROBOTS

The popular idea of` a robot is a machine that acts - like and resembles a human being. But the

robots (1) are increasingly being used for a wide range of tasks do not look human - like (2) all.

The robots (3) work in car factory production lines look something like cranes. The mobile robots

used (4) army bomb-disposal squads look like wheel barrows on tracks. And children (5) likened a

mobile robot used in school to teach. (6) computer programming to a giant sweet. Robots (7) ,

however, resemble human beings in the range of actions that they can carry out. Instead of repeatedly

performing (8) one action, like an automatic machine, a robot can perform a (9) of different

actions. Its movements are (10) either by oil or air pressure or by electric motors, and its brain is a

small computer that directs (11) movements. Inside the computer's memory C are the instructions for


carrying (12) a task – picking chocolates from a container and putting them in the right part of a

display box, for (13) . By changing the programme, the robot can be made to

(14) the task, or do something different within the limits of the activities it is designed (15) ….


1.
A. which

2.
A. in

B. there

B. at

C. they

C. for

D. who

D. after

3. A. there

B. that

C. do

D. to

4. A. by

B. for

C. to

D. with

5.
A. who

6.
A. it

B. are

B. them

C. have

C. themselves

D. look .

D. their

7. A. must

B. do

C. don’t

D. might .

8.
A. just

9.
A. chain

B. not

B. link

C. every

C. line

D. single

D. group

10. A. done

B. made

C. controlled

D. ordered

11. A. their

B. its

C. whose

D. which

12.
A. out

13.
A. sure

B. off

B. certain

C. away

C. example

D. with

D. pleasure

14. A. alter

B. vary

C. differ

D. change

15. A. from

B. of

C. for

D. by


Bài 5: Choose the correct verb form to be used in the numbered gaps.

There (1) … an incredible evolution in the size and capabilities of computers in the past years. Today,

computers smaller than your fingernail (2) …. the same capabilities as room-sized machines of about 50

years ago. The first computers (3) …. around 1945. They were so lager that they (4) …. air-conditioned

rooms. Then in the 1960s, desk-sized computers were developed. This (5) …. a gigantic advance. Shortly

afterward, a third generation of computers, which (6) … simple integrated circuits and which (7) …

even smaller and faster (8) … In the 1970s the first microprocessor, less than one square centimeter in

size was developed. Today electronic engineers (9) …. that even smaller and more sophisticated computer

(10) …. on the market before the end of this decade.

1.
A. be B. is C. was D. has been

2.
A. has B. have C. are having D. had

3.
A. developed B. were developed

C.
have been developed D. have been developing

4.
A. require B. requited C. was requiring D. have required

5.
A. represents B. was representing

C. represented
D. has represented

6.
A. used B. was using C. is using D. had used

7.
A. was B. is C. were D. are

8.
A. appeared B. appearing C. has appeared D. had appeared

9.
A. predict B. predicted C. are predicting D. will predict

10.
A. is B. are C. will be D. will have been


Bài 6. Choose the correct form for each gap to complete the passage.

School inspectors have found that, contrary to all (1) …., children don’t dislike homework at all. In fact,

many do more than their teachers suggest, either because of (2) … about their marks or (3) …. for

enjoyment. The inspectors (4) …. add to the evidence of the powerful (5) …. effects of homework on


pupils achievement. The inspectors also recommend the (6) …. of “homework chatter”. These tell parents

and children how much (7) …. work is expected and provide (8) …. to schools to form links with parents

who can check that tasks are properly (9) ….

International (10) …. suggest that a typical 14-years-old does six hours homework in Britain, eight hours

in Italy and almost nine hours in Hungry, Japan and Poland.

1.
A. expects

2.
A. anxious

3.
A. simple

B. expectants

B. anxiety

B. simply

C. expectancy

C. anxiousness

C. simplify

D. expectations
D. anxiously

D. simplification

4. A. finds

B. found

C. findings

D. findings

5. A. benefit

B. benefits

C. beneficial

D. beneficial

6.
A. introduce

7.
A. adding

B. introduction

B. added

C. introducing

C. additive

D. introductory

D. additional

8. A. courage

B. encouragement
C. courageously

D. encouraging
9. A. complete

B. completed

C. completing

D. completive

10. A. compares

B. comparing

C. comparisons

D. comparisons

Bài 7: Read the following text carefully, then circle either A, B, C or D to fit each space in the text.

THE LONDON TO BRIGHTON CAR RUN

The first London to Brighton run took place on November 14th 1896. It was organized to celebrate

the (1) of a law which made it easier for cars in Britain to be driven on the roads. Before then, the law

(2) a driver and an engineer in the car and a man walking in front of the vehicle with a red flag (3)

of its approach. Since then, this annual run has become one of the most popular events on the British

motoring calendar, (4) crowds of over one. million lining the route. Only the (5) oldest cars,

constructed during the ten years between 1895 and 1905, are allowed to (6) in it. Lovingly polished

by their drivers, who are dressed in the clothing of the (7) , the cars leave Hyde Park in London at 7.30

am and arrive, (8) , in Brighton some three hours later. The 60-mile run is not a race A- there’s an

official coffee stop on the (9) and the cars are restricted to an average speed of only 30 kph. The only

(10) for finishing is a medal, which is awarded to everyone who (11) Brighton before 4 pm. The

run traditionally (12) participants from all four (13) of the world, including Europe, Asia, Africa

and Australia Since the youngest car is nearly a hundred years old, some of them (14) down of course.

But for the owners of the 400-plus vehicles, it’s simply being there that (15) the greatest pleasure.

1.
A. electing

2.
A. forced ,

B. passing

B. needed

C. settling

C. obliged ·
D. appointing
D. required

3.
A. announcing

4.
A. with

B. warning ·
B. having

C. declaring

C. including

D. forecasting
D. along

5.
A. quite

6.

A. involve

B. certainly

B. take part

C. very

C. get engaged

D. surely

D. include

7. A. while

B. spell

C. phase

D. period

8. A. hopefully

B. intentionally '

C. ambitiously

D. purposely

9.
A. direction

10.
A. earning

B. way

B. profit

C. path

C. reward

D. process

D. credit

11. A. gets

B. meets

C. attains

D. reaches

12.
A. appeals

13.

A. edges

B. engages if

B. tips

C. attracts

C. limits

D. catches

D. corners

14. A. break

B. fall

C. run

D. pull


15. A. lets B. fetches C. brings D. results


Bài 8: Decide the correct word form for each numbered gap.

When did the first toys come into existence? Did they represent an attempt by adults to make children (1)

…., or did they arise from the various playful (2) …. of children themselves? As everyone knows, the

young frequently (3) …. the behaviour of their (4) …., and in their play, they often adopt objects (5) … by

adults for entirely different purposes. These objects (6) …. and lead to games in which everyday articles

often play unusual and (7) …. roles.

It is rather (8) …. that for an explanation of the origin of toys, we cannot turn to folk stories. However, no

traditional tale (9) … to the origin of toys exists, and so our knowledge (10) …. to archeological study and

limited evidence from documents.

1.
A. happy

2.
A. acts

3.
A. copying

4.
A. orders

B. happiness

B. actions

B. copy

B. elderly

C. happily

C. activities

C. copies

C. elders

D. unhappy

D. active

D. copied

D. olds

5. A. using

B. used

C. to use

D. to be used

6. A. courage

B. are courageous

C. encourage

D. encouraging
7.
A. expected

8.
A. surprise

B. expecting

B. surprised

C. unexpected

C. surprising

D. unexpecting
D. surprisingly
9. A, relates

B. related

C. relation

D. relationship
10. A. restricts

B. restricted

C. is restricted

D. is restricting.


Bài 9. Choose the correct verb for each gap in the following passage.

Although women now have the freedom to (1) …. whether or not the they have children, it is generally a

joint a decision between the partners involved. In fact, in cultures which (2) … strongly traditional, the

decision to have a baby may well be (3) …. by society, family and the man of the family, rather than the

mother. Furthermore, in most modern societies, with (4) …. expectations from both men and women,

there is an obvious need for major decisions, such as starting a family. Thus it is unreasonable to suggest

that women are solely responsible for the decision to have a child, and therefore it is unreasonable that

they are responsible for (5) …. the child up.

1.
A. select

2.
A. stay

3.

A. infected

B. elect

B. remain

B. affected

C. choose

C. keep

C. done

D. know

D. become

D. finished

4.
A. raising

5.
A. bringing

B. decreasing

B. educating

C. arising

C. raising

D. increasing

D. keeping


Bài 10. Read the text and then decide which word best fits each space. Circle the letter you choose

for each question.

MEDIA AND ADVERTISING

After more than fifty years of television, it might seem only obvious to conclude that it is here to

(1) There have been many objections to it during this time, of course, and (2) a variety of

grounds. Did it cause eye-strain? Was the (3) bombarding us with radioactivity? Did the

advertisements contain subliminal messages, persuading us to buy more? Did children turn to violence

through watching it, either because so (4)


programmes taught them how to shoot, rob, and kill, or because they had to do something to counteract

the hours they had spent glued to the tiny screen? Or did it simply create a vast passive (5) drugged

by glamorous serials and inane situation (6) ? On the other hand did it increase anxiety by

sensationalizing the news [or the news which was (7) by suitable pictures] and filling our living

rooms with war, famine and political unrest? (8) in all, television proved to be the all - purpose

scapegoat for the second half of the century, blamed for everything, but above all, eagerly watched. F or

no (9) how much we despised it, feared it, were bored by lit, or felt that it took us away from the old

paradise of family conversation and hobbies such as collecting stamps, we never turned it off. We kept

staring at the screen, aware that our own tiny (10) was in if we looked carefully.

1.
A. be

2.
A. with

B. stay ·
B. over

C. exist

C. by

D. prolong

D. on

3. A. screen

B. danger

C. machine .

D. reason

4. A. that

B. far

C. many

D. what

5. A. programme

B. personality

C. audience

D. tense

6.
A. comedies

7.
A. taken

B. programmes

B. presented

C. perhaps

C. capable

D. consequently
D. accompanied
8. A. Taken

B. All

C. Somewhat

D. Thus

9.
A. one

10.
A. fault

B. matter

B. reflection

C. difference

C. situation

D. reason

D. consciousness


Bài 11. Choose the correct word form to finish the passage.

A POPULAR WRITER

Emma Harte, is Barbara Taylor Bradford’s novel, was a poor lonely girl who became the (1) …. owner of

an international chain of stores. Like the woman she writes about, Ms. Bradford is beautiful and (2) …. .

She left school at sixteen became a (3) … . After twenty-tree years of this work, she made the (4) …. to

start writing novels. She is now one of the most highly-paid (5) …. in the world. Was Emma Harte’s story

based on Ms. Bradford’s own (6) … successful life? “I’m afraid not,” she said with (7) …… “My life has

been quite different from Emma Harte’s. She was (8) ……… to be born into a poor family. I came from a

middle-class home and I’m (9) …. married to a rich American film producer. The only thing I share with

me heroine is her (10) …. to work hard.”

1.
A. wealth

2.
ambitious

3.
A. journal

B. wealthy

B. ambition

B. journalist

C. wealthier

C. ambitiously

C. journalism

D. wealthiest

D. more ambitious

D. journalize
4.
A. decide

5.
A. novel

B. decisive

B. novels

C. decision

C. novelists

D. decisiveness
D. novel sellers

6.
A. credible

7.
A. amuse

B. credibly

B. amusing

C. incredible

C. amusement

D. incredibly
D. amusements
8. A. lucky

B. luckily

C. unlucky

D. unluckily

9. happy

B. happily

C. unhappy

D. unhappily

10. A. able

B. ability

C. inability

D. disable


Bài 12. Read the text and then decide which option best fits each numbered space.

There is much more water than land (1) the surface. of the earth. The seas and oceans (2)

nearly four - fifths of the whole world, and only one - fifth of (3) land. If you travelled over the earth


(4) different directions, you would have to spend (5) more of your time (6) on water than on

roads or railways. We sometimes forget that (7) every mile of land there (8) four miles of water.

There is much water (9) the surface of our earth that we (10) to use two words to describe.

We use the word SEAS (11) those parts of water surface which (12) only a few hundreds of miles

wide, the word OCEANS to describe (13) huge areas of water (14) are thousands of miles wide (15)

very deep.


1.
A. in

2.
A. covered

B. on

B. covering

C. from

C. cover

D. over

D. to cover

3. A. them are

B. its

C. it is

D. it's

4. A. in

B. for g

C. to

D. by

5.
A. many

6.
A. moving

B. few

B. to move

C. much

C. move

D. too

D. moved

7. A. on

B. in

C. within

D. for .

8. A. have

B. is

C. are

D. being

9.
A. on

10.
A. must

B. in

B. should

C. under

C. have

D. across

D. would

11. A. describe

B. describes

C. to describe

D. describes
12.
A. have

13.
A. a

B. is

B. the

C. are

C. little

D. will be

D. a little

14. A. what

B. where

C. which

D. who

15. A. then

B. and

C. but

D. also


Bài 13. Read the following text and choose the correct option for each of the numbered gap.

THE HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON

The hanging gardens of Babylon were considered to be one of the Seven Wonders of the (1)

World. They are believed to have been built by King Nebuchadnezzar in the sixth (2) BC as a present

for his wife, Amytis.

The gardens were (3) in layers - one on top of the other, much like a modern multi - storey car

(4) although a -lot more (5) to look at. Each layer was a large terrace (6) Q with tropical

flowers, plants and trees. The large (7) of water which these plants required was (8) from the river

Euphrates nearby. It is said that Nebuchadnezzar and his wife would sit in the (9) of the gardens and

.(10) down on the city of Babylon below.

The gardens’ fame quickly (11) , and travelers would come from far and wide to (12)

them. Even thousands of years ago, people used to go (13) The city of Babylon itself was also famous

throughout the whole

(14) for its beautiful buildings, huge tiled walls and magnificent gates made of brass.

Sadly, nothing (15) today of the beautiful hanging gardens, and the city of Babylon lies in

ruins in what is modern-day Iraq.

1.
A. antique

2.
A. decade

B. ancient

B. period

C. historical

C. era

D. traditional
D. century

3. A. consummated

B. assembled

C. collected

D. invented

4. A. park

B. stop

C. station

D. garage

5.
A. good-looking

6.
A. included .

B. attractive

B. contained

C. handsome

C. filled

D. adorable

D. consisted

7. A. total

B. sum

C. amount

D. number


8.
A. dragged

9.
A. shadow

10.
A. look

11.
A. distributed

B. pulled

B. shade

B. see

B. spread

C. pushed

C. gloom

C. watch

C. extended

D. pumped

D. glow

D. observe

D. moved

12. A. approve

B. respect

C. admire

D. assess

13. A. glimpsing

B. sightseeing

C. glancing

D. staring

14. A. planet

B. globe

C. earth

D. world

15. A. remains

B. stays

C. waits

D. continues

Bài 14. Complete the following passage by choosing the right preposition.

FAILING A JOB INTERVIEW

When you first apply for a job, you might not succeed in getting it. It’s always a good idea to ask

them to explain (1) you what prevented you from beating the other candidates. Don’t complain (2)

the situation,

but ask them to advise you (3) what you can do better next time. Perhaps the interviewer disapproved

(4) or disagreed (5) something you said. Perhaps they just glanced (6) your application and I

saw something that made it easy to choose (7) you and another candidate. Don’t regard it (8) a

failure, but recognize it (9) a chance to learn more. As long as you don’t worry too much (10) , it

and continue to believe in yourself, you’ll eventually find the chance you’ve been waiting for. Then your

family and friends will be able to congratulate you on your success!

1.
A. for

2.
A. for

B. to

B. to

C. about

C. about

D. with

D. with

3. A. against

B. on

C. about

D. with

4. A. against

B. on

C. of

D. with

5.
A. against

6.
A. at

B. on

B. on

C. of

C. of

D. with

D. through

7. A. from

B. of

C. between

D. among

8. A. for

B. as

C. like

D. with

9.
A. for

10.
A. for

B. as

B. to

C. like

C. about

D. with

D. with


Bài 15. Choose the correct form of the verb for each blank.

When the North and the South finally (1) …. down their arms in 1865 at the end of the American Civil

War, they (2) …. for over four years and the South, which (3) …. several battles but (4) … the war, (5) ….

economically exhausted. It (6) … a tragedy that Abraham Lincoln, who (7) … the North to victory and (8)

……. now ready to be generous to the South, (9) … to make the peace. Five days after General Lee (10)

…. at Appmottox, Lincoln was assassinated.


1.
A. laid

2.
A. fought

3.
A. won

B. had laid

B. hat fought

B. had won

C. had been laying

C. had been fighting

C. has won

D. were laying

D. were winning

D. was winning

4. A. lost

B. has lost

C. had been losing

D. was losing

5. A. was

B. had been

C. has been

D. would be

6.
A. is

7.
A. led

B. was

B. had led

C. has been

C. would lead

D. would be

D. was leading

8. A. is

B. was

C. has been

D. would be


9. A. survived

B. surviving

C. hadn’t survived

D. didn’t survive

10. A. surrendered

B. surrendering

C. had surrendered

D. was surrendering

Bài 16. Choose the best preposition for each numbered gap.

Fish live almost everywhere. They are found in the near freezing waters of the Arctic and in the steaming

waters (1) tropical jungles. They live in roaring streams and (2) quiet underground rivers. Some

fish make long

journeys (3) the ocean. Others spend most of their life buried (4) sand on the ocean bottom. Most

fish can’t leave water; yet some survive for months (5) dried-up riverbeds. Fish have enormous

importance (6) man. They provide food for millions of people. Fishermen catch them for sport, and

many people keep them (7) pets. Fish are also important in the balance of nature. They eat plants and

animals and (8) turn, become food (9) plants and animals. Fish thus help keep (10) balance

the total number of plants and animals on the earth.

1.
A. on

2.
A. in

B. in

B. on

C. among

C. under

D. inside

D. inside

3. A. along `

B. through

C. across

D. into

4. A. on

B. in

C. under

D. among

5.
A. on

6.
A. for

B. in

B. to

C. under

C. with

D. among

D. toward

7. A. as

B. like

C. for

D. with

8. A. on

B. in

C. to g

D. at

9.
A. to

10.
A. on

B. of

B. at

C. for

C. in

D. among

D. for


Bài 17.Choose the best preposition or adverb for each gap in the following passage.

ACUPUNCTURE

Acupuncture is a Chinese medical technique which has been practiced for more than 4000 years. It

involves inserting long thin needles (1) particular spots in the skin, known as acupuncture points, and

rotating them. It is mainly used to relieve pain but it is also sometimes used (2) curing disease and

improving general health. Acupuncture is one of the great mysteries of medical science. There is little

doubt that it can be effective (3) relieving pain. Western doctors have witnessed surgical operations

carried out (4) Chinese patients who were anaesthetized only (5) acupuncture and yet showed no

signs of pain. However, Western scientists have still not come (6) an adequate explanation as to how

acupuncture actually works. At one time it was believed that acupuncture was related in some way (7)

hypnosis, but this has now been proved not to be true. Still, acupuncture is becoming increasingly popular

in the West, (8) many American and European doctors now believing acupuncture may have a role to

play in medicine, although most argue that much more research needs to be done first. In 1972,

acupuncture received some welcome publicity as a result of President Nixon’s trip (9) China. Nixon

became ill (10) the trip and was rushed to hospital. He later told reporters that acupuncture had

greatly relieved his pain.

l. A. in

2.
A. for

3.
A. for .

B. into

B. in

B. in

C. through

C. by

C. with

D. on

D. with

D. on

4. A. by

B. on

C. with

D. for

65. A. by

B. on

C. with

D. for

66. A. into

B. across

C. up with

D. on

67. A. of

B. into

C. with

D. to

68. A. of

B. for

C. with

D. as

69.
A. in

70.

A. on

B. to

B. during

C. into

C. in

D. through

D. through


Bài 18.Choose the correct word form among A, B, C or D to fill each of the blanks to finish the

following passage.
Every weekend in Britain thousands of walkers head off into the countryside with the necessary (1) …. to

enjoy their hiking. One thing they will not leave behind because it is considered an absolute (2) …. is their

Ordnance Survey Map. These maps are (3) …. to the walkers as they are very (4) … , with up-to-date

details about every part of the country. The Ordnance Survey (5) …. in the eighteenth century and was (6)

…. intended to provide the army of the time with maps. Before this most maps were (7) … and unreliable.

Better maps were thought to be important because the country felt (8) …….by invasion from abroad or (9)

…… at home. The organization is still wholly owned by the Government, but it is recently given (30) ….

fund status, which allows it to reinvest any profits.

1.
A. equip

2.
A. necessity

B. equipment

B. necessary

C. equipped

C. necessitate

D. equipments

D. necessarily
3. A. valueless

B. valuable

C. value

D. invaluable

4. A. informant

B. information

C. informative

D. inform

5. A. beginning

B. began

C. begin

D. begun

6.
A. originate

7.
A. accurate

B. origin

B. inaccurate

C. originally

C. accuracy

D. originates

D. inaccurate

8. A. threatening

B. threat

C. threatened

D. threaten

9.
A. rebelling

10.
A. trader

B. rebellion

B. trade

C. rebel

C. traders

D. rebels

D. trading


Bài 19. Choose the most suitable preposition among A, B, C, or D for each numbered gap to

complete the passage.

If you look at the sky (1) … a clear night, you will see that there are so many twinkling lights that nobody

is able to count them all. Most of these lights are stars. they are (2) … big moving balls in the sky. The

stars we see (3) … night are much father away (4) … our sun, which is also a star. Some of these stars are

like our earth, they are (5) … more solid material. They are called planets. They shine just as a mirror does

when you hold it (6) … the sunlight. Instead (7) …. giving (8) … the light of their own, these planets

reflect the light (9) …. our sun. The other planets of the sun are much closer (10) …. our planet earth than

the stars are. However, these other planets are very far away. It would take a spaceship traveling more

than 60,000 miles an hour about five months to reach the nearest one.

1.
A. on

2.
A. as

3.
A. on

B. at

B. like

B. at

C. in

C. above

C. beside

D. from

D. under

D. beyond

4. A. between

B. of

C. from

D. next

5. A. from

B. by

C. of

D. in

6.
A. to

7.
A. along

B. against

B. from

C. opposite

C. with

D. across

D. of

8. A. up

B. back

C. out

D. in


9. A. from

B. of

C. with

D. by

10. A. to

B. away

C. from

D. within


Bài 20. Choose the correct verb form among A, B, C, or D for each numbered gap to complete the

passage.

I (1) …. up while flight attendant was serving breakfast. The plane was crossing the Channel, and when I

looked out of the window, I could see ships far below. I (2) …. home after a long time abroad, I had been

away for over twenty years. I didn’t know to expect. I wondered whether things (3) … much.

The plane landed and the bus took us to the terminal building. After (4) …. my luggage, I walked out of

the baggage hall. I didn’t know whether anyone (5) … there to meet me. But when I appeared, I had a big

surprise. Almost half my family were there. It was wonderful.

“You (6) …. the old town,” my sister told me. “Almost everything has changed since you last (7) …. it.

They are building a new bridge at the moment. They (8) …. it for the past three years, nut they (9) …. it

yet.” I’ve been very different, but strangely enough it still (10) …. the same, because the people that I love

are here. I’m leaving again in a few weeks’ time, but I know that even if I’m away for twenty years again,

this will always be my home.

1.
A. waked B. woke C. awake D. awaken

2.
A. come B. am coming C. was coming D. have been coming

3.
A. had changed B. had been changed

C.
have changed D. have been changed

4.
A. collected B. collecting C. having collected D. collect

5.
A. is B. are B. were D. would be

6.
A. don’t recognizes B. didn’t recognize

C. won’t recognize
D. wouldn’t recognize

7.
A. see B. seen C. have seen D. saw

8.
A. build B. built C. have been building D. have built

9.
A. haven’t finished B. hasn’t finished

C.
haven’t been finishing D. hasn’t been finished

10.
A. feel B. feeling C. felt D. feels



Đáp án
Bài 1: Choose the correct option to put in each of the numbered gaps.

The history of the bicycle goes back more than 200 years. In 1791, Count de Sivrac (l)

onlookers in a park in Paris as he showed off his two - wheeled invention, a machine called the

‘celerifere’. It was basically an (2) version of a children’s toy which had been in (3) for

many years. Sivrac’s ‘celerifere’ had a wooden frame, made in the (4) of a horse, which was

mounted on a wheel at either end. To ride it, you sat on a small seat, just like a modern bicycle, and

pushed (5) against the (6) with your legs — there were no pedals. It was impossible to steer a

‘ce1erifere’ and it had no brakes, but despite these problems the invention very much (7) to the

fashionable young men of Paris. Soon they were (8) races up and down the streets. Minor (9)

were common as riders attempted a final burst of (10). Controlling the machine was difficult as the

only way to change (1l) was to pull up the front of the "celerifere" and (12) it round while

the front wheel was (13) in the air. "Celerifere" were not popular for long, however, as the

(14) of no springs, no steering and rough roads made riding them very uncomfortable. Even so, the

wooden ‘celerifere’ was the (15) of the modern bicycle.

l.
A. delighted

2.
A. increased

3.
A. use

B. cheered

B. enormous

B. play

C. appreciated

C. extended

C. operation

D. overjoyed

D. enlarged

D. service

4. A. resemblance

B. shape

C. body

D. appearance

5. A. fast

B. deeply

C. heavily

D. hard ·

6. A. surface

B. ground

C. earth

D. floor

7. A·. attracted
8.
A. going

B. appealed

B. getting

C. took

C. holding

D. called

D. making

9. A. wounds

B. trips

C. injuries

D. breaks

10.
A. velocity

11.
A. direction

B. energy

B. route

C. pace

C. heading

D. speed

D. way

12. A. roll

B. drive

C. turn

D. revolve

13. A. cycling

B. circling

C. winding

D. spinning

14.
A. mixture

15.
A. origin

B. link

B. design

C. combination

C. model

D. union

D. introduction

Bài 2: Choose the correct word form for each of the numbered gaps.

E-MAIL

There can’t be many people who are (1) …. of e-mail, even if they have never actually sent one. Although

there are some (2) … between e-mail and letters, there are also many differences. The first is that e-mail

is delivered (3) …., so it can be a very (4) …. means of communication when speed is important. This

speed means that e-mail is more (5) … for communicating over large distances. Another difference is that

e-mail tends to be (6) … informal. People are much more likely to use language which they would

consider (7) … for a formal letter. Words spelled (8) …. in an e-mail are less likely to be checked than in a

letter. One explanation for this is that an e-mail seems to be less permanent than something (9) … on


paper. We can be sure that the future development of e-mail will have all kinds of (10) … effects on the

way we communicate.

1.
A. aware

2.
A. similar

B. unaware

B. similarity

C. awareness

C. similarities

D. unawareness

D. dissimilar

3. A. instant

B. instance

C. instances

D. instantly

4. A. effect

B. effecting

C. effective

D. effected

5. A. practice

B. practiced

C. practical

D. impractical

6.
A. related

7.
A. suited

B. relating

B. suitable

C. relative

C. unsuitable

D. relatively

D. suitably

8.
A. correct

9.
A. written

10.

A. expected

B. incorrect

B. writing

B. unexpected

C. correctly

C. to write

C. expecting

D. incorrectly

D. being written

D. unexpectedly


Bài 3: Choose the correct connectives for the gaps in the following passage.

Our weather is not beautiful all the time. Perhaps you can remember a day (1) bad weather

made you afraid. One kind of bad weather (2) ……. scares many people is called a thunderstorm. This is

(3) happens when there is a thunderstorm. (4) you see a sudden Hash of bright light. (5) , a few

seconds you hear a loud rumbling sound. This quick Hash is called lightning, (6) the loud sound is

called thunder. Lightning is colorful; (7) , it can cause serious problems. Lightning is electricity (8)

is moving very rapidly. It may be moving between a cloud and the ground, between two parts of the

same cloud. The lightning heats the air around it. This hot air expands, (9) gets bigger, and it causes

the air to move in waves. The air waves pass you in a series, one after another. (10) you may hear

many rumbles and not just one sound.

1.
A. when

2.
A. when

B. which

B. who

C. that

C. that

D. what

D. what

3. A. when

B. whose

C. that

D. what

4.
A. Firstly

B. Firstly

C. To begin

D. At the beginning

5.
A. within

B. Without

C. With

D. Before

6.
A. but

7.
A. furthermore

B. and

B. however

C. or

C. but

D. furthermore

D. and

8. A. when

B. where

C. that

D. what

9. A. but

B. however

C. or

D. moreover

10.

A. That’s why

B. The result

C. So

D. So that


Bài 4: Decide the best option (A, B, C, or D) to be used in each numbered blank.

ROBOTS

The popular idea of` a robot is a machine that acts - like and resembles a human being. But the

robots (1) are increasingly being used for a wide range of tasks do not look human - like (2) all.

The robots (3) work in car factory production lines look something like cranes. The mobile robots

used (4) army bomb-disposal squads look like wheel barrows on tracks. And children (5) likened a

mobile robot used in school to teach. (6) computer programming to a giant sweet. Robots (7) ,

however, resemble human beings in the range of actions that they can carry out. Instead of repeatedly

performing (8) one action, like an automatic machine, a robot can perform a (9) of different

actions. Its movements are (10) either by oil or air pressure or by electric motors, and its brain is a

small computer that directs (11) movements. Inside the computer's memory C are the instructions for

carrying (12) a task – picking chocolates from a container and putting them in the right part of a

display box, for (13) . By changing the programme, the robot can be made to

(14) the task, or do something different within the limits of the activities it is designed (15) ….


1.
A. which

2.
A. in

B. there

B. at

C. they

C. for

D. who

D. after

3. A. there

B. that

C. do

D. to

4.
A. by

B. for

C. to

D. with

5.
A. who

6.
A. it

B. are

B. them

C. have

C. themselves

D. look .

D. their

7. A. must

B. do

C. don’t

D. might .

8.
A. just

9.
A. chain

B. not

B. link

C. every

C. line

D. single

D. group

10. A. done

B. made

C. controlled

D. ordered

11.
A. their

B. its

C. whose

D. which

12.
A. out

13.
A. sure

B. off

B. certain

C. away

C. example

D. with

D. pleasure

14. A. alter

B. vary

C. differ

D. change

15. A. from

B. of

C. for

D. by


Bài 5: Choose the correct verb form to be used in the numbered gaps.

There (1) … an incredible evolution in the size and capabilities of computers in the past years. Today,

computers smaller than your fingernail (2) …. the same capabilities as room-sized machines of about 50

years ago. The first computers (3) …. around 1945. They were so lager that they (4) …. air-conditioned

rooms. Then in the 1960s, desk-sized computers were developed. This (5) …. a gigantic advance. Shortly

afterward, a third generation of computers, which (6) … simple integrated circuits and which (7) …

even smaller and faster (8) … In the 1970s the first microprocessor, less than one square centimeter in

size was developed. Today electronic engineers (9) …. that even smaller and more sophisticated computer

(10) …. on the market before the end of this decade.

1.
A. be B. is C. was
D. has been

2.
A. has
B. have
C. are having D. had

3.
A. developed
B. were developed

C. have been developed D. have been developing

4.
A. require
B. requited
C. was requiring D. have required

5.
A. represents B. was representing

C. represented
D. has represented

6.
A. used
B. was using C. is using D. had used

7.
A. was
B. is C. were D. are

8.
A. appeared
B. appearing C. has appeared D. had appeared

9.
A. predict
B. predicted C. are predicting D. will predict

10.
A. is B. are C. will be
D. will have been


Bài 6. Choose the correct form for each gap to complete the passage.

School inspectors have found that, contrary to all (1) …., children don’t dislike homework at all. In fact,

many do more than their teachers suggest, either because of (2) … about their marks or (3) …. for

enjoyment. The inspectors (4) …. add to the evidence of the powerful (5) …. effects of homework on


pupils achievement. The inspectors also recommend the (6) …. of “homework chatter”. These tell parents

and children how much (7) …. work is expected and provide (8) …. to schools to form links with parents

who can check that tasks are properly (9) ….

International (10) …. suggest that a typical 14-years-old does six hours homework in Britain, eight hours

in Italy and almost nine hours in Hungry, Japan and Poland.

1.
A. expects

2.
A. anxious

3.
A. simple

B. expectants

B. anxiety

B. simply

C. expectancy

C. anxiousness

C. simplify

D. expectations

D. anxiously

D. simplification

4. A. finds

B. found

C. findings

D. findings

5. A. benefit

B. benefits

C. beneficial

D. beneficial

6.
A. introduce

7.
A. adding

B. introduction

B. added

C. introducing

C. additive

D. introductory

D. additional

8. A. courage

B. encouragement

C. courageously

D. encouraging

9. A. complete

B. completed

C. completing

D. completive

10. A. compares

B. comparing

C. comparisons

D. comparisons


Bài 7: Read the following text carefully, then circle either A, B, C or D to fit each space in the text.

THE LONDON TO BRIGHTON CAR RUN

The first London to Brighton run took place on November 14th 1896. It was organized to celebrate

the (1) of a law which made it easier for cars in Britain to be driven on the roads. Before then, the law

(2) a driver and an engineer in the car and a man walking in front of the vehicle with a red flag (3)

of its approach. Since then, this annual run has become one of the most popular events on the British

motoring calendar, (4) crowds of over one. million lining the route. Only the (5) oldest cars,

constructed during the ten years between 1895 and 1905, are allowed to (6) in it. Lovingly polished

by their drivers, who are dressed in the clothing of the (7) , the cars leave Hyde Park in London at 7.30

am and arrive, (8) , in Brighton some three hours later. The 60-mile run is not a race A- there’s an

official coffee stop on the (9) and the cars are restricted to an average speed of only 30 kph. The only

(10) for finishing is a medal, which is awarded to everyone who (11) Brighton before 4 pm. The

run traditionally (12) participants from all four (13) of the world, including Europe, Asia, Africa

and Australia Since the youngest car is nearly a hundred years old, some of them (14) down of course.

But for the owners of the 400-plus vehicles, it’s simply being there that (15) the greatest pleasure.

1.
A. electing

2.
A. forced ,

B. passing

B. needed

C. settling

C. obliged ·
D. appointing

D. required

3.
A. announcing

4.
A. with

B. warning ·

B. having

C. declaring

C. including

D. forecasting

D. along

5.
A. quite

6.
A. involve

B. certainly

B. take part

C. very

C. get engaged

D. surely

D. include

7. A. while

B. spell

C. phase

D. period

8.
A. hopefully

B. intentionally '

C. ambitiously

D. purposely

9.
A. direction

10.
A. earning

B. way

B. profit

C. path

C. reward

D. process

D. credit

11. A. gets

B. meets

C. attains

D. reaches

12.
A. appeals

13.
A. edges

B. engages if

B. tips

C. attracts

C. limits

D. catches

D. corners

14.
A. break

B. fall

C. run

D. pull


15. A. lets B. fetches
C. brings
D. results


Bài 8: Decide the correct word form for each numbered gap.

When did the first toys come into existence? Did they represent an attempt by adults to make children (1)

…., or did they arise from the various playful (2) …. of children themselves? As everyone knows, the

young frequently (3) …. the behaviour of their (4) …., and in their play, they often adopt objects (5) … by

adults for entirely different purposes. These objects (6) …. and lead to games in which everyday articles

often play unusual and (7) …. roles.

It is rather (8) …. that for an explanation of the origin of toys, we cannot turn to folk stories. However, no

traditional tale (9) … to the origin of toys exists, and so our knowledge (10) …. to archeological study and

limited evidence from documents.

1.
A. happy

2.
A. acts

3.
A. copying

4.
A. orders

B. happiness

B. actions

B. copy

B. elderly

C. happily

C. activities

C. copies

C. elders

D. unhappy

D. active

D. copied

D. olds

5. A. using

B. used

C. to use

D. to be used

6. A. courage

B. are courageous

C. encourage

D. encouraging

7.

A. expected

8.
A. surprise

B. expecting

B. surprised

C. unexpected

C. surprising

D. unexpecting

D. surprisingly

9. A, relates

B. related

C. relation

D. relationship

10. A. restricts

B. restricted

C. is restricted

D. is restricting.


Bài 9. Choose the correct verb for each gap in the following passage.

Although women now have the freedom to (1) …. whether or not the they have children, it is generally a

joint a decision between the partners involved. In fact, in cultures which (2) … strongly traditional, the

decision to have a baby may well be (3) …. by society, family and the man of the family, rather than the

mother. Furthermore, in most modern societies, with (4) …. expectations from both men and women,

there is an obvious need for major decisions, such as starting a family. Thus it is unreasonable to suggest

that women are solely responsible for the decision to have a child, and therefore it is unreasonable that

they are responsible for (5) …. the child up.

1.
A. select

2.
A. stay

3.
A. infected

B. elect

B. remain

B. affected

C. choose

C. keep

C. done

D. know

D. become

D. finished

4.
A. raising

5.
A. bringing

B. decreasing

B. educating

C. arising

C. raising

D. increasing

D. keeping


Bài 10. Read the text and then decide which word best fits each space. Circle the letter you choose

for each question.

MEDIA AND ADVERTISING

After more than fifty years of television, it might seem only obvious to conclude that it is here to

(1) There have been many objections to it during this time, of course, and (2) a variety of

grounds. Did it cause eye-strain? Was the (3) bombarding us with radioactivity? Did the

advertisements contain subliminal messages, persuading us to buy more? Did children turn to violence

through watching it, either because so (4)


programmes taught them how to shoot, rob, and kill, or because they had to do something to counteract

the hours they had spent glued to the tiny screen? Or did it simply create a vast passive (5) drugged

by glamorous serials and inane situation (6) ? On the other hand did it increase anxiety by

sensationalizing the news [or the news which was (7) by suitable pictures] and filling our living

rooms with war, famine and political unrest? (8) in all, television proved to be the all - purpose

scapegoat for the second half of the century, blamed for everything, but above all, eagerly watched. F or

no (9) how much we despised it, feared it, were bored by lit, or felt that it took us away from the old

paradise of family conversation and hobbies such as collecting stamps, we never turned it off. We kept

staring at the screen, aware that our own tiny (10) was in if we looked carefully.

1.
A. be

2.
A. with

B. stay ·

B. over

C. exist

C. by

D. prolong

D. on

3.

A. screen

B. danger

C. machine .

D. reason

4. A. that

B. far

C. many

D. what

5. A. programme

B. personality

C. audience

D. tense

6.
A. comedies

7.
A. taken

B. programmes

B. presented

C. perhaps

C. capable

D. consequently

D. accompanied

8. A. Taken

B. All

C. Somewhat

D. Thus

9.
A. one

10.
A. fault

B. matter

B. reflection

C. difference

C. situation

D. reason

D. consciousness


Bài 11. Choose the correct word form to finish the passage.

A POPULAR WRITER

Emma Harte, is Barbara Taylor Bradford’s novel, was a poor lonely girl who became the (1) …. owner of

an international chain of stores. Like the woman she writes about, Ms. Bradford is beautiful and (2) …. .

She left school at sixteen became a (3) … . After twenty-tree years of this work, she made the (4) …. to

start writing novels. She is now one of the most highly-paid (5) …. in the world. Was Emma Harte’s story

based on Ms. Bradford’s own (6) … successful life? “I’m afraid not,” she said with (7) …… “My life has

been quite different from Emma Harte’s. She was (8) ……… to be born into a poor family. I came from a

middle-class home and I’m (9) …. married to a rich American film producer. The only thing I share with

me heroine is her (10) …. to work hard.”

1.

A. wealth

2.
ambitious

3.
A. journal

B. wealthy

B. ambition

B. journalist

C. wealthier

C. ambitiously

C. journalism

D. wealthiest

D. more ambitious

D. journalize

4.
A. decide

5.

A. novel

B. decisive

B. novels

C. decision

C. novelists

D. decisiveness

D. novel sellers

6.
A. credible

7.
A. amuse

B. credibly

B. amusing

C. incredible

C. amusement

D. incredibly

D. amusements

8. A. lucky

B. luckily

C. unlucky

D. unluckily

9. happy

B. happily

C. unhappy

D. unhappily

10. A. able

B. ability

C. inability

D. disable


Bài 12. Read the text and then decide which option best fits each numbered space.

There is much more water than land (1) the surface. of the earth. The seas and oceans (2)

nearly four - fifths of the whole world, and only one - fifth of (3) land. If you travelled over the earth


(4) different directions, you would have to spend (5) more of your time (6) on water than on

roads or railways. We sometimes forget that (7) every mile of land there (8) four miles of water.

There is much water (9) the surface of our earth that we (10) to use two words to describe.

We use the word SEAS (11) those parts of water surface which (12) only a few hundreds of miles

wide, the word OCEANS to describe (13) huge areas of water (14) are thousands of miles wide (15)

very deep.


1.
A. in

2.
A. covered

B. on

B. covering

C. from

C. cover

D. over

D. to cover

3. A. them are

B. its

C. it is

D. it's

4.
A. in

B. for g

C. to

D. by

5.
A. many

6.
A. moving

B. few

B. to move

C. much

C. move

D. too

D. moved

7. A. on

B. in

C. within

D. for .

8. A. have

B. is

C. are

D. being

9.
A. on

10.

A. must

B. in

B. should

C. under

C. have

D. across

D. would

11. A. describe

B. describes

C. to describe

D. describes

12.
A. have

13.
A. a

B. is

B. the

C. are

C. little

D. will be

D. a little

14. A. what

B. where

C. which

D. who

15. A. then

B. and

C. but

D. also


Bài 13. Read the following text and choose the correct option for each of the numbered gap.

THE HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON

The hanging gardens of Babylon were considered to be one of the Seven Wonders of the (1)

World. They are believed to have been built by King Nebuchadnezzar in the sixth (2) BC as a present

for his wife, Amytis.

The gardens were (3) in layers - one on top of the other, much like a modern multi - storey car

(4) although a -lot more (5) to look at. Each layer was a large terrace (6) Q with tropical

flowers, plants and trees. The large (7) of water which these plants required was (8) from the river

Euphrates nearby. It is said that Nebuchadnezzar and his wife would sit in the (9) of the gardens and

.(10) down on the city of Babylon below.

The gardens’ fame quickly (11) , and travelers would come from far and wide to (12)

them. Even thousands of years ago, people used to go (13) The city of Babylon itself was also famous

throughout the whole

(14) for its beautiful buildings, huge tiled walls and magnificent gates made of brass.

Sadly, nothing (15) today of the beautiful hanging gardens, and the city of Babylon lies in

ruins in what is modern-day Iraq.

1.

A. antique

2.
A. decade

B. ancient

B. period

C. historical

C. era

D. traditional

D. century

3.
A. consummated

B. assembled

C. collected

D. invented

4.
A. park

B. stop

C. station

D. garage

5.
A. good-looking

6.
A. included .

B. attractive

B. contained

C. handsome

C. filled

D. adorable

D. consisted

7. A. total

B. sum

C. amount

D. number