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TÀI LIỆU ÔN TẬP
THI TUYỂN CÔNG CHỨC NĂM 2012
Ngạch cán sự - Level A
I. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.
Chọn và khoanh tròn câu trả lời đúng nhất (A, B, C hay D)
1. He …….. me in English.
A. replied to
B. returned
C. remarked
D. responded
2. There’re many people in the swimming pool ………. .
A. permanently
B. at the moment C.at once
D. immediately
3. When you ……. something, you really want to find it.
A. look at
B. watch
C. look for
D. look after
4. Don’t …….. my conversation.
A. break
B. break off
C. cut off
D. break into
5. They will …..dinner at about 11:00A.M.

A. serve
B. bring
C. offer
D. give
6. My hobby is …….. stamps.
A. choosing
B. collecting
C. gathering
D. keeping
7. Thank to ….. I could get up early enough for the first train.
A. the clock
B. the watch
C. the alarm clock D. the alarm
8.We call a period of two weeks a …….. .
A. century
B. duration
C. ceremony
D. fortnight
9. I’m still single.
A. I’m not married yet.
C. I feel lonely.
B. I don’t have a friend.
D. I live alone in my room.
10. She felt ….. and didn’t want to go to work.
A. nervous
B. tired
C. happy
D. embarrassed
11. She singing …….. the radio.
A. to

B. for
C. with
D. about
12.The elevator isn’t ………. good working condition .
A. of
B. in
C. for
D. by
13. “The food at the new restaurant must be excellent.” “I’m having a ……. there
tomorrow.
A. dish
B. course
C. meal
D. plate
14. “Why don’t you go to the bandquet”.
- How could I go. I ……...
A. couldn’t invite
C. am not invited
B. didn’t invite
D. wasn’t invited
15. Don’t be excited. He’ll be back ….. ten minutes.
A. in
B. for
C. during
D. until
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16. Your hair is too long. You should ……...
A. cut it

B.have it cut
C.cut it yourself D.have it all cut off
17. Selfish person is one that only cares ….. himself .
A. to
B. at
C. about
D. towards
18. Can you …….. me how to play this musical instrument?
A. tell
B. learn
C. call
D. show
19. I’ll ………him a letter right away.
A. send
B. receive
C. reply
D. answer
20. “To be fond of something” is “to ….. it very much”.
A. think of
B. like
C. be interested in D. hate
21. A …..man has a nice face .
A.friendly
B.kind
C.handsome
D.warm
22. Hurry up or we’ll …….the bus .
A. run
B. forget
C. catch

D. miss
23. Her husband is good at football. He’s very…… .
A. athletic
B. thin
C. weak
D. short
24. I …… letters all day tomorrow.
A. write
B. will be writing C. am writing
D. write
25. I can …..English and French.
A. tell
B. say
C. speak
D. talk
26. He ….. for her everywhere.
A. looks
B. waits
C. has waited
D. has looked
27. This school ……. after 1975.
A. had been built B. had built
C. were built
D. built
28. His operation ….. since yesterday afternoon.
A. has started
B. has been started C. has begun
D. was begun
29. How many times did the clock…..?
A. hit

B. knock
C. strike
D. beat
30. Don’t ….. the door. The paint is still wet.
A. keep off
B. leave
C. watch
D. touch
31.We have done a lot of work on tenses lately and we now …. most of the rules.
A. understand
B. understood
C. are understanding
D. were understanding
32. Let’s not ….. tonight. There’s a good film on T.V.
A. go to somewhere
C. go nowhere
B. go anywhere
D. to go somewhere
33. As he was ill, he had to ……the party.
A. regret
B. fail
C. miss
D. avoid
34. Someone ….my bicycle!
A. took
B. takes
C. is taking
D. has taken
35. When he arrived, there was a smell of cooking …… from the kitchen.
A. coming

B. come
C. came
D. has come
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36. He lives …. five miles of London.
A. in
B. within
C. into
D. for
37. The house is in very good …..
A. from
B. condition
C. situation
D. state
38. He ….. as if he had never lived in England before.
A. make
B. conducted
C. did
D. behaved
39. We got there …. plenty of time to spare.
A. with
B. in
C. on
D. by
40. My pants were torn …….. up the tree.
A. while climbing
C. in climbing
B. while I was climbing

D. upon climbing
41. ……...a good weekend.
A. Have
B. Spend
C. Pass
D. Make
42. The house ………. five months ago.
A. completed
B. was completed C. has completed D. has been
completed
43. The police have already found the ……. jewels.
A. steal
B. stole
C. stolen
D. stealing
44. I produced a packet of cigarettes from my pocket. I took one ……...
A. off
B. out of
C. from
D. out
45. A large amount of money was stolen ….. the bank during the night.
A. from
B. to
C. into
D. out of
46. He ……..in Vietnam since January 5.
A. is
B. has been
C. stays
D. has been staying

47. She ….. her lessons all day tomorrow .
A. will learn
B. is learning
C. will be learning D. will be learnt
48. After he ……..work he went straight home.
A. has been finished
C. has finhed
B. had been finished
D. had finished
49. There may be as ………as ten students coming to class today.
A. many
B. very many
C. many more
D. much
50. ….. my way to school, I generally meet a lot of adults who are going to work.
A. In
B. On
C. By
D. Through
51. The driver got out of the car and began shouting….. the old man .
A. on
B. with
C. at
D. towards
52. I……. them, but they didn’t come.
A. waited
B. looked to
C. hoped for
D. expected
53. A …… person is the person who likes to talk a lot.

A. talkative
B. active
C. athletic
D. healthy
54. …… are people who ride the buses or trains.
A. drivers
B. passengers
C. riders
D. travellers
55. When you ride the bus, you must pay the …...
A. fee
B. money
C. fare
D. tax
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56. How wide is Jones boulevard? Its ….. is nine meters.
A. wide
B. wideth
C. wideness
D. width
57. He wanted me to …….a special effort.
A. make
B. do
C. try
D. give
58. He looked ….. the door of the library and saw his friend coming.
A. out off
B. out of

C. out through
D. onto
59. I’d rather he ….. anything about it for the time being.
A. doesn’t do
B. will do
C. didn’t do
D. hasn’t done
60. I wondered if they …... for Chicago next month.
A. will leave
B. shall leave
C. had lived
D. were leaving
61. I …. this watch from my husband for two months.
A. have been given B. have given C. give
D. gave
62. He wants to …..the army.
A. joins
B. participate
C. takes
D. go
63.I couldn’t find your number in the telephone …….
A. inquiry
B. director
C. directory
D. department
64. Paper money …. for over a thousand years.
A. sed
B. is used
C. has used
D. has been used

65. We missed the train. It …… when we arrived.
A. had gone
B. have gone
C. went
D. came
66. He …. on his history studies all yesterday morning.
A. has worked
B. had worked
C. was working D. was working
67. When I arrived, you weren’t here. Where …..?
A. are you B. have you gone C. were you
D. had you been gone
68. All the players shook hands ….. of the match.
A. in the end
B. on the end
C. at end
D. at the end
69. A …. teachers or does research in physics.
A. physicist
B. chemist
C. physician
D. mathematician
70. I’m terribly sorry. “ Terribly” means ……...
A. very
B. extremly
C. quiet
D. quite
71. Active: People say that prevention is the better than cure.
Passive:………..
A. Prevention is said to be better than cure.

B. Prevention is better than cure is said by people.
C. That prevention is better than cure was said.
D. It was said that prevention is better than cure.
72. Active: I never hear her shout at her children.
Passive:………..
A. She’s never heard shout at her children.
B. She’s never heard to shout at her children.
C. She shouts at her children is never heart by me.
D. Her children were never heard to shout.
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73. This’s the first time. I……. champagne.
A. drink
B. drank
C. have drunk
D. am drinking
74. I feel really ill last week. I couldn’t eat anything……... three days.
A. on
B. off
C. about
D. for
75. There are some differences ….. Bristish English American English.
A. between
B. among
C. of
D. about
76. Mr Thompson …….. a public house a short time ago.
A. has bought
B. bought

C. is bought
D. was bought
77. He sent her to the post office…... some stamps.
A. get
B. got
C. to get
D. getting
78. “Jim is so lonely.”
“I’d like him …….. a nice girl.”.
A. finding
B. find
C. finds
D.to find
79. Please drive ……. You’re making me nervous.
A. more slowly
B. lowlier
C. slow
D. more slow
80. …..with us tonight?
A. Do you come B. Are you coming C. Come you
D. Are you come
81. She had a letter yesterday. She….. one.
A. sent
B. wrote
C. received
D. took
82. I …….to go now.
A. am got
B. got
C. am having

D. have
83. There’s always ……. traffic in the city centre at rush hour.
A. heavy
B. strong
C. full
D. many
84. You must hurry. If you ……, you’ll be late.
A. do
B. don’t
C. aren’t
D. won’t
85. I fell asleep when I…... the show.
A. watched
B. looked
C. was watching D. watch
86. These goods are free ….. duty.
A. in
B. with
C. from
D. of
87. Aunts, uncles and cousins are ………..
A. relations
B. neighbours
C. families
D. parents
88. A new play is coming to “ The Globe” soon. It ….. .
A. has already come
B. hasn’t come yet
C. is here D. came
89. Where’s your exercise book?- I ….. it on the bus.

A. let
B. forgot
C. left
D. remained
90. When he ….... this tent he’ll get a surprise.
A. will leave
B. leave
C. is leaving
D. leaves
91. Something funny ….in class yesterday.
A. happened
B. happens
C. is happened
D. was happened
92. He’s …... busy at the moment.
A. quiet
B. quite
C. fair
D. well

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93. ……, teachers, and parents all come to the rally for smaller classes.
A. That students
B. There were students
C. Students
D. They were students
94. It’s an excellent ……… holiday.
A. group

B. party
C. team
D. package
95. Joe grows more flowers. More flowers ……. in his garden.
A. grow
B. grow up
C. grow tall
D. grow big
96. He had a good seat. He was sitting in a good ……
A. chair
B. place
C. armchair
D. class
97. Eat ….. bread and more fruit.
A. many less
B. much fewer
C. much less
D. many fewer
98. The holidays at the seaside …....We really had a good time there.
A. make us happily.
C. made us happiness
B. make we happy
D. made us happy
99.. …. her car for the weekend.
A. She’s lived
C. She’s living
B. She was living
D. She’d live
100. …….. he has never borrowed any money from me.
A. Last week

B. Up to now
C. Since
D. A week ago
101. Our family ….. in this city for twenty years.
A. having live
B. is living
C. has lived
D. live
102. We ….. to London three times.
A. going
B. go
C.have been
D. have went.
103. The car ….. to my uncle.
A. belongs B. belong
C. Are belonging D. belonging
104. The bus ….. every twenty minutes.
A. run
B. runs
C. are running
D. running
105. She ….. on the phone since I came in
A. has been talking
B. talks
C. talked
D. talking
106. They ….. at two o’clock tomorrow.
A. arrived B. have arrived
C. are arriving
D. have been arriving

107. When I arrived at my aunt’s, she ….. her kitchen floor.
A. was sweeping
B. sweep C. had sweeping D. sweeps
108. Joseph told me he ….. his project.
A. already finished
B. finishing
C. had already finished
D. had been already finishing
109. She ….. to Canada on Sartuday.
A. flying
B. has flying
C. is flying
D. has been flying
110. The robbers ….. the money when the police ….. .
A. count / arrive
B. counting / arriving
C. were counting / arrived
D. counted / were arriving
111. I eat lunch ….. school every day.
A. once
B. one
C. twice
D. at
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112. The trian goes ….. many tunnels.
A. though
B. at
C. through D. yet

113. She ….. yawns in English class.
A. sometimes B. already
C. sometime
D. though
114. My wife ….. work at the GoodAll Company.
A. was
B. used to
C. was accustomed to
D. interseted in
115. I have worked for my ….. for two years.
A. employee
B. apply
C. employer
D. work
116. I hurt my leg ….. the soccer match.
A. by
B. over
C. been
D. during
117. It’s raining. Could you ….. me your umbrella?
A. borrow
B. until
C. lend
D. remind
118. I ….. to the doctor because I was sick.
A. come
B. walk
C. was
D. went
119. It took a lot of ….. to find the Titanic.

A. afford
B. effort
C. strong
D. fewer
120. Could you ….. me my red sweater, please?
A. take
B. advise
C. borrow
D. bring
121. What did she ….. you to do?
A. say
B. speak
C. tell
D. advice
122. We will get there ….. a few minutes.
A. at
B. in
C. by
D. on
123. I spoke ….. my teacher after the exam.
A. on
B. by
C. with
D. at
124. The trip to India was a lot of ….. .
A. funny
B. fun
C. already
D. yet
125. I don’t have ….. money left.

A. many
B. much
C. a feww
D. some
126. Soccer is the sport ….. I like the most.
A. who
B. that
C.whom
D. whose
127. The hotel ….. we stayed was built 100 years ago.
A. when
B. which
C. that
D. where
128. The man ….. Linda spoke was her English teacher.
A. who
B. whose
C. to whom
D. that
129. Jane is the girl ….. mother wrote a famous novel.
A. whose
B. who
C. that
D. which
130. This is the course ….. we learned the history of England.
A. that
B. which
C. where
D. whose
131. The greatest writer ….. I have ever met Nei Smith.

A. whose
B. that
C. which
D. where
st
132. December 31 is the date ….. we met every year.
A. in which
B. by which
C. on which
D. where
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133. The woman began to ….. because her son came home late.
A. trouble
B. care
C. sorry
D. worry
134. ….. you attend the meeting last night?
A. Do
B. Did
C. Are
D. Have
135. After lunch he went to his room to ….. .
A. lie down
B. lie along
C. lie over
D. lie out
136. ….. you visit your parents? – Twice a month
A. How long

B. How far
C. How much
D. How often
137. When students are sixteen, they can ….. school if they wish.
A. escape
B. go out of
C. leave
D. put away.
138. She has her own friends, she does not want ….. .
A. our
B. ours
C. our’s
D. we
139. In England, it’s ….. cold in December.
A. a
B. enough
C. very
D. some
140. I wonder ….. I shall catch the last bus.
A. what
B. which
C. weather
D. whether
141. I live ….. 42 Saton Street.
A. on
B. in
C. at
D. by
142. Thursday is the ….. day of the week.
A. five

B. fivth
C. fiveth
D. fifth
143. The film on TV last night ….. me a lot.
A. was interesting B. was interested C. interested
D. is interested
144. It was nice ….. you to help us.
A. about
B. of
C. to
D. at
145. His telephone doesn’t work and ….. doesn’t either.
A. my
B. I
C. me
D. mine
146. Everyone has to stand up ….. there is no chair in the room.
A. and
B. because
C. but
D. so
147. There’s a good film ….. the town.
A. on in
B. in in
C. in on
D. on of
148. He ….. his children to the best school of the town.
A. sells
B. sends
C. brings

D. carries
149. ….. quiet! The baby is sleeping.
A. Is
B. Do
C. Have
D. Be
150. Mr Brown ….. far from his office.
A. listens
B. likes
C. lies
D. lives
II. Choose the best answer to complete the following passage.
Chọn và khoanh tròn câu trả lời đúng nhất (A, B, C hay D)
1/ London has a (1)…..of about 6,770,000. It lies on the River Thames, where the
Romans landed nearly 2000 years ago. From about 1800 (2)…… World War Two,
London was the biggest (3)…..in the world, but now there’re many cities which are
much (4)…… London is famous for many things (5)…..come from all over the
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world to visit its historic buildings, such as st Paul’s Cathedral, which has a huge
dome, and the Houses of Parliament, where you can see and hear the
(6)……..clock, Big Ben. They also come to visit its theatres, its museums and its
many shops, such as Harrords, where you can buy (7)…..anything. Like many big
cities, London has (8)…..with traffic and pollution. Over 1,000,000 people a day
use the London. Underground, but there are still too many cars on the (9)…… The
air isn’t (10)……., but it’s cleaner than it was 100 years ago. Until the Clean Air
Act in 1956, London was famous for its or “smog”, which is a mixture of smoke
and fog.
1. A. population

B. people
C. persons
D. members
2. A. and
B. until
C. but
D. so
3. A. region
B. distric
C. city
D. capital
4. A. smaller
B. wider
C. larger
D. bigger
5. A. Tourists
B. Guests
C. People
D. Members
6. A. big
B. famous
C. large
D. beautiful
7. A. something
B. everything
C. anything
D. nothing
8. A. affairs
B. wrong
C. matter

D. problems
9. A. streets
B. ways
C. paths
D. roads
10. A. fresh
B. clean
C. dirty
D. tidy
2/ When you are driving abroad you should make sure that you have all your
documents with you. These (1)…..your passport, your driving licence and
insurance papers. It (2)…… be very inconvenient if you (3)…..any of these or if
you can’t find (4)……quickly. You must also make sure that your car has a
nationality plate which shows the country where the car is registered, for 45)…..,
GB for Great Britain, F for France, N for Norway and so on.
In some (6)……..you have to pay if you don’t (7)…..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 talking no notice of traffic
lights, speed (8)…..or if you allow children (9)…… the age of twelve to
(10)…….in the front seat of a vehicle.
1. A. include
B. make
C. mean
D. contain
2. A. should
B. can
C. is
D. has
3. A. miss
B. hide

C. lose
D. pass
4. A.that
B. those
C. their
D. them
5. A.example
B. general
C. fact
D. once
6. A.ways
B. countries
C. position
D. routes
7. A.do
B. allow
C. obey
D. continue
8. A.sports
B. marks
C. number
D. limits
9. under
B. lower
C. over
D. behind
10. A. follow
B. travel
C. pass
D. wait

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3/ China said today that there was heavy lost of life in the earthquake which struck
Tangshan city yesterday. Survivors said that Tangshan, an industrial city of one
million people 160 kilometres east of Peking, was completely (1)….. .
Observers living in Beijing said it appeared that only a small part of the one
million inhabitants escaped (2)…… or injury.
Many of the men of Tangshan were looking in the (3)….. deep under the
earth’s surface when the (4)……occurred.Unfortunately, few of these miners have
(5)……
A lot of people were also working in the city’s (6)………. Regrettably, most
were (7)……under falling concrete when the building (8)…….. .
The Chinese authorities haven’t yet given any information about the actual
(9)…… of casualties, but it’s thought that tens of thousands of people have been
killed. Hardly a (10)…….has been left standing.
1. A. destroyed
B. killed
C. collapsed
D. broken
2. A. destruction
B. death
C. disaster
D. accident
3. A. roads
B. ways
C. mines
D. fields
4. A. collapse

B. loss
C. fall
D. disaster
5. A. survived
B. existed
C. rescued
D. saved
6. A. government
B. offices
C. spaces
D. lands
7. A. kept
B. ruined
C. trapped
D. fallen
8. A. sank
B. slid
C. went off
D. collapsed
9. A. number
B. fact
C. situation
D. calculation
10. A. land
B. building
C. region
D. district
4/ British humour is often difficult to (1)….. . A lot of humour depends on the use
of (2)…… . which sound the (3)….. but have different meanings. For example,
when someone said he was on a seafood diet, everyone thought that the person

(4)…… fish. When he was asked what (5)…… of seafood he ate, however, the
(6)…… replied, “It’s very simple indeed. When I (7)……... food, I eat it. That’s a
seafood (8)……… .
People often begin to (9)…… jokes by saying. Have you (10)…….the one
about…?”.
1. A. understand
B. show
C. divide
D. design
2. A. letters
B. words
C. alphabets
D. scripts
3. A. similar
B. like
C. same
D. unchanged
4. A. hated
B. disliked
C. feared
D. ate
5. A. type
B. part
C. menu
D. bill
6. A. diet
B. man
C. hero
D. like
7. A. buy

B. purchase
C. see
D. order
8. A. order
B. bill
C. list
D. diet
9. A. tell
B. speak
C. deliver
D. say
10. A. got
B. heard
C. listened
D. described

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5/ If you see a fire, you should ring the school bell for one minute. When they hear
the bell, pupils should quickly leave their classrooms.The monitor should take the
register (1)….. .him on leaving the classroom. The (2)…… . should line up outside
the classroom (3)…..everyone has left the room. Then (4)……class should walk
quickly along the (5)……to the main entrance. When they (6)……the main
entrance, the pupils should (7)……...quietly in the playground.While they are
waiting there, one of the pupils(8)………look for the class teacher in
(9)……playground. On finding him, he should (10)….. him the class register.
1.
A.with
B.along

C.by
D.for
2.
A.crowd
B.class
C.group
D.people
3.
A.before
B.while
C.as soon as
D.so long as
4.
A.their
B.whole
C.all
D.the
5.
A.corridor
B.road
C.rout
D.aisle
6.
A.get
B.reach
C.occupy
D.arrive
7.
A.live
B.walk

C.stand
D.hide
8.
A.need
B.is obliged to
C.might
D.should
9.
A.the
B.all
C.this
D.that
10. A.carry
B.hand
C.pass
D.present
6/ Everybody loves oranges. They are sweet and (1)….. .They are in (2)……so it’s
easy to eat them. Some oranges don’t have any (3)…..Some have a think
(4)……and some have a thin skin.
The orange tree is beautiful. It has a lot of shiny green leaves. The small
white flowers smells very(45)……An orange tree has flowers and fruit at the same
time.
There were orange trees twenty million years ago. The oranges were very
small, not like the ones today. The orange tree probably came from China. Many
different kinds of wild oranges(6)……there today. Chinese started to raise orange
trees around 2400B.C . Chinese art has lovely old pictures of oranges and orange
trees.
Farmers (7)……...other parts of Asia and the Middle East learned to (8)……
oranges from the Chinese. Then they taught Europeans. The Spainish
(9)……orange trees in the New World (North and South America). They took

them to Florida first. Oranges are a very important (10)…..in Florida today.
“ Orange” is both a fruit and a color. The color of oranges is so beautiful that
in English we use the name of the fruit for the color.
1. A.juicy
B.watery
C.wet
D.slippery
2. A.parts
B.sections
C.bits
D.slices
3. A.drops
B.grains
C.seeds
D.bits
4. A.cover
B.outside
C.coast
D.skin
5. A.sweet
B.exciting
C.interesting
Dsplendid.
6. A.produce
B.grow
C.rise
D.breed
7. A.by
B.through
C.in

D.from
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8. A.bring up
9. A.planted
50. A.seed

B.grow
B.placed
B.crop

C.stand
C.set
C.produce

D.raise
D.laid
D.product

7/ All (1)….. .the world people listen to classical music. Classical music is difficult
to (2)…… Itmeans differentthing to different people.
Some (3)…..classical composers were Bach, Vivaldi, Haydn, and Mozart.
In their music, they didn’t tell a story or (4)……strong emotion. They wanted to
make a beautiful, interesting design. They wanted to write lovely sounds.
Then composers started to interpret ideas. They told stories about wars,
armies, and sodiers. They wrote about religion. Sometimes they (5)……music for
holidays. Theytold love stories and showed strong emotion. Some of these
composers were Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Wagner, and
Tchaikovsky.Classical music

(6)……with people a long time.Bath wrote about 300 years ago, Beethoven wrote
about 200 uears ago, and Tchaikovsky wrote over 100 years ago.
Sometimes people close their eyes to listen to classical music. When they
close their eyes, they can (7)……...the design. They can listen to the same classical
music many times and (8)…… it. Sometimes it’s difficult to understand. The
listener has to (9)……about it. (10)…..we can all learn to enjoy some classical
music. It’s very important to people.
1. A.over
B.through
C.out
D.across
2. A.tell
B.describe
C.speak
D.present
3. A.large
B.known
C.famous
D.worth
4. A.feel
B.rise
C.sense
D.show
5. A.composed
B.set
C.comined
D.invented.
6. A.accommodates
B.stays
C.spends

D.experiences
7. A.feel
B.hear
C.see
D.touch
8. A.like
B.praise
C.taste
D.enjoy
9. A.think
B.guess
C.describe
D.speak
10. A.Therefore
B.However
C.Next
D.Certainly
8/ People all over the world eat rice. Millions of people in Africa, and South
America eat it every day of their(1)….. .Some people eat almost nothing but rice
Rice is a kind of grass.There are more than seven thousand (7,000)kinds of
rice. Most kinds are water (2)……Farmers (3)…..rice in many countries, even in
the southern part of the United States and in eastern Australia.
Nobody really knows (4)……rice came from. Some scientists think it started
to grow in two places. They think that one kind of rice (5)……in southern Asia
thousands of years ago. Someone in China wrote about it almost five thousand
(5,000) years ago.
(6)……kind probably grew in West Africa. Other scientists think rice came from
India, and Indian(7)……...took it to other parts of the world.
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There are two main ways to grow rice. Upland rice grows in dry soil. Most
rice grows in wet soil. People in may countries do all of the work by (8)…… . This
is the same way farmers worked hundreds of years ago. Some countries now use
machines on their rice farms. The farmers all use (9)……. Some (10)…..are
enemies ofrice. Farmers poison them.
1. A.lives
2. A.trees
3. A.rise
4. A.what
5. A.grew
6. A.Other
7. A.customers
8. A.body
9. A.fertilizer
10. A.animals

B.meals
B.plants
B.raise
B.which
B.rose
B.Another
B.passengers
B.force
B.drug
B.insects

C.work
C.vegetable

C.grow
C.whom
C.raised
C.Different
C.travelers
C.power
C.vitamins
C.plants

D.diet
D.leaves
D.bring up
D.where
D.showed
D.That
D.pedestrians
D.hard
D.medicine
D.diseases

III. Choose the best answer (A), (B), (C) or (D), to each question
1/ Tommy Harrison is exactly 100 years old. He’s a retired engineer. His wife,
Maude, died 14 years ago. They had no children and now he lives alone in his flat
in Bristol. Tommy has smoked all his life. First he smoked cigarettes, about 10 a
day, but 40 years ago he chnged to a pipe. He has only been ill once in his life, and
that was just before the First World War, when he has rheumatic fever. The only
time he visits his doctor is to get a certificate to say that he can still drive his car.
Everyday he has a full English breakfast _ bacon, eggs, toast and marmalade. He
has only been abroad once, to France during the war. He says:” I still go dancing
and swimming but I don’t want to live for ever, perhaps 12 more months. My

father lived until he was 99.”
1. How many children did he have?
A.any childre
B.no child
C.no children
D.a child
2. He has been ill once …………. .
A.in the First World War.

C.before the First World War.

B. since the First World War.
D.after the First World War.
3. First, he smoked ………… .
A.a pipe
B.a ciga
C.cigarettes
D.pipe
4. He eats bacon,eggs, toast and marmalade for ……… .
A.meal
B.breakfast
C.lunch
D.dinner
5. He has been to ……… .
A.Australia
B.America
C.Spain
D.France
2/
THE QUEEN'S DAY

When the Queen gets up in the morning, seven people look after her. One starts her
bath, one prepares her clothes, and one feed the Royal dogs. She has eight or nine
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dogs, and they sleep in their own bedroom near the Queen's bedroom. Two people
bring her breakfast. She has coffee from Harrods, toast, and eggs. Every day for
fifteen minutes, a piper plays Scottish music outside her room and the Queen reads
The Times. Every Tuesday evening, she meets the Prime Minister. They talk about
world news and have a drink, perhaps a gin and tonic or a whisky.
1. How many dogs does the Queen have?
A. 8 or 9
B. 8
C. 9 or 10
D. 7
2. Where do the dogs sleep?
A. in the Queen's bedroom
B. in their own bedroom
C. near the Queen
D. in the kitchen
3. How long does a piper play Scottish music outside her room every day?
A. 13 minutes
B. 15 minutes
C. 20 minutes
D. 50 minutes
4. Who does she meet every Tuesday evening?
A. kings
B. the president
C. politicians
D. the Prime Minister

5. How many people care her after the Queen gets up?
A. one
B. three
C. seven
D. nine
3/ We have long, cold winters and short, hot summers. In summer I go sailing and I
play baseball, but in winter I play ice hockey and go ice-skating. We have a
holiday home near a lake, so I go fishing a lot, too. My favourite season is
Autumn, or fall, as we say in North America. I love the colours of the trees – red,
gold, orange, yellow, and brown.
1. Which statement is true about Canada?
A. Winters are cold and short.
B. Summers are hot and long
C. Summers aren't very hot.
D.Winters are long and cold
2. What does the writer do in summer?
A. He goes sailing.
B. He goes sailing and plays ice hockey.
C. He goes sailing and plays baseball. D.He goes ice- skating.
3. Why does he go fishing a lot?
A. Because he usually has a holiday.
B. Because he loves the colours of the trees.
C. Because he has a holiday home by a lake.
D. Because he likes Autumn.
4. His favourite season is
A. Spring
B. Summer
C. Fall
D. Winter
5. Which sports does the writer play in winter?

A. ice hockey

B. ice-skating

C. ice hockey and go ice-skating

D. play baseball

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4/ Ann McGregor lives in London. She is thirty-four and works for the BBC. She
interviews people on an early morning news programme called The World Today.
Every weekday she gets up at 3.00 in the morning because the programme starts at
6.30. She loves her work because it is exciting and she meets a lot of very
interesting people, but she loves her weekends, too.
1. Where does Ann live?
A. France
B. England
2. The world Today is

C. Italy

A. a newspaper

D. Japan

B. magazine

C. an early morning news programme D. book

3. When does she get up every day?
A. at three
B. at half past six

C. at six

D. at ten past three

4. Which statement is true about Ann?
A. She doesn't like her job.
B. Her job is boring.
C. She hates her weekends.
D. She loves her job because she meets many interesting people./
5. What time does she start to work?
A. at three
B. at half past six C. at six
D. at ten past three
5/

More tea please

All the tea in the world originally came from China. When drinking Chinese tea
with a meal, it’s usual to refill other people’s cups before your own. Each time
someone pours some tea for you, it’s polite to thank the person pouring it. It’s very
rude not to drink some tea each time it is served.
When requesting your teapot to be refilled in a Chinese restaurant, you should
remove the lid and place it on the edge of the teapot . The waiter will then see it
and get you some fresh tea.
There is an interesting story of this custom came cbout. A scholar brought
his favorite pet bird with him to a teahouse one winter’s day . After finishing his

pot of tea, he put the bird in the covered teapot to keep it warm. A waiter didn’t
realize that a bird was inside the pot, and refilled the pot with hot tea. Sadly, the
poor bird died. From then on, it was said, you had to move the lid when you
wanted more tea. This was a sure sign that the pot was really empty.
1. When someone pours you some tea, you should ……
A. not tea drink any before anyone else.

C. only drink it after everyone

else.
B. thank them politely.

D. serve them some tea as well

2. How do you request more tea in a Chinese restaurant?
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A. Call a waiter and ask for some more tea.
B. Give the waiter your teapot.
C. Take the lid off the teapot.
D. Ask the waiter for some hot water.
3. Why did the scholar put the bird in the teapot?
A. Because the bird was thirsty.
B. Because he wanted to kill the bird.
C. To keep the bird warm
D. Because the tea was cold.
4. After the scholar put the bird in the teapot, he ……………
A. order some more tea.

C. refilled the pot with hot water.

B. put the lid back on the teapot D. put the lid on the edge of the teapot
5. Why did a bird die?
A. Because it was thirsty.
B. Because a scholar killed it.
C. Because a waiter did not see it was inside the pot, and refilled the pot
with hot tea.
D. Because a scholar refilled the pot with hot tea.
6/

A postcard from Hong Kong

Dear Hong,
I’m having a wonderful time in Hong Kong. The weather is very warm and sunny.
Infact, the climate is very similar to that in Vietnam. I’m wtiting this postcard in
my hotel room. It’s a very large room with a nice bathroom.
Lan, my wife, is watching television while I’m writing to you. She’s practising her
English by watching the English-language station! Our son, Hoa, is sleeping in one
of the beds. He’s very tired! His feet are aching from all the walking we have done.
I can see the sea from my room because the window is facing Victoria harbour.
There are lots of ships and boats on the water. It’s a very busy harbour, and very
beautiful.
See you soon
Thang
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1.Who is writing the postcard?
A.Hong’s daughter

C.Thang’s son

B.Lan’s husband

D. Hoa’s wife

2. He is writing the postcard
A. in Vietnam

B. in a hotel room

C. on a boat

D. on the sea

3. What’s Thang’s wife doing at the moment?
A. She’s walking around Hong Kong.

C. She’s writing a postcard

B. She’s sleeping

D. She’s watching T.V

4. Lan is watching T.V because ……………….
A. she’s very tired.

C. she can’t speak English

B. her feet are hurting.

D. she wants to practise her English.

5. What can Thang see from his window?
A. Vietnam

C. Victoria Harbour

B. Hong Kong

D. A television station.

IV. Make complete sentences based on the prompts.
1. She/ often/ practise / English / evening.
2. They/ not speak / English / perfectly / up to now.
3. Ms White / I / not work / here / September / last year.
4. not make / noise/ my grandfather / sleep/ room.
5. After / lunch / Mr Nam / usually / local / news.
6. not get on / bus / while/ run.
7. it / be / twenty-first/ now? / Yes.
8. Which languages / you / speak? / We / English / French.
9. He/ try / learn / English / for years / not succeed.
10. New Year’s Day / week / Christmas Day.
11. Mai / old brother/ be/ inteligent.
12. you / or Minh/ be / best student / this class.
13. you / think / physics / difficult than / chemistry?
14. study / languages / be / very interesting.
15. Since when / be/ stamp collector? / He/ since / student.
16. your children / mind / homework/ night?

17. give / me / name / address!
18. Truc / not / hard / English test / however / get / good marks.
19. Hung / say/ life / not depend / parents / in two years.
20. We / not have / a holiday / nine years/ too busy.
21. They / learn / English / before / go / abroad.
22. If / I / speak / English/ better / I / find / good / job.
23. Last summer / they / not / holiday / not / have / much / money.
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35.
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She / think / it / not / difficult / pass / exam.
This morning / when / I / leave house / everyone / sleep / well.

It / kind / you / help / me.
He / intelligent / enough / answer / all / questions.
It / necessary / help / poor children.
should / stay / bed / if / you / feel / tired.
It / advisable / not / go/ / such places.
He / old enough / do / this work.
We / ought / respect / grand parents / parents.
do/ exercise / every day / good / health.
Most / students / would like / study / English.
Most / students / like / study / English.
It / be / more / practise / you / need.
Good books / be / worth / read.
If / you / tired / go / bed / early.
There / be / much / I desire / life.
Cambridge / old / university / know / all / over / world.

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