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Đề kiểm tra 1 tiết chuyên Anh Trần Đại Nghĩa
1. I took a course in shorthand and typing with a(n)............. to applying for a
secretarial job.
a. intention
b. project
c. view
d. purpose
2. I can't imagine why he's been missing classes and getting poor marks. He's
normally so........
a. conscientious
b. attentive
c. laborious
d. observant
3. She had ........ another rejection letter today. That makes thirty so far!
a. still
b. but
c. again
d. yet
4. Our plans to start our own business seem ......... to failure!
a. doomed
b. fated
c. compelled
d. designed
5. Why don't you have a night out? It would take your....... off your worries.
a. thoughts
b. heart
c. head
d. mind
6. He's an exceptionally...... violinist and has won several prizes in international
competitions.
a. gifted

b. artful
c. ingenious
d. competent
7. New consumer protection legislation comes into ......... next April
a. law
b. force
c. statue
d. act
8. Every Christmas of my childhood was the same. My father .......... late for lunch,
weighed down with presents for the family.
a. would arrive
b. had arrived
c. was arriving
d. was used to arriving
9. It ..... me as strange that my front door was open when I got home.
a. seemed
b. occurred
c. appeared
d. struck
10. ........... the difficulty of the task, I shall be lucky to complete it by May.
a. Regarding
b. Given
c. Presuming
d. Accepted
11. ............. was lowered to the sea bed in a glass container to make observations
is debated.
a. Alexander the Great who
b. Whether or not Alexander the Great
c. Alexander the Great
d. What Alexander the Great

12. ......... no computer expert, he tried to fix the machine.
a. In spite of
b. Despite
c. On account of
d. Though
13. Camels store water ........ of fat in their humps.
a. with the form
b. in the form
c. by the form
d. form
14. She had .......... mind which kept her alert and well-informed even in old ages.
a. an examining
b. a demanding
c. an enquiring
d. a querying
15. The school authorities ........... the child's unruly behaviour on his parents' lack of
discipline.
a. attribute
b. accuse
c. blame
d. ascribe
16. The job requires a(n) ......... for hard work in difficult conditions.
a. ability
b. skill
c. faulty
d. capacity
17. The book took me the ........ part of a year to write
a. most
b. greatest
c. best

d. largest
18. ....... the regular written work, you will be required to submit a long essay.
a. Apart from
b. Beside
c. In addition
d. Beyond
19. A special commitee was set up to ....... on the problem of football hooliganism.
a. investigate
b. inform
c. research
d. report
20. The restaurant is popular with film stars and the .......
a. like
b. same
c. similar
d. such
21. I've been working ......... quite a lot of pressure lately.
a. in
b. with
c. on
d. under
22. She's decided to ......... her Germany by attending an evening course.
a. brush up on
b. patch up
c. polish off
d. dust off
23. There is no point in telephoning him. He's certain ............. by now.
a. to leave
b. to have left
c. left

d. having left
24. If you don't stop smoking, you ........... this risk of developing chronic bronchitis.
a. bear
b. suffer
c. make
d. run
25. What the company needs is a .......... actor who can take on a variety of roles.
a. variable
b. changeable
c. versatile
d. diverse
26. If you ......... too much of your energy on the climb, you'll have none left for the
descent.
a. spend
b. lose
c. expend
d. invest
27. A good friend is one who will .......... you when you are in trouble.
a. stand for
b. stand up to
c. stand by
d. stand over
28. I think you 'll find that the inconvenience of the diet is ............. by the benefits
a. outranked
b. overthrown
c. overbalanced
d. outweighed
29. We might just as well have stayed at home.......... the enjoyment we had.
a. on account of
b. as far as

c. for all
d. concerning
30. There is no ......... for hard work and perseverance if you want to succeed.
a. alternative
b. substitute
c. equivalent
d. imitation
31. You'll feel better after you have taken a ............ of cough medicine.
a. ration
b. helping
c. dose
d. portion
32. His football career ......... to an abrupt halt after he was injured.
a. went
b. came
c. brought
d. dropped
33. He was ....... of forgery and sentenced to two years in prison
a. charged
b. convicted
c. accused
d. confirmed
34. The problem of finding a baby-sitter ............ itself when my mother came to live
with us.
a. arranged
b. composed
c. sorted
d. resolved
35. His jokes seemed to ......... very well with his audience, if their laughter was any
indication.

a. go off
b. go down
c. go along
d. go by
36. He was .......... a mile of the hotel when he ran out of petrol.
a. within
b. inside
c. only
d. hardly
37. Picked out the word whose bold part is pronounced differently from those of the
others.
a. apartheid
b. Thailand
c. cathedral
d. Switzerland
38. The government has spent $1 million on an advertising ........... to encourage
energy.
a. campaign
b. promotion
c. operation
d. enterprise
39. Whe the children ............. their toys, I donated them to a charity
a. outdated
b. outgrew
c. outlasted
d. outwore
40. I'm rather ........... for time at the moment. Couldn't we talk about it tomorrow?
a. stretched
b. pinched
c. pressed

d. strained
41. Please don't play your music so loudly?
a. Would you mind not to play your music so louldly?
b. Would you mind playing your music so loudly?
c. Would you please not playing your music so loudly?
d. Would you please not play your music so loudly?
42. " I'll pay back the money, Nam", said Lan.
a. Lan apologised to Nam for borrowing his money.
b. Lan offered to pay Nam the money back.
c. Lan promised to pay back Nam's money.
d. Lan suggested paying back the money to Nam.
43. I met the artist .............. works have been admired all over the world.
a. who
b. whose
c. which
d. whom
44. By the time he got to the airport, he realized that he .......... his passport in the
hotel room.
a. had left
b. left
c. was leaving
d. has left
45. ............. we face up to these problems, many species of animals will become
extinct.
a. If
b. Otherwise
c. Without
d. Unless
46. He used to .......... the conference of the Pan-African Freedom Movement of East
and Central Africa.

a. address
b. address to
c. addressed to
d. speak
47. The young girl became a .......... after the battle.
a. hero
b. heroine
c. famous
d. well-known
48. He was sentenced ............ life inprisonment.
a. to
b. for
c. in
d. on
49. If we don't ............... him, he will die.
a. operate
b. operate on
c. perform
d. do surgery
50. He was awarded ............... the Nobel Peace Prize with F.W. de Klerk.
a. with
b. for