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TERM TEST (2008-2009)
Time allowance : 60 minutes
Read the passage and fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or
phrase
Man can not increasing numbers at the present rate. In the next 30 years, man will
face a period of crisis. (1)___ expects believe that there will be a widespread food (2)___ .
Other expects think this is too pessimistic, and that man can prevent things from getting
worse than they are now. But (3)___ that two-thirds of the people in the world are
undernourished or starving now.
One thing that man can do is to limit (4)___ of babies born. The need (5)___ this
is obvious, but it is not easy to achieve. People have to be persuaded to limit their families.
In the country of the population (6)___ many people like big families. The parents think
that this brings a bigger income for the family and ensures there will be someone in the
family who will look after them in old age.
Several governments have (7)___ birth control policies in recent years. (8)___
them are Japan, India, China, and Egypt. In some (9)___ the results have not been
succeeded. Japan has been an exception. The Japanese adopted a birth control policy in
1948. People (10)___ to limit their families. The birth rates fell from 34,3 per thousand to
about 17,0 per thousand per year at present.
1. A. Some B. More C. All D. Any
2. A. need B. absence C. shortage D. want
3. A. to remember B. rememberC. remembering D. remembered
4. A. an amount B. the amount C. a number D. the number
5. A. of B. in C. about D. for
6. A. extension B. explosion C. bursting D. raising
7. A. adjusted B. created C. presented D. adopted
8. A. Between B. Out of C. Of D. Among
9. A. events B. examples C. exceptions D. cases

10. A. encourage B. are encouraged C. were encouraged D. encouraged
11. Choose the best answer:
We don’t have the________ to update our computer software.
A. funds B. origins C. resources D. sources
12. Choose the correct sentence which has the same meaning as the given one
It is vital that this work is finished by Monday.
A. This work is so vital that it must be finished by Monday.
B. This work is vital to be finished by Monday.
C. This work must vitally be finished by Monday.
D. This work must be finished by Monday.
13. Choose the word that has stress pattern different
A. figure B. support C. double D. different
14. Choose the best answer:
There was no ----- in continuing , for the race was over.
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A. worth B. point C. profit. D. value
15. Choose the best answer : He is the only man ----- everyone loves .
A. who B. whom C. that D. for whom
16. Choose the best answer:
It’s an hour since he _______, so he should be at the office now.
A. left B. was leaving C. has left D. had left
17. Choose the best answer: I remember _____ you about this before .
A. told B. tell C. telling D. to tell
18. Choose the best answer:
It was impossible_______ his room. The door was locked.
A. to enter B. enters C. entered D. entering
19. Choose the correct sentence which has the same meaning as the given one
You ignored my advice, so you got into troubles

A. If you don’t ignore my advice, you don’t get into troubles
B. If you don’t ignore my advice, you won’t get into troubles
C. If you didn’t ignore my advice, you wouldn’t get into troubles.
D. If you hadn’t ignored my advice, you wouldn’t have got into troubles
20. Choose the best answer:
Something was wrong with the machine, _______?
A. were they B. wasn’t it C. was it D. weren’t they
21. Choose the best answer:
The teaching of history shouldn’t be _______to date and figures.
A. limited B. limitation C. limit D. limiting
22. Choose a word or phrase in this sentence that needs correcting:
If my husband (A) left the car key, I could have (B) picked him (C) up (D) at the
station.
23. Choose the best answer:
When a person has an infectious disease, he is._________ from other people.
A. confined B. separated C. isolated D. limited
24. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently:
A. mountain B. ground C. soup D. blouse
25. Choose the best answer:
The man looked familiar . I ____him somewhere before .
A. had seen B. have seen C. see D. saw
26. Choose the best answer:
Young people are often better _____ computers than old men .
A. at B. to C. on D. in
27. Choose the best answer:
When Martin ____the car , he took it out for a drive .
A. has repaired B. had repaired C. repaired D. was repairing
28. Choose a word or phrase in this sentence that needs correcting:
The large number (A) of (B) students (C) understand how to (D) do the job.
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29. Choose the best answer:
Taking part in the fight against illiteracy is considered as an honorable job to help
people in their home villages. “The fight” means “the _____.”
A. struggle B. competition C. contrast D. reaction
30. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently:
A. hospital B. probably C. population D. gold
31. Choose the best answer
The street is very noisy , ____makes sleeping difficult .
A. that B. which C. it D. what
32. Choose the best answer: ______you really need is a long holiday.
A. Who B. What C. That D. Which
33. Choose the correct sentence which has the same meaning as the given one
Why don t you complain to the company, Peter? said William.“ ’ ”
A. William suggested that Peter had better complain to the company.
B. William suggested that Peter complaining to the company.
C. William suggested that Peter should complain to the company.
D. William suggested Peter to complain to the company.
34. Choose a word or phrase in this sentence that needs correcting:
This car, (A) is the (B) most modern (C) one, belongs (D) to him.
35. Choose the best answer:
One third of the world’s ___________ consumes two thirds of the world resources.
A. people B. men C. population D. human
36. Choose the best answer:
He acts as if he_______ English perfectly.
A. knew B. knows C. has known D. know
37. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently:
A. biggest B. smallest C. longest D. best
38. Choose the word that has stress pattern different
A. research B. government C. available D. decrease

39. Choose the best answer:
If only motorists _________ drive more carefully!
A. might B. should C. would D. shall
40. Choose the best answer : The professor asked the students _________.
A. not only to write a report or give a speech
B. neither to write a report or give a speech
C. neither to write a report but give a speech
D. either to write a report or give a speech
41. Choose the best answer: Jack admitted _________ the money.
A. steal B. stolen C. stealing D. to steal
42. Choose the best answer: The teacher _____ me on making such a clear speech.
A. praised B. apologized C. congratulated D. thanked
43. Choose the best answer:
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A person who has been chosen to speak or vote for someone else on behalf of a
group.
A. competitor B. contestant C. examinee D. representative
44. Choose the best answer:
Since the early 1990s Viet Nam has experienced __________growth but the differences
between the lives of the rich and the poor have been greater.
A. educational B. economic C. financial D. population
45. Choose the best sentence that is rearranged from these words :
Competition/ in/ decided/ open/ hold/ the/ dancing/ we/ the/ to/ air
A. We decided to hold the open air in the dancing competition.
B. We in the open air decided to hold the dancing competition.
C. We decided to hold the dancing competition in the open air.
D. We decided to hold the competition in the open air dancing.
Read the passage below and choose the best answer for each :
The computer age is producing an army of robots- machines that are directed by

electronic brains and which replace human labour in industrial operations. Many are
artificial arms which reach into areas man enters only at his peril, such as the inside of a
nuclear reactor.
Already in 2000 there were 90,000 such robots working industrial plants throughout
the world. The big change over to robots, however, is likely to come only when their costs
go down while workers’ wages continue to rise.
46. Sentence 1 indicates that robots are used mainly .....
A. to direct electronic brains
B. to operate computers
C. to fight wars
D. to take the place of human workers
47. The shape of many robots already in use in somewhat similar to that of a
human.....
A. brain B. hand C. foot D. arm
48. Which of the following statements about the last sentence in the passage is
certainly true?
A. The cost of the average robot is higher than that of a human worker.
B. Robots are becoming more and more expensive
C. The cost of a human worker is higher than that of the average robot.
D. Robots are becoming cheaper all the time
49. An observer today is most likely to see robots in operation in......
A. military battles B. scientific laboratories
C. modern factories D. business offices
50. The passage makes clear that a very valuable use of many robots is to ......
A. aid doctors in medical operations
B. replace the human brain in producing computers
C. act as a teacher to human beings
D. do tasks extremely dangerous for humans to do.
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1 A. 2 C. 3 B. 4 D. 5 D. 6 C. 7 A. 8 D. 9 D. 10 C.
11 A. 12 D. 13 B. 14 B. 15 C. 16 A. 17 C. 18 A. 19 D. 20 B.
21 A. 22 A. 23 C. 24 C. 25 A. 26 A. 27 B. 28 C. 29 A. 30 D.
31 B. 32 B. 33 C. 34 A. 35 C. 36 A. 37 D. 38 B. 39 C. 40 D.
41 C. 42 C. 43 D. 44 B. 45 C. 46 D. 47 D. 48 A. 49 C. 50 D.
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