TEST 2 A. PRONUNCIATION Choose the word in each group that has the underlined, italic part pronounced differently from the rest. 1. A. ordered B. published C. impressed D. escaped 2. A. exchange B. brochure C. challenge D. charity 3. A. gemstone B. generous C. giant D. garbage 4. A. treatment B. teaching C. disease D. spread 5. A. deny B. terrify C.energy D. liquify B. VOCABULARY I. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. 1. I read an interesting . in the paper the other day. A. article B. information C. news D. reporting 2. “How did you feel before the exam?” -“Very .”. A. shy B. boring C. nervous D. fearsome 3. My father’s office is on the 10 th . of that tall building. A. flat B. block C. stage D. floor 4. Will you . me to post this letter tomorrow? A. remember B. mind C. remind D. suggest 5. Sir James Sheridan is the best on the English stage. A. artist B. audience C. viewer D. actor II. Fill in each blank with a suitable word to complete each of the following sentences. 1. UFO means unidentified flying . 2. Scientists can usually predict when a volcano will . 3. Tet holiday is the most important for Vietnamese people. 4. A/An . is a person who installs and repairs water pipes. 5. Air . is a serious problem in many large cities. III. Complete the sentences by filling in each blank with the correct form of the word in capitals 1. His performance in Hamlet was most . IMPRESS 2. She received a lot of . from her teachers and friends COURAGE 3. Using electricity is an . way of cooking. Gas is much cheaper. ECONOMY 4. He is quite an . person. He plays a lot of sports. ENERGY 5. Nga regularly writes for Hoa Hoc Tro magazine POET 6. My sister is of ants and bees TERROR 7. That rule is not . in this case. APPLY 8. We have to keep our costs as small as possible. We have many . COMPLETE trying to take our customers away. 9. The twins are so alike that it is difficult to . one from the other DISTINCT 10. Vietnam declared its . on September 2 nd , 1945. DEPEND C. GRAMMAR I. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets to complete the following conversations. A. John: I (1. cut) .my hand badly. Do you have a bandage? Ann : Yes, I do. I (2. get) you one. How it (3. happen) .? John: I (4. chop) some wood and the axe (5. slip) . B. Tom : Jack is a translator; he (6. translate) .1,000 words a day and (7. get) $100 a week, which he (8. say) . isn’t enough to live on. Bill : Well, if he (9. want) . more money, he (10. have) to do more work. Advise him to translate 2,000 words a day. II. Each line of the following passage contains one mistake. Correct the mistake and write your answers in the space provided. It has been saying that the British and Americans are “two peoples separated by a common language”. However, the differences among British and Americal English are comparatively small. Despite some British irate people occasinal complain about the latest American TV series of that they are unable to understand a word, it is clear that little people have serious problems. In fact, it is television, films, and pop music that have helped to bring him closer together, and that minor difficulties which might occur in comprehension are probably many fewer than 40 or 50 years ago. Normally four or five American programs are finding in an evening on British television, and 6 or 7 of the American 20 better records are by British artist. 0/ said 1/ . 2/ . 3/ . 4/ . 5/ . 6/ . 7/ . 8/ . 9/ . 10/ . III. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. 1. He’ll never pass his driving test . he takes more lessons. A. unless B. if C. because D. when 2. Opposite our house is a nice park there are many trees and flowers. A. which B. where C. that D. who 3. The teacher encouraged good composition. A. us write B. us to write C. us writing D. us to writing 4. She had to do the shopping for her neighbor, . she? A. didn’t B. hadn’t C. wasn’t D. haven’t 5. I bread and eggs every morning. A. use to eat B. am used to eat C. used to eating D. am used to eating 6. She telephoned while I . a picture. A. was drawing B. drew C. have drawn D. am drawing 7. Are you . student in your class? A. good B. a best C. the best D. better 8. I am not ready and A. she isn’t too B. neither is she C. so is she D. she is too 9. I asked him whether leaving for the capital that night. A. is he B. he is C. was he D. he was 10. What . if you .$10 now? A. will you buy – have B. do you buy – will have C. did you buy – would have D. would you buy – had D. READING I. Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each question Mai and Lan were on a sightseeing tour about London at weekend. In the afternoon they started from Piccadilly Circus, the busies crossroad in London. They went up Regent Street, one of the best shopping streets, as far as Oxford Circus. There they turned left onto Oxford Street. A little farther on the left was a small quite street called Bond Street with the most fashionable shops in London. Keeping on along Oxford Street, they saw Marble Arch, which is over one hundred years old and was first used as a gate into Hyde Park. After visiting many more places, they came to Trafalgar Square with its tall column and Nelson’s statue on top: The lions represent the British people. 1. Where did the tour start from? A. Oxford Street B. Regent Street C. Piccadilly Circus D. Oxford Circus 2. Piccadilly Circus is a . A. street B. crossroad C. park D. circus 3. Regent Street is one of the . A. most beautiful parks B. gates in the Hyde Park C. most fashionable shops D. best shopping streets 4. They found the most fashionable shops in . A. Marble Arch B. Piccadilly Circus C. Bond Street D. Oxford Street 5. Who do the lions represent? A. The British people B. Trafalgar Square C. Bond Street D. Marble Arch II. Choose the correct word for each space from the list in the box. Do not use the same word more than once. A.abandoned B.astronauts C.damaged D.destroyed E. launched F.orbit G.objects H.polluted I.situation J.spacecraft On 4 October 1957 the first satellite, Sputnik, was (1) .Since then, thousands of (2) .have been sent into space. Every few weeks new satellites are put into (3) . . Unfortunately, space is being (4) by debris from these space flights. More than 70,000 (5) .have been left in space. Parts of rockets have been left. Old satellites have been (6) . . Other items, including a glove, a spanner and a camera, have been lost by (7) . . The situation up there is becoming dangerous. Both Russian and American spacecraft have been (8) . . An astronaut would be killed if he or she was hit by a piece of rubbish. It would cost billions of dollars to collect all the debris, but if nothing is done the (9) will only get worse. Sooner or later a satellite will be (10) .by a large piece of rubbish and thousand more pieces of debris will be scattered. III. Read the following passage. Write T (true) or F (false) for each of the sentences below, according to the information given. If the information is not given, write N. Number (0) is given as an example. A combination of sewage, salt, air pollution, sun, sand and wind may destroy the huge statue on the outskirts of Cairo. This statue of the sun god has the body of a lion and the face of a human being. It is five thousand years old, but it is too badly damaged to be completely saved. The statue has already been dug out of the sand three times. However, the latest problems are much more serious. First, there are no proper drains and water pipes in the neighborhood and the underground passages round the statue have become blocked. Too much water has been running into the stone statue for several years. As a result, tiny pieces of salt have been left on the stone and have damaged it. Secondly, air pollution from the increasing amount of traffic in Cairo is also destroying the ancient statue. The air is so full of poisonous gases that it is making the stone crumble and decay even faster. Thirdly, the statue is being damaged by extremes of temperature. For example, although the air is very cold at night, during the day the stone of the statue becomes very hot under the strong sun. Other natural forces such as severe sandstorms also attack the statue. Finally, the tourists who visit the statue every day also cause a lot of damage. N .0. The statue of the sun god was built for religious reasons. 1. The statue is in the center of Cairo. 2. Parts of the statue looks like a lion and part like a person. 3. The statue was built 5,000 years ago. 4. People have covered the statue with sand on three occasions in the past in order to save it. 5. The underground passages round the statue are full of waste and water. 6. Small pieces of salt have been put on the stone of the statue to prevent further damage. 7. Cars, buses and lorries have polluted the air near the statue. 8. High temperatures damage stone far mor than low temperature. 9. People have used the statue to hide from their attackers in the past 10. Fortunately, little damage is caused by visitors to the statue. E. WRITING I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence. 1. “Let’s check everything once more,” said the leader. The leader suggested 2. You’re the worst guitarist in the world. No one 3. He didn’t remember anything about it, and neither did you. He forgot 4. I wish I could speak English fluently. It is a . 5. My uncle spent five hours repairing his house. It took . 6. We couldn’t drive fast because of the fog. The fog . 7. He asked Jane how she thought of his new shoes. “How . 8. He can’t get the job because he isn’t good at English. If he . 9. The bicycle was so expensive that I didn’t buy it. The bicycle was too 10. In spite of his age, he often plays badminton. Although II. Complete each sentence of the following letter. Dear Mai, 1. Thank / letter. . 2. I / sorry / I / not / able / write / two weeks. . 3. I / have / do / lot / homework. . 4. My exam / be / four weeks. . 5. I / not / speak / English / good. . 6. I/ glad / you / come / Hanoi. . 7. You / able / come / soon? . 8. I / want / show / you / everything. . 9. Please / write / me / soon. . 10. I / look forward / see / you. . Lots of love, Trang -THE END- . TEST 2 A. PRONUNCIATION Choose the word in each group that has the underlined,. DISTINCT 10. Vietnam declared its . on September 2 nd , 194 5. DEPEND C. GRAMMAR I. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets