Đề thi tuyển sinh lớp 10 THPT chuyên Quang Trung - Môn thi: Tiếng anh (chuyên) - Test Number 22

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1. UBND TỈNH BÌNH PHƯỚC KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH LỚP 10 THPT CHUYÊN QUANG TRUNG SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO NĂM HỌC 2013-2014 TEST NUMBER 22 Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH (chuyên) Ngày thi: 30/06/2013. (Đề thi này gồm có 06 trang) Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút. Họ và tên thí sinh: . Số báo danh: Chú ý: Thí sinh làm bài vào phiếu trả lời (có phát kèm đề). A. PHẦN TRẮC NGHIỆM. I. PHONETICS (1 pt) 1. Choose a word (A, B, C, D) that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.(0.5 pt) 1. A. naked B. sacred C. needed D. walked 2. A purity B. cure C. burning D. durable 3. A. tomb B. comb C. dome D. home 4. A. cassette B. sugar C. fashion D. passion 5. A. professor B. pottery C. position D. tailor 2. Choose the word (A, B, C, D) whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others. (0.5 pt) 6. A. pattern B. conserve C. revise D. correct 7. A. institute B. distinctive C. defensive D. division 8. A. presidential B. foundation C. confidential D. recreation 9. A. distinguish B. satisfy C. evidence D. readable 10. A. picturesque B. referee C. undertake D. caravan II. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR. (5 pts) Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes the sentences. 11. The Belgian football player, Van Moer, is___ the question of retirement. A. deciding B. thinking C. contributing D. considering 12. Keeping the ball out of the net is the___ responsibility of the goal. keeper. A. own B. sole C. unique D. individual 13. For this recipe to be successful, you___ cook the meal for at least two hours in the moderate oven. A. need B. must C. ought D. will 14. She wondered___ her father looked like now, after so many years away. A. how B. whose C. that D. what 15. ___ of the committee, I’d like to thank you for your generous donation. A. According B. On behalf C. Together D. In addition 16. Several items of___ were found on the river bank. A. clothes B. dress C. costume D. clothing 17. The meeting had to be put___ until a late date. A. away B. on C. off D. up 18. The usual reason for exemption from tax does not___ in this case. A. apply B. impose C. regard D. concern 19. The world Bank has criticised Britain for not giving enough financial___ to developing countries. A. allowance B. aid C. loan D. provision 20. The government made serious attempts to raise the___ of living. A. standard B. cost C. level D. mode 21. I like him very much, he is___ A. quite and intelligent boy B. quite an intelligent boy. C. a quite intelligent boy. D. a boy quite intelligent. 22. –“What did you do this morning?” –“We___ the room white washed.” a. had B. have C. got to D. order 23. ___ is a film or a television programme giving facts about something. A. Documentary B. Comedy C. Cartoon D. Drama 24. Will you___ me a favor ? - 1 -
2. A. make B. do C. give D. call 25. –“Who will go with us?” –“The man___ to Mary.” A. talking B. to talk C. talks D. is talking 26. The price runs___ sixty dollars. A. high not than B. so high as C. as high as D. as high like 27. Neither heat nor cold___ the postman. A. daunts B. daunt C. daunting D. to daunt 28. –“Do you think the book is expensive?” –“Yes, it’s not___ what we paid for it.” A. worthy B. worth of C. worth D. valuable 29. He works___ the government. A. to B. for C. in D. with 30. Do you object to___ the door ? A. my opening B. open C. that I open D. to have opened 31. There is no___ to the problem of the beginning of the universe. A. solution B. solusion C. soluvation D. solutionist 32. The chairman expressed doubts about___of showing the film on children’s television. A. unsuitable B. suitableness C. suitable D. suitably 33. He wanted a divorce because his wife had been___. A. faithful B. faithfulness C. unfaithful D. unfaithfully 34. I reserved a table for two, at eight o’clock. A. set B. bought C. booked D. put 35. I wish I ___ his name. A. knew B. know C. will know D. would know 36. The English students acts as if he ___ Vietmanese perfectly. A. knows B. knew C. had known D. will know 37. When did you ___ see him. A. recently B. already C. last D. lately 38. The car went ___ full speed. A. with B. for C. to D. at 39. Linguistics is the science of ___. A. medicine B. economics C. languages D. mathematics 40. If you need an extra bed for your guest, you can use one of ___. A. ours B. us C. our D. of us 41. I was so tired that I ___ asleep in the chair. A. got B. felt C. went D. fell 42. George ___ off the ladder while he ___ the ceiling. A. fall / was painting B. fell / painted C. fell / was painting D. was falling / was painting 43. –“How’s life?” – “___.” A. Sure B. Not too bad, but very busy C. Very well, thank you D. Pleased to meet you 44. –“How well you are playing!” –“John: ___.” A. Say it again. I like to hear your words B. I think so. I am proud of myself C. You’re welcome D. Many thanks. That is a nice compliment 45.The organization was established in 1950. A. come around B. set up C. made out D. put on 46. He forced all his children ___hard till midnight. A. to study B. studied C. study D. studying 47. I was having a rest when the volcano___. A. exhibited B. exhausted C. exhaled D. erupted 48. Maryam was really ___ by the beauty of Ha Noi. A. impressed B. impress C. impression D. impressive 49. The United States has a ___ of around 250 million. A. population B. separation C. addition D. introduction - 2 -
3. 50. My father started ___in a small village 10 years ago. A. teaching B. teach C. taught D. teaches 51. Leave it ___it is . A. that B. as C. like D. so. 52. Two department stores ___by them this year A. have been built B. have built C. has been built D. has built 53. We come to USA ___English A. study B. learning C. to learn D. studying 54. I remember ___her somewhere A. see B. seeing C. saw D. to see 55. This isn’t my first visit to London ___here before. A. I’m B. I’m going to C. I’ve been D. I was 56. He ___to find a job but he had no luck. A. hardly tried B. tried hardly C. hard tried D. tried hard 57. She asked me where I ___ from. A. come B. came C. to come D. coming 58. Maryam and Lan are pen pals, they ___ two times a week. A. correspond B. write letter C. meet D. phone each other 59. Can you please tell me where ___. A. does Daisy lives? B. Daisy lives? C. does Daisy live? D. Daisy live? 60. This is the house ___Shakespeare was born. A. where B. when C. what D. which III. LANGUAGE FUNTIONS (0.5 pt) Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes the sentences. 61. –“Did you like the new French movie?” – “My wife liked it but I was a little ___.” A. boring B. bored C. boredom D. bore 62. –“Hi, Paul___” – “Great, thanks. What about you?” A. What are you doing? B. What are you doing these days? C. How do you do? D. It’s a nice evening, isn’t it? 63. –“___?” – “I’m a teacher.” A. What do you do for a living? B. Who are you? C. What are you doing? D. What’s your work? 64. –“Do you often see each other?” –“Oh, no! Rarely ___dates.” A. do we have B. will we have C. have we D. we have 65. –“Merry Christmas, Joe!” – “___!” A. You, too B. Merry Christmas C. The same to you D. You the same IV. GUIDED CLOZE TEST (1 PT) Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits each blank space in the following passage. In this age of (66) ___ telephone networks and electronic mail, it seems that fewer and even fewer people are taking time to sit down and write letters (67) ___friends and relatives. For hundreds of years, letters were the only way to keep (68) ___with people who were any distance away and letter- writing was seen as an important skill for all learned people (69) ___. Gradually, (70) ___, the importance of writing letters is decreasing to a point that the majority of us have to (71) ___a special effort to turn out something worthwhile when we apply for a job or make a complaint. In the business world, the tendency is for routine communications to become shorter. (72) ___clients may appreciate a detailed letter, an employee who sends out long letters is often regarded as (73) ___. Many people prefer the telephone in all circumstances and its speed is essential in many situations but (74) ___ have you put the telephone down, dissatisfied with what you have managed to say? I don’t think I’ll throw my (75) ___ away yet. 66. A. progressive B. advanced C. highly-developed D. all are correct 67. A. to B. from C. for D. with 68. A. in step B. in contact C. on good terms D. up 69. A. to be mastered B. mastering C. to master D. mastered - 3 -
4. 70. A. therefore B. however C. in short D. for example 71. A. make B. take C. cause D. create 72. A. Even though B. As though C. Despite D. However 73. A. unimportant B. inefficient C. unusual D. impossible 74. A. how often B. how long C. how much D. how about 75. A. letter B. telephone C. pen D. effort V. READING COMPREHENSION (0.5 pt) Read the passage below and choose the best answer for each question. The agricultural revolution in the nineteenth century involved two things: the invention of labor- saving machinery and the development of scientific agriculture. Labor-saving machinery naturally appeared first where labor was scare. “ In Europe,” said Thomas Jefferson, “ the object is to make the most of their land, labor being abundant; here it is to make the most of our labour, land being abundant”. It was in America, therefore, that the great advances in nineteen-century agricultural machinery first came. At the opening of century, with the exception of a crude plow, farmers could have carried practically all of the existing agricultural implements on their backs; by 1860, most of the machinery in use today had been designed in an early form. The most important of the early inventions was the iron plow. As early as 1790 Charles Newbold f New Jersey had been working on the idea of a cast-iron plow and spent his entire fortune in introducing his invention. The farmers, however, would have none of it, claiming that the iron poisoned the soil and made the weeds grow. Nevertheless, many people devoted their attention to the plow, until in 1869 James Oliver of South Bent, Indiana, turned out the first chilled-steel plow. 76. Which of the following best expresses the main topic of the passage? A. The need for agricultural advances to help feed a growing population. B. The development of safer machines demanded by the labor movement. C. Machinery that contributed to the agricultural revolution. D. New Jersey as a leader in the agricultural revolution. 77. Which of the following can be inferred from what Thomas Jefferson said? A. Europe was changing more quickly than America. A. Europe had greater need of farm machinery than America did. C. America was finally running out of good farmland. D. There was a shortage of workers on American farms. 78. The expression “ make the most of ” in the passage is closest in meaning to which of the following? A. Raise the price of B. Get the best yield from. C. Earn a living on D. Overuse the real worth of 79. What point is the author making by stating that farmers could carry nearly all their tools on their backs? A. Farmers had few tools before the agricultural revolution. B. Americana were traditionally self- reliant. C. Life on the farm was extremely difficult D. New tools were designed to be portable. 80. Why did farmers reject Newbolt’s plow? A. Their horses were frightened by it B. They preferred lighter tools. C. It was too expensive. D. They thought it would ruin the land. B. PHẦN TỰ LUẬN. I. VERB FORMS. (1.5 pts) Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences. 1. My children enjoy (81. allow) ___ (82. stay) ___ up late when there is something special on TV. 2. Hurry up. I’m afraid the conference (83. end) ___ by the time we (84. get) ___ there. 3. Jane, together with her parents, (85. just go) ___ to London (86. see) ___ her grandmother. 4. We’d better (87. not try) ___ any more. It’s too late for anything (88. do) ___ now. 5. I hoped he (89. be) ___ at the meeting, but he (90. not come) ___. II. WORD FORMS. (1.5 pts) 91.My tooth was really ___, so I went to see the dentist. (pain) - 4 -
5. 92.She extremely ___ about the history of art . (know) 93.I’m afraid you aren’t suitably ___ for the job . (qualification) 94.Thousands of people are living in ___ after earthquake . (miserable) 95.She has an ___ command of the language. (impress) 96.You can always rely on Barbara. She is very ___ . (depend) 97.I watch the news everyday because it’s very ___ . (inform) 98.A holiday in America can be ___ cheap. (surprise) 99.I am thankful to my teacher who always gives me lots of __ to better my knowledge. (courage). 100. Many chemicals have a ___ effect on the environment. (disaster) III. READING COMPREHENSION. (1 pts) Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer: True (T), False (F). Do you know the best thing that ever happened to me? Do you know what it was? It was when I lost my last job. Yes, really! I never liked it; I hated it in fact, just because I was stuck in an office all day with computers and a telephone. Now my hobby is my full-time job! I start work very early. In summer I usually leave home at about 8.00. I have a small van, and I carry all my tools and equipment in that. It's autumn now so I’m tidying the gardens. I'm picking up leaves and pulling up old summer flowers. I'm planting lots of daffodils and tulips. Every season is so different and I love them all. I just love working outside in the open air after all those years in a stuffy office. I never noticed the seasons there. After work I always go home and relax in a hot bath. I have a flat in London but most of my work is outside London, in the suburbs. I’m married with no children. I usually cook our evening meal because my wife gets home from work after me. She's an architect and earns a lot of money, much more than me! She earns more but I think I enjoy my work more. At weekends we often drive into the country and go to antique shops and antique sales. We don't have a television! Can you believe it? Everybody has one these days, but we don't! I collect old radios and my wife collects old cookery books. We have a lovely dog and we often take her on long walks. I think there is only one problem with my job. It's seasonal, so I don't earn much in autumn and winter. I earn most money in spring and summer. But it's O.K. I earn enough, not enough to eat out often in expensive restaurants or go to shows, but enough for my dog and my hobby. I'm a very happy man! 101. The worst thing that ever happened to the writer was when he lost his job. 102. The writer used to be familiar with paperwork. 103. The writer doesn't earn as much as his wife does. 104. The writer and his wife have a lovely he-dog. 105. The writer hadn't had a job before he was out of work. IV. PREPOSITIONS AND PHRASAL VERBS. Supply each space with a suitable preposition to complete each sentence. 106. My grandparents brought me ___ after my parents died. 107. She cheered ___ when she heard the good news. 108. I paid the phone bill ___. March. 109. I spent a lot of money___ my holiday. 110. May I introduce you___ Miss Brown? 111. The difference ___the two is very slight. 112. There is a real demand ___new products. 113. She bought a painting ___Jackson for her son. 114. The fireman says that the fire first broke ___on the second floor. 115. He asked ___my mother. He wanted to know how she was doing. V. ERROR CORRECTION (2 pts) There are ten errors in the following passage. Identify the errors, then underline and correct them. Write your answers in the numbered spaces. People are very interested in robots. Some of it look like mechanical dolls to play with. Most of them look as other machine of today’s high technology. Seriously research on intelligent robots began in the 1960s in several country. Now we are on the fifth generation of robots. The first robots were very expensive. They costly $500,000 when a worker could do the same work for $15 an hour. By the early 1970s, a robot brain, a computer, cost $ 300,000. Today’s robots costs from $15,000 to 150,000. - 5 -
6. One of the advantage of robots is that they can work in situations that are dangerous or harmful for human workers. Today there are million of people who work at machines in the world. Robots will replace them. Parts of the problem will be solved because of the decrease in the number of births. There will be less people looking after jobs. Many people will find changes in their jobs, and they will not like some of them. The students of today must be sure that these changes are well. Robots must improve, not harm, the quality of human life. Mistakes Correction Mistakes Correction 116. 121. 117. 122. 118. 123. 119. 124. 120. 125. VI. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (2.5 pts) 126. Tom is the best football player in this team. => Nobody 127. They use much wood pulp, they cut many trees. => The more 128. Someone stole my purse from my handbag. => My purse 129. She asked Jones to repeat what he had said. => “Please, 130. It is a pity you didn’t tell us about this. => I wish 131. We couldn’t go out because the weather was so bad => It was such 132. James spoke to his lawyer before signing the contract. => James didn’t 133. He could not afford to buy the car. => The car is 134.It was a two-hour flight from Ha Noi to Ho Chi Minh City. => It took 135.When he is asked about his past, he hates it. => He hates VII. WRITING (2 pts) In Vietnam people don’t celebrate Father’s Day you think that people should celebrate this day in your country. Write a letter to your friends and share this idea. - Give the reasons for celebrating this day. - Give details about: + When to celebrate + How to celebrate + What special gifts to give + What special food to offer -Give your idea about this day. - 6 -
7. UBND TỈNH BÌNH PHƯỚC KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH LỚP 10 THPT CHUYÊN QUANG TRUNG SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO NĂM HỌC 2013-2014 TEST NUMBER 22 Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH (chuyên) Ngày thi: 30/06/2013. (Đề thi này gồm có 06 trang) Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút. Họ và tên thí sinh: . Số báo danh: Chú ý: Thí sinh làm bài vào phiếu trả lời (có phát kèm đề). A. PHẦN TRẮC NGHIỆM. I. PHONETICS (1 pt) 1. Choose a word (A, B, C, D) that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.(0.5 pt) 1. A. naked B. sacred C. needed D. walked 2. A purity B. cure C. burning D. durable 3. A. tomb B. comb C. dome D. home 4. A. cassette B. sugar C. fashion D. passion 5. A. professor B. pottery C. position D. tailor 2. Choose the word (A, B, C, D) whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others. (0.5 pt) 6. A. pattern B. conserve C. revise D. correct 7. A. institute B. distinctive C. defensive D. division 8. A. presidential B. foundation C. confidential D. recreation 9. A. distinguish B. satisfy C. evidence D. readable 10. A. picturesque B. referee C. undertake D. caravan II. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR. (5 pts) Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes the sentences. 11. The Belgian football player, Van Moer, is___ the question of retirement. A. deciding B. thinking C. contributing D. considering 12. Keeping the ball out of the net is the___ responsibility of the goal. keeper. A. own B. sole C. unique D. individual 13. For this recipe to be successful, you___ cook the meal for at least two hours in the moderate oven. A. need B. must C. ought D. will 14. She wondered___ her father looked like now, after so many years away. A. how B. whose C. that D. what 15. ___ of the committee, I’d like to thank you for your generous donation. A. According B. On behalf C. Together D. In addition 16. Several items of___ were found on the river bank. A. clothes B. dress C. costume D. clothing 17. The meeting had to be put___ until a late date. A. away B. on C. off D. up 18. The usual reason for exemption from tax does not___ in this case. A. apply B. impose C. regard D. concern 19. The world Bank has criticised Britain for not giving enough financial___ to developing countries. A. allowance B. aid C. loan D. provision 20. The government made serious attempts to raise the___ of living. A. standard B. cost C. level D. mode 21. I like him very much, he is___ A. quite and intelligent boy B. quite an intelligent boy. C. a quite intelligent boy. D. a boy quite intelligent. 22. –“What did you do this morning?” –“We___ the room white washed.” a. had B. have C. got to D. order 23. ___ is a film or a television programme giving facts about something. A. Documentary B. Comedy C. Cartoon D. Drama 24. Will you___ me a favor ? - 7 -
8. A. make B. do C. give D. call 25. –“Who will go with us?” –“The man___ to Mary.” A. talking B. to talk C. talks D. is talking 26. The price runs___ sixty dollars. A. high not than B. so high as C. as high as D. as high like 27. Neither heat nor cold___ the postman. A. daunts B. daunt C. daunting D. to daunt 28. –“Do you think the book is expensive?” –“Yes, it’s not___ what we paid for it.” A. worthy B. worth of C. worth D. valuable 29. He works___ the government. A. to B. for C. in D. with 30. Do you object to___ the door ? A. my opening B. open C. that I open D. to have opened 31. There is no___ to the problem of the beginning of the universe. A. solution B. solusion C. soluvation D. solutionist 32. The chairman expressed doubts about___of showing the film on children’s television. A. unsuitable B. suitableness C. suitable D. suitably 33. He wanted a divorce because his wife had been___. A. faithful B. faithfulness C. unfaithful D. unfaithfully 34. I reserved a table for two, at eight o’clock. A. set B. bought C. booked D. put 35. I wish I ___ his name. A. knew B. know C. will know D. would know 36. The English students acts as if he ___ Vietmanese perfectly. A. knows B. knew C. had known D. will know 37. When did you ___ see him. A. recently B. already C. last D. lately 38. The car went ___ full speed. A. with B. for C. to D. at 39. Linguistics is the science of ___. A. medicine B. economics C. languages D. mathematics 40. If you need an extra bed for your guest, you can use one of ___. A. ours B. us C. our D. of us 41. I was so tired that I ___ asleep in the chair. A. got B. felt C. went D. fell 42. George ___ off the ladder while he ___ the ceiling. A. fall / was painting B. fell / painted C. fell / was painting D. was falling / was painting 43. –“How’s life?” – “___.” A. Sure B. Not too bad, but very busy C. Very well, thank you D. Pleased to meet you 44. –“How well you are playing!” –“John: ___.” A. Say it again. I like to hear your words B. I think so. I am proud of myself C. You’re welcome D. Many thanks. That is a nice compliment 45.The organization was established in 1950. A. come around B. set up C. made out D. put on 46. He forced all his children ___hard till midnight. A. to study B. studied C. study D. studying 47. I was having a rest when the volcano___. A. exhibited B. exhausted C. exhaled D. erupted 48. Maryam was really ___ by the beauty of Ha Noi. A. impressed B. impress C. impression D. impressive 49. The United States has a ___ of around 250 million. A. population B. separation C. addition D. introduction - 8 -
9. 50. My father started ___in a small village 10 years ago. A. teaching B. teach C. taught D. teaches 51. Leave it ___it is . A. that B. as C. like D. so. 52. Two department stores ___by them this year A. have been built B. have built C. has been built D. has built 53. We come to USA ___English A. study B. learning C. to learn D. studying 54. I remember ___her somewhere A. see B. seeing C. saw D. to see 55. This isn’t my first visit to London ___here before. A. I’m B. I’m going to C. I’ve been D. I was 56. He ___to find a job but he had no luck. A. hardly tried B. tried hardly C. hard tried D. tried hard 57. She asked me where I ___ from. A. come B. came C. to come D. coming 58. Maryam and Lan are pen pals, they ___ two times a week. A. correspond B. write letter C. meet D. phone each other 59. Can you please tell me where ___. A. does Daisy lives? B. Daisy lives? C. does Daisy live? D. Daisy live? 60. This is the house ___Shakespeare was born. A. where B. when C. what D. which III. LANGUAGE FUNTIONS (0.5 pt) Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes the sentences. 61. –“Did you like the new French movie?” – “My wife liked it but I was a little ___.” A. boring B. bored C. boredom D. bore 62. –“Hi, Paul___” – “Great, thanks. What about you?” A. What are you doing? B. What are you doing these days? C. How do you do? D. It’s a nice evening, isn’t it? 63. –“___?” – “I’m a teacher.” A. What do you do for a living? B. Who are you? C. What are you doing? D. What’s your work? 64. –“Do you often see each other?” –“Oh, no! Rarely ___dates.” A. do we have B. will we have C. have we D. we have 65. –“Merry Christmas, Joe!” – “___!” A. You, too B. Merry Christmas C. The same to you D. You the same IV. GUIDED CLOZE TEST (1 PT) Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits each blank space in the following passage. In this age of (66) ___ telephone networks and electronic mail, it seems that fewer and even fewer people are taking time to sit down and write letters (67) ___friends and relatives. For hundreds of years, letters were the only way to keep (68) ___with people who were any distance away and letter- writing was seen as an important skill for all learned people (69) ___. Gradually, (70) ___, the importance of writing letters is decreasing to a point that the majority of us have to (71) ___a special effort to turn out something worthwhile when we apply for a job or make a complaint. In the business world, the tendency is for routine communications to become shorter. (72) ___clients may appreciate a detailed letter, an employee who sends out long letters is often regarded as (73) ___. Many people prefer the telephone in all circumstances and its speed is essential in many situations but (74) ___ have you put the telephone down, dissatisfied with what you have managed to say? I don’t think I’ll throw my (75) ___ away yet. 66. A. progressive B. advanced C. highly-developed D. all are correct 67. A. to B. from C. for D. with 68. A. in step B. in contact C. on good terms D. up 69. A. to be mastered B. mastering C. to master D. mastered - 9 -
10. 70. A. therefore B. however C. in short D. for example 71. A. make B. take C. cause D. create 72. A. Even though B. As though C. Despite D. However 73. A. unimportant B. inefficient C. unusual D. impossible 74. A. how often B. how long C. how much D. how about 75. A. letter B. telephone C. pen D. effort V. READING COMPREHENSION (0.5 pt) Read the passage below and choose the best answer for each question. The agricultural revolution in the nineteenth century involved two things: the invention of labor- saving machinery and the development of scientific agriculture. Labor-saving machinery naturally appeared first where labor was scare. “ In Europe,” said Thomas Jefferson, “ the object is to make the most of their land, labor being abundant; here it is to make the most of our labour, land being abundant”. It was in America, therefore, that the great advances in nineteen-century agricultural machinery first came. At the opening of century, with the exception of a crude plow, farmers could have carried practically all of the existing agricultural implements on their backs; by 1860, most of the machinery in use today had been designed in an early form. The most important of the early inventions was the iron plow. As early as 1790 Charles Newbold f New Jersey had been working on the idea of a cast-iron plow and spent his entire fortune in introducing his invention. The farmers, however, would have none of it, claiming that the iron poisoned the soil and made the weeds grow. Nevertheless, many people devoted their attention to the plow, until in 1869 James Oliver of South Bent, Indiana, turned out the first chilled-steel plow. 76. Which of the following best expresses the main topic of the passage? A. The need for agricultural advances to help feed a growing population. B. The development of safer machines demanded by the labor movement. C. Machinery that contributed to the agricultural revolution. D. New Jersey as a leader in the agricultural revolution. 77. Which of the following can be inferred from what Thomas Jefferson said? A. Europe was changing more quickly than America. A. Europe had greater need of farm machinery than America did. C. America was finally running out of good farmland. D. There was a shortage of workers on American farms. 78. The expression “ make the most of ” in the passage is closest in meaning to which of the following? A. Raise the price of B. Get the best yield from. C. Earn a living on D. Overuse the real worth of 79. What point is the author making by stating that farmers could carry nearly all their tools on their backs? A. Farmers had few tools before the agricultural revolution. B. Americana were traditionally self- reliant. C. Life on the farm was extremely difficult D. New tools were designed to be portable. 80. Why did farmers reject Newbolt’s plow? A. Their horses were frightened by it B. They preferred lighter tools. C. It was too expensive. D. They thought it would ruin the land. B. PHẦN TỰ LUẬN. I. VERB FORMS. (1.5 pts) Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences. 1. My children enjoy (81. allow) __ being allowed _ (82. stay) ___ to stay __up late when there is something special on TV. 2. Hurry up. I’m afraid the conference (83. end) _ will have ended _by the time we (84. get) __ get__there. 3. Jane, together with her parents, (85. just go) _ has just gone _ to London (86. see) _to see _her grandmother. 4. We’d better (87. not try) __ not try ___any more. It’s too late for anything (88. do) __ to be done __ now. 5. I hoped he (89. be) __ would be __at the meeting, but he (90. not come) _ did not come ___. 91.My tooth was really ___, so I went to see the dentist. (pain) 92.She extremely ___ about the history of art . (know) - 10 -
11. 93.I’m afraid you aren’t suitably ___ for the job . (qualification) 94.Thousands of people are living in ___ after earthquake . (miserable) 95.She has an ___ command of the language. (impress) 96.You can always rely on Barbara. She is very ___ . (depend) 97.I watch the news everyday because it’s very ___ . (inform) 98.A holiday in America can be ___ cheap. (surprise) 99.I am thankful to my teacher who always gives me lots of __ to better my knowledge. (courage). 100. Many chemicals have a ___ effect on the environment . (disaster) 1. painful 2. knowledgeable 3. qualified 4. misery 5. impressive 6. dependable 7. informative 8. surprisingly 9. encouragement 10. disastrous III. READING COMPREHENSION. (1 pts) Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer: True (T), False (F). Do you know the best thing that ever happened to me? Do you know what it was? It was when I lost my last job. Yes, really! I never liked it; I hated it in fact, just because I was stuck in an office all day with computers and a telephone. Now my hobby is my full-time job! I start work very early. In summer I usually leave home at about 8.00. I have a small van, and I carry all my tools and equipment in that. It's autumn now so I’m tidying the gardens. I'm picking up leaves and pulling up old summer flowers. I'm planting lots of daffodils and tulips. Every season is so different and I love them all. I just love working outside in the open air after all those years in a stuffy office. I never noticed the seasons there. After work I always go home and relax in a hot bath. I have a flat in London but most of my work is outside London, in the suburbs. I’m married with no children. I usually cook our evening meal because my wife gets home from work after me. She's an architect and earns a lot of money, much more than me! She earns more but I think I enjoy my work more. At weekends we often drive into the country and go to antique shops and antique sales. We don't have a television! Can you believe it? Everybody has one these days, but we don't! I collect old radios and my wife collects old cookery books. We have a lovely dog and we often take her on long walks. I think there is only one problem with my job. It's seasonal, so I don't earn much in autumn and winter. I earn most money in spring and summer. But it's O.K. I earn enough, not enough to eat out often in expensive restaurants or go to shows, but enough for my dog and my hobby. I'm a very happy man! 101. The worst thing that ever happened to the writer was when he lost his job. 102. The writer used to be familiar with paperwork. 103. The writer doesn't earn as much as his wife does. 104. The writer and his wife have a lovely he-dog. 105. The writer hadn't had a job before he was out of work. 101. F 102. T 103. T 104. F 105. F IV. PREPOSITIONS AND PHRASAL VERBS. Supply each space with a suitable preposition to complete each sentence. 106. My grandparents brought me up after my parents died. 107.She cheered up when she heard the good news. 108. I paid the phone bill in March. 109. I spent a lot of money on my holiday. 110. May I introduce you to Miss Brown? 111. The difference between the two is very slight. 112. There is a real demand for new products. 113. She bought a painting by Jackson for her son. 114. The fireman says that the fire first broke out on the second floor. 115. He asked after my mother. He wanted to know how she was doing. V. ERROR CORRECTION (2 pts) There are ten errors in the following passage. Identify the errors, then underline and correct them. Write your answers in the numbered spaces. People are very interested in robots. Some of it look like mechanical dolls to play with. Most of them look as other machine of today’s high technology. Seriously research on intelligent robots began in the 1960s in several country. Now we are on the fifth generation of robots. The first robots were very - 11 -
12. expensive. They costly $500,000 when a worker could do the same work for $15 an hour. By the early 1970s, a robot brain , a computer, cost $ 300,000. Today’s robots costs from $15,000 to 150,000. One of the advantage of robots is that they can work in situations that are dangerous or harmful for human workers. Today there are million of people who work at machines in the world. Robots will replace them . Parts of the problem will be solved because of the decrease in the number of births. There will be less people looking after jobs. Many people will find changes in their jobs, and they will not like some of them. The students of today must be sure that these changes are well. Robots must improve, not harm, the quality of human life. VI. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (2.5 pts) 126. Tom is the best football player in this team. => Nobody in this team plays football as well as Tom. 127. They use much wood pulp, they cut many trees. => The more wood pulp they use, the more trees they cut. 128. Someone stole my purse from my handbag. => My purse was stolen from my handbag. 129. She asked Jones to repeat what he had said. => “Please, repeat what you have said, Jones”. 130. It is a pity you didn’t tell us about this. => I wish you had told us about this. 131. We couldn’t go out because the weather was so bad => It was such bad weather that we couldn’t go out. 132. James spoke to his lawyer before signing the contract. => James didn’t sign the contract before speaking to his lawyer. 133. He could not afford to buy the car. => The car is too expensive for him to buy. 134.It was a two-hour flight from Ha Noi to Ho Chi Minh City. => It took (them/us/me ) two hours to fly (go/get/travel) from Ha Noi to HCM City (by plane). 135.When he is asked about his past, he hates it. => He hates being asked about his past. VII. WRITING (2 pts) In Vietnam people don’t celebrate Father’s Day you think that people should celebrate this day in your country. Write a letter to your friends and share this idea. - Give the reasons for celebrating this day. - Give details about: + When to celebrate + How to celebrate + What special gifts to give + What special food to offer -Give your idea about this day. - 12 -