Question I: Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete the sentences. (10points)
1. Alex didn't come to see the film last night because he _______ it before.
A. saw B. had seen C. has seen D. was seen
2. Astronauts_______ the earth in space capsules are weightless.
A. orbit B. to orbit C. orbiting D. orbited
3. Even though he didn’t have much _______, he still became a great scientist.
A. scholar B. study C. trial D. schooling
4. Without engineers there _______ on television, no radio, no telephone, no telegraph lines and no cables.
A. is B. are C. will be D. would be
5. I think in the future many people will prefer ____________ by using social media.
A. to communicate B. will communicate
C. communicate D. to be communicated
6. A holiday in America can be ________ cheap.
A. surprise B. surprisingly C. surprised D. surprised
7. ____ from Bill, all the students said they would go.
A. Except B. Only C. Apart D. Separate
8. If only he _______ told us the truth in the first place, things wouldn't have gone so wrong.
A. had B. has C. would have D. should have
9. Our visit to the beach made the holiday more _______ everyone was __________ by the story about our holiday.
A. amuse/amusing B. amused/amusing C. amusing/amused D. amused/amuse
10. Would you be _______ my letters while I am away ?
A. too good as to forward C. as good as forward
B. so good as to forward D. so good as forwarding
Question II: The word in capital letters at the end of each of the following sentences can be used to form a word that fits suitably in the blank space. Fill in the blank in this way. (20 points)
Some recent research into (1) ____________ (CONVERSE) between men and women has produced results which will surprise few women. Men are always interrupting women when they talk. One (2) ____________ (RESEARCH) feels that men regard female talk as a kind of conversational (3) ____________ (HOUSE). They expect women to play a (4) ____________ (SUPPORT) role. So a man interrupts in a display of dominance or control. Men also have a much more (5) ____________ (PLEASANT) listening style. Whereas a woman uses gestures or say: "mm", a man will say such thing as "right" or "okay" thus settle the stage for an (6) ____________ (INTERRUPT). Conversation of this kind, then, hardly has (7) ____________ (MEAN) communication. Male talk is often (8) ___________ (ARGUE) while women are more tentative, asking more questions and tending to build up their replies on what the other person had said. The research would indicate that women are better (9) ____________ (LISTEN) than men. Yet, listening secretly to conversation between groups of women, one has the (10) ____________ (IMPRESS) of several simultaneous monologues into which no man would be able to get a chance to speak.
Bài 2: Chọn câu được gần gũi hơn trong ý nghĩa với bản gốc
1. I had already seen the film but I decided to watch it again last night
a. I watched the film last night for the first time
b. Last night wasn't the first time that I had seen the film
2. The boys were playing football while it was raining
a. The boys were playing football until it started to rain
b. The boys played football in the rain
3. I was writing an e-mail when our computer broke down
a. Our computer broke down before I worte an e-mail
b. I had started writing an e-mail and then our computer broke down
4. My aunt bought me a lovely gift after she had spent the summer holiday with us
a. When the summer holiday was over, my aunt bought me a lovely gift
b. While my aunt was spending the summer holiday with us, she bought us a lovely gift