23-28) Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in the following passage:
(23)___________ I was young, I (24) ________ dreamed of a famous scientist. When I was at school, I decided (25) ___________ engineering, and then became a millionaire by inventing a wonderful new product (26) ________ would make the world a better place. Unfortunately, I wasn’t very good ( 27) _________ technical subjects. Any time I operate any kind of equipment, (28) __________ terrible happens.
23/ A. while B. When C. As D. Although
24/ A. rarely B. seldom C. hardly D. atways
25/ A. to study B. study C. studying D. studied
26/ A. who B. which C. whom D. what
27/ A. in B. at C. on D. about
28/ A. something B. nothing C. thing D. many things
(29-32) Read the dialogue and then decide whether the statements that follow are true or false. Write True or False in your answersheet:
Marie was born in Poland in 1876. She learnt to read when she was 4 years old. She was intelligent and had an excellent memory. She finished high school when she was only 15 years old. When she grew up, Marie went to Paris to study Mathematics and chemistry at the university. She won the Nobel Prize for physics in 1903 and 8 years later she received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Marie Curie died in 1934
____ 29/ She finished high school in 1891
____ 30/ She studied Mathematics and chemistry at the university in Paris.
____ 31/ She won the Nobel Prize for physics when she was 28.
____ 32/ Marie Curie died in 1943
(33-36) Rewrite the sentences so that they are nearest in meaning to the sentence printed before them.
33/ Mary’s sister doesn’t cook as well as her mother.
Mary’smother is better__________________________________________________
34/ Singapore has reputation for its cleanliness.
Singapore is _________________________________________________________
35/ Do you take pride in being a student of Hoang Van Thu High School?
Are you ____________________________________________________________
36/ The new toy is exciting to the baby.
The baby is ___________________________________________________________