Choose the best answer to complete these following sentences
1. The boy asked me what the rubber knife was used for. He said, “ __________?”.
A. What was this rubber knife used for B. What this rubber knife was used for
C. What is this rubber knife used for D. what this rubber knife is used for
2. My memory is poor. I can’t learn these new words _________ .
A. in mind B. in heart C. of mind D. by heart
3. Can you _________ any foreign languages?
A. say B. tell C. speak D. talk
4. Our class always _________ at 7 and _________ at 11 a.m.
A. begins/ finishes B. starts/ ends C. come/ leave D. both a and b
5. After completing the basic class of computing, you can _________a high course.
A. come B. have C. attend D. go
6. Our teacher often give us _________ beside the in-class assignments.
A. housework B. homework C. part-time work D. full time work
7. She told me to pass the written _________ before taking the oral exam.
A. show B. examination C. work D. task
8. In order _______ your writing, you have to read a lot and write English as much as possible.
A. to improve B. to excel C. to pass D. to increase
9. What _________ of learning English do you find most difficult?
A. form B. type C. kind D. aspect
10. I want to go to the International language school. All the teachers there are_________
A. good-qualified B. well-qualified C. enough qualified D. qualified
11. Look at this _________in today’s edition of the Vietnam News, Nam.
A. advertisement B. advertising C. advertise D. advertment
12. If Mary studied harder, she _________pass the final exam.
A. could B. might C. must D. will
13. If you give me your willing help, I _________ get success.
A. would B. must C. can D. could
14. If you want to get good marks for the test, you _________try harder.
A. has to B. must C. had to D. will
15. You _________ do morning exercise regularly if you want to be healthy.
A. should B. ought to C. had to D. Both A and B
16. You _________ to pass the pretest if you want to take the written exam.
A. have B. ought C. should D. will
17. “ We always try to please you”. -> She says to me _________ .
A. we always tried to please me B. they always tried to please me.
C. we always try to please me D. they always try to please me.
18. “ Be careful! The paint is wet”, she shouted.
A. She said be careful because the paint was wet. B. She told me be careful because the paint was wet.
C. She asked me to be careful because the paint is wet. D. She told me to be careful because the paint was wet.
19. “Can I make an appointment to see the doctor?”
A. Jenny asked to see the doctor. B. Jenny asked if the doctor could make an appointment.
C. Jenny asked whether she can make an appointment the doctor.
D. Jenny asked if she could make an appointment to see the doctor.
20. “Did they tell you when they left school?”, he said to me. In reported speech, this could be read: ____
A. He asked me if they told me when they left school.
B. He asked me if they told me when they had left school.
C. He asked me if they had told me when they left school.
D. He asked me if they had told me when they had left school.
21. She asked me how old Jimmy was. In direct speech, this could be read: _________
A. She asked, “How old Jimmy was?” B. She asked, “How old Jimmy is?”
C. She asked, “How old was Jimmy?” D. She asked, “How old is Jimmy?”
22. “When did your sister arrive?”, he asked.
A. He asked me when my sister arrived. B. He wanted to know when my sister arrived.
C. He asked me when my sister had arrived. D. He wanted to know when had my sister arrived.
23. Is she working here?-No, not any more, but she _________
A. use to be B. used to C. use to work D. used to work
24. If you want to know about a word, check it up in a _________ .
A. book B. tape C. dictionary D. magazine
25. The applications must be handed in _________ January1st.
A. at B. through C. since D. by
26. “I have something to show you now.”, he said to me.
A. He told me that he has something to show me then. B. He told me that he had something to show you then.
C. He told me that he had something to show me now. D. He told me that he had something to show me then.
27. Do you know _________? A. how old was the earth B. how old is the earth
C. how old the earth is C. how old the earth was
28. “ Is he the man who came here yesterday?”. I wanted to know _________
A. if he is the man who came here yesterday B. if he was the man who came here the day before
C. if he was the man who had come here the day before
D. if he was the man who had come there the day before
29. The police asked them where _________.
A. does Jack stay B. Jack stays C. is Jack staying D. Jack was staying
30. He said to me, “Shut this door, don’t lock it.”- He told me _________
A. to shut the door, don’t lock it. B. shut the door, not lock it.
C. shut the door, don’t lock it. D. to shut the door, not to lock it.
31. He told me that _________
A. he has just finished typing. B. he just finished typing.
C. he had just finished typing D. had he just finished typing.
32. She asked me _________
A. Where do you come from B. where I came from
C. Where you come from D. Where I did come from
33. Oh, dear! Let me try _________
A. remember B. remembering C. to remember D. remembered
34. I don’t think he’s qualified _______the job.
A. to B. with C. for D. of
35. He asked me _______to her birthday party the night before.
A. whether I come B. if I would come C. if I come D. whether I had come
36. She asked me _________ .
A. where did I come from ? B. where I came from
37. Learning a_________language is not easy
A. foreiner B. foreign C. foreigning D. foreigned
38. She loves to watch the stars _________night .
A. on B. in C. at D. of
39. He told me __________ .
A. He will have to leave the city tomorrow .
B. He will have to leave the city the following day .
C. He would have to leave the city tomorrow .
D. he would have to leave the city the following day .
40. He wants to know _________ .
A. whether I would come back from school the next day .
B. whether I would come back from school tomorrow.
C. whether I will come back from school the next day .
D. whether I will come back from school tomorrow.
41. I wonder ___________ .
A. why he doesn’t love his family . B. why doesn’t he love his family .
C. why does he love his family ? D. why loves his family ?
42. The village __________near the foot of a mountain and by a river .
A. goes B. lies C. comes D. stands
43. The journey to the village is very _______________
A. interested B. interesting C. disinterested D. interest
44. It is an ___________day to me at the seaside with my friends .
A. enjoyable B. enjoyment C. enjoyably D. enjoy
45. After a long walking , they feel tired and ____________ .
A. hunger B. hungryly C. hungrily D. hungry
46. Bao usually drives to work, _________?
A. is he B. doesn’t he C. doesn’t Bao D. does he
47. What was the name of the girl ________ phoned you last night?
A. who B. whom C. which D. whose
48. I haven’t been to Africa and ___________have my parents.
A. so B. too C. either D. neither
49. The government is trying to ______ people to use public buses instead of motorbikes.
A. complain B. provide C. reduce D. persuade
50. I am not deaf. You _______ shout.
A. need B. needn’t C. mustn't D. must
51. They went on walking _________ it started to rain.
A. though B. because C. but D. despite
52. Tom drives __________ than Jim does.
A. more carefully B. more careful C. as carefully D. most carefully
53. The furniture was ____________ for us to buy.
A. such expensive B. so expensive C. too expensive D. very expensive
54. I am going to have my laptop _________ tomorrow.
A. fix B. fixing C. to fix D. fixed
55. When I first met him, he was wearing _______ jacket.
A. a brown nice Italian leather B. a nice leather brown Italian
C. a leather nice brown Italian D. a nice brown Italian leather
56. My classmate ______ me a lift to school as my bike broke down last week.
A. had B. take C. make D. gave
57. It’s really dangerous. She is always forgetting to ______ the gas stove.
A. go on B. turn off C. put on D. get over
Chọn một phương án đúng A, B, C hoặc D ứng với từ hoặc cụm từ đồng nghĩa với phần được gạch chân.
58. She continued talking about her trip although everyone found it tiring.
A. turned on B. went on C. went after D. arrived
59. She was brought up in a well-off family. She can't understand the problems we are facing.
A. kind B. broke C. poor D. wealthy
II. Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence: (2pts)
1. The leader said that …………………… to award you the prize.
A. he is pleasing
B. he was pleasing
C. he is pleased
D. he was pleased
2. The boy ………… over there is my brother.
A. stand
B. stood
C. standing
D. being stood
3. What ………………… the weather like in Ho Chi Minh City yesterday?
A. is
B. was
C. will be
D. has been
4. Would you mind …………… I smoked here.?
A. whether
B. that
C. if
D. for
5. I don’t know how …………… your direction.
A. playing
B. to play
C. play
D. can I play
6. It’s difficult ……………… your direction.
A. to follow
B. to following
C. to following
D. followed
7. Would you mind …………… in the front of the taxi, Mark?
A. sit
B. to sit
C. sitting
D. siting
8. Milk bottles can be …………… after being cleaned.
A. reused
B. recycled
C. thrown away
D. broken
9. Yesterday, I was cooking dinner when the phone …………………
A. rang
B. was ringing
C. rings
D. ring
10. On Christmas Eve, people often ……………… a tree.
A. are decorated
B. were decorated
C. decorating
D. decorate