ĐỀ ÔN TẬP

I. Choose the word that has main stress placed differently from the others:
1. a. generous b. suspicious c. constancy d. sympathy
2. a. acquaintance b. unselfish c. attraction d. humorous
3. a. loyalty b. success c. incapable d. sincere
4. a. carefully b. correctly c. seriously d. personally
II. Choose the word which is pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. rough B. sum C. utter D. union
2. A. noon B. tool C. blood D. spoon
3. A. chemist B. chicken C. church D. century
4. A. thought B. tough C. taught D. bought

III. Choose the best answer

1. Mary is the……….in her class

A. tall B. tallest C. taller D. the taller

2. In Viet Nam, it is normally……………. in the South than in the North.

A. hot B. hotter C. hottest D. hoter

3. The food is …………… than the last time I ate it.

A. Badder B. bad C. worse D. worst

4. Ho Chi Minh city is ………….. than Hanoi.

A. big B. bigger C. biggest D. biger

5. She can not sing …………… but she can play the piano beautifully

A. good B. best C. goodly D. well

6. Jack is now …………….. than he used to be.

A. happy B. happier C. happiest D. happyer

7. The tourist company was ………….. down the street than I had thought

A. Farther B. far C. farer D. farest

 8. He tried very ……….. but still failed the exam.

A. hardly B. hard C. harder D. hardest

9. Detective books are………………… than science fiction ones.

A. more interesting B. interestingly C. interstinger D. interesting

10. Lan is ………………. than her sister.

A. lazy B. lazily C. lazier D. lazilier

11. A large number of students in this school………. . English quite fluently.
A. speaks

B. is speaking

C. has spoken

D. speak

12. A series of lectures………being presented at the Central Hall this week.

A. are

B. will be

C. has become

D. is

13. Everybody who ………. a fever must go home at once.

A. has

B. have

C. is having

D. are having

14. Measles………cured without much difficulty nowadays.

A. is
B. are

C. will be

D. have

15. Neither Mrs.Smith nor her brothers……a consent form for tomorrow’s field trip.
A. need C. is needing

B. needs D. has need

16. Everyone on the board of directors ........ with the planned merger.
A. agreeing C. have agreed

B. agree D. agrees

17. Success in business ......... certain strategies that satisfy both the employer and the
employees.

A. requires C. require

B. is required D. requiring

18. Not only the painting method but also the colors ............... the intervest of art critics.

A. has aroused C. have aroused

B. arouses D. arousing

19. The number of corrections made during the first stage ........... the charges
significantly.

A. has influenced C. have influenced

B. are influencing D. influencing

20. Every staff member ....... to be trained in security procedures to ensure the safety of
customer's private information.
A. requirement C. is required

B. requires D. requiring
21. When I last saw him, he _____ in London.

A. has lived

B. is living

C. was living

D. has been living

22. We _______ Dorothy since last Saturday.

A. don’t see

B. haven’t seen

C. didn’t see

D. hadn’t seen

23. The train ______ half an hour ago.

A. has been leaving

B. left

C. has left

D. had left

24. Jack ______ the door.

A. has just painted

B. paint

C. will have painted

D. painting

25. My sister ________ for you since yesterday.

A. is looking

B. was looking

C. has been looking

D. looked

26. I ______ Texas State University now.

A. am attending

B. attend

C. was attending

D. attended

27. He has been selling motorbikes ________.

A. ten years ago

B. since ten years

C. for ten years ago

D. for ten years

28. Christopher Columbus _______ American more than 500 years ago.

A. discovered

B. has discovered

C. had discovered
D. had been discovering

29. He fell down when he ______ towards the church.

A. run

B. runs

C. was running

D. had run

30. We _______ there when our father died.

A. still lived

B. lived still

C. was still lived

D. was still living

IV. Choose the underlined part in each sentence (A, B,C,or D ) that needs correcting

1. After Mrs. Wang had returned (A) to her house (B) from work (C), she was cooking
(D) dinner.

2. Jimmy threw (A) the ball high (B) in the air, and Betty catching (C) it when (D) it
came down.

3. Linda has worn (A) her new yellow (B) dress only once (C) since she buys (D) it.

4. I have seen (A) lots(B) of interesting (C) places when I went (D) on holiday last
summer.

5. Having (A) fed the dog, he was sat (B) down to (C) his own (D) meal.

6. When I turned on my computer, I was shocked (A) to find (B) some junk mail, and (C)
I delete (D) it all.
7. They are going to have to (A) leave soon (B) and so do (C) we (D).

8. The boss laughed when the secretary has told (A) him that she really (B) needed (C) a
pay (D) rise.

9. The telephone was ringing several times (A) and then (B) stop (C) before I could (D)
answer it.

10. Debbie, whose father (A) is an excellent tennis player(B), has been (C) playing tennis
since (D) ten years.

V. READING
Books which give instructions on how to do things are very popular in the United States
today. Thousands of these How-to books are useful. In fact, there are about four thousand
books with titles that begin with the words “How to”. One book may tell you how to earn
more money. Another may tell you how to save or spend it and another may explain how
to give your money away.

Many How-to books give advice on careers. They tell you how to choose a career and
‘now to succeed in it. If you fail, however, you can buy the book ” How to Turn Failure
into Success”. If you would like to become very rich, you can buy the book “How to
Make a Millionaire”. If you never make any money at all, you may need a book called
“How to Live on Nothing”.

One of the most popular types of books is one that helps you with personal problems. If
you want to have a better love of life, you can read “How to Succeed in Love every
Minute of Your Life”. If you are tired of books on happiness, you may prefer books
which give step-by-step instructions on how to redecorate or enlarge a house.

Why have How-to books become so popular? Probably because life has become so
complex. Today people have far more free time to use, more choices to make, and more
problems to solve. How-to books help people deal with modern life.

Question 1: What is the passage mainly about?

A. How to succeed in love every minute of your life.
B. How to turn failure into success.
C. How to make a millionaire.
D. How-to books.

Question 2: The word “it” in paragraph 2 refers to _________

A. advice B. instruction C. how-to books D. career
Question 3: Which of the following is NOT the type of books giving information on
careers?
A. “How to Succeed in Love every Minute of Your Life”.
B. “How to Live on Nothing”
C. “How to Make a Millionaire”.
D. “How to Turn Failure into Success”

Question 4: The word “step-by-step” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to

A. little by little B. gradually C. slower and slower D. A and B

Question 5: It can be inferred from the passage that

A. Today people are more bored with the modern life.
B. Modern life is more difficult to deal with.
C. Today people have fewer choices to make.
D. Today people are more interested in modern life.

VI. REWRITE SENTENCES

1. This is the most delicious cake I've ever tasted.

=> I've................................

2. I've never met any more dependable person than George.

=> George is..............................

3. There isn't anybody as kind-hearted as your mother.

=> Your mother is........................

4. There is no better teacher in this school than Mr John.

=> Mr John is...................................

5. Have you got any bigger than that one?

=> Is this.......................................?