I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others:
1. a. write b. writing c. writer d. written
2. a. book b. moon c. food d. choose
3. a. grew b. chew c. few d. threw
4. a. taste b. false c. page d. base
5. a. author b. smooth c. through d. theme
II. Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest:
6. a. digest b. swallow c. advice d. describe
7. a. reunite b. unnoticed c. imagine d. tutorial
8. a. holiday b. advantage c. difficult d. wonderful
9. a. knowledge b. pleasure c. complete d. picture
10. a. imagine b. important c. example d. wonderful
III. Choose the word or phrase – a, b, c or d – that best completes the sentence or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase:
11. Which subject is this book ________?
a. for b. on c. of d. up
12. Francis Bacon lived ________ about the same time as Shakespeare.
a. at b. for c. in d. over
13. People enjoy a book ________ various ways.
a. on b. with c. upon d. in
14. This book is not really ________. It is a waste of money buying it.
a. inform b. information
c. informative d. informatively
15. It is ________ to find suitable books for our children.
a. difficult b. difficulty c. difficultly d. difficulties
16. A book may be evaluated by a reader or professional writer to create a book ________.
a. review b. reviewing c. reviewer d. reviewed
17. Jenny says that she reads about half ________ hour a day.
a. a b. an c. the d. Ø
18. ________ books are ones in which the story is told or illustrated with pictures.
a. Comic b. Thriller c. Romantic d. Science
19. Harlem, stop reading! ________ the book down and go to bed.
a. Take b. Put c. Set d. Pick
20. A book may be studied by pupils as the ________ of a writing and analysis exercise in the form of a book report.
a. limit b. time c. subject d. interest
21. I think this book is interesting enough for you to ________.
a. put down b. swallow c. look up d. understand
22. If you ________ a book, you have a brief look at it without reading or studying it seriously.
a. dip into b. put away c. pick up d. put down
23. Those letters ________ now. You can do the typing later.
a. need typing b. needn’t be typed
c. need to type d. needn’t typing
24. The room ________ once a day.
a. should clean b. should be cleaning
c. should be cleaned d. should have cleaned
25. Two tablets ________ twice a day to have you recover from the illness quickly.
a. must take b. must be taken
c. must have taken d. must be taking
IV. Find a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence and correct it:
26. A driver’s license can obtain from the licensing Bureau at the corner
A B C D
of Pine street.
27. When you are on duty, your uniform must have been worn at all
A B C D
times.
28. A ball eagle can distinguish from other large birds by its white head
A B C D
and white tail.
29. What I told Tom was a secret. He shouldn’t have been repeated it to
A B C D
you.
30. The ancient ruins may be discovered as early as 1792. The historical
A B C D
record is difficult to interpret.
V. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer:
Reading, as you know, is a continuous and never ending process. If you do very little reading, or if you read only material that offers no challenge to your comprehension, your reading will be of very little use. Once we reach a certain age, or once our formal schooling is completed, many of us become so restricted in our choice of reading that we rarely read any new type of reading experience. We tend to read only books in our professional or business field, or only inspirational books, or only our favorite newspapers every morning, or only one magazine for which we have developed a preference. And the trouble starts here. You should neither read only for entertainment nor only for information but you should also read for intellectual growth, for mental stimulation, for enriching your background of knowledge, for wisdom, and for broader outlook and mature understanding. What kind of books should you read to continue your intellectual growth, to gain a background for opinion and for judgment? The answer is simple one: Read books in fields you have little or no acquaintance with, books that will open for you new horizons of learning, books that will help you explore new areas of knowledge and experience, books that will make the world and people more understandable to you. Sadly, more and more people today are giving up the printed word in favor of being entertained and informed by watching TV, a popular entertainment, device present at almost homes. More and more children are being subjected to TV programming, perhaps as a babysitter. More than two hours of TV time per day are now a part of children development, generating physiological and mental problems that are of growing concern among experts.
(*) Từ mới:
comprehension: sự hiểu, sự lĩnh hội, sự nhận thức;
inspirational: truyền cảm hứng; gây cảm hứng;
intellectual: (thuộc) trí óc; vận dụng trí óc;
enrich: làm giàu, làm giàu thêm, làm phong phú;
judgment: sự phê bình, sự chỉ trích;
horizon: tầm nhìn, tầm nhận thức, phạm vi hiểu biết;
physiological: (thuộc) sinh lý học;
31. Reading _________________________.
a. completely stops when we finish our schooling
b. is an endless process
c. is of little use
d. should be done a little
32. According to the text, ______________________.
a. new type of reading experience often interests most of us
b. we should only read for entertainment
c. reading for intellectual growth is necessary
d. we should not read for mental stimulation
33. What kind of books is recommended?
a. Books in fields you have little or no acquaintance with
b. Books that will help you explore new areas of knowledge and experience
c. Books that will open for you new horizons of learning
d. All are correct
34. We can learn from the text that today _____________________.
a. people spend more time watching TV than reading books
b. more and more people enjoy reading
c. most babysitters prefer watching TV
d. most children spend less than 2 hours a day watching TV
35. The writer _______________________.
a. does not approve of reading process
b. advises us to read as little as possible
c. prefers watching TV to reading
d. appreciates reading
VI. Put the following sentences into the passive or active:
36. Nails must not be hammered into the walls without permission.
_________________________________________________________.
37. No one can do anything useless someone give us more information.v
_________________________________________________________.
38. All this damage can’t have been done by children.
_________________________________________________________.
39. I suggested opening another bookstore on this street.
_________________________________________________________.
40. Our opponents must have started this rumour.
_________________________________________________________.
Đáp án
| Câu | Ghi chú | Câu | Ghi chú |
| 1. d | /ɪ/, còn lại: /aɪ/ | 21. b | |
| 2. a | /ʊ/, còn lại: /uː/ | 22. a | dip into: xem lướt qua; |
| 3. c | /juː/, còn lại: /u:/ | 23. b | |
| 4. b | /ɔː/, còn lại: /eɪ/ | 24. c | |
| 5. b | /ð/, còn lại: /θ/ | 25. b | |
| 6. b | /ˈswɒləʊ/ | 26. B | can be obtained |
| 7. a | /ˌriːjuːˈnaɪt/ | 27. C | must be |
| 8. b | /ədˈvɑːntɪdʒ/ | 28. B | can be distinguished |
| 9. c | /kəmˈpliːt/ | 29. D | repeated |
| 10. d | /ˈwʌndəfl/ | 30. B | may have been |
| 11. b | 31. b | Dẫn chứng: “Reading, as you know, is a continuous and never ending process.” | |
| 12. a | 32. c | Dẫn chứng: “If you do very little reading, or if you read only material that offers no challenge to your comprehension, your reading will be of very little use…You should neither read only for entertainment nor only for information but you should also read for intellectual growth…” | |
| 13. d | 33. d | Dẫn chứng: “Read books in fields you have little or no acquaintance with, books that will open for you new horizons of learning, books that will help you explore new areas of knowledge and experience, books that will make the world and people more understandable to you.” | |
| 14. c | informative: cung cấp nhiều tin tức, có nhiều tài liệu; | 34. a | Dẫn chứng: “Sadly, more and more people today are giving up the printed word in favor of being entertained and informed by watching TV, a popular entertainment, device present at almost homes.” |
| 15. a | 35. d | ||
| 16. a | review: sự đánh giá, nhận xét; | 36. You must not hammer nails into the walls withou permission. | |
| 17. b | 37.
– Nothing can be done unless we are given more information. – Nothing can be done unless more information is given to us. |
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| 18. a | comic books: truyện tranh; | 38. Children can’t have done all this damage. | |
| 19. b | put down: đặt xuống; | 39. I suggested that another booksotre should be opened on this street. | |
| 20. c | 40. This rumour must have been started by our opponents. |