ĐỀ THI MẪU VÀ ĐÁP ÁN

(Đề thi gồm 50 câu trắc nghiệm và 25 câu tự luận)

Thời gian: 90 phút

I. Choose the best answer (50pts)

1. At first I didn’t like my job, but______to enjoy it now.
A) I begin
B) I’m beginning
C) I was beginning
D) I had begun
2. I don’t understand this sentence. What______?
A) does this word mean
B) does mean this word
C) mean this word
D) means this word
3. Robert______ away two or three times a year.
A) is going usually
B) is usually going
C) usually goes
D) usually go
4. It was a boring weekend. ______ anything.
A) I didn’t do
B) I don’t do
C) I didn’t
D) I hadn’t
5. Matt______ while we were having dinner.
A) phoned
B) was phoning
C) has phoned
D) has phone
6. Jim is on holiday. He______ to Italy.
A) is gone
B) has gone
C) has been
D) have been
7. Everything is going well. We______ any problems so far.
A) haven’t had
B) don’t have
C) didn’t have
D) doesn’t have
8. Sarah has lost her passport again. It’s the second time this______.
A) has happened
B) happens
C) happened
D) happening
9. You’re out of breath. ___________?
A) Are you running
B) Have you run
C) Have you been running
D) Has you running
10. I’m tired. ___________ to bed now. Goodnight!
A) I’m going
B) I go
C) I went
D) I goes
11. ___________tomorrow, so we can go out somewhere.
A) I’m not working
B) I don’t work
C) I won’t work
D) I will work
12. That bag looks heavy. ___________you with it.
A) I’m helping
B) I’ll help
C) I help
D) I helps
13. ‘Ann is in hospital.’ ‘Yes, I know.__________her this evening.’
A) I’m going to visit
B) I visit
C) I’ll visit
D) I visits
14. I’m so tired I _________ for a week.
A) could sleep
B) can sleep
C) could have slept
D) could have sleep
15. Why did you stay at a hotel when you were in Paris ? You___________ with Julia.
A) could have stayed
B) can stay
C) could stay
D) can to stay
16. ‘I’ve lost one of my gloves.’ ‘You_________ it somewhere.’
A) must be dropping
B) must drop
 C) must have dropped
D) must has dropped
17. You’re always at home. You__________ out more often.
A) should go
B) had better go
C) had better to go
D) had go
18. I’m not tired enough to go to bed. If I _________ to bed now, I wouldn’t sleep.
A) had gone
B) go
C) went
D) had went
19. If I were rich, __________a yatch.
A) I’d have
B) I can have
C) I’ll have
D) I’ll had
20. I wish I__________ have to work tomorrow, but unfortunately I do.
A) didn’t
B) don’t
C) wouldn’t
D) won’t

21. The view was wonderful. If ______ a camera with me, I would have taken some
photographs.
A) I’d had
B) I had
C) I would have
D) I would had
22. The weather is horrible. I wish it________ raining.
A) stops
B) stopped
C) would stop
D) will stop
23. We__________ by a loud noise during the night.
A) were woken up
B) woke up
C) are woken up
D) are wake up
24. A new supermarket is going to__________next year.
A) be built
B) build
 C) be building
D) be build
25. There’s somebody walking behind us. I think___________.
A) we are following
B) we are being followed
C) we are being following
D) we are followed
26. ‘Where________ ?’ ‘In London.’
A) were you born
B) are you born
C) have you been born
D) are you borne
27. Paul left the room suddenly. He said he________to go.
A) had
B) has
C) have
D) did
28. Hello, Joe. I didn’t expect to see you today. Sonia said you _________in hospital.
A) was
B) are
C) were
D) being
29. Ann_______and left.
A) said goodbye to me
B) said me goodbye
C) told me goodbye
D) tell me goodbye
30. ‘What time_______ ?’ ‘At 8.30.’
A) does the film begin
B) begins the film
C) does begin the film
D) did begin the film
31. ‘Do you know where________ ?’ ‘No, he didn’t say.’
A) has Tom gone
B) Tom has gone
C) has gone Tom
D) have gone Tom
32. The police officer stopped us and asked us where________.
A) we were going
B) were we going
C) are we going
D) are we go
33. You can’t stop me________ what I want.
 A) doing
B) do
C) to do
D) done
34. I must go now. I promised_________ late.
A) not being
B) not to be
C) to not be
D) to be
35. Do you want ________ with you or do you want to go alone ?
A) me to come
B) me coming
C) that I come
D) that I came
Identify the underlined word or phase that WOULD not be correct.
36. Developing new technologies are time-consuming and expensive.
A B C D
37. The assumption that smoking has bad effects on our health have
A B C
been proved.
D
38. A novel is a story long enough to fill a complete book, in that the
A B C
characters and events are usually imaginary.
D
39. The leader demanded from his members a serious attitude towards work, good team
A B C
spirit, and that they work hard.
D
40. The earth is the only planet with a large number of oxygen in its atmosphere.
A B C D
41. Not until he got home he realized he had forgotten to give her the present.
A B C D
42. The longer the children waited in the long queue, the more impatiently they became.
A B C D
43. Mrs. Stevens, along with her cousins from Canada, are planning to attend the firework
A B C D
display in Da Nang, Vietnam.
44. If one type of manufacturing expands, it is like that another type will shrink considerably.
A B C D
45. For thousands of years, man has created sweet-smelling substances from wood, herbs and
 A B
flowers and using them for perfumes or medicine.
C D
46. People in every part of the world readily and easily communicates by means of electronic
A B C D
mail.
47. The grass needs cutting, so let us have one of the men to take lawn-mower and do it.
A B C D
48. What we know about certain diseases are still not sufficient to prevent them from
A B C
spreading easily among the population.
D
49. By the time Robert will finish writing the first draft of his paper, most of the other

A B C
students will have completed their final draft.
D
50. Each of the beautiful cars in the shop was quickly sold to their owner.
A B C D

II. Combine the following sentences using the words in the parentheses (40pts)
1. I intend to go for a walk this morning. It's raining. (even if)

2. I'd like to help you. I'm afraid I won't be able to. (much as)

3. Your design is excellent. It isn't suitable for our purposes. (while)

4. I try hard to play the piano. I don't seem to improve. (although)

5. Chinese is so difficult. It's surprising how many people learn it. (considering that)

6. The play was wonderful. The film was a commercial failure. (whereas)

7. I work hard. I still have to take work home with me. (however hard)

8. You write well. It doesn't mean you will be published. (however well)
9. She feels sorry. The damage has been done. (no matter how sorry)

10. How much will they pay us? It will never compensate us. (no matter how much)
 11. It doesn't matter how many cards I send. I always receive more. (no matter how many)

12. It doesn't matter what he tells you. Don't believe a word he says. (whatever)

13. John is less intelligent than Susan. (not so ... as)

14. This computer holds less information than that one. (not ... as much ... as).

15. The film 'Superman 1' is enjoyable. 'Superman 2' is enjoyable, too. (as ... as)

16. I'II give him your message. He will phone. (as soon as)

17. We should visit the Duty Free Shop. Our flight will be called. (before)

18. I'll be dead. They will find a cure for the common cold. (by the time)

19. You'll get a surprise. You will open the door. (the moment)

20. I won't know if I have got into university. I will get my exam results. (until)

III. Rewrite the sentences using indirect speech (10pts)

Ex: He said, ‘I love you.’ = He said that he loved me.
1. 'I've conducted a number of tests,' Dr Grey said.

2. 'I must put you on a very strict diet,' she told me.

3. 'You're putting on a lot of weight,' she said.

4. 'You have gained 5.5kilos in six months,' she added.

5. 'You gained 10 kilos last year,' she reminded me.