TIME: 60 MINUTES

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GROUP:..
DATE:
Task 1: Choose the best option A, B, C, D to complete each following sentence. Write your choice on
the box. (3 points)

1. Im afraid I _______come to your party.

a. could
b. am able
c. can
d. cant
2. I wanted to buy some potatoes. The first store I went to didnt have any good one, but I
______ get some at the next place.
a. could
b. was able to
c. couldnt
d. can
3. It _______a long time since I last saw you.
a. is
b. was
c. will be
d. has been
4. Why was she so unfriendly? __________a reason.
a. there is
b. there must be
c. there must have been d. there must have
5. There was hardly _________on the beach. It was most deserted.
a. anyone
b. people
c. nobody
d. somebody
6. If _______calls while Im out, tell them Ill be back at 11.30.
a. somebody
b. any body
c. nobody
d. one
7. These shoes look quite smart but theyre terribly ___________.
a. comfort
b. comfortable
c. uncomfortable
d. comforting
8. Always read the label on the products, it can give you some useful ______.
a. informing
b. information
c. informatic
d. inform
9. When I have to wait a long time to be severed, I start to feel _______
a. patient
b. patience
c. impatient
d. impatience
10. The thing I hate most about him is his ________
a. selfishness
b. unselfish
c. selfishless
d. selfish
11. Its time the government ________something about the problem.
a. did
b. do
c. to do
d. should do
12. If we took the 10:30 train, we___________________.
a. would arrive early
b. should arrive early c. will arrive early
d. may arrive early
13. I wish I _______ a computer.
a. had had
b. had
c. will have
d. have
14. Its very crowded here. I wish there __________so many people.
a. arent
b. werent
c. havent been
d. isnt
15. Napoleon ___________the West Indian island of Santo Domingo in 1801.
a. attacked
b. is attacking
c. has attacked
d. attacking
16. There seems to be some __________about what she actually said.
a. confuse
b. confusing
c. confusable
d. confusion
17. I cant find my umbrella. I ________it in the restaurant last night.
a. must have left
b. had left
c. left
d. might leave
18. The injured man couldnt walk and had to __________.
a. be carried
b. carry
c. being carried
d. be carrying
19. Mr. Miler hates ___________.
a. being kept waiting
b. to be waiting
c. being wait
d. to wait
20. The prisoner ________to have escaped by climbing over the wall.
a. thought
b. is thought
c. is think
d. has thought

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Task 2: Circle and correct 15 errors in the passage (3 points). Write your choice on the box. (3
points)
The planet Earth is 4,600 millions years old. It is difficult for us to think
about so an enormous length of time because it has little meaning for us. We can,
however, simplify the idea to make it more understanding. We can compare the
planet Earth to a person of forty-six years of age.
Nothing is knew about the first seven years of this persons life. Very

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few information exists about the middle period either. It was only at the age of

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forty-two that the Earth began to flower.

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Dinosaurs and great reptiles did not appeared until one year ago, when
the planet was forty five. Mammals only arrived eight month ago. In the middle
of last week, man-like apes became ape-like men and began to communicating
with each other. Last weekend, the Ice Age covers the Earth.
Modern man has only be around for four hours. During the last hour,
man was discovered agriculture. The Industrial Revolution and the rise of large
cities began just sixty seconds ago.
During that short time, modern man has been made a rubbish tip of the

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Earth. In one minutes, he has increased his numbers to terrible proportions and

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has caused the dead of hundreds of species of animals. He have robbed and

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destroyed the planet in his search for fuels. Now he stands, like a violent spoiled

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child, delighted at the speed of his rise to power, on the edge of the final mass
destructions and of killing all the life which exists in the solar system.

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Task 3: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the
sentence printed before it. (2 points)
36. She has ordered a new outfit from her dressmaker.
She is ___________________________________________________________________________
37. She needs to study harder.
She ______ _______________________________________________________________________
38. My mother made these curtains.
These curtains_____________________________________________________________________
39. He started investigating the case a week ago.
He _______________________________________________________________________________
40. Im quite sure that she didnt steal the necklace.
She cant __________________________________________________________________________
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41. You can leave only when I tell you.

Until _____________________________________________________________________________
42. I was drowning, but he saved me.
If he ______________________________________________________________________________
43. We cant afford to buy the car.
The car ___________________________________________________________________________
44. It isnt necessary to shout.
You ______________________________________________________________________________
45. She cant have any more children because of her age.
She is ____________________________________________________________________________
Task 4: Translation (Vietnamese - English) (2 points)
46. Mc d ting Anh c t ngi ni hn ting Trung Quc, nhng n l ngn ng mang tnh quc t
nht.
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47. Ti n trng tr mt 10 pht. Ti c g ti i xe but thay v i xe p.
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48. Hai i chi 40 pht trc khi bn thng th nht c ghi.
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49. Ngi ta tin rng nhiu nhc s dng cm li lc s tham gia vo cuc thi m nhc sp ti.
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50. Chng ta t ho v thnh qu ca t nc chng ta trong lnh vc pht trin kinh t v vn ha.
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51. Trong qu kh, ngi ta tng lm rng cc ti nguyn thin nhin s khng bao gi b dung cn.
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52. Gii tr ngy nay khng cn l thuc vo cha m h nh trc na.
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53. Bn c ngh l nn cm xe hi ti trung tm thnh ph gim bt s nhim khng kh khng?

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54. Vic dy v hc mn Lch s l nhm mc ch pht huy lng yu nc.
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55. l ca hiu ni m hi trc ti thng n may qun o.
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