Ngày kiểm tra:........tháng 08 năm 2008

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Ngày tháng năm sinh:...........................................................................................

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PAPER 1: Reading comprehension (30 minutes)

SECTION A: Choose the word or phrase that best completes each of the following sentences. Circle the letter (A, B, C or D) of the correct answer.

1..................... do you go home? - Once a month.

c. How often

2. .................terrible weather!

b. What a

3. I want to keep.......................

a. the room tidy

4. I did my homework .....................

b. in a hurry

5. They serve.......................in a Chinese restaurant.

b. fried rice

6. A soldier has to learn to carry..........orders as soon as they are given.

a. out

7. She never says a word, she's as .............as a mouse .

d. quiet

8. It is a very long.................from Tokyo to London.

d. flight

9. Dave and I have..............to meet at the bus station at 9 o'clock.

c. arranged

10. He.........................very quickly after his illness.

b. recovered

11. By the time you receive this letter, I.....................for Japan.

c. will have left

12. Sue hadn't seen her brother for thirty years and...........they recognized each other instantly.

b. yet

13. .............the wet weather, the football match went ahead .

a. In spite of

14. They promised to write..........we never heard from them again.

b. but

15. ..................after trying three times, he passed the examiation.

a. Lastly

16. I am not sure, but....................I know he has decided to accept the new job in London.

a. according

17. We went to see the play last night and, ..................for Tony, we all enjoyed it very much.

d. except

18. I'm sorry, I haven't got..................change. Why don't you try the bank?

a. any

19. "When did you come here" "I..........here since last Sunday."

d. have been

20. "How many pages.....................so far?"

c. have you studied

Section B: Read the passage and choose the best answer for the questions that follow them.

Walt Whitman, born in NewYork in 1819, was one of America's unusually literary figures. An individualist, he rambled through the countryside seeing people and place, and making them his own. His experiences in earning a living were varied; at times he was printer, a teacher, a carpenter, a nurse and a newspaper editor. He was a big-hearted man, open and accpting. He gave freely of his time by carrying for the wounded during the Civil War. Though the lived in the city, he offten spent time in the country, developing his strong sense of nature, which carried through his poems. In 1855 he collected the verses he had written, and published them in one thin volume. "Leaves of Grass", a book which he revised and rewrote all the rest of his life. The book was ridiculed by some poets and generally ignored by other, probably because his verse forms were not traditional. He had felt that it was necessary to achieve a new poetic form in order to communicate his views. His reputation didn't grow until after his death, and it reached a high point in the 1920s. Since then, Whitman's style has greatly influenced modern poets.

21. How did he earn a living?

He earned a living by doing different jobs.

22. What did he do during the civil war?

He carried for the wounded during the civil war.

23. Why did he often spend time in the country?

He often spent time in the country to develop his strong sense of nature which carried through his poems.

24. What did he do for poetic form?

He achieved a new poetic form to communicate his views

25. When did he become famous?

He became famous after he died.

PAPER 2: Writing (60 minutes)

Section A: Use of English

A. Fill in each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only ONE word in each space.

The country is (26)......more...... beautiful than a town and pleasanter to live in. Many people think so, and go to the country(27).......on..... the summer holidays though they can not live (28).....there.....all the year round. Some have a cottage built in a village(29).....so....that they can go there whenever they can find the time.English villagers are not all alike, but(30)....in....some ways they are not very different(31)...from...each other. Almost every village has a church, the round or square tower of(32)....which..can be seen for many miles around. Surrounding (33).....the......church is the churchyard(34).....where.....people are buried.

The village green(35).....a wide stretch of grass, and houses or cottages are(36)....built....round it. Country life is now fairly comfortable and many villages(37).......have.....water brought through pipes into each (38)....house...Most villages are so close to some town (39)...so....people can go there to buy(40)...anything....they can't find in the village shops.

B. Guided sentence bulding. Use the following sets of words and phrases to write complete sentence.

41. At/ end/ course/ I pass all/ exams/good marks.

At the end of the course I passed all the exams with good marks.

42. I/ wonder/ why you/ not/ reply/ last letter.

I wonder why you didn't reply the last letter.

43. One/ greatest mysteries/ nature/be/instinct/ migrate.

One of greatest mysterises of nature is the instinct to migrate.

44. My sister / learn/ English/five years/now.

My sister has been learing English for five years up to now.

45. It/ wrong/ you/ not/ help him/ studies.

It is wrong for you not to help him study

46. Another attempt/ climb/ mountain/make/ next year.

I'll make another attempt to climb the mountain next year

47. One/ our tasks/ electrify/whole/ country.

One of our tasks is to electrify whole our country.

48. He / angry/ her / break/ promise.

He was angry with her for breaking promise.

49. I / interested/ be/ receptionist/because/ like/meet/people.

I'm interested in being receptionist because I like meeting people.

50. I/saw/ cities/ destroy/ bombing.

I saw the cities which were destroyed by bombing.

C. Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it.

51. She had never been so unhappy before.

She was more unhappy than ever before.

52. He learned to drive when he was eighteen

He has been driving since he was eighteen.

53. The robbers made the bank manger hand over the money

The bank manager was made to hand over the money by the robbers.

54. The furniture was so expensive that I didn't buy it.

The furniture was too expensive for me to buy.

55. I haven't seen that man here before.

It's the first time I've seen that man.

SECTION B: Composition

Choose ONE of the following topics and write about 100 to 120 words on it.

1. Computers play a very important role in our lives. Prove this.

2. Discuss some advantages or disadvantages of studying abroad.

3. The benefit of sport and physical exercises.

Topic number....1....

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