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I: Read the pasage and answer the questions:
Nylon was invented in the early 1930s by an American chemist, Julian Hill. Other scientists worked with his invention and finally on 27 October 1938, nylon was introduced to the world. It was cheap and strong and immediately became successful, especially in the making of ladies’ stockings.
During the Second World War, the best present for many women was a pair of nylon stockings, but more importantly, it was used to make parachutes and tyres. Today, nylon is found in many things: carpets, ropes, seat belts, furniture, computers, and even spare parts of human body. It has played an important part in our lives for over 50 years. Next year, about 36 million tons of it will be manufactured.
1. Who iss Julian Hill ?
=>Julian Hill who invented Nylon in the early 1930s
2. When ứa nylon first introduced to the world ?
=>on 27 October 1938
3. What do they use nylon for ?
=>they use nylon for carpets, ropes, seat belts, furniture, computers, and even spare parts of human body.
4. What is 'it' in the last sentence replaced for?
=>It is Nylon
London is one of the largest (1) in the world. Its population is (2) smaller than Tokyo or Shanghai, but it is by far the most popular tourist destination. London is probably most famous cultures, and religions (4) many other places. People used (5) that it was a dirty city too, but it is now much (6) than it was. To the surprise of many people, it now has some of the best restaurants in Europe too. For some people, this makes London the most exciting city in Europe.
| 1. | A. cities | B. city | C. places |
| 2. | A. much | B. a lot | C. both A and B |
| 3. | A. in | B. for | C. at |
| 4. | A. than | B. to | C. this |
| 5. | A. to tell | B. to say | C. say |
| 6. | A. clean | B. dirtier | C. cleaner |
London is one of the largest (1) in the world. Its population is (2) smaller than Tokyo or Shanghai, but it is by far the most popular tourist destination. London is probably most famous cultures, and religions (4) many other places. People used (5) that it was a dirty city too, but it is now much (6) than it was. To the surprise of many people, it now has some of the best restaurants in Europe too. For some people, this makes London the most exciting city in Europe.
| 1. | A. cities | B. city | C. places |
| 2. | A. much | B. a lot | C. both A and B |
| 3. | A. in | B. for | C. at |
| 4. | A. than | B. to | C. this |
| 5. | A. to tell | B. to say | C. say |
| 6. | A. clean | B. dirtier | C. cleaner |
Complete the sentences with the correct prepositions.
1. The city was covered_____by_____smoke from the burns nearby.
2. The police said a notorious criminal was involved_____in_____the robbery.
3. For most North American household lighting accounts for 10 percent to 15 percent of the electricity bill. However, this amount can be reduced by replacing an ordinary 100. watt light bulb____with____an energy saving bulb.
4 The weather is terribly hot, so many boys run to the rivers, jump____in____and swim.
5. Ho Chi Minh devoted all his life to the struggle____of____the liberation of our country.
Give the correct forms of words in the brackets.
1. The_______entrance________examination is of great importance to the students of grade 9. (ENTER)
2 Mispronunciation in speaking a language usually leads to _______misunderstanding________. (UNDERSTAND)
3. Most of the banks are now__________computerized___________. (COMPUTER)
4. We are waiting for the__________arrival__________of his plane. (ARRIVE)
5. Women nowadays have more__________freedom_________to participate in social activities. (FREE)
6 She made a deep___________impression__________on the members of her class. (IMPRESS)
7 He is one of the most famous___________environmentalist___________in the world. (ENVIRONMENT)
Fill in the numbered blanks in the passage with ONE suitable work from the box. Write your answers on the answer sheet
| watch | viewers | foreign | events |
| more | communication | world | entertain |
Television is one of man's most important mean of (1)____communication___ . It brings events and sounds from around the world into millions of homes. A person with a television set can sit in his house and watch the President make a speech or visiting a (2)____foreign_____country. He can see a war being fought and (2)___watch______ statesmen trying to bring about people. Through television, home (3)_____viewers____ can see and learn about people, places and things faraway lands. Television even takes its viewers out of this (4)____world_____. It brings them the pictures of the astronauts exploreing outer space
In addition to all these things, television brings its viewers a steady stream of programmes that are designed to (5)____entertain_____. In fact, TV provides (6)____more_____ entertainment programs than any other kinds. The programs include action-packed dramas, light comedies, sporting (7)___events___and motion pictures
Many environmental experts are pessimistic about the future of our planet. They (1)............. that in the next few years harmful chemistry with further damage the ozone layer, there (2)............... more looses of irreplaceable tropical rainforests, and serious air (3)..............will cause the (4)................ itself to change. They also warn us that Third World countries (5)............. to suffer ecological disaters, while the rich countries consume the vast majority of the world's resouces. Animals are also at rick. It is feared that some endangered species may soon died out as their (6)............. lives are destroyed in come cases, the only way to save a rare species out of extinction is to breed it in captivity
| 1. | A. talk | B. say | C. speak |
| 2. | A. is | B. are | C. will be |
| 3. | A. pollution | B. polluted | C. pollute |
| 4. | A. climate | B. weather | C. people |
| 5. | A. continue | B. will continue | C. continues |
| 6. | A. nature | B. naturally | C. natural |
Many environmental experts are pessimistic about the future of our planet. They (1)............. that in the next few years harmful chemistry with further damage the ozone layer, there (2)............... more looses of irreplaceable tropical rainforests, and serious air (3)..............will cause the (4)................ itself to change. They also warn us that Third World countries (5)............. to suffer ecological disaters, while the rich countries consume the vast majority of the world's resouces. Animals are also at rick. It is feared that some endangered species may soon died out as their (6)............. lives are destroyed in come cases, the only way to save a rare species out of extinction is to breed it in captivity
| 1. | A. talk | B. say | C. speak |
| 2. | A. is | B. are | C. will be |
| 3. | A. pollution | B. polluted | C. pollute |
| 4. | A. climate | B. weather | C. people |
| 5. | A. continue | B. will continue | C. continues |
| 6. | A. nature | B. naturally | C. natural |
We got up early in the morning. We (1) prepared our food boxes to take with us. We left the house and had to drive (2) through the town traffic. However, in the countryside we drove (3). After an hour we reached the foot of the mountain. We climbed the first part easily, but when we were nearly at the top we naturally slowed down (4) it was difficult. We tried (5) to reach the top and when we did, Dad said we had done well.
| 1. | A. carefully | B. careless | C. careful |
| 2. | A. slow | B. slowly | C. lately |
| 3. | A. fast | B. fastly | C. quick |
| 4. | A. but | B. however | C. because |
| 5. | A. haed | B. most | C. best |
Part 1: CIRCLE the word/phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes each of the sentences. (2,0pts)
1. I’ll give you the phone number of my hotel, so that you can reach me if anything happens. ______ anything happen, I want you to look after my children.
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A. Can |
B. Might |
C. Will |
D. Should |
2. I suppose you’re not serious, ______?
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A. don’t I |
B. do I |
C. are you |
D. aren’t you |
3. Nguyen Thi Anh Vien is a 19-year-old Vietnamese woman who is the fastest swimmer in Southeast Asia in ______ races.
|
A. numerate |
B. numeral |
C. numeric |
D. numerous |
4. _____ are still ending up in prison – over 700 in 1972 – merely for using cannabis.
|
A. So too many |
B. Far too many |
C. Quite too many |
D. Such too many |
5. A strong westerly ______ flattened the standing corn though it brought no rain.
|
A. gale |
B. blizzard |
C. hurricane |
D. breeze |
6. After going to the zoo, the mall, and the movies, Cassie was sick of _______ to entertain her nieces.
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A. pushing the envelope |
B. turning the other cheek |
|
C. bending over backwards |
D. going against the grain |
7. Choose the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part.
At that time Herschel was a professional musician and only an amateur astronomer, one who had a knack for building telescopes.
|
A. talent |
B. hobby |
C. liking |
D. pleasure |
8. If it wasn’t an accident, he ______ it on purpose.
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A. need have done |
B. should have done |
C. must have done |
D. ought to have done |
9. They played a great game and brought our local basketball teams to their ______.
|
A. knees |
B. legs |
C. feet |
D. ankle |
10. Every large city has its shifting population of vagrants. But in most cases these are men, usually with an unhealthy appetite ______ alcohol.
|
A. in |
B. to |
C. on |
D. for |
11. Teachers like students to be _____ and listen to what they are saying.
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A. absorbed |
B. attentive |
C. prudent |
D. watchful |
12. Helen: “This is your first trip abroad, isn’t it?” – Peter: “______.”
|
A. No, I haven’t been there before |
B. No, it’s expensive |
|
C. Yes, it sounds great |
D. Yes, so I’m looking forward to it |
13. Senior officials from ASEAN and other Pacific, _____ countries met in Canberra, Australia, in November 1989 to inaugurate APEC.
|
A. Rim |
B. Edge |
C. Perimeter |
D. Border |
14. Choose the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part.
The study also notes a steady decline in the number of college students taking science courses.
|
A. relative |
B. general |
C. continuous |
D. sharp |
15. ______ is medical technology that allows the prolongation of life artificially while the world is already over-populated?
|
A. Of what use |
B. What use |
C. Of which use |
D. Which use |
16. Honour still ______, they got back into their lorries and were off again, this time trying to edge each other into a deep ravine that fell away at one side of the road.
|
A. being unsatisfactory |
B. unsatisfactory |
C. unsatisfied |
D. unsatisfying |
17. I have lived near the railway for so long now that I’ve grown _____ to the noise of the trains.
|
A. familiar |
B. accustomed |
C. aware |
D. unconscious |
18. We are short of clean safe drinking water, which is found to be the ______ in many third world countries.
|
A. example |
B. event |
C. case |
D. object |
19. It is said that many children of high intelligence do not allow themselves to be “discovered” – for fear of becoming an _____.
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A. outage |
B. outcast |
C. outset |
D. outpost |
20. Until the current warming trend exceeds the range of normal climatic fluctuations, there will be, among scientists, considerable ______ the possibility that increasing levels of atmospheric CO2 can cause long-term warming effects.
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A. interest in |
B. uncertainty about |
C. enthusiasm for |
D. worry about |
1.A.in
2.B.invention
3.C.successful
4.C.best
5.A.pair
6.B.is found
7.C.played