46 CÂU HỎI
SECTION 1 LISTENING
Part 1. You will hear an interview, with a woman called Rachel, who is talking about the shows she puts on for children. Choose the correct answer for each question.
Before her children were born, Rachel worked as ________.
A. an art teacher.
B. a painter.
C. an actor.
Who first thought of doing a show at a party?
A. Rachel's husband
B. Rachel's children
C. Rachel's parents
Rachel's neighbour, Lena, helps by ________.
A. making some dolls for the shows.
B. performing in the shows.
C. writing the music for the shows.
When Rachel did a play about a lion ________.
A. the children laughed too much.
B. the children were frightened.
C. the children's parents complained.
How do Rachel's daughters help her?
A. They show new dolls to their school friends.
B. They think of ideas for new stories.
C. They give her their opinions on her new plays.
Rachel thinks her shows are successful because ________.
A. she enjoys doing them so much.
B. she does a show daily.
C. they are suitable for all ages.
SECTION II: LEXICO – GRAMMAR (7.0 POINTS)
Part 1: Questions from 16 to 35. (3.0 points - 0.15/ each)
Choose the best answer to each question.
My supervisor is angry with me. I didn't do all the work I ______ last week.
A. should have done
B. may have done
C. need to have don
D. must have done
She is very absent-minded: she ______ her cellphone three times!
A. has lost
B. loses
C. was losing
D. had lost
He always ______ the crossword in the newspaper before breakfast.
A. writes
B. makes
C. works
D. does
Not until the end of the 19th century ______ become a scientific discipline.
A. plant breeding has
B. did plant breeding
C. plant breeding had
D. has plant breeding
This factory produced ______ motorbikes in 2008 as in the year 2006.
A. twice as many
B. as twice as many
C. as twice many
D. as many as twice
In many big cities, people have to ______ up with noise, overcrowding and bad air.
A. keep
B. catch
C. face
D. put
Had she worked harder last summer, she ______.
A. wouldn't have been sacked
B. wouldn't have sacked
C. wouldn't sack
D. wouldn't be sacked
Nobody’s got to stay late this evening, _______?
A. is it
B. have they
C. isn’t it
D. don’t they
With hard work and study, you can ______ the goals you set for yourself.
A. establish
B. succeed
C. achieve
D. increase
I accidentally ______ Mike when I was crossing a street downtown yesterday.
A. kept an eye o
B. caught sight of
C. lost touch with
D. paid attention to
______ entering the hall, he found everyone waiting for him.
A. With
B. On
C. At
D. During
I would really ______ your help with this assignment.
A. respect
B. take
C. appreciate
D. than
I am considering ______ my job. Can you recommend a good company?
A. to move
B. changing
C. to change
D. moving
Can you keep calm for a moment? You ______ noise in class!
A. are always made
B. always make
C. have always made
D. are always making
These measures have been taken with a _______ to increasing the company's profits.
A. goal
B. view
C. reason
D. reason
Anyone _______ scholastic record is above average can apply for the scholarship.
A. who has
B. whose
C. with
D. has
You feel so _______ because there's nothing you can do to make the child better.
A. unhelpful
B. helpless
C. thoughtful
D. helpful
I must tell you about my_______ when I first arrived in London.
A. incidents
B. happenings
C. experiences
D. events
We have bought some_______.
A. German lovely old glasses
B. German old lovely glasses
C. lovely old German glasses
D. old lovely German glasses
I_______ to see Chris on my way home.
A. dropped back
B. dropped in
C. dropped out
D. dropped off
SECTION III: READING (6.0 POINTS)
Part 1. Questions 56 to 65 (2 points - 0.2/ each)
Read the passage below and choose the best answer to each question.
Speech is one of the most important (56) ________of communicating
A. reason
B. tests
C. rules
D. ways
To talk and also (57) ________to by other people, we have to speak a language
A. be spoken
B. be examined
C. be understood
D. be talked
we have to use combinations of (58) ________that everyone agrees to stand for a particular object or idea
A.systems
B. sounds
C. languages
D. talks
Learning a language properly is very (59) ________.
A. easy
B. important
C. simple
D. expensive
The basic (60) ________of English is not very large,
A. grammar
B. word
C. vocabulary
D. structure
and not only about 2,000 words are needed to speak it quite (61) ________.
A. fluent
B. good
C. perfect
D. well
But the more idea you can (62) ________the more precise you can be about their exact meaning.
A. need
B. grow
C. express
D. pass
Words are the (63) ________thing we use in communicating what we want to say
A. main
B. certain
C. full
D. most
The way we (64) ________the words is also very important.
A. talk
B. say
C. pass
D. send
Our tone of voice can express many emotions and (65) ________whether we are pleased or angry, for instance.
A. show
B. ask
C. understand
D. know
Overall, what sort of picture is painted of the future effects of global warming?
A. disastrous
B. potentially disastrous
C. relatively optimistic
D. on balance things are going to be satisfactory
What is this passage?
A. a report
B. a preview of a report
C. an article describing a response to a report
D. an article previewing a report
Mr. David Melville suggests that in future more food could be imported into Hong Kong. He thinks these measures could be ________.
A. efficient
B. sufficient
C. insufficient
D. inefficient
The main point of paragraph 3 is to describe ________.
A. effects of changes in the climate of China on food production
B. future changes in the climate of China
C. effects of changes in the climate of China on the growing season
D. projected future changes in the climate of China
The main point of paragraph 4 is to describe ________.
A. global warming
B. the effects of global warming
C. the causes and projected effects of global warming
D. the causes and effects of global warming
Why does the writer add the information in square brackets in paragraph 5?
A. because the quote is from a second language user whose com mand of English is not perfect.
B. because, although they are not part of the original quote, the additional information given is necessary to understand the statement.
C. because the writer is quoting from another source.
D. because the writer wants to emphasize the meaning of these words.
In paragraph 7, which point is Mr Melville NOT making?
A. suggesting that there is a potential disaster in Hong Kong
B. suggesting that reclamation areas are at risk
C. criticising current safeguards
D. making a call for action
How would you describe the Dr. Leeman's attitude towards China?
A. mainly favourable
B. critical
C. supportive in theory
D. admiring
In paragraph 2 "negated" is closest in meaning to________.
A. made possible
B. made ineffective
C. reduced
D. paid for
In paragraph 7 "depleted" could be replaced by which of the following?
A. reduced
B. poor
C. decaying
D. decimated