Đề thi môn Tiếng Anh - Kỳ thi tuyển sinh Lớp 10 THPT chuyên Quang Trung - Đề số 22 - Năm học 2013-2014 (có đáp án)

 UBND TỈNH BÌNH PHƯỚC KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH LỚP 10 THPT CHUYÊN QUANG TRUNG
 SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO	 NĂM HỌC 2013-2014
TEST NUMBER 22
 	Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH (chuyên)
 	Ngày thi: 30/06/2013.
 (Đề thi này gồm có 06 trang) 	Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút.
Họ và tên thí sinh: . .. Số báo danh: ...
Chú ý: Thí sinh làm bài vào phiếu trả lời (có phát kèm đề).
A. PHẦN TRẮC NGHIỆM.
I. PHONETICS (1 pt)
1. Choose a word (A, B, C, D) that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.(0.5 pt)
1. 	A. naked	B. sacred	C. needed	D. walked 
2. 	A purity	B. cure	C. burning	D. durable 
3. 	A. tomb	B. comb	C. dome	D. home 
4. 	A. cassette	B. sugar	C. fashion	D. passion 
5. 	A. professor	B. pottery	C. position	D. tailor
2. Choose the word (A, B, C, D) whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others. (0.5 pt)
6. 	A. pattern	B. conserve	C. revise	D. correct
7. 	A. institute	B. distinctive	C. defensive	D. division
8. 	A. presidential	B. foundation	C. confidential	D. recreation
9. 	A. distinguish	B. satisfy	C. evidence	D. readable
10. 	A. picturesque	B. referee	C. undertake	D. caravan
II. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR. (5 pts)
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes the sentences.
11. The Belgian football player, Van Moer, is______ the question of retirement.
	A. deciding 	B. thinking 	C. contributing 	D. considering
12. Keeping the ball out of the net is the______ responsibility of the goal. keeper.
	A. own 	B. sole 	C. unique 	D. individual
13. For this recipe to be successful, you______ cook the meal for at least two hours in the moderate oven.
	A. need 	B. must 	C. ought 	D. will
14. She wondered______ her father looked like now, after so many years away.
	A. how 	B. whose 	C. that 	D. what
15. ______ of the committee, I’d like to thank you for your generous donation.
	A. According 	B. On behalf 	C. Together 	D. In addition
16. Several items of______ were found on the river bank.
	A. clothes 	B. dress 	C. costume 	D. clothing
17. The meeting had to be put______ until a late date.
	A. away 	B. on 	C. off 	D. up
18. The usual reason for exemption from tax does not______ in this case.
	A. apply 	B. impose 	C. regard 	D. concern
19. The world Bank has criticised Britain for not giving enough financial______ to developing countries.
	A. allowance	B. aid	C. loan 	D. provision
20. The government made serious attempts to raise the______ of living.
	A. standard 	B. cost 	C. level 	D. mode
21. I like him very much, he is______ 
	A. quite and intelligent boy 	B. quite an intelligent boy. 
	C. a quite intelligent boy. 	D. a boy quite intelligent.
22. –“What did you do this morning?” –“We______ the room white washed.”
	a. had	B. have	C. got to	D. order
23. ______ is a film or a television programme giving facts about something.
	A. Documentary	B. Comedy	C. Cartoon	D. Drama
24. Will you______ me a favor ?
	A. make	B. do	C. give	D. call
25. –“Who will go with us?” –“The man______ to Mary.”
	A. talking	B. to talk	C. talks	D. is talking
26. The price runs______ sixty dollars.
	A. high not than	B. so high as	C. as high as	D. as high like
27. Neither heat nor cold______ the postman.
	A. daunts	B. daunt	C. daunting	D. to daunt
28. –“Do you think the book is expensive?” –“Yes, it’s not______ what we paid for it.”
	A. worthy	B. worth of	C. worth	D. valuable
29. He works______ the government.
	A. to	B. for	C. in	D. with
30. Do you object to______ the door ?
	A. my opening	B. open	C. that I open	D. to have opened
31. There is no______ to the problem of the beginning of the universe.
A. solution	B. solusion 	C. soluvation 	D. solutionist
32. The chairman expressed doubts about____of showing the film on children’s television.
	A. unsuitable 	B. suitableness	C. suitable 	D. suitably
33. He wanted a divorce because his wife had been______.
	A. faithful	B. faithfulness 	C. unfaithful	D. unfaithfully
34. I reserved a table for two, at eight o’clock.
	A. set	B. bought	C. booked	D. put
35. I wish I ________ his name.
	A. knew	B. know	C. will know	D. would know
36. The English students acts as if he ________ Vietmanese perfectly.
	A. knows	B. knew	C. had known	D. will know
37. When did you ________ see him.
	A. recently	B. already	C. last	D. lately
38. The car went ________ full speed.
	A. with	B. for	C. to	D. at
39. Linguistics is the science of ________.
	A. medicine	B. economics	C. languages	D. mathematics
40. If you need an extra bed for your guest, you can use one of ________.
	A. ours	B. us	C. our	D. of us
41. I was so tired that I ________ asleep in the chair.
	A. got	B. felt	C. went	D. fell
42. George ______ off the ladder while he ______ the ceiling.
	A. fall / was painting 	B. fell / painted 
	C. fell / was painting 	D. was falling / was painting
43. –“How’s life?” – “____________.”
 	A. Sure	B. Not too bad, but very busy	
	C. Very well, thank you	D. Pleased to meet you
44. –“How well you are playing!” –“John: ________.”
	A. Say it again. I like to hear your words B. I think so. I am proud of myself
	C. You’re welcome	 D. Many thanks. That is a nice compliment
45.The organization was established in 1950.
	A. come around	B. set up	C. made out	D. put on
46. He forced all his children ________hard till midnight.
	A. to study 	B. studied 	C. study 	D. studying 
47. I was having a rest when the volcano_________.
	A. exhibited 	B. exhausted	C. exhaled 	D. erupted
48. Maryam was really ________ by the beauty of Ha Noi. 
	A. impressed 	B. impress 	C. impression 	D. impressive
49. The United States has a ________ of around 250 million. 
	A. population B. separation 	C. addition 	D. introduction
50. My father started ________in a small village 10 years ago. 
 A. teaching	B. teach	C. taught	D. teaches	 
51. Leave it _________it is . 	
	A. that	B. as	C. like	D. so.
52. Two department stores ________by them this year
	A. have been built B. have built 	C. has been built	D. has built
53. We come to USA _______English
	A. study 	B. learning 	C. to learn	D. studying
54. I remember ______her somewhere
	A. see 	B. seeing 	C. saw 	D. to see
55. This isn’t my first visit to London ______here before.
	A. I’m 	B. I’m going to	C. I’ve been	D. I was 
56. He ______to find a job but he had no luck. 
	A. hardly tried 	B. tried hardly 	C. hard tried 	D. tried hard 
57. She asked me where I ________ from.
	A. come	B. came	C. to come	D. coming
58. Maryam and Lan are pen pals, they ________ two times a week.
	A. correspond	B. write letter	C. meet	D. phone each other
59. Can you please tell me where ________.
	A. does Daisy lives? B. Daisy lives?	C. does Daisy live? D. Daisy live?
60. This is the house ________Shakespeare was born.
	A. where	B. when	C. what	D. which
III. LANGUAGE FUNTIONS (0.5 pt)
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes the sentences.
61. –“Did you like the new French movie?” – “My wife liked it but I was a little ________.”
A. boring	B. bored	C. boredom	D. bore
62. –“Hi, Paul_________” – “Great, thanks. What about you?”
A. What are you doing?	B. What are you doing these days?	
C. How do you do?	D. It’s a nice evening, isn’t it?
63. –“_________?” – “I’m a teacher.”
A. What do you do for a living?	B. Who are you?	
C. What are you doing? 	D. What’s your work?
64. –“Do you often see each other?” –“Oh, no! Rarely _______dates.”
A. do we have 	B. will we have 	C. have we 	D. we have
65. –“Merry Christmas, Joe!” – “___________!”
A. You, too 	B. Merry Christmas 	C. The same to you	 D. You the same
IV. GUIDED CLOZE TEST (1 PT)
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits each blank space in the following passage.
In this age of (66) _______ telephone networks and electronic mail, it seems that fewer and even fewer people are taking time to sit down and write letters (67) _______friends and relatives. For hundreds of years, letters were the only way to keep (68) _______with people who were any distance away and letter-writing was seen as an important skill for all learned people (69) _______.
Gradually, (70) _______, the importance of writing letters is decreasing to a point that the majority of us have to (71) _______a special effort to turn out something worthwhile when we apply for a job or make a complaint. In the business world, the tendency is for routine communications to become shorter. (72) _______clients may appreciate a detailed letter, an employee who sends out long letters is often regarded as (73) _______. Many people prefer the telephone in all circumstances and its speed is essential in many situations but (74) _______ have you put the telephone down, dissatisfied with what you have managed to say? I don’t think I’ll throw my (75) _______ away yet.
66. 	A. progressive	B. advanced	C. highly-developed 	D. all are correct	
67. 	A. to	B. from	C. for 	D. with	
68. 	A. in step	B. in contact	C. on good terms	D. up 	
69. 	A. to be mastered 	B. mastering	C. to master 	D. mastered	
70. 	A. therefore	B. however	C. in short 	D. for example	
71. 	A. make	B. take	C. cause 	D. create	
72. 	A. Even though 	B. As though	C. Despite 	D. However	
73. 	A. unimportant 	B. inefficient	C. unusual 	D. impossible	
74. 	A. how often	B. how long	C. how much 	D. how about	
75. 	A. letter	B. telephone	C. pen 	D. effort	
V. READING COMPREHENSION (0.5 pt)
Read the passage below and choose the best answer for each question.
The agricultural revolution in the nineteenth century involved two things: the invention of labor-saving machinery and the development of scientific agriculture. Labor-saving machinery naturally appeared first where labor was scare. “ In Europe,” said Thomas Jefferson, “ the object is to make the most of their land, labor being abundant; here it is to make the most of our labour, land being abundant”. It was in America, therefore, that the great advances in nineteen-century agricultural machinery first came.
At the opening of century, with the exception of a crude plow, farmers could have carried practically all of the existing agricultural implements on their backs; by 1860, most of the machinery in use today had been designed in an early form. The most important of the early inventions was the iron plow. As early as 1790 Charles Newbold f New Jersey had been working on the idea of a cast-iron plow and spent his entire fortune in introducing his invention. The farmers, however, would have none of it, claiming that the iron poisoned the soil and made the weeds grow. Nevertheless, many people devoted their attention to the plow, until in 1869 James Oliver of South Bent, Indiana, turned out the first chilled-steel plow.
76. Which of the following best expresses the main topic of the passage?
	A. The need for agricultural advances to help feed a growing population.
	B. The development of safer machines demanded by the labor movement.
	C. Machinery that contributed to the agricultural revolution.
	D. New Jersey as a leader in the agricultural revolution.
77. Which of the following can be inferred from what Thomas Jefferson said?
	A. Europe was changing more quickly than America.
	A. Europe had greater need of farm machinery than America did.
	C. America was finally running out of good farmland.
	D. There was a shortage of workers on American farms.
78. The expression “ make the most of ” in the passage is closest in meaning to which of the following?
 A. Raise the price of	 	B. Get the best yield from. 
 C. Earn a living on 	D. Overuse the real worth of
79. What point is the author making by stating that farmers could carry nearly all their tools on their backs?
A. Farmers had few tools before the agricultural revolution.
B. Americana were traditionally self- reliant.
C. Life on the farm was extremely difficult
D. New tools were designed to be portable.
80. Why did farmers reject Newbolt’s plow?
A. Their horses were frightened by it	 B. They preferred lighter tools.
C. It was too expensive.	 D. They thought it would ruin the land.
B. PHẦN TỰ LUẬN. 
I. VERB FORMS. (1.5 pts)
Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences.
1. My children enjoy (81. allow) ____________ (82. stay) ____________ up late when there is something special on TV. 
2. Hurry up. I’m afraid the conference (83. end) _____________ by the time we (84. get) ____________ there. 
3. Jane, together with her parents, (85. just go) ____________ to London (86. see) ____________ her grandmother. 
4. We’d better (87. not try) ____________ any more. It’s too late for anything (88. do) ____________ now. 
5. I hoped he (89. be) ____________ at the meeting, but he (90. not come) ____________.
II. WORD FORMS. (1.5 pts)
91.My tooth was really _____________, so I went to see the dentist. 	(pain)
92.She extremely ____________ about the history of art .	(know)
93.I’m afraid you aren’t suitably _______________ for the job .	(qualification)
94.Thousands of people are living in ________________ after earthquake . (miserable)
95.She has an _______________ command of the language. 	(impress)
96.You can always rely on Barbara. She is very _______________ .	(depend) 
97.I watch the news everyday because it’s very ______________ . 	(inform)
98.A holiday in America can be ______________ cheap. 	(surprise)
99.I am thankful to my teacher who always gives me lots of __ to better my knowledge. 	(courage).
100. Many chemicals have a ________________ effect on the environment.	(disaster)
III. READING COMPREHENSION. (1 pts)
Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer: True (T), False (F).
Do you know the best thing that ever happened to me? Do you know what it was? It was when I lost my last job. Yes, really! I never liked it; I hated it in fact, just because I was stuck in an office all day with computers and a telephone. Now my hobby is my full-time job! I start work very early. In summer I usually leave home at about 8.00. I have a small van, and I carry all my tools and equipment in that. It's autumn now so I’m tidying the gardens. I'm picking up leaves and pulling up old summer flowers. I'm planting lots of daffodils and tulips. Every season is so different and I love them all. I just love working outside in the open air after all those years in a stuffy office. I never noticed the seasons there. After work I always go home and relax in a hot bath. I have a flat in London but most of my work is outside London, in the suburbs. I’m married with no children. I usually cook our evening meal because my wife gets home from work after me. She's an architect and earns a lot of money, much more than me! She earns more but I think I enjoy my work more. At weekends we often drive into the country and go to antique shops and antique sales. We don't have a television! Can you believe it? Everybody has one these days, but we don't! I collect old radios and my wife collects old cookery books. We have a lovely dog and we often take her on long walks.
I think there is only one problem with my job. It's seasonal, so I don't earn much in autumn and winter. I earn most money in spring and summer. But it's O.K. I earn enough, not enough to eat out often in expensive restaurants or go to shows, but enough for my dog and my hobby. I'm a very happy man!
101. The worst thing that ever happened to the writer was when he lost his job.
102. The writer used to be familiar with paperwork.
103. The writer doesn't earn as much as his wife does.
104. The writer and his wife have a lovely he-dog.
105. The writer hadn't had a job before he was out of work.
IV. PREPOSITIONS AND PHRASAL VERBS.
Supply each space with a suitable preposition to complete each sentence.
106. My grandparents brought me _______ after my parents died.
107. She cheered _______ when she heard the good news.
108. I paid the phone bill _______. March.
109. I spent a lot of money_______ my holiday.
110. May I introduce you_______ Miss Brown?
111. The difference _______the two is very slight.
112. There is a real demand _______new products.
113. She bought a painting _______Jackson for her son.
114. The fireman says that the fire first broke _______on the second floor. 
115. He asked _______my mother. He wanted to know how she was doing.
V. ERROR CORRECTION (2 pts)
There are ten errors in the following passage. Identify the errors, then underline and correct them. Write your answers in the numbered spaces.
	People are very interested in robots. Some of it look like mechanical dolls to play with. Most of them look as other machine of today’s high technology. Seriously research on intelligent robots began in the 1960s in several country. Now we are on the fifth generation of robots. The first robots were very expensive. They costly $500,000 when a worker could do the same work for $15 an hour. By the early 1970s, a robot brain, a computer, cost $ 300,000. Today’s robots costs from $15,000 to 150,000.
	One of the advantage of robots is that they can work in situations that are dangerous or harmful for human workers. Today there are million of people who work at machines in the world. Robots will replace them. Parts of the problem will be solved because of the decrease in the number of births. There will be less people looking after jobs. Many people will find changes in their jobs, and they will not like some of them. The students of today must be sure that these changes are well. Robots must improve, not harm, the quality of human life.
Mistakes
Correction
Mistakes
Correction
116. 
117. 
118. 
119. 
120. 
121. 
122. 
123. 
124. 
125. 
VI. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (2.5 pts)
126. Tom is the best football player in this team. 
=> Nobody 	
127. They use much wood pulp, they cut many trees.
=> The more 
128. Someone stole my purse from my handbag.
=> My purse 	
129. She asked Jones to repeat what he had said.
=> “Please, 	
130. It is a pity you didn’t tell us about this.
=> I wish 	
131. We couldn’t go out because the weather was so bad
=> It was such 	
132. James spoke to his lawyer before signing the contract.
=> James didn’t 	
133. He could not afford to buy the car.
=> The car is 	
134.It was a two-hour flight from Ha Noi to Ho Chi Minh City. 
=> It took 	
135.When he is asked about his past, he hates it. 
=> He hates 	
VII. WRITING (2 pts) In Vietnam people don’t celebrate Father’s Day you think that people should celebrate this day in your country. Write a letter to your friends and share this idea.
- Give the reasons for celebrating this day.
- Give details about:
 	+ When to celebrate
+ How to celebrate
+ What special gifts to give
+ What special food to offer
-Give your idea about this day.
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 UBND TỈNH BÌNH PHƯỚC KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH LỚP 10 THPT CHUYÊN QUANG TRUNG
 SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO	 NĂM HỌC 2013-2014
TEST NUMBER 22
 	Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH (chuyên)
 	Ngày thi: 30/06/2013.
 (Đề thi này gồm có 06 trang) 	Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút.
Họ và tên thí sinh: . .. Số báo danh: ...
Chú ý: Thí sinh làm bài vào phiếu trả lời (có phát kèm đề).
A. PHẦN TRẮC NGHIỆM.
I. PHONETICS (1 pt)
1. Choose a word (A, B, C, D) that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.(0.5 pt)
1. 	A. naked	B. sacred	C. needed	D. walked 
2. 	A purity	B. cure	C. burning	D. durable 
3. 	A. tomb	B. comb	C. dome	D. home 
4. 	A. cassette	B. sugar	C. fashion	D. passion 
5. 	A. professor	B. pottery	C. position	D. tailor
2. Choose the word (A, B, C, D) whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others. (0.5 pt)
6. 	A. pattern	B. conserve	C. revise	D. correct
7. 	A. institute	B. distinctive	C. defensive	D. division
8. 	A. presidential	B. foundation	C. confidential	D. recreation
9. 	A. distinguish	B. satisfy	C. evidence	D. readable
10. 	A. picturesque	B. referee	C. undertake	D. caravan
II. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR. (5 pts)
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes the sentences.
11. The Belgian football player, Van Moer, is______ the question of retirement.
	A. deciding 	B. thinking 	C. contributing 	D. considering
12. Keeping the ball out of the net is the______ responsibility of the goal. keeper.
	A. own 	B. sole 	C. unique 	D. individual
13. For this recipe to be successful, you______ cook the meal for at least two hours in the moderate oven.
	A. need 	B. must 	C. ought 	D. will
14. She wondered______ her father looked like now, after so many years away.
	A. how 	B. whose 	C. that 	D. what
15. ______ of the committee, I’d like to thank you for your generous donation.
	A. According 	B. On behalf 	C. Together 	D. In addition
16. Several items of______ were found on the river bank.
	A. clothes 	B. dress 	C. costume 	D. clothing
17. The meeting had to be put______ until a late date.
	A. away 	B. on 	C. off 	D. up
18. The usual reason for exemption from tax does not______ in this case.
	A. apply 	B. impose 	C. regard 	D. concern
19. The world Bank has criticised Britain for not giving enough financial______ to developing countries.
	A. allowance	B. aid	C. loan 	D. provision
20. The government made serious attempts to raise the______ of living.
	A. standard 	B. cost 	C. level 	D. mode
21. I like him very much, he is______ 
	A. quite and intelligent boy 	B. quite an intelligent boy. 
	C. a quite intelligent boy. 	D. a boy quite intelligent.
22. –“What did you do this morning?” –“We______ the room white washed.”
	a. had	B. have	C. got to	D. order
23. ______ is a film or a television programme giving facts about something.
	A. Documentary	B. Comedy	C. Cartoon	D. Drama
24. Will you______ me a favor ?
	A. make	B. do	C. give	D. call
25. –“Who will go with us?” –“The man______ to Mary.”
	A. talking	B. to talk	C. talks	D. is talking
26. The price runs______ sixty dollars.
	A. high not than	B. so high as	C. as high as	D. as high like
27. Neither heat nor cold______ the postman.
	A. daunts	B. daunt	C. daunting	D. to daunt
28. –“Do you think the book is expensive?” –“Yes, it’s not______ what we paid for it.”
	A. worthy	B. worth of	C. worth	D. valuable
29. He works______ the government.
	A. to	B. for	C. in	D. with
30. Do you object to______ the door ?
	A. my opening	B. open	C. that I open	D. to have opened
31. There is no______ to the problem of the beginning of the universe.
A. solution	B. solusion 	C. soluvation 	D. solutionist
32. The chairman expressed doubts about____of showing the film on children’s television.
	A. unsuitable 	B. suitableness	C. suitable 	D. suitably
33. He wanted a divorce because his wife had been______.
	A. faithful	B. faithfulness 	C. unfaithful	D. unfaithfully
34. I reserved a table for two, at eight o’clock.
	A. set	B. bought	C. booked	D. put
35. I wish I ________ his name.
	A. knew	B. know	C. will know	D. would know
36. The English students acts as if he ________ Vietmanese perfectly.
	A. knows	B. knew	C. had known	D. will know
37. When did you ________ see him.
	A. recently	B. already	C. last	D. lately
38. The car went ________ full speed.
	A. with	B. for	C. to	D. at
39. Linguistics is the science of ________.
	A. medicine	B. economics	C. languages	D. mathematics
40. If you need an extra bed for your guest, you can use one of ________.
	A. ours	B. us	C. our	D. of us
41. I was so tired that I ________ asleep in the chair.
	A. got	B. felt	C. went	D. fell
42. George ______ off the ladder while he ______ the ceiling.
	A. fall / was painting 	B. fell / painted 
	C. fell / was painting 	D. was falling / was painting
43. –“How’s life?” – “____________.”
 	A. Sure	B. Not too bad, but very busy	
	C. Very well, thank you	D. Pleased to meet you
44. –“How well you are playing!” –“John: ________.”
	A. Say it again. I like to hear your words B. I think so. I am proud of myself
	C. You’re welcome	 D. Many thanks. That is a nice compliment
45.The organization was established in 1950.
	A. come around	B. set up	C. made out	D. put on
46. He forced all his children ________hard till midnight.
	A. to study 	B. studied 	C. study 	D. studying 
47. I was having a rest when the volcano_________.
	A. exhibited 	B. exhausted	C. exhaled 	D. erupted
48. Maryam was really ________ by the beauty of Ha Noi. 
	A. impressed 	B. impress 	C. impression 	D. impressive
49. The United States has a ________ of around 250 million. 
	A. population B. separation 	C. addition 	D. introduction
50. My father started ________in a small village 10 years ago. 
 A. teaching	B. teach	C. taught	D. teaches	 
51. Leave it _________it is . 	
	A. that	B. as	C. like	D. so.
52. Two department stores ________by them this year
	A. have been built B. have built 	C. has been built	D. has built
53. We come to USA _______English
	A. study 	B. learning 	C. to learn	D. studying
54. I remember ______her somewhere
	A. see 	B. seeing 	C. saw 	D. to see
55. This isn’t my first visit to London ______here before.
	A. I’m 	B. I’m going to	C. I’ve been	D. I was 
56. He ______to find a job but he had no luck. 
	A. hardly tried 	B. tried hardly 	C. hard tried 	D. tried hard 
57. She asked me where I ________ from.
	A. come	B. came	C. to come	D. coming
58. Maryam and Lan are pen pals, they ________ two times a week.
	A. correspond	B. write letter	C. meet	D. phone each other
59. Can you please tell me where ________.
	A. does Daisy lives? B. Daisy lives?	C. does Daisy live? D. Daisy live?
60. This is the house ________Shakespeare was born.
	A. where	B. when	C. what	D. which
III. LANGUAGE FUNTIONS (0.5 pt)
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes the sentences.
61. –“Did you like the new French movie?” – “My wife liked it but I was a little ________.”
A. boring	B. bored	C. boredom	D. bore
62. –“Hi, Paul_________” – “Great, thanks. What about you?”
A. What are you doing?	B. What are you doing these days?	
C. How do you do?	D. It’s a nice evening, isn’t it?
63. –“_________?” – “I’m a teacher.”
A. What do you do for a living?	B. Who are you?	
C. What are you doing? 	D. What’s your work?
64. –“Do you often see each other?” –“Oh, no! Rarely _______dates.”
A. do we have 	B. will we have 	C. have we 	D. we have
65. –“Merry Christmas, Joe!” – “___________!”
A. You, too 	B. Merry Christmas 	C. The same to you	 D. You the same
IV. GUIDED CLOZE TEST (1 PT)
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits each blank space in the following passage.
In this age of (66) _______ telephone networks and electronic mail, it seems that fewer and even fewer people are taking time to sit down and write letters (67) _______friends and relatives. For hundreds of years, letters were the only way to keep (68) _______with people who were any distance away and letter-writing was seen as an important skill for all learned people (69) _______.
Gradually, (70) _______, the importance of writing letters is decreasing to a point that the majority of us have to (71) _______a special effort to turn out something worthwhile when we apply for a job or make a complaint. In the business world, the tendency is for routine communications to become shorter. (72) _______clients may appreciate a detailed letter, an employee who sends out long letters is often regarded as (73) _______. Many people prefer the telephone in all circumstances and its speed is essential in many situations but (74) _______ have you put the telephone down, dissatisfied with what you have managed to say? I don’t think I’ll throw my (75) _______ away yet.
66. 	A. progressive	B. advanced	C. highly-developed 	D. all are correct	
67. 	A. to	B. from	C. for 	D. with	
68. 	A. in step	B. in contact	C. on good terms	D. up 	
69. 	A. to be mastered 	B. mastering	C. to master 	D. mastered	
70. 	A. therefore	B. however	C. in short 	D. for example	
71. 	A. make	B. take	C. cause 	D. create	
72. 	A. Even though 	B. As though	C. Despite 	D. However	
73. 	A. unimportant 	B. inefficient	C. unusual 	D. impossible	
74. 	A. how often	B. how long	C. how much 	D. how about	
75. 	A. letter	B. telephone	C. pen 	D. effort	
V. READING COMPREHENSION (0.5 pt)