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English test
I/ Pronunciation: Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others. 1. A. may B. say C. said D. pray 2. A. depended B. divided C. separated D. comprised 3. A. symbol B. type C. try D. style 4.A. cross B. comic C. cotton D. encourage 5.A. clothing B. ethnic C. whether D. those 6.A. may B. can C. stay D. say 7.A. boxes B. washes C. watches D. goes 8.A. value B. use C. music D. currency 9.A. since B. ride C. drive D. divide 10.A. casual B. sale C. sleeveless D. slit II/ Grammar and vocabulary: Find the one choice that best completes the sentence. 1.The Malaysian unit .. currency is the ringgit. A. from B. in C. to D. of 2.The Ao dai is the .. dress of Vietnamese women. A. casual B. beautiful C. traditional D. bag 3.He . with friends in an apartment in Ho Chi Minh City since last week. A. live B. is living C. lived D. has lived 4.Marie 10.Curie .. the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903. A. was awarded B. award C. has awarded D. awarded 5.Her clothes look very modern and . A. fashion B. fashioning C. fashioned D. fashionable 6.The national dress of Japanese women is .. A. Ao dai B. Sari C. Jeans D. Kimonos 7.Some designers have .. the Ao dai by printing lines of poetry on it. A. modern B. modernize C. modernized D. modernizing 8.She is often to the theater by the Greens. A. take B. taken C. took D. taking 9.We havent kept in touch with each other . A. since six months B. for six months C. six years ago D. over six months 10.We are really by the beauty of Hue. A. impression B. impress C. impressive D. impressed 11.He doesnt depend .. his parents. A. in B. on C. at D. for 18 12.Mathematics and Literaturre are .. subjects in high schools. A. optional B. adding C. religious D. compulsory 13.They . go to Nha Trang in summer.
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A. use B. used to C. are used D. are used to 14.She wishes they here next time. A. dont come B. didnt come C. wont come D. wouldnt come 15 your house . next year? A. will/ be rebuilt B. was/ rebuilt C. is/ rebuilt D. has/ been rebuilt 16.Some designers have .. the Ao dai by printing lines of poetry on it. A. modern B. modernize C. modernized D. modernizing 17.She is often to the theater by the Greens. A. take B. taken C. took D. taking 18.We havent kept in touch with each other . A. since six months B. for six months C. six years ago D. over six months 19.We are really by the beauty of Hue. A. impression B. impress C. impressive D. impressed 20.Marie Curie .. the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903. A. was awarded B. award C. has awarded D. awarded 21. Her clothes look very modern and . A. fashion B. fashioning C. fashioned D. fashionable 22.Mathematics and Literaturre are .. subjects in high schools. A. optional B. adding C. religious D. compulsory 23.They . go to Nha Trang in summer. A. use B. used to C. are used D. are used to 24.The Malaysian unit .. currency is the ringgit. A. from B. in C. to D. of 25.Ao dai is the .. dress of Vietnamese women. A. casual B. beautiful C. traditional D. baggy 26.He . with friends in an apartment in Ho Chi Minh City since last week. A. live B. is living C. lived D. has lived 27.He doesnt depend .. his parents. A. in B. on C. at D. for 28.The national dress of Japanese women is .. A. Ao dai B. Sari C. Jeans D. Kimonos 29.She wishes they . .here next time. A. dont come B. didnt come C. wont come D. wouldnt come 30 your house . next year? A. will/ be rebuilt B. was/ rebuilt C. is/ rebuilt D. has/ been rebuilt III/ Reading: 1.Choose the best answer for each space to complete the passage. Jeans are very popular with young people all (1) . the world. Some people say that jeans are the uniform of (2) But they havent always been popular. The story of jeans started (3).........two hundred years ago. People in Genoa, Italy, made pants. The cloth (4)..in Genoa was called jeanos. The pants were called jeans. In 1850, a salesman (5) California began selling pants made of canvas. His name was Levi Strauss. (6)..they were so strong, Levis pants became (7).with gold miners, farmer and cowboys. Six years
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(8), Levis began making his pants with blue cotton (9)called denim. Soon after, factory workers in the United States and Europe began (10) .jeans. Young people usually didnt wear them. 1. A. in
2. A. youth

B. on

C. over

D. above

B. young C. younger D. youngest 3. A. lots B. much C. most D. almost 4. A. make B. makes C. making D. made 5. A. in B. on C. at D. with 6. A. Although B. But C. Because D. So 7. A. famous B. popular C. good D. wonderful 8. A. late B. later C. latest D. last 9. A. cloth B. clothing C. cloths D. clothes 10.A. wear B. wearing C. wore D. worn Read the text above carefully then answer the following questions: 11.Who are jeans very popular with? 12.Where were pants made? 13.What was the cloth of pants in Genoa called? 14.When did Levis begin making his pants with blue cotton? 2.Choose the best answer for each space to complete the passage Jeans have their long story of development. In the 1950s, two people helped (1) .. jeans popular with teenagers: Elvis Presley, the king of rock and roll, and James Dean, a famous movie star. Elvis (2) . tight jeans. Most parents didnt like Elvis or his music. But teenagers loved (3) and started to dress like him. In Rebel without a Cause, James Dean wore jeans. He (4) .. a hero to many young people. During the 1960s, rock and roll became even (5) .. popular. Young people had more freedom. Their clothes showed (6) . independence. Some people decorated their jeans (7) .. colorful patches and flowers. In the seventies and eighties, jeans became very expensive. In (28) to the regular brands like Levis and Lee. Famous designers like Calvin Klein and Pierre Cardin (9) . making designer jeans. They were very stylish and very expensive. Jeans are (10) . popular that Levis has sold over twenty billion pairs. Almost anywhere in the world you know what young people want to wear: jeans! 1.A. made B. make C. making D. to make 2.A. wore B. wears C. has worn D. had worn 3.A. he B. his C. him D. himself 4.A. were/ became B. was/ become C. is / becomes D. was/became 5.A. more B. much C. most D. many 6.A. theirs B. their C. them D. they 7.A. by B. on C in D. with
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8.A. addition B. additive C. additional D. additionally 1. A. begin/ started B. began/ start C. began/ started D. begun/ started 2. A. so B. such C. too D. more Read the text above carefully then answer the following questions: 11.Who was Elvis Presley? 12.Why didnt most parents like Elvis or his music? 13.When did jeans become very expensive? 14.What do young people almost anywhere in the world want to wear? IV/ Writing: Complete the second sentence with the same meaning. 1. Mai last saw her friend at her sisters wedding party. Mai hasnt 2. Jack London didnt write the novel The adventures of Tom Sawyer. The novel. 3. When did you start working in that factory? How long 4. Computers are used to design new models. People.. 5. It isnt necessary for students to wear uniforms today. Students.. 6. I havent been to Hanoi for ages. Its been a long time 7. Ive never eaten this good food before. This is the 8. People say that Tuan is very intelligent. It 9. Its a pity your friend isnt at this party. I wish 10. Minh last wrote to his pen pal five months ago. Minh hasnt 11.They usually wore jeans when they were young. They used. 12.The teenagers arent buying that model these days. That model 13. The last time we visited Kuala Lumpur was two years ago. Its 14.I dont think anybody is as strange as Tuan. Tuan is.. 15.Some one told me you could learn mathematics in your sleep. I 16. My car is being repaired at the moment.
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