Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions. 

No sooner had she put the telephone down than her boss rang back. 

A. As soon as her boss rang back, she put down the telephone. 

B. Scarcely had she put the telephone down when her boss rang back. 

C. Hardly she had hung up, she rang her boss immediately. 

D. She had hardly put the telephone down without her boss rang back.

V. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. Answer by writing down the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.

11. We would save thousands of lives if we __________ floods in time.

A. had not predicted               B. predict                    C. predicted                D. will predict.           

12.  ______ no gravity, everything would float.

A. There were                         B. Were there              C. If were there           D. if

13. It will be a pity if she _______  married with Fred.

A.  got                                     B. doesn’t get              C. get                          D. would get

14.  Mr David is ________  old customer and _________ honest man.

A. an/the                                 B. the/ an                     C. an/an                       D. the/the

15. We left Rome, flew over ________ Alps  and made a quick stop in London.

A. X                                        B. an                            C. a                             D. the

16. The snow was quite deep. There seemed _________ hope of completing  our journey.

A. a few                                  B.  few                        C. little                        D. a little

17. He invited her to have barbecue  with him but she refused.

A. turn down                           B. turn off                   C. turn up                    D. turn on

18. Floods in Central Viet Nam made a lot of  local people become _________

A. home                                  B. homes                     C. homeful                  D. homeless

19. Earthquakes, volcanoes and droughts are ________ disasters that farmers always have to face.

A. nature                                 B. natural                    C. natures                    D. naturalize

20. My neighborhood is heavily  __________ with traffic fumes and plastic bags.

A.  pollute                               B. polluted                  C. pollution                 D. polluting

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the following question.

No sooner had she put the telephone down than her boss rang back.

A. Scarcely had she put the telephone down when her boss rang back

B. She had hardly put the telephone down without her boss rang back

C. Hardly she had hung up, she rang her boss immediately

D. As soon as her boss rang back, she put down the telephone

III. Choose the correct answer to complete each of the following sentences. Write your answers on the answer sheet. 1. By the time we arrived, the film________. A. started B. was starting C. has started D. had started 2. When their friends finished singing, Mai _______out the candles on the cake. A. blew B. went C. turned D. got 3. The children appear _____about the trip. A. exciting B. being excited C. to excite D. to be excited 4. When I glanced out the window, I saw Tom _________toward my house. A. walk B. to walk C. walking D. having walked 5. His colleagues accused him ________leaking information to the press. A. for B. of C. on D. to 6. John _____me on passing the driving test. A. wished B. proposed C. recommended D. congratulated 7. ______interested in that subject, I would try to learn more about it. A. Were I B. Should I C. I was D. If I am 8. Tom apologized ________not being able to answer the last question. A. to B. for C. on D. at 9. Do you still remember the day _________you sent that letter? A. which B. where C. that D. when 10. Water power gives energy ______ pollution. A. with B. without C. within D. including 11. Tim’s hobby is _______stamps from foreign countries. A. collect B. to collect C. collecting D. to collecting 12. _____Linh ________his sister like listening to pop music. A. Both-and B. Either-or C. Neither-nor D. Not only – but also 13. The pyramid ________of over 2 million blocks of stone. A. consisted B. composed C. included D. gathered 14. Pham Tuan was the first Vietnamese ________into space. A. flew B. flying C. to fly D. who flies 15. He’d never met her before, _____? A. had he B. hadn’t he C. would he D. couldn’t he

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

No sooner had she put the telephone down than her boss rang back

A. As soon as her boss rang back, she put down the telephone

B. Scarely had she put the telephone down when her boss rang back

C. Hardly she had hung up, she rang her boss immediately

D. She had hardly put the telephone down without her boss rang back

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

No sooner had she put the telephone down than her boss rang back.

A. Hardly she had hung up, she rang her boss immediately

B. As soon as her boss rang back, she put down the telephone

C. She had hardly put the telephone down without her boss rang back

D. Scarcely had she put the telephone down when her boss rang back

II. Circle the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences. (1,5 pts )

1. By the time we got to the cinema, the film ______.

  A. started B. starts C. had started D. starting

2. Don’t drink that water. It is ______.

  A. damaged B. contaminated C. dumped                    D. destroyed

3. “No one was killed in the forest fire two days ago.”  – “______.”

  A. That’s a relief B. That’s shocking C. Oh dear D. How terrible!

4. Nowadays you still see the ______ men wear skirts to weddings or festivals.

  A. Scotland B. English C. England D. Scottish 

5. The heavy rain has caused ______ in many parts of the countries.

  A. storms B. floods C. droughts D. thunderstorms

6. If you ______ the president, what would you do to reduce pollution?

  A. are B. was      C. were D. is

Nhìn thế th chứ ngắn lắm III. Choose the correct answer to complete each of the following sentences. Write your answers on the answer sheet. 1. By the time we arrived, the film________. A. started B. was starting C. has started D. had started 2. When their friends finished singing, Mai _______out the candles on the cake. A. blew B. went C. turned D. got 3. The children appear _____about the trip. A. exciting B. being excited C. to excite D. to be excited 4. When I glanced out the window, I saw Tom _________toward my house. A. walk B. to walk C. walking D. having walked 5. His colleagues accused him ________leaking information to the press. A. for B. of C. on D. to 6. John _____me on passing the driving test. A. wished B. proposed C. recommended D. congratulated 7. ______interested in that subject, I would try to learn more about it. A. Were I B. Should I C. I was D. If I am 8. Tom apologized ________not being able to answer the last question. A. to B. for C. on D. at 9. Do you still remember the day _________you sent that letter? A. which B. where C. that D. when 10. Water power gives energy ______ pollution. A. with B. without C. within D. including 11. Tim’s hobby is _______stamps from foreign countries. A. collect B. to collect C. collecting D. to collecting 12. _____Linh ________his sister like listening to pop music. A. Both-and B. Either-or C. Neither-nor D. Not only – but also 13. The pyramid ________of over 2 million blocks of stone. A. consisted B. composed C. included D. gathered 14. Pham Tuan was the first Vietnamese ________into space. A. flew B. flying C. to fly D. who flies 15. He’d never met her before, _____? A. had he B. hadn’t he C. would he D. couldn’t he