The first semester examination - Đề 9

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
A. wild 	B. weather 	C. away 	D. write
A. wrong 	B. morning 	C. think 	D. money
A. imagine 	B. dangerous 	C. bag 	D. language
A. hospital 	B. house 	C. hour 	D. holiday
A. young 	B. quickly 	C. yesterday 	D. York
Choose one of the words or phrases marked A, B, C or D, which best completes each sentence.
People nowadays want to _______the size of their family.
	A. look after	B. limit 	C. lengthen 	D. listen to
Petroleum, iron, silver, gold and other metals are natural _______.
	A. restaurants 	B. reorganizations 	C. receptions 	D. resources
That man became a _______person after a severe accident.
	A. healthy 	B. intelligent	C. handicapped 	D. volunteer
I'm helping people in the _______areas.
	A. developed 	B. hospital 	C. mountainous 	D. volunteer	
The _______of the 24th Sea Games took place in Thailand.
	A. competitive 	B. competes 	C. competitions 	D. competitors
It is hoped that _______will soon be eradicated in our country.
	A. literature 	B. intelligence 	C. literacy 	D. illiteracy
Old people often like their problems to be _______to.
	A. listened 	B. read 	C. written 	D. spoken
Athletes have to train hard to _______the competitions of the Sea Games.
	A. take part in 	B. stimulate 	C. take care of 	D. bring up
The volunteers give care and _______to old people in the hospital.
	A. common 	B. comfortable 	C. comfort 	D. community
The _______of the world has been increasing faster and faster.
	A. population 	B. organization 	C. profession 	D. police
The policeman told the thief _______his pocket.
	A. to empty 	B. emptied 	C. emptying 	D. empties
We are planning _______several historical sites in Moscow.
	A. visiting 	B. to visit 	C. having visited 	D. visit
What exactly _______at the time I came to your office yesterday?
	A. were you doing 	B. had you done 	C. did you do 	D. you did
“I'm terribly sorry. I've broken your glasses" should be reported as:
	A. He denied to have broken our glasses. 	B. He advised us to break our glassed. 
	C. He regretted to break our glasses. 	D. He apologized for having broken our glasses.
He was said _______a robber before he left for New York.
	A. be 	B. to have been 	C. was	D. had been	
The mother made her child _______the word.
	A. repeat 	B. to be repeating 	C. repeating	D. to repeat
There was no way of _______out of the building.
	A. to get 	B. got	C. getting 	D. get	
I could feel the robber _______from the back door.
	A. comes 	B. coming 	C. to come 	D. came
I have nothing _______you today.
	A. tell	B. telling 	C. to tell 	D. told
David _______Japanese food before, so he knew what to order.
	A. had eaten	B. has eaten 	C. eats	D. ate	
Last weekend, my friends and I _______fishing.
	A. go	B. went 	C. was going	D. had gone
The children denied _______the money.
	A. have taken 	B. to have taken 	C. had taken	D. having taken
"Could you all be in Room 34 by 9 a.m. tomorrow, please?" should be reported as:
	A. She insisted on being in room 34 by 9 a.m. the following day. 
	B. She offered to be in room 34 by 9 a.m. the following day. 
	C. She asked us to be in room 34 by 9 a.m. the next day. 
	D. She advised us to be in room 34 by 9 a.m. tomorrow.
Reading stories in English helps us _______our writing skills.
	A. improve 	B. improved 	C. improves	D. improving	
"Don't touch the plate. It's hot!" should be reported as:
	A. She promised not to touch the plate. 	B. She reminded him to touch the plate. 
	C. She allowed him to touch the plate. 	D. She warned him not to touch the plate.
Paul hoped _______to join the private club.
	A. to invite 	B. inviting 	C. being invited 	D. to be invited
I _______the washing up before my mother came home.
	A. did	B. had done	C. was doing	D. must have done
The teacher allowed me _______at home to finish the assignment.
	A. stayed 	B. staying 	C. stay 	D. to stay
_______all the traces of his crime, the criminal left the building.
	A. Removes 	B. To remove	C. Having removed 	D. To have removed
While Diana _______her favourite television program, there was a power cut.
	A. is watching 	B. watched 	C. watching 	D. was watching
Read the following passage and choose the best answers to each of the questions about it.
Studying for up to 17 hours a day is a fact of life for South Korean secondary school pupils. They live in a society where education is very important, and there is great competition for a place at university. Getting a good degree from a top university is the only way to be sure of getting a professional well-paid job. The normal secondary school day, as in most other countries, lasts eight hours. But after that most parents make their children stay at school for extra classes. In theory, these classes are optional, but in practice they are compulsory. When the school day ends, the children are not allowed to relax and enjoy themselves. Most of them have to study all evening in libraries, with private tutors or at private academies.
Education in South Korea is_______.
	A. very important	B. well-paid	C. a good degree 	D. professional
The opposite of "optional" is _______.
	A. private 	B. libraries	C. practice	D. compulsory	
The children are not allowed to relax and enjoy themselves because_______.
	A. they have to study 	B. the school days end 
	C. there are libraries 	D. the classes are optional
A secondary school day in most countries lasts _______hours.
	A. 17	B. 8	C. 10	D. 13	
People with a good degree is_______.
	A. a professor	B. important	C. educational 	D. well-paid	
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