ĐỀ KIỂM TRA CHẤT LƯỢNG HKI – ĐỀ SỐ 11
Exercise 1. Read the passage and choose the best answer.
If you were to stop people in the street and ask them to name a ship that had been sunk, it is likely that nearly
all of them would say the Titanic. For the sinking of the Titanic was, if not the most tragic, certainly the most
famous sea disaster in the history of ocean travel.
The Titanic was built as a luxury liner, intended to be the fastest in the world, and a great deal of publicity had
surrounded it. The last point probably explains why so many important people from all walks of life were on the
boat when it went down.
The Titanic was on its maiden voyage to America in 1912 when it struck an iceberg and sank. Of its 2,300
passengers, more than two – third were drowned. Because the Titanic was thought to be virtually unsinkable, no
one was prepared for the tragedy. There’s total panic as very few of the passengers had bothered to learn the
necessary drill in the event of trouble. There’s severe shortage of lifeboats and those that were launched were
still half – empty. The one point of calm was to be found in the ballroom where the band carried on playing right
to the very end.
What makes the sinking of the Titanic even more tragic is the fact that warnings of iceberg had been sent, yet
the liner was still continuing at full speed. In addition, one ship was only ten miles away but did not receive the
distress signal.
One good thing did, however, result from the disaster. The whole question of safety at sea was looked into,
resulting in much better safety measures, including stricter lifeboat regulations and the establishment of an
iceberg patrol.
1. The sinking of the Titanic was.
a. the most tragic disaster b. the most historic sea disaster.
c. the most famous sea disaster d. the first great sea disaster.
2. Why were so many important people on board ?
a. The Titanic had received a lot of publicity. b. The Titanic was a luxury liner.
c. It was the fastest liner in the world d. They wanted to go to America.
3. The lifeboats were
a. too short b. half finished c. launched too soon d. poorly equipped
4. The chances of disaster were increased because
a. no warnings had been sent b. the dance band was playing too loud
c. the Titanic was travelling too fast d. there were no distress calls
5. The positive result of the disaster was that
a. a full inquiry was made b. a program of iceberg destruction was started
c. lifeboats were made larger d. sea travel was made safer
Exercise 2. Choose the best answer
1. You must be careful when you wash this _______ silk blouse.
a. weak b. sensitive c. delicate d. feeble
2. I don’t like to ask people for help as a rule but I wonder if you could ______ me a favour.
a. make b. do c. find d. pick
3. She is travelling to work by train today because her car is being ________
a. stopped b. broken c. serviced d. rented
4. Don’t forget to ______ the alarm clock for six o’clock tomorrow morning.
a. set b. put c. ring d. wind
5. She went ______ a bad cold just before Christmas.
a. over b. with c. in for d. down with
6. The head teacher again brought _______ the issue of reintroducing school uniforms.
a. back b. down c. up d. in
7. I can’t tell Peter and Bill apart : they are _______ twins.
a. similar b. alike c. resemblance d. identical
8. Mary, what is that noise? Is there ________ on in the street ?
a. something b. nothing c. anything d. nothing
9. The men received commands from _______ one – eyed general.
a. a b. an c. very d. no word needed
10. The doctor recommended _______ two meals a day.
a. my sister eating b. that my sister eats c. that my sister eat d. that my sister must eat
Exercise 3. Give the correct form of word in bracket
1. Even the most ______ person ought to appreciate the beauty of this music. SENSE
2. In ______ to doing the cleaning, I make the coffee. ADD
3. Chemical _______ in food often make the food delicious. ADD
4. _________ , you’ll be at a ________ if you can’t drive FORTUNE/ ADVANTAGE
5. The cost of ______ to the show is quite reasonable. ADMIT
6. The _______ was so exciting that she couldn’t put the book down. THRILL
7. An _______ phenominon always make us embarrassed. EXPLAIN
8. Frank told eveyone that he worked for a large company, but the comapny was ___ EXIST
9. His stories are boring because he is so _________. IMAGINE
10. He has few friends because he is so __________. SOCIETY
Exercise 4. Rewrite the sentences without changing their meaning.
1. Just after solving one problem, I was faced with another.
Hardly ____________________________________________
2. It is my impression that she’s enjoying her new job a great deal.
She seems __________________________________________
3. Jack loses his temper easily.
It doesn’t take ________________________
4. A she hadn’t been there before, America was a whole new experience for her.
Not ________________________________________________
5. “ I wasn’t there at that time”, he said
He __________________________________
6. Why was she late ?
What ________________________________
7. Our present financial problems will soon be a thing of the past.
We _________________________________________________
8. We’ve been thinking the matter over and have finally come to a decision.
We’ve given __________________________________________
9. You must drive more slowly in town.
You must reduce _______________________________________
10. Be sure to say goodbye to your grandmother before you leave.
Be sure not to __________________________________________
Exercise 5. Fill in the blank with suitable word.
A – My father waved me goodbye and the bus set off. The person sitting (1) ___ to me was a government
engineer going to Peshawar (2) _____ inspect the road. He said that travelling by bus was (3) ____ excellent
way to test the roads. We passed many villages (4) ____ the way and stopped once or (5) ____ to buy cold
drinks (6) ___ it was very hot and dusty. The countryside was brown and dry and (7) ___ were long stretches (8)
______ people and villages in sight. We (9) _____ to stop once at some road works, too, (10) _____ made my
travelling companion very happy.
B – What will the city of the future look like? This question has been asked (1) ____ many times over the past
500 years that we can be sure of (2) ___ thing only: no one can predict with (3) ____ degree of accuracy how
cities will look 50 or 500 years from now on.
The reason is simple. Cities change continually. In the last fifty years they have changed so rapidly that the
oldest residents will remember a time (4) _____ their city seemed to belong not just to another era (5) ____ to a
different dimension.
(6) _____ is true both of planned and unplanned cities. Planned cities such as New York and Paris, (7) ___ are
closely organized on a grid or diagram of streets and avenues, have effectively burst at the seams this century,
(8) ____ unplanned cities such as London, Tokyo and Los Angeles have grown just as dramatically. Although
their centres might remain much as they were many years (9) ______, their suburbs have spread (10) ____ the
tentacles of an octopus.
Some economists argue that expansion is a sign of a healthy economy (11) ____ that expanding cities are (12)
____ that attract international investment.
Exercise 6. Find a word with different sound
1. a. champion b. check c. champagne d. cheap
2. a. sandwich b. beach c. chick d. chill
3. a. aside b. treasure c. measure d. occasion
4. a. tips b. desks c. coughs d. miles
5. a. prove b. root c. rude d. bully
6. a. leather b. sweat c. healthy d. heal
7. a. high b. honest c. honour d. hour
8. a. breathe b. thorough c. ruthless d. thick
9. a. storage b. encourage c. garage d. shortage
10. a. crocodile b. signature c. deny d. smile
ĐỀ KIỂM TRA CHẤT LƯỢNG HKI – ĐỀ SỐ 12
Exercise 1. §iÒn tõ thÝch hîp vµo « trèng
One in six drivers in Britain is (1) ____ between 17 and 25, but more drivers in this age group are (2) ____
for a greater number of accidents than older drivers : (3) ___fact, one accident in four is the fault of a young,
inexperienced driver.
A team of researchers had spent two years studying the (4) ____ performance, attitudes and behaviour of
young people. The report says that (5) _____ all young drivers are dangerous , but a large number of males,
particularly (6) _____ from 17 to 20, do not drive as carefully as other age groups. These young drivers are
more likely to have an accident in their first year of driving than (7) _____ their experience increases. The
report also notes that men are more likely to (8) _____ driving rules than women and that a girlfriend or wife
(9) ____ the car has a calming influence (10) ____ the driving pattern of young men.
Exercise 2. Chän ®¸p ¸n ®óng
1. Is April twenty – first the day ________?
a. you’ll arrive then b. when you arive c. on that you’ll arrive d. when arriving
2. The severe drought ______ occurred last summer ruined the corn crop.
a. that is b. which is c. it d. that
3. Florida, _________ the Sunshine States, attracts many tourists every year.
a. is b. known as c. is known as d. that is known as
4. Lan’s marriage has been arranged by her family, She is marrying to a man ________.
a. that she hardly knows him b. whom she hardly knows
c. she hardly knows d. she hardly knows him
5. Is this the address to _______ you want the package sent ?
a. where b. that c. which d. whom
6. That book is by a famous anthropologist. It’s about the people in Samoa _________ for two years.
a. that she lived b. that she lived among them c. among whom she lived d. where she lived there
7. I have always wanted to visit Paris, ________ of France.
a. is the capital b. which the capital is c. that is the capital d. the capital
8. The chemistry book ________ was a little expensive.
a. that I bought it b. I bought that c. what I bought d. which I bought
9. Have you ever met the man _________ over there ?
a. stands b. standing c. is standing d. who standing
10. Do you have the book __________ the teacher?
a. that is belongs to b. to which belongs to c. to which belongs d. that belongs to
Exercise 3. §iÒn ®¹i tõ thÝch hîp vµ cho dÊu phÈy nÕu cÇn thiÕt
People (1) __ tell the truth about the properties they are selling should be given prizes for honesty. A house
(2) ____ is described as “ spacious” will be found to be too large. Words like “ convenient”, “ attractive” (3)
___ commonly used all mean “ small”. The words “ small” and “ picturesque” (4) ____ are not so frequently
used both mean “ too small”. A “ picturesque house ” is one with a bedroom (5) _____ is too small to put a
bed in and a kitchen (6) _____ is too small to boil an egg in. Mt prize for honesty goes to someone (7) ____
recently described a house (8) ____ he was selling in the following way: this house (9) _____ is situatued in
a very rough area of London is really in need of repair. The house (10) _____ has a terrible lounge and a tiny
dining room also has three miserable bedrooms and a bathroom (11) _____ is fitted with a leaky shower. The
central heating (12) ____ is expensive to run is unreliable. There is a handkerchief – size garden (13) _____
is overgrown with weeds. The neighbours (14)_____ are generally unfriendly are not likely to welcome you.
This property (15) _____ is definitely not recommended is ridiculously overpriced at 85.000$.
Exercise 4. ViÕt l¹i c©u sao cho nghÜa c©u kh«ng thay ®æi
1. They were just as good as we had expected.
They certainly lived __________________________________
2. The value of sterling has fallen considerably in the past week.
There has __________________________________________
3. We couldn’t have managed without my father’s money.
If it _______________________________________________
4. The only reason the party was a success was that a famous film star attended.
Had it not __________________________________________
5. While I strongly disapprove of your behaviour, I will help you this time.
Despite ____________________________________________
6. It’s against the rules to park your car here.
You are not _________________________________________
7. Such a ridiculous proposal isn’t worth serious consideration.
There’s no __________________________________________
8. Jane was coming this evening but she has apparently changed her mind.
Jane seems __________________________________________
9. He is determined to carry on working when he is 65.
He has no ___________________________________________
10. They only found out who Peter really was when they read about him in the paper.
It was _______________________________________________
Exercise 5. chia ®éng tõ trong ngoÆc ë d¹ng ®óng
1. You shouldn’t get Jack ( 1 – type ) ______ this letter. He’s a careless man.
2. The teller ( 2 – make ) ______ ( 3 – lie ) ________ down on the floor.
3. I ( 4 – say ) _______ that last night ? I ( 5 – must be ) _______ absent – minded.
4. When my father (6 – retire ) ______ next month, he ( 7 – teach ) ______ for 40 years.
5. I resented ( 8 – accuse ) ______ unjustly and asked him ( 9 – apologise ) ________.
6. I didn’t feel like ( 10 – work ) ______ so I suggested ( 11 – spend ) ______ the day in the garden.
7. Mary assured the boss that she ( 12 – finish ) _______ it by 11o’clock.
8. I could tell from the frightened look on her face that something terrible ( 13 – happen ) ______.
9. While I ( 14 – walk ) _____ to the bus – stop, I realized that I ( 15 – leave ) _____ the cooker on.
10. Danny’s train ( 16 – arrive ) _______ tomorrow evening at 6.00 so we ( 17 – meet ) _____ him at the
station .
Exercise 6. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc
1. His acting style is ( 1 – imitate ) _______. No one can copy him.
2. Small children are very ( 2 – imitate ) _______ in their behaviour. They just copy what they see.
3. Is there anyone here who ( 3 – rank ) ________ Colonel Jones ?
4. Courage should not be confused with ( 4 – fear ) _______. To be ( 5 – courage ) ______ is to have
the ( 6 – strong ) ______ to overcome fear.
5. Coloa citadel is the most important ( 7 – history ) _____relic from ancient Vietnam.
6. All human ( 8 – be ) ____ are created ( 9 – equal ) _____and are endowed with certain inalienable
rights, including life, liberty and the ( 10 – persue ) ______ of ( 11 – happy )______.
7. Foot and mouth disease has broken out in ( 12 – Europe ) __________ countries.
8. Leisure habits won’t change much in the ( 13 – see ) _______ future.
9. The thief is caught in the very ( 14 – act ) ________.
10. In Britain we have a Society for the Prevention of ( 15 – cruel ) _______ to Animals.
Exercise 7. T×m mét tõ cã c¸ch ph¸t ©m kh¸c víi c¸c tõ cßn l¹i
1. a. practice b. service c. device d. office
2. a. without b. low c. down d. loud
3. a. prefer b. verb c. cooker d. first
4. a. butcher b. flood c. good d. food
5. a. complain b. complete c. common d. community
6. a. booth b. south c. truth d. both
7. a. design b. zero c. resist d. resource
8. a. scene b. cent c. scenic d. scenery
Exercise 8. Dùng nh÷ng tõ ®· cho thµnh c©u v¨n hoµn chØnh
Dear Mom and Dad
1. You / please / hear / I / meet / Lon don Airport / Mr and Mrs. Robinson / son Michael.
2. Before I arrive / it / rain / a week/ but / Sunday / sun / shine / first time.
3. Last Tuesday / they take me / Buckingham Palace / I see / “ Changing of the Guard” / listen / band
4. then / we / go / Hyde park / have lunch / restaurant.
5. After / we / eat / go / walk / see / Serpentine Lake.
6. While / we / walk / I buy / postcard / enclose / letter.
7. London / have / interesting places / see / I / enjoy / be / here / much.