Baì tập TA2

Read the passage and circle the best word (A, B, or C) for each space.
I. There are many old houses, pubs, and hotels in Britain which people say have ghosts. A
British newspaper, the Sunday Times, sent one (1) ________ its journalists, Stephen Beach,
to investigate Gosforth Hall Hotel, a small hotel (2) _______ Cumbria in the north of
England. People say that the hotel has the ghost of a seventeenth century Catholic priest. The
ghost always appears (3) ______ Room 11.
Stephen’s job was to spend the night alone in Room 11. He couldn’t phone or speak (4)
______ anybody. Before he went to the hotel, Stephen said “I feel a bit nervous, but I don’t
(5) ______ in ghosts.”
1. A. of B.at C. into
2. A. at B. after C. in
3. A. in B. on C. into
4. A. with B. to C. of
5. A. believe B. believes C. beleiving
II. I arrived at Gosforth Hall late in the evening. It was a very dark night but I could see there
was a church with a cemetery next to the hotel. I checked in, and the receptionist gave me the
key and showed me to my room.
I left my things in the room and came downstairs. There (1)_____ many guests. There were
only three including me. I sat in the sitting room and I talked (2)_____ the manager, Sara
Daniels, about her hotel. I had a drink and then I (3) _____ 12.00 I went upstairs to my room.
Room 11 was on the top floor. I opened the door and turned (4) ____ the light. It was a very
big room, quite old, and yes, it was a bit spooky. There (5) _____ an old TV on the table- but
there wasn’t a remote control. I turned on the TV. There was a film on. I was happy to see
that it wasn’t a horror film. I decided to watch the film and have the light on all night.
1. A. weren’t B. wasn’t C. isn’t
2. A. to B. at C. of
3. A. in B. at C. on
4. A. at B. in C. on
5. A. was B. were C. are
David, Anna, Peter, and Vicky are all friends. …(1)…. live together in a big flat in the city
centre, but……(2)……….. have some problems. David loves Anna, but ………(3)………
doesn't love him Anna loves Peter, but he doesn't love ……(4)…… David and Peter don't
like Vicky, and she doesn't like ………(5)…….
1. A. She B. They C. He
2. A. their B. them C. they
3. A. she B. he C. they
4. A. him B. her C. it
5. A.her B. him C. them
IV. Read the following passages and answer questions.
The London Eye was opened on New Year’s Eve 1999 to celebrate the Millennium. It is 135
metres high, and from the top you can see all of London. On a clear day you can even see
Windsor Castle, which is 40 kilometres away. The London Eye has 32 capsules, each with
room for 25 people. Each “trip” lasts 30 minutes. It moves quite slowly, at a speed of about
15 metres a minutes, but it never stops. Passengers have to get on when it’s moving.
1. How high is the London Eye?
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2. How far can you see on a clear day?
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3. How many capsules are there?
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4. How fast does it move?
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5. How long is the trip?
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V. My Aunt Nancy
My Aunt Nancy was born in England, but now she lives in Perth, Australia. She went to
Australia in 1985 when her husband, my Uncle Jack, died.
She is 80 years old now, but she still works. She’s an artist. She paints pictures of cats for
birthday cards. She loves cats – she has twenty-five.
She started painting in 1986. At the first she painted just for a hobby, but then in 1989 she
began making and selling birthday cards. A lot of people liked them and bought them.
She usually starts works at 7.00 in the morning and finishes at 5.00 in the evening. Then she
goes swimming.
Last year I visited Australia and I stayed with her for two weeks. I had a very good holiday.
1. Where does Nancy live?
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2. What does she do?
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3. When did she start painting?
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4. Did she begin making birthday cards in 1989?
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5. How many hours a day does she work?
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Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the
position of the main stress in each of the following questions.
1. A. house B. history C. violin D. palace
2. A. kitchen B. furniture C. library D. remember
3. A. rent B. decide C. garage D. shower
4. A. under B. behind C. over D. opposite
5. A. priest B. guest C. manager D. include
6. A. haunt B. label C. appear D. argue
7. A. influence B. neighbor C. noise D. communication
8. A. baby B. party C. partner D. imagine
9. A. roundabout B. museum C. gallery D. square
10. A. direction B. factory C. corner D. traffic
11. A. bark B. hell C. noise D. continuous
12. A. house B. hotel C. pub D. ghost
13. A. newspaper B. journalist C. priest D. receptionist
14. A. horror B. happy C. nervous D. remember
15. A. asking B. calling C. communicating D. dancing
16. A. difficult B. surprised C. easy D. good
17. A. interesting B. important C. famous D. beautiful
18. A. millennium B. advance C. available D. passenger
19. A. enormous B. big C. cheap D. difficult
20. A. castle B. model C. guidebook D. department
Choose the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose underlined part is
pronounced differently from that of the rest ones
1. A. shower B. now C. town D. know
2. A. key B. meet C. they D. weekend
3. A. square B. stares C. near D. armchair
4. A. do B. floor C. door D. food
5. A. theatre B. there C. the D. that
6. A. half B. hour C. house D. haunt
7. A. know B. knife C. kind D. knew
8. A. think B. through C. throw D. there
9. A. square B. hair C. pair D. clarify
 10. A. stay B. ware C. weight D. name
11. A. beer B. clear C. here D. their
12. A. which B. why C. what D. who
13. A. booth B. cloth C. breathe D. southern
14. A. father B. together C. bathroom D. these
15. A. crying B. driving C. flying D. raining
16. A. between B. green C. met D. weekend
17. A. dancing B. barking C. asking D. talking
18. A. do B. move C. to D. dog
19. A. kitchen B. chemist’s C. key D. church
20. A. honey B. hour C. happen D. honest
Use the given words to complete sentences
1. There / some /glasses /in / cupboard.
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2. There / a chair / front / the TV.
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3. You/ live / a house /or / a flat?
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4. How / passengers / there / in / each / capsule?
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5. She / often / stays / Windsor Castle/ or /in one / her /other/ homes?
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6. Where / you / the / moment?
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7. There /not/ glasses/ in /the kitchen.
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8. The table / next / the / sofa.
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9. She / arguing / her/ husband.
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10. Andrew /not/ like /people /taking photos /of /his house.
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11. The gallery/ closed / 4.00 /every /afternoon.
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12. There / a /computer / in /your bedroom?
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13. There /a festival/ your town/ last month?
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14. They/ throw /their rubbish / the streets.
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15. It /rain/ a lot/ here/ the winter.
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16. She / buying/ a present/ for /her daughter / the moment.
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17. My husband/ watch/ football /three times /a week.
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18. Peter /and /Clare /not/ like/ their neighbours.
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19. There / some cigarettes/ on /the floor /last night.
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20. What / you/ usually /do / the evening?
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21 You/ use/ dictionary/ for/ many/ new words/.
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22 His/ hotel/the/ city/centre/.
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23 many/ basic/ English/ words/old/ English/.
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24 thousands/English/ words/ come /from/languages/.
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25 She/ go/the/ cinema/ every/ weekend/.
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26 they/ live/house/ with/garden/.
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27 she/ watch/cooking/ programmes/TV /everyday/.
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 28 I/ play/ computer/ game/watch/ television/.
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29 she/ doesn’t/ always / a/lot/ work/.
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30 you/ work/ with/hand/?
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31 you/ work/ with/hand/?
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32 I/play/weekends/ in/ pubs/clubs/.
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33 you /have/nieces/ or /nephews/?
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34 Do/ you/ want/smoking/ non-smoking/ room/?
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35 I/ want /learn/ English/my/ job.
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36 I /watch/ football/ TV/ with/ my /family/ Saturday/.
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37 many/ young/ people/ live/home/ when/ they/ 25 or more/.
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38 they /happy/live/ with/ their/ parents/.
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39 / you/ need/ help/your/ bag/?/
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40 /you/ like/ another/ drink/?/
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Indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions
1. Could you speak when you was 2 ?
2. Is your friend a engineer?
3. Jane is a pilot. She flys all over the world.
4. On Sundays, she usually go out with her friends
5. What does she doing this evening?
6. Are there any computers at the classroom?
7. We sometimes go play volleyball.
8. What time do you get up this morning?
9. He is go out with his girlfriend now
10. She do not do her exercises everyday.
11. They doesn’t go to work everyday. They work at home
12. English is difficulter than Vietnamese.
13. Her teacher has teach in this university for 10 years
14. You should to say a word with him because you are wrong
15. He studied very hard, so he passed the exam easy.
16. He doesn’t buy that laptop. It is expenseive too.
17. He doesn’t go to work everyday. He works in home
18. John cans not play the piano well.
19. How many students is there in this class?
20. The children are very quiet. I couldn’t hear them.
21. What are you usually wear?
22. What was you wearing now ?
23. How many people is there in your family?
24. Everyday I gets up at 6.30 a.m.
25. At the moment we sat in café.
26. There is some books on the table
27. What time do it open?
28. Where are the ticket office?
29. How high are the London Eye?
30. Does you know his neighbours?
31. Do you has any other problems with your neighbours?
32. She are playing the violin in her room.
33. There are a horror film on TV last night.
34. Does he believes in ghosts?
35. There are four glass in the cupboard.
36. The TV is in front at the cupboard.
 37. The museum closes in 2.00 on Mondays.
38. There was seven guests at the hotel.
39. Their neighbors is watching TV.
40. What kind of books does you read?

Rewrite the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to each of the following questions.
1. He is a very careful driver. (drive)
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2. Ann comes from a small country. (to be)
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3. This is Mr Tuan’s house. (belong)
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4. He spends two hours learning English everyday. (take)
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5. Her favourite subject is English. (like)
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6. What do your parents do? (jobs)
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7. Does he enjoy listening to music? (fond)
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8. She looks after the sick people. (take)
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9. Speaking English fluently is not easy. (difficult)
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10. Reading scientific books is my interests. (interested)
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11. She is from America but she’s English. (nationality)
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12. How old is your grandfather? (what)
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13. How much do these books cost? (to be)
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14. How long is this river? (length)
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 15. It is necessary to finish the work today. (need)
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16. I’m sorry that I don’t have a camera.(wish)
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17. How much are these shoes? (What)
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18. How heavy is your suitcase? (weight)
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19. I go to the post office to buy some stamps. (because)
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20. Those pictures are beautiful. (How)
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21. My school has seven hundred students. (There)

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21. There are many flowers in our garden. ( Has)
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22. The garden is behind Nam’s classroom. (in front of)
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23. There are four people in her family. (has)
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24. Does your class have twenty- five students? ( There)
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25. The sofa is on the right of the TV. (Left)
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26. There isn’t a TV in the bedroom. (any)
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27. It is difficult to do this test. (easy)
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28. There is a TV on the table. (under)
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29. My students are very good at English. (well)
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30. The ghost is under the bed.
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31. There are six rooms on this floor.

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32. This is an old house.
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33. The London Underground is enormous.
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34. Taxis are excellent, but very expensive.
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35. There were some nice bags at the supermarket.
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36. I didn’t have an egg for breakfast.
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37. There is no sugar in this coffee.
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38. We have some vegetables in the garden.
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39. The laptop is in front of the dictionary.
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Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.

1. ...................help me? I’m lost.

A.You can B. Are you C. Can you to D. Can you
2. She ………….. drive. She walks to work.
A. doesn’t can B. can’t to C. can’t D. don’t
3. A Do you like shopping?
B_...........................____
A. Yes, I like B. Yes, I love it C. No, I do D. I like it
4. Fiona hates .................. up early.
A. getting B. get C. gettings D. to get
5. Don’t forget to .................your umbrella when you go to London.
A. read B. bring C. go D. take
6. I can’t find my glasses. Please help me to look ................ them.
A. for B. with C. on D. up
7. It’s very dark in here. Please turn.................... the lights.
A. off B. at C. on D. up
8. Can I try......................... these jeans, please?
A. to B. in C. by D. on
9. A ....................don’t you like the book?
B Because it’s boring.
A What B Why C When D Where
10. In Pretty Woman, Richard Gere falls in love ................Julia Roberts.
A with B by C on D up
11. . ………………. help me? I’m lost.
A. Can you B. You can C. Can you to D. Cans you
12. I ………………. ride a motorbike. I walk to school.
A. can’t B. can’t to C. don’t can D. cans
13. Does he like playing football? Yes, ……………….
A. he likes B. No, he does C. he loves it D. he do
14. Long hates ………………. up early.
A. getting B. get C. getting D. got
15. My mother doesn’t like ………………. alone.
A. live B. lives C. liveing D. living
16. I don’t like ………………. I think he’s a terrible actor.
A. her B. him C. them D. it
17. Those students are very quiet. I can’t hear ……………….
A. theirs B. they C. their D. them
18. Are these their books? No, they are not ……………….
A. yours B. ours C. theirs D. them
19. They have a car. ……………… is a Mercedes.
A. It’s B. It C. Its D. they
20. Martha lives in London, but I don’t know ……………… address.
A. her B. theirs C. hers D. their
21. Do you _______ to work every day.
 A. Walk B. to walk C. walking D. walks
22. Where can you _______ clothes for all the family.
A. Bought B. buy C. buying D. buys
23. They watch TV late ______ night.
A. At B. in C. with D. of
24. They listen _______ loud music.
A. At B. of C. to D. with
25. How many people ________ there in your last English class?
A. Is B. are C. was D. were
26. How often ______ people come to clean the house?
A. Did B. do C. does D. doing
27. Are _____ any plants in your kitchen?
A. Their B. there C. these D. those
28. There is a ghost sitting in front ________ the woman.
A. In B. before C. at D. of
29. There is a beautiful sofa next ______ the window.
A. With B. to C. behind D. after
30. There aren’t _______ books in my room.
A. Any B. a C. some D. an
31. Their neighbours _______ watching TV at the moment.
A. Is B. was C. were D. are
32. He usually gets up ________ 6.00 a.m.
A. At B. in C. on D. into
33. He’s arguing _____ his wife.
A. From B. on C. in D. with
34. There _______ two tables in the living room.
A. Is B. are C. was D. were
35. You can get tickets _______ the day you want to go.
A. On B. into C. in D. off
36. His neighbours _______ a lot of noise.
A. Makes B. make C. made D. making
37. When he went _______ sleep. The TV and the lights were turned off.
A. To B. on C. out D. during
38. There are ______ glasses in the cupboard.
A. Any B. a C. an D. some
39. Look! The bridge ___________.
A. Open B. is opening C. were opening D. will open
40. How far _________ the house from Cambridge?
A. Are B. were C. is D. will