( 2160 c©u tr¾c nghiÖm tiÕng anh theo chuyªn ®Ò- Nxb ®h quèc gia tp. Hå chÝ minh) Lexico- grammmar Ex 1: Choose the correct phrasal verb to fill in each blank to finish the following massage. When my marriage to this rich, celebrated man ended, I couln’t (1) .the … luxurious lifestyle that we’d so enjoyed together. My husband’s relationship with a younger woman has apparently bee (2) for some time. He confessed to me- ……… over the telephone. My mind went back over the years we’d share together. I had (3) so much with him, right from the early days when he was aminer and thn a ……… policeman. With Ray’s first snooker win we had bought a bungalow. Life as a professional player really 94) for him. Those were the days- … traveling to the Telerife one week, Canada the next. I thought nothing of spending $ 500 on a dress and buying 6 pairs of trousers at a time. After Ray (5) money …… stopped coming in. But I (6) .buying nice things. In the devorce settlement , I ……… got the house and $ 1,500 a month. It may sound a lot, but I was & 6,000 in debt. At Christmas that year I shopped as usual. I didn’t see why my daughter should (7) … the nice things she had been used to. So the bill (8) growing and growing.…… I (9) cleaning 5 mornings a week for a businessman for $ 38. Then one day, about three months after I had started to work for him, I slipped one of his cigarette lighters and a watch into my pocket. I hid them at home like hiding my guilt. By the New Year’s Eve I had just $ 14 dollars left. I knew $ 200 in cash was sitting in a drawer at work, so I took it. A few weeks later I spotted $ 1,600 worth of cheques (100 .to my boss’s son. I changed the name and paid them into my own ……… account . I (11) when I had done it, but the bills from Christmas were (12)… and I was absolutely desperate for cash. My debts were a terrible burden, ……… but the guilt I felt was even worse. So I went over to my boss hourse and confessed. The pollice were (13) and they searched my home from top to bottom. The ………… next thing I knew I was in court; pleading guilty . After I had left the court room I couldn’t eat or sleep for a week. The magistraters ordered me to repay the money and pay the court costs. I am doing that at the moment, but even now I still can’t (14) all that has happene- it seems like a nightmare. All the rich and famous friends I … made while I was with Ray have abandoned me. The important thing now is to put my life back together again, helped by the love of my two children. If there is one 1 thing I hope people understan, it is that I am not a wicked womwn. I just (15) ……… tp temptation. 1. A. give up B. call up C. look up D. pull up 2. A. going on B. coming on C. bringing on D. taking on 3. A. gone by B. been through C. looked in D. been up to 4. A. took down B. took off C. took in D. took over 5. A. burst out B. came out C. walked out D. took out 6. A. passed on B. passed through C. carried on D. carried away 7. A. come without B. take without C. live without D. go without 8. A. went on B. informed on C. sent on D. moved on 9. A. ended up B. finished up C. backed up D. stepped up 10. A. made up B. made out C. made off D. made forward 11. A. looked down B. came down C. broke down D. ran down 12. A. rolling down B. rolling in C. rolling up D. rolling out 13. A. called in B. called up C. called out D. called on 14. A. check in B. come in C. take in D. let in 15. A. gave off B. gave out C. gave up D. gave in Ex 2: Choose the correct word form given to finish the sentences. 1.I think that this is the best thing to do now.……… A. honest B. dishonest C. honestly D. dishonestly 2. He works as an . For a local company.…… A. electric B. electricity C. electricman D. electrican 3. Those snakes won’t cause you any harm even if they bite you. They are completely …… A. harmless B. harmful C. harmed D. unharmed 4. You need a lot of to be a teacher.…… A. patient B. patients C. patience D. impatience 5. A. I am afraid you are not suitably.for this job. A. quality B. qualified C. qualifying D. qualification 6. They began to realize that they had to be . As possible.………… A. economic B. economizing C. economical D. economized 7. A. My first shool day was a event in my life.… A. memory B. memorized C. memorial D. memorable 8. It is one of the most.people I have ever met. He never says anything interesting. A. bore B. boredom C. bored D. boring 9. My mother has her hair.once every three months. A. do B. to do C. doing D. done 10. Please don’t forget.stamps n the letter before you postt it. A. to put B. putting C. put D. you put 2 11. Could you.the picture over the sofa? A. straight B. straighten C. straighting D. straightly 12. Saucepan are sold in the .goods department.………… A. house B. housework C. household D. hoursing 13. His examination results were so . That it seemed pointless for him to …… continue studying. A. sastifactory B. dissatisfied C. unsestifactory D. sastifying 14. Narcissus blbs at least three inches apart and covered with about four inches …… of well- drained sol. A. should be planted B. shold be planting C. must plant D. should have been planted 15. Wherever there is plenty of rain during the growing season, life is . In …… various form. A. abundant B. the abundance C. an abundant D. it abundant 16. John and I like to watch fotball on TV because we can see much.than we cold from a seat in the stadium. A. clear B. clearly C. more clearly D. clearer 17. Beside being expensive, the food in the cafeteria tastes…… A. badly B. too badly C. too much bad D. bad 18. Tommy had his big brother his shoes for him.…… A. to tie B. tie C. tied D. tying 19. His English teacher recommends that he . A regular degree program.……… A. begin B. begins C. will begin D. is beginning 20. The old man asked to move because he in that chair.……… A. used to sit B. was used to sit C. used to sitting D. was used to sitting Ex 3: Decide the best answer to fill the gaps in the following sentences. 1.If only motorists drive more carefully!…… A. might B. shall C. would D. should 2. She tried to set a few minutes each day for her exercises.…… A. about B. down C. aside D. in 3. People convinced of murder in Britain are no longer .to death. A. sent B. punished C. judged D. sentenced 4. A (n) has been ordered into why so many safety rules were broken just ……… before the acident occurred. A. inquiry B. research C. search D. query 5. The young men were . Guilty of shopping.……… 3 A. found B. convicted C. accused D. condemned 6. No one is explain the of our old tranditions and customs.…… A. beginning B. origin C. reason D. starting pont 7. After six months’ hard work, she. In finding a job. A. managed B. succeed C. was able D. achieved 8. he is sleeping in his mother’s house this week as he . His hourse painted.……… A. has B. is having C. had D. has had 9. This is the second time I . that song. Thie first time was at the club last month.… A. have herd B. herd C. hear D. will hear 10. I the living room by the time Dad comes home. He will be surprised.… A. will paint B. will have painted C. have painted D. paint 11. Samatha .asleep because there is no light on in her room. A. may be B. must be C. can’t be D. can be 12. The doctor advised my father to cut . The number of cigarettes he smokes.…… A. off B. out C. down on D. up 13. Anne was taken .when the doorbell rang, as she wasn’t expecting anyone. A. by chance B. by accident C. by mistake D. by surprise 14. Instead of going to an island, we decided to go on a luxury .around the Mediterianean. A. cruise B. voyage C. journey D. trip 15. John and Karen persuaded me . The conference.… A. attending B. attended C. to attend D. to have attended 16. The car needs before you can use it again.…… A. repairing B. be repaird C. to repair D. repaired 17. She said she had a headache. Otherwise she . In the dance.… A. joine B. would have joined C. would join D. Have joined 18. her mother asked her to. The table for the evening meal. A. place B. put out C. serve D. lay 19 . Around stones that are sun- warmed, even smallest of stones creates tiny …… currents of warm air. A. The col air B. If the air is cool C. hat the air cools D. the cooler the air 20. Despite its wide range of styles and instrumentation, country music has certain common features its own special character.… A. give it that B. that give it C. give which D. that gives it to 4 Ex 4: Decide the best answer to fill the gaps in the following sentences. 1.The girl, father is a chef at a famous restaurant, can not cook. A. who B. which C. whose D. whom 2. I didn’t know . My answer wasright or wrong.…… A. whenever B. whether C. unless D. that 3. Now my father . At night.… A. was used to work B. used to work C. used to working D. is used to working 4. Of the three of us I seem to have the working experience.……… A. less B.least C. fewest D.littlest 5. She was about her son’s illness.………… A. exshausted B. amusd C. merry D. anxious 6. The doctor decided to on the patient to save his life.……… A. operate B. inquire C. bargain D. investigate 7. The audience applauded for five minutes after the .ended. A. performance B. affair C. treatment D. confession 8. Put this in the garbage can.… A. burdan B. rubbish C. labor D. habit 9. his red shirt does not with his trousers.… A. match B. suit C. go D. accopany 10. She went . A bird’s flu; fortunately the doctor saved her life.………… A. down with B. in for C. over D. though 11.They . the matter for a long time but could agree nnothing.…… A. insisted B. attemped C. admitted D. discussed 12. . is helping to break new ground in drug research. A. Computers are being used more if B. The increasing use for the computer. C. If an increase in the use of the computers. D. Computers are being used more. 13. An elephant.vigorously when it is overheated. A. flaping its ears B. its ears flap C. flaps its ears D. ears flap it 14. 14. Beside being expensive, the food in the cafeteria tastes .… A. badly B. too badly C. too much bad D. bad 15. .here since 1990 when her parents moved from HCM City. A. She’s been living B. She’s living C. She was living D. She’d live 16. We’ll get. By train if we leave tonight. A. fast enough there B. there fast enough C. there enough fast D. enough fast there 5 17. If the taxi arrives.you will miss your flight. A. lately B. lateness C. more later D. late 18. It was that we went camping in the mountains last weekend.… A. such nice weather B. so nice weathe C. too nice weather D. nice weather so 19. This morning Cuong overslept and missed his bus. A. so B. much C. too D. very 20. I think it’s.to take a few more pictures. A. enough light B. light enough C. light enough D. enough as light Ex 5: Choose the best option for each gap to finish the following sentences. 1.It’s no use phoning Bob at the office, he A. will leave B. will be leaving C. is leaving D. will have left 2. He has recently . Golf to provide himself with some relaxation.… A. taken on B. taken over C. taken with D. taken up 3. Can you deliver this letter. Hand? A. by B. with C. in D.to 4. Madeleine struggled for a long time before she finally to free herself. A. succeeded B. managed C. achieved D. enabled 5. Not. Did she refuse to speak to him, she also vowed never to see him again. A. only B. even C. at all D. always 6. . you should do now is take a long holiday. A. That B. How C. What D. As 7. Who was the first person.the South Pole? A. reaching B. reache C. who reaches D. to reach 8. Sometimes people injure.when they handle sharp tools carelessly. A. himself B. ourselves C. themselves D. yourselves 9. It is not very easy to study a foreign language by A. oneself B. himself C. itself D. herself 10. The ancient Egyptians .cats. A. worship B. worshipped C. were worshipping D. had worshipped 11. Last Sunday was that we took a drive in the country.…… A. so beautiful day B. such a beautiful day C. such a beautiful weather D. so beautiful a day 12. The conference was organized for all of the . In the state.…… A. mathematic teachers B. mathematics teachers 6 C. mathematics teacher D. mathematic’s teachers 13. It is difficult to find a in the Washington area for less than $ 1200 a month A. two- bedroom apartment B. two- bedrooms apartment C. two- bedrooms apartments D. two- bedroom apartments 14. I am especially glad that Bob decided to go to the party because we hadn’t seen him several months. A. since B. untill C. before D. for 15. John and I like to watch the games on TV because we can see more than ……… we could from the seat in the stadium. A. clear B.clearness C. clearly D. clearer 16. . bottle- nosed dolphines become talented performers at many aquariums. A. When to train B. Are traing C. When traine D. To train them 17. My father is fond of sports. He goes to the Sports Club to watch every Saturday. A. racing horse B. racehorse C. horse races D. horsing race 18. “Shall I put the books on the floor?” “No, I want to keep the.” A. room tidy B. room tidily C. room is tidy D. tidy room 19. When I met Tom yesterday, It was the first time I him since Christmas. A. saw B. had seen C. have seen D. see 20. I think he is ill. Please send. Adoctor. A. for B. to C. in D. with Answerkey Ex 1: 1.A 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. A 6. C 7. D 8. A 9. A 10. B 11. C 12. B 13. B 14. C 15. D Ex 2: 1.C 2. D 3. A 4.C 5. B 6. B 7. D 8. D 9. D 10A 11. B 12. C 13. C 14. A 15. A 7 16. C 17. D 18. B 19. A 20. D Ex 3: 1.C 2. C 3. D 4. A 5. A 6. B 7. B 8. B 9. A 10. B 11. B 12. C 13. D 14. A 15. C 16. A 17. B 18. D 19. B 20. B Ex 4: 1.C 2. A 3. D 4. B 5. D 6. A 7. A 8. B 9. C 10. A 11. D 12. B 13. C 14. D 15. A 16. B 17. D 18. A 19. A 20. C Ex 5: 1.D 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. A 6. C 7. D 8. C 9. A 10. B 11. D 12. B 13. A 14. D 15. C 16. C 17. C 18. A 19. B 20. A 8 . 14. C 15. D Ex 2: 1.C 2. D 3. A 4.C 5. B 6. B 7. D 8. D 9. D 10A 11. B 12. C 13. C 14. A 15. A 7 16. C 17. D 18. B 19. A 20 . D Ex 3: 1.C 2. C 3. D 4. A. 9. A 10. B 11. B 12. C 13. D 14. A 15. C 16. A 17. B 18. D 19. B 20 . B Ex 4: 1.C 2. A 3. D 4. B 5. D 6. A 7. A 8. B 9. C 10. A 11. D 12. B 13. C 14. D 15.