De Thi Hoc Ki 1
De Thi Hoc Ki 1
De Thi Hoc Ki 1
Read the following text and choose the best answer for the questions below.
London, the capital of England and the United Kingdom, is the largest city in Europe. It is located on
the River Thames and has a history of about 2,000 years. Over eight million people live in London.
Hundreds of thousand people travel each day into London to work.
London has an oceanic climate, but generally it is a dry city. However, London is often very cloudy.
On average it rains mildly just about every other day. Temperature extremes for all sites in the London
area range from 38.1°C at Kew during August 2003, down to -16.1°C at Northolt during January 1962.
London's largest industry is finance. Together with New York, the city of London is one of the world's
largest financial centres, making London a major world influence.
However, like many big cities, London has problems with traffic and pollution. Millions of people use
the London Underground a day, but there are still too many buses and trams in the streets. The air isn't
clean, but it is cleaner than it was 100 years ago.
21. How old is London?
A. About two hundred years B. About two centuries
C. Approximately twenty centuries D. Over eight million years
22. In general, the temperatures in London ________.
A. are not high B. stay the same C. change greatly D. change suddenly
23. Which of the following is NOT true about London?
A. It rains a lot every day. B. It has an oceanic climate.
C. It has so many vehicles. D. It is a very large city.
24. We can see that compared to New York, London is ________.
A. more industrious B. just as important C. the same size D. much larger
25. What is one of the problems in London?
A. There are too many buses on the streets. B. The population is too large.
C. There are too many tourists. D. The air is dirtier than it was.
Choose the word that is stressed differently from that of the other words.
26. A. potato B. onion C. carrot D. cabbage
27. A. collection B. environment C. destination D. pollution
28. A. favourite B. chocolate C. apple pie D. lemonade
29. A. vacation B. volleyball C. weather D. winter
30. A. windsurfing B. volunteer C. waterfall D. workshop
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others
31. A. wish B. big C. fish D. high
32. A. torch B. sofa C. pagoda D. overseas
33. A. through B. then C. thrilling D. thread
34. A. surround B. diverse C. windsurfing D. museum
35. A. decorate B. messy C. department D. temple
Complete the second sentence so that it has the similar meaning to the first one.
36. Life in the city is more interesting than life in a small village. (boring)
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others
6. A. wish B. big C. fish D. high
7. A. torch B. sofa C. pagoda D. overseas
8. A. through B. then C. thrilling D. thread
9. A. surround B. diverse C. windsurfing D. museum
10. A. decorate B. messy C. department D. temple
Complete each of the following sentences with the words or phrases given
42. Twelve o'clock/ night/ everyone/ say “Happy New Year”/ they/ their friends/ relatives/ good
luck.
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43. How often/ you/ go fishing/ your father?
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44. Nobody/ my class/ better/ Maths/ Minh.
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45. New market/ inconvenient/ because/ it/ far/ our flat building.
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