Semester:231

MID-TERM Academic year: 2023-2024

TEST
Date 06/10/2023
VNUHCM Course title ENGLISH 4
UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER Course ID LA1009
50
Duration minutes Question Sheet Code 1001

Note: Summit the Questions sheet together with the Answer sheet.

Student Name:………………………………………………….….Student ID: ………………………

PRONUNCIATION AND STRESS

Which underlined part is pronounced differently?
1. A. patient B. frightening C. residential D. traditional
2. A. confident B. discipline C. specialist D. hospital
3. A. attend B. exam C. factor D. application
4. A. geography B. biology C. geometry D. history
5. A. luxury B. unique C. university D. communicate

Which word is stressed differently from the others?

6. A. principle B. elementary C. opportunity D. entertainment
7. A. photography B. experiment C. argument D. ability
8. A. decorate B. impossible C. creative D. important
9. A. institution B. discussion C. education D. graduation
10. A. ignore B. expert C. attend D. succeed
GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE
Choose the letter (A, B, C, or D) that best completes each sentence.
11. Positive thoughts and happy feelings can certainly__________ some of your illnesses.
A. take away B. go over C. walk through D. across away
12. This restaurant is very unpopular, so it ________ close.
A. is getting B. is going to C. is coming D. will
13. The truth about the scandal __________ long after he had left office.
A. came out B. come down C. went up D. cut down
14. The last exercise was a bit ____________. I spent an hour solving it.
A. to confuse B. confused C. confusing D. none
15. John can't help __________ at my jokes.
A. laughed B. laughing C. laugh D. laughs
16. After getting infected by coronavirus and recovered, my dad stopped __________.
A. to smoke B. smoke C. smokes D. smoking
17. He normally objected to __________ anything dangerous, but he agreed to __________ part this
time.
A. doing/taking B. doing/to take C. to do/to take D. to do/takes
18. I regret ________ you my secret. It was my mistake.
A. telling B. not to tell C. to tell D. tells
19. you, since I started this course.
A. have been feeling B. am been feeling C. have been feel D. has feel
20. US consumers ___________ around 100 billion plastic bags annually.
A. wave at B. throw away C. run through D. follow by
21. Do you want to discuss ________with your bank? It might be a good idea.
A. to change B. changed C. changing D. to changing
 22. Don’t worry if you can’t get here at 5 minutes. I _______for you.
A. am going to B. going to wait C. am waiting D. will wait
23. Two office workers are leaving for the restaurant. They _____________ lunch.
A. am going to B. will C. have been D. have been having
24. I lost the race because I ran _________
A. quietly B. noisily C. badly D. easily
25. A young man is putting down his phone. ____________ text messages?
A. has he been sending B. has he been sent
C. Has he sending been D. has he sending

VOCABULARY
Choose the letter (A, B, C, or D) that best completes each sentence.
26. My Parents chose to live in this ___________because it was close to lots of parks.
A. stall B. chain store C. neighborhood D. monument
27. In spite of the variations, crime rates are significantly higher in ___________ than in rural areas.
A. suburb B. urban areas C. suburban D. countryside
28. People often say if you can afford to pay rent, then you could pay a ___________and buy your own
flat. I don’t think it’s so simple, though.
A. mortgage B. salary C. worth D. finance
29. Well, I don’t really need one. I just need a way of reducing ___________ I don’t know how I spend
so much.
A. financial B. expenses C. loan D. salary
30. They require hundreds of millions of dollars _________ of new equipment and fiber optic backbone
to make them two-way streets.
A. stall B. worth C. effort D. luxury
31. The council has said that jobs will have to be cut in order to _________ the budget.
A. loan B. waste C. afford D. balance
32. Sant'Elia's city was a utopian ___________ designed on a monumental scale.
A. suburb B. district C. metropolis D. hostel
33. My parents showed me how to work out my ____________when I left home. They didn’t want me to
waste any money
A. luxury B. loan C. mortgage D. budget
34. A landowner could have his _________ protected if he wished but he might prefer to maltreat it or
destroy it completely.
A. monument B. possibility C. electricity D. agreement
35. Large numbers of nuclear-powered submarines are laid up at a _________near Murmansk.
A. announcement B. bubbles C. celebration D. harbor
36. I was really _________ when I arrived at the party an hour early.
A. confusing B. excitedly C. embarrassed D. frightening
37. Separate from these groups was the large mass of youth whose clothes were ________versions of
traditional styles.
A. chain store B. shopping mall C. office block D. neighborhood
38. He hasn’t been on the job long enough to establish his own distinct ___________style.
A. relationship B. management C. bubble D. identity
39. We must be reactive rather than proactive because becoming ___________ and taking initiative
involves gaining power.
A. introduced B. experienced C. discussed D. motivated
40. Plant roots in the peats and estuarine sediments _____________ uranium in cell walls, especially in
regions associated with transpiration processes.
A. recognize B. concentrate C. practice D. summarize
41. Painting the bedroom is at the top of my _________.
A. to-do list B. achievement C. resource D. performance
42. Our goal is to try to provide financial help to people in our community with a lot of _____________.
A. disadvantages B. information C. quotations D. intonations
43. A set of exercises to __________ the leg muscles.
 A. replace B. strengthen C. activate D. analyze
44. Intelligent people tend to have strong __________ between the neurons in their brains.
A. conversation B. relationship C. confidence D. connections
45. Do you agree with the __________ that violence on TV makes people behave violently?
A. signpost B. argument C. difficulty D. management

CLOZE TEST
Read the following passage and choose the best alternative (A, B, C, or D) to complete each blank.
The number of refugees is increasing around the world. Many people are fleeing their countries because of
war; others because they are unsafe in their (46) ________. They all want to find a new life in a safe
country. Multinational companies will help around 250,000 refugees. They (47) _________ them a job. The
companies made this offer on World Refugee Day. Adidas, Amazon, Pepsi, and Starbucks are some of the
more than 40 corporations who will help displaced people over the next three years. Kelly Clements, the
U.N. Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees, was happy about this news. She said: "The commitments
that businesses (48) _________make are absolutely essential. “Kelly Clements said more than 110 million
people have been displaced worldwide. Around 12 million of these are from Ukraine. More than 6.8 million
have fled Syria and 5.7 million have left Afghanistan. MS Kelly said: "Every number is a story of an
individual family who left everything, seeking safety, seeking protection, and wanting to be able to rebuild."
An Amazon spokesperson explained why hiring (49) _________ would benefit the company. He said: "This
is good for us as a company because the opportunity to add (50) _________ to our workforce will continue
to make us a stronger company." He added that: "Diversity brings innovation, creativity and different
46. A. homeland B. neighborhood C. suburb D. homeless
47. A. have been B. will give C. were giving D. are been giving
48. A. are going to B. could C. is going to D. would
49. A. citizen B. local person C. neighbor D. refugees
50. A. office block B. expenses C. diversity D. district

READING COMPREHENSION
Reading the following passage and choose the correct answer (A, B, C, or D) to each question.
The year 2020 has been a tumultuous one for educators. Hundreds of thousands of teachers across the globe
had to get to grips with online platforms to deliver their lessons. Millions of students were stuck at home
doing their lessons via websites like Zoom. This has created an unprecedented transformation in education
as technology has taken center stage. The quality of education differed around the world according to the
quality of Internet connections, the level of preparedness of teachers, and their competence in engaging with
the technology. It also depended on what kind of devices students had at home. Many students were
deprived of lessons because they had no computer, tablet, or smartphone.
The Education Ministry in Malaysia has rolled out a new initiative to help underprivileged children. Around
150,000 eligible pupils from 500 schools will receive a device to enable them to participate in online
lessons. The Education Minister hopes to build on the success of this initial rollout to expand the
programme. He said: "Apart from assisting pupils and schools in need, this pilot project is to find the best
implementation method before it is proposed for expansion." The plans include enhancing educational
television programming for students with no Internet access and employing sign language interpreters to
help the hard of hearing. A teacher said she was happy her government was prioritizing students' needs.
51. What kind of year does the article say teachers have had?
A. an educational one C. a tumultuous one
B. a crazy one D. a good one
52. What did teachers have to get to grips with?
A. online platforms B. their hands C. tests D. homework
53. Who has been stuck at home?
A. students C. engineers
B. an education minister D. teachers
54. What has taken center stage?
A. English B. technology C. tests D. homework
55. Why were some students deprived of lessons?
A. not enough teachers C. they had the wrong platform
B. power cuts D. no computers, tablets, and smartphones
56. What has Malaysia's Education Ministry rolled out?
A. a new curriculum C. a homework plan
B. a new initiative D. new tests
57. How many schools may take part in an initiative?
A. 500 B. 600 C. 700 D. 800
58. What will Malaysia's government enhance?
A. test security C. educational TV programming
B. software D. Internet speeds
59. What kind of interpreters will Malaysia's government employ?
A. English interpreters C. multi-lingual interpreters
B. coding interpreters D. sign language interpreters
60. What did a teacher say the government was prioritizing?
A. students' needs C. exam grades
B. student success D. Internet speeds

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