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ENGLISH PREPARATION COURSE
FOR HIGH SCHOL ENTRANCE EXAM
(ADVANCED)
L HNG PHONG HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE GIFTED
AN INTENSIVE COURSE 2012
INSTRUCTOR: NGUYN TH VN TRANG
EDITOR: TRNH THNH TRUNG
INTERNAL USE ONLY
WITH EXTRA PRACTICE BY BLOCHUYENANH & QUESTIONS FROM PAST PAPERS


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LESSON 1 TENSES
A. THEORY (Please read your books again.)
B. PRACTICE
I. Choose the correct answer to fill in the blank.
1. We _____ the rest of the souvenirs by tomorrow.
A. shall sell B. will have sold C. will have been sold D. will be selling
2. You look confused. _____ you _____ what I have said?
A. Do understand B. Did understand C. Have understand D. Are understanding
3. Deer _____ salt and are attracted to blocks of salt people leave in their yards.
A. likes B. liked C. like D. are liking
4. I _____ the movie before, but I decided to see it again.
A. have seen B. had seen C. saw D. has seen
5. We _____ for you for 4 hours so far.
A. have been waiting B. are waiting C. waited D. will wait
6. When we _____ to see them last night, they _____ cards; they _____ they _____ since 6 oclock.
A. went played said had played
B. went were playing said had been playing
C. went were playing were saying - played
D. went were playing said had been playing
7. It _____ a good deal at this time of year. As you can see, it _____ now.
A. will rain is raining B. rains rains C. rains is raining D. is raining is raining
8. This is the first time I _____ this film.
A. saw B. see C. have seen D. am seeing
9. Nobody _____ to the meeting because Angela _____ to tell people about it.
A. came had forgotten B. came had been forgetting
C. comes forgets D. had come forgot
10. This time yesterday I _____ on the beach.
A. lied B. laid C. was laying D. was lying
11. We _____ for five hours non-stop.
A. have driven B. had drove C. have been drove D. have been driving
12. Ive not started reading the book yet, but I _____ through it before the semester ends.
A. will get B. will have got C. have got D. get
13. _____ on section 2 until you _____ all the questions in section 1.
A. Not start have completed B. Dont start - completed
C. Dont start have completed D. Dont start will have completed
14. Although he _____ to the doctor for three months, he did not feel any better.
A. has gone B. went C. had gone D. was going
15. Jenny _____ French for a few months last year.
A. has studied B. studied C. had studied D. had been studied
16. By the time I go to bed tonight, I _____ my work for the day.
A. will finish B. have finished C. will have finished D. finish
17. Until you learn to relax more, you _____ your ability to speak English.
A. havent improved B. arent improving C. dont improve D. wont improve
18. Why did you buy all this sugar and chocolate? I _____ a delicious dessert for dinner tonight.
A. make B. am going to make C. will make D. will have made
19. Lets go! Whats taking you so long? Ill be there as soon as I _____ my keys.
A. found B. will find C. find D. am finding
20. Next week when there _____ a full moon, the ocean tides _____ higher.
A. is being is B. is will be
C. will be will be being D. will have been has been
21. I dont feel good. I _____ home from work tomorrow.
A. am staying B. stay C. will have stayed D. stayed
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22. If coastal erosion continues to take place at the present rate, in another fifty years this beach
_____ anymore.
A. doesnt exist B. isnt existing
C. isnt going to be exist D. wont be exist
23. Non-native speakers need many years of intensive language study before they can qualify as
interpreters. By the end of this year, Chen _____ English for three years, but he will still need
more training and experience before he masters the language.
A. will be studying B. will have been studying
C. has studied D. has been studying
24. Do you think Harry will want something to eat after he gets here?
I hope not. Itll probably be after midnight, and we _____.
A. are sleeping B. have been sleeping C. will be sleeping D. be sleeping
25. Could someone help me lift the lawnmower into the pickup truck?
Im not busy. I _____ you.
A. help B. will help C. am going to help D. am helping
26. I know you feel bad now, Tommy, but try to put it out of your mind. By the time you _____ an
adult, you _____ all about it.
A. have been forget B. will be will forget
C. are will have forgotten D. were forgot
27. The National Hurricane Center is closely watching a strong hurricane over the Atlantic Ocean.
When it _____ the coast of Texas sometime tomorrow afternoon, it _____ with it great
destructive force.
A. reaches will bring B. will reach will be bringing
C. is reaching will have brought D. reaching brings
28. Im busy feeding the baby. _____ the door, honey?
A. Are you answering B. are you going to answer
C. will you answer D. do you answer
29. I _____ for Paris on Tuesday.
A. am leaving B. leaves C. will leave D. am going to leave
30. Its so hot in here. I think I _____.
A. faint B. am fainting C. am going to faint D. will faint
II. Supply the correct tense and form of the verbs given in brackets.
Passage 1
John _____ (1. always travel) a lot. In fact, he _____ (2. be) only two years old when he first
_____ (3. fly) to the US. His mother _____ (4. be) Italian and his father _____ (5. be) American. John
_____ (6. be) born in France, but his parents _____ (7. meet) in Cologne, Germany after they
_____ (8. live) there for five years. They _____ (9. meet) one day while John's father _____ (10. read)
a book in the library and his mother _____ (11. sit down) beside him. Anyway, John travels a lot
because his parents also travel a lot.
As a matter of fact, John _____ (12. visit) his parents in France at the moment. He _____ (13. live)
in New York now, but _____ (14. visit) his parents for the past few weeks. He really _____ (15. enjoy)
living in New York, but he also _____ (16. love) coming to visit his parents at least once a year.
This year he _____ (17. fly) over 50,000 miles for his job. He _____ (18. work) for Jackson & Co. for
almost two years now. He _____ (19. be) pretty sure that he _____ (20. work) for them next year as
well. His job _____ (21. require) a lot of travel. In fact, by the end of this year, he _____ (22. travel)
over 120,000 miles! His next journey _____ (23. will be) to Australia. He really _____ (24. not like)
going to Australia because it is so far. This time he _____ (25. fly) from Paris after a meeting with the
company's French partner. He _____ (26. sit) for over 18 hours by the time he _____ (27. arrive)!
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John _____ (28. talk) with his parents earlier this evening when his girlfriend from New York _____
(29. telephone) to let him know that Jackson & Co. _____ (30. decide) to merge with a company
in Australia. The two companies _____ (31. negotiate) for the past month, so it really _____ (32. not
be) much of a surprise. Of course, this _____ (33. mean) that John _____ (34. will have to) catch the
next plane back to New York. He _____ (35. meet) with his boss at this time tomorrow.
Passage 2
Thieves _____ (1. steal) jewels from a shop in Shanghai last night. This is the third time this year
the shop _____ (2. rob). According to the police, the thieves must _____ (3. enter) the shop by
_____ (4. break) open the back door. After _____ (5. enter) the shop, the thieves _____ (6. tie) up
the watchman who _____ (7. sleep) at that time in the shop.
The shop-owner told the press that most of the jewels the thieves _____ (8. take) _____ (9. be)
fakes. He said a security firm _____ (10. advise) him never _____ (11. put) real jewels in the window.
Their advice has been invaluable, said the owner, without it, we _____ (12. lose) thousands of
dollars.
III. Identify the mistake in each sentence.
1. Dont let yourself being defeated by that crooked man.
A B C D
2. Dont talk loudly so as not to making the baby up when Im out.
A B C D
3. Mais mother advised her to spend more time to study English.
A B C D
4. Without his brothers helping, he wouldnt be in such a good social position.
A B C D
5. The bridge was hitting by a large ship during a sudden storm last week.
A B C D
6. It took her about an hour doing her homework.
A B C D
7. Well have to stop when it will get dark because we cant work in the dark.
A B C D
8. The number of students who has withdrawn from class this quarter is appalling.
A B C D
9. Nothing cant be done unless we are given more information.
A B C D
10. It was really with accident that penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming.
A B C D
11. A dog should be checked regularly by a veterinarian to ensure that it remains in good healthy.
A B C D
12. One important branch of linguistics is semantics, which analysis the meaning of words.
A B C D
IV. Supply each blank with one suitable word.
A popular theory explaining the evolution of the universe is known (1) _____ the Big Bang
Model. (2) _____ to the model, at some time (3) _____ ten and twenty billion years ago, all present
matter and energy (4) _____ compressed into a small ball only a few kilometers (5) _____ diameter.
It was, in fact, an atom that contained in the form of pure energy all of the components of the
entire universe. Then, (6) _____ the moment in time (7) _____ astronomers refer to as T=0, the ball
exploded, hurling the energy into space. Expansion occurred. As the energy cooled, most of
(8) _____ became matter in the form of protons, neutrons, (9) _____ electrons. These original
particles combined to form hydrogen and helium, and (10) _____ to expand. Matter formed into
galaxies with stars and planets.