Question

[Kim Long]

III. READING

a. Read the information and choose the best option A, B, C or D to suit the meaning. (5pts)

Please inform the dentist if you are taking medicine	A. Your dentist may give you a medicine. B. You have to bring your medicine with you. C. Ask your dentist if you need some medicine. D. Your dentist needs to know about your medicine.
TWO TABLETS TO BE TAKEN THREE TIMES A DAY	A. Take two tablets a day. B. Take three tablets a day. C. Take five tablets a day. D. Take six tablets a day.
CIGARETTES CAN SERIOUSLY DAMAGE YOUR HEALTH	A. These cigarettes are safer than ordinary ones. B. People who smoke may get ill. C. You are not allowed to smoke here. D. Smoking annoys other people.
This hospital has no emergency department	A. Accident patients are not admitted here. B. The emergency department is closed. C. This hospital only accepts accident patients. D. Contact this hospital in an emergency.
HOME VISITS YOUR DOCTOR'S TIME IS VALUABLE. PLEASE DO NOT CALL HIM/HER OUT UNLESS REALLY NECESSARY.	A. You will have to pay if the doctor visits your home. B. The doctor will visit you in hospital if necessary. C. You can call the doctor out if you are seriously ill. D. The doctor can only visit you during the day.

b. Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space. (10 pts)

A very good actor was playing in a comedy where he acted the role of an aristocrat.

The aristocrat was in the Bastille prison where he had (1) ____ a lot of time. In the second act, a guard always arrived and gave the aristocratic prisoner a letter. The prisoner (2) ____ the letter and read it aloud. The play had already been repeated (3) ____ and the aristocrat knew the letter by heart but he always (4) ____ that the letter should be written down completely. One night the guard decided to play a joke (5) ____ the famous actor, just to find out if he knew the letter by heart, after so many performances.

When the guard (6) ____ the prisoner's dark cell, the prisoner was sitting on a small bed. He gave (7) ____ the letter, but this time there was nothing on the sheet, it was completely blank. The guard looked the aristocrat, he was so happy about his joke that he couldn't hide his smile. He wanted to see if the prisoner (8) ____ the letter by heart. The prisoner looked at the letter for some seconds, then he said: "There is too little light. I can't see very well. Can you please read the letter for me?" And he gave the letter to the guard. The guard, (9) ____ obviously did not remember the letter, said: "You are right. The light is really dim. I must go and get my glasses." He left the cell and went to fetch the usual copy (10) ____ the letter. Then he came back with the letter and the pair of glasses and started reading the letter to the prisoner. The prisoner was of course very much amused.

1. A. spend B. to spend

C. spending D. spent

2. A. was taking B. takes

C. took D. had taken

3. A. hundred of time B. hundreds of times

C. hundred of times D. hundreds of time

4. A. was insisting B. had insisted

C. insisted D. has insisted

5. A. on B. at C. in D. for

6. A. to enter B. entering C. enter D. entered

7. A. the prisoner B. the prisoners C. the guard D. the guards

8. A. can recite B. could recite C. could be recited D. may be recited

9. A. who B. whom C.that D. whose

10. A. on B. of C. from D. at

Answer 1

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III. READING

a. Read the information and choose the best option A, B, C or D to suit the meaning. (5pts)

Please inform the dentist if you are taking medicine	A. Your dentist may give you a medicine. B. You have to bring your medicine with you. C. Ask your dentist if you need some medicine. D. Your dentist needs to know about your medicine.
TWO TABLETS TO BE TAKEN THREE TIMES A DAY	A. Take two tablets a day. B. Take three tablets a day. C. Take five tablets a day. D. Take six tablets a day.
CIGARETTES CAN SERIOUSLY DAMAGE YOUR HEALTH	A. These cigarettes are safer than ordinary ones. B. People who smoke may get ill. C. You are not allowed to smoke here. D. Smoking annoys other people.
This hospital has no emergency department	A. Accident patients are not admitted here. B. The emergency department is closed. C. This hospital only accepts accident patients. D. Contact this hospital in an emergency.
HOME VISITS YOUR DOCTOR'S TIME IS VALUABLE. PLEASE DO NOT CALL HIM/HER OUT UNLESS REALLY NECESSARY.	A. You will have to pay if the doctor visits your home. B. The doctor will visit you in hospital if necessary. C. You can call the doctor out if you are seriously ill. D. The doctor can only visit you during the day.