1 Part 1: Each of the following constructions is cut into its two IC’s by a

slant (/). Choose the one alternative (a, b, c or d) that contains the correct
cut.

Câu 1:
A. considering his abilities, he / should have done
better
B. considering his abilities, he should / have done better
C. considering his abilities, / he should have done
better
D. considering / his abilities, he should have done
better

Câu 2:
A. John went to the library every night / last week
B. John went to the library / every night last week
C. John / went to the library every night last week
D. John went / to the library every night last week

Câu 3:
A. sprayed tear gas / indiscriminately on the
protesters
B. sprayed / tear gas indiscriminately on the protesters
C. sprayed tear gas indiscriminately / on the
protesters
D. sprayed tear gas indiscriminately on / the
protesters

Câu 4:
A. turning / toward the class, the teacher asked for silence
B. turning toward / the class, the teacher asked for silence
C. turning toward the class, the teacher / asked for silence
D. turning toward the class, / the teacher asked for silence

Câu 5:
A. secretly / burned the letters from his lover in the fireplace last night
B. secretly burned the letters from his lover in the fireplace / last night
C. secretly burned / the letters from his lover in the fireplace last night
D. secretly burned the letters from his lover / in the fireplace last night

Câu 6:
A. the boy standing in the corner / is Mary’s brother
B. the boy / standing in the corner is Mary’s brother
C. the boy standing / in the corner is Mary’s brother
D. the boy standing in the corner is / Mary’s brother

Câu 7:
A. sometimes he walks down the road near the farm / with his children
B. sometimes / he walks down the road near the farm with his children
C. sometimes he walks / down the road near the farm with his children
D. sometimes he / walks down the road near the farm with his children

Câu 8:
A. very frankly, / I am very tired after the trip
B. very frankly, I am very tired / after the trip
C. very frankly, I / am very tired after the trip
D. very frankly, I am very tired after / the trip

Câu 9:
A. slowly walked down the street / with his son
B. slowly / walked down the street with his son
C. slowly walked down the street with / his son
D. slowly walked down / the street with his son

Câu 10:
A. at one point south of the river / the enemy have advanced a mile or
two
B. at one point / south of the river the enemy have advanced a mile or two
C. at one point south of the river the enemy / have advanced a mile or
two
D. at one point south / of the river the enemy have advanced a mile or
two

Câu 11:
A. certainly he will / be here this
afternoon
B. certainly / he will be here this afternoon
C. certainly he will be here / this
afternoon
D. certainly he / will be here this
afternoon

Câu 12:
A. working with / his shears in the garden the whole morning
B. working with his shears in the garden / the whole morning
C. working / with his shears in the garden the whole morning
D. working with his shears / in the garden the whole morning

Câu 13:
A. in spite of his popularity, / he cannot be called a great writer.
B. in spite / of his popularity, he cannot be called a great writer.
C. in spite of his popularity, he / cannot be called a great writer.
D. in / spite of his popularity, he cannot be called a great writer.

Câu 14:
A. all the essays having been written, / the teacher sent the class
home
B. all the essays having been written, the teacher sent the class / home
C. all the essays / having been written, the teacher sent the class
home
D. all the essays having been written, the teacher / sent the class
home

Câu 15:
A. roughly speaking, the motorbike cost / about 2,000 dollars
B. roughly speaking, the motorbike / cost about 2,000 dollars
C. roughly speaking, / the motorbike cost about 2,000 dollars
D. roughly speaking, the motorbike cost about / 2,000 dollars

Câu 16:
A. the only thing we can do / is write to him
B. the only thing / we can do is write to him
C. the only thing we can do is / write to him
D. the only thing we can do is write / to him
Câu 17:
A. naturally, we paid / for our own meals.
B. naturally, we / paid for our own meals.
C. naturally, we paid for / our own meals.
D. naturally, / we paid for our own meals

Câu 18:
A. the whole morning he was working with his shears / in the garden
B. the whole morning he / was working with his shears in the garden
C. the whole morning / he was working with his shears in the garden
D. the whole morning he was working / with his shears in the garden

Câu 19:
A. suddenly / we met a beautiful girl on the way to the village
B. suddenly we met a beautiful girl on the way / to the village
C. suddenly we met a beautiful girl / on the way to the village
D. suddenly we / met a beautiful girl on the way to the village

Câu 20:
A. gained entry into the building by means of a bribe / to the guard
B. gained entry into / the building by means of a bribe to the guard
C. gained / entry into the building by means of a bribe to the guard
D. gained entry into the building / by means of a bribe to the guard

Câu 21:
A. strictly speaking, nobody / is allowed in
here
B. strictly speaking, / nobody is allowed in here
C. strictly speaking, nobody is allowed / in
here
D. strictly / speaking, nobody is allowed in
here

Câu 22:
A. having been beaten once, / the boy didn’t want to go out
alone
B. having been beaten once, the boy / didn’t want to go out alone
C. having / been beaten once, the boy didn’t want to go out
alone
D. having been / beaten once, the boy didn’t want to go out
alone

Câu 23:
A. the belief that the sun / goes round the earth is
false
B. the belief / that the sun goes round the earth is false
C. the belief that the sun goes round the earth / is
false
D. the belief that the sun goes / round the earth is
false

Câu 24:

A. always / examine the evidence

carefully
B. always examine the / evidence carefully
C. always examine the evidence /
carefully
D. always examine / the evidence
carefully

2 Part 2:

Câu 25: Some of the following are ambiguous and some are unambiguous. Mark
the ambiguous ones A (ambiguous) and the other U (unambiguous). Explain the
two meanings of those that are ambiguous:

Ex: 1. He drove up in a car with a souped-up motor that he had recently bought.
[A], it may mean that he had recently bought either the car or the motor.

2. He buried the knife he found in the cellar.

3. I looked at the letter John was reading with unfeigned astonishment.

4. He put away the ball in his pocket.

5. He put the balls in his pocket away.

6. We watched them march away proudly.

7. We proudly watched them march away.

8. The women with the children who were complaining were told to move along.

9. The men with the dogs that were barking were told to move along.

10. Nobody discovered the books that he had stolen that morning.

11. She decided to send the sheets to the cleaners that were dirty.

12. He lived on a street near the post office which was always full of people.

13. Cows that eat cornflakes frequently have stomach trouble.

14. Cows that eat cornflakes frequently rarely have stomach trouble.

15. Cows that eat cornflakes never have stomach trouble.

16. We were grateful for the blinds that covered the windows on sunny days.

17. He couldn’t find the key to the jewel case which he had left on the table.

18. We found the man who had lost his way in the mountains with the help of two
Boy Scouts.

19. We suddenly noticed a man in a space suit which should have been sent to the
cleaners.

20. The police have trouble with the people who occupy these cottages all the time.

21. Children who stay out all night sometimes should be punished.

22. Children who stay out all night should seldom be punished.

23. She spoke to the boy with a warm smile.

24. She spoke to the boy with the warm smile.

25. She spoke to the boy with the warm smile that she reserved for children.