Saturday , December 5th, 2009 Test 2 for good students I. Fill in each blank with one suitable word. 1. When I (1) a child I used (2) go to see my grandmother. I thought her house was(3) beautiful as a palace and the garden seemed bigger than a park(4) I grew (5) The house and (6) seemed smaller but I still loved visiting the old lady. There were so many beautiful things in the house. Sometimes, I played(7) the doll’s house which was older than grandmother herself. At(8) times, I looked (9) books(10) were more interesting than my children’s book at home. 2. Computers play a(1) in our every day lives, sometimes(2) us even realising it. Consider the use(3) computers in both shops and offices. Big shops, especially chain stores with branches(4) over the country, have to deal with very large amounts of information. They have to make(5) there are enough goods on the shelves for customers to buy they need to be able to re-order before stocks(6) out, to decide which things are selling well and so on. All these processes(7) performed quickly and efficiently by computers. A lot of office work in the past involved information on paper. Once it had been dealt(8) by [eople the paper was put(9) for future reference. This way of working was(10) particularlyeasy or fast. A computerised system is much more efficient. II. Rewrite the sentences. 1. Speaking for my colleagues, I would like to thank you. -> On 2. I’d prefer you to sign the contract without any further delay. -> I’d rather 3. I was very sorry, I wasn’t able to see him off at the station. -> If only 4. Vietnamese coffee is considered to be one of the best in the world. -> Vietnamese coffee 5. Nobody could take the place of him. He played very well. -> He played 6. Her brother is so handsome that every girl in her class likes him. -> Her brother is such 7. They believe that he is living in Hanoi. -> He is 8. The man is very polite. His wife is a friend of ours. -> The man 9. Has anyone shown you what to do? -> Have you 10. She couldn’t afford to buy the computer. -> The computer 11. I haven’t decided yet whether to move or not. -> I haven’t made 12. Tony is excited about going to Dalat on holiday. -> Tony is looking 13. It was raining. That’s why the only reason I didn’t take the children to the beach. -> If 14. Mrs. Linda is at the police station. Her car was stolen last night. -> Mrs. Linda whose 15. “You shouldn’t spend your weekend in the city.” -> She advised me 16. I felt tired after a long trip, so I went to bed early. 1 -> Feeling tired 17. He and his friend are both good at English. -> He learns English 18. I’ve never met a more intelligent man than him. -> He is 19. You won’t find any accommodation if you don’t book it in advance. -> Unless III. Correct the mistakes. 1. This is the bad storm they have had for long time. 2. She is one of the more popular writer in the country. 3. My sister is very well at learning the math. 4. It was said that the famous rocky music died four years ago. 5. Nobodies can stand her stubborn. 6. Why doesn’t he try putting an advertise on paper? 7. Rivaldo is sure one of the world’s more famous football play. 8. Before the storm, a lot of people suffered from homeless. 9. The more he drinks, the more hungry he feels. IV. Build sentences based on the words given. 1. The boy knew/ he hadn’t done/ work/ carefully/ should. -> 2. Girl/ didn’t help them/ much/ can. -> 3. More exercises/ we do/ better/ we. -> 4. Fifty five percent/ pupils/ her class/ from the city. -> 5. If/ spend/ money/ economically/ save/ enough/ buy/ books/ your study. -> 6. Natural/ resources/ preserved/ future generation. -> 7. The hotter/ it/ miserable/ feel. -> 8. The sooner/ you/ medicine/ better/ feel. -> 9. Lately/ you/ not work/ hard/ as/ should. -> 10. It/ an hour/ wash/ his car. -> V. Verb form. 1. The restaureant already (close) by the time (arrive) 2. “I (try) to get hold of you for ages! Where have you been? 3. Five minutes after we (arrive) at the beach it (start) to rain. 4. Justin (live) in a small apartment until he (get) married. 5. That has to be the worst film I ever (see) 2 6. While Alan (drive) home late last night he (run) out of petrol. 7. This house didn’t use to (paint) green. 8. If only I (have) some money with me, I (lend) you some. 9. “Where is Jane?’ “Downstairs, Sir.” “She (greet) the guests” 10. I was just about(leave) the office when the phone rang. 11. This bike (not use) for more than 6 years. 12. If you (drink) so much, you wouldn’t (be) able to sleep. 13. “What you (do) between 4p.m and 8p.m on 18 th February?” the policeman asked. 14. Suddenly (feel) hungry, he stopped to buy a bar of chocolate. VI. Choose the best answer. 1. Some are born rich; are born poor. A. another B. each other C. others D. one another 2. I’m in favor of his plan. It sounds to me. A. perfect B. perfectly C. perfected D. perfection 3. Although now to Africa and South America, yellow fever is still deadly. A. limited B. limit C. limiting D. is limited 4. Yesterday we did nothing but A. talking B. talked C. talk D. had talked 5. The problem is difficult, therefore students could answer it. A. few B. a lot of C. a great number of D. a few 6. It was his to retire from business the following year. A. intention B. opinion C. illution D. ambition 7. I was yestreday. A. robbed B. robbing C. stolen D. stole 8. I’m afraid I’ve of coffee. Would you like tea instead? A. run short B. be taken short C. go short D. fall short of 9. Most people find football very A. interested B. interest C. interesting D. to interest 10. It’s no use it all in five minutes. A. you try to do B. that you should try to do C. that you shall try to do D. your trying to do VII. Word formation 1.She had an command of the language. (impress) 2. I would like to book a to France (fly) 3. Artists are people. (create) 4. There is a great beteen Paul and his twin brother (similar) 5. We ask a policeman to us to the right. (direction) 6. They are very interested in the old houses. (preserve) 7. Don’t believe him, he i a very person. (rely) 8. The town has experienced a rapid for ten years. (develop) 9. I am quite an person. I play a lot of sports and run every day (energy) 10. fishing has been carried out since the middle ages. (commerce) VIII. Fill in each blank with a suitable prepositon. 1. Do you know the girl the green dress there? It’s Miss LAn. 2. It’s dark here. Please turn the light. 3 the party we all thanked Jane giving us a lovely evening. 4. The people me in the cinema talked all the film. 5. How far is it here? It’s about fifteen minutes taxi. 6. The hal was full students waiting the teacher. 7. mistake I opened your letter instead my own. I’m fully sorry. 8. We could see smoke rising from the kitchen. 3 . Saturday , December 5th, 20 09 Test 2 for good students I. Fill in each blank with one suitable word. 1. When I (1) a child I used (2) go to see my grandmother. I thought her. deal with very large amounts of information. They have to make(5) there are enough goods on the shelves for customers to buy they need to be able to re-order before stocks(6) out, to decide which. processes(7) performed quickly and efficiently by computers. A lot of office work in the past involved information on paper. Once it had been dealt(8) by [eople the paper was put(9) for future reference.