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Test 1 I . Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets to complete the following passage: Linda is from England, but she (1) (live) _______________ in the United States. (2) (work) _______________ for a women’s magazine. She (3) (start) _____________ writing articles many years ago. She (4) (write) _____________ many articles. As a journalist, she (5) (visit) __________ nearly every city in the World. Recently, she (6) (be) _____________ to a number of countries in Africa. Now she (7) (be) _______________ on holiday in Italy. She (8) (go) ______________ three days ago. She (9) (say) ________________ she (10) (return) _______________ to the United States next week. II. Choose the best answer to comple each of the following sentences 1. We haven’t had any news of Liz ________________ 2003. A . in B. before C. on D. since 2. The house is ________________ small for us to live in. A. very B. too C. such D. so 3. Do you mind ________________ on your own? A. live B. to live C. living D. lived 4. This is the factory ________________ my father used to work. A. where B. what C. when D. which 5. You must leave now ________________ you will be late for school. A. unless B. if C. because D. or 6. All of us were ________________ that he was successful in the final exam. A. surprise B. surprised C. surprising D. surprisingly 7. Radium was ________________ by Marie Curie. A. discover B. discovered C. discoverer D. discovery 8. I don’t think that film is ________________ . A. bore B. bored C. boring D. boringly 9. She was born ________________ June 26 th , 1995. A. in B. on C. at D. of 10. The man ________________ you met on Main Street yesterday is your new teacher. A. which B. when C. whose D. who III. Read the following passage carefully, then answer questions: There are about 5,000 living languages in the World today, but only about six of them are major languages of the World. Two – thirds of the World’s population speak those languages. More than 350 million people speak English as their first language. Nobody knows exactly how many people speak it as a foreign language. Chinese is the only language with more speakers than English. This is because of the huge population of China. It is true that English is the most widespread language on Earth. It is the language of business, technology, sports and aviation (hàng không). * Questions: 1. How many living languages are there in the World today? ………………………………………………………………………………………… 2. How many people are ther speaking English as their first language? ………………………………………………………………………………………… 3. Does anyone know exactly how many people speak it as a foreign language? ………………………………………………………………………………………… 4. Which language has more speakers than English? ………………………………………………………………………………………… 5. Is Chinese the most widespread language on Earth.? ………………………………………………………………………………………… IV. Complete the following sentences, using a word or a phrase Whose – who is standing – though – will fail – unless 1. If you don’t work hard, you ___________________ the exam . 2. Marie Curie , ___________________ father was a polish, was a French physicist (nhà vật lý). 3. World population will continue to rise ___________________ we try to reduce it. 4. The girl ___________________ in front of the school gate is our new classmate. 5. Even ___________________ tired, Mrs. Hoa helped me with my homework. V. Fill in each of the blanks with a suitable preposition to complete the following passage: Mark Twain is a famous American writer. His name was Samuel langhorn Clemens and Mark Twain was his pen name. He was born in a small town (1) _______________ the Missouri river (2) _______________ the USA. The boy had many friends (3) _______________ school and when he became a writer, he described them (4) _______________ his stories, Samuel always wanted to be a sailor and (5) _______________ the age of twenty he found work(6) ____________ a river boat. After some time he left the boat and went to live (7) _______________ California. Here he began to write short stories (8) _______________ the name (9) _______________ Mark Twain. He sent them (10) _______________ newspapers. The readers loved his stories very much. VI. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence: 1. They are painting the living room at the moment.  The living room _____________________________________________________ 2. John drives more carefully than his brother does.  John’s brother doesn’t ________________________________________________ 3. Learning English is not easy.  It is _______________________________________________________________ 4. They were such difficult questions that we couldn’t answer all of them.  The questions were so ________________________________________________ 5. I don’t know her phone number, so I can’t call her.  If I _______________________________________________________________ . discoverer D. discovery 8. I don’t think that film is ________________ . A. bore B. bored C. boring D. boringly 9. She was born ________________ June 26 th , 199 5. A. in B. on C. at D. of 10. The man. They were such difficult questions that we couldn’t answer all of them.  The questions were so ________________________________________________ 5. I don’t know her phone number, so I can’t call. language. Chinese is the only language with more speakers than English. This is because of the huge population of China. It is true that English is the most widespread language on Earth. It is the