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Trang 1English Test 1 Time allowed: 45 minutes
I Objectives: - Review all the grammar structures and skills they have learnt They have
to listen to the passage and fill in the missing information, choose the best answers
II Method: - Practice writing
III Teaching aids:
- Writing pads
A LISTENING: Listen to the passage and fill in the missing information
Only 5 percent of men (1) the evening meal, 3 percent carry out household cleaning duties, 5 percent household shopping, and (2) percent wash the evening dishes But when household gatgets break down,(3) are carried out by 82 percent of husbands The survey says that, despite our economic problems, the majority of Britons are substantially better(4) than a decade ago We are healthier, too - eating healthier foods and smoking less The (5) Briton, not surprisingly, is more widely traveled than a decade ago More people are going abroad for holidays, with Spain the favorite destination
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B PHONETICS: Pick out the word whose underlined and bold part is pronounced
differently from that of the other words
6 A missed B worked C realized D watched
8 A repeats B coughs C amuses D attacks
10.A.airports B suitcases C things D calculators
C VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE:
Choose the best answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D
11.He's a class project on pollution
A carrying B making C doing D All are correct
12.Could you me a hand with the table, please?
13.christopher Columbus america more than 500 years ago
A discovered B has discovered C had discovered D had been discovering 14.He fell down when he toward the church
A run B runs C was running D had run
15.We there when our father died
A still lived B lived still C was still living d were still living
16.I in the room right now
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17 I to New York three times this year
18 I'll come and see you before I for the States
A leave B will leave C have left D shall leave
19 A knit community is the one in which relationships are very close
A close B closely C tightly D B and C
20 Mrs Lan is bored with doing the chores
A household B domestic C housework D A and B
21 When I last saw him, he in London
A has lived B is living C was living D has been living
22 We Mai since last Saturday
A don't see B haven't seen C didn't see D hadn't seen
23.The train half an hour ago
A has been living B left C has left D had left
24 Long the door
A has just painted B paint C will have painted D painting
25 Does television adequately reflect the ethnic and cultural of the country?
A diversity B differences C gaps D A and B
26 Did you say that you here only three days ago?
A came B have come C had come D come
27 I haven't heard from Lan
A since many months before B for many months
C for many months ago D since a long time
28 This book is so long that I
A haven't finished yet B haven't finished it already
C still have finished it D still haven't finished it already
29 Where is the new stove that you bought yesterday? The color didn't match, so I it to the store
A return B had returned C returned D did return
30 They had a long and marriage
A happy B happily C happiness D merrily
D READING:
I Choose the word or phrase among A,B,C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage
Men are lazy in the home, according to an official survey (31) today They have about six hours' a week more free time than wives, but play very little (32) in cooking, cleaning, washing, and ironing, according to the social Trends Survey by the Central Statistical Office Nearly three quarters of married women(33) to do all or most of the housework, and among married men the proportion who admitted that their wives did all or most of the housework was only slightly lower The survey (34) that washing and ironing was the least popular task among men, with only one percent (35) this duty, compared with 89 percent of women, and 10 percent sharing equally
31 A emerged B edited C published D furnished
33 A pronounced B uttered C claimed D emitted
34 A pointed B evolved C planned D showed
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II Choose the item along A,B,C or D that best answers the question about the passage
The nuclear family, consisting of a mother, father, and their children, may be more
an American ideal than an American reality Of course, the so-called traditional American family was always more varied than we have been led to believe, reflecting the very different racial, ethnic, class, and religious customs among American groups
The most recent government statistics reveal that only about one third of all current
American families fit the traditional mold another third consists of married couples who either have no children or have none still living at home Of the final one, about 20 percent
of the total number of American households are single people, usually women over sixty-five years old A small percentage, about 3 percent of the total, consists of unmarried people who choose to live together, and the rest, about 7 percent, are single, usually divorced parents, with at least one child Today, these varied family types are typical, and therefore, normal Apparently, many Americans are achieving supportive relationships in family forms other than the traditional one
36 With what topic is the passage mainly concerned ?
A The traditional American family
B The nuclear family
C The current American family
D The ideal family
37 The author implies that
A there have always been a wider variety of family arrangements in
the United States
B racial, ethnic, and religious groups have presented the traditional
family structure
C the ideal American family in the best structure
D fewer married couples are having children
38 The word "current" in the second sentence of paragraph 2 could be best replaced by which of the following?
A typical B present C perfect D traditional
39 According to the passage, married couples whose children have grown or who have no children represent
A.33 percent of households B.20 percent of households
C.7 percent of households D.3 percent of households
40 Who generally constitutes a one-person household?
A.A single man in his twenties
B.A elderly man
C.A single woman in her late sixties
D.A divorced woman
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