English Test 14. I. Choose the best answer for each question and then write it in the column Answers ( from 1 to 10). Answers 1. He went to a school which __________ good manners and self – discipline 1 a. grew b. cultivated c. planted d. harvested 2 2. She did six hour’s _________ studying a day for her exam. 3 a. solid b. heavy c. strong d. powerful 4 3. The examiners often _________ extremely reasonable questions for the literature exam. 5 a. set b. make c. write d. create 6 4. _________ is an important quality in a teacher. 7 a. The patience b. A patience c. To patient d. Patience 8 5. My uncle is going to plant a rosebush in his ___________. 9 a. flowers garden b. flower garden c. flower’s garden d. garden of flower. 10 6. Butter ________ in the refrigerator. a. ought being kept b. had better to be kept c. is kept usually d. should be kept 7. These shoes are ______________. a. my wife b. of my wife c. my wife’s d. my wives’s 8. They have made a lot of progress __________ the country became independent. a. since b. for c. until d. when 9. In a week’s time you ____________ in Hanoi for two months. a. have been living b. have lived c. had been living d. will have been living 10. __________ in well – fitting clothes, he smiled a warm welcome. a. Dress b. Dressing c. Dressed d. Being dressed II. Choose the underlined word with different sound and then write it in the column Answers ( from 11 to 15) Answers 11. a. bones b. courts c. drills d. hands 11 12. a. stored b. ploughed c. laughed d. smiled 12 13. a. both b. myth c. with d. sixth 13 14. a. helped b. booked c. mapped d. waited 14 15. a. plow b. how c. cow d. flow 15 III. Give the correct form of word given and then write it in the column Answers ( from 16 to 25 ) Answers 16. Because she has __ large feet she finds it difficult to choose a suitable shoes NORMAL 16 17. She’s a very nice girl, but she pretends to be to be rather _____. TALK 17 18. I’m afraid there’s some delay for you to find the document as the COMPUTER 18 records have not been ___________. 19. He works in a city far from his family. He wants to live ______. DEPEND 19 20. Simon said that his cruel joke was ____. He didn’t intend to do so. INTEND 20 21. I’ll leave here if you continue _________ everything I say REGARD 21 22. His busy schedule made him _______ to his students. ACCESS 22 23. Tung spoke ________ because he was so excited. BREATH 23 24. Deafness and blindness are examples of a physical _______. ABLE 24 25. They clear a path through __________. GROW 25 IV. Find a suitable word in each sentence and then write it in the column Answers ( from 26 to 35 ) Answers Press a button – and there’s the music you like best. Press (26) ______ button, and the news 26 comes through from a city hundreds of kilometers (27) _____. Turn the dial, and you can hear 27 a foreign language from a far country. That’s radio – still (28) ______ “wireless” by many older 28 people – and it has been (29) _______ of our everyday lives (30) _______generations. 29 As you tune in to your favourite programmes, do you ever wonder just how it is that you can 30 those sounds? How do they travel (31)__ the air and reach your radio exactly as they’re sent out? 31 It all began nearly a hundred years ago when a young Italian called Guglielmo Marconi (32) __ 32 how to send sounds through the air. 33 Marconi was born in Bologna in Northern Italy, in 1874. His family (33) __ in a country house 34 , the Villa Grifone, just outside Bologna. 35 When he was a boy, people did not think that Marconi was particularly clever. He was a quiet boy who spoke little but thought a lot. He liked (34) ______ better than to sit and read science books in his father’s big library. He also loved to do experiments with electricity. (35) ______ most of his early life, he was taught at home. He did not go to school. V. Read the passage carefully and write the answers ( from 36 to 40). Most people think of deserts as dry, flat areas with little vegetation and little or no rainfall, but this is hardly true. Many deserts have varied geographical formations ranging from soft, rolling hills to stark, jagged cliffs, and most deserts have a permanent source of water. Although deserts do not receive a high amount of rainfall – to be classified as a desert, an area must get less than 25 centimetres of rainfall per year – there are many plants that thrive on only small amounts of water, and deserts are often full of such plant life. 36. What causes an area to be classified as a desert ? 37. Is it true that deserts are dry and flat areas ? 38. What kind of plants can be found in deserts ? 39. Is there little vegetation and no rainfall in deserts ? 40. Can rolling hills be found in deserts ? VI. Rewrite the sentences starting with the words given without changing their meaning ( from 41 to 50 ). 41. The way he talks is very interesting. There is something 42. Princess Diana was killed in a traffic accident in Paris in 1997. It is in 1997 43. We have recorded great achievements in economic development over the last decade of renovation. Great 44. To master English is by no means easy. It is 45. It was reported that the inflation rate in Vietnam reached 3,8 % in 1997. The inflation rate in Vietnam 46. I regret applying for that job. I’d rather 47. It seems to me that he did Ph. D in the US in 1979. He seems 48. I had just completed my report when he came for it. No sooner 49. The open – door policy has brought about a lot of radical changes. Thanks 50. People have talked much but done little about it. Much VII. Use the given words to write a complete sentence. Words can be changed or added but not omitted 51. important exceptions / then / transition / school / work / on whole / smooth / most boys / girls. 52. They / have / determination / overcome problems / tendency / play down. 53. They / keen / go / work / help / Mum / and above / desire / put aside / status / school – child. 54. To them / end / school / mean / begin / independent / new life. 55. all / factors / help / children / get over / obstacle / uncertainty / disappointment / encounter / start work 56. But / soon / realize / ill – prepared / employment / no ideas / tasks / involve / job / choice. 57. When / time / start / work / get / near / many / begin / worry / build/ sort / fearsome / prospect / mind 58. Seffield study / over one – third / have / reasonable sound knowledge / jobs. 59. This / expect / view of / unsatisfactory nature / guidance / give / home / school. 60. Therefore / it / time / children / provide / knowledge / future work / have / good start. . English Test 14. I. Choose the best answer for each question and then write it in the column Answers. ploughed c. laughed d. smiled 12 13. a. both b. myth c. with d. sixth 13 14. a. helped b. booked c. mapped d. waited 14 15. a. plow b. how c. cow d. flow 15 III. Give the correct form of word. achievements in economic development over the last decade of renovation. Great 44. To master English is by no means easy. It is 45. It was reported that the inflation rate in Vietnam reached