KIỂM TRA ANH VĂN 15 PHÚT 1. A. mathematics B. statistics C. academy D. mechanic 2. The turtle …………….of Arizona. A. may be lived a small area B. may be lived in a small area C. may live in a small area D. may live a small area 3. Please give me some advice to buy suitable books for my ten-year-old girl. A. recommendation B. information C. fiction D. interest 4. Students can borrow books to read, but they needn’t take the books out of the library. A B C D 5. . I think they should have offered Tom the job. A. I think Tom should have been offered the job by them. B. I think Tom should have been offered the job. C. I am thought they should have offered Tom the job. D. I think the job should have been offered Tom Desertification The Sahara desert is growing by 10 km each year. The whole earth gets 600 km2 of desert area more every year. This process is called “Desertification”. This term started being (1) … in the 1950s. The idea of desertification was first known in the 1930s. Much of the Great Plains grew very dry (2) … a result of drought and very poor farming techniques. It was called the “Dust Bowl”. Millions were forced to leave their farms and their ways of life. Since then, (3) … have been great improvements in farming practices in the Great Plains. These have prevented the “Dust Bowl” disaster (4) … again. Grazing is one worry. Cows do two things to the soil. First, they eat grasses and plants that hold the soil in place. Second, their hooves break down the top layer of soil. The result is that the good soil can be blown away by the wind. The dirt (5) … behind is not good for growing. 6. A. use B. used C. to use D. using 7. A. as B. for C. by D. with 8. A. it B. they C. there D. those 9. A. to occur B. to occurring C. of occurring D. from occurring 10. A. leaves B. to leave C. left D. leaving Name: 5’ TEST The deserts of the world are not all covered with sand. Many of them have surfaces of rock or clay or small stones. They are not flat, either; they often have high hills and deep valleys. There is some plant life in many parts of the desert. There is little rain in the desert, but it does fall often enough for most plants. The deserts of the world are not uninhabited. People also live outside oases, but these people are not farmers. They have camels, donkeys, sheep, etc. These animals can live on the desert plants and do not need much water. The people of the desert have to move constantly from place to place, they must always look for grass or desert plants for their animals. They usually live in tents. When there is no more food for their animals, they fold up their tents, put them on their camels and donkeys, and move to another place. In good years, when there is enough food for their animals, they trade their skins and camel hairs with the people of oases for wheat and fruit. But in bad years, when there is not enough food for their animals, the people of the desert would attack the oases people. But they are also hospitable. No man in the desert would ever refuse to give a stranger food and water. 1. According to the passage, deserts are mostly made up of ……. A. clay B. sand C. rock D. small stones 2. Which of the following is true? A. There is no plant and animal life in deserts. B. There are no people living in deserts. C. There is some rain in the desert but far from enough. D. People only live in places where there is water and plants and trees grow. 3. People of the desert have to move from place to place to ……. A. ook for food for their animals B.trade their skins, their camel hairs C. raise their camels and donkeys D. communicate with the people of oases 4. The word ’hospitable” has the meaning of being …… A. brave B. cruel C. strange D. kind. 5. It can be concluded from the passage that life ……. A. is hard in deserts B. is happy in deserts C. is impossible in deserts D. in deserts is much better now 6. My brother didn’t wear that uniform since he left school. A B C D 7. Humans depend on species diversity to provide food, clean air and water, and fertilizesoil for agriculture. A. raise B. produce C. supply D.reserve 8- What’s your name? - ______ A. Pardon? B. Really C. OK D. Forgive me 9. A. beer B. beard C. bear D. cheer 10. Perhaps the others are looking for us now . A. The others must be looking for us now . B. The others might be looking for us now . C.The others should be looking for us now . D. The others have to be looking for us now . Name: 5’ TEST A desert is a hostile, potentially deadly environment for unprepared humans. In hot deserts, high temperatures cause rapid loss of water due to sweating, and the absence of water sources with to replenish it can dehydration and death within a few days. In addition, unprotected humans are also at risk from heatstroke. Humans may also have to adapt to sandstorms in some deserts, not just in their adverse effects on respiratory systems and eyes, but also in their potentially harmful effects on equipment such as filters, vehicles and communication equipment. Sandstorms can last for hours, sometimes even days. Despite this, some cultures have made not deserts their home for thousands of years, including the Bedouin. Tuareg tribe and Peublo people. Modern technology, including advanced irrigation systems, desalinization and air conditioning, has made deserts much more hospitable. In the United States and Israel for example, desert farming has found extensive use. In cold desert, hypothermia and frostbite are the chief hazards, as well as dehydration in the absence of a source of heat of melt ice for drinking. Falling through pack-ice or surface ice layers into freezing water is a particular danger requiring emergency action to prevent rapid hypothermia. Starvation is also a tain body heat and to move. As with hot desert, some people such as the Inuit have adapted to the harsh conditions of cold deserts. 1. The text is about ……. A. troubles that human being have to face in a desert B. desert storms and desert inhabitants C. hot deserts and cold deserts in the United States D. desert hospitality and environment 2. Which is not a problem for an unprepared man in hot desert? A. sandstorm B. loss of water C. irrigation D. heatstroke 3. Sandstorms ……. A. do no harm to machinery B. have effects only on the eyes C never lasts more than one hour D. have bad effects on human beings and machinery 4. Which sentences is true? A. No one can survive on both hot and cold desert. B. Modern technology makes deserts more hospitable C. In the United States, all deserts more hospitable D. There are no deserts in Israel 5. Which is not problem in cold deserts? A. Starvation B. Hypothermia C. Frostbite D. Body heat 6. surfing/ net /I/ enjoy /but /have/I/ don't/ time/ it. A. I enjoy surfing net but I don't have much time it. B. I enjoy surfing the net but I don't have it. C. I enjoy surfing on the net but I don't have much time for it. D. I enjoy surfing on the net I don't have much time. 7. We needn’t drive fast ; there is a speed limit here. A B C D 8. The player was ejected because he committed a foul. A. as B. due to C. despite D. provided 9. A. crocodile B. corridor C. enormous D. northerly 10. A. chair B. cheap C. chorus D. child Name: 5’ TEST The film Harry potter and the philosopher’s stone is based on the first of the books by J.K. Rowling. It is excellent attempt at recreating the magic of the books. The dialogue is just (1) … the original, with the actors often using the exact words as they were written. The characters all look very (2) … and they are dressed in the sort of costumes you imagine when you read the book. Only soundtrack is truly (3) … because, of course, there isn’t any music in the book. The scene where the children are learning to (4) … their broomsticks has some amazing special effects which create a wonderful magical atmosphere. It also required a number of clever stunts which (5) … have been quite dangerous. When the film was released, it had record ticket sales at the box office 1. A. alike B. like C. likely D. as 2. A. real B. reality C. realize D. realistic 3. A. original B. origin C. originate D. originally 4. A. blow B. drive C. ride D. climb 5. A. should B. must C. needn’t D. couldn’t 6. to recognize / because I she I town square I before I be I the / there /. A. She had recognized the town square because she was there before. B. She recognized the town square because she had been there before. C. She had recognized the town square because she had been there before. D. She recognized the town square because she was there before. 7. Rain falls occasionally in deserts, so desert storms are often violent. A B C D 8…………… I have a day off torrow? – Of course not. We have a lot of things to do. A. Must B. Will C. May D. Need 9. A doubt B establish C public D basic 10. A. polo B. crossbar C. goalie D. advance . KIỂM TRA ANH VĂN 15 PHÚT 1. A. mathematics B. statistics C. academy D. mechanic 2. The turtle …………….of Arizona B.trade their skins, their camel hairs C. raise their camels and donkeys D. communicate with the people of oases 4. The word ’hospitable” has the meaning of being …… A. brave B. cruel C. strange. oases people. But they are also hospitable. No man in the desert would ever refuse to give a stranger food and water. 1. According to the passage, deserts are mostly made up of ……. A. clay