KÝ THI THỬ HSG MÔN ANH VĂN NĂM 2011 - TEST 32 pps

TEST 32 I. Give the correct tense of the verbs in brackets : Linh lives in Hanoi but her brother Minh (1 live) …………………………in Thai Nguyen. He (2 arrive) …………………………yesterday to visit her . She (3 love) ………………………… her brother and is happy to be with him. Tomorrow she (4 take) ………………………… him to some interesting places in Hanoi. Yesterday when I (5 get) ………………………… up, it (6 snow) ………………………… heavily. The weather (7 be) ………………………… very cold, so I (8 decide) ………………………… to have breakfast at home. II. Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the best option: 1. He began working here (in / for / since / on) September. 2. The journey is (short / shorter / shortest) than I thought. 3. They are the children (whose / who / whom / they) won the match yesterday. 4. It isn’t easy to start looking (at / into / for / in) a job at his age. 5. She was born (in / on / at) May 12 th ,1999. 6. He works as (hard / harder / hardest) as his brothers. 7. In England people drive (in / on / at / of) the left side (in / on / at / of) the road. 8. We would go camping (although / but / if / unless) the weather were fine. III. Give the correct form of the words in brackets 1. She is fed up with (do) ………………………the same thing every day. 2. Who is that old man with white hair? Is he a (science) ………………………? 3. It seems that Mary has been working (success) ……………………… in her new job. 4. The South of England is (wealth) ……………………… than the North. 5. His speech was so (bore) ……………………… that most of the audience fell asleep. 6. Laura is busy writing the (year) ……………………… report at the moment. 7. Can you see the (different) ……………………… between these two pictures? 8. Car racing is a very (danger) ……………………… sport. IV. Read the following passage and do the exercises below: The word is getting smaller and smaller. You can fly around the world in less than 50 hours. The newest planes go 600 miles an hour, and we are now developing planes that are even faster. But it is used to take a lot longer to go around the world. Magellan’s men were the first to make the trip. It took them more than two years. They went by ship. Magellan was from Portugal, but he sailed for the King of Spain. On September 20, 1519, he left Spain with five ships and 240 men. He was killed in the Philippines Islands. More than two years later, on December 21, 1521, one of five ships with only 31 men returned to Spain. Magellan’s voyage proved that men should sailed around the world. A. Answer the questions: 1. How long can you fly around the world? …………………………………………………………………………………………… ……… 2. How long did it take Magellan’s men to go around the world? …………………………………………………………………………………………… …………… B. Make questions with these sets of words then answer them: 3. Where / be / Magellan from? …………………………………………………………………………………………… …………… …………………………………………………………………………………………… ………… 4. Where / he / kill? …………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………… 5. What / his voyage / prove? …………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………… V. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence : 1. My father can’t cook as well as my mother. My mother………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………… 2. Speaking English fluently is not easy. It is…………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………… 3 . His funny story amused us. We…………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………… 4. They haven’t drunk beer for three years. They give up…………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………… 5. My grandfather is so weak that he can’t even sit up. My grandfather is too……………………………………… 6. Jane is too short, she can’t apply for the job. If Jane………………………………………………………………………………… ……… 7. Whose watch is this? Who does………………………………………………………………………………… ……? 8. You can get to that resort in half an hour by bus. It only takes………………………………………………………………… . TEST 32 I. Give the correct tense of the verbs in brackets : Linh lives in Hanoi but her brother. began working here (in / for / since / on) September. 2. The journey is (short / shorter / shortest) than I thought. 3. They are the children (whose / who / whom / they) won the match yesterday III. Give the correct form of the words in brackets 1. She is fed up with (do) ………………………the same thing every day. 2. Who is that old man with white hair? Is he a (science) ………………………? 3. It seems