ĐỀ THI THỬ ANH VĂN - TEST 19 I. Fill in the blanks with the correct words given. *river *did *them *lake *all *never *constantly *nothing *caused *which *who *and As a boy, Mark Twain (1) __________ much trouble for his parents. He used to play practical jokes on all of his friends (2) __________ neighbours. The nature of his jokes often led to violence. He hated going to school and he (3) ___________ ran away from home. He always went in the direction of the nearby Mississippi. He was fascinated by that mighty (4) ___________. He liked to sit on the bank of the river for hours at a time. He was nearly drowned nine different times. He learned many things about the river during those days. He learned (5) ___________ about its history and the unusual people (6) __________ rode up and down it. He (7) __________ forgot those scenes and those people. He later made (8) __________ part of the history of America in his book “Tom Sawyer” and “ Huckleberry Finn”. II. Give the correct form or tense of the verbs in parentheses : 1. Mike is a student, but he (not / go) _________ to school right now because it’s summer. He (attend) _________ college from September to May every year, but in the summers he (usually have) _________ a job at the post office. In fact, he (work) _________ there this summer. 2. There (be) ___________ a terrible accident on a busy downtown street yesterday. Dozens of people (see) ___________ it, including my friend, who (interview) ___________ by the police. 3. When I (get) __________ up tomorrow morning, the sun (shine) __________ , the birds (sing) __________ and my roommates (still, lie) __________ in bed fast asleep. III. Supply the correct prepositions. Sports and games make our body strong, prevent us (1) _________ getting too fat and keep us healthy. These are not their only uses. They give us valuable practice (2) _________ making eyes, brain and muscles work together. In tennis, (3) _________ example, our eyes see the ball coming, judge its speed and direction and pass this information on (4) _________ the brain. The brain then has to decide what to do, and to send its orders to the muscles (5) _________ the arms, legs and so on, so that the ball is met and hit back where it ought to go. For those who work (6) _________ their brains most of the day, the practice (7) _________ such skill is especially useful. Sports and games are also useful for character-training, boys and girls may learn (8) _________ such virtues (9) _________ courage, discipline and love of their country. The effects of these lessons will get deeper if each pupil learns to work (10) _________ his team and not for himself. He will later find it natural to work for the good of his country instead of his own benefit. VI. Give the correct word forms. 1. It’s quite an ______________ game. (excite) 2. It is such a ____________ evening. Let’s go for a walk. (love) 3. Travel is said to ______________ the mind. (broad) 4. The ______________ of the moon for the earth causes the tides. (attract) 5. Many children have given a great deal of _________ to their future work. (think) V. Rewrite the following sentences with th words given: 1. My brother lent me this book. - I ______________________________________________________________________ 2. The children were frightened by the noise. - The noise _______________________________________________________________ 3. The crops are late this year because the weather is cold. - Because of______________________________________________________________ 4. They didn’t go to the movies because of the bad weather. - Because ________________________________________________________________ 5. He walked slowly because of his injured legs. - Because ________________________________________________________________ 6. He retired last month because of his illness. - Because ________________________________________________________________ 7. Could you open the door, please? - Would you mind _________________________________________________________ 8. My teacher asked me, “Where did you go last night ?” - My teacher asked_________________________________________________________ 9. She said, “I don’t know what I’ll do.” - She said ________________________________________________________________ 10. My friend had excellent ideas. He did a good job, too. ( not only but as well ) - _______________________________________________________________________ 11. He didn’t go to school yesterday, so he didn’t understand the lesson. - If _____________________________________________________________________ 12. People say that the price of gold is going up. - If _____________________________________________________________________ 13. I hadn’t known her until he told me. - Not until _______________________________________________________________ 14. She never in life felt happy. - Never in life_____________________________________________________________ 15. I thanked the woman. This woman had helped me. - I thanked _______________________________________________________________ 16. Do you know the building ? The windows of the building are painted green. - Do you ________________________________________________________________ 17. I recently went back to the town. I was born in that town nearly 15 years ago. - I _____________________________________________________________________ 18. I went to see the house. I used to live in it. - I _____________________________________________________________________ 19. She asked him,”Have you read that book ? “ - She asked_______________________________________________________________ 20. He asked me ,”Why didn’t you go to class yesterday?” - She asked_______________________________________________________________ Don’t Put Off Until Tomorrow What You Can Do Today Việc gì làm được hôm nay Đừng nên để đến ngày mai mới làm . ĐỀ THI THỬ ANH VĂN - TEST 19 I. Fill in the blanks with the correct words given. *river *did *them *lake *all *never *constantly *nothing *caused *which *who. great deal of _________ to their future work. (think) V. Rewrite the following sentences with th words given: 1. My brother lent me this book. - I ______________________________________________________________________. frightened by the noise. - The noise _______________________________________________________________ 3. The crops are late this year because the weather is cold. - Because of______________________________________________________________