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First of all,a postman will come in a van to collect all the mail from it.The mail is collected at fixed times,usually once in the afternoon.These collection times are shown on each post

ĐỀ THI SỐ 5

Question 1:Read the following passage and then choose the

best answer a,b,c,or d

When you put a letter into the postbox,do you know what will happen to it ?

First of all,a postman will come in a van to collect all the mail from it.The mail is collected at fixed times,usually once in the afternoon.These collection times are shown on each postbox.The van will then take the mail to the nearest post office

The mail to places in the same district will be put together.A machine will chop the stamps so that they cannot be used again.Then postman will arrange the letters into bundles and pack them into their postbags

The work of a postman is not easy.He often has to get up very early.He has to work outdoors in all weathers.He must be strong

in order to carry his heavy postbag.He sometimes has to read bad writing.Can you read the address on this envelope ? It is very difficult for postmen to deliver mail quickly and correctly when addresses are not written clearly

Do you know the proper way to send a letter ?If you are writing to someone in Hong Kong,you should use a white envelope.If you want to send a letter to a country outside Hong Kong,you should use an envelope bordered by red and blue stripes.Also you should write the name and address clearly and

correctly on the envelope.Letters and small parcels can be posted in postboxes or at a post office.However,you must take large parcels to a post office.It costs more to send a heavy parcel than a light one.It is also more expensive to send overseas

1,In line 1,what does “it” refer to ?

a-a postman b-the van c-the postbox d-the mail

2,When is mail collected from a postbox ? a-Usually twice a day

b-At any time in a day c-Only once in the afternoon d-Twice

in the morning

3,How do we know the collection times ?

a-A policeman will tell us b-They are shown outside the mail vans

c-They are written on the postbags d-They are shown on the postboxes

4,What does a machine do to the mail collected in a post office

?

a-It takes the stamps off for use again b-It puts a chop on the stamps

c-It sticks more stamps onto them d-It arranges the letters into bundles

5,What does the writer think about a postman’s work ?

a-It is really very easy b-He has to work in good and bad weather

c-He has to walk all the time d-He often works inside a post office

6,What kind of envelope should you use when you send a letter

to a local address ?

a-A white envelope b-A red envelope with blue stripes

c-A white envelope with red and blue stripes d-A blue envelope with red stripes

Question 2:Choose one suitable word below to fill each

numbered blank

seldom, giving, However, understood, over, equal, which, note, societies, Barter, selling, Moreover, used, exchange, in, always

Money is used for buying or 1 goods,for measuring value and for storing wealth.Almost every society now has a money

economy based on coins and paper notes of one kind or another

2 ,this has not always been true.In primitive 3 ,a system of barter was used 4 was a system of direct 5 of goods.People could exchange a sheep,for example,for anything in the market place that they considered to be of 6 value.Barter,however,was

a very unsatisfactory system because people’s precise needs 7 coincided.People needed a more practical system of exchange and various money systems developed based on goods 8 the members of a society recognized as having values

Cattle, grain, sheeps, shells, feathers,skulls,salt,elephant tusks and tobacco have all been 9 Precious metals gradually took 10 because,when they made into coins,they were portable, durable, recognizable and divisible into larger and

smaller units of value

Question 3: Fill in each numbered space a suitable word to

finish the passage below

IN Britain there is a 1 now which people call Mother’s

Day.In the old days,many girls from working-class 2 in towns and cities and from farmers’ families in the country worked in rich houses.They had to do all the 3 and their working day was usually very long,they often worked on 4 ,too.Once a year,it was usually 5 Sunday in March,they could visit their mothers.They went home on that day and 6 presents for their mothers and for other members of their families.They could stay at home only one day,and 7 they went back to their work.People call that day Mothering Day or Mothering 8 Later,workers at the factories and girls who worked in the houses of rich families received one 9 day a month,and Mothering Day became Mother’s Day.It 10 the last Sunday in March

Question 4:Supply the correct form of the verb in brackets

1,Last week,I took a group (consist) of young (marry) couples,and anorher which (consist) of school children, (see) the sights

2,Yesterday I (walk) along the street when I (realize) a man with a black beard,whom I (see) three times already, (follow)

me

3,Alex has a test tomorrow that he needs to study for.He (not,watch) TV right now

4,I’ve felt better and better since you (be) here

5,A hundred people (die) of starvation already.By the end of the week two hundred (die) When you are goimg to send help

?

6,It (be) 6 p.m,and Jack (be) tired because he (work) hard all day.He (be) also hungry because he (have) nothing (eat) since breakfast.His wife usually (bring) him sandwiches at

lunch time,but today for some reason she (not,come)

Question 5:Rewrite these sentences,beginning as shown

1,John Speke failed to find the source of the River Nile / John Speke didn’t succeed

2,I’m sure it wasn’t Mrs Elton you saw because she’s in Britol /

It can’t

3,”Where is the station car-park?”Mrs Smith asked / Mrs Smith asked

4,John asked if it was the blue one or the green she wanted /

“Which

5, Alice’s strange ideas astonished everybody / Everybody

6,They have sold that old house at the end of the road / That old house

7,I don’t really want to visit the museum / I’d rather

8,We ought to leave the party now if we are to catch the last train /If we don’t

9,Mrs Edwards is the owner of that car / that car

10,It seems that no-one predicted the correct result / No-one

Question 6:Supply the correct form of the word in brackets

1,The results of the first experiments are very (promise) 2,There is a degree of between the two boys.(resemble)

3,You can’t convict a man of crime on evidence

alone.(circumstance)

4,You should show more to your host.(civil)

5,The sun and the moon are often in poetry.(person)

6,Whenever I go to London I feel like a (province)

7,We make copies of computer disks as a against

accidents.(safe)

8,I was kept last night by the noise from a party in the flat

above.(wake)

9,My wife is of spiders.(terror)

10,He has been constant in his to scientific studies (devote)

Question 7:Choose the best answer a,b,c or d to complet the

following sentences

1,Both her novels can lay some to being classics of morden literature

a-right b-claim c-foundation d-notion

2,Although he didn’t actually say he wanted a radio for his birthday he did pretty strongly

a-imply b-suggest c-mention d-hint

3,Complete the form as in the notes below a-insisted b-specified c-implied d-devised

4,As the President was absent,I was asked to the meeting a-officiate b-govern c-chair d-regulate

5,”I think we ought to see the rest of the exhibition as quickly as

we can, that it closes in half an hour.” a-granted b-assuming c-given d-knowing

ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ THI SỐ 5 Question 1(Dong-Phan tr.53 -T.20)

1-d 2-c 3-d 4-b 5-b 6-ẳ)

Question 2(Dong-Phan tr.53 -T.21)

1-selling 2-However 3-societies 4-Barter 5-exchange 6-equal 7-seldom

8-which 9-used 10-over barter sự trao đổi hàng hoá lấy hàng hoá precise chính xác,rõ ràng

Coincide [,kouin’said] hợp nhau,trùng khớp nhau portable có

thể mang theo,di động

durable bền divisible có thể chia được

Question 3(OLYMPIC tr,388)

1-holiday 2-families 3-housework 4-Sundays 5-one 6-brought 7-then 8-Sunday

9-free 10-is

Question 4(OLYMPIC tr,266 +317)

1,consisting / married / consisted / saw 2,was walking / realized / had seen / was following

3,should not be watching 4,were 5,have died / will have died 6,was / was / had been working / was / had had / to eat / brought / hadn’t come

Question 5(V.B -Ex 46-47 tr.336)

1,John Speke didn’t succeed in finding the source of the River Nile

2,It can’t have beenMrs Elton you saw because she’s in Britol 3,Mrs Smith asked where the station car-park was

4,”Which one do you want,the blue or the green?”,John said to her

5,Everybody was astonished at Alice’s strange ideas

6,That old house at the end of the road has been sold

7,I’d rather not visit the museum

8,If we don’t want to miss the last train,we ought to leave the party now

9,That car belongs to Mrs Edward

10.No-one seems to have predicted the correct result

Question 6(OLYMPIC tr,231 /V.B T 279 )

1-promising 2-resemblance 3-circumstantial 4-civility 5-personified 6-provincial

7-safeguard 8-awake 9-terrified 10-devotion

civil (adj) lễ độ,lễ phép,lịch sự 8

keep a civil tongue in your head!: hãy ăn nói lịch sự /lễ độ một

tí !

provincial (n) người tỉnh lẻ,anh chàng quê kệch safeguard (từ

,nghĩa Mỹ) bộ phận an toàn

Question 7(V.B tr.87)

1-b 2-a 3-b 4-c 5-c to lay claim to smt tuyên bố/tự cho rằng mình có quyền classic tác phẩm kinh điển hint lời gợi ý,cách đề nghị gián tiếp devise nghĩ ra,phát minh officiate thi hành trách nhiệm,làm bổn phận chair làm chủ toạ,chủ trì grant ban cho,cấp