MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAININGENGLISH LANGUAGE TESTELEMENTARY LEVELREADING COMPREHENSION AND WRITING(90 minutes)PAPER 1: READING COMPREHENSIONSection A: Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. Blacken your choice. 1. When I see Barbara in the street, she always…….at me.A. smiledB. has smiledC. was smiling D. smiles2.Whosin my bed?, the little bear asked.A. sleepB. been sleepC. been sleeping D. been slept3. She told me I would have an accident if I ……more care.A. am not taking B. havent takenC. wont take D. didnt take4. Its a lovely day, but I…..staying at home with you.A. dont mind B. havent mindC. am not mindingD. wasnt minding5. Several people were hurt in the accident but only one …….to hospital.A. has takenB. has been taking C. was takenD. was taking6. The doctor showed the nurse …….to do.A. whatB. thatC. howD. as7. Youre late, he said. I think the bus ……already.A wentB. was goingC. has goneD. goes
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEST
ELEMENTARY LEVEL
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READING COMPREHENSION AND WRITING
(90 minutes)
PAPER 1: READING COMPREHENSION
Section A: Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence
Blacken your choice.
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C was smiling D smiles
2."Who's in my bed?", the little bear asked.
3 She told me I would have an accident if I …… more care.
A am not taking B haven't taken
C won't take D didn't take
4 It's a lovely day, but I … staying at home with you.
C am not minding D wasn't minding
5 Several people were hurt in the accident but only one …….
to hospital.
A has taken B has been taking
6 The doctor showed the nurse …… to do.
Trang 37 "You're late," he said "I think the bus …… already."
A went B was going C has gone D goes
8 You should have some ice-cream when you …… your dinner.
C will finish D will be finished
9 She often wishes that she … a bicycle.
A can rode B can ride
C could rode D could ride
10 We wondered who was going to pay for the…… window.
11 The crowd at a football match are often …….
12 All the girls … present yesterday.
13 I wouldn't waste time …… that book if I were you.
A to reading B reading
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14 He can go, can't he?
A No, he can B Yes, he can't.
15 She doesn't like coffee, does she?
A Yes, she doesn't B No, she does
C Yes, she will D No, she doesn’t.
16 I don't like the place …… he goes.
A that B which C where D A & B
17 The time he'll start is not known.
A where B when C which D how
18 They could reach the house …… the road was flooded.
even
19 That man is … deaf to hear what we say.
20 They keep the dog …… so that it will not bite anybody.
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C chained up D to be chained
Section B: In this section you mil find after the passage five questions, each with four suggested answers You
must choose one which you think fits best Blacken your choice.
THE EVILS OF SMOKING Last Thursday an old man came to our school to talk about the evils
of smoking He said he wouldn't talk for too long, and we saw him take his watch off and lay it on the table I can't remember what he said about
smoking because John and I had other things to think about He
finished when the bell rang for break, and the headmaster told us to go out John happened to slip when he was passing the teacher's table
In the playground John showed me the watch He put it on his wrist, and it looked lovely I was wishing that I'd been the one to slip by the table, because it was a beautiful gold watch The headmaster came outside then, and the old man was with him They walked about, looking around and talking all the time After a bit the bell rang, and we came into our class again
The headmaster said, "I've got a little job for you, boys This gentleman, our lecturer, has lost his watch in the playground It has happened before, he says - it just slips off his wrist So look around for it,
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Well, of course we all walked about the playground, looking for the watch And I wasn't surprised at all when John bent down as if he was picking something up Then he hurried past me towards the headmaster and the old man
"Where are you going?" I called out, though I knew very well where
he was going And the next minute John was smiling, handing over the watch to the old man and waiting for a reward
But the old man didn't seem pleased at all In fact he looked quite angry as if he wanted to put a knife into John's heart Then both the headmaster and the old man burst out laughing Later, John said to me that the old man didn't even say "Thank you" when he gave back to him the watch
The thing that made everybody, except me, surprised was that John didn't get any reward When he reminded the headmaster about it,
he said " Well, I will give you a useful reward that you will never forget Take this sheet of paper and write a long composition on the evils of smoking"
Of course John didn't know what to write
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A They were not thinking about anything
B They were thinking about the evils of smoking
C About the watch - and how to get it, perhaps
D They thought that the headmaster was very clever
22 Why did the story-teller wish that he had slipped?
A Because it was a beautiful watch
B He thought he could have taken the watch if he had slipped
C If that had happened, the watch wouldn't have been lost
D In that case he wouldn't have given it back to the lecturer
23 Why did the two men come out to the playground?
A Because that was where the watch was lost
C It was just a lucky chance that they came out mere
D They came out in order to support the headmaster's story
24.What was the purpose of the promised reward?
A People who find things must have a reward
B It was a clever trap of the headmaster to find the watch
C It was to encourage the boys to find the watch
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25.When John "bent down", what was he trying to do?
A He had to bend down in order to pick up the watch
B He was trying to hide the fact that he had found the watch
C The watch had slipped off his wrist, and he was trying to pick it up
PAPER 2: USE OF ENGLISH Section A: Passage foe Gap-fill
Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage by a word chosen from the list Use ONLY
ONE word in each space.
people
Everyone wants to reduce pollution but the pollution problem is too (26) complicated
as it is serious It is complicated B/.C (27) much pollution is caused by .(28) things that
benefit people For example, exhaust (29) from cars causes a large amount (30) of all air
pollution But the cars benefit (31) transportation for millions of people Factories discharge (32)
much of the material that polutes (33) air and water, but factories provide (34) employment
to a large number of people.
Thus, to end or (35) greatly reduce pollution immediately, people (36) would
have to stop using many things that give (37) them Most people do not want to do that, of
course, but pollution can be gradually (38) reduced in several ways Scientists and engineers
can work to find ways to lessen the amount of pollution that such things as cars and factories
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to stop, or to cut down on certain polluting activities.
Section B: Guided sentence building
Use the following sets of words and phrases to write complete sentences.
41 George / brave / tell / truth George was brave to tell the truth
42 You / drive / carefully / road / accident / occur / very often
occurs very often
43 He / not have / holidays / last year / but / he / this year
He didn’t have any holidays last year but he has this year
44 We / not wait / him because / too late
45 She / late / the opera / as / bus / too late
46 When /1 / small /I / swim / that river
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48 Before / he / retire / last year / he / active / Union leader
leader
49 The car / expensive / us / buy
50 A lot / new hotels / be / built / city / since 1990
A lot of hotels have been built in this city since 1990
Section C: Reading passage
In this section you will find after the reading passage five questions or unfinished statements Choose the best answer or way of finishing Blacken the letter of your choice.
Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821, and emigrated to New York City when she was ten years old One day she decided that she wanted to become a doctor That was nearly impossible for a woman
in the middle of the nineteenth century After writing many letters seeking admission to the medical schools, she was finally accepted by a doctor hi Philadelphia So determined was she, that she taught school and gave music lessons to earn money for her tuition
hi 1849, after graduation from medical school, she decided to further her education in Paris She wanted to be a surgeon, but a serious eye infection forced her to abandon the idea.
Upon returning to the United States, she found it difficult to start her own practice because she was
a woman By 1857 Elizabeth and her sister, also a doctor, along with another female doctor, managed to open a new hospital, the first for women and children Besides being the first female physician and founding her own hospital, she also established the first medical school for women.
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A She couldn't get admitted to medical school.
B She decided to further her education in Paris.
C A serious eye infection prevented her.
D It was difficult for her to start practice in the US.
52 What main reason almost destroyed Elizabeth's chances for becoming a doctor?
A She was a woman.
B She wrote too many letters.
C She couldn't graduate from medical school
D She couldn't establish her hospital.
53 How many years passed between her graduation from medical school and the opening of her hospital?
54 When Elizabeth became a doctor, she was
A 21 years old B 49 years old C 28 years old D 31 years old
55 All of the following are "firsts" in the life of Elizabeth Blackwell, except:
A She became the first female physician
B She was the first woman surgeon
C She and several other women founded the first hospital for women and children
D She established the first medical school for women