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Hoang Thi Xuan – Quynh Luu I Upper Secondary School 1 Quynh Luu I Upper Secondary School School year: 2010 – 2011  Fírst Semester Written Test Time: 45 minutes Full name: Class: Code: …. Mark Teacher’s remark I. Odd word which does not belong to its group out. 1. love, money, parents’ approval , a good job. …………………. 2. nod one’s head, raise one’s hand, comb one’s hair, catch one’s eye. …………………. 3.a birth certificate, a wedding card, an identity card, a reference letter. …………………. 4. close – knit, supportive, attempt, caring ……………… 5. bargain. Mountain, cartain, campaign ……………… II. Put the words in brackets in the correct tense. 1. Where is Helen? She (cook) in the kitchen. ………………… 2. He usually (sit) at the same desk everyday. …………………… 3. Ann (not go) downtown yesterday morning. …………………… 4. My mother (make) a cake when the light went out. …………………… 5. The house was in great disorder because he (redecorate) it. .………………… 6. I just (wash) this floor. …………………… 7. I (meet) Tom already. I (meet) him an hour ago. …………………… 8. Since when you (work) as a cook? ………………… III. Read the passage and answer the question. My name is Anna. I come from Neukirchen, which is a small village near Wels, in a countryside of Upper-Austria. I live there with my family in a house with a big garden and a swimming pool. We have one cat called Minka. I like pets very much. I have got an older brother, he is 22 years old. My mother’s name is Inge and she is a housewife. My father’s name is Karl and he works in a big company. I have a very good relationship with my family. They try to support me whenever I have a problem. I always help my mother with the household chores. It is not a problem for me to clean, cook, hover, iron and go shopping. In my leisure time I like reading, meeting friends, spending time in the nature, doing sports or just relaxing on the beautiful lake Attersee. One of the attributes that qualifies me for taking care of children is my sense of responsibility. My friends know me as a nice, helpful, reliable, open-minded person and they know that I like children very much. I respect other culture religions and traditions. I often have taken care of children, because I have a cousin who has two children, Lisa and Sarah. They are twins and they are both 8 years old. I like them very much because they are well-educated Hoang Thi Xuan – Quynh Luu I Upper Secondary School 2 children and therefore rather easy to handle. For the kids I want to be a person who can talk to and listen to them if they have problems or just stories to tell. 1. How many people are there in Anna’s family ? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 2. What does Anna’s mother do? …………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3. What does Anna like doing in her free time ? ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4. What do her friends know about her? …………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5. Why does Anna like her cousin’s children ? …………………………………………………………………………………………………… IV. Fill in each space with an appropriate preposition. 1. Tom’s grandfather died __________ 1977 __________ the age of 79. 2. I’m going out to do some shopping. I’ll be back __________ half an hour. 3. The doorbell and the telephone rang __________ the same time. 4. Do you fancy going to the cinema __________ Friday night ? 5. Hurry up. We’ve got to go __________ five minutes. 6. Are you doing anything special __________ the weekend ? 7. You’ll find the cups __________the top shelf. 8. We got stuck in a traffic jam __________ the way to the airport. V. Rewrite sentences without changing their original meaning. 1. Most of the people recovered quickly. They were injured in the crash.  Most of ______________________________________________________________ 2. Peter doesn’t read a lot. He can’t find the time.  If ___________________________________________________________________ 3. They paint the kitchen once a year.  The kitchen ___________________________________________________________ 4. But for her advice, he wouldn’t have recognized his mistakes. She__________________________________________________________________ 5. Helen said : “What did you say, Jack ?”  Helen ________________________________________________________________ Good luck!!!!!! . 1 Quynh Luu I Upper Secondary School School year: 2010 – 2011  Fírst Semester Written Test Time: 45 minutes Full name: Class: Code: …. Mark Teacher’s remark I fancy going to the cinema __________ Friday night ? 5. Hurry up. We’ve got to go __________ five minutes. 6. Are you doing anything special __________ the weekend ? 7. You’ll find the cups __________the