Trai Mat English Center English Test for level B – Number one The student’s name : ……………………………………………………… I) Underline the word that pnonunce diferently ( 1 point ) A. new knew sew few dew B. bear tear hear lear dear C. land England Holland Thailand Findland D. trousers cloudy loud tour trout E. cut hut shut butcher but II) Fill in the blank with a suitable preposition. ( 1 point ) a) My present job isn’t wonderful, but I prefer it …….what I did before. b) I felt quite cold but Peter insisted …….having the window open. c) I apologised……Bridget for the misunderstanding. d) I am not ashamed …….what I did. In fact, I’m quite proud …….it. e) She is a very honest person. I don’t think she is capable …….telling a lie. f) My home town is not especially interesting. It’s not famuos …… anything. g) She is much more successful than I am. Sometime I feell a bit jealous ……her. h) ……the age ….18 he was sent to prison. i) Our neighbour complained …….us …….the noise we made lastnight. j) Janet wanrned me ……the water. He said it wasn’t safe … drink. III) Fill in the blank with a suitable relatives. ( 1 point ) a) Did you fnd the key …… I gave you ? b) How much were some oranges ……you bought ? c) My secretary is a man ……can speaks 2 languages. d) Jack has 3 brothers all of ……. are married. e) I was taken up by the baby ……was crying. f) My sister …….you met yesterday wants to talk to you. g) It is the man …… wrote this novel. h) This doesn’t show the place …….the birds come from. i) Rod Lee, the actor, ……sister I know, has just won an Oscar. j) Our teacher, ……parents are Greek, speaks English perfectly. IV) Put the verbs in brackets into suitable tenses. ( 1 point ) a) I ( go )…………. to the cinema if it doesn’t rain. b) Don’t forget ( lock )………. the door before going to bed. c) Tell me what you ( see ) ……….at the village this morning. d) He ( stop ) ……… eating since he arrived. e) He ( learn )………. English for 3 years. f) He ( watch)…… TV when you came. g) They ( play )………. football now. Teacher : Le Huu Cuong Trai Mat English Center h) You ( have )………. beter take off your wet shoes now. i) We’re late. It’s high time we ( leave )……… j) When I was small, I used to ( go )……… fisshing with my father. V) Put the verbs in brackets into suitable tenses in this passage. ( 1 point ) Smoking (cause )……… lung cancer. Lung cancer is the number one cancer among men. Nitety percent of the peoplemwho ( get )…… lung cancer ( die ) ……. Smokers have six times as much cancer of the mouth, tongue, and throat as nonsmokers. Smoking ( give ) ………people breathing problems. It also ( harm ) ………the stomach.Smoking causes one million yearly deaths in the world every year. Throughout the world , women ( live )……… longer. Why ? Because men ( smoke ) …….more. VI) Change these sentences into passive.( 1 point ) a) A group of students have met their friend at the railway station. …………………………………………………………………………………………. b) They didn’t allow Tom to take these books home. …………………………………………………………………………………………. c) The teacher won’t correct exercises tomorrow. …………………………………………………………………………………………. d) How many trees did they cut down to buid that fence ? …………………………………………………………………………………………. e) This well – known library attracts many people. …………………………………………………………………………………………. f) All students attended the meeting. …………………………………………………………………………………………. g) People say that he is intelligent. …………………………………………………………………………………………. h) He can’t repair my bike. …………………………………………………………………………………………. i) This is the second time they have written to us about this. …………………………………………………………………………………………. j) Mr Smith has taught us French for 3 years. …………………………………………………………………………………………. VII) Change these sentences into indirect speech. ( 1 point ) a) “ I’m going out now, but I’ll be in by nine “, he said. …………………………………………………………………………………………. b) “ I’m working in a restaurant and I don’t care much for it.”, she said. …………………………………………………………………………………………. c) “ I can’t live on my basic salary”, said Peter. “ I have to offer to do over time ” …………………………………………………………………………………………. d) “ We are waiting for the school bus ”, said the children. “ It’s late again” …………………………………………………………………………………………. e) “ It’s lonely being away from our family, but we earn three times as much in this factory as we would in our country”, said mother. Teacher : Le Huu Cuong Trai Mat English Center …………………………………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………………………………. f) “ Nothing ever happens in this village, it is so quiet and peace”, she said. …………………………………………………………………………………………. g) “ I’m living with my parents at the present , but I hope to have a flat on my own soon” , he said. …………………………………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………………………………. h) “ I’ve missed the train. Now I’ll be late for work and my boss will be furious”, Tom said. …………………………………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………………………………. i) “ They are supposed to be landing at London airport, but if the fog gets any thicker the plane may be diverted” , I said. …………………………………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………………………………. j) “ I was doing my homework when I heard a strange noise”, she said. …………………………………………………………………………………………. VIII) Reoder the words to make sentences. ( 1 point ) a) He/us/ away/ goodbye/ surprised/by/without/going/saying. …………………………………………………………………………………………. b) Shut/I/to/give/will/keep/you/dollars/mouth/500/your. …………………………………………………………………………………………. c) Out/the/rain/going/prevents/me/from. …………………………………………………………………………………………. d) Us/she/time/has/no/for. …………………………………………………………………………………………. e) Seen/her/long/we/is/a/we/it/haven’t/time/that. …………………………………………………………………………………………. f) This/I’m/that/Mr Smith/sorry/isn’t/town/weekend/in. …………………………………………………………………………………………. g) Irish/most/stories/of/about/that/tell/aren’t/true/people. …………………………………………………………………………………………. h) I/woman/never/tell/a/secret/would/to. …………………………………………………………………………………………. i) I/noise/making/my/avoid/off/shoes/take/to/any. …………………………………………………………………………………………. j) Do/worry/have/time/plenty/don’t/we/of/to/all. …………………………………………………………………………………………. IX) Read the passage and answer the questions below. ( 1 point ) Thai boxing Boxing is popular in many countries. Two fighters wear boxing gloves on their hands. A bell rings. The boxers hit each other until one knocks out the other. Each part of the fight is 3 minutes long. It is called a round. Thai boxing is different. The Teacher : Le Huu Cuong Trai Mat English Center boxing match begins with music from drums and flutes. Then the two fighters kneel and pray to God. Next they do a slow dance that copies the movements of Thai boxing. During this dance, each fighters tries to show the other he is best. Then the fight begins. In Thai boxing, the fighters can kick with their feet anh hit each other with the bows and knees, of course they hit with their hand too. Each round is 3 minutes long. Then the boxers have a 2 minute rest. Most boxers can fight only 5 rounds because this kind of fighting is very difficult. Thai boxing began over 500 years ago. If a soldier lost his weapons in a battle, he need to fight with just his body. The sodiers learned how to use all the parts of their body. In 1560, the Burmese army captured Naresuen, the King of Thailand in a war. King Neresuen was a good boxer. He won his freedom from Burma by defeating all the best Burmese fighters. When he returned to Thailand, his people were very proud of him. Thai boxing became a popular sport. Questions : 1. What is one part of a figh called ? ………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………… 2. How does a Thai boxing match begin ? ………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………… 3. How is Thai boxing different from other boxing ? ………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………… 4. Why did Thai soldiers learn to box ? ………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………… 5. How did King Naresuen win his freedom? ………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………… Teacher : Le Huu Cuong . cut hut shut butcher but II) Fill in the blank with a suitable preposition. ( 1 point ) a) My present job isn’t wonderful, but I prefer it …….what I did before. b) I felt quite cold but Peter insisted. Mat English Center English Test for level B – Number one The student’s name : ……………………………………………………… I) Underline the word that pnonunce diferently ( 1 point ) A. new knew sew few dew B. bear. rain. b) Don’t forget ( lock )………. the door before going to bed. c) Tell me what you ( see ) ……….at the village this morning. d) He ( stop ) ……… eating since he arrived. e) He ( learn )………. English