Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets to complete the following passage.. SCIENCE III, Rewrite the following sentences, beginning as shown, so that the meanings stay the same..
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NĂM HỌC : 2011 - 2012
ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút ( Không kể thời gian giao đề )
I Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets to complete the following passage (20 points )
Linda is from England, but she (1-live ) _in the United States She (2-work) _for a women’s magazine She (3-start ) _writing articles many years ago She (4-write )
many articles As a journalist, she (5-visit ) _nearly every city in the world Recently, she (6-be )
_to a number of countries in Africa Now she (7-be ) on holiday in Italy She (8-go )
there three days ago She (9-say ) _she (10-return ) to the United States next week
II Write the correct form of words in capitals (10 points )
1, Gases from factories are extremely HARM
2, We’ve decided to interview only ten for the job APPLY
3, The water is You can’t drink it POLLUTE
4, Boys and girls may behave in this situation DIFFER
5, He was the greatest _of the time SCIENCE
III, Rewrite the following sentences, beginning as shown, so that the meanings stay the same (10 points
1, They are painting the living room at the moment
- The living room………
2, John drives more carefully than his brother does
- John’s brother ………
3, Learning English is not easy
- It is………
4, They were such difficult questions that we couldn’t answer all of them
- The questions were so………
5, I don’t know her phone number, so I can’t call her
- If I………
IV, Complete the following sentences, using a word or a phrase (10 points )
1, If you don’t work hard , you ……… the exam
2, Marie Curie , ………father was a Polish, was a French physicist
3, World population will continue to rise………we try to reduce it
4, The girl……….in front of the school gate is our new classmate
5, Even……… tired, Mrs Hoa helped me with my homework
V, Choose the best answer to complete the sentences (20 points )
1, I haven’t had any news of Hoa……… 2003
2, The house is……….small for us to live in
3, Do you mind………on your own?
A live B to live C Living D lived
4, This is the factory……… my father used to work
Trang 2A where B what C when D which
5, You must leave now………you will be late for school
6, All of us were………that he was successful in the final exam
A surprise B surprised C surprising D surprisingly
7, Radium was ……….by Marie Curie
A discover B discovered C discoverer D discovery
8, I don’t think that film is………
A bore B bored C boringly D boring
9, She was born……… June 28th , 1976
10, The man ………you met on Main street yesterday is your new teacher
VI, Fill a suitable preposition in each blank to complete the following passage (20 points )
Mark Twain is a famous America writer His name was Samuel Langhorn Clemens and Mark Twain was his pen name He was born in a small town (1) _the Missouri (2) the USA The boy had many friends (3) school and when he became a writer, he described them (4) his stories Samuel always wanted to be a sailor and (5) _
the age of twenty he found work (6) a river boat After some time he left the boat and went to live (7) _California Here he began to write short stories (8) _the name(9)
Mark Twain He sent them (10) _newspapers The readers loved his stories very much
VII, Read the following passage carefully Use the suggested words to make questions, then answer them ( 10 points )
There are about 5,000 living languages in the world today, but only about six of them are major languages of the world Two-thirds of the world’s population speak those languages More than 350 million people speak English as their first language Nobody knows exactly how many people speak it as a foreign language Chinese is the only language with more speakers than English This is because of the huge population of China It is true that English is the most widespread language os Earth It is the language of business, technology, sports and aviation
Questions :
1, How many / living languages / there / world / today ?
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.2, How many / there / speak / English / first language ?
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3, Anyone / know / exact / many people / English / foreign language ?
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4, Which / language / have / speaker / English ?
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5, Chinese / be / most widespread / language / Earth ?
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