Read the following text then answer the questions that follow by circling its corresponding letter marked A, B, C, or D.. The agricultural revolution in the nineteenth century involved
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I Read the following text then answer the questions that follow by circling its corresponding letter marked A,
B, C, or D.
The agricultural revolution in the nineteenth century involved two things: the invention of labor – saving machinery and the development of scientific agriculture Labor – saving machinery naturally appeared first where labor was scarce “In Europe,” said Thomas Jefferson, “the object is to make the most of their land, labor being abundant; here it is to make the most of our labor, land being abundant “it was in America, therefore, that the great advances in nineteen-century agricultural machinery first came At the opening of the century, with the exception of a crude plow, farmers could have carried practically all of the existing agricultural implements on their backs; by 1860, most of the machinery in use today had been design in an early form The most important of the early inventions was the iron plow As early as 1790 Charles New bold of New Jersey had been working on the idea of a cast-iron plow and spent his entire fortune in introducing his invention The farmers however, would have none of it, claiming that the iron poisoned the soil and made the weeds grow Nevertheless, many people devoted their, attention to the plow, until
in 1869 James Oliver of South Bend, Indiana, turned out the first chilled-steel plow
1 Which of the following best expresses the main topic of the passage?
A Machinery that contributed to the agricultural revolution
B The development of safer machines demanded by the labor movement
C New Jersey as a leader in the agricultural revolution
D The need for agricultural advances to help feed a growing population
2 Which of the following can be inferred from what Thomas Jefferson said ?
A Europe had greater need of farm machinery than America did
B Europe was changing more quickly than America C America was finally running out of good farmland
D There was a shortage of workers on American farms
3 The expression “make the most of “ in the passage is closest in meaning to which of the following?
A Raise the price of B Overuse the real worth of C Earn a living on D Get the best yield from
4 What point is the author making by stating that farmers could carry nearly all their tools on their backs?
A Farmers had few tools before the agricultural revolution B American were traditionally self- reliant
C Life on the farm was extremely difficult D New tools were designed to be portable
5 Why did farmers reject Newbold’s plow?
A They thought it would run the land B Their horses were frightened by it
C They preferred lighter tools D It was too expensive
II Choose from the four underlined parts of each sentence (marked A, B, C, and D) one that needs correcting Identify tour answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D
6 When a little boy, he is used to go swimming in the river with me
7 In general, newspapers emphasize current news whereas magazines dealt more with background materials
A In general B current news C whereas magazines D dealt more
8 Peter never go to bed before he has finished his homework.
9 Hoa writing a letter in her room at the moment.
10 We were surprising by the results of the test.
11 Mr Miller doesn’t likes being kept waiting.
12 An spent many money on clothes at the supermarket yesterday
13 There is a hostel at the corner of this street where we can stay there.
14 I haven’t smoked since a long time
15 I don’t think I can get the job because there are many applications for it
III Choose from the four options given (marked A, B, C, and D) one best answer to complete each sentence by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D.
16 This tool is dangerous _ it is used carefully.
17 When the storm _ this area tomorrow, it will bring with it great destructive force.
Trang 218 Most children fell _ on the New Year’s Eve.
19 _ my students are familiar with this kind of activities.
20 Don’t spend your money _ Save it!
21 I don’t know what you think about George’s work, but in my _ it’s very good.
22 There are a lot of people _ London everyday.
23 Most of the goods _ in this factory are exported.
24 We can’t have out car now; _ at the garage.
A It’s still being repaired B It’s still repairing C It’s still repaired D It’s still being repairing
25 The more waste paper we recycle _.
A The least tress we preserve B The most trees we preserve
C The more tress we preserve D The best tress we preserve
26 The building used to be a library _.
27 We have no money _ Tom has some.
28 John _ you when he has finished the report.
29 Our village had _ money available for education that the schools had to close.
30 She practices playing the piano _ than I do
A more regularly B most regularly C as regularly D quite regularly
31 They left the room _ they had finished the example.
32 When I returned, I found that my car _ away.
A had been towing B has been towing C has been towed D had been towed
33 The government _ the earth quake victims with food, clothes and medicine.
34 _ with the picture, Mary tore it to pieces.
A To be thoroughly dissatisfied B Dissatisfying thoroughly
C Being thoroughly dissatisfied D To satisfy thoroughly
35 I was responsible to my mother _ looking after out pets while she was at work.
36 He _ for the exams at the moment I don’t think he can join us in our picnic.
37 I _ sport to keep fit, not because I like it.
38 We spoke quietly _ disturb anyone.
A in order that we B not in order to C so that we would D so as not to
39 This device is _ grinding meat.
40 My parents always let me _ what I think I should.
41 I remember _ to the zoo before.
42 If I see David, I’ll invite him _ dinner.
43 My brother enjoys _ the mountain very much.
44 The police want _ anything suspicious.
A we report B us to report C that we reported D us reporting
45 Because of the bad health, he _ smoking last year.
46 You have to study hard to _ your classmates
A get in touch with B keep pace with C catch sight of D feel like
47 We spent half a year _ this house
Trang 3A builds B build C building D for building
48 He must have known about it, _ he ?
49 Harry used to be very poor, but now he _ his own home
50 Mexico City _ is the fastest growing city in the world, has a population of over 10 million
IV Choose from the four options given (marked A, B, C, and D) one best answer to complete each sentence by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D.
51 I didn’t listen to him and I didn’t succeed
A If I listened to him, I would have succeed B If I had listened to him, I would have succeeded
C If I had listened to him, I would succeed D If I listened to him I would succeed
52 I didn’t arrive in time to see her
A I wasn’t enough early to see her B I was so late that I can’t see her
C E wasn’t too early to see her D I wasn’t early enough to see her
53 Tom gave this book to me
A This book was given to Tom by me B This book was given to me by Tom
C This book was given Tom by me D Tom was given this book by me
54 “ What shall I do with all this money ?” said Peter
A Peter asked what should he do with all the money
B Peter asked what would he do with all that money
C Peter was asking what he would do with all that money
D Peter was wondering what he should do with all the money
55 Hanoi city isn’t as big as Ho Chi Minh city A Ho Chi Minh city is smaller than Hanoi city
B Ho Chi Minh city is bigger than Hanoi city C Hanoi city is bigger than Ho Chi Minh city
D Ho Chi Minh city is as big as Hanoi city
V Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others of the same group:
VI Choose from the four options given (marked A, B, C, and D) one best answer to complete each of the gaps below by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D.
Cotton has been grown for thousands of years in places as (61- far) apart as Mexico , China, Egypt, and India American colonist (62- brought) to grow cotton in the early 1600s Before 1800, cotton was a great luxury, more expensive than silk, (63- because) so many workers were to pick it (64- However ) a huge increase in the number of slaves in the American South (65- resulted) in much greater cotton production and a fall (66- in) the price This and the new technology of the industrial (67- revolution) made cotton the cheapest fabric in history By 1820, cotton (68-
had made) more money for the United States than tobacco, and more money worldwide than sugar Many Southern
farmers and plantation (69- owners) believed that slave labor was (70- necessary) for them to make money growing cotton
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