TEST 15 LEVEL: PRE-INTERMEDIATE & INTERMEDIATE Cảm ơn bạn: Anh Phuong babephuong@gmail. Com đã đánh máy bài viết này: I. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. 1. He’s just arrived to find his wife in tears. a. embarrassed c. crying b. panicking d. confused 2. She’s just bought a pair of silk tights. a. pantyhose c. trousers b. gloves d. socks 3. I am scared of living on my own in a big city. a. tired c. bored b. frightened d. fond 4. I feel sorry for those who have to do that kind of work. a. pity c. apologize b. excuse d. like 5. He was living in France when the war broke out. a. ended c. occurred suddenly b. burnt out d. spread 6. The land and the house that you own are your ………… a. property c. movable possessions b. personal belongings d. savings 7. ………… are people who leave their country to live in another one. a. Deserters c. Emigrants b. Travelers d. Explorers 8. When you buy ………… in a company, you buy a part of that company. a. staff c. food b. machines d. stock 9. People ……… their money because they want their money to grow in value. a. save c. invest b. put away d. hide 10. A(n) …………. is a person who sees something and can tell what he or she sees. a. witness c. warden b. observer d. newsreader 11. ………… work is work which is done the same way all the time. a. Routine c. Manual b. Mental d. Office 12. When you ………. you can draw, write, compose music, or make something new. a. make up c. discover b. create d. imagine 13. Movies, sports, and reading are forms of ………… They help us relax. a. exercise c. entertainment b. study d. research 14. When a man …………. he asks a woman to marry him. a. proposes c. engages b. suggests d. offers himself 15. To …………means to helps someone remember. a. recite c. memorize b. remind d. reconsider 16. When a man ……… a woman at her house, he goes to her house to get her. a. drops c. drops off b. picks up d. greets 17. A………… is an object that helps you remember a place you have visited a. memory c. souvenir b. diary d. note 18. When you buy tickets for the concert ………… you buy them before the time and day of the concert. a. in advance c. by advance b. in before d. ahead 19. People have a ………… for special occasions, such as a wedding, a funeral, and a graduation. a. meal c. dance b. festival d. ceremony 20. When our friends have bad fortune, we try to show…………… a. love c. embarrassment b. sympathy d. pity II. Read the passage and then choose one answer for each of the following questions: During the teenage years, many young people can be difficult to talk to. They often seem to dislike being questioned. They may seem unwilling to talk about their work in school. This is a normal development at this age, though it can be very hard for parents to understand. It is part of becoming independent of teenagers trying to be adult while they are still growing up. Young people are usually more willing to talk if they believe that questions are asked out of real interest and not because people are trying to check up on them. Parents should do their best to talk to their sons and daughters about schoolwork and future plan but should not push them to talk if they don’t want to. Parents should also watch for the danger signs: some young people in trying to be adult may experiment with sex, drugs, alcohol or smoking. Parents need to watch for any sign of unusual behavior which may be connected with these and get help if necessary. 1. This passage is taken from a a. handbook for parents b. school timetable c. teenage magazine d. book for children 2. Why do adults sometimes find teenagers difficult to talk to? a. because most teenagers are quiet. b. because teenagers don’t want to talk to other people. c. because teenagers think adults are not honest. d. because most teenagers hate adults. 3. When can you expect young people to be more talkative than usual? a. When people talk to them because they are really interested and not just checking on them. b. When adults give them a lot of money to spend. c. When adults talk to them about something other than their work in school. d. When adults talk to them about sex, alcohol, and drugs. 4. Some teenagers experiment with drinking and smoking because a. cigarettes and alcohol are available everywhere. b. cigarettes and alcohol are cheap. c. women like smoking and drinking men. d. they regard them as a mark of adulthood. 5. The word BEHAVIOR in the passage most nearly means a. feeling. b. teenagers. c. activities. d. reactions. III. Read the article below and put a cross on the letter next to the word that best fits each space. The last one? After reading an article (1)…………. “Cigarette smoking and your health” I (2)………… a cigarette to calm my (3)…………… I smoke with concentration and pleasure as I was sure that this would by my last cigarette. For a whole week I did not smoke at all and during this time, my wife suffered terribly. I had all the usual symptoms of someone giving up smoking: a bad temper and an (4) ……………… appetite. My friends kept on offering me cigarettes and cigars. They made no effort to hide their amusement whenever I produced a packet of sweets from my pocket. After seven days of this I went to a party. Everybody (5)……………… me was smoking and I felt (6)…………. uncomfortable. When my old friend Brian (7)………………… me to accept a cigarette, it was more than I could bear. I (8)………………… one guiltily, lit it and smoked with satisfaction. My wife was delighted that things had returned to normal once more. Anyway, as Brian pointed out, it is the easiest thing in the world to (9) …………………. up smoking. He himself has done it (10)…………… of time! 1. a. is b. entitled c. has d. made 2. a. fired b. lit c. burned d. ignited 3. a. nerves b. system c. brain d. head 4. a. small b. tiny c. enormous d. giant 5. a. over b. under c. above d. around 6. a. extremely b. not c. no d. none 7. a. prohibited b. urged c. allowed d. permitted 8. a. take b. took c. takes d. taken 9. a. quit b. abandon c. give d. stop 10. a. many b. some c. lot d. lots IV. Fill in each gap in the passage below with one suitable word. We need peace No other word in the world is so (1)…dear… and so (2)…near to the (3)…hearts… of all the common people on earth as the world (4)…peace… (5)…War….has always been harrible peace has always been (6)…desirable… We live in the atomic (7)…age and the modern science (8)…achievements… must serve peaceful (9)…purposes… The use of scientific knowledge for developing newer and more horrible (10)… means… of destruction, especially the invention of the atom and hydrogen bombs has made the problem of peace and war a matter of great urgency. It is quite clear (11)…that…. a war fought with such (12)… weapons… would lead to vast destruction in the (13)…world…. That is why the (14)…struggle…. For peace has become an urgent necessity in our time. V. Use the words to make sentences. 1. All / us took / holiday except Tom. ………………………………………… All of us took a holiday except Tom. 2. We hold / stocks / cater / your requirements. ……………………………………………………. We hold large stocks to cater for your requirements. 3. It take / me / long time / make / mind. …………………………………………………… It takes me a long time to make up my mind. 4. English courses / will not / too hard / you study. ………………………………………………………. The English course will not be too hard for you to study 5. Will not / committee decide / proposal today? ………………………………………………………. Won’t the committee decide on the proposal today? 6. We must all / pressure / authorities / if / we / want / something / do/ ……………………………………………………………………………… We must all put pressure on the authorities if we want something to be done. 7. He write / only correctly / but / neatly. …………………………………………………… He writes not only correctly but also neatly. 8. You said / your letter / you / like / visit us / summer. ……………………………………………………………. You said in your letter that you’d like to visit us in the summer. 9. only can / computer gather / fact / also store. …………………………………………………… Not only can the computer gather facts, it can also store them. 10. She play / only / guitar / also / violin. …………………………………………… She plays not only the guitar but also the violin. VI. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the one printed before it. 1. She and I have never been there before. Neither…… of us has been there before …………. 2. It was such good weather that we went swimming. The weather…… was so good that we went swimming ………… 3. I can’t see that far. It is too…… far for me to see …… 4. I have never been to the ballet before. It is…… the first time I went to the ballet …… 5. John doesn’t always speak the truth, I’m afraid. You can’t…… believe John because he never speaks the truth …. 6. “Why don’t you put your luggage under the seat?” He asked. He suggested…… putting my luggage under the seat …………… COMPOSITION Your English teacher ĐÁP ÁN: I. 1.c 5.c 9.c 13. c 17.c 2.a 6.a 10.a 14. a 18.a 3. b 7. c 11. a 15. b 19. d 4. a 8. d 12. b 16. b 20. b II. 1.a 2.c 3.a 4. d 5.b III. 1.b 3.a 5. d 7. b 9. c 2.b 4.c 6. a 8. b 10. d IV. 1. dear 6. desirable 11. that 2. near 7. age 12. weapons 3. hearts 8. achievements 13. world 4. peace 9. purposes 14. struggle 5. war 10. means V. 1. All of us took a holiday except Tom. 2. We hold large stocks to cater for your requirements. 3. It takes me a long time to make up my mind. 4. The English course will not be too hard for you to study 5. Won’t the committee decide on the proposal today? 6. We must all put pressure on the authorities if we want something to be done. 7. He writes not only correctly but also neatly. 8. You said in your letter that you’d like to visit us in the summer. 9. Not only can the computer gather facts, it can also store them. 10. She plays not only the guitar but also the violin. VI. 1. Neither of us have been there before. 2. The weather was so good that we went swimming. 3. It’s too far for me to see. 4. It is the first time I went to the ballet. 5. You can’t believe John because he never speaks the truth. 6. He suggested putting my luggage under the seat. Your English teacher My English teacher is Miss Loan. She’s of medium height, about twenty five of age. She’s fairy pretty with her oval-shaped face, straight nose, large forehead and bright eyes. Though young and attractive in appearance she’s dignified and virtuous. She’s known to be a teacher of considerable ability. Her method of teaching differs somewhat with that of our former teacher. Instead of explaining fully every new lesson beforehand she just gives us assignments and let us work out ourselves. Thus her method of teaching corresponds to all of us and help us become active in our English learning. When teaching, she particularly pays close attention to English accent and pronunciation. She often makes us pronounce an English word several times until it’s pronounced correctly and accurately. She always encourages us in our English study and thanks to her devotion to teaching us, we have been making a rapid progress. Everyone in our class is now talking about our new English teacher who deserves our love and respect.