TEST Question Listen to the passage and complete the sentences (2.5 pts) Mother’s Day is celebrated in the USA and Britain on…………….? The children usually ……………………… on that day? Mother’s Day first started in ……………………… ? Mrs Ann Reeves Jarvis wanted the people ………………… with each other after the war Mother’s Friendship Day became Mother’s Day in …………… Question Read the passage and answer the questions (2.5 pts) There are at least 2,000 different languages in the world Of all these languages English is the most widely used It is used by business people, airline pilots and sea captains all over the world It is also the first language of sport and science So it is very important to learn English Chinese is also an important language because it has the greatest number of speakers There are not only over one billion people living in China today, but also many Chinese people living outside China Chinese is widely spoken in many parts of Asia and Africa Russian is spoken in both Europe and Asia French is widely understood in Europe and in parts of Canada, Africa and Asia From more than 2,000 languages the United Nation has chosen six of them for business They are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish How many languages are there in the world? ………………………………………………………………… Why is English the most widely used? ………………………………………………………………… Which language has the greatest number of speakers? ………………………………………………………………… Where is French spoken? ………………………………………………………………… How many languages are chosen to be used by the UN? ………………………………………………………………… Question Fill in the blanks with the right verb forms (2.5 pts) On October 1957 the first satellite, Sputnik, (1) ……… (launch) Since then, thousands of spacecrafts (2) ………… (send) into space Every few weeks new satellites (3) ………… (put) into orbit Unfortunately, space (4) ………… (pollute) by debris from these space flights More than 70,000 objects have been left in space Parts of rockets (5) …………… (leave) Old satellites (6) ………… (abandon) Other items, including a glove or a camera, (7) ………… (lose) by astronauts The situation up there is becoming dangerous An astronaut (8) …………… (kill) if he or she (9) …………… (hit) by a piece of rubbish It would cost billions of dollars to collect all the debris, but if nothing (10) ……… (do) the situation will only get worse Question Write a paragraph about the problem of pollution, using the following suggestions (2.5 pts) pollution / become / biggest problems / facing world / today main cause of pollution / waste / no longer needed waste / many things / such as / used newspaper / dirty water / smoke some waste / dangerous / it contains poisons problem of pollution / worrying people and governments / today Start the passage like this: Pollution has become ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………… TEST V Question Tæng sè ®iÓm: 2,5; mçi c©u ®óng 0,5 ®iÓm the second Sunday in May send Mother’s Day cards, give flowers or sweets to their mothers or the cooking, housework for their mothers the 1860s to make friends 1908 Tapescript The second Sunday in May is Mother’s Day It is a public holiday in both Britain and America On that day children send Mother’s Day cards to their mothers They give their mothers flowers or sweets as presents Fathers and children the cooking and housework so that mothers can have a rest In the USA, Mother’s Day started in the 1860s There was a small town called Pruntytown in the middle of the USA People in the town fought against each other during a war After the war they hated each other Mrs Ann Reeves Jarvis wanted the people to make friends with each other again So she started “Mother’s Friendship Day” On that day she visited all the other mothers in the town and said: “Let us be friends with each other again” Her idea succeeded The same thing happened in other parts of the country After she died, her daughter carried on her idea In 1908 Mother’s Friendship Day became Mother’s Day Question Tæng sè ®iÓm: 2,5; mçi c©u ®óng 0,5 ®iÓm 1 About 2,000 Because it is most widely used Chinese French is widely spoken in Europe and in parts of Canada, Africa and Asia Six languages Question Tæng sè ®iÓm: 2,5; mçi tõ ®óng 0,25 ®iÓm was launched have been sent are put is being polluted have been left have been abandoned have been lost would be killed was hit 10 is done Question Tæng sè ®iÓm: 2,5; mçi ý ®óng 0,5 ®iÓm (Suggestion) Pollution has become one of the biggest problems facing the world today The main cause of pollution is waste, something which is no longer needed Waste can be many things such as used newspaper, dirty water from your washing machine or smoke from a factory chimney Some waste is dangerous because it contains poisons It is the problem of pollution which is worrying many people and governments today ... 2 ,5; mçi c©u ®óng 0 ,5 ®iÓm the second Sunday in May send Mother’s Day cards, give flowers or sweets to their mothers or the cooking, housework for their mothers the 1860s to make friends 190 8... After she died, her daughter carried on her idea In 190 8 Mother’s Friendship Day became Mother’s Day Question Tæng sè ®iÓm: 2 ,5; mçi c©u ®óng 0 ,5 ®iÓm 1 About 2,000 Because it is most widely used... 2 ,5; mçi tõ ®óng 0, 25 ®iÓm was launched have been sent are put is being polluted have been left have been abandoned have been lost would be killed was hit 10 is done Question Tæng sè ®iÓm: 2 ,5;