Ôn thi TN- Test 17

KEY -TEST 17 I. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest: 1. a. trick b. music c. pipe d. sink 2. a. guest b. grip c. golden d. gender 3. a. face b. plate c. band d. label 4. a. remove b. dove c. prove d. approve 5. a. resign b. insight c. syllable d. soil II. Read each of the following lists of four words and choose one word that does not belong in each list. 6. a. typist b. doctor c. engineer d. brother 7. a. March b. July c. Tuesday d. October 8. a. sing b. song c. come d. move 9. a. English b. Chinese c. Russian d. France 10. a. watery b. rainy c. sunny d. cloudy III. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences 11. I should be very………… if you would accept the invitation to the party. a. thanking b. honourable c. pleased d. pleasing 12. Please don’t……….to put stamps on the letters I gave you to post. a. remember b. remind c. realize d. forget 13. her mother asked her to……… the table for the evening meal. a. lay b. put out c. serve d. place 14. “You will not find kangaroos anywhere else on…… ” said the Australian. a. earth b. world c. soil d. ground 15. “Will you………me your pen for my examination this afternoon?” a. borrow b. lend c. allow d. permit 16. The picture was sold for a great………of money. a. cost b. value c. sum d. price 17. it is difficult to………a secret from my family. a. keep b. learn c. take d. hear 18. my father has………… come home from abroad. a. still b. already c. yet d. since 19. They are happy………having little money. a. although b. despite c. in spite d. even 20. he invited us to the house………he was born and grew up. a. which b. that c. who d. where 21. The weather was……………hot for us to go out. a. too b. very c. so d. enough 22. When water freezes, it………into ice. a. turns b. has turned c. would turn d. is turning 23. “Do the Pikes live next door to you?”= “No, but they………….” a. were used b. used to c. used to was d. used to did 24. He often wishes that he…… a horse. a. can ride b. can rode c. could ride d. could rode 25. The last train hasn’t arrived yet,……… ? a. is it b. has it c. did it` d. was it IV. There is mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence. Find the mistakes ( a, b , c or d) 26. If we had a large garden, we will grow a lot of flowers. a b c d 27. we enjoy to walk along the beach before sunrise. a b c d 28. her ten-months old son is sick, so he has to stay at home to look after him. a b c d 29. he is enough strong to carry the heavy luggage. a b c d 30. I haven’t been there yet, and he hasn’t too. a b c d V.Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each space. (31)_____ our daily life we need to communicate with ( 32)_______. We do this mostly by speaking to other people and listening to ( 33)_____ they have to say to us, and when we are close ( 34)____- them we can do this very easily. However, our voices will not travel very far even when we shout. The man who ( 35)_____ this possible was Alexander Graham Bell, a Scotsman, born in Edinburgh in 1847. Bell, a teacher of visible speech who later moved to Canada, ( 36)_____ all his spare time experimenting. (37)_______enthusiastic was he in his research ( 38)_____ a means for sending speech ( 39)_____electricity that he left ( 40)______time for his day- to- day work and at one time was almost penniless. 31. a. With b. In c. On d. At 32. a. one another b. you c. them d. other 33. a. that b. this c. what d. which 34. a. with b. from c. to d. for 35. a. made b. did c. had d. brought 36. a. spent b. wasted c. cost d. took 37. a. Too b. Very c. So d. Such 38. a. at b. for c. to d. by 39. a. in b. with c. enough d. by 40. a. some b. much c. little d. enough VI. Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each question. HOW PEOPLE PAY FOR FOEREIGN GOODS. It all countries had the same money units, a difficult problem of international trade would be solved. One country’s money is not usually good in another, however, and it is necessary to have a system for exchanging the currency of the buyer into that of the seller. Bankers handle this by doing what is called buying and selling foreign exchange. When an exporter sells his goods to a merchant in a foreign country, he makes out a bill of exchange for the merchandise. This bill of exchange look like a common bank check. The exporters sells this bill to his bank and receives his money. Thus the exporter receives payment in his own currency. The exporter’s bank sends the bill of exchange to its branch bank which notifies the importer who pays the bill in his currency. The branch bank keeps this money and uses it to pay future bills of exchange presented by merchants in that country who have goods to export. 41. One country’s money is-___________ a. necessary to another b. beneficial to another c. not usually good in another d. acceptable to another. 42. The bill of exchange is issued by___________________ a. the exporter’s bank b. the exporter c. the branch bank d. the importer 43. The exporter gives the bill of exchange to_________________ a. the branch bank b. the importing bank c. the importer’s bank d. the exporter’s bank 44. The importer pays_____________________ a. the branch bank b. the exporter’s bank c. the exporter d. the importer’s bank 45. The word “ merchandise” in the passage most nearly means____________ a. payment b. goods for sale c. the merchant’s bankd. the exporter’s bank VII. Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one. 46. They haven’t finished the final test yet. a. The final test hasn’t been finished yet. B. They are not doing the final test. c. The final test will never be finished d. The final test has just been started. 47. I advise you to send her a postcard. a. Her postcard should be sent to you. b. You’d rather I sent her a postcard. c. You’d better send her a postcard. D. I am advised to send you her postcard. 48. She told me she had to be home by six o’clock. a. She said it was necessary for her to get home before six o’clock. b. She told me she was at home at six o’clock c. She told me that she would be going home at six o’clock d. She said that she usually reached her home before six o’clock. 49. If I lived in the city, I would go to the cinema every Saturday. a. I live in the city, but I don’t go to the cinema every Saturday. b. I don’t live in the city, but I go to the cinema every Saturday. c. I live in the city, so I go to the cinema every Saturday. d. I don’t live in the city; that’s why I can’t go to the cinema every Saturday. 50. We breathe much polluted air. We get weaker. a. Much polluted air is breathed as we get weaker. b. The more polluted air we breathe, the weaker we get c. The weaker we get, the more polluted air we breathe. d. Polluted air is responsible for our bad health. ____-The end_____ TEST 17 I. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest: 1. a. trick b. music c. pipe d. sink 2. a. guest b. grip c. golden d. gender 3. a. face b. plate c. band d. label 4. a. remove b. dove c. prove d. approve 5. a. resign b. insight c. syllable d. soil II. Read each of the following lists of four words and choose one word that does not belong in each list. 6. a. typist b. doctor c. engineer d. brother 7. a. March b. July c. Tuesday d. October 8. a. sing b. song c. come d. move 9. a. English b. Chinese c. Russian d. France 10. a. watery b. rainy c. sunny d. cloudy III. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences 11. I should be very………… if you would accept the invitation to the party. a. thanking b. honourable c. pleased d. pleasing 12. Please don’t……….to put stamps on the letters I gave you to post. a. remember b. remind c. realize d. forget 13. her mother asked her to……… the table for the evening meal. a. lay b. put out c. serve d. place 14. “You will not find kangaroos anywhere else on…… ” said the Australian. a. earth b. world c. soil d. ground 15. “Will you………me your pen for my examination this afternoon?” a. borrow b. lend c. allow d. permit 16. The picture was sold for a great………of money. a. cost b. value c. sum d. price 17. it is difficult to………a secret from my family. a. keep b. learn c. take d. hear 18. my father has………… come home from abroad. a. still b. already c. yet d. since 19. They are happy………having little money. a. although b. despite c. in spite d. even 20. he invited us to the house………he was born and grew up. a. which b. that c. who d. where 21. The weather was……………hot for us to go out. a. too b. very c. so d. enough 22. When water freezes, it………into ice. a. turns b. has turned c. would turn d. is turning 23. “Do the Pikes live next door to you?”= “No, but they………….” a. were used b. used to c. used to was d. used to did 24. He often wishes that he…… a horse. a. can ride b. can rode c. could ride d. could rode 25. The last train hasn’t arrived yet,……… ? a. is it b. has it c. did it` d. was it IV. There is mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence. Find the mistakes ( a, b , c or d) 26. If we had a large garden, we will grow a lot of flowers. a b c d 27. we enjoy to walk along the beach before sunrise. a b c d 28. her ten-months old son is sick, so he has to stay at home to look after him. a b c d 29. he is enough strong to carry the heavy luggage. a b c d 30. I haven’t been there yet, and he hasn’t too. a b c d V.Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each space. (31)_____ our daily life we need to communicate with ( 32)_______. We do this mostly by speaking to other people and listening to ( 33)_____ they have to say to us, and when we are close ( 34)____- them we can do this very easily. However, our voices will not travel very far even when we shout. The man who ( 35)_____ this possible was Alexander Graham Bell, a Scotsman, born in Edinburgh in 1847. Bell, a teacher of visible speech who later moved to Canada, ( 36)_____ all his spare time experimenting. (37)_______enthusiastic was he in his research ( 38)_____ a means for sending speech ( 39)_____electricity that he left ( 40)______time for his day- to- day work and at one time was almost penniless. 31. a. With b. In c. On d. At 32. a. one another b. you c. them d. other 33. a. that b. this c. what d. which 34. a. with b. from c. to d. for 35. a. made b. did c. had d. brought 36. a. spent b. wasted c. cost d. took 37. a. Too b. Very c. So d. Such 38. a. at b. for c. to d. by 39. a. in b. with c. enough d. by 40. a. some b. much c. little d. enough VI. Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each question. HOW PEOPLE PAY FOR FOEREIGN GOODS. It all countries had the same money units, a difficult problem of international trade would be solved. One country’s money is not usually good in another, however, and it is necessary to have a system for exchanging the currency of the buyer into that of the seller. Bankers handle this by doing what is called buying and selling foreign exchange. When an exporter sells his goods to a merchant in a foreign country, he makes out a bill of exchange for the merchandise. This bill of exchange look like a common bank check. The exporters sells this bill to his bank and receives his money. Thus the exporter receives payment in his own currency. The exporter’s bank sends the bill of exchange to its branch bank which notifies the importer who pays the bill in his currency. The branch bank keeps this money and uses it to pay future bills of exchange presented by merchants in that country who have goods to export. 41. One country’s money is-___________ a. necessary to another b. beneficial to another c. not usually good in another d. acceptable to another. 42. The bill of exchange is issued by___________________ a. the exporter’s bank b. the exporter c. the branch bank d. the importer 43. The exporter gives the bill of exchange to_________________ a. the branch bank b. the importing bank c. the importer’s bank d. the exporter’s bank 44. The importer pays_____________________ a. the branch bank b. the exporter’s bank c. the exporter d. the importer’s bank 45. The word “ merchandise” in the passage most nearly means____________ a. payment b. goods for sale c. the merchant’s bankd. the exporter’s bank VII. Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one. 46. They haven’t finished the final test yet. a. The final test hasn’t been finished yet. B. They are not doing the final test. c. The final test will never be finished d. The final test has just been started. 47. I advise you to send her a postcard. a. Her postcard should be sent to you. b. You’d rather I sent her a postcard. c. You’d better send her a postcard. D. I am advised to send you her postcard. 48. She told me she had to be home by six o’clock. a. She said it was necessary for her to get home before six o’clock. b. She told me she was at home at six o’clock c. She told me that she would be going home at six o’clock d. She said that she usually reached her home before six o’clock. 49. If I lived in the city, I would go to the cinema every Saturday. a. I live in the city, but I don’t go to the cinema every Saturday. b. I don’t live in the city, but I go to the cinema every Saturday. c. I live in the city, so I go to the cinema every Saturday. d. I don’t live in the city; that’s why I can’t go to the cinema every Saturday. 50. We breathe much polluted air. We get weaker. a. Much polluted air is breathed as we get weaker. b. The more polluted air we breathe, the weaker we get c. The weaker we get, the more polluted air we breathe. d. Polluted air is responsible for our bad health. ____-The end_____ . final test yet. a. The final test hasn’t been finished yet. B. They are not doing the final test. c. The final test will never be finished d. The final test. final test yet. a. The final test hasn’t been finished yet. B. They are not doing the final test. c. The final test will never be finished d. The final test