Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.. Read the text below and choose the best answer... Dorothea Shaw is 71 years old and nearly blind, and when she chose to liv
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Level B Part 1 Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence
Example: What time………you get up yesterday?
A do B are C did D will
………
…
1 Why do you spend all your time your sister
2 Please call me when to go out
A you ready B you are ready
C are you ready D ready
3 “He speaks Japanese, ?”
4 She went to the movies last night, but I
5 Since the beginning of the storm several trees down
6 The dog kept at the stranger and frightened him away
7 The children had been of the danger, but had taken no notice
8 He lost all his money through on cards and horses
A playing B risking
9 His father had him how to make model aeroplanes
10 I would like to offer a small to anyone who finds my missing dog
Part 2 Read the text below and choose the best answer
Trang 2Dorothea Shaw is 71 years old and nearly blind, and when she chose to live alone far away from people, she went about as far as it is possible to go to escape humanity She lives in Belize - a country the size of Wales with a population only that of Swansea Her home is at Gales Point, a tiny village which can be reached only by sea or air; after a ten-mile walk into the hills one finally reaches a plot of land and two small huts so hidden in the thick over-grown forest that only a handful of people know Dorothea is there
She lives happily and totally alone - growing her vegetables, looking after her trees and dogs, cats and chickens Once a month or so an old friend passes by with her food supplies and mail - usually including a letter from her sister in Scunthorpe and some bits of clothing from friends in Canada Sometimes a local man will come and chop wood for her and the occasional group of British soldiers will come across her and be greeted with the offer of a cup of coffee
At night she lies in her tiny sleeping hut with the dogs on the floor, the cats on the table near the typewriter and one of the hens settled down in the corner of the packet bookshelf, and listens for hours to any Spanish, English, German or French broadcasts she can find on her radio Sometimes she gets lonely but most of the time the animals and the radio are company enough
But recently the very things which she had escaped from and hidden from so well have begun to catch up with her The peace of the forest has been destroyed by the roar of earth-moving machines not many miles away Humanity and the 20 th
century, once only heard of distantly on the radio, are now on her doorstep Things began to change three years ago The new main north-south highway in Belize was cut through the forest only four or five miles away "Now more and more people know I'm here," she says, "I feel more threatened each day"
1 Dorothea's huts
A have always been her home
B are entirely surrounded by trees
C were built for just a few people
D are in a country with the same population as Wales
2 Dorothea lives in the forest because
A she is too old to move
B machines destroyed her home
C she has no where to live
D she doesn't like living near people
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C friends from Canada
D a postman
4 Dorothea spends a lot of time
A talking with her neighbours
B chopping down trees
C listening to the radio
D studying languages
5 In the last three years, Dorothea has been disturbed by
A the making of a new road
B what she has heard on the radio
C people visiting her home
D threats of violence
Part 3 Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space
HONEY
Honey is a sweet liquid made by bees It (1)……… of water and sugars
Bees may travel as (2)……… … as seventy-five thousand kilometres and visit over
two million flowers to produce just half a kilo of honey The colour and flavour of
(4)……… , there are
more than three hundred (5)……… of honey
The lighter-coloured ones are generally milder in flavour than darker honey
In ancient (6)……… , honey was the main sweet food, as sugar was very (7)……… Honey was of great (8)……… to the ancient Egyptians, who used it as payment
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEST (30 minutes)
Level B Part 1 Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence
Example: What time………you get up yesterday?
A do B are C did D will
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2 People used to believe that natural resources could never be ………
3 You have to study harder to ……… your classmates
4 I remember ……… him said that he would come but he is absent now
5 His illness made him ……… of concentration
6 I could make ……… the expression on his face
A up B of
7 They worked hard ……… they might be well- prepared for the examination
8 The sick man ……… by the surgeon
9 Have this one, ……….?
A do you
C don’t you
B will you
D haven’t you
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Part 2 Read the text below and choose the best answer
Jules is now in his sixties, and is one of the many homeless people who live on the streets,
he buys a newspaper most days Today, with his fellow tramps, he reads about yesterday’s student demonstrations
Like many of the tramps who live under the bridges in Paris, Jules was not always
so poor A long time ago he was in Navy, and like many who have been to sea for a long time, he has stayed slim and fit Despite the strict organization on board ship, he loved the life, and had the opportunity to see many countries He visited Poland and Russia, in South Africa he realized what valued in each country was the people he met He was always After many happy years in the Navy, he had to retire The good things in life always come to an end His mother and father had long since died and he’d lost touch with his other relatives He came to Paris and became an industrial designer He was happy, although it wasn’t the same as the sea He never wanted to get married and have children And then there was the period of darkness He smiled sadly He shrugs his shoulders and looks at his hands There are tears in the corners of his eyes This is something that he cannot bring himself to talk about “It all went wrong”, he whispers
He was silent for a minute, then recovered He began to talk more loudly “look at
me now-it makes me angry And what about the President? He’s been in the power for years, and look what he’s done for us Nothing! I’m still out on the streets and I live the life of a dog.”
11 It would appear that Jules
A takes an interest in important events
B has organized a protest recently
C has no contact with older homeless people
D is not as poor as he used to be
12 When Jules was in the Navy he
A only visited three countries
B enjoyed the strict life on board ship
C liked meeting people from different countries
D was very well paid for the job he did
13 Jules changed his job because he
A was too old to stay in the Navy
B wanted to start a family
C wanted to be near his relatives in Paris
D did not enjoy the work any more
14 Jules lost his job and became a tramp because
A of reasons he does not want to discuss
B of the death of his parents
C he did not have any family
D he was tired of doing a normal job
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D should have done more to help people like him
Part 3 Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space
Deep Sleep
Deep sleep is important for everyone The actual (16) ……….of sleep you need depends (17)………… your age A young child (18)………to sleep ten to twelve hours, and a teenager about nine hours Adults differ a lot in their sleeping (19)…….………… For most of them, seven to eight hours a night is (20)……… , but some sleep longer, while others manage with only four hours
For a good night, having a comfortable (21)……… to sleep is very important Also, there should be (22)………of fresh air in the room, A warm drink sometimes helps people to sleep, (23) ………it is not a good idea to drink coffee immediately before going to bed
(24) ……… you have to travel a very long distance, try to go to bed earlier than usual the day before the (25) ………This will help you to feel more rested when you arrive