Name : PRE-TEST FORTALENTED STUDENTS Time allotted: 180 minutes A. Vocabulary : (2 marks) I. Choose the correct answer : (1 mark) 1. My new glasses cost me…………….… the last pair that I bought. a. times three b. three times more than c. three times as much as d. as much three times as 2. The crime………………seems to be going up and up. a. percentage b. wave c. figures d. rate 3. We are…………….….him to arrive at any moment. a. waiting b. hoping c. expecting d. wishing 4. The other transport unions gave the railway workers their…….….… a. agreement b. solidarity c. backing d. alliances 5. The salesman showed us…………….the washing machine. a. for using b. for the working of c. how to use d. to work 6. Cut the cakes into six………………pieces. a. same b. like c. alike d. equal 7. The judge said the thief had shown complete…….…….for the law. a. agnorance b. disregard c. disobedience d. negligence 8. You can look up the number in the phone…….….…. a. index b. register c. dictionary d. directory 9. Although his work is not outstanding, it is……………. a. enough b. sufficient c. well d. adequate 10. He missed the lecture, so I lent him my notes………… a. after b. afterward c. at last d. finally II. Supply the correct form of the words in parentheses : (1 mark) 1. Bill failed the exam and his friends were…………………………… (sympathy) 2. The teacher is disappointed about his students’…………… … …. (care) 3. The shoes were nice, but they were……………….…(comfort) 4. The singer won a lot of ………………….….from the audience. (admire) 5. Thank you for your …………………… delivery of the parcel. (time) 6. He feels a great deal of……….…… .for the awful way he behaved. (ashamed) 7. In particular, parents are afraid of changes in their children’s…… …….(person) 8. Although he clearly knows that his business is …….….… .he still does that. (legal) 9. She’s quite……………….….…: she plays the flute and the piano. (music) 10. In my opinion, all…………… .….are equally bad, irrespective of which party they belong to. (politics) 1 Name : B. Grammar : (8 marks) I. Put the verbs into the correct form: (1, 5 marks) 1. If you had done as I told you, you……………… …… .(succeed) 2. I suggest he…………………….….(stop) smoking. 3. This time next week, we…………………….(walk) about in HCM city. 4. I wish he…………………… . (find) a way out. 5. After………… (leave) school when she was 18, Laura…… ……… (go) to Bristol university for three years. While she…… …….…(be) at university, Laura ………… (join) a university folk group and started……….… (sing). It was at this time she…………… (write) her famous song “the price of peace”. 6. The prime minister announced that government spending……………. ………(cut) 7. What explosion? I didn’t hear any. You………… (hear) it! The whole town heard it! 8. A man answered the phone. I suppose it was her husband. It………………(not be) her husband. He’s been dead for ages. 9. I waited under the clock! So did I, but I didn’t see you! We……………… (wait) under different clocks. 10. On the first of the next month, he……………………(be) in prison for five years. II. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions or particles : (1 mark) 1. The reporters plied the movie stars…………………… questions. 2. He promised to sleep……… it and we shall have his decision in a day or two. 3. The last bullet finished………… the wounded animal. 4. They usually fat……………….animals for market. 5. His opponent fastened……………… his leg. 6. Sometimes he looks………….…that picture with distrust. 7. Are you willing to make………… … the whole property to your bother? 8. Don’t take………………….more than you can cope with. 9. We have now 1,000 students……………… 500 last year. 10. Don’t judge a man…………… his clothes. III. Supply the required passive forms of the verbs in brackets : (1,5 marks) 1. Very few criminals………………(catch) by the police if informers didn’t offer information. 2. Flexible time…………… (introduce) by the manager by this time next month. 3. The team………………(finish) two weeks to move into their new office before yesterday. 4. I was surprised to hear that you……………… (burgle) twice in the same month. 5. Decisions………………… (make) by the manager to prevent similar disputes from happening again. 2 Name : 6. After his girlfriend’s going, Paul sat for a long time thinking about what………………… …… (say) IV. Re-word the following sentences using “can, must, should, could, may” in them: (2 marks) 1. Perhaps Mary is ill. She may………………………………… ……………… 2. Perhaps he won’t change his job. ……………………………………………… 3. Peter likes teaching. When he grows up, he………………………. ……….…… 4. Paul likes the theatre. He……………………………………………………… . 5. She smiles all time. I’m sure she is happy. …………………………. ………… 6. He’s just bought a house and a car. I feel sure that he has a lot of money. ………………………………………………………………………………… 7. Many people wave to her. I’m sure she is very popular. ………………………………………………………………………………… 8. This restaurant is always empty. ………………………………………………………………………………… 9. There is someone at the door. Perhaps it is Peter. ………………………………………………………………………………… 10. I’m sure this is the restaurant we ate at. ………………………………….…… 11. Perhaps Jean’s plane was delayed. …………………………………………… 12. It was the driver’s fault. He didn’t stop at the red light. ………………………………………………………………………………… 13. It is possible that I left my wallet at home. …………………………………… 14. Perhaps he spent all his money when he was young. ………………………………………………………………………………… 15. It was a mistake not to bring your umbrella. …………………………………. V. Fill in the gap with articles “a, an, the ”: (2 marks) 1. Look! She has……………….….necklace of red beads. 2. Are you sure…………….…man you saw is…….……… prisoner? 3. He was given……………….post of……… deputy director. 4. She turned………… ….communist and………… ….intelligent lecturer. 5. This is………… … kind of……………….house I like best. 6. The first time we met was in April, then came……………… second meeting and………………… third one, and we met every other day. 7. Hanoi,………… ……capital of Vietnam, is very beautiful. 3 Name : 8. She seized him by………… collar. 9. ………….women are traditionally thought to be weaker than……… … men. 10. He teaches…………………piano and…………….violin. 11. ……….…man walked into……… ….bank in the America and handed……… note to one of the cashiers,…… .young woman. ……….woman read… ……note, which told her to give………….man some money. Afraid that he might have……….gun, she followed……….instruction. …………man then walked out of……….building, leaving…….……note behind. However, it was not…………… successful crime. …….…man had no time to spend………money because he was arrested………….same day. He had made………….stupid mistake. He had written………… note on……….back of…… envelop. On……… other side of………… envelop were………… man’s mane and address. This information was quite enough for……….……police to get him. C. READING : (5 marks) I. Read the passage and fill in each blank with a suitable word : (5 marks) Housing people……… …(1) they need to live. The problem is that houses aren’t always in the….…….(2) place. There is often shortage of…………(3) in the big cities……….(4). There are the most people to find homes………………(5). There may be no land to build new house………………….(6). So the…………….(7).of homes to buy or to rent rises because of the………………(8) families have to move to another part of the country or even emigration to another country. But they have to find somewhere…….…(9). There is work or they may have to move further and further out of the city and into the suburbs…………….….(10), means a long journey to work everyday. D. WRITING : (5 marks) I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that means exactly the same as the sentences printed above it: (3 marks) 1. She doesn’t talk to him because he is so moody. →Because of………………………………………………………………… 2. Although he is 8 years older than her, they are good friends. →Despite ………………………………………………………………… 3. Unless she is really hungry, she never eats snacks. →Only ………………………………………………………………… 4. He prefers playing football to watching it on TV. →He’d sooner………………………………………………………………… 5. It’s neither team’s fault that the football match was cancelled. →Neither team………………………………………………………………… 6. We can start at either 1 P. M or 2 P.M. →It makes………………………………………………………………… 7. Cars are responsible for air pollution, and they cause more serious accidents. 4 Name : →In ………………………………………………………………… 8. I couldn’t do my work because my younger brother disturbed me continually. →Because of………………………………………………………………… …… 9. As Elton became more famous, it was more difficult for him to avoid newspaper reporters. →The more ……………………………………………… …………….………… 10. Unless they try harder, they will all fail the next exam. →They should make………………………………………………………………… 11. Without his wife’s encouragement, he wouldn’t have changed his job. →Had……………………………………………………………………………… 12. Don’t waste time reasoning with her. → There …………………………………………………………………………… II. Complete the following sentences adding a suitable ending of your own : (2 marks) 1. Learning English well is very useful. On the other hand, ………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………… 2. The exercises were too difficult for students to understand. As a result, …… …… ………………………………………………………………………………………… 3. Jane is one of the best students in class. But………………………………………. ………………………………………………………………………………………… 4. John didn’t finish the test yesterday because……………………………… …… ………………………………………………………………………………………… THE END Hong Ngu, October 20, 2004 Written by 5 . Name : PRE -TEST FOR TALENTED STUDENTS Time allotted: 180 minutes A. Vocabulary : (2 marks). required passive forms of the verbs in brackets : (1,5 marks) 1. Very few criminals………………(catch) by the police if informers didn’t offer information. 2. Flexible