TEST 1 SECTION A: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY Part I: Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets to complete the following sentences: 1. We enjoy (allow) (stay up) .late if there is something special on TV. 2. If there (not be) oxygen on earth, life as we know (vanish) 3. It’s been a long drought. If it (not rain) soon,a lot of crops (die) . 4.Tom (lose) his job eight months ago, and since then he (be) unemployed. 5.Look, Trung! You (know) the man who (talk) . to our head teacher? Part II: Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. 1. I’m bored sleeping and watching TV all day. A. up B.of C. with D. about 2. He found learning to drive easy and . his driving test the first time. A. sat B.succeeded C. passed D.made 3. . the wet weather, the football match went ahead. A. Although B. Owing to C. However D. In spite of 4. I wish this exam easier. A.is B. will be C. would D.were 5. I’m going to . my dress dry-cleaned. A. have B. make C.send D. take 6. If I . Minh’s address, I her a letter. A. have /will write B.had/would write C.will have/write D. would have/wrote 7. “You can’t have this football back you promise not to kick at my cat again” the old lady said firmly. A. until B. when C. while D.though 8. We saw the soldiers and the tanks . moved to the front. A. that B. who C. which D. whose 9. He . very quickly after a long illness. A. covered B. uncovered C. discovered D. recovered 10. Please go in. The doctor is free you now A.see B. will see C. to see D. seeing Part III: Each sentence bellow contains an error. Underline it and write the correct answer in the space provided. E.g.: 0.He not went camping with his friends last Sunday. 0/ didn’t go . 1. Quang used to watching TV a lot when he was a child. 1/ 2. He suggested that they mustn’t swim in that river. 2/ 3. We wish we are living in a large house in the countryside 3/ 4. The children are very boring and don’t know what to do 4/ 5. My brother is working in Hue, where is a city in the center of Vietnam. 5/ 6. What will you do if you had an opportunity to travel on a spaceship. 6/ 7. Tam is playing a computer game despite he has an exam tomorrow. 7/ 8. The students have done their final test for half past nine. 8/ 9. His parents told him don’t waste his time on music and games. 9/ 10. Your English teacher rarely gives you mark 10, doesn’t he? 10/ . Part IV: Combine the sentences bellow, using the words in brackets. 1. Mary helped me with my homework. Mary was very tired. (although) . 2. Take plenty of food. You may be hungry on the long trip. (case) . 3. You work too fast. Perhaps that’s why you make so many mistakes. (if) 4. Is that the new restaurant? I will meet you at restaurant tomorrow. (where) . 5. Seven o’clock is the time. My plane arrives then. (when) . 6. My brother isn’t good at drawing. I’m not good a drawing. (neither) . 7. They couldn’t drive fast. The road was slippery. (so) . 8. The church is 200 years old. The padoga is 300 years old. (older) . 9. The water is highly polluted. We cannot swim in this part of the river. (because) . 10. A man answered the phone. He told me you were away. (who) Part V: Complete the sentences the filling in each blank with the correct form of the word in capitals. 1. There are always . differences in every country. REGION 2. “What kind of job do you have?” the manager asked him. QUALIFY 3. English has . borroowings from other languages. CONSIDER 4. I don’t like stories which have ending. HAPPY 5. The little village is very quite and . PEACE 6.Would you like to book a to Hong Kong? FLY 7.The area of the city is not very attractive. INDUSTRY 8. Is was extremely . of you to leave your library book on the bus CAR 9. He is interested in the of old buildings. PRESERVE 10. Many people still refuse to believe that smoking is . HARM SECTION B: READING Part I: Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank. THE THREAT TO THE ENVIRONMENT Nowadays people are more aware that wildlife all over the worlad is in (1) Many (2) . of animals are threatened, and could easily become (3) . if we do not make an effort to (4) them. There are many reasons for this. In some case, animals are (5) . for their fur or for other valuable parts of their bodies. Some birds, (6) as parrots, are caught (7) .,and so as pets. For many animals and birds, the problem is that their habitat – the (8) where they live – is (9) More (10) . is used for farms, for houses or industry, and there are fewer open (11) . than there once where. Farmers use powerful chemicals to help them grow better (12) ., but these chemicals pollute the environment and (13) the wildlife. The most successful animals on earth – human beings – will soon be the only ones (14) ., unless we can (15) . this problem. 1. A.danger B.threat C.problem D.vanishing 2. A.marks B.more C.species D.forms 3. A.disappeared B.vanished C.empty D.extinct 4. A.harm B.safe C.protect D.serve 5. A.hunted B.chased C.game D.extinct 6. A.like B.such C.or D.where 7. A.likely B.alive C.for life D.for living 8. A.spot B.point C.place D.site 9. A.exhausting B.departing C.escaping D.disappearing 10. A.earth B.land C.soil D.area 11. A.spaces B.air C.up D.parts 12. A.products B.fields C.herbs D.crops 13. A.spoil B.harm C.wound D.wrong 14. A.survived B.over C.missing D.left 15. A.answer B.calculate C.solve D.explain Part II: Fill in each blank with one suitable word to complete the following passage. Jack London, the famous American writer, was (1) . in San Francisco in 1876. When he was young, he (2) to sell newspapers, wordk at a hotel and on a ship (3) money. He was a student at a university for only a year. He had to leave it (4) he was too poor topay for the university. In (5) .years 1905 to 1909 Jack London (6) his best stories and novels. These books were about working people (7) came to find gold in Alaska, a cold country in the North. (8) .his books, we can learn that Jack London loved people, and he was sure that man is stronger (9) .anything in the world. His life was short, he (10) .in 1916. Part III: Read the following passage and answer the questions below. A VISIT TO A FARM Last summer, Peter and his classmates went to the countryside. They went to visit a farm on which Peter’s Uncle Tom worked. They left early in the morning and went there by bus. Uncle Tom and some workers met them at the bus-stop and took them to their farm. On the way, Uncle Tom showed them the field of wheat and vegetables where some tractors were running up and down, plowing and breaking soil, distributing manure and planting potatoes. After lunch, they all went for a walk. In the large yard of the farm they saw some farm machines. Among them is the biggest machine which is called a combine harvester. They were told that this machine can cut and thresh corn at the same time. In the afternoon they went to the cattle farm. Horses, sheep and cows were raised here, and cows were milked once a day. Uncle Tom also spoke about different things and about life in town and in the country. After having some tea and cakes they said goodbye and went home. 1. How did Peter and his classmates go to Uncle Tom’s farm? 2. What can a tractor do? 3. What is the biggest machine in the yard called? 4. What is typical of that machine? 5. Which kinds of cattle are rised there? SECTION C: WRITING Part I: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence. 1. The weather is not nice today, so we will not go to the park. If the weather . 2. The bread is so stale that we can’t eat it. The bread isn’t . 3. The doctor advised him to stop drinking. He . 4. If it doesn’t stop raining, we won’t get home. Uncless . 5. I have never read such a romantic story. Thi is 6. Walking in the rain gives him pleasure. He enjoys . 7. They last visited me five years ago. They haven’t . 8. “Is your father working in the garden now?” he said to me. He asked . 9. They were unable to finish their game of tennis because of a heavy shower. A heavy shower 10. John only understood very little of what the teacher said. John could hardly . Part II: Complete each of the following sentences, using the words given 1. Hoang / used / write / friends / but / now / he / telephone. 2. I / wish / have / more time / take / pen pal / many beauty spots/ city. 3. Jack / be / unemployed / since / he / leave / job. 4. My sister / new book / probably / translate / number / languages. 5. We / extreme / tired / after / trip / so / sleep / bus / way / home. 6. I / ask / Tom / what / going / do / next Sunday. 7. He / aware / that / he / have to / work / harder / coming exam. 8. Our beautiful forests / will / destroy / if / not do / anything / preserve. 9. James Watt / who / Scottish scientist / intent / steam engine. 10. We / really enjoy / trip / mountain / last week / though / rain / very heavy. -THE END- . (4) he was too poor topay for the university. In (5) .years 190 5 to 190 9 Jack London (6) his best stories and novels. These books. for half past nine. 8/ 9. His parents told him don’t waste his time on music and games. 9/ 10. Your English teacher