A person bought a stamp and put it on a letter, the post office delivered the letter.. When people received letters, they didn’t have to pay anything.[r]
(1)I LISTENING
Listen to the conversation and decide whether the sentences are true (T) or false (F) (1 pt) In Nam Cat Tien National Park, tourists may:
1 go short or long trekking around the forests T/ F
2 go camping T/ F
3 go fishing T/ F
4 see various kinds of animals and plants T/ F II READING
A Read the passage and choose the best answers (2 pts)
We are all slowly destroying the earth The seas and rivers are (1) dirty to swim in There is so much smoke in the air that it is unhealthy to live in many of the world’s cities In one well-known city, for example, (2) gases from cars pollute the air so much that traffic policeman have to wear oxygen marks
We have cut down so many trees that there are now vast areas of (3) all over the world As a (4) , farmers in parts of Africa can’t grow enough to eat In certain countries in Asia, there is too little rice Moreover, we don’t take enough (5) of the countryside Wild animals are quickly (6) For instance, tigers are rare in India now because we have killed too many for them to survive
However, it isn’t enough simply to (7) _ about the problem We must act now before it is too late to (8) _ about it Join us Save the earth This is too important to ignore
1 A very B too C much D so
2 A poisonous B serious C unhealthy D bad
3 A forests B fields C wasteland D regions
4 A fact B matter C problem D result
5 A attention B care C time D consideration
6 A saved B preserved C disappearing D running
7 A talk B discuss C solve D decide
8 A nothing B anything C everything D something
B Read the following passage and answer the questions below (1 pt)
Before the invention of the postage stamp, it was difficult to send a letter to another country The sender paid for the letter to travel in his or her own country Then the person in the other country paid for that part of the trip If a letter crossed several countries, the problem was worse
Rowland hill, a British teacher, had the idea of a postage stamp with gum on the back The British post office made the first stamp in 1840 They were the Penny Black and the Twopence Blue A person bought a stamp and put it on a letter, the post office delivered the letter When people received letters, they didn’t have to pay anything The letters were prepaid
Postage stamps became popular in Great Britain immediately Other countries started making their own postage stamps very quickly There were still problems with international mail Some countries did not wanted to accept letters with stamps from another country Finally, in 1874 a German organised the Universal Postal System Each country in the UPS agreed to accept letters with prepaid postage from the other members Today the offices of the UPS are in Switzerland Almost every country in the world is a member of this organization It takes care of any international mail problems
1 Who invented the postage stamp?
……… Why were postage stamps popular?
……… What does the Universal Postal System today?
……… Where are its offices?
III PRONUNCIATION, VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
(2)1 The task _ by the teacher is very difficult
A giving B given C which is given D B & C are correct Choose the word that has the main tress on a different syllable from the others
A infinite B relatively C alternative D dangerous
3 The best word or phrase to replace the underlined one is: _ It is believed that fossil fuels will be exhausted in fifty year’s time
A provided B used up C released D improved
4 The pilot was the only man the crash
A that surviving B to survive C survived D who surviving This is the story of a man _ suddenly loses her memory
A whose B his wife C whose his wife D whose wife
6 Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others
A reserves B earth C energy D alternative
7 Heat coming from deep inside the earth can be used as _ energy
A nuclear B geothermal C solar D hydroelectric
8 Lady Astor was the first woman her seat in Parliament
A to take B who taken C took D taken
9 I have some letters
A write B writing C to write D that writing
10 Choose the word that has the main tress on a different syllable from the others
A ordinary B telephone C service D transmit
11 Choose the underlined part (A, B, C or D) that should be corrected I really enjoyed the book that you told me to read it
A B C D
12 Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others
A water B race C great D raise
13 These factories are releasing many _ into the air
A pollute B pollution C pollutants D polluter
14 The firm _ is sending me to New York
A that I work B for that I work C I work for it D for which I work 15 Choose the underlined part (A, B, C or D) that should be corrected
Thomas Raven is a physicist whose book on time and space it has been translated into dozens of languages A B C D
16 The fight was witnessed by some people _ at a bus stop
A waiting B waited C were waiting D who waiting
B Supply the correct forms of the words in brackets (1 pt)
1 Thousands of National Parks all over the world have been established to protect (danger) _ animals They got the (satisfy) _ of being successful in life
3 The planets of our (sun) _ system are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto
4 When did (electric) come to the village? IV WRITING
A Combine these two sentences, using relative clauses (0.5 pt) We visited Madrid It is the capital of Spain
………
2 The woman suddenly walked into the room I was talking about her ………
B Replace the relative clauses with participles or to infinitives (0.5 pt) He was the first man who arrived at the party
……… This is the letter which was sent to me yesterday ………