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D epartm ent of Education & T raining Level: ELEM EN TA RY
Ho C hi M inh City Date of Test: July 1th 2010
- - - - T im e allow ed'. 90 m inutes
S EC TIO N Choose the word orphrase that best com pletes the sentence.
1 W e can find a Iot of excellent football players Brazil
A with B at C to D in
2 They got the inform ation from the news the radio
A up B on C for D.in
3 I w ill be a two-w eek tour of Africa
A during B for C.to D on
4 My father usually comes hom e p.m
A until B in C on D at
5 It's too late already W hy don't you turn the Iight and go to bed?
A up B on C off D out
6 Last night there was a snow storm ; fortunately, the clim bers were alI
A endangered B rescued C disappeared D died
7 The telephone gives people's nam es, addresses and telephone num bers
A catalogue B Iist C directory D dictionary
8 A is an adificial waterway for boats and ships, to travel along
A canal B.tube C.subw ay Dwtunnel
9 Y our tw ins are They Iook exactly alike
A sam e B identical C sim ilar D indi#erent
10. It was atn) broadcast of the final of the tennis tournament.
A imm ediately B alive C Iive D Iively
1 M y uncle often has accidents He is a driver
A retired B careless C careful D good
12 A is a Iarge piece of land where there are a Iot of trees
A beach B desed - C field D forest
13 Jean's husband is very He can sw im , play football and tennis
A w ealthy B intelligent C athletic D professional
14 Jack is very You never know w hat he is thinking about
A rude B secret C sociable D reserved
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15 She is an w ho Iooks after the com fort of passengers on an aircraft during a flight
A astronom er B actress C airhostess D engineer
16, M ark doesn't work hard, and
A I am , too B so am I C I am , either D neither l
17 She is a kind-headed girl that everybody Ioves her
A such B so C very D too
18 W hen he was young, he a Iot of swim m ing
A was done B does C did D has done
19 She's not to reach the book on the top shelf
A too tall B tall enough C enough tall D so tall
20 l don't know in my neighborhood,
A anyone B everyone C no One D Som eone
SECTION II. Choose the item (A, B, C, or D) that best completes each of the unfinished
statements or best answers the questions about the Ietter
In the UK we each use about two hundred steel food and drink cans every year Steel
cans are popular because they are convenient, easy to store and unbreakable But when
you have finished w ith a can, w hat you w ith it? Do you throw it away and forget afI
about it? Probably! But behind the scenes there are people whose job is to make sure that
the steel is never wasted In fact, recycling or re-using steel cans is so successful that every day of the year more than five m illion cans start new lives in new steel products
After you have thrown away your can, what happens? W ell, first of aII it is collected by
the m en who em pty your dustbin each week and taken to a tip, together with aIl the other
household rubbish Then the rubbish is sorted and the steel cans are taken separately to a
special factory which turns dirty oId cans into high quality steel It is this steel that m ay well find its way back into your hom e in the form of knives and folks, garden equipm ent and, of
course, food and drink cans
So next time you open your fizzy drink,just remember where your cans may go!
21 W hat is the text m ainly about?
A The production of canned food and drinks in the UK
B Collecting household rubbish
C Recycling food and drink cans
D H ow steel cans are m ade
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22 W hat is the w riter trying to in the text?
A provide som e information B advertise canned drinks
C describe the steel industry D describe rubbish collection
23 W hy would somebody read the text?
A to Iearn about the soft drink industry B to understand how rubbish is collected C to find out more about how steel is m ade D to discover what happenszto oId cans
24 How we know that re-using steel is very successful?
A Every person uses 5,000 cans a year B Over 5,000,000 cans are recycled daily
C AIl cans and tins are now m ade from steel D It reduces the am ount of w aste to collect 25 W hat does the w riter suggest about our attitude to oId cans?
A. W e don't care what happens to ihem
B W e should be m ore careful where to throw them
C W e could help by sending them to the food and drink factories D W e are m aking things difficult for the dustbin m en
SECTION 111. Read the following Ietter carefully. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best
5fs the blank spaces
Hom er, M arge, Bart, Lisa and M aggie Sim pson are Am erica's favorite fam ily This
program has been on television (26) 1989 and is now shown in 94 (27) countries. Children and adults alike are (28) to this cartoon program
W hy people love this family so (29) ? Perhaps, it is because they (30) them. The Simpsons things that (31) people do. For example, at
the (32) of each program , they alI sit down to watch television.
Several famous people have been on (33) show, from singers and actors to (34) famous scientists (35) politicians. Professor Stephen Hawking
(36) Cambridge University is an exam ple. He Ioved being on this show. But a
funny thing (37) at the party hëld by the producers of The SimpsonsL (38) the guests invited to the pady (39) to dress Iike people in The Simpsons, but he went to the party (40) Stephen Hawking.
26 A by B for C since D during
S7 A Whole B Strange C Sam e D d ifferent
26 A attrad B to attrad C attrad irlg D attraded
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29 A m uch B m ost C m ore D m any
30 A dislike B understand C scare D.think
31 A Iot of B every C m any D.m uch
32 A beginner B begin , C began D beginning
33 A the B a C these D.those
34 A earth B global C world D international
35 A who B but C and D with
36 A for B to C away D from
37 A happened B cam e C got D.ran
38 A whole B plenty C full D aII
39 A ought B m ust C m ight D.had
40 A as B with C and D or
S ECTIO N 1V
A W rite complete sentences, using the following sets of words and phrases
41. Mary / enjoy / play. / piano //
42 She / invite m e / her pady / Iast w eek //
f.
43 The book / I buy / yesterday / very interesting // 44 Daisy / still / weak / go / school //
45 English./ speak / m any countries / the w orld //
8 Complete the unfinished sentence in such a >ay that it m eans the sam e as the
sentence printed before it
46 He is bored with having to the éam e things
-@ He is tired
47. The/ve been Iearning English forfive years. x'
9 They started
48 1'1'11 m ake you a cup of coffee,'' she said to m e + Shetolered
49. lttook them two hours to get to tie village.
-@ They got
50 It's not necessary for you to finish it this afternoon -@ You don't