Kiểm tra 1 tiết lần 1 môn anh văn pdf

Kiểm tra 1 tiết lần 1 môn anh văn
Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others:
1a. described b. remained c. stretched d. swallowed
2a. grows b. deserts c. lakes d. soups
Pick out the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the others:
3a. protect b. preserve c. product d. destroy
Choose the most suitable word or phrase (a, b , c, or d ) to complete each sentence:
4. The Simpson Desert ______a mystery until Madigan made an aerial survey in 1929.
a. referred b. remained c. led d. inferred
5. I don’t think you are ____of how much this means to me.
a. known b. realized c. aware d. understood
6. If an area is _____, all the trees there are cut down or destroyed.
a. endangered b. deforested c. contaminated d. polluted
7. Please give me some advice to buy suitable books for my ten-year-old girl.
a. recommendation b. information c. fiction d. interest
8. Different people never read a book in _____same way.
a. a b. an c. the d. no article
9. After leaving school, many of us only read for _____
a. please b. pleasant c. pleasure d. pleasing
10. Current extinction rates are at least 100 to 1,000 times higher than ___rates found in the fossil record.
a. nature b. natural c. naturally d. naturalness
11. “How do you do? I’m Peter”. _ “ __________”
a. I’m fine. Thank you b. How do you do? I’m John
c. How are you? I’m John d. How is thing?
12. “ This phone doesn’t work”. – “__________”
a. This one does, too b. So does this one c. Neither does this one d. This one does, either.
13. “Thanks a lot”. – “_________”
a. Of course b. Oh, that’s too bad
c. Oh, I’m sorry to hear that d. Don’t mention it
14. ____the extremely bad weather in the mountains, my friends decided not to cancel their trip across the
mountains pass.

a. Because of b. In spite of c. Even of d. Even though
15. Phone me before ten; ________I’ll be too busy to talk to you.
a. whether b. unless c. otherwise d. if
16. Anna needed some money.__________, she took a part-time job.
a. So b. Moreover c. However d. Therefore
17. Julie has a guitar ______she plays it really well.
a. and b. so c. but d. therefore
18. Where ______at the concert last night?
a. they sat b. did they sit c. they are sitting d. were they sitting
19. He was advised _____singing lessons.
a. take b. taken c. taking d. to take
20. Let me know as soon as Linda ______here tomorrow.
a. gets b. got c. will get d. would get
21.This is the first time I _____to play badminton.
a. will try b. am trying c. have been tried d. have tried
22. David made me ________him next week.
a. to promise to call b. to promise calling
c. promise to call d. promise calling
23. What John says _____true but I very much doubt it.
a. may be b. will be c. shall be d. should be
24. Alan and Sue ______an argument. They‘re not speaking to each other.
a. must have b. might have c. must have had d. may have
25. you / do exact / manager / tell.
a. You have to do exactly the manager tells you
b. You must tell the manager to do exactly
c. You must do exactly what the manager tells you
d. You must do exact what the manager tells you
26. The picnic _____because Peter has just had a traffic accident
a. will cancel b. will be canceling c. will be cancelled d. will have cancelled
27. They should clean the room once a day

a. The room should have cleaned once a day
b. The room should be cleaned once a day
c. The room should have been cleaned once a day
d. The room should have to be cleaned once a day
Choose the underlined part among a, b ,c ,or d that needs correcting:
28. For more than 450 years, Mexico City has been the economic , culture, and political centre of the
Mexican people.
29. The jacket was nice, however it was too small for me.
30. As we had plenty of food, we mustn’t go to the supermarket.
Read the passage below and decide which answer ( a, b, c or d ) best fits each space.
A desert is a place with very ____31___living things in it. This may be due to either extreme heat or extreme
cold.
There are hot deserts___32___the Sahara or cold deserts such as the Antarctic. Most plants and animals
cannot live in deserts because there is not ___33___water. Without water, living things cannot ___34___.
The ___35__rainfall in most deserts is less than 25 centimeters.
31.a. little b. few c. a little d. a few
32.a. as b. similar c. like d. just as
33.a. such b. so c. too d. enough
34.a. survive b. maintain c. remain d. conserve
35.a. natural b. annual c. simple d. normal

Read the passage below and choose the best answer to each question :
Books which give instructions on how to do things are very popular in the United States today. Thousands of
these How-to books are useful. In fact, there are about four thousand books with titles that begins with the
words “ How- to “. One book may tell you how to earn more money, another may tell you how to save or
spend it, and another may explain how to give your money away.
Many How-to books give advice on careers. They tell you how to choose a career and how to succeed in it. If
you fail, however, you can buy the book how to Turn Failure into Success. If you would like to become very
rich, you can buy the book How to Make a Millionaire. If you never make any money at all, you may need a
book called How to Live on Nothing.

One of the most popular types of books is one that helps you with personal problems. If you want to have a
better love of life, you can read How to Succeed in Love Every Minute of Your Life. If you are tired of books
on happiness, you may prefer books which give step- by -step instructions on how to redecorate or enlarge a
house.
Why have How-to books become so popular? Probably because life has become so complex. Today people
have far more time to use, more choices to make, and more problems to solve. How-to books help people
deal with modern life.
36. From the first paragraph, we know How-to books are _____
a. only about four thousand copies b. on money
c. very helpful in life d. needed a lot
37. The passage tells us that How-to books sell well on how ___
a. to succeed in career b. to solve personal problems
c. to deal with business d. to make money
38. If you would like to become very rich, you can find the book _____
a. How to Turn Failure into Success b. How to Live on Nothing
c. How to Make a Millionaire d. How to Succeed in Love Every Minute of Your Life
39. Which of the following opinions about How-to books is not mentioned in the passage?
a. How-to books are among the best sellers in the world
b. How-to books are useful in many ways
c. How-to books give advice on careers
d. How-to books help people with personal problems
40. How-to books have become so popular only because _____
a. people have more free time to spend than before
b. people meet more problems than their parents
c. people may have more choices from How-to books than any other books
d. modern life is more difficult to deal with