THE 45-MINUTE TEST OF ENGLISH pot

Full name: __________________________ THE 45-MINUTE TEST OF ENGLISH
Class: ______________

I/ MULTIPLE CHOICE (8 points)
A. Phonetics
Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently and bold the corresponding letter
A, B, C or D on the answer sheet
1. A. read B. heat C. lead D. break
2. A. chat B. arrive C. began D. passenger
3. A. farm B. uncle C. dance D. heart
4. A. lovely B. son C. worry D. hobby
5. A. specialization B. institute C. position D. impossible
Choose the word whose syllable is stressed differently from that of the others and bold the
corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet
6. A. computer B. company C. history D. business
7. A. entertainment B. conversation C. information D. experience
B. Vocabulary & Grammar:
Choose the word or phrase that best fits the gap or best substitutes the underlined part in the
following sentences and bold the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet
8. Nick learned from science class that water _______ at 100 degrees centigrade.
A. boiled B. boils C. boil D. is boiling
9. I think that Mr. George ________in the office now.
A. is being B. was C. is D. has been
10. Do you know how __________ the CD player?
A. to operate B. operator C. operate D. operating
11. We couldn’t stop that dog from ______us wherever we went.
A. coming B. joining C. watching D. following
12. It’s very kind of you ________ me solve the problem.
A. helping B. help C. to help D. helped
13. Our teacher made me ________ all the questions
A. answer B. to answer C. answering D. answered

14. When I was a boy, I _________football with my friends for two hours.
A. have played B. played C. am playing D. had played
15. After I ___________good bye to them, I went home at once.
A. said B. was saying C. had said D. had been saying
16. By the time he _______ back home from work. I _________dinner.
A. come / cooked B. came / was cooking C. had come / cooked D. came/ had cooked
17. Oxfam is a _____________ organization that helps poor people in the developing countries.
A. human B. humanitarian C. humanity D. humanized
18. He was ________the “ Golden Kite “ for being the best film director.
A. awarded B. enjoyed C. given D. sent
19. As a schoolgirl, she was very mature for her age.
A. very young B. very clever
C. behaving like an adults D. behaving like a child
20. What is your surname?
A. first name B. second name C. nick name D. family name
21. “Thank you very much” – “________________”
A. Thanks B. Don’t mention it C. No at all D. Fine
22. “ What is his nationality?” – “ He’s ___________”
A. Vietnamese B. a Vietnamese C. Vietnam D. from Vietnam


C. Error Recognization
Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting bold the
corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet
23. Yesterday, Peter’s mother buy a new computer for him.
A B C D
24.After visited my grandmother, I went shopping.
A B C D
25. It was an extremely frightened experience in my life.
A B C D

26. Frank is usually swimming before work, but this morning he is jogging.
A B C D
27. I will write you a letter when I will have free time .
A B C D
D. Reading comprehension
Read the passage and choose the best answer and bold the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on
the answer sheet
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin was born on October 7, 1952 in St Petersburg, then known as
Leningrad. He was raised as an only child; his two brothers died young, one shortly after birth, the
other of diphtheria during World War II. Although it was officially prohibited by the Communist Iaw,
Putin was baptized in the Russian Orthodox faith. In his youth he was often called Putka. His father,
Vladimir Spiridonovich Putin, was a factory foreman and died in August 1999 ( his mother, Maria
Ivanovna Putina, died six months earlier).
Mr. Putin has good command of English and German and he is fond of sports, especially
wrestling. He has been going in for sambo (a Rusian style of self-defence) and judo since the age of
11. He won the sambo championships of St Petersburg many times and became Master of sports first
in sambo and later in judo. Putin doesn’t smoke and he is not an excessive drinker.

28. When and where was Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin born?
A. He was born in 1953 in St Petersburg.
B. He was born in 1952 in Moscow.
C. He was born in 1952 in St Petersburg.
D. He was born in 1957in Moscow
29. How many brothers or sisters did Putin have?
A. one B. two C. three D. none
30. How did people call Putin when he was young?
A. Putin B. Putic C. Putka D. Puke
31. When did his parents die?
A. in 1999 B. in 1998 and 1999 C. in 1999 and 2000 D. in 1998
32. Putin has been practicing __________ since he was eleven years old.

A. wrestling B. judo C. sambo D. sambo and judo
II/ SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION
Rewrite the following sentences as guided in each brackets bold the corresponding letter A, B, C or
D on the answer sheet
1. She greeted her friends in a friendly way. ( Make a question for the underlined part)
2. I look forward to going on a trip to Dalat ( Rewrite , using S+ be + adj + preposition+ gerund)
III/ SENTENCE BUILDING
Rewrite the following sentences as guided in each brackets bold the corresponding letter A, B, C or
D on the answer sheet
1. Marie Currie / born / Warsaw/ November 7
th
, 1867
2. Ms Thu Thuy / enjoy/ teach / the disabled children.

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