FORTY-FIVEMINUTE TEST Mark 004 pot

Nguyen Du High School
Class 11A
Full name:
FORTY-FIVE-
MINUTE TEST
Mark
004
1ST/FIRST SEMESTER.C/CLASS11-NGUYENDU HIGH SCHOOL/2005-2006



I. Circle the best answer (2ms)

1. Newspapers are full …………………………………… advertising.
a. to b. about c. of d. from
2. Today it is one of the biggest ……………………………………
a. businesses b. business c. a and b are correct d. a and b are incorrect
3. Movies have …………………………………… dress fashion.
a. broadened b. created c. influenced d. competed
4. The films …………………………………… in the theatre are often attractive.
a. showing b. showed c. shown d. show
5. He is still interested in …………………………………… books about construction.
a. reading b. read c. was reading d. to read
6. There is a ……………………………………between cheese and butter.
a. difference b. differ c. different d. differently
7. The motion picture has become a significant element of contemporary …………………………………
a. agriculture b. culture c. nature d. manufacture
8. Some students like English. ………………………………… prefer mathematics.
a. Other b. Others c. The others d. The other

II. Supply the correct tense (1.5ms)

I (1. come) from Switzerland. I (2. come) to London six months ago to learn English. I (3. not
meet) many English people yet, only my teachers. I (4. start) learning English at school in Switzerland when I
was eleven, so I (5. learn) it for ten years. At first in London, I (6. not understand) anything, but now my
English has been improved.

1 2 3
4 5 6

III. Complete the sentences, using the extra object it (1.5ms)

1. It is interesting to see different cultures and life-styles.
 We find it
2. It is not easy to get him to change his mind.
 She doesn’t think it
3. It is hard to master a language.
 They think it

IV. Rewrite these sentences without changing their meaning (2ms)
1. The products are widely advertised in my country.
 They
2. The children are very happy no matter what stories their grandmother tells.
 Whatever
3. The bag is so heavy that I cannot carry.
 It is such
4. Where has she gone? I don’t know.
 I don’t know where

V. Fill in each blank with one suitable word (1m)

us – film – and – to

There are many things that we can learn from our visits __
(1)
__ the cinema. The __
(2)
__ that we see in
the cinema often show __
(3)
__ many useful things. They show how people in other countries live __
(4)
__ think.

1 2 3 4

VI. Read the passage carefully make questions and answer them

In the days of the cavemen there was no advertising. There was no need for it. But as soon as people
began to make things to sell, advertising was found to be useful. The merchants of ancient Egypt hired criers
to walk through the streets shouting or singing about the things they had to sell. Newsboys still sometimes
“cry” their papers, and street vendors their wares.

1. What / happen / when / people / make things / sell?


2. Who / hire / criers / walk through / streets?



VII. Put the following sentence-parts in the right order

1. their / Movies / awareness of / different life-styles. / have broadened //

2. flash / many colors. / At night / in / electric signs / huge //

3. so / were / I / the weather / not / wish that / warm. //

4. of / Some / were / at the party / the people / very friendly.//
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