English test 2
I. Choose the correct answer to complete the sentences. (2,5P)
1. We are ready __________ the environment. (clean/ to clean/ cleaning/ cleaned)
2. This is the house __________ Nam was born. (where/ which/ that/ when)
3. It is Saturday today, __________ ? (is it / isn’t it / it isn’t / wasn’t it)
4. My mother has never sung a song in public __________ she can sing very well. (however /
therefore / although / because)
5. If I were you, I __________ do that. (didn’t / can’t / wouldn’t / will not)
6. She suggested __________ to music. (listen/ listening / to listen / to listening )
7. Listen to the weather __________ to know what the weather will be like tommorow. (climate /
temperature / forcast / program)
8. We should __________ all the lights before going out. (turn on / turn of / to turn / turn off)
9. I wish it __________ rain so often here. (doesn’t / don’t / didn’t / did)
10. The picture __________ Tom is looking at is vey beautiful. (whose / whom / which / when)
II. Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it means almost the same as
the sentence printed before it. (1,25P)
1. We know a lot of people. They live in Ho Chi Minh city.
We know ___________________________________________________________________
2. “Why don’t you like learning English?” Nick asked.
Nick asked me ______________________________________________________________
3. They will open the National Stadium next Sunday.
The National Stadium _________________________________________________________
4. Our team doesn’t play well today.
I wish _____________________________________________________________________
5. Today isn’t Sunday. We can’t go for a picnic.
If today ____________________________________________________________________
III. Use the correct form of the verbs. (2P)
a.
In October 1957 the first satellite, Sputnik (1.launch) _______________ . Since then,
thousand of spacecraft (2. send) _______________ space. Every few weeks new satellites (3.
put) _______________ into orbit.
b.
When we (4. go) _______________ on a camping trip? – Oh, we (5. go)
_______________ when the second term (6.be) _______________ over.
c.
The framer kept on (7. work) _______________ although it (8. begin) _______________
to rain.
IV. Read the paragraph then answer the questions. (1P)
Micheal Faraday, the great English physicist, was born in 1791 in London. His family was
vey poor and he didn’t learn much. When he was fourteen, he worked in a bookshop where he
had a ggod chance to read books. He used to go to some talks about science. One day Micheal
went to a talk by Humphry Davy, England’s greatest scientist of the time. He liked Davy’s talk
very much and a few months later he became Davy’s laboraory assistant. Like Davy, he became
interested in electricity which could be made by a machenic. He died in 1867.
1. Where was Mecheal Faraday born?
2. What did he do when he was fourteen?
3. Who became Davy’s laboratory assistant a few months later?
4. How could electricity be made?
V. Wirte a letter to the local authorities to complain about bad situation which the lake near your
house is being polluted. Using the words given. (2P)
Dear Sir,
1. I / writing / you / the pollution / which / affecting / lake / near / my house.
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2. You know / lake / near my house / used to be / large / beautiful.
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3. However / lake / be / dying / because / pollution.
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4. For a long time / people / have been throwing / rubbish / waste / the lake.
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5. It / be / now / black / pollutants.
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6. The air / stink / and now / it / be / quite unbearable.
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7. I would suggest / local authorities / prohibit / fine / heavily anyone / throw / rubbish / into the
lake.
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8. I / look forward / hearing / you.
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VI. Listen. Nam is telling about his family. Listen to him, then circle the correct a, b, c or d
(1,25P)
1. There are _______________ people in Nam’s family.
a. three
b. four
c. five
d. nine
2. Nam’s father is interested in _______________
a. reading book
b. reading novesl c. reading stories
d. reading newspapers.
3. Nam’s mother regularly reads books about _______________ .
a. TV programs
b. cooking and fashion
c. airplanes d. sewing
4. Nam’s brother loves _______________ .
a. reading website about planes
b. watching TV programs about planes
c. making models of planes
d. reading novels about planes.
5. What does Nam’s broter often do in his free time?
a. He makes dresses for his sister’s dolls.
b. He helps Dad and Mom in cooking.
c. He collects information about planes.
d. He collects stamps.
