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REVISION TEST 1
A. PRONUNCIATION
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently:
1. A. eradicated B. defended C. unnoticed D. extended
2. A. mechanize B. champion C. character D. chemical
3. A. count B. sound C. found D. country
II. Choose the word whose stress is different:
4. A. environment B. pneumonia C. publication D. equality
5. A. kangaroo B. involvement C. biologist D. accelerate
B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
Choose the right word or phrase to complete the sentences:
6. This book provides students ____________ useful tips that help them to pass the
coming exam.
A.
B. about C. for D. with
7. The children made ___________ a little poem and wrote it in the card.
A. up B. over C. for D. off
8. After Mary ________ her degree, she intends to work in her fathers company.
A. will finish B. is finishing C. finishes D. will have finished
9. Write to me when you get home. ______________
A. I must B. I should C. I will D. I can
10. A football fan is ____________ has a strong interest in football.
A. a thing that B. something that C. a person that D. what
11. I _______ a novel ________ by O.Henry at seven yesterday evening.
A. read, written B. would read, to write
C. was reading, written D. was to read, writing
12. My brother told me he was soon going to visit ____________.
A. the United State B. the United States C. United States D. United State
13. The children are all _________ beautiful clothes on New Years Day.
A. in B. on C. of D. by
14. He died ___________ pneumonia.
A. for B. by C. in D. of
15. Nowadays elephants are one of the __________ species in the world. They
need protecting.
A. enlightened B. expensive C. endangered D. enlarged
16. Arthur Conan Doyle is the ___________ who writes many exciting stories
about Sherlock Holmes.
A. teller B. author C. editor D. publisher
17. What are the ____ between womens in old times and women in modern times?
A. differs B. different C. difference D. differences
18. In the past people believed that womens ____ roles were as mothers and wives.
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A. nature B. natural C. naturism D. naturalist
19. In time of peace, the ____________ gives medical aid and other help to victims
of disasters.
A. Red Cross B. Red and Cross C. Cross Red D. Cross and Red
20. She told him __________ up hope.
A. not give B. do not give C. not to give D. to give not
21. The Vietnamese boy was regarded as a hero __________ he gave his life to his
country.
A. according to B. because of C. on account of D. because
22. Many of the __________ not expect to win.
A. participants in the race do B. participants in the races does
C. participants in the race does D. participant in the race does
23. If you take a good book on your hand, you will find it hard __________.
A. to pick it up B. to put it down C. to read it D. to enjoy it
24. This novel is __________ than the one I read last week.
A. good B. as good C. more good D. better
25. Emily is motivated to study _________ she knows that a good education can
improve her life.
A. therefore B. because of C. because D. so
26. Joe seemed to be in a good mood, ____________ he snapped at me angrily
when I asked him to join us.
A. but B. so C. for D. and
27. Some people really enjoy swimming _______ others are afraid of water.
A. while B. or C. despite D. in spite of
28. She didnt get ___________ well with her boss, so the left the company.
A. up B. at C. through D. on
29. It is against the law to ______ on the basis of sex, age, marital status, or race.
A. suit B. discriminate C. believe D. gain
30. The 22
nd
Southeast Asia Games were ___________ in Vietnam in 2003.
A. built B. met C. taken D. held
C. READING
I. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions below:
THE WILD LIFE
Wild animals (and wild plants) and the wild places where they live are
seriously threatened almost everywhere. One species has become extinct in each
year of this century. But many hundreds are now in danger. Lack of attention
would lead to the rapid advance of the process of extinction.
Already many kinds of wild animals have been so reduced in number that
their role in the ecosystem is forgotten. Animals like the great apes, the whales,
seals etc. thought to be in danger of extinction.
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But even more important, perhaps than individual kinds of animals and
plants, whole habitats are in danger of vanishing: marshes are being drained, and
the world forests, especially tropical forests are being cut down to satisfy mans
needs of timber and paper.
What would our world be like if all the wild animals and wild plants
vanished? -Would our life still exist then?
31. What would happen to the human beings if the wild life vanished?
A. Many species would quickly become extinct.
B. The human life would be seriously threatened.
C. Species would go on dying out.
D. Tropical forests would be cut down.
32. What is more important than individual kinds of animals and plants?
A. the vanishing of whole habitats.
B. the extinction of many species.
C. the rapid advance of the process of extinction.
D. mans need of timber and paper.
33. What does the writer caution us against?
A. cutting down the tropical forests. B. hunting wild animals.
C. draining marshes. D. destroying our environment.
34. What would happen if we cut down forests?
Cutting down forests would cause ..
A. the changes of temperature. B. the flood
C. both A and B are correct. D. none are correct.
35. To threaten in the passage means ..
A. to pollute B. to give fear to C. to vanish D. to poison
II. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the passage below with suitable words:
TEENAGERS AND SPORT
Its quite rare to meet teenagers who dont like sports. When you are young,
you know how important (36) __________ to do physical exercise if you want to
be healthy and strong, and for that reason you often concentrate on just one sport
with so (37) _________ enthusiasm that in the end you cant live without it. The
problem is, though, that as you grow up you have less and less spare time. At your
age you have to study harder if you want to get good marks to go to university,
with perhaps only one afternoon a week to do any sport. This happens just when
you are at the best (38) _________ for many sports, such as gymnastics and
swimming. By the time you finish all your studies you will probably be too old to
be really good at sports like those, but if you spend enough time on (39)
_________ while you are young, then one day you will find that you are very good
at your sport but too old to study, and you will find it (40) _________ to get a good
job. Somehow, it doesnt seem fair.
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36. A. this is B. you are C. it is D. things are
37. A. keen B. many C. great D. much
38. A. stage B. age C. period D. time
39. A. training B. practice C. exercise D. sporting
40. A. impractical B. unlikely C. improbableD. impossible
D. WRITING:
I. Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs
correcting:
41. The early we leave, the sooner we will arrive.
A B C D
42. The older people are, the more weaker they are.
A B C D
43. Tree squirrels are active, noisy, and lively animals that make its home in tree
A B C D
trunks.
44. The Charles Dickenss character Wilkins Micawber lived in optimistic
A B C
expectation of a best fortune.
D
45. Daisy has such many things to do that she has no time to go out.
A B C D
II. Choose the sentence that is similar in meaning to the one given:
46. He started learning French six years ago.
A. He has learned French for six years.
B. It was six years ago did he start learning French.
C. He hasnt learnt French for six years.
D. It is six years since he has learned French.
47. Most of Anns friends work less hard than her.
A. Ann works more hard than most of her friends do.
B. Ann works more hardly than most of her friends do.
C. Ann works harder than most of her friends do.
D. Ann works as hard as most of her friends do.
48. Every student is required to write an essay on the topic.
A. Every student might write an essay on the topic.
B. Every student must write an essay on the topic.
C. They require every student write an essay on the topic.
D. Every student should write an essay on the topic.
49. They took the robber to the police station _________.
A. so quick as they were B. as quickly as they could
C. quickly as possible D. very quick as possible
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50. I have not seen her for 2 months
A. It
s 2 months since I last saw her B. It
s 2 months after I last saw her
C. It
s 2 months before I last saw her D. It
s 2 months when I last saw her
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