Exercises for test 1 E8

<span class='text_page_counter'>(1)</span>I. Combine each of the following pairs of sentences into one sentence, using (not) adjective + enough + to-infinitive. 1. My sister is old. She can drive a car.  …………………………………………………………………………………….. 2. The radio isn’t small. You can’t put it in your pocket.  …………………………………………………………………………………….. 3. This coat isn’t warm. I don’t wear it in winter.  …………………………………………………………………………………….. 4. She is beautiful and intelligent. She can become Miss World.  …………………………………………………………………………………….. 5. The weather was fine. We could go camping.  …………………………………………………………………………………….. 6. Those apples aren’t ripe. We can’t eat them.  …………………………………………………………………………………….. 7. Mr. Robinson isn’t rich. He can’t buy a house.  …………………………………………………………………………………….. 8. The worker is clever. He can make fine things from wood.  …………………………………………………………………………………….. II. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form or tense. 1. She ______ (not/ drink) coffee. She ______ (drink) Coca Cola. 2. It _______ (be) often hot in the summer. 3. What _______ you ______ (do) every evening? 4. The earth _______ (circle) the sun once every 365 days. 5. I ______ (see) her very often. 6. Most rivers _______ (flow) into the sea. 7. Vegetarians ______ (not/ eat) meat. 8. Bees _____ (make) honey. 9. Rice ______ (not/ grow) in cold climates. 10. Where _____ Martin ______ (come) from? – He _____ (be) Scottish. 11. The sea _____ (cover) two-third of the world. III. Read the passage then answer the following questions. Of all my relatives, I like my aunt Emily the best. She’s my mother’s youngest sister. She has never married and live alone in a small village near Bath. She’s fifty years old, but she’s quite young in spirit. She has a fair complexion, thick brown hair and dark brown eyes. She has a kind face, and when you meet her, the first thing you notice is her smile. Her face is a little wrinkled now, but I think she is still rather attractive. She is the sort of person you can always go to if you have a problem and she’s extremely generous. She likes reading and gardening, and she still goes for long walks over the hills. I hope I’m as active as she is when I’m her age. 1. What’s your aunt’s name?  …………………………………………………………………………………….. 2. How old is she?  ……………………………………………………………………………………. 3. What does she look like?  …………………………………………………………………………………….. 4. What is she like?  …………………………………………………………………………………….. 5. Where does she live?  …………………………………………………………………………………….. 6. Who does she live with?  …………………………………………………………………………………….. 7. What does she like doing in her free time?  …………………………………………………………………………………….. IV. Complete the sentences with the words in the box. generous/ orphanage/ sociable/ planet/ next-door/ humor/ joke. The Earth is the name of the ______ we live on. He has a good sense of ______. He always makes people laugh. After the death of his parents, he was sent to an ________. Don’t do it as a ______. It’s a serious thing. She lives next to my house. She is my ______ neighbor. It was _____ of you to share your food with me. Mai has a lot of friends. She is very ______. V. Fill in the blanks with correct preposition in the box. You can use some prepositions more than one. in/ on/ to/ of/ at/ with.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(2)</span> Hang is fourteen years old. She is a pretty girl (1) _____ long black hair. She goes (2) _____ school five days a week and usually goes swimming (3) _____ some friends (4) _____ Saturday mornings. She lives (5) _____ a large house (6) _____ her mother, father and younger sister (7) _____ 2/34 Nguyen Trai. Hang has a lot (8) _____ friends. (9) _____ all her friends, Nga and Thuy are the ones she spends most of her time (10) _____. They are all like listening (11) _____ music and playing sports (12) _____ their free time. VI. Read the passage then answer the following questions. Of all my relatives, I like my aunt Emily the best. She’s my mother’s youngest sister. She has never married and live alone in a small village near Bath. She’s fifty years old, but she’s quite young in spirit. She has a fair complexion, thick brown hair and dark brown eyes. She has a kind face, and when you meet her, the first thing you notice is her smile. Her face is a little wrinkled now, but I think she is still rather attractive. She is the sort of person you can always go to if you have a problem and she’s extremely generous. She likes reading and gardening, and she still goes for long walks over the hills. I hope I’m as active as she is when I’m her age. 8. What’s your aunt’s name?  …………………………………………………………………………………….. 9. How old is she?  ……………………………………………………………………………………. 10. What does she look like?  …………………………………………………………………………………….. 11. What is she like?  …………………………………………………………………………………….. 12. Where does she live?  …………………………………………………………………………………….. 13. Who does she live with?  …………………………………………………………………………………….. 14. What does she like doing in her free time?  …………………………………………………………………………………….. VII. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form or tense. 1. Bad driving _______ (cause) many accidents? 2. Nga and Lan ________ (see) a movie tonight. 3. Sue can _________ (speak) Vietnamese very well. 4. Mozart _________ (write) more than 600 pieces of music. 5. ‘How _______ you _______ (learn) to drive?’ ‘My father ______ (teach) me. 6. We usually ______ (go) to the library three times a week, but last week we _______ (go) twice. 7. Alexander Graham Bell _______ (introduce) the telephone in 1876. 8. Yesterday I _______ (be) busy, so I _______ (not/ have) time to phone you. 9. ‘What _______ you _______ (do) next summer vacation?’ ‘I _______ (visit) my grandparents in Nha Trang. 10. Would you like ______ (come) to dinner tomorrow? IV. Read the passage below and then answer the questions. Angela Duffy is a schoolgirl from Liverpool. She wants to be a doctor. “I am going to medial school next year. It’s a long course – about six years – but I’m going to work very hard. It is a difficult job, but I like working with people, and I like the idea of working in a caring profession. “She says that later she would like specialize and perhaps be a vet. “I love animals, and looking after them would be wonderful.” Angela’s sister is studying marketing at university. She enjoys traveling, and would probably like to work for a tour company. “I’m not sure yet exactly what I want to do. After university, I’m going to have a year off, and I’m going round the world with another girl. We hope to find a work on the way.” 1) How long is Angela going to study at the medical school?  …………………………………………………………………………………….. 2) Is working as a doctor hard work?  …………………………………………………………………………………….. 3) Why does Angela want to be a vet?  …………………………………………………………………………………….. 4) What does Angela’s sister do?  …………………………………………………………………………………….. 5) Who is she going round the world with?  …………………………………………………………………………………….. VII. Fill in each blank with a correct reflexive pronoun. 1. My sister often looks at _______ in the mirror. 2. Mark made _______ a sandwich. 3. This refrigerator defrosts _______. 4. Hoa and I ________ saw that accident yesterday..

<span class='text_page_counter'>(3)</span> 5. Did you pay for _______? 6. The children can look after _______ for a few days. 7. Please help me. I can’t do it ________. 8. Take care of _________? 9. He was very surprised when he looked _______ in the mirror. 10. I don’t like going to the cinema with other people. I prefer going by _______. 11. The child had no bothers or sisters, so she often had to play by _______. 12. I’m afraid that the children are going to cut ________ on the broken glass. 13. We had a great time in London together. We really enjoyed ________. 14. “Can I take another biscuit?” – Of course. Help _________”. 15. Don’t worry about Linh and me. We can look after _________. 16. I gave them a key to our house so that they could let ________ in. 17. Phuong had a great holiday. She enjoyed __________. 18. Please try and understand how I feel. Put __________ in my position. 19. I taught _______ to play the guitar. I have never had lessons. 20. An elephant hurt _______ when it tried to get out of the zoo yesterday. 21. I don’t need any help. I can take care of _______. 22. Sarah and I didn’t enjoy _______ at the disco last night. 23. This exercise isn’to very difficult. Do it _______. 24. My brother can repair the bicycle _______. IX. Read the text and answer the following questions. Peter had a letter form his sister yesterday. She lives in Nigeria. In her letter, she said that she was coming to England next month. If she comes, she will get a surprise. Peter is now living in a beautiful new house in the country. Work on it had begun before his sister left. The house was completed five months ago. In his letter, he said that, he wanted her to stay with his family. The house has many large rooms and there is a lovely garden. It is a modern house. So it looks strange to some people. It must be the only modern house in the district. 1. Where does Peter’s sister live?  …………………………………………………………………………………….. 2. What is she going to do next month?  …………………………………………………………………………………….. 3. Where is Peter living now?  …………………………………………………………………………………….. 4. When was the house completed?  …………………………………………………………………………………….. 5. Has it got many large rooms and a lovely garden?  …………………………………………………………………………………….. 6. Did he invite his sister to stay with him?  …………………………………………………………………………………….. 7. Why does the house look strange to some people?  …………………………………………………………………………………….. II. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form or tense. 11. Bad driving _______ (cause) many accidents. 12. Nga and Lan ________ (see) a movie tonight. 13. Sue can _________ (speak) Vietnamese very well. 14. Mozart _________ (write) more than 600 pieces of music. 15. ‘How _______ you _______ (learn) to drive?’ ‘My father ______ (teach) me. 16. We usually ______ (go) to the library three times a week, but last week we _______ (go) twice. 17. Alexander Graham Bell _______ (introduce) the telephone in 1876. 18. Yesterday I _______ (be) busy, so I _______ (not/ have) time to phone you. 19. ‘What _______ you _______ (do) next summer vacation?’ ‘I _______ (visit) my grandparents in Nha Trang. 20. Would you like ______ (come) to dinner to morrow? B) Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differrently from the other. (1pt) 5. A. agree B. annoy C. saucepan D. orphanage 6. A. device B. message C. emigrate D. experiment  Choose the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the others. 7. A. wardrobe B. socket C. curly D. commercial 8. A. reserved B. transmit C. countless D. arrange C) Choose the best answer for each of the following sentences by circling A, B, C or D (4pts) 9. Chọncâucótrậttựđúngcủatínhtừ . A. Mr. Nam has shortcurlyblack hair. B. Mr. Nam has shortblackcurlyhair. C. Mr. Nam has curlyshortblack hair. D. Mr. Nam has blackshortcurlyhair. 10. At myclass, somestudents______glasses because they are short-sighted..

<span class='text_page_counter'>(4)</span> A. could B.should C. ought to D. must 11. ______ mustn’t childrenplay in the kitchen? =>Because it’s a dangerous place. A. What B. Which C. Why D. When 12. Mrs. Ngaalways helps anybody when he/she has difficulty. => Mrs. Nga is a ______ woman. A. reserved B. humorous C.generous D. helpful 13. ChọntừngữkhôngđúngvớingônngữtiếngAnh:It’s pleasure to meeting you again, Ba. A B C D 14. I didn’t see him upstairs. May be, he was ______ then. A. downstairs B. inside C. upstairs D. outside 15. What will you say when you would like to speak to Lan on the phone? A. Nice to meet you Lan again. B. Is that Lan? C. Can I speak to Lan, please? D. I’d like you to meet Lan. 16. A person can neitherhearnor speak. He(she) isa(an)______. A. customer B. inventor C. assistant D. deaf-mute 17. Mr.Quan drew that picture ______ last Sunday. A. himself B. yourselves C. herself D. themselves 18. Our Earth ______ around the Sun about 365 days per year. A. will move B. moves C. to move D. moved 19. The water in this river isn’t ______ to swim. A. longenough B. so long C.warm enough D. too warm 20. Only one ______ can cause a fire. A. match B. knife C. frying-pan D. garlic 21. The lighting-fixture is ______ the dinner table. A. beneath B. under C. on D. above 22. Ba’s friends ______ him at NoiBai Airport tomorrow. A. meet B. met C. was meeting D. are going to meet 23. If there is no answer when you phone, you can leave a message on the______. A. answering machine B. fax machine C. address book D. telephone directory 24. ______do thatbecause she is only seven years old. A. I think she can B. I think she can’t C. I don’t think she can D. I don’t think she can’t II/ WRITING (4,0 points) A) Read the passage carefully and then answer the questions below. (2pts) Fax (short for facsimile), sometimes called telecopying or telefax.Scottish inventor, Alexander Bain worked on chemical mechanical fax type devices and in 1846 was able to reproduce graphic signs in laboratory experiments. He received the first fax patent in 1843. Frederick Bakewell made several improvements on Bain's design and demonstrated a telefax machine. The Pantelegraph was invented by the Italian physicist Giovanni Caselli. He introduced the first commercial telefax service between Paris and Lyon in 1865, some 11 years before the invention of telephones. - reproduce:tạora. - graphic signs: dấuhiệuđồhọa. - patent: bằngsángchế. 25) Was inventor Alexander Bain American?  .......................................................................................................................................... 26) When did Alexander Bain receive the first fax patent?  .......................................................................................................................................... 27) Who invented the pantelegraph?  ......................................................................................................................................... 28) Was the first commercial telefax service introduced between Paris and Lyon in 1865?  .......................................................................................................................................... B) Read the passage below. Write the telephone message. (2pts) A customer telephoned Hung Thinh Mobile Shop on December 22 th just before midday. The customer’s name was Miss. Nga, and she wanted to speak to Mr. Hung but he was out. So Mrs. Thu took a message for Mr. Hung. Miss. Nga called about her mobilephone’s repair. She said Mr. Hung could reach her at 0914 222 555. Hung Thinh Mobile Date:(29) ............................................................................ Time: 11:50 am For: (30)................................................................................ Message:.. (31)............................................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................................................. Taken by: (32)..................................................................

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