Basic English Test 13A

TEST 13A
I. Give the correct form of the verbs.
1. They ( play) ..................... football since 2pm.
2. You ever (see) ..................... a big animal?
3. My father ( watch) ..................... TV.
4. They (go) ..................... to Hai Phong tomorrow?
5. Last night, while I (read) ..................... book, my father (watch) ..................... late show.
6. We (walk) ..................... to school at this time.
7. They (are) ..................... absent yesterday morning.
8. I (not do) ..................... my homework.
9. My father (work) ..................... for that company for 2 years.
10. Nam (read) ..................... fairy tales now.
11. He (repair) ..................... the radio at the moment.
12. You should (go) ..................... to the doctor.
13. My father (take) ..................... us to the zoo last Sunday.
14. I (not see) ..................... him yet.
15. You (see) ..................... him yesterday?
II. Choose the best answer:
1. Tim’s mother is always proud ............. him because he works really hard.
A. In B. to C. of D. at
2. Yesterday she received Tim’s ............. from his teacher.
A. Report card B. call report

C. report call

D. card report

3. She phoned Tim and told him that he worked .............
A. Really hard B. real hard

C. really hardly

D. real hardly

4. Tim’s pronunciation is not good so he should.............
A. Believe it

B. make

C. improve

D. need

5. Some ............. a list of new words in a note book to learn them.
A. Do

B. make

C. put

D. get


6. Different language ............. learn words in different ways.
A. Leaners

B. learner C. people D. person

7. Some put into the new word the meaning of their .............
A. Mother tongue B. mother’s tongue C. mother language D. mother’s language
8. Some people try to learn new words and phrases ............. heart.

A. At

B. with

C. in

D. by

9. Many learners do not try to ............. the best way for themselves.
A. Find up

B. find out

C. get up D. get out

10. I think it is really good to spend time ............. English pronunciation.
A. In

B. with

C. on

D. at

11. We are all happy when we get ............. our subjects.
A. Grades good for

B. grades good with

C. Good grades for

D. good grades with

12. Do you think it’s good to write English pronunciation ............. our mother tongue?
A. About

B. with

C. by

D. in

13. Not all learners learn a language in ............. way.
A. The likely

B. the like

C. the alike

D. same

14. Please turn .............the light for me. It’s too dark here.
A. In

B. out

C. off

D. on

15. Miss Jane asked me ............. you this book.
A. Give

B. giving

C. to giving

D. to give

16. She told me that you didn’t learn English very .............
A. Good

B. goodly

C. well

D. welly

17. He always gets excellent grades because he studies .............
A. Hardly B. hard

C. good

D. goodly

18. Mr.Nam ............. bring this machine to your office.
A. Told to me B. tole me to

C. said me

D. said to me to

19. There are holes in the roof. We should ............. it now for the winter.


A. Empty

B. paint

C. repair

D. said to me to

20. She is speaking ............. because she is having a sore throat.
A. Fast

B. well

C. fluently

D. softly

21. I am very sorry because I behaved .............
A. You badly

B. you bad

C. badly

D. bad

22. Do you think I should practice ............. Spanish every day?
A. On speaking

B. to speak

C. speak

D. speaking

23. And you ............. Spanish news on the radio every evening.
A. Should listen to B. ought listen

C. should listening to

D. out to listening

24. He asked me to meet him outside the office the .............
A. Next week

B. week next

C. following week

D. week following.

25. Write some new words and stick them around their house ............. to learn them at any time.
A. In order that

B. in order

C. so as that

D. so as to

26. Your report card is .............
A. Excellently

B. excellent

C. extreme good

D. extreme well

27. I’ll try ............. best to improve my English pronunciation.
A. My

B. me

C.mine

D. the

28. What is ............. in learning words?
A. Necessarily B. necessary C. necessity

D. necessities

III. Read the passage and answer the questions.
Joan Chen is famous both in China, where he grew up, and in the United States, where he

now lives. How did Joan become a famous actress in both countries? It’s an interesting story.
Joan Chen was born in Shanghai in 1961. When she was 14, some people from a film studio
came to her school and chose her to study at the studio She was happy about this chance, but
mainly she liked the idea of getting out of school. Soon, however, she discovered that she really
liked acting. At the age of 18, she won the Golden Rooster, China’s top film award.
In the late 1970s, Joan’s parents, who were doctors, moved to the United States. Joan joined
them when she was 20 and went to college there. Her parents hoped she would study medicine.
Instead. She majored in film and later looked for work as an actress.
A. Who is Joan Chen?


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B. Where she was born?
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C. What was her achievement when she was 18?
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D. What did her parents hope she do?
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