I. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences:
1. If the factory continues dumping poison ......... the lake, all the fish and other aquatic animals will die
A. intoB. to C. about D. in
2. ............ is the most common natural disaster in your country ? - Snowstorms.
A. WhyB. How C. WhoD. Which
3. I couldn’t sleep ............ there was a loud noise next to my door last night.
A. althoughB. because SS C. soD. but
4. On Christmas Eve, most big cities, especially London are..........withcoloured lights across the streets
A. decorated B. hang C. put D. made
5. American rarely shake hands to say goodbye, except ............ business occasions
A. during B. at C. on D. in
6. When a typhoon happened , many houses and roads ............ destroyed or flooded.
A. is B. are C. was D. were
7. Last year, there was a big typhoon in my area. It caused extensivedamage to our ......
A. wealth B. furniture C. property D. savings
8. ............. workers were sent to the area immediately but no villager was survived when the landslide happened.
A. rescue B. help C. assistance D. volunteer
9. .............is the most common natural disaster in your country?
A. WhenB. HowC. WhoD. Which
10. What .............we do to prevent these natural disasters?
A. may B. oughtC. shouldD. be able
11. All our English teachers are ________________speakers.
A. nation | B. original | C. native | D. foreign |
12. Don’t drink that water. It’s ________________ .
A. contaminated | B. damaged | C. dumped | D. clean |
13. The sight of too many advertising bill boards, overhead poles and shop signs causes ___________ pollution.
A. air | B. light | C. noise | D. visual |
14. The heavy rain has caused ________________in many parts of the country.
A. storms | B. floods | C. drought | D. volcano |
15. Australia is home to ________________animals like kangaroos and koalas.
A. only | B. rare | C. unique | D. precious |
16. Nam asked Peter what he was doing ________________ .
A. now | B. ago | C. today | D. then |
17. Americans rarely shake hands to say goodbye, except ____________business occasions.
18. Astronauts use ________________to move around when they are on the Moon’s surface.
A. spaceships | B. flying saucers | C. moon buggies | D. space cars |
19. ________________is popularly used to enable people from different countries to have meetings. People can watch and listen to each other through a screen .
A. Chatting | B. Video conferencing | C. Emailing | D. Texting |
20. ________________system use several different ways of giving information with sounds, pictures, and texts on a screen .
A. Multimedia | B. Emailing | C. Telephoning | D. Chatting |
II. Supply the corect tense or form of the verb in parentheses:
1. If I (be)________you, I would think very carefully.
2. Most people (leave)________before the volcano erupted.
3. The train (arrive) ________at 6 tomorrow morning.
4. They might (be) ________in the office.
5. This time tomorrow I (chat) ________with my cousin in Sydney on Skype.
6. I (watch )________________ a science fiction film on TV at 9.00 last night.
7. My sister is fond of (make) ________________ spring rolls at Tet.
8. This test must (finish) ________________ before going to bed.
9. They (live) _____________________ in this village since last year.
10. If you use robots to do the housework, you (become) ________________lazier
III. Choose the correct word A, B, C or D for each gap to complete the following passage :
We are all slowly (1)________the Earth. The seas and rivers are too dirty to swim in. There is so much smoke in the air that it is unhealthy to live in many of the world’s cities. In one well-known city, for example, poisonous gases (2) ________cars pollute the air so much that traffic policemen have to wear oxygen masks. We have cut down (3)________trees that there are now vast areas of waterland all over the world. As a result, farmers in parts of Afica can not grow enough (4)________. In certain countries in Asia, there is too little rice. Moreover, we do not take enough care of the countryside.
Wild animals are quickly disappearing. For instance, tigers are rare in India now because we have killed too many of them. However, it isn’t enough simply to talk about the problem. We must act now before it is too late to do (5)________about it. Join us now. Save the Earth!
1. A. destroyedB. destroyingC. destroysD. destroy
2. A. by B. fromC. ofD. in
3. A, so much B. so fewC. so littleD. so many
4. A. eatingB. to eatC. for eatD. to be eaten
5. A. anything B. nothingC. everythingD. something
IV. Read the following passage and do the tasks below:
There are more than 3,000 languages in the world today, but only about six are major languages of the world. Two-thirds of the world’s populations speak those six languages. More than 300,000,000 people speak English as their first or native language. No one knows how many people speak it as a foreign language. Chinese is the only language with more speakers than English. This is because of the huge population of China, more than one billion people.
English is the native or official language on the one-fifth of the land area of the world. It is spoken in North America, Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand. In South Africa and India it is one of the official languages.
More people study English than any other languages. In many countries, the textbook in universities are in English. Many university classes are taught in English even though the native language is not English. English is the language of international communication. It is the language of international business, research, and science. More than three-fourths of the world’s mail is written in English. More than three-fifths of the world’s radio stations use English. More than half of the scientific and research journals are in English. Most other languages have borrowed many English words.
A. Choose the best answer a, B, C or D to complete the sentences:
1. What language has the most speakers in the world?
A. EnglishB. FrenchC. ChineseD. Russian
2. ________people speak English as their first or native language.
A. Two-thirds of the world’s populationB. Over 300 million
C. About 300 millionD. nearly 300 billion
V. Rearrange the sentences using the following words:
1. On/ occasion, / this/ special/ every body/ return/ to/ wants/ to/ familes/ their.
=>…………………………………………………………………………….
2. fish/ The/ died/ because/ have/ the / water/ polluted/ of.
=>…………………………………………………………………………….
3. camp/ closes/ Our/ July 15th / on.
=>…………………………………………………………………………….
4. Science/ also/ and/ technology/ have/ effects/ enormous/ development/ on.
=>…………………………………………………………………………….
5. Sydney/ city/ is/ largest/ the/ Australia/ in/./
=>…………………………………………………………………………….
