Practice test 19

PART A: LISTENING (10 points)

Question 1: Listen and circle correct anwer A, B or C.  (5.0 points)

1. What is Dan’s favorite  subject?

          A. English                      B. Maths                        C. PE

2. When does Jenny have her history class?

          A. Monday                    B. Wednesday                C. Friday

3. What is in Kate’s pencil case?

          A. rubber                       B. a ruler                        C. a pencil

4. How old is John?

          A. 14                              B. 40                              C. 4

5. Which middle school is Sam at?

          A. Green                        B. Merton                      C. Hill

Question 2: Listen and complete the blanks (5.0 points)

Condo for sale in Florida $175,000

                   Condo 1,200 sp. ft

                   (1)____________bedrooms,

                   Two modern(2)____________

                   30 ft x(3)________________ft swimming pool

                   Beautiful(4)________________

                   Contact:(5)________________@ house.com.

I.  Which word is differently pronounced ? Circle the letter A, B, C or D   ( 1 point ) :

II. Choose the best  by circling the corresponding  letter A or  B, C, D  ( 2.5 points ) :

1. I sometimes stay .................. bed until lunchtime.

3. Please .................. the radio, it’s too noisy.

A. slow down                B. turn down                 C. put down                  D. let down

4.  .................. to swim across a flooded river.

A. Dangerous                                    C. Very dangerous is

B. There has danger                          D. It’s dangerous

5. Every car ........ a number at the back and front.

A. is having                   B. have                 C. has                            D. are having

6. The singers were at the microphone at the time of the broadcast.  ....................... .

A. It was a successful broadcast                 C. It was a charity broadcast

B. It was an education broadcast                D. It was a live broadcast

7. Good morning Susan. This is my sister, Emily.         ................................... .

          A. What do you do?                          B. How do you do?

          C. What do you like?                         D. Don't I meet you?

8.  ...........................  , Sir?                - Fruit salad, please.

          A. What would you like for dessert   B. What dessert you would like

          C. How would you like for dessert    D. How dessert would like

9. Could you tell me.................. to get to the bank?

10.You did very..................in your study.

11. Wait a minute I want to .................. a picture of you and the baby.

12. Airmail is much ................... than surface mail.

  A. expensive      B. very expensive C. more expensive           D. most expensive

13. No one can make me .........  my mind ?

14. What are you cooking in that saucepan ? It ............. good ?

15. This is my book and ......................... .

          A. that are yours                              B. those are your

          C. that are your                                D. those are yours

16. Lan's got dark hair, but ..................... is fair.

          A. his brother's hair                          B. his brother hairs

          C. his brother hair                            D. his brother hair's

17. What's your birthday, Ann ?         - It's ........................ .

          A. on the thirty-one of July              B. on the thirty-first of July

          C. on July the thirty-one                   D. in July the thirty-first

18. Tommy is a better swimmer than Tony.

          A. No one can swim as well as Tommy and Tony.

          B. Tommy is the best swimmer of all, apart from Tony.

          C. Tony can’t swim so well as Tommy.

          D, Tony can’t be better than Tommy.

19. Christine finds it easy to make friends.

          A. It is easy to make friends to Christine

          B. Christine has no difficulty making friends.

          C. Christine has a lot of friends.

          D. Christine is fond of making friends.

20. She started learning English 3 years ago.

          A. She started learning English 3 years.

          B. She has learnt English for 3 years.

          C. She started learning English since 3 years.

          D. She learnt English since 3 years.

21. Walking a mile a day is good exercise.

A. It is good exercise for walking a mile a day.

B. It is good exercise walking a mile a day.

C. It is good exercise to walk a mile a day.

D. It is good exercise to walking a mile a day.

22. We / collect stamps.

          A. We likes collecting stamps           C. We like to colleting stamps

          B. We likes stamps collect                          D. We enjoy collecting stamps.

23. What time / you / work ?

          A. What time you work ?                           C. What time do you start work ?

          B. What time do you go work ?                 D. What time do you go to work ?

24. I / ski / the winter / sometimes.

          A. I ski the winter sometimes.           C. I sometimes go skiing in the winter.

B. I ski on winter sometimes.            D. I sometimes go to ski in winter.

25. He / weak / that job.

          A. He is too weak to do that job.                C. He doesn't week to do that job.

          B. He is weak doing that job.            D. He does that job weak.      

III. Give the correct tense or form of the verb in brackets  ( 1 point ) :

1. He couldn't make his motor bike (start ) ........   this morning.

2. I dislike (listen ) .........   to music while (do) ..........  my homework.

3. These tigers used (keep) ..........  in iron cages .

4. What you (do) ........  when I (phone) .........  you last night ?

5. When we entered his room, we (see) ..........  him (sleep) ............... in an armchair.

6. She said that her mother (not be) ...... very well, so she (can not) ......... go to the party.

IV. Identify the underlined word or phrase that must be changed  to make the sentence correct by circling the letter A or B, C, D  ( 1 point ) :

1. The new model  costs twice  more than  last  year’s model.

                                 A                    B             C       D

2. Her husband  hasn't done  anything at  home for  year.

                                  A                B              C              D

3. It's not  good for  healthy  to  smoke and to  drink wine.

                    A              B               C                    D

4. After said good bye to my parents, I went to school with my sister.

              A                    B                          C                     D

5. Sorry. I'm  very tired that I can't stay any longer .

      A               B                       C                 D

6. I used to getting up late when I was small.

         A            B           C      D

7. At first I found it strangely to drive on the left side of the road.

        A                 B      C             D

8. I will intend to go back home when I finish my education.

             A                    B                            C                 D

9. The phone rung while I was washing the dishes.

                A       B                       C                     D

10. Henry's friends told  themselves to put his coat on the rack in their hall.

                        A                    B                     C                                   D

V. Read the passage carefully . Then do the exercises below: ( 1.5 points ) : 

Why do people in many countries learn English  ?

               It is not difficult to answer this question. Students learn English at school because it is one of their subjects. Many adults learn English because it is useful for their work. Teenagers learn it for their higher studies because some of their books are in English at the college or university. Other people learn English because they want to read newspapers and magazines in English.

 1. The following statements are true ( T ) or false ( F ). Put T or F at the end of

           each statement :

               a/ English is learnt by people in many countries.                              .....

               b/ Students learn English because their parents make them.               .....

               c/ Teenagers learn English because they want to go abroad.                .....

               d/ Many adults learn English because it helps them in their work.       .....

               e/ Books are always in English at the college or university.               …..

2. Answer these questions:

               a. Why do students learn English at school ?

............................................................................................................................................

               b. What do you often do to improve your English ?

............................................................................................................................................

VI. Use the correct form of the word given in capitals at the end of each sentence (1p):

VII. Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning to the first . Use the word in  brackets  ( 2 points ) : 

1. Your shoes are as big as mine.                                            ( size )

          .............................................................................................................................

2. If you run a lot, you’ll be fitter.                                                    ( The )

          .............................................................................................................................

3. Could you tell me the way to the nearest Post office, please ?      ( mind )

          .............................................................................................................................. ?

4. She is too young to do that work.                                                 ( enough )

          ..............................................................................................................................

5. Who wrote that poem ?                                                                (  by )

          ..............................................................................................................................

6. Martin said to Susan : " Can you work on Saturday ? "               ( could )

          ..............................................................................................................................

7. When I was young , I regularly walked to school .                       ( used )

          ..............................................................................................................................

8. I’m very sorry I don’t remember your birthday.                          ( wish )

          ..............................................................................................................................

9. Yesterday’s work was easier than today’s .                                 ( difficult )

          ...............................................................................................................................

10. Hoa said " Would you like to join me for dinner, Mai ? "                    ( invited )

          ...............................................................................................................................

I. LISTENING (2 points)

Listen to the conversation between Paul and Khoa. Circle the best answer A, B , C or D. You will listen TWICE. (1,25pt)

1. What subject does Khoa like?

A. History                                                             B. Mathematics              

C. English                                                            D. Vietnamese

2. Why doesn’t Paul like Math?

A. He does not have time.                                      B. It’s about real-life problems.

C. He is bad at numbers.                                        D. He is not creative in shape

3. When does Khoa ask Paul to come to Khoa’s house?

A. Next weekend.                                                  B. At the beginning of this week.

C. At weekend                                                      D. Last week

4. Where is Khoa’s house?

A. Next to Minh’s house                                        B. Opposite the coffee shop

C. Beside the public library                                   D. Opposite the public library  

5. What is special about Khoa’s house?

A. It has a green window.                                      B. It has a big kitchen.

C. It has an old cooker.                                          D. It has a new cooker

Mrs. Geller is talking with the students about their teachers. Listen and fill in each gap with NO MORE THAN A WORD. You will listen TWICE. (1.25 points)

6. How old is Mr David?

_____________________________________________________

7. What subject does Mr David teach?

_____________________________________________________

8. Does Mrs Hanh teach Music from Tuesday to Thursday?

_____________________________________________________

9. What does Mrs Hanh look like?

_____________________________________________________

10. What is the Science teacher’s name?

_____________________________________________________

II. LANGUAGE FOCUS (3 points)

Choose the word with a different way of pronunciation in the underlined part. Circle A, B, D or D. (0.5 pts)

11. A. glass                     B. classroom         C. compass                    D. bathroom

12. A. subject                  B. funny                C. lunch                         D. unit

13. A. football                 B. bomb                C. globe                          D. big

14. A. hands                   B. legs                  C. lips                            D. ears

15. A. strong                  B. mother             C. Monday                     D. brother

 Fill each blank with the present simple or present continuous form of the verb in brackets. (1.pt)

16. Water ______________________(boil) at 100 degrees.

17. Don’t call John right now. He ______________________ (do) his homework.

18. We ______________________ (walk) to school on Thursdays.

19. There ______________________ (not/ be) any picture in my kitchen.

20. Listen! Someone ______________________ (come) in our house.

Choose the best option to complete each sentence. Circle A, B or C. (0.5pts)

21. Kate: “­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­-__________________?”. Jame: “I am fine.”  

A. What class are you in           B. What is your name                       

C. How are you                         D. How do you do

22. A: “Thank you for your party.”

      B: “________________”   

A. Yes                   B. OK                             C. You are welcome                 D. No problem

23. My father has curly _____________.

A. face                  B. hair                            C. eyes                                  D. nose

24. My house is _____________ a restaurant.

A. next to              B. under                         C. between                            D. in

25. They _____________ to school by bike. They are in the garden to water flowers.

A. isn’t going                 B. aren’t going                C. don’t  go D. doesn’t go

 Supply the correct form of the word. (0.5 pts)

26. She was very ______________________ . She writes poetry and paints. (create)

27. Jenny doesn’t like meet new people. He is _____________________     _(friend)

28. She wants to ______________________ her knowledge of history.         (wide)  

29. She has a ______________________ picture.                                           (beauty)

30. My friend, Na is a  ______________________ girl.                                 (love)

III. READING (2.5 points)

 Read the passage. Circle the best answer A, B or C to each of the questions. (1.25 pts)

At Hill bilingual school, students learn many subjects. For example, they learn Math in both Vietnamese and English, and they also study Science in English. Because of this, students spend their mornings and afternoons studying at school. Here, they only need to wear uniform on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Besides studying, students also play sports and join many clubs. For sports, there are swimming, basketball, football, badminton to choose from. Once a week, students go to their favourite club to have some fun time.

31. What is the passage about?  

A. Some sports at a school.                          B. Some subjects at Hill school.

C. Student life at Hill school.                       D. Uniform at Hill school

32. What does the word ‘they’ in line 2 mean?

A. The subjects.                                           B. The students.

C. The sports.                                              D.  The school

33. When do students need to wear uniform? 

A. On Tuesdays and Wednesdays.               B. On Tuesdays and Thursdays.

C. On Tuesdays and Sundays.                      D. On Wednesday and Sundays.

34. What sports do not students play at Hill school?

A. Judo                                                       B. Swimming

C. Basketball                                              D. Chess

35. Why do the students join the clubs? Because _____________

A. they want to have fun.                             B. they don’t like studying other subjects.

C. they can play sports there.                       D. they want to spend free time at school.

Fill each blank with ONE suitable word. Write one word in the gap. (1.25 pts)

Linh lives (36) ____________ a big apartment. There are three bedrooms in her house. One for her parents, and the other two are for Linh and her brother. In her room, she has many (37) ____________of her family on the walls. There’s a nice (38) ____________so that she can read before bed and a chest of drawers (39) ____________ her bed. She doesn’t have a TV in her room because her Dad wants to family to spend time together in the living room. Her favourite part of the house is the (40) _____________ because she likes cooking delicious dinner with her Mom.

III. WRITING (2.5 pts)

Find a mistake in each of the following sentences.  (0,5 pt)

41. The cat is among the lamp and the bed.                                         ___________

               A      B              C              D

42. There are a cupboard, a dishwasher and a table in the kitchen.        ___________

                   A           B                            C               D

Rewrite the following sentences based on the given words. (1.0 pt)

43. Mary’s hair is short and her face is round.

     → Mary has______________________________________________________

44. My house is next to a big super-market.

     → There is_______________________________________________________

45. There are some trees in front of my school.

     → Some trees are_________________________________________________

46. Tom’s bedroom has two bookshelves.

     → There are_____________________________________________________

the following words to make meaningful sentences. (1.0 pt)

47. my/ living/ next/ room/ room/is/ to/ the/ but/ far/bathroom/ from/ the.

__________________________________________________________________

48. hard-working/ Sue/ student/and/read/ books/she/every evening.

__________________________________________________________________

49. My mother/ not/ doctor/ she/ nurse.

__________________________________________________________________

50. Tom/ read/ books/ bedroom/ at the moment.

__________________________________________________________________

Part B: Fill in each gap with a phrase provided. There is one more phrase than needed (5 points)

A. For example
B. listening, copying what they hear, and using the language
C. English is the most popular language
D. ordering those words in meaningful sentences
E. In spoken languages
F. Word order is more important in Engish than

All languages have rules for forming words and for (1)........... .In written languages, meaning is expressed through a system of characters and rules for combining them. (2)..........., meaning is expressed through a system of sounds and rules for combining those sounds. (3)........... it is in some languages, such as Russian. Like other languages, English is always changing, but it changes very slowly. People invent new words, borrow words form other languages, and change the meaning of words as needed. (4)..........., the English word byte was invented by computer speacialists in 1959. The word tomato was borrowed from Nahunta, an American Indian language spoken in Mexico. The word meat once referred to food in general. People learn Engish as well as languages by (5)............. . Most school- children learn their first language easily and some other languages as well

I. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the   other words in each group by  circling A, B, C or D. (5.0 points)

1. A. ready                             B. study                      C. puppy                    D. occupy

2. A. compose                       B. wisdom                  C. resident                 D. island

3. A. measure                        B. treasure                 C. breathe                  D. instead

4. A. danced                          B. borrowed              C. arrived                   D. destroyed

5. A. headache                      B. stomach                 C. moustache                        D. chemist

Your answers:

II. Select A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose stress position is different from the rest. (5.0 points)    1. A. interesting                    B. surprising              C. amusing                 D. successful

2. A. paper                             B. tonight                   C. teacher                  D. story

3. A. writer                            B. baker                     C. builder                   D. career

4. A. mathematics                 B. biology                  C. experiment           D. mechanic

5. A. money                           B. personality           C. many                      D. mother

Your answers:

III . Circle the answer A,B,C  OR  D .á

1.................to music is one of her favourite hobbies.

A. Listen                        B. Is listening       C. Listening          D. Listened

2.I don’t like Maths ……………it is difficult.

A.and                             B.but                              C.so                      D.because

3.What’s the matter…………you?

A.in                                B.with                  C.on                     D.of

4. Do you like English? Yes,I……….

A.do                               B.am                              C.like                    D.don’t

5. He often………………to school in the morning

A.gos                              B.going                          C.goes                  D.to go

6. His birthday is ....................June 1^st.

A. at                               B. on                    C. in                     D. about

7. Mai : Where do you live , Trung ?

Trung : I live .......... Flat 18 ........ the second floor.............. Ha Noi Tower.

A. in - on – to                B. of - in – on       C. in - on – of       D. on - in - in

8. Ha Noi is a big ............. in the north .

A. street                         B. town                C. city                  D. lane

 9. Does he ..................... a sore-throat?

A. has                                      B. had                  C. have                 D. having

10. We went to the cinema  ......................                       .

A. today                         B. yesterday                   C. tomorrow                  D. next Sunday

Question 5. Read and circle the correct answer a,b or c. (1p). Hi. My name is Peter. I study at Oxford Primary School. It is in Oxford Street, London. I go to school from Monday to Friday. At school, I have English, Maths, Science, Music, Art, PE and IT. Music is my favourite subject. It was Saturday yesterday. I was at home. In the morning, I played games with my friends on the Internet. In the afternoon, I played football. In the evening, I watched TV. I went to bed early. 1. Peter studies at ___________ School. a. Oxford Primary b. Oxford c. London 2. His favourite subject is ___________. a. Maths b. Music c. Science 3. Yesterday morning, he ___________ with his friends on the Internet. a. played games b. chatted c. watched a video 4. Yesterday evening, he ___________. a. played football b. listened to music c. watched TV

PART C: READING (3.0 POINTS)

I. Circle the correct word A, B, C or D for each gap to complete the following

passage. (1.0 point)

People drink a lot of tea. There are (1) ______ kinds of tea. There is black tea. There is

red tea. There is yellow tea. People drink a lot of tea in China. Some people drink it

because it is (2) ______ for them. It makes them healthy. Many people drink it because it

tastes very good. It is delicious. People drink a lot of green tea in Japan. People drink a

lot of green tea in Korea, too. In Vietnam, some people drink coffee first. (3) _______

they drink tea. People drink a lot of tea in England. Every afternoon, everybody drinks

tea. It is “tea time”. English people add milk to their tea. Many people drink black tea (4)

_______ the U.S. In the South of U.S, People drink “sweet tea”. Sweet tea is cold black

tea with sugar. Most tea comes from China. Some tea comes from India or Sri Lanka.

Kenya, Japan, and Indonesia also (5) _______ a lot of tea.

1.A. a lot  B. a  C. an  D. many

2.A. excited  B. good  C. bad  D. interested

3.A. Then  B. But  C. Before  D. When

4.A. to  B. at  C. in  D. on

5.A. grow  B. plants  C. grows  D. comeII.

Read the following passage and do the tasks. (2.0 points)

Beatrice Harrison (1892 – 1965) was a British cellist. She was active in the first half of theBeatrice Harrison (1892 – 1965) was a British cellist. She was active in the first half of the

20th century. Beatrice Harrison's performances became well known through broadcast in theearly days of BBC sound radio. One night in 1924 when Beatrice was playing her cello in her garden at Oxted, she heard a bird echo her playing. She started again, and the bird sang with her. The sound was so beautiful, and she knew it was a nightingale. Surprisingly, the next nights after that, the nightingale was there again, and Beatrice played duets with the wild bird. It was so nice: she wanted to share her pleasure with other people. She decided to persuade the BBC to set up their microphones in the garden. After some time, they were able to record the tune. These records became successful and very popular in the 1930s.

a) Answer the following questions.

1. Was Beatrice Harrison a British cellist?

_________________________________________________________________________

2. When was she active?

_________________________________________________________________________

3. Where did she decide to persuade the BBC to set up their microphones?

_________________________________________________________________________

b) Write True (T) or False (F) next to each statement if it is true or false.

4. Beatrice Harrison heard a bird echo her playing one night in 1924. _______

5. Beatrice Harrison didn’t want to share her pleasure with other people. _______PART D: WRITING (2.0 POINTS)

I. Rewrite each of the following sentences so that it means the same as the first one,

beginning with the given words. (1.0 point)

1. She is interested in watching films on the television every day.

She enjoys _____________________________________________________________

2. Cycling is faster than walking.

Walking isn’t as _________________________________________________________

3. Nam didn’t go to school because he was sick yesterday.

Nam was sick, ___________________________________________________________

4. I think playing soccer is interesting.

I find __________________________________________________________________

5. We began learning English three years ago.

We have _______________________________________________________________

Part 2. Read and choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D) for each question. (5 points)

This is my classmate, Alex. Every day, he gets up at a quarter to six. He
brushes his teeth, takes a shower, and gets dressed. He usually has a light
breakfast with bread and milk, and then leaves the house at half past six. The
school is near his house so he goes on foot. Classes start at seven o’clock and
finish at half past eleven. He comes back home and has lunch at twelve
o’clock. It’s eight o’clock on Sunday evening now and Alex is at home. He is
reading a book in his room. He often reads books and plays video games on
Sundays. Sometimes he goes to the cinema with his friends.
1. What time does Alex get up?
A. He gets up at 6 a.m. C. He gets up at 5:45 a.m.
B. He gets up at 6:15 a.m D. He gets up at 7 a.m.
2. How does he go to school?
A. He goes to school after breakfast.
B. He walks to school.
C. He goes to school at 6:30.
D. He goes to school every day.
3. Where does he have lunch?
A. At school B. At his friend’s house C. At the canteen D. At home
4. What is he doing now?
A. He is reading a book. C. He is at school.
B. He is reading a newspaper. D. He is playing a video game.
5. Which of the following statements is not correct?
A. He usually has breakfast with bread and milk.
B. Classes start at 7 o’clock and finish at 11.30.
C. He doesn’t read books and play video games on Sundays.
D. He sometimes goes to the cinema with his friends. 

III. Read the passage. Then answer the questions. (10 points)

Every year people in many countries learn English. Some of them are young children. Others are teenagers. Many are adults. Some learn at school. Others study by themselves. A few learn English just by hearing the language in films, on telivision, in the office or among their friends. Most people must work hard to learn English.

Why do all these people learn English? It’s not difficult to anwer this question. Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects. Many adults learn English because it is useful for their work. Teenagers often learn English for their higher studies because some of their books are in English at the college or university. Other people learn English because they want to read newspapers or magezines in nglish.

1. According to the writer. English is learn by...............

A. young children B. adults C. teenagers D. all are correct

2. In the line 2 of the second part, the word “it” refers to..........

A.country B. young childen C.English D. question

3. Where do many boys and girls learn English?

A. at home B. at school C. in evening classe D. in the office

4. Why do adults learn English?

A. Because they want to see movies in English B. Because they need it for their job.

C. Because they are foced to learn it D. Because it’s not difficult to learn.

5. What of the following is NOT mentioned in the passge?

A. Children like reading English newspapers B. People in many countries learn English

C. English is one subject in school. D. Some books are written in English