Last weekend the beach was overcrowded _________ people.. Jack London 1876 – 1916 Jack London’s life and writing are thought by many to represent the American love for adventure.. Jac
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Question I Put each verb in brackets in the correct tense.(2 điểm)
Last night, I (1 walk) _ along the street when I (2 realize ) that a man with a black beard, whom I (3 see ) _ three times already that afternoon, (4 follow ) _ me I (5 be ) _ very worried, and at last I ( 6 stop ) _ and asked him why he ( 7 follow ) _ me The man appologized and told me he ( 8 mistake ) _ me for one of his friends
Question II Fill in each blank with an appropriate preposition ( 1.5 điểm )
1 Our teacher was very kind _ us
2 Her children are very quick computer games
3 This kind of music is popular _ the young
4 Boys are fond _ playing football
5 Last weekend the beach was overcrowded _ people
6 She is very worried her mother’s health
Question III Give the correct form of the words in brackets.( 1 5 điểm )
1 Katie’s has kept her away from school for a week ( ILL )
2 This company offered a lot of _ jobs (ATTRACT)
3 Every year many _ attempt to swim across the English Channel ( SWIM )
4 This knife is It doesn’t cut at all ( USE )
5 Some students in my class are starting to learn another language and they find it _ ( ENJOY )
6 She was right when she said that the man was guilty ( REASON )
Question IV Read the passage carefully Make questions from the suggested words and answer them (
2 điểm )
Jack London ( 1876 – 1916 )
Jack London’s life and writing are thought by many to represent the American love for adventure He was born in San Francisco, California, and quit school at fourteen to becaome a sailor He travelled a great deal during his short lifetime, in the United States, Europe, and the Far East
Jack London took a high place in America literature at the beginning of the 20th century At that time,the library shelves and bookshops of America were already full of books by famous writers But Jack London’s stories were new ones : his heroes were not like the ones in the books of other writers, and the pictures he painted were not the same as their pictures
The men in Jack London’s books live a difficult life, a life full of danger In his stories, Jack London shows us that
in the terrible world a man must fall and die in the snow if he makes even the smallest mistake But his heroes are afraid of nothing, and nothing can stop them People in books by Jack London never lose hope : they never stop fighting for life even when the end of life seems very near That is the lesson for people to learn in everything we do : if we do not lose hope we must and will win
1 When / Jack London / become a sailor 2 Where / he / travel / during his short lifetime ?
3 How / the life / the men / Jack London’s books ?
Question V Fill in each of the spaces with one suitable word.( 1 điểm )
At times, it seems that people have no sense of responsibility towards their environment They have the tendency to carelessly drop their rubbish (1) they happen to be, (2) _ when there is no shortage of rubbish bins However, this must change
Dropping rubbish doesn’t (3) _ make a place look ugly, it also puts public health at risk and (4) _ endanger wild life
Question VI Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is similar as possible in meaning to the original sentences ( 2 điểm ).
1 It is more dangerous to ride a motobike than to drive a car Riding
2 He is too young to understand this problem He isn’t
3 They worked very hard in spite of their old age Although
4 Shall we go for a ride ? What about
5 Would you please do it for me ? Would you mind
6 They don’t usually drink beer They are not used
7 The flight was delayed because of the bad weather Because the weather
8 “ Why didn’t you make an appointment earlier?” the doctor asked The doctor asked her