Choose the best answer among A, B, C, or D that best completes each sentence 1.. "I'll drive you to the airport" John said to Linda A.. John insisted to drive Linda to the airport B.. J
Trang 1KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ I
NĂM HỌC 2011-2012
I Choose the best answer among A, B, C, or D that best completes each sentence
1 One of the qualities for true is constancy
A friendly B friendship C friendliness D friend
2 The judges announced the results when the time was up
A the time was precious B it was 12 o'clock
C there was no more time left D the time went by quickly
3 I have heard that musician _ the piano
A played B play C to play D plays
4 He remembers to the circus when he was five years old
A taking B being taken C to be taken D to take
5 If I were you, I would advise her the new teaching method
A try B tries C trying D to try
6 I _ when I was suddenly woken up by terrible heat
A was sleeping B am sleeping C had slept D slept
7 If someone _ into the store, smile and say, "May I help you?"
A comes B would come C could come D came
8 He doesn't get on with his new boss, so he's asked to another branch of the company
A being transferred B to be transferred C transferring D to transfer
9 In Hamlet, the opening scene _ place at night
A takes B has taken C was taking D is taking
10 Please stop _ me while I am explaining something to you You can ask questions at the end
A to interrupt B interrupting C and interrupt D interrupt
11 The manager warned the visitors _ at the hotel near the airport
A not staying B against not staying C of not staying D against staying
12 If energy _ inexpensive and unlimited, many things in the world would be different
A is B would be C will be D were
13 Michael accused his brother
A of having broken the antique vase B for breaking the antique vase
C to break the antique vase D with broken the antique vase
14 As we don't agree about politics, we generally avoid the subject
A being discussed B discussing C to discuss D to be discussed
15 It was the most beautiful beach that
A we will ever visited B we should ever visit
C we have ever visited D we had ever visited
16 I've been in this city for a long time I here sixteen years ago
A was coming B have come C had come D came
II Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank from 17 to 20
I was (17) _ a touring holiday in France It was a very hot day and I stopped at a small deserted beach I hadn't got my swimming- costume with me, but it was early in the morning and there were no people or houses in (18) _ So I took off all my clothes and swam out to the sea I'm a very strong swimmer I (19) _ on my back, closed my eyes, and relaxed in the water When I looked
Trang 2back at the beach, a coach had arrived and there were thirty or forty people (20) _ on the sand having a picnic! What would have you done?
18 A seeing B sight C view D look
19 A lying B lain C lied D lay
20 A set B sitting C sat D to sit
III Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one
21 We couldn't move fast because of the fog
A The fog made us difficult to move fast B The fog didn't let us to move fast
C We wanted to move fast but the fog stopped us D The fog prevented us from moving fast
22 On the way to work, Tom met his former teacher
A When Tom was going to work, he met his former teacher
B By the time Tom went to work, he met his former teacher
C While Tom was going to work, he was meeting his former teacher
D When Tom was meeting his former teacher, he went to work
23 "I'll drive you to the airport" John said to Linda
A John insisted to drive Linda to the airport B John promised driving Linda to the airport
C John insisted on driving Linda to the airport D John insisted to driving Linda to the airport
24 I closed all the windows and then locked the door
A Having locked the door, then all the windows were closed
B Having closed all the windows, I locked the door
C Having locked the door, I closed all the windows
D Having closed all the windows, then the door was locked
IV Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest
25 A twelve B twenty C twin D two
26 A chicken B changeable C cheese D chemistry
27 A wheel B west C we D whole
28 A money B monkey C nine D nose
V Read the passage below Then choose one best answer to each question.
I'm interested in sport, especially athletics, and I run seven or eight kilometers every day I particularly enjoy cross-country running, where you have to run across fields, jump over streams and so on While
I am running I think about all sorts of things, and at the end of a run I'm sometimes surprised to find that I've managed to solve a problem that was on my mind
Next year, I'm going to try the London Marathon It's a long, hard race-26 miles, or 42 kilometers-and you have to be tough to finish, but I very much want to do it I worry a bit about getting old, and I'd like to prove to myself that I'm still almost as fit as twenty years ago
I'm interested in mountaineering as well as running I'll never become an expert climber, but I know what I am doing in the mountains I successfully completed a course in snow and ice climbing when I was younger; and I've ever done a series of easy climbs in the Alps during the last few years My wife doesn't share my interest in mountains She agreed to go climbing with me once, but she found that she felt ill as soon as she got above 1,000 meters
29 The writer wants to take part in the London Marathon because
A it helps him solve his problems B it helps to keep him fit
Trang 3C he wants to do it before getting old D the reward is great
30 The writer's wife is not interested in mountaineering for _
A the air is cold C she almost always feels ill at the height of over 1,000 meters
B it doesn't bring her any interest D she doesn't want to climb together with her husband
31 If you do cross-country running, you must
A run along the coast B cross fields, streams, etc
C cross your countryside D cross your country
32 At the end of a run, the writer sometimes finds that
A he is able to get the answer to a problem B he gets a surprise problem
C he grows bigger D he feels fitter
VI Choose the underlined part that needs correcting
33 A true friend is not easily influencing by rumour against his or her own friend.
A B C D
34 If you walk into the road without looking, you risk knocking down
A B C D
35 Do they allow us use the office telephone for personal purposes?
A B C D
36 If I were you, I'll plant some trees round the house
A B C D
VII Listen to the conversation between Paul and Andrea and decided whether the statements are true (T) or false (F)
37 Andrea can’t wait for her flight
A True B False
38 Paul is very excited about coming home
A True B False
39 Paul’s home is 280 kilometers from where they are now
A True B False
40 There are more children in Andrea’s family than in Paul’s
A True B False
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