First term test 2
I. Use the infinitives given in the correct form to finish the sentences. (1 p)
1. The plant (to run) ……………….. by the head engineer for a fortnight before a new director (appoint) ……………
2. Here you (to be) …………. at last! I (to wait)………………. for you for twenty minutes.
3. He hated (to bother)………………. with trifling matters when he had many more important things (to deal) …………… with.
4. She would never miss a chance (to show) ……………………… her efficiency, she was so anxious (to like)…………. and (to praise) ……………….
5. The idea was too complicated (to express) …………….. in just one paragraph.
II. Read the passage and choose the correct answer to each question. (1 p)
Today, walking around Ha Noi or Ho Chi Minh City, you can easily see the image of a Vietnamese kid eating KFC-styled chicken, drinking Coca Cola and watching Disney Channel. On Vietnamese channels premiere a lot of Korean, Chinese, American films. English songs appear in iPods or MP3 players of many teenagers. All shows the tremendous effects of globalization on Vietnamese life, especially Vietnamese culture.
Globalization does bring convenience and comfort to Vietnamese people. Now we can enjoy goods and services with high quality and competitive prices as many foreign companies join our market. Advances in communication help eradicate geographic borders among countries and therefore connect our world. Especially, globalization shortens the long-standing distance among different cultures. For example, right here in Viet Nam, we can watch latest movies made in Hollywood; we can read famous books written by authors from US, UK, EU, Japan, China… We can see the appearance of restaurants serving Thai, Italian, Japanese, American, Latin American food in big cities. Moreover, globalization is fast and useful ways to present Vietnamese culture to the whole world.
However, that does not mean globalization does no harm to the culture of our country. One of the most concerning problems caused by globalization is the dominance of foreign culture on Vietnamese life. Simply put, people lose their traditional values and begin to identify with the culture of dominant nations. Perhaps, the most apparent and serious effect is language. Our Vietnamese language is facing “severe competition” from other languages, especially English.
1. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as one effect of globalization on Vietnamese life?
A. Traditional cuisine
B. Foreign movies
C. English songs
D. Local crafts
2. The word “premiere” in the first paragraph probably means ______.
A. Appear on the screen
B. Be shown in an exhibition
C. Become popular and accepted
D. Be made for somebody to see
3. The word “However” at the beginning of the last paragraph is used to ______ .
A. Give an example of the judgment mentioned earlier
B. Introduce a new but different idea
C. Confirm what has been said above
D. Present something urgent and significant
4. According to the writer, the problem that the Vietnamese language is facing is
A. Easily noticed
B. Hardly existing
C. Simply linguistic
D. Rarely problematic
5. What might be the writer’s attitude in the passage?
A. Positive
B. Negative
C. Both positive and negative
D. Neither positive nor negative
III. Cloose the correct option A, B, C, or i to complete each sentence. (I p)
1. I enjoy _____ but I also like meals out at restaurants.
A. To cooking B. cook C. cooked D. cooking
2. _____ do teenagers in your country give their friends on their birthday?
A. What B. Which C. When D. Why
3. Please______ the light. It’s getting dark here.
A. Turn on B. turn off C. turn over D. turn into
4. Faraday attended a lecture _____ by a famous scientist.
A. Giving B. gave C. given D. to give
5. Duong suggested______ to the exhibition Viet Nam: Then and Now, and we all
agreed.
A. To go B. going C. us to go D. us going
6. I wish I ______all the natural and man-made wonders of Viet Nam.
A. Visit B. will visit C. could visit D. am visiting
7. Children in large families learn how to get___ with other people.
A. Along B. away C. across D. through
8. We’d like our students to participate more ______ in the school’s social programmes.
A. Basically B. dynamically C. actively D. comprehensively
9. Yesterday, a policeman came and explained to us _____ to act and where to get
help in emergencies.
A. Where B. what C. how D. whether
10. In many big cities, people have to_____ up with noise, overcrowding and bad air.
A. Catch B. keep C. face D. put
IV. Replace the underlined phrasal verb in each sentence with a one-word verb. (2 p)
1. You will soon pick up health when you get to the seaside.
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2. He has laid aside some money so that he will be comfortable in his old age.
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3. He told me that he would brina out a new album the next month.
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4. We looked over the house again before we decided we would rent it.
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5. The council has failed to deal with the problem of homelessness in the city.
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6. Andrew Carnegie helped to set up about 3000 public library all over the United States, Canada, Britain, and others.
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7. My old school has been pulled down to make room for a new and larger one.
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8. Did you find out whether there are any seats left for the show?
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9. I wonder who first came up with the idea of a supermarket.
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10. As I kept my feet wet, I went down with a terrible cold last week.
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V. Read the passage below and decide which answer A, B, C, or D fits each numbered gap» (I p)
Teenagers do not spend as much money as their parents suspect – at least not according to the findings of a (1) _____ survey. The survey (2) ______ 300 teenagers, 13-18 years old, from all over Britain.
By the time they reach their teens, most children see their weekly (3) _______ rise dramatically to an amazing national average of £20. Two thirds think they (4) _______ enough money, but most expect to have to do something to get it.
Although they have more cash, worry about debt is (5)_________among teenagers.
Therefore, the majority of children make an effort to (6) ________some aside for the
future.
Greater access (7) _______cash among teenagers does not, however, mean that they are more irresponsible (8) ______ a result. Instead of wasting (9) ______ pocket money they have on sweets or magazines, the 13-year-olds who took part in the survey seem to (10) _____ to the situation by saving more than half of their cash.
1. A. late B. recent C. latest D. fresh
2. A. included B. contained C. counted D. enclosed
3. A. allowance B. support C. bonus D. profit
4. A. accept B. earn C. make D. get
5. A. gaining B. heightening C. increasing D. building
6. A. put B. save C. spare D. keep
7. A. to B. with C. from D. along
8. A. like B. as C. for D. in
9. A. that B. whether C. which D. what
10. A. reply B. answer C. respond D. return
VI. Use the right form of the words in brackets to complete the passage. (2 p)
Air and water pollution might be assumed to be less (1. press) _______________ in
cities of developing countries because of lower levels of (2. industry) ______________
development. But in fact hundreds of such cities have high (3. concentrate) ________
of industry. Air, water, noise, and solid waste (4. pollute) _______________ problems
have increased rapidly and can have dramatic impacts on the life and health of city
(5. inhabit) __________ on their economy, and on jobs. Even in a (6. relate)_________
small city, just one or two factories dumping wastes into the only (7. near) _________
river can contaminate everyone’s drinking, washing, and cooking water. Many slums
and shanties crowd close to (8. hazard) __________ industries, as this is land no one
else wants. This proximity has magnified the risks for the poor, a fact (9. demonstrate)
__________ by great loss of life and human (10. suffer) ___________ in various recent
industrial accidents.
VII. Fill each blank with a suitable word to complete the passage. (1 p)
Angkor, in Cambodia’s northern province of Siem Reap, is one of the most important archaeological sites of Southeast Asia. It extends over approximately 400 square
kilometres and (1) ______________ of temples, hydraulic structures (basins, dykes, reservoirs, canals) as well as communication routes. For
several centuries, Angkor was (2) ___________ centre of the Khmer Kingdom. With impressive monuments, different ancient urban plans and large water reservoirs, the site is a (3) _________ concentration of features testifying to an exceptional civilization. Temples such as Angkor Wat, the Bayon, Preah Khan and Ta Prohm, are exemplars of Khmer (4) ___________ Angkor is therefore a major site exemplifying cultural, religious and symbolic values. It is truly a (5) __________ of the world. UNESCO has set up a wide-ranging programme to safeguard this symbolic site and its surroundings.
VIII. Rewrite the following sentences, so that their meaning stays the same, using the words given. Do not change these words. (1 p)
1. “I’ve had better marks than anyone else all term!” (BOASTED)
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2. I would love to know how the magician did his tricks. (CURIOUS)
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3. “Why don’t we join a volunteer group next summer?” (SUGGESTED)
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4. He likes people to call him “Professor”. (ADDRESSED)
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5. I do like to have good communication skills, and can make more friends. (WISH)
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