Mid-Term Test (Phần V, VI, VII, VIII)
V. Read the passage and insert a word in each of the blanks. (1 p)
Hi. My name is Buon Krong. I am a member of the Ede people. I live in a small village in (1) ________ Central Highlands of Viet Nam. It is my homeland. There are about 250 peopỉe living here. The village is quiet and the life is slow and easy. We (2)________ have to queue in shops or banks. The people here live on growing corn and coffee.
The air here is very clean (3) _________there is not much trattic, and there are no tactories. My village people are much more triendly than those in a City. If someone has a problem, there are always people who can help. However, one thing I don’t like about the (4) __________ here ỉs that there is not much to do in the evening and at weekend. We haven’t got a cinema or theater. We haven’t got a library either. But I still (5) ___________ life in my viilage to life in a big City.
VI. Use the correct form of the words in brackets to complete the sentences. (1 p)
1. The storm arrived at the village much (soon)_________ than we expected
2. My cat is a better pet: she pỉays much (quiet) _________ than my big, noisy dog.
3. Many birds fỉy a long way, but Arctic terns fly the (far) ______
4. Do you know that light travels (fast) ______ than sound?
5. Of all the girls, Hoa did the embroidery the (caretul) ________.
VII. Read the passage and choose the correct answer to each question below (1 p).
Leisure activity isn’t just for tun, says Howard E.A. Tinsley, a protessor from the University of Plorida who has developed a scale that classit ies hobbies based on needs they satisfy in people. The scale can help people find more personal fulfillment by giving them insight into what they really like. “The surprising thing is that activities you might think are very different have similar effects on people. Probably no one would consider acting to have the same characteristics as roller-skating or playing baseball, but people who act as a hobby report teeling an intense sense of belonging to a group, much the same way others do in playing sports.”
And activities providing the strongest sense of competition are not sports, but card and Computer game, he tound. Participating in soccer satisties our desire for a sense of “belonging”, and coin collecting fulfills the need for “creativity”. With so many people in jobs they don’t care for, leisure is a prized aspect of people’s lives, Tinsley said. “Yet it’s not something psychologists really study. Economists tell us how much money people spend skiing, but nobody explains why skiing really appeals to people.”
Pishing, generaliy considered an outdoor recreational activity, for example, is a form of self-expression like stamp collecting, because it gives people the opportunity to express some aspect of their personality by doing something different from their daily routine, he said.
1. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Both acting and roller-skating give peopỉe a teeling of being a part of a team.
B. Collecting things satisties people’s desire for making new things.
C. Pishing allows you to show the type of person you are.
D. Researchers know for sure why a hobby attracts a person.
2. According to the passage, outdoor recreational activity is considered as _______ .
A. A way of showing people’s habits
B. A method of satistying their expectation
C. A chance to show their character
D. An activity to show their unity in a team
3. Taking part in sports gives you_________ .
A. The strongest desire to win
B. A need for creativity
C. The chance to express your teelings
D. A sense of being part of a team
4. The bold word “it” in the last paragraph reters to _____
A. Tishing B. an activíty
C. Self-expression D. stamp collecting
5. Which sentence best summarizes the passage?
A. Leisure activity and sport are totally different
B. Leisure activities satisty people’s particular desires
C. A person’s personality is expressed Via his hobbies
D. Sports affect a person’s personality
VIII. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the sam as the sentence belore it. (1 p)
1. Cats cannot swim as well as dogs. (BETTER)
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2. I get a lot of pleasure from reading cookery books. (ENJOY)
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3. Would you like to play a game of tennis now? (FANCY)
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4. How much are those trainers? (COST)
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5. Which costume do you like better, the Tay’s or the Pathen’s? (PREPER)
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