BỘ ĐỀ ÔN THI TN – ĐH – CĐ NĂM 2011 MÔN ANH VĂN – TEST 35 pps

BỘ ĐỀ ÔN THI TN – ĐH – CĐ NĂM 2011

MÔN ANH VĂN – TEST 35

I. Give the correct tense of the verbs in brackets :

Linh lives in Hanoi but her brother Minh (1 live)

…………………………in Thai Nguyen. He (2 arrive)

…………………………yesterday to visit her . She (3 love)

………………………… her brother and is happy to be with him. Tomorrow

she (4 take) ………………………… him to some interesting places in

Hanoi.

Yesterday when I (5 get) ………………………… up, it (6 snow)

………………………… heavily. The weather (7 be)

………………………… very cold, so I (8 decide) …………………………

to have breakfast at home.

II. Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the best option:

1. He began working here (in / for / since / on) September.

2. The journey is (short / shorter / shortest) than I thought.

3. They are the children (whose / who / whom / they) won the match yesterday.

4. It isn’t easy to start looking (at / into / for / in) a job at his age.

5. She was born (in / on / at) May 12th,1999.

6. He works as (hard / harder / hardest) as his brothers.

7. In England people drive (in / on / at / of) the left side (in / on / at / of) the

road.

8. We would go camping (although / but / if / unless) the weather were fine.

III. Give the correct form of the words in brackets

1. She is fed up with (do) ………………………the same thing every day.

2. Who is that old man with white hair? Is he a (science) ………………………?

3. It seems that Mary has been working (success) ……………………… in her

new job.

4. The South of England is (wealth) ……………………… than the North.

5. His speech was so (bore) ……………………… that most of the audience fell

asleep.

6. Laura is busy writing the (year) ……………………… report at the moment.

7. Can you see the (different) ……………………… between these two

pictures?

8. Car racing is a very (danger) ……………………… sport.

IV. Read the following passage and do the exercises below:

The word is getting smaller and smaller. You can fly around the world in

less than 50 hours.

The newest planes go 600 miles an hour, and we are now developing planes

that are even faster. But it is used to take a lot longer to go around the world.

Magellan’s men were the first to make the trip. It took them more than two years.

They went by ship.

Magellan was from Portugal, but he sailed for the King of Spain. On

September 20, 1519, he left Spain with five ships and 240 men. He was killed in the

Philippines Islands. More than two years later, on December 21, 1521, one of five

ships with only 31 men returned to Spain.