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TEST 4
I/LISTENING : Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer. GIVING A SPEECH Reasons for nervousness Lecturers often feel more nervous if a speech is 31. ________________. Many think that the ability to make a good public speaking is 32. ________________, while in fact it is a skill that can be learned by anyone. How to prepare a quality speech The audience will only remember the 33. ________________sentence of speech. Ensure that your speech is 34. ________________. Do's and Don'ts Don't start your speech until audience is 35. ________________. You can make your main ideas or notes on cards or a 36. ________________. You do not need to write down the 37. ________________speech. You can just write 38. ________________ideas. Remember to 39. ________________yourself to see how long your speech will be. Don't just 40. ________________a script. II/ Complete the phrasal verbs. You will need to use one preposition twice.
III/ Choose the word that best completes the sentence. IV- Underline the mistake then correct it. Example: 0. I haven’t saw you for two month 0/ seen Nam is a student. This year he had a very interested summer 1/ ________________ holiday. He traveled, with him classmates, to a mountainous area 2/ ________________ in Hoa Binh province. They gone there to help make a road 3/ ________________ through a forest among two villages. “ It was very difficult 4/ ________________ because there had no water to drink and no shops where we 5/ ________________ could bought food,”said Nam. “ It was very cold and wet 6/ ________________ in the mountains. It is one of the wetter places in the country.” 7/ ________________ Nam stayed in the mountains since six weeks. It was hard work, 8/ ________________
20. __________, I like the Rolling Stones A. No need to say B. Don’t need to say C. Needless saying D. Needless to say
VII. Use the right form of the word given in CAPITALS to complete the sentences.
1. He has known Tom for a long time and valued his __________. (FRIEND) 2. After all he has done for us, it would be very ________ of us if we didn’t do this for him now. (HELP) 3. The storm caused terrible _________ along the coast. (DESTROY) 4. __________ is one of the qualities required of a social worker. (FLEXIBLE) 5. The new leisure centre doesn’t quite come up to my __________. (EXPECT) 6. The floor of the attic needs _________ if we’re going to make it into a bedroom. (STRONG) 7. Is it possible to __________ between a hobby and an interest? (DISTINCT) 8. This used to be a rural area but it has become ___________. (INDUSTRY) 9. I’m surprised at what you’ve done. I hope my confidence in you has not been _____. (PLACE) 10. This jewel is not simply valuable. It is __________. (VALUE)
VIII/ Read the following passage and choose the best answers.
SENSES
All five senses are important to us, but the two most important senses are ( 1 ) ________ the sense of sight and the sense of hearing. Blind and deaf people must ( 2 ) ________ life difficult because they are unable to do (3) ________ that the rest of us can do naturally. People who (4) ________their sense of taste can not enjoy food as ( 5 ) ________as they used to, whilst ( 6 ) ________ who have no sense of smell can not realize, for example , when gas is ( 7 ) _______ or food has gone ( 8 ) _______. In addition to our physical senses, ( 9 ) ________ is a great help in life to have sense of humour, especially when things go wrong, and to have ( 10 ) ________ sense, something which can not be learned from books. 1 : A. probably B. likely C. certainly D. possibly 2 :A. think B. consider C. find D. regard 3 : A. things B. everything C. nothing D. what 4 : A. miss B. haven’t C. lack D. lose 5 : A. well B. happily C. much D. fully 6 :A. persons B. men C. those D.these 7 : A. losing B. leaking C. breaking D. flowing 8 :A. on B. away C. off D. out 9 : A. which B. here C. there D. it 10 : A. good B. common C. spirit D. intellect
IX/ Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underline part that needs
correcting.
1 : Before he retired last month, Mr. Smith has been working as a secretary in the House of Parliament. A. has been working B. a secretary C. Before D. 2 : He was one of the first inventor to apply the principles of mass production to the process of invention.
A. mass production B. to apply C. the process of invention D. one of the first inventor 3 : Sometimes it is difficult to avoid to drink when we enjoy an informal party. A. Sometimes B. to drink C. an informal party D. it is difficult 4 : Despite there is a lot of stress and pressure in my job, I have never thought of quitting it. A. of quitting B. have never thought C. there is D. pressure 5 : Education, whether it happens at school or anywhere else, is a important part in our life A. or B. a important part C. Education D. whether X/ WRITING
A. Finish each sentence in such a way that it means exactly the same as the one printed before it.
1. His second attempt on the world record was successful He broke_____________________________________________________________________. 2. They were all arrested because of his incompetence. Had_________________________________________________________________________. 3. Please don’t smoke in the kitchen. I’d rather ____________________________________________________________________. 4. “That’s a lovely new dress, Jean”, said her mother. Jean’s mother complimented _____________________________________________________. 5. I don’t really like her even though I admire her achievements Much________________________________________________________________________. He broke up the the world record successfully in his second attemp.
B. For each of the sentences, write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence, using
the word given in CAPITALS. This word must not be altered in any way.
- I don’t think this record will ever be popular. (CATCH) _________________________________________________________________________.
- A police car has just stopped outside. (UP) _________________________________________________________________________.
- They didn’t punish Karen, only gave her a warning. (GOT) _________________________________________________________________________.
- What are you trying to say? (AT) _________________________________________________________________________.
- Graham stopped talking to deal with a customer. (OFF) _________________________________________________________________________. ---THE END---
