Nguyen Du High School Class 11 A Full name: FORTY-FIVE- MINUTE TEST Mark 003 1ST/FIRST SEMESTER.A/CLASS11-NGUYENDU HIGH SCHOOL/2005-2006 I. Circle the best answer (2ms) 1. Current standards of beauty have been ………………………………… by films. a. broadened b. contributed c. aware d. influenced 2. Have you seen the new-style fridge ………………………………… on television last night? a. advertising b. advertised c. advertises d. advertiser 3. It is an ………………………………… of kindness to help a blind man across the street. a. action b. acting c. act d. activities 4. As we walk along the street, we see displays in store windows and pictures on ………………………………… a. billboards b. wall c. blackboards d. banners 5. Do you think ………………………………… possible to ask them to exchange this shirt? a. its b. it c. that d. because of 6. Every year billions of dollars are spent …………………………………… advertising. a. on b. in c. into d. with 7. Look at the nice ………………………………… signs. a. electricity b. electric c. electrician d. electrically 8. These are the people whose ………………………………… are very important. a. contributions b. contributes c. contributors d. contributory II. Supply the correct verb form (1.5ms) My brother is an engineer for a construction company. He usually (1. come) to work by motorbike but yesterday he (2. take) the bus because his motorbike broke down. My brother (3. be) engineer for more than five years and he is still interested in (4. read) books about construction. Last night he (5. still/read) a book when everyone (6. go) to bed. 1. 2 3 4 5 6 III. Rearrange these groups of words to make basic noun phrases with their modifiers (1.5ms) 1. Italian / leather / boots 2. my / wooden / boat / old 3. way / most / important / one / of the IV. Rewrite these sentences without changing their meaning (2ms) 1. No matter what you do, you should do it devotedly. (devotedly: caàn maãn)  You should 2. They made radios slowly and expensively at first.  Radios 3. To be a good student is easy.  Working hard makes it 4. Collecting stamps and doing crossword puzzles are two of my hobbies.  Among V. Fill in each blank with one suitable word (1m) others – make – or – word Different language learners learn words in different ways. Some __ (1) __ a list and put it into the meanings of the new words in their language, and try to learn them by heart. However __ (2) __ do not. Instead they write one __ (3) __ two example sentences with each new word in order to remember how to use the __ (4) __ in the right way. 1 2 3 4 VI. Read the passage carefully make questions and answer them My favourite sport is swimming. I learnt to swim when I was five and I have been to the swimming pool at least twice a week ever since. You do not need much special equipment if you want to learn to swim- only a pair of trunks, if you are a boy or a swimming costume and a cap, if you are a girl. Notes: - trunks (n) : quaàn bôi - costume (n) : trang phuïc 1. How old / the writer / when / learnt to swim? 2. What / boy need / wants / learn to swim? VII. Put the following sentence-parts in the right order 1. to tell stories / to be shown / or / in theatres. / Not / are made / all films //  2. of / advertising. / we see / Every day / and / hear / a great deal //  3. too / This shirt / for / small / me / is / to wear //  4. the best / What / film / is / you / have ever seen? //  . Nguyen Du High School Class 11 A Full name: FORTY-FIVE- MINUTE TEST Mark 003 1ST/FIRST SEMESTER.A/CLASS11-NGUYENDU HIGH SCHOOL/2005-2006 I. Circle the best answer