TEST 4 I. PRONUNCIATION : Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. 1. a. eternal b. expectation c. ethical d. explanation 2. a. glorious b. gorgeous c. spacious d. our 3. a. imitate b. expectation c. fathom d. pay 4. a. drowse b. cow c. narrow d. however 5. a. due b. drunkard c. useful d. contribute II. VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSION : Choose the most suitable word or phrase. 1. The pupils assembled in the school hall. a. drowsed b. gathered c. imitated d. looked 2. I have ever enjoyed a delightful rural ______ when I visited a Vietnamese village. a. sightseeing b. sight c. scene d. look 3. The passengers went ______ when the boat reached the port. a. ashore b. down c. gaudy d. drowsing 4. A film of dark smoke appears above one of the remote points. a. nearly b. narrow c. faraway d. next 5. The cat is lying leisurely in the morning ______. a. sunset b. dark c. moonlight d. sunshine 6. The lazy boy had little ______ of passing the exam. a. attention b. intention c. expectation d. motion 7. I can not ______ our lives without electricity. a. imitate b. picture c. lie d. look 8. The coin fell and ______ away. a. rolled b. walked c. expected d. drove 9. ______ is used for making matches. a. Paper b. Rubbish c. Pinewood d. Bread 10. Mark Twain was one of the ______ novelists in the world. a. distinguish b. distinguishable c. distinguished d. distinguishing 11. He has a great ______ for learning English. a. facile b. facilitate c. facilitating d. facility 12. What a ______ setting. a. picture b. picturesque c. picturesquely d. pictorial 13. Please wake me ______ at 6 o’clock. a. up b. on c. of d. off 14. The upper deck are full ______ passengers. a. in b. with c. at d. of 15. Have you seen her ______ latest picture ? a. a b. an c. the d. no article III. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE : Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order to make the sentence correct. 1. My little son insisted on go out by himself. 2. The police stopped everybody enter the house. 3. The boy run after the ball is my son. 4. Are you interesting in working for us ? 5. The florist recommended me buying some roses. 6. I don’t recommend to eat in that restaurant. Its food is awful. 7. The robbers arrest by the police last week have just escaped from the prison. 8. They will help you whenever you will ask them. 9. I enjoy not have to get up early when I am on holiday. 10. She apologized for being many rude to me. IV. READING COMPREHENSION : A. Read the text carefully and then choose the correct answers. Mark Twain was born in Missouri in 1835 and grew up on the banks of the Mississippi River. The river environment inspired Mark Twain to write the novels which brought him his greatest fame. “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”, “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”, and “Life on the Mississippi” told of his adventures on the river boats of that period. The writer showed the characters in the novels with such sympathy and understanding that readers always see themselves in these characters. Mark Twain protested against slavery and one of the main characters in the novel “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” is a Negro, Jim, who is honest, brave and kind. Some bourgeois critics of that time did not like the books and said the novels gave a bad example for young people. After that kind of criticism, the public libraries took “Tom” and “Huck” off their shelves. Ernest Hemingway once wrote, “all modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called “Huckleberry Finn”. 1. Mark Twain ______. a. found his inspiration from the river environment to write his novels. b. did not like the river. c. was given fame by the river d. was not influenced by the river. 2. Readers ______. a. do not like his novels. b. can see themselves in Mark Twain’s characters. c. can not understand his novels. d. do not enjoy reading his novels. 3. Jim, one of the main characters in the novel “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” is ______. a. white, honest, brave and kind b. white, dishonest, brave and kind c. black, dishonest, brave and kind d. black, honest, brave and kind 4. Mark Twain novels ______. a. were highly appreciated by some bourgeois critics. b. were disliked by some bourgeois critics. c. were really bad examples. d. were not appreciated by young people. 5. After the bourgeois’ criticism, the public libraries ______. a. lent Mark Twain’s novels to readers. b. bought a lot of Twain’s novels. c. put Twain’s novels away d. closed B. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase. Huckleberry Finn is a boy (1) ______ is worth (2) ______. He smokes and swears, and he steals (3) ______ he is forced to. He has a strange brand of morals all his own. In a society (4) ______ sober industry and respectability are the (5) ______ virtues, Huck (6) ______ abandons himself to laziness, (7) ______ and adventure. He is (8) ______ aspect of ourselves. Huck is always a bad boy, but never a brutal or a vicious one. He is the (9) ______ and the worst part of every boy (10) ______ ever lived. 1. a. who b. whom c. which d. when 2. a. to know b. know c. knowing d. knew 3. a. that b. when c. whose d. why 4. a. that b. why c. who d. where 5. a. great as b. greatest c. more great d. as great 6. a. cheer b. cheerful c. cheerfully d. cheerless 7. a. free b. freedom c. freed d. freely 8. a. a b. an c. the d. no article 9. a. good b. better c. gooder d. best 10.a. who b. which c. whom d. whose . TEST 4 I. PRONUNCIATION : Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently. ______ at 6 o’clock. a. up b. on c. of d. off 14. The upper deck are full ______ passengers. a. in b. with c. at d. of 15. Have you seen her ______ latest picture ? a. a b. an c. the d. no article. smokes and swears, and he steals (3) ______ he is forced to. He has a strange brand of morals all his own. In a society (4) ______ sober industry and respectability are the (5) ______ virtues,