III/ Read the following passage then answer the questions. Write your answers on the answer sheet.
Mark Twain was a famous American writer. His real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens and “Mark Twain” was his pen name. He was born in a small town on the Missouri River in the USA. The boy had many friends at school and when he became a writer, he described them in his stories.
When he was twelve, his father died and the boy began to work and learned the profession of a printer. He always wanted to be a sailor and when he was twenty, he found work on a river boat. Then he left the boat and lived in California. Here he began writing short stories under the name of Mark Twain. He sent them to newspapers. The readers liked his stories very much. His best novel “The Adventure of Tom Sawyer “ was published in 1876.
Question 21. Who was Mark Twain?
Question 22. Where was he born?
Question 23. How old was he when his father died?
Question 24. Did the readers like his stories very much?
Question 25. When was his best novel published?
IV/ Choose the word that best fits the blank space in the following passage. Write the letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet.
If you are (26) ______ to someone’s house for dinner in the United States, you should (27) ______ a gift, such as a bunch of flowers or a box of chocolates. If you give your host a wrapped (28) ______, he or she may open it in front of you. Opening a present m front of the gift-giver is considered (29) ______. It shows that the host is excited about receiving the gift and wants to show his/her appreciation to you immediately. (30) ______ the host doesn’t like it, he or she will tell a “white lie” and say how much they like the gift to prevent the guest from feeling bad.
Question 26. A. called B. invited C. calling D. inviting
Question 27. A. take B. give C. bring D. make
Question 28. A. gift B. gifts C. flower D. flowers
Question 29. A. funny B. sad C. rude D. polite
Question 30. A. Although B. But C. Because D. So
V/ (1,0 point) Fill in each gap of the following sentences with ONE suitable word. Write it on your answer sheet.
Question 31. It often rains heavily ____________ summer.
Question 32. It took me 2 hours to ____________ the letter to my best friend.
Question 33. Mrs Phuong always prides ____________ on her appearance.
Question 34. Would you ____________ lending me your pen?
Question 35. She arrived in Singapore ____________ Tuesday morning.
VI/ ) Rearrange these words or phrases into meaningful sentences. The first one has been done for you as an example. Write your answers on the answer sheet.
Example: O. in/live / Hung Yen. / I
=> I live in Hung Yen.
Question 36. journey / The / home village / my / is / to / interesting. / very
=> ________________________________________________________
Question 37. Mr Ba / young. / used to / when / go swimming / was / he
=> ________________________________________________________
Question 38. interested / playing / in / is / football. / My friend
=> ________________________________________________________
Question 39. tired / he / now / because / Nam / is / stayed up / last night / late
=> ________________________________________________________
Question 40. I / enough money, / had / If / buy / I / would / this book.
=> ________________________________________________________
VII/ Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it. Write your answers on the answer sheet.
Question 41. “Let’s go out for dinner” Mary said.
=> Mary suggested
Question 42. John is too young to understand the question.
=> John is not
Question 43. The last time I heard from my sister was 5 months ago.
=> I haven’t
Question 44. Nobody in the factory works more carefully than Mr Thanh.
=> Mr Thanh is the
Question 45. The box was so heavy that my son couldn’t carry it.
=> It was
Fill in each numbered space with ONE appropriate word.
Mark Twain is a famous American writer. His real (1)__NAME____was Samuel Longhorn Clemens and " Mark Twain" was (2)__HIS__ pen- name. Samuel Clemens was born in a
small (3)___TOWN____ on the Mississippi river in the USA. The boy (4)__HAD___many friends
at school and when he became a writer, he described them in his stories. (5)____WHEN____
Samuel was twelve, his father died and the boy began to work and learned the (6)__PROFESSION__
of a printer. Samuel always (7)___WANT___to be a sailor and when he was twenty, he found work on a river boat. After some time he (8)_SAILS__ the boat and went to live in California.
Here he began to write short stories (9)_BY__the name of Mark Twain. He sent (10)__TO__
to newspapers. The readers liked his stories very much.
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