Thi CHUYEN 10

WRITTEN TEST 1

Exercise 1: Odd one out
1. a. label b. danger c. natural d. ancient
2. a. sugar b. sight c. spot d. trust
3. a. bombing b. plumber c. subject d. debt
4. a. plough b. laugh c. bought d. caught
5. a. purpose b. produce c. pollute d. compose

Exercise 2: Pronunciation
1. a. priority b. temperature c. considerate d. traditional
2. a. describe b. behave c. provide d. damage
3. a. extensive b. decorate c. generous d. nominate
4. a. collapse b. parade c. destroy d. household
5. a. minority b. economic c. inspiration d. understanding

Exercise 3: Choose
What a nice day! Let’s go for a picnic,…………?
a. will we b. do you c. shall we d. don’t you
John gets good marks,………..pleases his parents.
a. that b. which c. they d. it
The fewer bags you take,……….trouble you will have en route.
a. the fewer b. the little c. the less d. the least
This house needs………
a. to repaint b. repainted c. to be repainting d. repainting
I have just bought…………….
a. a brown nice leather belt b. a nice leather brown belt
c. brown a leather nice belt d. a nice brown leather belt
Either I or John………..the keys t the car.
The doctor was attending………the sick.
a. by b. to c. over d. with
………your father was in hospital, we would have gone to see him.
a. had we known b. if we have known c. if we knew d. we had known
We’d better not waste water……..we don’t have enough to drink sooner or later.
a. only if b. or else c. as soon as d. in case
……….at the table when the phone rang.
a. hardly we had sat down b. hardly had we sat down
c. no sooner we had sat down d. no sooner had we sat down


Exercise 4: Rewrite
I expect that he will get there by lunchtime.
I expect him…………………………………………
Would you mind not smoking in here.
I’d rather……………………………………………..
Try as hard as I might I couldn’t open the door.
No matter how……………………………………….
They were very impressed by her performance.
Her performance made……………………………………..
When are the council going to do something about the city’s traffic problem.
It’s high time something……………………………………
I didn’t realize who he was until later.
Only later…………………………………………………….
We left quietly, so that we wouldn’t disturb the children.
So as not to………………………………………………..
The meeting was well attended.
A lot of people………………………………..
I can’t stand that dreadful noise any longer.
I have had………………………………………
Given fair warning, I could have avoided that date.
If you had told me………………………………………

Exercise 5: Use the word give in brackets to form a word that fits in each of the space
BOOKS
Nearly all the discoveries that have been made through the ages can be found in books. The invention of the book is one of humankind’s greatest (achieve)………., the importance of which cannot be (estimate)…………
Books are very adaptable, (provide) ……….us with both entertainment and information. The (produce)…………of books began in Ancient Egypt, though not in a form that is (recognize)………….to us today. The books read by the Romans, however, have some (similar)……….to the ones we read now. Until the middle of 15th century, in Europe, all books were written by hand. They were often (beauty)…………illustrated and always rare and (expense)………. . With printing came the possibility of cheap, large-scale publication and (distribute)………of books, making knowledge more widespread and (access)……….