ĐỀ THI SỐ 5
Question 1:Read the following passage and then choose the
best answer a,b,c,or d.
When you put a letter into the postbox,do you know what will
happen to it ?
First of all,a postman will come in a van to collect all the mail
from it.The mail is collected at fixed times,usually once in the
afternoon.These collection times are shown on each
postbox.The van will then take the mail to the nearest post
office.
The mail to places in the same district will be put together.A
machine will chop the stamps so that they cannot be used
again.Then postman will arrange the letters into bundles and
pack them into their postbags.
The work of a postman is not easy.He often has to get up very
early.He has to work outdoors in all weathers.He must be strong
in order to carry his heavy postbag.He sometimes has to read
bad writing.Can you read the address on this envelope ? It is
very difficult for postmen to deliver mail quickly and correctly
when addresses are not written clearly.
Do you know the proper way to send a letter ?If you are
writing to someone in Hong Kong,you should use a white
envelope.If you want to send a letter to a country outside Hong
Kong,you should use an envelope bordered by red and blue
stripes.Also you should write the name and address clearly and
correctly on the envelope.Letters and small parcels can be
posted in postboxes or at a post office.However,you must take
large parcels to a post office.It costs more to send a heavy
parcel than a light one.It is also more expensive to send
overseas.
1,In line 1,what does “it” refer to ?
a-a postman b-the van c-the postbox d-the mail
2,When is mail collected from a postbox ? a-Usually twice a
day.
b-At any time in a day. c-Only once in the afternoon. d-Twice
in the morning.
3,How do we know the collection times ?
a-A policeman will tell us. b-They are shown
outside the mail vans.
c-They are written on the postbags. d-They are shown on the
postboxes.
4,What does a machine do to the mail collected in a post office
?
a-It takes the stamps off for use again. b-It puts a chop on the
stamps.
c-It sticks more stamps onto them. d-It arranges the letters
into bundles.
5,What does the writer think about a postman’s work ?
a-It is really very easy. b-He has to work in good and
bad weather.
c-He has to walk all the time. d-He often works inside a post
office.
6,What kind of envelope should you use when you send a letter
to a local address ?
a-A white envelope. b-A red envelope with blue stripes.
c-A white envelope with red and blue stripes. d-A blue
envelope with red stripes
Question 2:Choose one suitable word below to fill each
numbered blank.
seldom, giving, However, understood, over, equal, which,
note, societies, Barter, selling, Moreover, used, exchange, in,
always
Money is used for buying or..1..goods,for measuring value
and for storing wealth.Almost every society now has a money
economy based on coins and paper notes of one kind or another.
..2..,this has not always been true.In primitive..3..,a system of
barter was used. ..4..was a system of direct..5..of goods.People
could exchange a sheep,for example,for anything in the market
place that they considered to be of..6..value.Barter,however,was
a very unsatisfactory system because people’s precise
needs..7..coincided.People needed a more practical system of
exchange and various money systems developed based on
goods..8..the members of a society recognized as having values.
Cattle, grain, sheeps, shells, feathers,skulls,salt,elephant tusks
and tobacco have all been..9..Precious metals gradually
took..10..because,when they made into coins,they were
portable, durable, recognizable and divisible into larger and
smaller units of value.
Question 3: Fill in each numbered space a suitable word to
finish the passage below.
IN Britain there is a..1..now which people call Mother’s
Day.In the old days,many girls from working-class..2..in towns
and cities and from farmers’ families in the country worked in
rich houses.They had to do all the..3..and their working day was
usually very long,they often worked on..4..,too.Once a year,it
was usually..5..Sunday in March,they could visit their
mothers.They went home on that day and..6..presents for their
mothers and for other members of their families.They could
stay at home only one day,and..7..they went back to their
work.People call that day Mothering Day or Mothering..8...
Later,workers at the factories and girls who worked in the
houses of rich families received one..9..day a month,and
Mothering Day became Mother’s Day.It..10.. the last Sunday in
March.
Question 4:Supply the correct form of the verb in brackets.
1,Last week,I took a group...(consist) of young...(marry)
couples,and anorher which.... (consist) of school
children,...(see) the sights.
2,Yesterday I...(walk) along the street when I...(realize) a man
with a black beard,whom I... (see) three times already,...(follow)
me.
3,Alex has a test tomorrow that he needs to study
for.He...(not,watch) TV right now.
4,I’ve felt better and better since you...(be) here.
5,A hundred people...(die) of starvation already.By the end of
the week two hundred ...(die). When you are goimg to send help
?
6,It...(be) 6 p.m,and Jack...(be) tired because he...(work) hard all
day.He...(be) also hungry because he...(have) nothing...(eat)
since breakfast.His wife usually...(bring) him sandwiches at
lunch time,but today for some reason she...(not,come).
Question 5:Rewrite these sentences,beginning as shown.
1,John Speke failed to find the source of the River Nile. / John
Speke didn’t succeed..........
2,I’m sure it wasn’t Mrs Elton you saw because she’s in Britol. /
It can’t................................
3,”Where is the station car-park?”Mrs Smith asked. / Mrs Smith
asked.................................