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ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEST (30 minutes)
Level B
Part 1. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.
Example: What time………………you get up yesterday?
A. do B. are C. did D. will
………………………………………………………………………………………
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1. Why do you spend all your time ________ your sister.
A. arguing about B. arguing for
C. arguing with D. arguing at
2. Please call me when ________ to go out.
A. you ready B. you are ready
C. are you ready D. ready
3. “He speaks Japanese, ________?”
A. does he B. isn’t he
C. doesn’t he D. didn’t he
4. She went to the movies last night, but I ________.
A. didn’t either B. didn’t
C. did D. went
5. Since the beginning of the storm several trees ________ down.
A. fell B. felt
C. have fallen D. have felt
6. The dog kept ________ at the stranger and frightened him away.
A. barked B. barking
C. was barking D. has barked
7. The children had been ________ of the danger, but had taken no notice.
A. warned B. explained
C. shown D. prevented
8. He lost all his money through ________ on cards and horses.
A. playing B. risking
C. gambling D. chancing
9. His father had ________ him how to make model aeroplanes.
A. guided B. taught
C. described D. planned
10. I would like to offer a small ________ to anyone who finds my missing dog.
A. receipt B. repayment
C. expense D. reward
Part 2. Read the text below and choose the best answer
TÀI LIỆU ÔN TẬP KỲ THI TUYỂN CÔNG CHỨC HÀNH CHÍNH MÔN TIÊNG ANH
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Dorothea Shaw is 71 years old and nearly blind, and when she chose to live alone
far away from people, she went about as far as it is possible to go to escape
humanity. She lives in Belize - a country the size of Wales with a population only
that of Swansea. Her home is at Gales Point, a tiny village which can be reached
only by sea or air; after a ten-mile walk into the hills one finally reaches a plot of
land and two small huts so hidden in the thick over-grown forest that only a
handful of people know Dorothea is there.
She lives happily and totally alone - growing her vegetables, looking after her
trees and dogs, cats and chickens. Once a month or so an old friend passes by with
her food supplies and mail - usually including a letter from her sister in
Scunthorpe and some bits of clothing from friends in Canada. Sometimes a local
man will come and chop wood for her and the occasional group of British soldiers
will come across her and be greeted with the offer of a cup of coffee.
At night she lies in her tiny sleeping hut with the dogs on the floor, the cats on the
table near the typewriter and one of the hens settled down in the corner of the
packet bookshelf, and listens for hours to any Spanish, English, German or French
broadcasts she can find on her radio. Sometimes she gets lonely but most of the
time the animals and the radio are company enough.
But recently the very things which she had escaped from and hidden from so well
have begun to catch up with her. The peace of the forest has been destroyed by the
roar of earth-moving machines not many miles away. Humanity and the 20 th
century, once only heard of distantly on the radio, are now on her doorstep. Things
began to change three years ago. The new main north-south highway in Belize was
cut through the forest only four or five miles away. "Now more and more people
know I'm here," she says, "I feel more threatened each day".
1. Dorothea's huts....
A. have always been her home
B. are entirely surrounded by trees
C. were built for just a few people
D. are in a country with the same population as Wales
2. Dorothea lives in the forest because....
A. she is too old to move
B. machines destroyed her home
C. she has no where to live
D. she doesn't like living near people
3. To keep her company, Dorothea has....
A. her sister
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B. some animals
C. friends from Canada
D. a postman
4. Dorothea spends a lot of time....
A. talking with her neighbours
B. chopping down trees
C. listening to the radio
D. studying languages
5. In the last three years, Dorothea has been disturbed by....
A. the making of a new road
B. what she has heard on the radio
C. people visiting her home
D. threats of violence
Part 3. Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space.
HONEY
Honey is a sweet liquid made by bees. It (1)………………… of water and
sugars.
Bees may travel as (2)……………..…. as seventy-five thousand kilometres and
visit over
two million flowers to produce just half a kilo of honey. The colour and flavour of
honey depend (3)……………. the type of flower visited. In
(4)……………………… , there are
more than three hundred (5)……………. of honey.
The lighter-coloured ones are generally milder in flavour than darker
honey.
In ancient (6)………………………… , honey was the main sweet food, as
sugar was very (7)………………. Honey was of great (8)………………... to the
ancient Egyptians, who used it as payment.
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Today, honey is produced and eaten in (9)……………………. part of the
world. Research suggests that it prevents tiredness and improves athletic
performance. However, honey is not just food - it (10)………………….. be taken
for sore throats and is used in many skin and hair-care products.
1 A involves B contains C includes D consists
2 A well B long C soon D far
3 A to B on C for D with
4 A case B. order C fact D place
5 A varieties B collections C sets D differences
6 A seasons B times C years D dates
7 A distant B rare C small D slim
8 A cost B price C value D charge
9 A all B some C most D every
10 A shall B need C can D ought
ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEST (30 minutes)
Level B
Part 1. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.
Example: What time………………you get up yesterday?
A. do B. are C. did D. will
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1. Do you know the beautiful girl. . . . . . . . . ?
A. sit in the car B. sat in the car
C. sitting in the car D. who sit in the car
2. People used to believe that natural resources could never be ………………
A. run out B. used up
C. finished D. ended
3. You have to study harder to ……….. your classmates.
A. keep out of B. keep up with
C. take care of D. put an end to
4. I remember ………. him said that he would come but he is absent now.
A. hear B. to hear
C. hearing D. heard
5. His illness made him ……….. of concentration.
A. incompetent B. unable
C. incapable D. powerless
6. I could make ……….. the expression on his face.
A. up B. of
C. out D. for
7. . They worked hard …………… they might be well- prepared for the
examination. A. because B. since
C. then D. so that
8. The sick man …………… by the surgeon.
A. was operated B. operated on
C. was operated on D. is operated
9. Have this one, ……….?
A. do you
C. don’t you
B. will you
D. haven’t you