ENGLISH TEST 11

Time: 60 minutes

I. LISTENING
Questions 1-3: You will hear three short conversations. There is one question
for each conversation. For each of the questions, circle the right answer (A, B,
C, or D). You will listen to the recording twice

1. What is the daughter wearing?

A. A skinny T-shirt
B. A tight dress
C. A short top
D. Casual jeans
2. What does the boy think about single-sex schools?
A. They're boring
B. They limit academic performance
C. They're full of joy
D. They're life-changing
3. Which is NOT correct about Tom Butler?
A. He’s excellent at Maths
B. He wants to join a sport team
C. He plays a sport well
D. He won a medal in soccer
Questions 4-8: Listen to a passage on The International Day of Persons with
Disabilities. Fill in each gap of the note with NO MORE THAN TWO
WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER. You will listen to the recording twice.

The International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Started: 1992 
Aims: To increase (4)_____________________ of disability issues
Activities: Events, workshops and (5)_____________________
Facts about disability:
+ Over (6)_____________________ in the world live with disabilities.
+ Many people with disabilities lack help, care, (7)_____________________
and rights.
 + Disability is strongly connected with (8)_____________________.

II. LANGUAGE 
Question 9-10: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced
differently from that of the others:
 9.  A. Treasure  B. Scream     C. Sneaky       D. Cheat 
10. A. Talked      B. Painted     C. Asked         D.Liked 
Question 11-20: Choose the best answers
11. To do the work for a humane society is_______________
     A. Friendly     
     B. Mutual         
     C. Voluntary     
     D. Thoughtless
12. Schools need _______________ to help children to read and write
     A. Volunteers           
     B. Pioneers             
     C. Engineers            
     D. Innovators            
13. There is a special fund for the severely_______________ 
     A. Orphan       
     B. Volunteer      
     C. Aged           
     D. Handicapped
14. The_______________of this society in to provide community education for
street children
     A. Mission      
     B. Work          
     C. Job         
     D. Duty
15. They had a really good chance of winning the national_______________
     A. Compete      
     B. Competition        
     C. Competitor      
     D. Competitive 
16. She reminded him_______________the door carefully
     A. Close          
     B. To close             
     C. To be closed         
     D. Being closed
17. _______________for more than four hours, I felt tired and hungry
A. Having worked
B. Have worked
C. Having been worked
D. Have been worked
18. When they got to the station, the train_______________already
A. Left
B. Leaves
C. Has left
D. Had left
19. The Prime Minister_______________the Disability Confident Campaign two
years ago
A. Has launched
B. Has been launching
C. Launches
D. Launched
20. His decision to quit the job_______________all of us
A. Surprise
B. Is surprised
C. Surprising
D. Surprised
III. READING 
Questions 28-32: Read the passage about online dating and circle the best
option (A, B, C, or D) to fill in each numbered blank. An example has been
done for you

A new report from the Pew Research Center (0)____________ most Americans
think online dating is a good way (28)____________ people. Almost 60 percent of
Internet users say there is nothing wrong with trying to find a partner on the
Internet. Around one in ten Americans has used online dating services. About 11
percent of people who started a long-term (29)____________ in the past decade
met their partner online. However, 32 per cent of the interviewees think the
Internet does not help with marriage.
Sociologist Dr Kevin Lewis of the University of California told the USA Today
newspaper that women must remain (30)____________ about online dates. He
said: "There are lots of guys who build (31)____________ profiles but they are not
honest." He said men can have problems finding a date, too. "They can't get a
woman to respond because women receive so many messages." The Pew Report
also warned people to be careful about those who tell lies about themselves online.
Online (32)____________ are suggested to spend time understanding their dates
before they decide to meet face to face.
0. A. tells B. talks C. says D. speaks
21. A. meet B. to meet C. meeting D. met
22. A. relate B. relative C. relating D. relationship
23. A. easy B. cool C. elegant D. cautious
24. A. flashy B. fashionable C. fast D. flying
25. A. B. services C. daters D. assistants
dating

Questions 33-37: Read the passage about the ASEAN Para Games and circle
the correct option (A, B, C, or D) to answer each of the given questions

The year 2015 is a major year for Singapore sports! December 2015 will see
Singapore hosting the 8th ASEAN Para Games. It is the first time in the history
Singapore hosts the ASEAN Para Games for the persons with disabilities of this
scale. Let's see how we are going to Celebrate the Extraordinary!
The ASEAN Para Games - an every-two-year multi-sport event organised by the
ASEAN Para Sports Federation (APSF) for athletes with a disability - will be
hosted here in conjunction with our 50th anniversary of independence. The eighth
Games, expected to host 3,000 athletes and officials, will wrap up Singapore's 50th
birthday celebrations. The seven-day multi-sport event will have its competition
venues mainly at the Singapore Sports Hub and Kallang areas. There will be 15
sports in the 8th ASEAN Para Games. Beyond physical fitness, we believe in the
power of sports to strengthen the character, uplift the spirits, and bond the
community.
Adopting the theme of Celebrate the Extraordinary, the Games aims to stimulate
friendship and solidarity amongst persons with disabilities in the ASEAN region,
to encourage sport for the differently abled, and to integrate persons with
disabilities into the society through sport. It will serve as a platform for promoting
the bloc's motto "One Vision, One Identity, One Community".

26. What is the best title for the passage?

A. Singapore sports events
B. Celebrate the Extraordinary!
C. Who come to the Games?
D. The seventh ASEAN Para Games
27. The word “It” in the last paragraph refers to ____________
A. The ASEAN region
B. The ASEAN motto
C. Singapore
D. The Games
28. If the Games is held every two years, the 9th ASEAN Para Games will be
organised in ____________.
A. 2016
B. 2017
C. 2018
D. 2019
29. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as the power of sports?
A. Improve physical health
B. Inspire people’s spirits
C. Connect the society
D. Recognise individual character
30. One goal of the ASEAN Para Games is ____________.
A. To enhance solidarity among ASEAN
B. To integrate sports into the society
C. To serve a social platform
D. To create an ASEAN motto
IV. WRITING  
Question 31-32: Choose the underlined part among A, B, C, D that needs
correcting
31. The states school system in England can be divided into two levels of
educated: primary and secondary.

A.  Be divided
B.  Into
C.  Educated
D.  Secondary

32. She smelt something burning and saw smoke rise

A.  Smelt  
B.  Burning  
C.  Smoke  
D.  Rise
Question 33-34: Choose the best answer
33. I have not met her for three years
A. The last time I met her was three years ago
B. It is three years when I will meet her
C. I did not meet her three years ago
D. During three years, I met her once
34. Even though it was raining heavily, the explorers decided to continue their
journey
A .It rained so heavily that the explorers could not continue their journey
B. The explorers put off their journey due to the heavy rain
C. The heavy rain could not prevent the explorers from continuing their journey
D. If it had rained heavily, the explorers would not have continued their journey 

Question 35-37: For each question, complete the new sentence so that it means
the same as the given one(s) using NO MORE THAN FIVE WORDS
35. I'm sure Jim had left when they arrived
→ Jim _______________________________ when they arrived
36. I'd advise you to check your answers
→  You'd ___________________________________
37. She hates getting up early
→  She can't ________________________________

Question 38-40:  Arrange these words or groups of words in the correct order
38. story/ I / your/ again/ no/ to/ have/ hearing/ objection
_____________________________________________

39. people/ caring/ life/ entire/ spends/ other/ She/ her/ for
_____________________________________________

40. I/ Saturday/ Pam/ on/ to/ the/ invited/ cinema/ to go 

_____________________________________________ 
KEY:
CÂU ĐÁP ÁN CÂU ĐÁP ÁN CÂU ĐÁP ÁN
1. C 13. D 25. C
2. A 14. A 26. B
3. D 15. B 27. D
4. global understanding 16. B 28. B
5. campaigns 17. A 29. D
6. 650 million 18. A 30. A
7. medicine 19. D 31. C
8. poverty 20. D 32. B
9. A 21. B 33. A
10. B 22. D 34. C
11. C 23. D
12. C 24. A

WRITING
35. 35. Must have left
36. (better) check your answers
37. Stand getting up early
38. I have no objection to hearing your story again
39. She spends her entire life caring for other people
40. He finds talking about his problems very difficult