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ENGLISH EXCELLENT STUDENTS TEST
I. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
1.
A. hour	
B. honor 
C. honest
D. how
2. 
A. empire
B. bridge 
C. liberty
D. pyramid
3. 
A. cave
B. statue 
C. bay
D. ancient
4. 
A. believe 
B. field
C. science
D. movie
5. 
A. required
B. opened
C. plugged
D. worked
II. Choose a word in each group that has different stress pattern.
 1. A. paddle	B. canoe	C. travel	D. institute
 2. A. invent	B. decorate	C. participate	D. design
 3. A. emergency	B. hospital	C. ambulance	D. handkerchief	
 4. A. recognize	B. remember	C. deposit	D. immediate
 5. A. minimize	B. damage	C. natural	D. recycle
III. Choose the best answer for each of the following sentences.
 1. She was very sad ........... good marks in the final test.
 	A. not get 	 B. not to get 	C. to not get 	 D. not getting 	 
 2. My sister has decided to lose weight, so she is living .............. oranges for a week.
 	A. with	 B. on 	C. in	 D. by	
 3. When I ............. school, I am going to work in a factory.
 	A. begin	 B. study	 C. leave D. learn 
 4. What can we do to prevent people ................. throwing drink cans away?.
 A. in	 B. of	 C. on D. from
 5. We have not seen each other .................. last Sunday.
 A. for	 B. since 	 C. on 	 D. in
 6. Excuse me! I am doing my homework. ............. turning down your radio a bit?
 A. Would you please B. Can you	 
 C. Could you D. Would you mind 
 7. You should work ................. for the coming exam.
 A. hard 	 B. hardly 	 C. more hardly D. more hard
 8. He found a watch when he .................. in the street.
 A. walked 	 B. has been walking C. was walking D. has walked
 9. My uncle used to live .................... a farm when he was young. 
 A. in 	 B. at 	 C. during 	 D. on
 10. Millions of Christmas cards ...................... every year.
 A. send	 B. are sent	 C. are sending 	 D. was sent 
IV. There mistake in the four underlined part of each sentence underline it then correct it.
1. There are a lot of food in the fridge, so help yourself. 
	 A B C D
2. You should take a taxi although it is raining hard. 
 A B C D
3. The telephone was invented with a Scotsman, Alexandre G. Bell, in 1876.
 A B C D
4. Would you like coming to my birthday party. 
 A B C D
5. It is difficult for students to answer all of the question in fifteen minutes. 
 A B C D 
6. Mary enjoys to be able to meet a lot of interesting people during her vacation. 
 A B C D
7. It has been a long time since we last talked together, isn’t it ?
 A B C D
8. Lots of information are store in the computer. 
 A B C D 
9. This is the second time I took part in the rice-cooking contest. 
 A B C D
10. Either Nam or his father know how to connect the printer. 
 A B C D
V. Give the correct form of each verb in brackets to complete the following sentences if 
 necessary.
1. Lan’s hair was dirty. Now it is clean, she clean it. 
2. Look! Somebody break .. that door. 
3. They not meet .. us since last week. 
4. What you/ do .. at this time yesterday. 
5. Our school open .. a new club next week. 
6. Would you like come . to dinner to night. 
7. Do ............. you phone  me last night?. 
8. Would you mind if I smoke ..?
 9. I don't enjoy laugh ......................... at by other people.
10. Most of the NOKIA mobile phones sell . in this shop are imported from 
China.
VI. Fill in each blank with the correct form of the word in capitals.
1. What is the correct pronounce ..of this word. 
2. My grand father can read good . 
3. Last week we had an enjoy  summer holiday. 
 4. The important . of the project made me tense.
5. You had better do some revise .. for the final exams. 
6. We should save nature ..resources. 
7. People in the in the country are often more friend . than people in the city. 
8. Increased pollution is another please . ..result. 
9. The air is heavily pollute with traffic fumes. 
10. Fortunate , her illness was more serious than we thought. 
VII. Fill in each gap with a suitable word to complete the following passage.
plays
across
however
keep
almost
order
provide
only
banks
order
 Rivers are on of the world’s most important natural resources. Many cities are on the large rivers, 
 and ................... every country has a least one river that .................. an important part in the lives 
 of its people. Besides transportation, rives .......................... water for crops, water to drink, and 
 recreation for people who live along their ............... And in .................. to get water for crops, 
 engineers sometimes build a dam ................... a river and let water become a lake behind the dam. 
 Then people can use their water not .................. to irrigate fields but also to make electricity for 
 homes and industries. ...... the water often becomes polluted when cities on river bank 
 grow ................. and the number of industries increases. We are learning that it is necessary to 
 rivers clean .......................... if we want to enjoy the benefits of the natural resources.
VIII. Fill in each blank with one suitable preposition to complete the following sentences.
1. You can use dictionary to find ....................... new words. 
2. My younger brother is very good ................... Math. 
3. Nam should work harder .................... his English pronunciation . 
4. Do you believe .................. ghost? 
5. Do you like chocolate cakes? I am very fond ................... them. 
6. Are you laughing ...................... me? 
7. My uncle has been in hospital ....................... Monday. 
8. This cake is made .............. flour, eggs, milk, salt and butter.
9. We thanked them .............. all their help.
 10. Can you meet me ............. 8 AM and 9 PM?
IX. Choose the best answer by circling A, B, C or D to complete the passage.
THE LANGUAGE OF CLOTHES
 We don’t only choose clothes to make us look .........(1)......, we also use them to tell the world 
 .........(2)...... our personality. The clothes we wear and our appearance ......(3)...... a whole give 
 other people useful information about what we think and ........(4)...... we feel. If we feel cheerful, 
 we usually wear ......(5)...... clothes and if we feel .........(6)..... we sometimes put on dark clothes. 
 But why do teenagers wear black so.........(7)......? Is it because they feel miserable all .........(8)......? 
 This is unlikely the case. It is probably just because it is .........(9)...... to wear black, and young 
 people they are real fans .........(10)...... fashion.
1. A. attract
2. A. of
3. A. on
4. A. which
5. A. colorful
6. A. depress
7. A. frequent
8. A. the time
9. A. fashion
10. A. of
B. attractive
B. with
B. as
B. what
B. colors
B. depressed
B. frequency
B. the times
B. fashionable
B. in
C. attractively
C. by
C. for
C. how
C. colorfully
C. depressing
C. frequently
C. the week
C. fashioner
C. from
D. attraction
D. about
D. in
D. when
D. colorless
D. depression
D. infrequency
D. the month
D. fashioned
D. with
X. Rewrite the following sentences with the beginning words, staying the same meaning with the old one.
1. Having a vacation in Da Lat is very interesting.
It ...................................................................................................................
2. The water was so hot that I could not drink it.
The water was not 	
3. She last ate this kind of food in January.
 She has not 	
4. I would like you to move this table
 Do you mind .
5. She said to me “Don’t go out in the evening”. 
She 
6. The theater is near Hoa’s house 
The theater is not ..
7. How about going to the movie tonight? 
Let’s ..
8. Air travel is faster than any kind of transport. 
Air travel is the 
9. Nobody has used this machine for years.
This machine ..
10. Please don’t smoke in the kitchen. 
Would you mind .......
XI. Use the words or phrases given to make complete sentences. You can add more words if necessary.
1. Learning / foreign language/ necessary/ us / get / job. 
2. This film / interesting / I / see/ twice.
3. My family / I / spend / two months / make our plan / for summer holiday. 
4. Driver / stop / car / time / save / child / yesterday. 
5. Boxing / too / dangerous / her / play.
6. It / difficult/ learn English / without/ good dictionary.
7. Of all / hotels in town / the Royal Hotel / comfortable. 
8. He / try / stop / smoking / many times / but / he / never / succeed. 
9. I / hope / my English / improve / by the end / course. 
10. It / difficult / prevent / people / park here. 
XII. Use the words to write the second sentence in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence. Do not change the form of the given words.
1. We went to Hai Phong two months ago. [been] 
We ..
2. Whose book is this? [belong]
Who 
3. My aunt ran a small company in the city but she doesn’t do any more. [used]
My aunt 
4. English eight has sixteen units. [are]
There 
5. “You should not lend him your car”, Nam said to me. [advised] 
Nam ....................................
XIII. Rewrite the following sentences, using the given words.
1. Quang said: “New pipes are very expensive”.
Quang said that 
2. The children love Santa Claus.
Santa Claus ...
3. She asked Nam: “Do you know Great Wall of China?”
She asked Nam if ..
4. Can I turn on the TV?
Would you mind ....
5. They use recycled plastic to make toys and utensils.
Recycled plastic ....
6. “My sister likes cooking.”, said Nam.
Nam said that ........
7. The question is very difficult. I can't understand it.
The question is too 
8. Following your directions is difficult.
It is ....
KEY FOR ENGLISH EXCELLENT STUDENTS TEST
I. 1. D	2. A	3.B	4. C	5. D
II. 1.B	2. B	3. A	4. A	5. D
III. 1. B	2. B	3. C	4. D	5. B	
 6. D	7. A	8. C	9. D	10. B	
IV. 1. A – is 2. C – because	 3. B – by	 4. C – to come	 5. D – the questions
6. A – being	 7. D – hasn’t it	 8. C – is stored	 9. B – have taken 10. C – knows
V. 1. has cleaned	 2. is breaking	3. have not met	4. were you doing	
5. is going to open	 6. to come	7. did 	 8. smoked	
 9. being laughed	 10. sold
VI. 1. pronunciation 2. well	 3. enjoyable 4. importance	5. revision 
 6. natural 7. friendly 8. unpleasant	 9. polluted	 10. Unfortunately
VII. 1. almost	2. plays	3. provide	4. banks	5. order 	
6. across	7. only	8. However	9. inside	10. keep
VIII. 1. out	2. at 	3. on 	4. in	5. of 	
 6. at	7. since	8. from	9. for	10. between
IX. 1. B 2. D	 3. B	 4. C	 5. A	
 6. B 7. C	 8. A	 9. B	 10. A
X. 1. It is very interesting to have a vacation in Da Lat.
 2. The water was not warm/cool enough for me to drink. 
 3. She has not eaten this kind of food since January. 
 4. Do you mind moving this table?
 5. She told me not to go out in the evening.
 6. The theater is not far from Hoa’s house.
 7. Let’s go to the movie tonight.
 8. Air travel is the fastest kind of transport.
 9. This machine has not been used for years.
 10. Would you mind not smoking in the kitchen?
XI. 1. Learning a foreign language is necessary for us to get a good job.
 2. This film is so interesting that I have seen it twice.
 3. My family and I spent two months planning our summer holiday.
 4. The driver stopped his car in time to save the child.
 5. Boxing is too dangerous for her to play. 
 6. It is difficult to learn English well without a good dictionary.
 7. Of all the hotels in town, the Royal Hotel is the most comfortable. 
 8. He has tried to stop smoking many times but he has never succeeded
 9. I hope my English will be considerably improved by the end of the this course.
 10. It is difficult to prevent people from parking here.
XII. 1. We haven’t been to Hai Phong for two months
2. Who does this book belong to?
3. My aunt used to run a small company in the city.
4. There are sixteen units in English eight.
5. Nam advised me not to lend him my car.