TEST 3
Time: 60 minutes
Total: 100 points

I. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets to complete the following sentences. (20 pts)
1. Please wait for a while. The manager (be) …………….busy now. He (talk) …………….to one of the staff.
2. I (know) …………….her for several years, but I never (like) …………….her very much.
3. Linda (forget) …………….bringing her guitar yesterday. I (be) …………….sure she (forget) ……………. about it tomorrow, too.
4. My brother (like) …………….to collect stamps. He (have) …………….a big collection. He often (exchange) …………….stamps with his friends.

II. Read each of the following lists of four words and choose one word that does not belong in each list. (10 pts)
E.g: A. mother B. father C. sister D. teacher

Answer: D. teacher

1. A. shirt B. blouse C. jacket D. skirt
2. A. radio B. television C. advertisement D. newspaper
3. A. Friday B. March C. February D. November
4. A. volcano B. disaster C. typhoon D. earthquake
5. A. river B. ocean C. lake D. forest

III. Read the following passage and then fill in each blank with a suitable word from the box. Do not use the same word more than once. (20 pts)




Martin Luther King was born on 15th January 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1951, he (1) ……………… to Boston University, where he (2) ……………… for four years. In 1952, he met Coretta Scott and as soon as he saw her, he felt (3) ………………love. They got married in 1953, and they had four children. In 1954, the Kings (4) ………………Boston, and Martin became a (5) ………………at a Baptist Church in Mongomery, Alabama. Then he started working for the black (6) ………………movement. Thousands of people walked to Washington to hear his famous (7) ………………at the Lincoln Memorial in 1963, and he (8) ……………… the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. He died (9) ………………April 4th 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee, (10) ………………a gunshot wound.

IV. Complete the following conversation. (10 pts)
Minh: (1) …………………………………………..a motorbike, Mr, Ba?
Mr. Ba: Yes, I do. I have one.
Minh: What (2) ……………………………………………………………?
Mr. Ba: It’s a Honda Future II.
Minh: How (3) …………………………………………………………….?
Mr. Ba: I’ve had it for three months.
Minh: How (4) ……………………………………………………………?
Mr. Ba: 18 million VND. It was a second-hand.
Minh: What (5) ……………………………………………………………?
Mr. Ba: It’s red.



V. Read the passage below and choose the best answer for each question. (10 pts)
Children’s education is changing rapidly today. In the past, teachers made children sit still for hours. They made them memorize all sorts of things. In other words, children had to go on repeating thing until they knew them by heart.
Today, many teachers wonder if it is possible to make children learn at all. They say you can only help them learn. They say you must let children learn and discover things for themselves.

1. How is children’s education changing today?
A. quickly B. slowly C. small D. large
2. What did teacher make children do in the past?
A. stand for hours B. memorize everything C. repeat their homework D. sit for days
3. Children in the past were made to learn everything ……………………
A. by head B. by hand C. by hair D. by heart
4. Nowadays, many teachers say that they only …………………..
A. give children more homework B. make children learn
C. help children learn D. teach children at home
5. Today, the modern learning method is …………………
A. letting children play computer games
B. making children read a lot of books
C. doing homework for children
D. letting children discover things for themselves

VI. Combine these pairs of sentences, using the words in brackets. (20pts)
1. I recently went back to the village. I was born in the village. (where)
………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
2. You don’t study hard. You can’t pass the