Full name: ...............................................

ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEST

Class: ......................................................

Time: minutes

I. PRONUNCIATION
1. Mark the stress in each of the following words.
1. delightful
2. successful
3. purposeful
4. bottomless
5. colourless
2. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others’. Circle
A, B, or C.
1. A. thoughtless
2. A. surface
3. A. atmosphere
4. A. adventure
5. A. communicate
II. VOCABULARY

B. helpless
B. alien
B. inhabitant
B. dangerous
B. universe

C. adventure

C. trace
C. galaxy
C. solar
C. fortunately

1. Complete each sentence with the correct form of the word given.

1. These panels use ____________ (sun) energy.
2. The history of space ____________ (explore) began in 1957 when the Soviet launched the
first artificial satellite Sputnik into space.
3. The ____________ (plenty) water on Earth is the catalyst for life forms.
4. Scientists have found some ____________ (similar) between Earth’s surface and Mars’.
5. The crew ____________ (help) watched the space buggy explode.
2. Choose the best option to complete the sentences. Circle A, B, or C.
1. All the members of the __________ were killed when the spaceship exploded.
A. staff
B. crew
C. team
2. In a __________ environment, everything floats freely.
A. helpless
B. lightless
C. weightless
3. A new satellite has been __________.
A. soared
B. rocketed

C. launched

4. Do you believe there are __________ on other planets?
A. aliens

B. strangers
C. others
5. __________ vehicles have sent back images of the Mars surface.
A. Adventure
B. Exploration
C. Enterprise
III. GRAMMAR
1. Fill each blank with the correct form of the verb in brackets.


1. We believe scientists ______ (find) cures to HIV soon.
2. He said he ______ (not like) science when he was small.
3. He said that before the invention of the airplane people _____ (travel) by train and car.
4. He predicted that scientists _____ (develop) medicines to lengthen our life soon.
5. He was proud that he _______ (award) the Kovalevskaya Prize.
2. Choose the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following sentences. Circle
A, B, or C.
1. My students may to forget that the school is closed for repair today.
2. The girl asked me where the post office is.
3. My mum asked as I was busy in the evening.
4. Students leave the room if they wish once they have completed the test.
5. Learning that I had visited a spaceship, she asked me what was it like.
IV. LISTENING
1. Listen to Son and Peter talking about the most important inventions of the 21th century. Fill
each of the gaps with no more than THREE words and/or a number. You will listen TWICE.
Facebook

Youtube

Google Driverless Car


Year of
invention

(1) ______

(2) ______

2012

Usage

It (3) ______

World most popular (4)
_______.

Change the way people (5)
______ the city.

1.6 billion people
around the world.

2. Listen to a conversation between Andrew and George. Fill each of the blanks with no more
than THREE words and/or a number.

Close encounters, defined as events when someone witnesses an (1)___________________, can
be classified into (2)___________________ kinds. The first three kinds were introduced by
Allen Hynek, an astronomer and UFO researcher. Any sightings of a UFO with some details
within a distance of less than (3)___________________ are classified as the first kind. If some

(4) ___________________ is involved, it’s considered the second kind. The third kind involves
the presence of an (5) ___________________ like robots or humans.
V. READING
1. Read the passage and answer the questions. Circle A, B, or C.

Most of us think that great ideas were the result of genius thinking. However, many of the


greatest discoveries and inventions in history began with very simple beginnings.
In the 18th century, James Watt was boiling water at home. As the water began to boil, he
suddenly noticed that the steam was pushing the lid of the kettle. From this, he created the steam
engine.
In ancient Greece time, Archimedes stepped into a bath tub and felt that water was being pushed
out when he stepped in. This is how he came up with the idea of how to find the purity of gold.
In the 17th century, Isaac Newton was sitting under a tree when an apple fell and hit him on the
head. This is when he realized the pulling force of the earth - the gravity.
There are many other examples of how great ideas began with simple beginnings. What one
needs to become an inventor are careful observation and a lot of hard work.
1. James Watt lived in ______.
A. the 17th century
B. the 18th century
C. the ancient Greece time
2. Archimedes came up with the idea of how to find purity gold when ______.
A. he was boiling water
B. he was hit by an apple
C. he was stepping into the bath tub
3. Many great ideas began with ______.
A. genius thinking
B. simple beginnings
C. long time working in laboratories

4. Which of the following is NOT true of inventors?
A. They have simple thinkings.
B. They have very careful observations.
C. They work extremely hard.
5.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A. James Watt, Archimedes and Isaac Newton.
B. Steam Engines, Gold and Gravity
C. Great Ideas with Simple Beginnings
2. Read the passage about computers. Decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F). Circle
T or F.

Do you own a PDA – Personal Digital Assistant? Have you got a personal computer? Have you
ever used a laptop? The answer can be “Yes”. But do you know that the first computer was made
about 70 years ago? It was large enough to take up a living room. It was named ENIAC –
Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator.
Thanks to the development of technology, computers become smaller and smaller. The first
personal computer was actually introduced in the 1970s by MITS, Apple Computer and IBM.
They didn’t look exactly like now but they were surely revolutionary at the time.
Scientists are finding ways to make computers as smaller and slimmer as possible. Some of the
today computers are small enough to carry out in pockets. But technology doesn’t stop there.
They will continue to bring out smaller computers. Who knows? Maybe one day we will not
need the big desktops or laptops. We may need a computer chip that is as small as a fingernail.
1. The first computer was made 70 years ago.

T F


2. The ENIAC was small enough to carry around.
3. MITS, Apple Computer and IBM were the first to introduce personal computers.
4. Today computers are not as small and slim as the previous ones.

5. Fingernail size computer chip will soon be a new revolution.
VI. WRITING

T
T
T
T

F
F
F
F

1. Rewrite the following sentences using reported speech.

1. Jim’s mother asked, “What do you want to eat for dinner, Jim?”
Jim’s mother asked him ______________________________________.
2. “Where are you going?” she asked me.
She asked me ______________________________________________.
3. “Do you want me to call your mom?” said the waitress to the little boy.
The waitress asked the little boy _______________________________.
4. The father asked the boy, “Did you follow all the instructions?”
The father asked the boy _____________________________________.
5. “Where have you been the whole evening, son?” asked the mother.
_________________________________________________________.
2. Write an imaginary report (100-120 words) of your encounter with an unidentified flying
object (UFO).

You should write about:
- When you saw it

- What it looked like
- If it had any effects on you or the surrounding
- How you felt about it

VII. SPEAKING
1. Now I’m going to ask you FOUR questions about science and technology. Are you ready?

1. Which invention do you like best?


2. When was it invented?
3. By whom was it invented?
4. What do you use that invention for?
2. Each of you will now receive a card. On the card there is a picture and clues for four
questions. You should use the words to make questions and ask your friend. Your friend will
answer the questions based on the picture he/she has.

Card A
Use the words given below to make questions. Ask your friend about his/her pictures and listen
to the answers.
1. Where/picture/take?
2. What/see?
3. What/do?
4. What/special?
Now, your friend will ask you questions about your picture. Answer his/her questions.

CARD B
Use the words given below to make questions. Ask your friend about his/her pictures and listen
to the answers.
1. Where/picture/take?

2. What/place/look/like?
3. What/see?
4. What/do?
Now, your friend will ask you questions about your picture. Answer his/her questions.


3. Each of you will now receive a pair of cards. On one card there is some information about
an inventor and on the other card there are clues for five questions. You should use the clues
to make questions and ask your friend. Your friend will answer the questions based on the
notice he/she has.

Here are your cards. You will have 30 seconds to prepare. You can make notes on
the paper.
SET A
Your answers
THOMAS EDISON
- Occupation: Businessman and Inventor
- Born: February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio
- Died: October 18, 1931 in West Orange, New Jersey
- Best known for: Inventing many useful items including the phonograph
and a practical light bulb

Your questions
JOHANNES
GUTENBERG
What/occupation?
When/born?
When/die?
Where/die?
What/famous for?


SET B


Your answers

Your questions

JOHANNES GUTENBERG

THOMAS
EDISON

- Occupation: Inventor

What/occupation?

- Born: c. 1398 in Mainz, Germany

When/born?

- Died: February 3, 1468 in Mainz, Germany
- Best known for: Introduced movable type and the printing press to Europe

Where/born?
When/die?
What/famous for?

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Đáp án
I. PRONUNCIATION
1. Mark the stress in each of the following words.
1. deꞌlightful
2. suꞌccessful
3. ꞌpurposeful
4. ꞌbottomless
5. ꞌcolourless
2. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others’. Circle
A, B, or C.

1. A

2. A

3. D

4. B

5. C

II. VOCABULARY
1. Complete each sentence with the correct form of the word given.

1. solar
2. exploration
3. plentiful
4. similarities
5. helplessly
2. Choose the best option to complete the sentences. Circle A, B, or C.


1. B

2. C

III. GRAMMAR

3. C

4. A

5. B


1. Fill each blank with the correct form of the verb in brackets.

3. had travelled

1. will find

2. didn’t like

4. would develop

5. had been awarded

2. Choose the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following sentences. Circle
A, B, or C.

1. A


2. C

3. B

4. A

5. C

IV. LISTENING
1. Listen to Son and Peter talking about the most important inventions of the 21th century. Fill
each of the gaps with no more than THREE words and/or a number. You will listen TWICE.
1. 2000
2. 2005
3. connects
4. video-sharing website
5. move around
2. Listen to a conversation between Andrew and George. Fill each of the blanks with no more
than THREE words and/or a number.

(1) unidentified flying object
(2) seven (7)
(3) 500 (five hundred) feet
(4) physical effect
(5) animated creature
V. READING
1. Read the passage and answer the questions. Circle A, B, or C.
1. B
2. C
3. B

4. A
5. C
2. Read the passage about computers. Decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F). Circle
T or F.

1. T

2. F

3. T

4. F

5. T

VI. WRITING
1. Rewrite the following sentences using reported speech.

1. what he wanted to eat for dinner
2. where I was going
3. if/whether he wanted her to call his mom
4. if he had followed all the instructions
5. The mother asked her son where he had been the whole evening.
2. Write an imaginary report (100-120 words) of your encounter with an unidentified flying
object (UFO).


It was late at night. I woke up to go to the toilet. As I was going back to bed, I looked out of the
window and couldn’t believe my eyes! Shining brightly over the park at the back of my house
was something that looked like a giant submarine. I don’t remember the exact color of the object,

but I think it is silver or metallic. It was hovering and a beam of light was scanning the park and
the neighborhood as if it was taking pictures of everything. Maybe it was collecting samples of
Earth substances. My heart beat faster and I almost couldn’t breathe. I was terrified. After a
minute or so, the whole thing disappeared as if it had never been there.
VII. SPEAKING