WRITTEN TEST - 45’
The twelfth form
Code: 1201
Phonetics: ( 1p) *Stress
1.a.contanimate
b. extinction
c. enact
d. conservation
2.a. aerial
b. hummock
c. developed
d. fertile
* Pronunciation
3. a. biodiversity
b. chemical
c. information
d. imagine
4. a. action
b. fact
c. silverback
d. endanger
Grammar and vocabulary
* Grammar: ( 1,5 p)
A ban (give) on all international trade in ivory in 1989.
Some kinds of animals (recover) thanks to the timely actions over the last decade.
Every year, people in many countries (grow) a green wall of trees across the edge of the Sahara to stop the desert sand from spreading.
Books (sometimes/describe) as “hard-to-pick-up-again”.
A biography is about a person’ life (write) by someone else.
Students in Vietnam (not / always allow) to use their creativeness when writing literature essays at school.
* Vocabulary: ( 2,5 p)
1. Blue whale are now ...............animals.
a. danger
b. dangerous
c. in danger
d. endangered
2.The desert................ for endless miles on all sides of us.
a. spread
b. expanded
c. extended
d. stretched
Polluted environment has driven many species ............the verge of extinction.
a. into
b. to
c. at
d. for
She wanted to buy a CD ............the shop didn’t open to serve her.
a. and
b. but
c. however
d. so
Peter desired to buy a new house; .............., he worked hard to earn enough money.
a. so
b. therefore
c. but
d. however
There was a huge decline in the number of elephants in Africa.
a. big
b. great
c. enormous
d. a+b+c
The students ...........attend the class but they have to hand in all the assignments required in time.
a. need
b. needn’t
c. must
d. mustn’t
All of you ...........wear uniforms at school. Otherwise, you will be given severe punishments.
a. need
b. needn’t
c. must
d. mustn’t
Many kind of rare plants and animals are now in danger of extinction.
a. under threat
b. of dangerous
c. at stake
d. a+c
The ..........and the ...........will be put into prison if they are caught buying and selling products from animals and plants.
a. poachers / killers
b. poacher / killer
c. poaching / killing
d. poach / kill
Reading: * Cloze – test : ( 1.5 p)
By reading more books and exposing yourself (1) ______ new and more complete information, you will also be able to come up with more (2) ______ ideas. When you have read so many books on the subject, you can combine lessons from all of them into new (3) ______.
Reading gives you something to talk about. Have you ever (4) ______ out of things to talk about with your best friend, wife or husband? This can be uncomfortable. It (5) ______ even make married couples wonder if their marriage is in trouble. (6) ______, if you read a lot of books, you will always have something to talk about. You can discuss various plots in the novels you read, you can discuss the things you are learning in the business books you are reading as well. The possibilities of sharing are endless
a. for b. with c. on d. to
a. disapproved b. dull c. creative d. required
a. solutions b. problems c. troubles d. difficulties
a. put b. had c. walked d. run
a. should b. might c. need d. must
6. a. So b. Therefore c. However d. Although
* Reading comprehension: ( 1p )
By the year 2025, the Earth could lose as many as one fifth of all species known to exist today. In recent centuries, hundreds of species have disappeared, almost always as a result of human activities. The passenger pigeon, one familiar example, was a source of food until excessive hunting and habitat loss caused its extinction in 1914. The North American bison, whose populations were decimated by
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