[CRACKING TEST] LESSON 1

CRACKING TEST
Time allowance: 60 minutes
PART 1: LISTENING (2 pt)

You’re going to listen to Susan talking about some of the different names that people call her. Match the
people (a-h) with the names (1-8) that they call Susan.
a) her father and sometimes her sister 1) Mum
b) her friends and the people she works with 2) Susan
c) her old friends 3) Suzanne
d) her son 4) Suki
e) her mother 5) Sweetheart
f) her best friend 6) Maggsie
g) her sister-in-law 7) Bunny
h) her husband 8) Sue
Answer:
A B C D E F G H

PART 2: GRAMMAR (4 pt)

Exercise 1:

Find and correct ONE mistake in each of the following sentences. (1pt)

1. My sister is (A) studying very hard (B) in order (C) getting scholarship (D) at university.

2. When I was (A) having dinner, (B) one friend of mine (C) was coming to (D) see me.

3. (A) The book (B) writing by Jack London is (C) very popular (D) in the world.

4. What (A) happens to the grass (B) when it is (C) sending to (D) the factory?

5. (A) If the victim (B) gets shocked, (C) don’t give him (D) many food and drink.
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Exercise 2:

Give the correct form of the words in brackets. (1pt)

1. You must be _____________ when you open the door. (CARE)

2. We’re very impressed by the _____________ of your town’s people. (FRIEND)

3. Liverpool is an _____________ city in the north of England . (INDUSTRY)

4. Is Buddhism the country’s _____________ religion of Thailand? (OFFICE)

5. This handbook gives us _____________ information about ASEAN. (ADD)

6. Our school has a lot of _____________ teachers. (QUALITY)

7. When you take an exam , you are an _____________ . (EXAMINE)

8. We could see some strange _____________ on her face. (EXPRESS)

Exercise 3:

Rewrite the following sentences, using the words in brackets. (2pt)

1. John is a really good guitarist and he writes his own songs too. (PLAYS)

John ………………………………………………………………… and he writes his own songs too.

2. The meal wasn’t as cheap as I had expected. (MORE)

The meal ………………………………………………………………… I had expected.

3. We took the exam in a very noisy room. (WHERE)

The ………………………………………………………………… exam was very noisy.

4. Your English will improve if you keep practicing. (GET)

Your English ………………………………………………………………… if you keep practicing.

5. My sister is going out with someone. He is the son of a film director. (FATHER)

My sister is going out with someone ………………………………………………………………… film director.

6. Gavin has lent Frank some money. (FROM)

Frank has ………………………………………………………………… Gavin.

7. The shop opened a year ago. (SINCE)

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The shop has been open ………………………………………………………………… year.

8. I can’t see you tomorrow. (IMPOSSIBLE)

It ………………………………………………………………… see you tomorrow.

PART 3: READING (4 pts)

Exercise 1:

Complete the passage, fill in each blank with ONE word. (2pt)

Once upon a time there was a girl called Little Red Riding Hood who lived (1) ..................... her mother.
Little Red Riding Hood’s grandmother had invited her to her cottage, (2) ..................... one fine day she
set off to visit her. The little girl got ready, waved goodbye to her mother and (3) ..................... to be
careful. On her arm she carried a basket which contained a (4) ..................... her mother had baked
specially. It was a lovely spring morning, the sun was (5) ..................... and the birds were singing, happy
that the winter was over.

Even (6) ..................... her mother had told her to follow the path through the fields, the naughty child
decided to take (7) ..................... short cut through a wood. As she went deeper and deeper (8)
..................... it, the cold and darkness frightened her. She was making her way along the narrow path
when she (9) ..................... a noise. All of a sudden, a big, fierce-looking wolf (10) ..................... out from
behind a bush and came towards her...

Exercise 2:

Read the passage and answer the questions following it. (2pt)

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) research, the emission from car exhausts causes
more deaths than road accidents. The research found that one third of all harmful air pollution was
caused by road transport, and that long term exposure to pollution caused estimated 21,000 premature
deaths a year across the three countries, France, Austria and Switzerland. This is much higher than the
9,947 who died that year as a result of road accidents.
In addition, the researchers calculated that the car fumes caused 300,000 extra cases of bronchitis in
children, and 15,000 extra hospital admissions for heart disease made worse by the pollution. They
calculated that the cost of dealing with all this was 27 billion Euros per year. A lot of money goes into
making cars safer, but not as much is spent solving air pollution.
1. What is the main idea of the text?
A. Pollution and road accidents B. Bad effects of car exhausts
C. The necessity of making cars safer D. The toll of road accidents
2. According to the passage,
A. air pollution causes more deaths than road accidents.
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B. road accidents cause more deaths than car fumes.

C. long term exposure to pollution is harmless.
D. car fumes cause one third of premature deaths.
3. Which of the following is not true?
A. Car exhausts cause bronchitis and heart disease.
B. Car fumes cause one third of all harmful air pollution.
C. Each year road accidents cause 9,947 deaths.
D. More people died as a result of air pollution than road accidents.
4. The money spent solving air pollution is
A. 27 billion Euros per year
B. not able to calculate
C. more than making cars safer
D. less than to make car safer
5. Which of the following is not mentioned as the bad effect of air pollution?
A. Causing illness in children
B. Causing premature deaths
C. Causing road accidents
D. Causing heart diseases
Vocabulary:
emission (from): a gas or other substance that is sent into the air: chất thải ra (từ)
exhaust: the gas produced when an engine is working: khói thải, khí thải
exposure: when someone is in a situation where they are not protected from something dangerous
or unpleasant: sự tiếp xúc
bronchitis: an illness which affects your bronchial tubes and makes you cough: bệnh viêm phế quản

End of the test ./.

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