TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN LÊ HỒNG PHONG ĐỀ THI 8 TUẦN KÌ I

BỘ MÔN: TIẾNG ANH NĂM HỌC 2014- 2015

Môn : Tiếng Anh lớp 10 khối chuyên
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút

I. LISTENING (1 point)
Questions 1-6: Listen to a conversation between two students talking about markets in London and complete the
market list. WRITE NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer. LISTEN TWICE
Market List

Address Open hours Days Tube Station

East Street SE17 8 am - 5 pm Sat. - Tue. Castle

Leather Lane WC1 lunch times 1.____________ Chancery Lane

2._________
9 am – 12 noon Sunday mornings 3.__________
Lane E1
Mon. – Sat. except Wed.,
Walthamstow E17 4._________ Central Line
Sun.
Mon. – Sun.
Brixton SW9 9 am – 6 pm 5.__________
half day on Wed.

Chalk Farm,
Camden High St. 8 am – 5 pm 6.__________
Camden Town

Questions 7-10: Listen to their telephone conversation and answer questions 7-10. Write NO MORE THAN
THREE WORDS for each answer. LISTEN TWICE
7. Where does Barbara want to go shopping? __________________________
8. Who is Barbara going to shop with? __________________________
9. How is Barbara travelling to the shops tomorrow? __________________________
10. What time are they going to meet? __________________________
II. LEXICO- GRAMMAR (4 points)
Part 1. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following question. (1 point)
1. One of Vietnamese traditions is a belief in ………. families and in preserving their cultures.
A. wealthy B. secure C. safe D. close-knit
2. When my mother is busy preparing dinner, my father often gives a hand ………. tidying the living room.
A. on B. with C. for D. about
3. By this time next summer, you ………. your studies.
A. completes B. will complete C. are completing D. will have completed
4. ……….the government fall, the stock market will crash.
A. Provided B. In case C. Should D. Had
5. Staying in a hotel costs ……….renting a room in a dormitory for a week.
A. twice more than B. as much twice C. more than twice as D. twice as much as
6. Please accept this cheque as a ……….of your services.
A. recognisement B. recognition C. recognising D. recognisation
7. Price increases are now running at a(n) ……….level of thirty percent.
A. highest B. record C. uppermost D. top
8. - "I don't think English is too hard to study" - " ………."
A. I do too B. I don't neither C. neither do I D. either do I
9. -Lorie is very thin, ……….her young sister, who is quite heavy.
A. unlike B. dissimilar to C. dislike D. unlikely
10. Population expansion seems to surpass the ability of the earth to meet ……….food.
A. the requirement of B. the command of C. the demand for D. the necessity for
11. Either excessive social obligations or just plain laziness ……….him from his work.
A. has kept B. has been kept C. have kept D. have been kept
12. The reason why this game attracts so many youngsters is that..……other video games, this one is far more
interesting.
A. comparing to B. in compared with C. on comparison to D. in comparison with
13. The situation seems to be changing minute by minute.
A. from time to time B. time after time C. again and again D. very rapidly
14. If it………..……..their encouragement, he could have given it up.
A. had been for B. hadn’t been for C. wouldn’t have been for D. hadn’t been
15. The judge ……….the murderer to a lifetime imprisonment.
A. accused B. convicted C. sentenced D. prosecuted
16. I’d rather you ………. in here.
A. don’t smoke B. shouldn’t smoke C. didn’t smoke D. not smoke
17. I think I should have ……….your mother while I was passing.
A. dropped in on B. come up with C. got on with D. run into
18. He lost in the election because he is a weak and ……….leader
A. undeciding B. undecided C. undecisive D. indecisive
19. Everybody is very anxious about the……….of the negotiations.
A. outbreak B. outcome C. output D. outlook
20. The actor never……….the potential he showed in his early career.
A. fulfilled B. assumed C. gained D. accomplished
Part 2: Put the verbs in the brackets in the correct forms. (1 point)
1. 'How many days...............(the survivors / spend) in the mountains before the rescuers arrived?' They...............(pick)
up after three days.'
2. Computers...............(assume)...............(be) the most important invention of the former century.
3. The girl said she...............(get) scared because she thought she ..........(follow) by a stranger.
4. Don’t be surprised when you see how thin Olaf is. He ( be) ...............extremely ill
5. The police are stopping all the cars. The ( look for)...............the escapsed prison.
6. He suggested that a petition ………………………… (draw) up.
7. I don’t appreciate (interrupt) …………..…….while I am speaking.
Part 3: Give the correct form of the word. (1 point)
1. Mark looked at her……………….(thought)
2. It is very ……………….to run air-conditioning with the door open. (economy)
3. The party was ………………., everything went wrong. (disaster)
4. A spaceman must learn to become accustomed to ……………….in a space. (weight)
5. Consumers are becoming more ……………….of advertising claims about products that they buy. (suspect)
6. It was……………….of you not to offer her a drink. (hospitable)
7. There was the need for ……………….construction when the fighting stopped. (war)
8. There was a collision but my car was ……………….(damage)
9. Many viewers find the amount of violence on TV ……………….(accept)
10. The government has a policy of letting the ……………….ill be cared for in the community. (mind)
Part 4:. Complete each of the following sentences with a suitable preposition or particle. (1 point)
1. The price of shares in the company went up ………….. over 50% when they announced the discovery of the new oilfield.
2. Hi Brenda, Peter here. I’m just ringing …………to say I’ve got two tickets for the concert on Saturday night. Fancy
coming?
3. She is putting …………..a little each month for her studies in Queenstown.
4. They should be able to settle their differences without resorting …………..violence.
5. He bought the property…………..a view to building a factory on it.
6. We don’t hold …………..much hope that the price will fall.
7. The bridge is…………..repair, so we’ll have to go a different way.
8. She got a job so that she could be independent…………..her parents.
9. She’s not very good at putting her views…………..
10. I came…………..several old friends at the meeting.
III. READING (3 points)
Part 1: Read the passage and fill each blank with one sentence below. ( 1 point)
Not Just Another Russian
………A………..(0). He would grow up to write two of the greatest novels in the history of literature and
inspire social reform that would make an impact on the world. Not just another Russian author, ………………….(1)
Tolstoy was an unsettled young man. He was a poor student who left his university when he could find no
meaning in his studies. He joined the army but could not endure the violence and soon left that as well. By this time,
Tolstoy was being noticed as a writer but he still felt unfulfilled……………………….(2). In them, Tolstoy offered a
new kind of fiction to Russian readers. He described events and characters so detailed and convincing that they blurred
the line between the imaginary and real life. In Tolstoy's version, it was not great leaders that moved history, but the
common people. ……………….(3)
Tolstoy suffered a mid-life crisis after writing Anna Karenina. ……………..(4), he decided he must find the
meaning of life or else kill himself. What he found came from the core of his Christian faith - universal love and
passive resistance to evil. Gandhi later adopted this message in his campaign to free India. Martin Luther King, Jr. did
the same in his fight for racial equality in America……………(5). Tolstoy was a gifted writer, but it was
his revolutionary ideas that changed the course of history and the world in which we live
A. In 1828, baby Leo was born into the rich and powerful Tolstoy family of Central Russia
B. His work has been called, "not art, but a piece of life."
C. Leo Tolstoy was a teacher, a philosopher, and the grandfather of non-violent revolution.
D. The effects of passive resistance can still be felt today
E. It was during this time that Tolstoy wrote his most famous books, War and Peace and Anna Karenina
F. Giving up his fortune to live among the peasants,
Part 2: Read the passage and do the tasks below. (1 point)
A. People have been traveling by subway for well over a hundred years. The first subway systems began operating in
Europe in the second half of the nineteenth century. London’s subway system, known as “the underground” or Tube
opened in early 1863. In 1896, subway began running in both Budapest, Hungary and Glasgow, ?Scotland. the
Budapest subway ran from the center of the city to city Park and was just under four kilometers long . the city of Paris
, France began operating its subway system in 1990. its famous name Metro, is short for Chiming de far Metropolitan
or Metropolitan Railway. Many other cities have since adopted the name Metro for their own subways.
B. The city of Boston , Massachusetts boasts the oldest subways system in the United States, beginning operation in
1897. it had only two stations when it first opened . the New York City subway, now one of the largest systems in the
world, began running in 1904. the original line was 14.5 kilometers long and ran from City Hall in downtown
Manhattan to 145th Street. The city of Philadelphia opened its first subway line 1907. the oldest subway in Latin
America began operations in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1913. it is called the subtle, short for subterranean or
underground.
C. the second half of the twentieth century saw new subway systems constructed in cities around the world. Many
Korean cities have modern subway systems, the largest one in the capital city of Seoul with 287 kilometers of track.
The first subway in Brazil opened in the city of Sao Paulo in 1974. since then subways have been built in a number of
other Brazilian cities, including Rio de Janeiro and the capital, Brasilia. Washington, DC began running the
Washington Metro in 1976. Hong Kong opened its subway in 1979. this system includes four lines that run under
Victoria Harbor. In 2000 a 17-mile long subway system was completed in Los Angeles, a city infamous for its traffic
problems and resulting smog construction of this system took fourteen years to complete.
D. With total of 468 stations and 656 mile of passenger service track, the New York city Subway is among the
largest subway systems in the world. If the tracks in train yards, shops, and storage areas are added in , the total track
length of the New York subway comes to 842 miles. Measured by number of riders, the Moscow Metro is the world’s
largest system, with 3.2 billion riders annually. Other cities with busy subways include Tokyo, with 2.6 billion riders a
year, and Seoul and Mexico, both carrying 1.4 billion riders annually
E. in some cities, the subway stations are famous for their architecture and artwork. The stations of the Moscow
Metro are well known for their beautiful examples of socialist- realist art. The baker street station in London honors
the fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes, who supposedly lived on Baker Street. Decorative lies in the station’s interior
depict the character and a Sherlock Holmes statue sits outside one of the station exits. Each of the stations of the new
Los Angeles subway system contains murals , sculptures, or other examples of decorative artwork.
F. A new feature now often included in the construction of new subway stations is the Platform Screen Door
(PSD). The Singapore subway was the first to be built with the conclusion of PSDs. The original purpose was to
reduce high air-conditioning costs in underground stations. Since then, there has been more and more focus on the
safety aspects of this device, as it can prevent people from accidentally falling or being pushed onto the track. PSDs
also keep the station platforms quieter and cleaner and allow trains to enter stations at higher rates of speed. The
subway system in Hong Kong was the first to have PSDs added to an already existing system. They are becoming
more common in subway systems around the world. Tokyo, Seoul, Bangkok, London, and Copenhagen are just some
of the cities that have PSDs in at least some of their subway stations. PSDs are also often used with other forms of
transportation, such as monorails, light rail systems and airport transportation systems.
* Choose the correct heading for sections A-F from the list of headings below
1. Section A………… 3. Section C………… 5. Section E…………
2. Section B………… 4. Section D………… 6. Section F…………
List of headings
I. Newer subway systems V. the longest subway
II. Early subway in the Americas VI. Subway art
III. Asian subway systems VII. Europe’s first Subways
IV. A new device VIII. the world’s largest subways
IX. the Moscow Metro
* Look at the following descriptions, match the cities with descriptions of their subway systems
7. has a station celebrating a storybook character………
8. is the busiest subway system in the world………
9. has lent its name to subway systems around the world………
10. has several lines running under water………..
A. Hong Kong D. Sao Paulo G. Seoul J. Budapest
B. Paris e. London H. Buenos Aires K. Moscow
C. Washington F. Tokyo I. Singapore L. New York

Part 3: Read the text and decide which word best fit each blank. (1 point)
The world’s first film was shown in 1895 by two French brothers, Louis and Augusta Lumpier. Although it
only (1) ………. of short, simple scenes, people loved it and films have (2) ……….. popular ever since. The first film
was silent, with title on the screen to (3) …….. the story.
Soon the public had (4) ………… favorite actors and actresses and, in this (5) …………., the first film stars
appeared. In 1927, the first “talkie” film with sound, was shown and from then on, the public (6) ………… only
accept this kind of film.
Further improvements continued, particularly in America, (7) ………produced 95% of all films. With the arrival
of television in the 1950s, (8) ………….. people went to see films, but in (9) ……… years cinema audiences have
grown again. More countries have started to produce films that influence film- making and there are currently (10)
………… national film industries.
1. A. consisted B. contained C. belonged D. held
2. A. gone B. been C. made D. kept
3. A. join B. read C. explain D. perform
4. A. your B. his C. our D. their
5. A. reason B. way C. method D. result
6. A. should B. would C. might D. will
7. A. who B. where C. when D. which
8. A. other B. each C. fewer D. any
9. A. recent B. now C. modern D. present
10. A. many B. lots C. much D. plenty

IV. WRITING (2 points)

Part 1: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentences
printed before it. Keep the words given unchanged. (1 point)
1. Betty is very happy to look after handicapped people. (DEVOTED)
……………………………………………………………………………..
2. The fact that nobody said anything at the time surprised me. (WHAT)
……………………………………………………………………………..
3. The Wrights don’t have much money to live in comfort. (ENDS)
The Wrights ......................................................................................................
4. My honest opinion is that you are wasting your time. (FRANK)
To .....................................................................................................................
5. Henrik was very pleased to be selected for the team. (DELIGHT)
Much to .............................................................................................................
6. “I admit that I forgot to turn on the alarm system” said Robert.
Robert confessed……………………………………………………………..
7. I only recognized him when he came into the light.
Not until ...........................................................................................................
8. They believe that the robbers got into the bank through the roof.
The robbers .......................................................................................................
9. It is likely that he will become a famous writer.
There is ……………….. ..................................................................................
10. I first met her in Bangkok in 2005.
It is in ...............................................................................................................
Part 2: Paragraph writing. (1 point)
Write a paragraph of about 150 words to express your own opion on the following topic
“ The importance of family”

THE END
Người ra đề: Phạm Kim Anh
 TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN LÊ HỒNG PHONG ĐỀ THI 8 TUẦN KÌ I
BỘ MÔN: TIẾNG ANH NĂM HỌC 2014- 2015
Môn : Tiếng Anh lớp 10 khối chuyên
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút

I.LISTENING (1 point)
Questions 1-6: Listen to a conversation between two students talking about markets in London and
complete the market list.
Market List

Address Open hours Days Tube Station

East Street SE17 8 am - 5 pm Sat. - Tue. Castle

Leather Lane WC1 lunch times 1. ____________ Chancery Lane

2. _________
9 am – 12 noon Sunday mornings 3. __________
Lane E1
Mon. – Sat. except Wed.,
Walthamstow E17 4. _________ Central Line
Sun.
Mon. – Sun.
Brixton SW9 9 am – 6 pm 5. __________
half day on Wed.
Chalk Farm,
Camden High St. 9 am – 5 pm 6. __________
Camden Town

Questions 7-10: Listen to their telephone conversation and answer questions 7-10. Write NO MORE
THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
7. Where does Barbara want to go shopping? __________________________
8. Who is Barbara going to shop with? ______________________________
9. How is Barbara travelling to the shops tomorrow? _________________________
10. What time are they going to meet? ___________________________
Key:
1. Mon. – Fri. 2. Petticoat 3. Aldgate 4. 9 am – 4 pm
5. Brixton 6. Sundays 7. In Camden Town 8. Tom and Mary
9. By tube 10. 9:30
II. LEXICO- GRAMMAR (3 points)
Part 1. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions
1. One of Vietnamese traditions is a belief in ………. families and in preserving their cultures.
A. wealthy B. secure C. safe D. close-knit
2. When my mother is busy preparing dinner, my father often gives a hand ………. tidying the living room.
A. on B. with C. for D. about
3. By this time next summer, you ………. your studies.
A. completes B. will complete C. are completing D. will have completed
4. ……….the government fall, the stock market will crash.
A. Provided B. In case C. Should D. Had
5. Staying in a hotel costs ……….renting a room in a dormitory for a week.
A. twice more than B. as much twice C. more than twice as D. twice as much as
6. Please accept this cheque as a ……….of your services.
A. recognisement B. recognition C. recognising D. recognisation
7. Price increases are now running at a(n) ……….level of thirty percent.
A. highest B. record C. uppermost D. top
8. - "I don't think English is too hard to study" - " ………."
A. I do too B. I don't neither C. neither do I D. either do I
9. -Lorie is very thin, ……….her young sister, who is quite heavy.
A. unlike B. dissimilar to C. dislike D. unlikely
10. Population expansion seems to surpass the ability of the earth to meet ……….food.
A. the requirement of B. the command of C. the demand for D. the necessity for
11. Either excessive social obligations or just plain laziness ……….him from his work.
A. has kept B. has been kept C. have kept D. have been kept
12. The reason why this game attracts so many youngsters is that ………other video games, this one is far more
interesting.
A. comparing to B. in compared with C. on comparison to D. in comparison with
13. The situation seems to be changing minute by minute.
A. from time to time B. time after time C. again and again D. very rapidly
14. If it………..……..their encouragement, he could have given it up.
A. had been for B. hadn’t been for C. wouldn’t have been for D. hadn’t been
15. The judge ……….the murderer to a lifetime imprisonment.
A. accused B. convicted C. sentenced D. prosecuted
16. I’d rather you ………. in here.
A. don’t smoke B. shouldn’t smoke C. didn’t smoke D. not smoke
17. I think I should have ……….your mother while I was passing.
A. dropped in on B. come up with C. got on with D. run into
18. He lost in the election because he is a weak and ……….leader
A. undeciding B. undecided C. undecisive D. indecisive
19. Everybody is very anxious about the……….of the negotiations.
A. outbreak B. outcome C. output D. outlook
20. The actor never……….the potential he showed in his early career.
A. fulfilled B. assumed C. gained D. accomplished
Part 2: Put the verbs in the brackets in the correct forms.
1. 'How many days...............(the survivors / spend) in the mountains before the rescuers arrived?' They...............(pick)
up after three days.'
2. Computers...............(assume)...............(be) the most important invention of the former century.
3. The girl said she...............(get) scared because she thought she ..........(follow) by a stranger.
4. Don’t be surprised when you see how thin Olaf is. He ( be) ...............extremely ill
5. The police are stopping all the cars. The ( look for)...............the escapsed prison.
6. He suggested that a petition ………………………… (draw) up.
7. I don’t appreciate (interrupt) …………..…….while I am speaking.
Key:
1 had the survivors spent/ were picked 2. are assumed/ to be
3. (had) got/ was being followed 4. has been
5. must be looking 6. should be/ be drawn 7. being interrupted
Part 3: Give the correct form of the word
1. Mark looked at her……thoughtfully….(thought)
2. It is very …uneconomical…. to run air-conditioning with the door open. (economy)
3. The party was …disastrous…., everything went wrong. (disaster)
4. A spaceman must learn to become accustomed to ....weightlessness.... in a space. (weight)
5. Consumers are becoming more .....suspicious... of advertising claims about products that they buy. (suspect)
6. It was …inhospitable…of you not to offer her a drink. (HOSPITABLE)
7. There was the need for …postwar….construction when the fighting stopped. (war)
8. There was a collision but my car was ....undamaged... (damage)
9. Many viewers find the amount of violence on TV ...unacceptable... (accept)
10. The government has a policy of letting the ...mentally.. ill be cared for in the community. (mind)
Part 4:. Complete each of the following sentences with a suitable preposition or particle.
1. The price of shares in the company went up ___by___ over 50% when they announced the discovery of the new oilfield.
2. Hi Brenda, Peter here. I’m just ringing __up__ to say I’ve got two tickets for the concert on Saturday night. Fancy
coming?
3. She is putting __aside___ a little each month for her studies in Queenstown.
4. They should be able to settle their differences without resorting __to___ violence.
5. He bought the property……with….a view to building a factory on it.
6. We don’t hold …….out……much hope that the price will fall.
7. The bridge is……under…….repair, so we’ll have to go a different way.
8. She got a job so that she could be independent…..of ….her parents.
9. She’s not very good at putting her views……across…..
10. I came…….across……several old friends at the meeting.

III. READING (4points)

Part 1: Read the passage and fill each blank with one sentence below.
Not Just Another Russian
………A………..(0). He would grow up to write two of the greatest novels in the history of literature and
inspire social reform that would make an impact on the world. Not just another Russian author, ………………….(1)
Tolstoy was an unsettled young man. He was a poor student who left his university when he could find no
meaning in his studies. He joined the army but could not endure the violence and soon left that as well. By this time,
Tolstoy was being noticed as a writer but he still felt unfulfilled……………………….(2). In them, Tolstoy offered a
new kind of fiction to Russian readers. He described events and characters so detailed and convincing that they blurred
the line between the imaginary and real life. In Tolstoy's version, it was not great leaders that moved history, but the
common people. ……………….(3)
Tolstoy suffered a mid-life crisis after writing Anna Karenina. ……………..(4), he decided he must find the
meaning of life or else kill himself. What he found came from the core of his Christian faith - universal love and
passive resistance to evil. Gandhi later adopted this message in his campaign to free India. Martin Luther King, Jr. did
the same in his fight for racial equality in America……………(5). Tolstoy was a gifted writer, but it was
his revolutionary ideas that changed the course of history and the world in which we live
A. In 1828, baby Leo was born into the rich and powerful Tolstoy family of Central Russia
B. His work has been called, "not art, but a piece of life."
C. Leo Tolstoy was a teacher, a philosopher, and the grandfather of non-violent revolution.
D. The effects of passive resistance can still be felt today
E. It was during this time that Tolstoy wrote his most famous books, War and Peace and Anna Karenina
F. Giving up his fortune to live among the peasants,

KEY: 1- C 2-E 3-B 4-F 5-D

Part 2: Read the passage and do the tasks below.

A. People have been traveling by subway for well over a hundred years. The first subway systems began operating in
Europe in the second half of the nineteenth century. London’s subway system, known as “the underground” or Tube
opened in early 1863. In 1896, subway began running in both Budapest, Hungary and Glasgow, ?Scotland. the
Budapest subway ran from the center of the city to city Park and was just under four kilometers long . the city of Paris
, France began operating its subway system in 1990. its famous name Metro, is short for Chiming de far Metropolitan
or Metropolitan Railway. Many other cities have since adopted the name Metro for their own subways.
B. The city of Boston , Massachusetts boasts the oldest subways system in the United States, beginning operation in
1897. it had only two stations when it first opened . the New York City subway, now one of the largest systems in the
world, began running in 1904. the original line was 14.5 kilometers long and ran from City Hall in downtown
Manhattan to 145th Street. The city of Philadelphia opened its first subway line 1907. the oldest subway in Latin
America began operations in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1913. it is called the subtle, short for subterranean or
underground.
 C. the second half of the twentieth century saw new subway systems constructed in cities around the world. Many
Korean cities have modern subway systems, the largest one in the capital city of Seoul with 287 kilometers of track.
The first subway in Brazil opened in the city of Sao Paulo in 1974. since then subways have been built in a number of
other Brazilian cities, including Rio de Janeiro and the capital, Brasilia. Washington, DC began running the
Washington Metro in 1976. Hong Kong opened its subway in 1979. this system includes four lines that run under
Victoria Harbor. In 2000 a 17-mile long subway system was completed in Los Angeles, a city infamous for its traffic
problems and resulting smog construction of this system took fourteen years to complete.
D. With total of 468 stations and 656 mile of passenger service track, the New York city Subway is among the
largest subway systems in the world. If the tracks in train yards, shops, and storage areas are added in , the total track
length of the New York subway comes to 842 miles. Measured by number of riders, the Moscow Metro is the world’s
largest system, with 3.2 billion riders annually. Other cities with busy subways include Tokyo, with 2.6 billion riders a
year, and Seoul and Mexico, both carrying 1.4 billion riders annually
E. in some cities, the subway stations are famous for their architecture and artwork. The stations of the Moscow
Metro are well known for their beautiful examples of socialist- realist art. The baker street station in London honors
the fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes, who supposedly lived on Baker Street. Decorative lies in the station’s interior
depict the character and a Sherlock Holmes statue sits outside one of the station exits. Each of the stations of the new
Los Angeles subway system contains murals , sculptures, or other examples of decorative artwork.
F. A new feature now often included in the construction of new subway stations is the Platform Screen Door
(PSD). The Singapore subway was the first to be built with the conclusion of PSDs. The original purpose was to
reduce high air-conditioning costs in underground stations. Since then, there has been more and more focus on the
safety aspects of this device, as it can prevent people from accidentally falling or being pushed onto the track. PSDs
also keep the station platforms quieter and cleaner and allow trains to enter stations at higher rates of speed. The
subway system in Hong Kong was the first to have PSDs added to an already existing system. They are becoming
more common in subway systems around the world. Tokyo, Seoul, Bangkok, London, and Copenhagen are just some
of the cities that have PSDs in at least some of their subway stations. PSDs are also often used with other forms of
transportation, such as monorails, light rail systems and airport transportation systems.
* Choose the correct heading for sections A-F from the list of headings below
1. Section A………… 3. Section C………… 5. Section E…………
2. Section B………… 4. Section D………… 6. Section F…………

List of headings
I. Newer subway systems V. the longest subway
II. Early subway in the Americas VI. Subway art
III. Asian subway systems VII. Europe’s first Subways
IV. A new device VIII. the world’s largest subways
IX. the Moscow Metro
* Look at the following descriptions, match the cities with descriptions of their subway systems
7. has a station celebrating a storybook character………
8. is the busiest subway system in the world………
9. has lent its name to subway systems around the world………
10. has several lines running under water………..
A. Hong Kong D. Sao Paulo G. Seoul J. Budapest
B. Paris e. London H. Buenos Aires K. Moscow
C. Washington F. Tokyo I. Singapore L. New York

KEY:
1. – VII. 2. –II 3- I 4-viii 5-vi 6-iv
7-E 8-K 9B 10-A

Part 3: Read the text and decide which word best fit each blank
The world’s first film was shown in 1895 by two French brothers, Louis and Augusta Lumpier. Although it
only (1) ………. of short, simple scenes, people loved it and films have (2) ……….. popular ever since. The first film
was silent, with title on the screen to (3) …….. the story.
Soon the public had (4) ………… favorite actors and actresses and, in this (5) …………., the first film stars
appeared. In 1927, the first “talkie” film with sound, was shown and from then on, the public (6) ………… only
accept this kind of film.
Further improvements continued, particularly in America, (7) ………produced 95% of all films. With the arrival
of television in the 1950s, (8) ………….. people went to see films, but in (9) ……… years cinema audiences have
grown again. More countries have started to produce films that influence film- making and there are currently (10)
………… national film industries.
1. A. consisted B. contained C. belonged D. held
2. A. gone B. been C. made D. kept
3. A. join B. read C. explain D. perform
4. A. your B. his C. our D. their
5. A. reason B. way C. method D. result
6. A. should B. would C. might D. will
7. A. who B. where C. when D. which
8. A. other B. each C. fewer D. any
9. A. recent B. now C. modern D. present
10. A. many B. lots C. much D. plenty

IV. WRITING (2 points)

Part 1: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentences
printed before it. Keep the words given unchanged.
1. Betty is very happy to look after handicapped people. (DEVOTED)
- Betty is devoted to looking after handicapped people
2. The fact that nobody said anything at the time surprised me. (WHAT)
- What surprised me was (that) nobody said anything at the time.
3. The wrights don’t have much money to live in comfort. (ENDS)
The Wrights…don’t have much money to make ends meet.
4. My honest opinion is that you are wasting your time. (FRANK)
To be frank, you are wasting your time.
5. Henrik was very pleased to be selected for the team. (DELIGHT)
Much to Henrik’s delight, he was selected for the team.
6. “I admit that I forgot to turn on the alarm system” said Robert.
Robert confessed……forgetting to turn on the alarm system
7. I only recognized him when he came into the light.
Not until he came into the light did I recognise him.
8. They believe that the robbers got into the bank through the roof.
The robbers are believed to have got into the bank through the roof.
9. It is likely that he will become a famous writer.
There is likelihood that he will become a famous writer.
10. I first met her in Bangkok in 2005.
It is in 2005 that I first met her.

Part 2: Paragraph writing

Write a paragraph of about 150 words to express your own opion on the the following topic
“ The importance of family”

The end