Proctice Pesis Compiler: Nga Mink Chis, 4 Rewas song af you ip alowed yearald child ta walk Roms alone, Ghouldn’) = Yor is . 4 year-old child to walk home elone. 5. Success depend The harder. ee you ere. ‘TEST 10 i. Choose the best answer. 1. He seldom goes to the market,__? (Addoes he B. doesn’t he Cishe D, isn'the 2. The textbook ___ to my teacher has just been stolen. A. belonged /B.velonging C. belongs D. belong 3. Margaret didn’t remember witatl___ her the day efore. A. would tel! Bold —_ yen D. have told 4.1wonder___. A. where are my glasses B. the place of my glasses C., where did I leave my glasses ‘D, where I leit my glasses 5. Students in hostels are___to keep their rooms clin and tidy. A. hoped (Byexpected C. wanted D. desired 6.He was made __a fine ~ A. pay B. paying (Cito pay D. paid 7.1{__ sees Sophie, can they give her a message? “A anyot B. anything C. anywhere D. any 8. ~_ idba was it to visit the exhibition? ‘A. What B. Where C. Who ‘D) Whose 8.____he had won a million pounds, he refused te give up works ; CBsEven though * —B, Despite C. However D. As though 10.T'm sure they were lies! . A. speaking B. talking C. saying D eeting eid de UL. Choose the best answer. Dinosaurs were reptiles that lived during ¢ period of the earth’s history called the Mesozoic Era, which is also known as the Age of Reptiles. The first dinosaurs appeared more than 200 million ‘years ago, For many millions of years, they dominated the land with their huge size end strength, ‘Then about 65 million years ago, they died out rather suddenly, never to re-enterge. ‘The word “dinosaur” comes from two Greek words meaning “terrible lizard.” Dinosaurs were not lizards, but their appearance could be truly terrifying. The biggest ones weighed more than ten times as much as a mature elephant and nearly equeled the size of most modem-day whales. The famous kinds of dinosaurs, including the brontosaus, and tyrannosaurus rex, reached 80 to 90 fest in Tough Not all diuosaus were giants, however; some were actueily no larger than ¢ chicken, Scientists still do not know what caused dinoseurs to disappear. One theory involves a change in the carth’s climate, It is believed thaptgepperaturcs dropped significentiy towards the end of the Cretaceous Period. Too lerge to hiberhate add not having fur or feathers for protection, itis possible ‘that the climate beceme too chilly for dinosaurs. In contrast, other species hsving protection, such as the mammals and birds, were able to survive. 1, Whit isthe best tte for his passage A. The HisPractice Tests Aah ag Compiler: Ngb Minh Chu C. The Metabolism of Dinosaurs J D. The Domination of the Land 2. It can be inferred from the passage that the Age of Reptiles lasted about__. A. 65 million years B. 80 million years (C)135 million years D. 200 million years 3. The author uses the phrase “never to ree) to indicate that the dinosaurs, * “A. went into hiding ( vecate bent C. ot theirway —D. never died out 4. According to the passage, wliat is true about the size of dinosaurs? A. It was rather uniform. oe B. It guaranteed their survival. Cilt varied-quite greatly. 7 «A nar“ D, tt made them the largest creatures ever on earth. 5. The paragraph following the passage most likely discusses. Ginoter theory about the disappearance of dinosaurs B, other changes in the climate C. the ability of mammals to survive D. the protection of other species TIL. You are going to read a newspaper article about a schoolboy who set up a successful Internet business. Five sentences have been removed from the text. Choose from the sentences AF the one which fits each gap (1-4). There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use. There is an example at the beginning (0). Write your answer in the numbered box on your answer sheet. > dt MY SON'S A COMPUTER GENTUS thf’ Tom Had field Bay. Sy Itemet business by the age of 16. His father describes life with a hh child prodigy. qc of Tom was always advanced for his age. He learned to walk and talk eatly, aud was fascinated by words and numbers. He was only two when he got his first computer. In fact, it was bought for his older sister. Even before ‘pti ox mathematics became apparent, Tom was teaching himself to play chess on it. (0) F way hadi mai Although Tom’s sister attended the local primary school, Tom never quite settlediin at the neice laren Instead, he preferred to play by himself at home. Early pastimes include shuffling "and’méinorizing the order of two packs of playing cards, or working ont how many seconds there are in a day, a week, a year. We hoped that school would keep him occupied, but although he enjoyed the many friends he made, he soon grew bored with lessons. It wasn’t the teachers’ fault. (1) _(o_. What about his friends? What would happen when he was in the top year? The proposed solution raised more problems than it tried to solve. By the time he was seven or eight, Tom was playing football regularly for his school and for a team organized by supporters of the local football club. His skills as a businessman had begun to show through as well. He washed our car, and those of the neighbours, for 50p each. (2) A __.He preferred to invest it in a bucket, sponge and bottle of car shampoo. Secondary schools began and Tom soon discovered the World Wide Web. For his twelfth birthday, we got him “wired up,” largely because this was the only way to get him home from the house of a friend who already had Internet access. (3) {) _. We learned later that Tom was already planning then to postpone serious studying until the year he took his final exums at 16, Tom says that he drew up the business plan for Soccernet, now the world’s most popular football website, while he was daydreaming in a lesson. Since then, its success has provided his father with fulltime employment, generated millions of dollars in advertising, and now attracts more than seven million readers a year. The site is now valued at § 15m. (4) ££. He has also had the chance of leaving school to pursue a football career as a goalkeeper with Brighton F.C, or stay at school and follow a business career.