TEST 1 – B1 – NOVEMBER 2024
LISTENING
Section 1: Listen to an interview about preparations for an International Youth
Music Festival and decide whether the following statements are True (T) or False
(F)
1. This is the first International Youth Music Festival
2. The organizers have finished preparations for the festival.
3. Last year, the festival was held on the beach.
4. They are selling tickets for the festival at the park gates
5. The country park is far from the town center.
Section 2: Listen and complete the table. NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS OR/
AND A NUMBER
Carbon footprint
Definition Effects of large carbon Ways to reduce it
footprint
Carbon footprint is: - Increasing (7) ____ and Make your daily activities
- The total amount of air pollution eco-friendly by:
(6)____produced by - Destroying the (8) ____ - Taking shorter (9)
human activities ____
- Emissions of other - Using (10) _____,
greenhouse gasses walking, or cycling.
Section 3: Complete the notes. Use NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each
answer
KATE
Her first impression of the town Example: Quiet
Type of accommodation (11) _____
Her feelings about the accommodation (12)______
Her feelings about the other students (13)______
Name of course Environmental Studies
Difficulties experienced on the course (14) ______
Suggestions for improving the course (15)_______
LUKI
First type of accommodation (16)_____
Problem with the first accommodation (17)______
Second type of accommodation (18)______
Name of course (19)______
Comments about the course Computer room busy
Suggestions for improving the course (20)________
PHONETICS
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the
other three in the following questions
21 A. looked B. watched C. carried D. stopped
22 A. study B. success C. surprise D. sugar
23 A. unite B. underline C. university D. uniform
24 A. danger B. angry C. language D. passage
25 A. character B. children C. teacher D. change
26 A. realize B. improve C. possible D. comfortable
27 A. important B. especially C. prefer D. influence
28 A. general B. opinion C. abroad D. surprise
29 A. comfort B. nation C. apply D. moment
30 A. medical B. advise C. vegetables D. physical
II. Choose the correct answear
31. Are you interested______ playing badminton after class?
A. in B. with C. on D. for
32. "What _____ going to Hanoi tomorrow? "
A. to B. in C. about D. for
33. Hoa works very_____ so she always gets good marks.
A. badly B. good C. hardly D. hard
34. The building was built______ 1962 and 1969.
A. between B. from C. since D. for
35. This school______ in 1997
A. built B. is built C. was built D. has built
36. Of all my friends, Hoa is______
A. the tallest B. the most tallest C. taller D. more taller
37. Are you proud____your country and its tradition?
A. about B. on C. of D. for
38. Do you collect stamps or other things?
Yes, I am a stamp____
A. collecting B. collector C. collect D. collection
39. It is very dangerous_____ in the polluted environment.
A. to live B. lives C. living D. live
40. His car is the same color______ my uncle’s.
A. alike B. as C. like D. to
41. This ruler______ of plastic.
A. make B. made C. is making D. is made
II. Write the correct form of verb to fill in the brackets
Nowadays, a lot of important inventions (1. CARRY OUT) by
scientists (2. WORK) for large industrial firms. However, there (3.
BE) still opportunities for other people (4. INVENT)
various things. In Britain, there is a weekly TV program which (5. ATTEMPT)
to show all the devices which people (6. invent) recently. The people (7.
ORGANIZE) the program receive information about 700 inventions per
year. New ideas can (8. DEVELOP) by private inventors. However,
it is important (9. CONSIDER) these questions: Will it work? Will it
(10. WANT) ? Is it new?
