SGK Tiếng Anh 11 - TEST YOURSELF F
TEST YOURSELFF Listening (2.5 points) Listen to the passage about Man in Space and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F). The first artificial satellite was launched on 4th October, 1957. Many other heavier sputniks and rockets have been launched by the former Soviet Union and other countries since that time. The first manned spaceship was launched on 20th April, 1961. Yuri Gagarin, the Soviet pilot, took mankind’s first step into space. This historical event has proved that step by step man can conquer outer space. Reading (2.5 points) Read the passage and answer the questions. In the 19th and 20th centuries many very important discoveries were made in medicine. For example, in 1895 a German doctor named Roentgen developed the X-ray machine. The English scientist Sir Alexander Flemming discovered penicillin, the first antibiotic, in 1928. Antibiotics are drugs that fight diseases in the body. Flemming discovered penicillin growing in mold on an old piece of bread! Other great improvements have been made in the technology of medicine. Doctors can save people’s lives by giving them a new heart or a new kidney. Hospitals have large computers and machines that help sick people live better lives. Medicine today is very modem, but it is also very traditional in some parts of the world. In China and other Asian countries, doctors use acupuncture, a very old method of treating sickness and pain. Acupuncture uses needles to help the human body fight pain and disease. Doctors have used this method for thousands of years, and some still use it today. When were many very important discoveries made in medicine? Who developed the X-ray machine in 1895? When was penicillin, the first antibiotic, discovered? What can doctors do to save people’s lives and help them live better lives today? What is acupuncture? Pronunciation and Grammar (2.5 points) Listen and put a tick (7) in the right box, paying attention to the pronunciation of the underlined part of the word. I rent I I end I tense I I tenth Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it means almost the same as the sentence printed before it. People think that Jane is very rich. Jane is thought It is said that she won a special prize. She is said People say that he knows five foreign languages. He is said It is thought that the thief got in through the kitchen window. The thief Writing (2.5 points) Write a biography of Mark Twain, using the following information: Known as one of the greatest American writers Real name: Samuel Langhorne Clemens 1835: bom in Missouri Childhood: grew up on the banks of the Mississippi River During Civil War: - started writing worked as a newspaperman in Nevada and California 1870: married Olivia Langdon Career: was also a famous lecturer, travelled around the country, giving talks on a variety of subjects Works: - best novels: "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" another novel: "Life on the Mississippi", which told of his adventures on the river boats of his era 1909: last novel was written 1910: died at the age of 75