Pre-Class Test

I.Grammar test


1, —Uncle is coming by __________ train tomorrow.
—Let's go to ___ railway station to meet him.

There are __________ students in our school.

—David, is that __________ English dictionary?
—Yes, it is __________ . It is new.

We__________ for a picnic if it ____rain this Sunday.
A. will go; doesn't B. will go; won't C. go; doesn't

—_______ do you visit your grandfather?
—Once a week.

She said she hoped ____ her daughter.

—Must I clean the room now, Mom?
—No, ______ .

—A new bridge ____in our hometown last year.
— Really? Our hometown must be more beautiful.

I have only two tickets of Kong Fu. ____ you ______ he can go With me.

II. CLOZE TEST

Last year Jeff left school. He came to Guangzhou to find a __10__ . He ,went to one company after another company. But no one wanted him. Then he had __11__money. He had to go back to his small town. _12___he came to the station. He __13 _ Very sad and tired. It was very late at night and the station was __14___of people. They were waiting to buy tickets of the last train. He bought the ___15___ ticket, so he was very happy.
At that time, a woman __16___ a crying baby walked to him. She asked him to __17__her the ticket. He gave her the ticket. He thought they needed it more than he. After the train left, he sat on the bench and didn't know __18___ to go. Just then an old man came and said, "Young man, I saw what you did to help the woman. I have a big company. I need a good young man like you. Would you like to ___19__ for me?"

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III. Reading Comprehension
Passage A.

Reading is a good hobby for all kinds of reasons.
First, reading is fun. You can always keep yourself happy if you like reading. If you like reading, you will never feel bored or tired.

Next, you can read a book almost anywhere: in a car, on a plane, or even in the bathroom. All you need is a book!

Another good reason for reading is that it is useful. If you read as a hobby, you will get better and better at it. And you will read faster and find it easier to understand what you read. As your reading skills improve, you will probably find your schoolwork becomes much better.

Some people say that reading is out of date. This is not true. You can read on
computers, and the better you read, the better your computer skills will be.

Good readers may become writers, too. They always have more things to write about. Reading is a wonderful hobby. Why not start reading right now?

20. According to the passage, reading can keep you bored and tired.

21. You can read a book almost everywhere.

22. If your reading skills improve, your schoolwork will become much better.

23. It is true that reading is out of date.

24. Good readers may become writers.

Passage B.

China is a large country. The population is over 1.3 billion. It has a special culture with a very long history.
Chinese food plays an important role for Chinese families. Different foods have special
meanings. The main difference is that Chinese people eat their meals with chopsticks. One of the main foods in Chinese culture is rice. Tea is a favorite drink and it is popular in the market.
Chinese calendar is different from the one used in western countries. New Year's Day is in late winter. It is also called the Spring Festival. It has a big celebration of tinging out the old and ringing in the new. It has special foods and traditions. For example, sweeping the floor before New Year's Day sweeps away all the old year's bad luck.
The Chinese zodiac, known as Sheng Xiao, follows a twelve-year cycle. Each year is named for an animal. These animal signs are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon,snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. For example, the year that begins in 2016 is the year of the monkey.
Chinese is a complex language. Chinese writing developed almost 4,000 years ago and may even be older. Chinese writing has thousands of characters. A character stands for a word and also a meaning. Besides Putonghua, Chinese people speak six other forms of the language, and there are many kinds of dialects.

25. What's the population of China?

26. According to the passage, what's one of the main foods in China?

27. The year that begins in 2016 isn't the year of the monkey, is it?

28. What's the main idea of the passage?

Read the following message:

Welcome to Bangkok Zoo

Opening date: June 16, 2016
Time: 9:00 am - 17:00 pm
Ticket Price:
General 100 baht
Child (1-1.4 metres) 50 baht
Senior (aged 65 or above) 50 baht


29. When will Bangkok zoo start to open?

30. If Mr Li, Mrs Li and their 6-year-old son go to Bangkok zoo, they need to pay____.