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新加坡小学五年级英语测试题
PRACTICE 2
Section A: Graphic Stimulus Comprehension
For each question, four options are given. Choose the correct answer and write its number in the brackets provided. (5 marks)
16 March 99. 12.30 pm
Happy Days (Ang Mo Kio)
FREE Admission.(Please register in advance)
\"OVERLAND TREK - LADAKH\"
Come see this slide show cum presentation on Lanakh, also known as Little Tibet in the Himalayan Kingdom
Take an adventure trip in Southern Thailand. You can enjoy trekking, bamboo rafting, snorkelling, adventure caving...and more!
Breeze along the East Coast ending at Labrodor Park. Enjoy sizzling BBQ and spend a night in tents!
10 - 14 March 99
5.00 pm
Meeting point: will be advised later.
$10 (COOL! Club Cycling Hobby Sub- Club Member)
$12 (members)
$15 (Non-Members)
Cost includes: return transfers Sin/Haadyai/Sin VIP coach, accommodation in lodges land transfers, all meals [less those during stopovers on the journey], park permits, entrance fees, guides and basic insurance per person. A briefing will be conducted for all participants before the trip.
*Cost includes dinner, refreshments and a souvenir for all participants.
Sports & Recreation
Tel no: 3316638
( ) 1. The destination of the cycling activity is ________.
A. the East Coast B. Thailand
C. Haadyai D. Labrador Park
( ) 2. The show on Ladakh is held at/in _________.
A. Ang Mo Kio B. Pasir Ris
C. the Himalayan D. Mountains
( ) 3. How much would it cost a member to go for the six-day tour to Thailand?
A. Three hundred and eighty dollars
B. Four handred and eighty dollars
C. Three hundred and thirty dollars
D. Four hundred and thirty dollars
( ) 4. For participants of the _________, a briefing would be conducted prior to
the activity.
A. room ballot promotion B. cycling and BBQ outing
C. trip to South Thailand D. slide show on Ladakh
( ) 5. A free souvenir will be given to the participants of _________.
A. the cycling and BBQ outing B. bamboo rafting
C. snokelling D. the slide show on Ladakh
Section B: Grammar Discrete
Choose the most suitable answer and write its number in the brackets provided. (15 marks)
( ) 6. The plane to London has just __________ half an hour ago.
A. taken off B. taken down
C. taken through D. taken in
( ) 7. Terry usually _________ his bag before he sleeps.
A. pack B. packed
C. packs D. packing
( ) 8. Either Pamela or her friends _________ responsible for this.
A. has been B. was
C. is D. are
( ) 9. The judge has decided on the punishment to be ________ out to the criminal.
A. meted B. mete
C. metes D. meting
( ) 10. With _______ did Alice dine?
A. what B. where
C. whom D. which
( ) 11. The baby drinks ________ of milk each day.
A. little B. many
C. few D. plenty
( ) 12. Teddy is a very responsible boy. You can _________ him to do this well.
A. trusts B. trust
C. trusting D. trusted
( ) 13. She ________ searching for her spectacles for the past hour.
A. has been B. has
C. have been D. have
( ) 14. Randy lost his watch ________ was given by his father.
A. who B. which
C. whom D. where
( ) 15. Patrick _________ the past in a fit of anger.
A. brought off B. brought down
C. brought up D. brought over
( ) 16. Edwin turned up for the meeting ________ he was not feeling well.
A. unless B. although
C. since D. because
( ) 17. Jampa refused to ________ despite the difficulties.
A. give off B. give back
C. give on D. give up
( ) 18. Meifen looked ________ the meanings of difficult words in the dictionary.
A. up B. into
C. on D. across
( ) 19. Uncle Dan ________ the quiet islands of Indonesia next week.
A. is visited B. was visiting
C. has visited D. is visiting
( ) 20. Kailin _________ be a gymnast but not anymore.
A. uses B. used to
C. use D. using
Section C: Vocabulary
For items 21 to 25, choose the most suitable answer and write its number in the brackets provided. (5 marks)
( ) 21. You have to be ________ to be a good judge.
A. partly B. partial
C. parting D. impartial
( ) 22. Barbara danced as ________ as a swan on the stage.
A. gracefully B. stealthily
C. crookedly D. wearily
( ) 23. My father has always been _________ of his affection.
A. excessive B. expressive
C. offensive D. impressive
( ) 24. Due to the epidemic, there is a constant _______ of patients visiting the
clinics.
A. stream B. river
C. downpour D. current
( ) 25. Mrs Lee _______ the plants in her garden every week.
A. pumps B. prunes
C. prods D. plums
Choose the most suitable answer to replace the underlined word(s) and write its number in the brackets provided. (5 marks)
( ) 26. Demi's bashfulness is nature at her age.
A. shyness B. friendliness
C. seriousness D. unfriendliness
( ) 27. Penny is admired for her zeal.
A. ability B. enthusiasm
C. skill D. pride
( ) 28. Tammy is running a lucrative business.
A. risky B. cheap
C. expensive D. profitable
( ) 29. It pained me to see his wrethedness.
A. irresponsibility B. misery
C. violence D. indulgence
( ) 30. Brandon's progress was retarded by the sudden death of his father.
A. improved B. prevented
C. delayed D. helped
Section D: Comprehension MCQ
Read the following passage carefully and answer questions 31 to 35. Pick the correct answer and write its number in the brackets provided. (10 marks)
There once lived two brothers in a remote village of China. They lost their parents at a tender age and worked together on the family farm since then. One of them was married and had a large family of six children. The other was single. Life in the farm was tough but happy. They worked very hard in the day ploughing the fields and harvesting the crops. At the end of each day the brothers would share everything equally, produce and profit.
This went on for many years. By this time, the married brother had eigth children. Then one day while the single brother was working in the fields, he thought to himself, \"It's not right that we should share equally the produce and the profit. I'm alone and my needs are simple. My brother has a big family. He needs much more than I do. How can I take half of the produce?\" With that in mind, he took a sack of grain from his bin and crept across the field between their houses, dumping it into his brother's bin quietly. He did so every night without fail.
Meanwhile, the married brother, seeing how hard his only brother worked, thought to himself, \"It's not right that we should share the produce and the profit equally. After all, I'm married and I have my wife and children to look after me in years to come. My brother has no family, and no one to take care of his future. It's not right that I take half of everything. He really should have a bigger share.\" So each night when everyone was asleep, he took a sack of grain and dumped it into his single brother's bin quietly.
This went on and both men were puzzled for years because their supply of grain never dwindled despite what they were doing. They could make no sense of the strange phenomena.
Then one dark night, while on the way to each other's bins, the two brothers bumped into each other. It dawned on them what was happening. They dropped their sacks and embraced each another in the moonlit night.
( ) 31. The brothers lost their parents when they were __________.
A. very young
B. quite old
C. middle - aged
D. neither young nor old
( ) 32. What kind of life did the two brothers lead at the farm?
A. A difficult and unhappy life
B. A difficult but happy life
C. An easy but unhappy life
D. An easy and happy life
( ) 33. The single brother's consideration was __________.
A. his married brother's needs
B. his own needs when he was old
C. his health which was deteriorating
D. his married brother's family problems
( ) 34. The married brother felt that his single brother deserved a bigger portion
of their produce and profit as he _________.
A. was very ill
B. worked much harder on the farm
C. was greedy and liked to hoard grains
D. had no one to take care of him in his old age
( ) 35. The word 'dwindled' in the fourth paragraph means ________.
A. remained the same
B. increased
C. decreased
D. disappeared
Section E: Grammar Cloze
From the list of words given, choose the most suitable word for each blank. Write its letter (A to Q) in the blank. The letter (I) and (O) have been omitted in order to avoid confusion during marking. (10 marks)
DO NOT USE ANY WORD MORE THAN ONCE
(A) in (B) or (C) as (D) of (E) so
(F) when (G) then (H) and (J) down (K) up
(L) by (M) but (N) an (P) than (Q) very
Youth is a state of mind. It is not wholly a matter (36) ________ ripe cheeks, red lips, (37) _________ supple knees. It is a temper of will, a quality of the imagination and a vigor of the emotions. Nobody grows old merely (38) ________ living a number of years. People grow old only by deserting their ideals. A person is (39) ________ young as his faith and as old as his doubt.
(40) ________ the central place of every heart, there is a recording chamber; (41) __________ long as it receives messages of beauty and hope, cheer (42) ________ courage, you are young.
(43) __________ the wires are all (44) _________ and the heart is covered with the snows of pessimism, (45) _________ and only then have you grown old.
Section F: Edition - Spelling/Grammar/Punctuation
Each of the underlined words contains either a spelling or grammatical error. Wrong punctuation marks are circled. A missing punctuation mark is indicated by a circle at the place where it should be. Put the correct punctuation mark or word in each of the boxes. (10 marks)
There was an auction in an old town. Among the items was an old violin bettered (46) and scarred, and the auctioner (47) thought it scarcely worth his while to waste many (48) time on it. But still he held it up with a smile ____ (49) \"What am I bidding, good folks,\" he cried. \"Who'll start the bidding for me? A dollar? Two! Only two? Who'll made (50) it three? Three dollars once, three dollars twice; going for three...\" But no. Form (51) the back of the room, a greyhaired man came forward and picked up the bow. Then, wipping (52) the dust from the old violin, and tightening the lose (53) strings, he played a malody (54) pure and sweet as a carolling angel's wings.
The foolish crowed could not quite understand how that was possible - they saw not the change that was wroght (55) by the touch of the master's hand.
46. __________ 47. __________ 48. _________ 49. _________ 50. ________
51. __________ 52. __________ 53. _________ 54. _________ 55. ________
Section G: Comprehension Cloze
Read the passage carefully. Fill in each blank with a suitable word. (20 marks)
When Alvin finished his (56) _________ at the university, he began to look (57) _________ for a job. As a (58) _________ graduate, he did not know what he (59) _________ like to do, but one of his uncles had (60) ________ for the government for thirty years, and he (61) ________ Alvin to get a job of the (62) ________ kind. Alvin (63) ________ about it and decided that since he had nothing (64) ________ to do, he might as well go (65) ________ the examination. He was (66) ________ and his first job was in a large government (67) _________.
After Alvin had (68) _________ there for a few weeks, his uncle came to (69) ________ the family one evening. He was delighted that his (70) ________ had managed to get a job working for the govenment, and he asked him a lot of (71) ________ about it. Alvin (72) ________ all of them truthfully. One of the questions was, \"How many (73) ________ work in your department, Alvin?\"
The young man (74) ________ about it for a few (75) ________ and then answered, \" About half of them, Uncle Pete.\"
Section H: Synthesls/Transformation
For each of the following items, rewrite the sentence(s) using the word(s) given. Your answer must be in one sentence and its meaning must be the same as the sentence(s) given. (10 marks)
76. I had salad for breakfast. Granny prepared it.
The salad ___________________________________.
77. You got into trouble because you refused to listen to Father.
You would not _______________________________.
78. Sarah learnt cooking. She had to cook for the family.
_______________________ in order to ________________________.
79. You have been good. You may have an ice-cream.
Since _______________________________________.
80. Mrs Tan scolds Oliver. He is very lazy.
_______________________ who _________________.
Section I: Comprehension OE
Read the passage below and answer the question that follow. Your answers must be based on the passage. All answers must be in complete sentences. (20 marks)
There was once a general of war who had spent his entire life fighting in campaigns for many kings. At the end of his career, he became tired of fighting. He had but one wish-to spend the rest of his days studying archery, the one art of war he had not mastered.
The general did not want to learn archery in order to be a better fighter, but rather to study and reflect. He had heard of Master archers, living in distant monasterries, who spend a lifetime doing nothing else but perfecting their skill. Their life appealed to him, and so he retired from fighting and began to search for the Mastere archers.
After a long journey the general found a monastery where the monks were devoted to archery. He entered the monastery and begged to join them and pass the remainder of his days on earth studying archery. For ten years that was what he did.
When he had perfected his skill as an archer, the abbot of the monastery came to the general and said, \"It is time to leave.\" The general was shocked and he protested, saying that his life in the world outside the monastery was over. His only desire was to remain within the monastery walls and continue to meditate on the bow, the arrow, the target. He argued and pleaded with the abbot, but the abbot was resolute. To advance his skill, it was necessary for the general to go out into the world and teach what he had learned.
And so he left the monastery. Once outside, the general had nowhere to go; he decided to return to the village of his birth. It was a long journey over many lands, but finally he neared the village. As he walke through the surrounding forest he noticed a bull's-eye on a tree, with an arrow in the exact center. The general was surprised by this and even more so when he noticed more trees with bull's-eyes and arrows in the center.
Soon he came to the farmlands and there saw many barns and homes with bull's-eyes and arrows dead center. He became agitated and walked quickly into the village center. The peace he had gained from his years of monastic life was gone. He was indignant to find that after ten years of study and reflection there lived an archer more skilled that he. Quickly, he appeared the elders of the town and demanded that the archer responsible for this perfection meet him at the edge of town by the mill, in one hour.
The general waited by the mill, but as the hour approached no one came. There was, however, a young girl playing by the river. The girl noticed him and came over.
\"Are you waiting for someone?\" she asked, looking up at the general.
\"Go away,\" he said, irritated.
\"No, no,\" said the girl, \"you look like you're waiting for someone and I was told to come and meet someone here.\"
The general looked disbelievingly at the little girl and said, \"I'm waiting for the Master archer responsible for the hundreds of perfect shots I have seen.
\"Well, that's me then,\" said the girl.
The general looked skeptically at the girl. Finally, he said, \"If you are telling the truth, then explain to me how you can get a perfect shot every single time you shoot your arrow.\"
\"That's easy,\" said the girl, brightening.\" I take my arrow and I draw it back very tight in the bow. Then I point it very, very straight and let it go. Wherever it lands I draw a bull's-eye.\"
81. Why did the general want to learn archery?
_______________________________________________________________
82. What was the reason the general cited for wanting to remain in the monastery
when told to leave?
_______________________________________________________________
83. Why did the abbot want the general to leave the monastery?
_______________________________________________________________
84. How did the general feel about leaving the monastery?
_______________________________________________________________
85. What was the sight that greeted the general as he walked through the forest?
_______________________________________________________________
86. What two words described how the general felt upon seeing the bull's-eyes and
arrows in the centre?
_______________________________________________________________
87. What did he do when he realised there was a more able archer than he?
_______________________________________________________________
88. What was his response when the young girl by the river approached him?
_______________________________________________________________
89. Give another word that means 'skeptically'.
_______________________________________________________________
90. Who was the Master archer?
_______________________________________________________________
ANSWER KEY
(Primary 5 English)
Practice 2
1. D 2. A 3. A 4. C 5. A 6. A 7. C 8. D
9. A 10. C 11. D 12. B 13. A 14. B 15. C 16. B
17. D 18. A 19. D 20. B 21. D 22. A 23. B 24. A
25. B 26. A 27. B 28. D 29. B 30. C 31. A 32. B
33. A 34. D 35. C 36. D 37. B 38. L 39. C 40. A
41. E 42. H 43. F 44. J 45. G
46. battered 47. auctioneer 48. much 49. ,
50. make 51. From 52. wiping 53. loose
54. melody 55. wrought 56. studies 57. around
58. fresh 59. would 60. worked 61. advised
62. same 63. thought 64. better 65. for
66. successful 67. office 68. worked 69. visit
70. nephew 71. questions 72. answered 73. people
74. thought 75. moments
76. The salad I had for breakfast was prepared by Granny.
77. You would not have got into trouble if you had listened to Father.
78. Sarah learnt cooking in order to cook for the family.
79. Since you have been good, you may have an ice-cream.
80. Mrs Tan scolds Oliver who is very lazy.
81. He wanted to study and reflect.
82. He said that his life in the world outside the monastery was over and he only
wanted to continue meditating on the bow, the arrow and the target.
83. The abbot felt that to advance his skill, the general had to go out into the
world to teach what he had learnt.
84. He felt reluctant to leave it.
85. He saw many trees with bull's-eyes and arrow in the centre.
86. He felt agitated and indignant.
87. He approached the elders of the town and ordered that the able archer meet him
at the edge of town by the mill, in an hour.
88. He felt irritated.
89. It is 'distrustfully'.
90. She was the young girl by the river. |
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