Vietnamese women prefer to wear modern clothing ……… work.. ……… aspects of learning English do you find the most difficult?. 4/ I think it is necessary for secondary school students to we
Trang 1REVIEW OF THE FIRST-TERM EXAMINATION
VOCABULARY
Choose the best words or phrases to complete the following sentences.
1 Malaysia is divided ……… two regions (to / on / in / into)
2 She often goes to ……… to pray because her religion is Islam (church / pagoda / temple / mosque)
3 Mary was really ……… by the beauty of Ha Noi (impress / impression / impressive / impressed)
4 The United States has a ……… of around 250 million (population/separation/addition / introduction)
5 Mathematics and Literature are ……… subjects in high schools (adding/compulsory/optional/religious)
6 It’s very kind ……… you to say so (in / to / for / of)
7 Can you tell me how many chapters this books consists ……….? (of / to / with / in)
8 Vietnamese people are very ……… and hospitable (friend / friendless / friendly / friendship)
9 ……… clothes do you prefer, T- shirt or pullover? (What / How / Which / Where)
10 My uncle was a musician He had a large collection of ……… instruments.(music / musical / musically / musician)
11 Vietnamese women prefer to wear modern clothing ……… work (at / on / to / with)
12 Peter got ……… quickly and went to school (dress / dressed / dressing / dresses)
13 The Ao dai is the ……… dress of Vietnamese women (beautiful / traditional / casual /
baggy)
14 ……… have fashion designers done to modernize the Ao dai? (How / What / Why /
Where)
15 The word Jean comes ……… a kind of material that was made in Europe (in / at /
from / on)
16 The national dress of Japanese women is ……… (Kimono / Ao dai / Sari / Jeans)
17 Nguyen Du is considered a famous Vietnamese ……… (poetry / poem / poet / poetic)
18 They often go to that ……… to pray (market / hotel / hostel / shrine)
19 We have some ……… students for the program (exchange / exchanged / to exchange / exchanging)
20 Cattle and sheep are grazing in the ……… (bridges / rivers / fields / meadows)
21 The weather is nice Shall we ……… mountains this morning? (go / travel / come / climb)
22 What do you think about his ……… of coins? (collect / collector / collection / collective)
23 There is a small bamboo ……… at the entrance to the village (forest / bush / pile / heap)
24 The restaurant has the ……… for serving some of the finest food (repute / reputation / reputed / reputable)
25 ……… aspects of learning English do you find the most difficult? (What / Where / When / Why)
26 They couldn’t pass the final ……… (exam / examine / examining / examination)
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28 The shirt costs ……… 88,000 VND (approximative / approximation / approximately / approximate)
29 If you study at The Brighton Language Center – UK, you can live in ……… on campus (dormitory / hostel /
hotel / room)
30 I saw your school’s ……… in today’s edition of Vietnam News (advertise / advertisements / advertiser /
advertising)
31 I can complete a ……… English test if you want (speak / spoke / spoken / speaking)
32 Who told me the news? The ……… may not be correct (inform / information / informative / informational)
33 She thinks chatting on the Internet is time - ……… (consume / consumer / consuming / consumption)
34 The cost of ……… is very high in big cities (live / living / lives / life)
35 By learning English, you can get ……… to the world’s development (access / accessible / accession /
accessory)
36 The next stage in the development of television is ……… TV (interact/interaction/interactive/interactively)
37 I think boxing is a ……… sport (violent / interesting / important / boring)
38 This newspaper is much more ……… than the others (inform / informed / information / informative)
39 Most of the children in the city have the ……… of a good education (occasion / benefit / time / pity)
40 Nowadays, TV ……… can watch a variety of local and international programs on different channels (seers /
watchers / viewers / lookers)
GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE
Choose the best words or phrases to complete the following sentences.
1 I wish Susan ……… harder for her examination (will work / worked / has worked / works)
2 What were you doing when he ………? (comes / came / coming / was coming)
3 It seems difficult for us ……… abroad at the moment (go / to go / gone / going)
4 There used ……… a movie theater here, but it closed a long time ago (be / to be / been / being)
5 I come from England, so I am not used to ……… on the right (drive / to drive / drove / driving)
6 Although we are far away from each other, we still ……… in touch together (keep / to keep / kept / keeping)
7 Music and Art are ……… subjects (option / optional / optionally / optioning)
8 I wish they ……… here tomorrow (will come / would come / come / came)
9 Mary ……… write to me last year (uses to / used to / is used to / was used to)
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11 I ……… English here since I graduated from university (teach / taught / have taught /
am teaching)
12 Wearing uniform helps students ……… equal in many ways (feeling / to feel / feel / felt)
13 It’s dangerous ……… in this river (swim / to swim / swam / swimming)
14 Millions of Christmas cards ……… last month (were sent / sent / send / are sent)
15 She said that she ……… learning English with you (like / likes / liked / to like)
16 She asked me where I ……… from (come / came / to come / coming)
17 If you want to attend the course, you ……… pass the examination (have to / has to / had too / could)
18 She ……… me whether I liked classical music or not (ask / asks / asked / is asking)
19 He asked me who the editor of this book ………? (is / are / was / were)
20 He told me he ……… leave the city the following day (will have to / would have to / would come / came)
21 He wants to know whether I ……… back tomorrow (come / will come / would come / came)
22 Your teacher writes poems or stories, ……… she? (don’t / won’t / didn’t / doesn’t)
23 Going swimming in the summer is very interesting, ……… it? (is / isn’t / are / aren’t)
25 I remember ……… her somewhere (see / seeing / saw / to see)
26 Excuse me Can I ……… in this area? (smoke / smoking / smoked / to smoke)
27 He thinks that ……… on the Internet is a waste of time (chat / chatting / to chat / chatter)
28 I asked my younger brother ……… some stamps (to buy / buy / buying / bought)
29 She was really ……… by the beauty of the city (impress / impressed / impression / impressive)
30 This test must be done ……… (care / careful / carefully / careless)
31 I can’t go to the movies with you if it ……… heavily (rained / rains / rain / is raining)
32 He wishes he ……… English well (learns / can learn / learnt / will learn)
33 We want ……… my English (to improve / improve / improving / improved)
34 Uncle Hung ……… that birthday cake was delicious (say / says / said / saying)
35 I want everybody to enjoy ……… to Vietnamese folk songs (listen / to listen / listened / listening)
VERB TENSE & VERB FORM
Supply the correct tense or form of the verb in parentheses.
1 She was really ……… by the beauty of
the city (impress)
2 They used to ……… swimming in the
afternoon (go)
3 He wishes he ……… a doctor (be)
4 Is Lan used to ……… to Mariam?
(write)
5 Did Lan use to ……… to Mariam?
(write)
21 What do you want ……… to night? (do)
22 I would like ……… to pop music (listen)
23 She kept ……… during the whole meal (talk)
24 They spent all morning ……… the lessons (learn)
25 They are looking forward to …… my new novel (read)
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7 She ……… to the theater by the Greens
(often take)
8 ……… English ……… all over the
world? (speak)
9 She asked me where I ……… that car
(buy)
10 They said that they ……… their house
(sell)
11 I asked him if he ……… help me (can)
12 The teacher asked her why she ……… the
test (not do)
13 I asked her if she ……… the final test
exam (pass)
14 They asked him if he ……… go then
(must)
15 If he ………, he can play basketball
(be)
16 It took me 2 hours ……… this work
(do)
17 When did you finish ……… the
kitchen? (paint)
18 I began ……… English when I was
seven (learn)
19 Some people like ……… breakfast in
bed, but I
don’t (have)
20 Don’t forget ……… my letter (post)
26 If she ……… the villa, will she buy it? (like)
27 If it freezes tonight, the roads ……… very slippery
tomorrow (be)
28 Jack ……… me many times (visit)
29 The Smiths ……… to Leeds last week (go)
30 The Smith ……… to Leeds since last week (go)
31 They ……… us since March (not see)
32 He ……… the tickets for the game yet? (buy)
33 You ever ……… this film before? (see)
34 If he ……… enough money, he will buy that new
washing machine (have)
35 We have learnt English since we ……… at school (be)
36 He has no money He wishes he …… some now (have)
37 We ……… letters to invite our friends
to our wedding party next week (write)
38 If Loan ……… harder, she will fail in the next
examination (not study)
39 You ……… late for work if you do not get up early (be)
40 Her grandfather ……… a magazine now (read)
READING COMPREHENSION
A Fill in each gap with ONE suitable word
1/ Dear sir,
I saw your (1) ……… of English classes in Sunflowers magazine and I am interested (2) ……… coming to your Foreign Language (3) ……… this summer
I (4) ……… learnt English for 2 years but I have never been to England and I feel that it is now necessary, especially to (5) ……… my pronunciation Could you please (6) ……… me more information about your courses and an (7) ……… form? I would also like some (8) ……… about accommodation I can do your (9)
……… before attending your course if necessary
I look (10) ……… to hearing from you as soon as possible
Yours faithfully,
J.B John
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the Parker family in the American state of Ohio Mr Parker is a (2) ……… and Mrs Parker (3) ……… part-time at a grocery store in a nearby town They have two (4)
……… , Peter and Sam Van often (5) ……… chores after school Sometimes,
he also (6) ……… on the farm The family relaxes (7) ……… Saturday afternoons and they watch Peter play baseball Van likes the Parkers, and he enjoys a (8)
……… of their family
3/ The Internet has rapidly developed and become part of our daily life It’s a very fast and
convenient (1) ……… to get information People (2) ……… the Internet for many purposes: education, communication, (3) ……… and commerce The (4)
……… helps people communicate with friends and relatives by (5) ……… of e-mail or chatting
However, the Internet has limitations It is time- (6) ……… and costly It is also dangerous because of (7) ……… and bad programs On the other hand, the Internet (8)
……… sometimes have to suffer various risks such as spam or electronic junk mail, and personal information leaking So, while enjoying surfing , be alert
4/ I think it is necessary for secondary school students to wear (1) ……… when they
were at school Firstly, wearing uniforms encourages to be (2) ……… of being students of their school because they are wearing the uniforms with (3) ……… bearing their school’s name (4) ……… , wearing uniforms helps students feel (5)
……… in many ways, whether they are rich or (6) ……… Finally, wearing uniforms is (7) ……… You don’t have to think of what to wear every day Therefore, students in secondary schools (8) ……… wear uniforms
B Complete the passages with the given words in the box
1.
finally – secondary – uniform – firstly – disadvantages – secondly – styles – clothes
In many (1) ……… schools in Britain, wearing school (2) ……… is compulsory Some schools argue that there are many (3) ……… to this system Most students don’t agree with school uniform (4) ……… when you have to wear the same (5) ……… as everyone else you don’t have a chance to develop personal taste in the way you dress (6) ……… , people who look scruffy usually look scruffy in their uniforms too and you can always tell the people who come from poor homes because their uniforms are not as new or don’t fit properly (7) ……… , the main reason why most students don’t like school uniforms is because most schools choose such colors and (8)
……… that don’t suit young people at all
(scruffy = dirty or untidy)
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run - pick – wait – stop turn – drop – cross – collect
At 6.30 in the morning, the bus (1) ……… Ba and his family from their home After (2) ……… up everyone, the bus continue North on the highway number 1 It (3)
……… the Dragon bridge and (4) ……… at the gas station to get some more fuel Then it left the highway and turned left onto a small road westward This road (5)
Trang 6……… between green paddy fields, so people on the bus could see a lot of cows and buffaloes The road ended before a big store beside a pond Instead of (6) ……… left towards a small airport, the bus went in the opposite direction It didn’t stay on that road for very long, but turn left onto the road which went across a small bamboo forest Finally, the bus (7) ……… everyone at the parking lot ten meters from a big old banyan tree It would park there and (8) ……… for people to come back in the evening
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knows – understands – subjects – written many – to – friendship – what English is a very useful language If we (1) ……… English, we can go to any countries we like We will not find it hard to make people understand (2) ……… we want to say English also helps us to learn all kinds of (3) ……… Hundreds of books are (4) ……… in English every day in (5) ……… countries English has also helped to spread ideas and knowledge (6) ……… all corners of the world Therefore, the English language has helped to spread better (7) ……… and (8) ……… among countries of the world
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worn – convenient – silk – musicians design – occasions – at – traditional
For centuries, poets, writers and (1) ……… have mentioned the ao dai in poems, novels and songs The ao dai is the (2) v dress of Vietnamese women It consists of a long (3)
……… tunic that is slit on the sides and worn over loose pants Traditionally, it was frequently (4) ……… by both men and women The (5) ……… and material used for men were different from those used for women Nowadays, women usually wear it, especially on special (6) ……… However, many Vietnamese women today often prefer to wear modern clothing (7) ……… work, because it is more (8) ………
C Choose a, b, c or d to complete the passages
1/ Clothes can tell a lot (1) ……… a person Some people like very colorful clothes
because they want everyone (2) ……… at them and they want to be the center of things (3) ……… people like to wear nice clothes, but their clothes are not (4)
……… or fancy They do not like people (5) ……… Clothes today are very different (6) ……… the clothes of the 1800s One difference is way they look For example, in the 1800s, all women (7) ……… dress The dresses all had long skirts But today, women do not always wear dresses with long skirts Sometimes they wear short skirts Sometimes they wear pants Another difference between 1800 and today is the (8)
……… In the 1800s, clothes (9) ……… natural kinds of cloth They were made from cotton, wool, silk or linen But today there are (10) ……… kinds of man-made cloth A lot of clothes are now made from nylon, rayon or polyester
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d looked at them
9 a were made only by b were made only of c were made only in
d were made only from
2/ My village is about 50 kilometers (1) ……… the city center It is a very beautiful
and (2) ……… place where people (3) ……… flowers and vegetables only It’s very famous for its pretty roses and picturesque (4) ……… The air is quite (5)
……… ; however, the smell of the roses make people (6) ……… cool In spring, my village looks like a carpet with plenty of (7) ……… Tourists come to visit it
so often Nowadays, with electricity, it doesn’t take the (8) ……… much time to water the roses And even at night, people can (9) ……… along the path and enjoy the fresh smell (10) ……… the flowers
8 a villages b towns c villagers d city-dwellers
D Choose the correct answer to complete the passages.
1/ Television is one of man’s most important means of communication It brings pictures and
sounds from around the world into millions of homes A person with a TV set can sit in his house and watch the President make a speech or visit a foreign country He can see a war being fought and watch statesmen try to bring about peace through television Home viewers can see and learn about people, places and things in faraway lands TV even takes viewers out of this world It brings them coverage of astronauts as the astronauts explore outer space
In addition to all these things, TV brings its viewers a steady stream of programs that are designed to entertain In fact, TV provides many more entertainment programs than any other kinds The programs include action packed dramas, light comedies, sporting events and motion pictures
1 What does television bring us?
a noise from around the earth b man’s most important means of talking
c events and sound around our globe d president make a speech
2 What can’t viewers do with a television at home?
a watch a president giving a talk b see a war being fought
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3 Which of the following is not true?
a Television can bring us entertainment
b By watching TV, people can widen their knowledge
c People know events and sounds from a different world
d People can watch TV without going out
4 According to the passage, what don’t entertainment programs include?
pictures
2/ Why did English become the international language? In the middle of the 19th century, French was the international language Then Britain became very powerful in the world England started colonies in North America and India in the 17th century By 1900 England also had colonies in other parts of Asia, Africa and the South Pacific The people in the colonies had to use English Slowly it became more important the French internationally After the Second World War, the United States became very powerful, and even more people began to learn English
English has more words than any other language The grammar is simpler than in the other major languages However, English spelling is difficult Foreigners all have trouble spelling English So do native speakers!
Since 1880, more than 50 artificial languages have been invented, but no one speaks them
as a native language, and none of them has ever become popular Some people don’t want study English, but it is the international language There is no way to change that now
1 In the middle of the 19th century, the most international language was
Spanish
2 English slowly became more important than French because
a French was too difficult
b Britain had more colonies in other parts of the world
c The United States had colonies in Asia, Africa and the South Pacific
d France lost the colonies in India
3 English grammar is
a more difficult than French grammar b simpler than other important languages
c too difficult to learn d too difficult for the native speakers
4 Which of the following is NOT TRUE?
a There have been more than 500 artificial languages
b Some people don’t want to learn English
c English is now used as an international language
d More and more people are interested in learning artificial languages
5 Students learn English as at school in Viet Nam
a an artificial language b a native language c a foreign language d a second language
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1/ Attention, please Here is a special announcement A little girl is reported missing She was
last seen 20 minutes ago near the main entrance to the Car Fair Her name’s Mary and she is 3 years old She has dark short hair She is wearing shorts, the blue shorts and a long-sleeved blouse She is wearing a pair of shoes, the brown shoes She may be carrying a large doll
If you see Mary, please bring her to the Information Desk Her father is waiting for her there Thanks
* Questions:
………
………
………
4 Where is Mary’s father waiting for her? ->
………
2/ Last Sunday, Nam went on excursion to Oxford He got up early and took a bus, so he
arrived there on time In the morning, he visited the National Gallery, Big Ben and the Hyde Park In the afternoon, he bought a dictionary and a small disc with the words “Oxford University” He met some English students in the bookshop He was happy to practice speaking English with many foreigners Although he felt a bit tired, he had a nice day
* Questions:
………
………
………
4 Where did he meet some English students? ->
………
5 What did he do with some foreigners? ->
………
………
3/ The word “telephone” means hearing the sounds produced at a distance, just as we see
distant objects through a “telescope” or we see things happening miles away through
“television” The telephone was invented more than one hundred years ago by Alexander Graham Bell, an American It is now very extensively used everywhere In Viet Nam, most of the people have their own telephones in the homes It makes us possible to talk to our friends far away without all the way to their homes
In actually working it appears to be simple It has a transmitter into which you speak and a receiver at which you hear; and these two are now combined in the same small instrument, one at each end The two persons who want to speak have each an instrument There is a connecting wire and electric battery by the side of each, or there is a common connecting
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Its working is marvelous, though simple Two persons can now carry on with each other while both are lounging on their easy chairs There is thus no need now to leave your house to talk to a friend on any business It saves time, trouble and expense
[ 1 lounge (v)= to stand, sit or lie in a lazy way 2 thus (adv) = as a result of sth just mentioned 3 current (n) = the flow of electricity through a wire 4 expense (n) = the money that makes you spend on sth ]
* Questions:
1 What does the word “telephone” mean? ->
………
………
………
4 Why do they like using the telephone? ->
………
5 Do most of the Vietnamese have their own telephones in their homes? ->
………
4/ In many secondary schools in Britain, wearing school uniform is compulsory Some
schools argue that there are many disadvantages to this system Most students don’t agree with school uniform Firstly, when you have to wear the same clothes as everyone else you don’t have a chance to develop personal taste in the way you dress Secondly, people who look scruffy usually look scruffy in their uniforms too and you can always tell the people who come from poor homes because their uniforms are not as new or don’t fit properly Finally, the main reason why most students don’t like school uniforms is because most schools choose such colors and styles that don’t suit young people at all
* Questions:
1 Do most students agree with school uniforms? ->
………
2 Does wearing casual clothes make students feel comfortable and self- confident? ->
………
3 What is the main reason that most students don’t like school uniforms? ->
………