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THE SECOND TEST
OF THE FIRST SEMESTER
A
I Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
II Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.
III Identify the one underlined word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that must be changed for the sentence to
be correct.
6 The disable spend the rest of their lives in wheelchairs
A B C D
7 The deaf are the persons who can't see anything
8 We are looking forward about going on a wonderful summer holiday
9 It is capable with doing almost anything you ask it to
10.I feel terrible I think I am being sick
A B C D
IV Choose the correct answer ( A,B,C or D) to complete the sentences:
11 Tim has found a new job It's lucky
A Tim has found a new job, which lucky B A new job which is lucky Tim has found
C Tim has found a new job, which is lucky D Tim has found a new job that is lucky
12 It's two years since he last went home
A He hasn't gone home for two years B The last time he went home two years ago
C He didn't go home two years ago D He hasn't gone home two years ago
13 We're arranged to meet you at 8a.m tomorrow
A We're meeting you at 8a.m tomorrow B We've met you at 8a.m tomorrow
C We were going to meet you at 8a.m tomorrow D We meet you at 8a.m tomorrow
14.The street I live in is very noisy at night This makes it difficult to sleep
A The street I live in is very noisy at night,which makes it difficult to sleep
B Which makes it difficult to sleep that the street I live in is very noisy at night
C The street I live in is very noisy at night that makes it difficult to sleep
D This the street I live in is very noisy at night makes it difficult to sleep
V Read the passage below and choose one correct answer for each sentence :
Have you ever visited London, one of the most famous cities in the world? London is divided into three parts, The City, the West End and the East End The City is Britain’s commercial and banking center The West End
is the part where rich people live The East End is the part where poor people live
Lenin visited London before the Great October Socialist Revolution He often came to work at the British museum He gathered material for his works Lenin studied the life of the British workers and British labour movement He attended meetings and gatherings He spent much time in learning English in order to master it Lenin liked to walk around the city to learn more about the British capital He called London the city
of striking contrasts
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15 Lenin called London the city of
16 London is one of the cities in the world
A poorest B smallest C most famous D biggest
17 How many parts is London divided into?
18 When did Lenin visit London?
A Before the October Revolution B After the October Revolution
C During the October Revolution D At the beginning of the October Revolution
19 Lenin liked to walk around the city to _
VI Choose the best answer ( A, B, C or D ) :
20 Information technology is very _ to our lives
21 Our teacher is very proud _ her work
22 My father didn't _ coffee for breakfast
23.Tim used to _ my best friend, but we are not friends any more
24 The government is doing nothing to help _
25 I _ like going to pop concerts when I was a teenager
26 The old _ the cold weather more than the young
27 Letters are their only means of _
A communicate B communication C communicator D communicative
28 Do you know the man _ daughter is standing over there?
29 I _ this film three times
30 How much money _ for your vacation?
31 Their hands _ on a towel
A has been washed and dried B have been washed and dried
C has washed and dried D have washed and dried
32 We are having a _ tomorrow
C five-minutes break D five-minute breaks
33 "Where's your father?" – "He _ in his office."
34 Tell me about your plan, Lan What _ this saturday evening?
35 I _ him since he _ here
A haven't seen/left B haven't seen/leave C didn't see/left D didn't see/lhave left
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36 Mary _ next week
37.Thuy's class is different _ other classes because the children are disabled
38 Ha Long Bay, _ of the world, is 165 kilometers from Ha Noi
39 Look at that man on the bridge! I think he _
40 The man _ you visited last month is a famous scientist
B
I Phonetics:
a).
Choose the word whose underlined part has a different pronunciation from the others in each group: (0,5m)
1 A alphabet B manual C tap D patient
b)
Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others : (0,5m)
II Choose A, B, C or D that best completes each unfinished sentence or substitutes the underlined part: (2ms)
1 Marie Curie was… the Nobel Prize in chemistry for determining the atomic weight of radium
A won B awarded C dedicated D devoted
2 Without the Braille Alphabet, it would be very difficult for……… …
A the disabled B the deaf C the mute D the blind
3 When I came here I ( find) ………that everything ( be) ………ready
A find / is B had found / was C found / has been D found /had been
4 A lot of scientists devote their life scientific researches
A for B to C on D at
5 It’s taking me longer to get ……….the operation than I thought
6 Next week, we’re going to take a ………
A three day trips B three-day trips C three-days trip D three-day trip
7 Braille is a pattern of raised that are with fingers to help the blind to read
A dots / felt B letters / touched C paper / contacted D dashes / brushed
8 The lecturer stopped to take a sip of water, and then resumed speaking
A set up B stopped C put off D started again
III Give the correct tense of the verbs in parrentheses: (1m)
1 Where (you / be) ……… … at the moment, Paul?
- I (cook) ……… … in the kitchen.
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2 (you/ hear) the latest news?
- A bomb (explode) in the station at 10 o’clock this morning.
IV Give the correct form of the words in the parrentheses: (1m)
1 My brother wants a job with good changes of ………… ………….……… (promote)
2 Please turn the radio down The noise is ……… … (deaf)
3 To enroll this course, please fill in this ……… ……… form (register)
4 Feeling ., the child refused to go to school (security)
V
Rewrite the following sentences as directed in the brackets : (2ms)
1 I haven’t gone swimming for two years (Begin with the words given)
→ I last
2 You have lost your money It has happened twice before (Begin with the words given)
→ This is ……….
3 She has a son who is five years old (Use a compound adjective)
→ She has a ………
4 Life must be hard for people who do not have a job in our society today (Use a phrase with THE +
ADJECTIVE instead of the underlined phrase).
→ ………
VI Read the following passage and answer the questions: (2ms)
The first school for blind, deaf and mute children in the Tibet Autonomous Region celebrated its first anniversary on Friday The school is built in the eastern suburb of Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, and is designed
to hold 200 students It covers 20,000 square meters
The school curriculum includes Braille and sign language training, Tibetan, mathematics, writing, ethics training, physical education, arts, handicrafts, speech and walking courses At the celebration, the
audience was touched by a silent song expressed by the students with sign language Baiba Toninzhub, a 10-year-old blind child, can speak Chinese fluently and is good at singing and dancing He told the visitors that life in the boarding school was comfortable
1 Is the school for children who can’t see, hear and speak?
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2 Where is the school located?
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3 What are taught in the school?
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4 How is the students’ life in the boarding school?
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VII Complete the sentences using the following cues: (1m)
1 I / like / point / a few things / the tour / last week
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2 Hellen Keller / graduate / Radcliffe College / 1904
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C A.PRONUNCIATION
I.Choose the word that has the underlined letters pronounced differently from the rest (0,5pt)
II.Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others (0,5pt)
B.VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I.Choose the best answer to complete each sentence (4pts)
5.The President expressed his deep sorrow over the bombing deaths.
6.…… he …… a lot of when he was young?
A.Used/ to smoke B Did/ used to smoke C Used/ to smoking D Did/ use to smoke 7.Eleven houses……….in my village this year
A.had just been sold B have just sold C has just been sold D have just been sold
8.I didn’t like the noise in the city at first But now I ……… here
A.got used to living B am used to living C used to live D used to living 9.People without place to live are called………
10.Look! It ……… soon
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11.Where is the book………he gave you on your birthday?
12.The town is a popular ………… for art lovers
13.The firework display,part of the city’s centenary celebration, …… place on the 21st August in Cannon Park
14.You are very excited about going on holiday to Thailand What do you say to your friends? - "Next Sunday
I ……… to Thailand"
A.will fly B have flown C.fly D.am flying
15.I ………… my brother USD 10,0000 so far
16.Call an……….for her please because she has fallen over and is unconscious
17.Vicky didn’t get the job, ……… made her very depressed
18.The computer can manage large ………… of data
19.We ……… friends many years
20.Our father, ……… we love and admire, has had to work hard all his life
II.Choose the underlined part that needs correcting(1pt)
21.Who do you use a dictionary for?
A B C D
22.The severely disabled needs full-time care
A B C D
23.When I was a child, summers would be warmer and winters colder than now
24 I’ll fly to Mars next week I’ve already gotten a ticket
A B C D
C.READING: read the passage and choose the best answer (1pt)
There was a time when parents who wanted an educational present for their children used to buy a typewriter, a book or a dictionary Convinced that computers are the key to success, parents are insisting that children shpuld be taught to use them in school as early as possible They tend to fear that their children will be unemployable if they haven’t mastered computer technology The use of computers in school is becoming more and more widespread However, many teacher welcome computers, while other remain reluctant They argue that using computers in studies is a waste that “too much money is going for computerized educational materials” However, it is widely agreed that children should be taught computer programming, which does more develop their problem-solving skills and ability to think systematically
25.The purpose of the author when he writes the above passage is …………
A.To explain the important of the early introduction of computers to school
B.To present the different ideas of parents about spending money on computers
C.To complain about the over-use of computers in school
D.To prove that using computers in studies is a vaste
26.Which of the following statement is true according to the passage?
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A.Parents fear that their children will waste much money on studying computers
B.Parents suggest that their chodren should study how to use computers early in school
C.Teachers are not interested in the educational value of computers
D.Teachers should learn how to use computers early
27.Why do parent want their children to master the computer technology?
A.Because they want their children to be computer experts
B.Because they are convinced that computers are best tool
C.Because they fear that their children will be unable to obtain a job
D.Because they don’t want to be unemployable
28.The best title for the passage is …………
C.Educational Values of Computers D.Computers and Parents
D.WRITING: Rewrite the sentences using suggested words (3pts)
29.She has written a lot of short stories (present perfect passive)
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30.Khang / never/ see/ “Rung Chuong Vang”/ program.(complete the sentence)
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31 Mary and Tony don’t eat ice-cream any more (used to)
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32 She / be going to/ study / English/ next Friday.(complete the sentence)
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33.He passed the exam with high grades This made everybody in the family pleased (Which as a
connector)
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34.The house is very old He was born in it (relative pronoun)
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D
I Choose the best answer : ( 5ms )
1: The are those who do not have a job
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A disabled B employed C unemployed D old
2: My father didn’t coffee before breakfast
A used to have B used to having C use be having D use to have
3: Choose the word whose underlined part differently from the rest
A camcorder B computer C insert D printer
4: My brother English for six years
A have learned B learns C learned D has learned
5: The story the teacher told us was very interesting
A who B which C this D whose
6: Braille is a reading system for the
A deaf B dumb C blind D disabled
7: The students have changed their as it is impossible to visit the cave near Thay pagoda
A destination B classmates C excursion D tour
8: Choose the word whose underlined part differently from the rest
9:We've recently studied rock
A building B formations C structure D blocks
10: Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest
A demonstration B photography C illustration D picturesque
11: Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest
12: Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest
13: What makes computer a miraculous device?
14: Our class a picnic at Thay Pagoda this Sunday
A am having B will has C is going to have D go to have
15: I’ll try to her to go with us
A persuade B suggest C propose D offer
16: I our teacher tomorrow, so I shall give him your note
A have seen B going to see C shall have seen D am seeing
17: The English grammar ………… by our teacher
A have been explained B.has been explained C have explained D.has explained
18: Choose the word whose underlined part differently from the rest
19: The man……….I introduced you to last night may be the next president of the university
A which B who C What d whose
20: Their hands / wash and dry / on a towel
A Their hands have washed and dry on a towel B Their hands have been washed and dry on a towel
C Their hands have been wash and dried on a towel D Their hands have been washed and dried on a towel
II Put the verbs in brackets in the present progressive , be going to (1,5ms)
1.Tell me your plan, Tom What you (do) ……….this Sunday evening?
2 Look at the sky! It (be)……… ……… a lovely day today
3 I feel terrible I think I (be) ……….…………sick.
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4 My parents(come)……… tomorrow to stay with me for a few days
5 It’s cloudy and windy It (rain)……… ………soon.
6 Peter (not/ play)……….……volleyball this afternoon.
III Build sentences using the present perfect (passive or active) (2ms)
1 some ink/ spill/ on the carpet (passive )
2 you/ ever see/ a lion? (active)
3 Ann / not invite/ to/ the party.(passive )
4 they/ already show/ the film.(active)
IV.READING.
READ THE TEXT CAREFULLY.(1,5ms)
I wasn’t worried when my son bought a computer After all lots of children have parents who don’t understand computers But when my secretary asked me for a computer in the office, I really became worried
So I decided to take some lessons in computing and my son became my teacher He was very helpful He invited me to sit down in front of the computer screen I did not know what it was called When I asked him what it was, he said that it was a VDU I still didn’t know what a VDU was, but I was too shy to ask him any more From that moment my memory refused to learn because he told me a lot of things that I really didn’t understand at all After a few lessons I began to feel tired I made an excuse, saying that I had a headache I suggested we should leave the lesson for another day Since then I haven’t said anything about the computer to
my son and my secretary
Answer the questions:
1 What did the writer decide to do when his secretary asked him to buy a computer in the office?
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2 Who bought a computer?
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3 What did the writer say when he began to feel tired?
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