the final tournament World Cup is the most important competition in international football, and the world's most reprentative team sport event.. Federation Internationale de Football As
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Tr êng THPT CÈm thñy 1 Môn: TIẾNG ANH – Hệ 7 năm – Chương trình chuẩn
Bài số 1 - Học kỳ 2 - Năm học 2008-2009
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I Listening:
You are going to listen to a talk about Maximilian Listen carefully and decide if the following statements are
true or false Tick in the right box to indicate your answer You will listen to the tape twice.
II Reading:
Complete the following passage by choosing one of the given phrases to fill in each blank.
a was watched b elimination rounds c organised by
d every four years e elimination tournaments f host nation g the
sport's governing body h viewed and followed i was held k the final
tournament
World Cup is the most important competition in international football, and the world's most reprentative team sport event (1) Federation Internationale de Football Association
(FIFA), (2) , the World Cup is contested by men's national football teams which are FIFA members The World Cup is held (3) (except in times of war), but the (4) of the competition (which narrows the field of as many as 197 teams down to the final 32 teams) take place over
a three-year period, using regional (5)
The (6) phase (often called the "Finalists") involves 32 national teams competing over a four-week period in a previously nominated (7) Only seven nations have won the World Cup Finals The most recent football World Cup (8) in Germany between June 9 and July 10, 2006 The World Cup Finals is the most widely (9) sporting event in the world The final match of the 2002 World Cup (10) by more than one billion people.
III Writing:
Use the prompts below to make up complete sentences about Cher, a famous American pop star.
2 She/ leave/ high school/ when/ she/ 16/ and/ go/ Los Angeles
3 She/ plan/ take/ acting lessons/ there
4 However, she/ meet/ Salvatore Bono/ there/ and/ become/ famous singer/ when/ she/ only/ 19
5 Cher/ get married/ twice/ and/ have/ a daughter/ a son
6 1977/ she/ decide/ turn/ acting/ again
7 Cher/ win/ Best Actress/ the Cannes Film Festival/ 1985/ and/ Oscar/ 1987
8 Her long career/ Cher/ be/ successful/ both/ serious actress/ pop star
IV Language Focus:
A Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
Trang 24 a team b bread c meat d season
B Complete the second sentence so that it it has a similar meaning to the first one.
1 He didn't return to his native village until the war ended
It was not
2 We couldn't relax until all the guests had gone home
It was not
3 I only recognized him when he came into the light
It was not until
4 Roger wants to buy a book, so he's gone to town
Roger has gone
5 Jane wanted to earn some pocket money, so she got a part-time job
Jane got
ANSWERS
I Listening:
+Tape script:
When he left school, Maximilian also started work on the family farm But he soon became bored Country life wasn't for him And so at the age of 18 he left the village He's only been back three times since then He went to Buenos Aires and there he got a job on a ship that was sailing to the USA On the ship he met a rich American businessman He liked Maximilian and offered him a job Maximilian learnt quickly and in the next ten years he made a lot of money on Wall Street He became a millionaire when he was only 25 Since then he has been part
of the international jet set He's had three wives When he was 30 he married a beautiful model, but she died two years later in a car crash His second and third marriages both ended in divorce For the last ten years he has lived alone in his luxury villa in the Bahamas His family life has not been happy Two years ago his son went to prison One of his two daughters has become a drug addict He's been on television several times and the newspapers have followed his life closely For the whole of his life he has loved to travel He's visited almost every country in the world ' Yes, I've made a lot of money I've been everywhere and I've done
everything But has it made me happy? Not really Now look at my brother, Emilio For several years his life hasn't changed at all But he's happy Yes, Emilio is a happy man.'
II Reading:
III Writing:
Use the prompts below to make up complete sentences about Cher, a famous American pop star.
2 She left high school when she was 16 and went to Los Angeles
3 She planned to take acting lessons there
4 However, she met Salvatore Bono there and became a famous singer when she was only 19
5 Cher got married twice and has a daughter and a son
6 In 1977 she decided to turn to acting again
7 Cher won the Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival in 1985 and an Oscar 1987
8 In her long career Cher has been successful both as a serious actress and as a pop star
IV Language Focus:
A Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
1.- d ; 2 - b; 3 - d; 4 - b ; 5 - a
B Complete the second sentence so that it it has a similar meaning to the first one.
1 It was not until the war ended that he returned to his native village
2 It was not until all the guests had gone home that we could relax
3 It was not until he came into the light that I recognized him
4 Roger has gone to town to buy a book
5 Jane got a part-time job to earn some pocket money