Read the passage below carefully, and then choose the best answer: A worldwide education survey released on December 8th, 1998, by the United Nations Children’s Fund UNICEF found that ab
Trang 1Dang Huy Tru upper- secondary school THE FIRST TERM EXAMINATION
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I Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that
of the other:
1 A native B provide C English D think
2 A quickly B lady C daily D reply
3 A suggested B multiplied C studied D opened
4 A creature B cream C celebrate D competition
II Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D:
6.They give care and comfort to them and help them to overcome their difficulties.
A attention B happiness C love D satisfaction
7 He woke up…………a strange sound in the kitchen
A in spite of B because of C although D so that
8 After she…………a nice dress, she …………it to her close friend
A makes/ gives B had made/ gave
C made/ had given D had made/ had given
9 For boys who no…………have father, there is a voluntary organization called Big Brothers to help them
A long B longest C longer D length
10 That man was…………of having deserted the ship last year
A told B accused C said D helped
11 I hope…………that woman again
A to see B of seeing C seeing D have seen
12 She wasted much time…………her old pair of shoes
A mend B to mend C mending D to be mended
13 He regrets…………lazy last year He lost his job
14 Mary wishes…………off at the airport by her parents
A to see B seeing C being seen D to be seen
15 The girl always complains…………her mother……….how small her room is
A with/ about B to/ about C to/ on D with/ on
16 It’s believed that friendship cannot last long which is all give…………one side and take…………the others
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17 How long…………for this company before you……… your job?
A did you work/ changed B did you work/ had changed
C had you worked/ changed D had you worked/ had changed
18 Mr Minh advised my family…………leaving Vietnam
A to think B not to think C against D against to
19.When Janet got home, her mother…………lunch in the kitchen
A prepared B has prepared C had prepared D was preparing
20 Her mother prevented her…………going out alone at night
III Read the passage below carefully, and then choose the best answer:
A worldwide education survey released on December 8th, 1998, by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) found that about 130 million children between the ages of 6 and 11, including 73 million girls, go without basic
education This shortfall has broad implications for those children’s welfare,
UNICEF argued
The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 1989 Convention
on the rights of the Children established the right to education as a basic human right Nevertheless, more than 850 million people- about one-sixth of the world’s population- will enter the 21st century unable to read or write, UNICEF said in its annual State of the World’s Children Report The illiteracy rate is highest in developing countries
21 How many girls aged from 6 to 11 were found illiterate in 1998?
A 130 million B 850 million C 73 million D 203 million
22 “welfare” in line 4 exactly means………
A happiness B luck C love D money
23 How many people won’t be able to read and write until the 21st century?
A 850 million B about on-sixth of the world’s population
C 130 million D 1 billion
24 Where is the illiteracy rate highest?
A in the USA B in India
C in developed countries D in developing countries
25 What is the main topic of this passage?
A human right B human beings C education D world’s population
IV Read the passage, then decide whether the following statements are True
or False:
I’m in a favour of English- speaking contests in school Such contests encourage students to practise speaking English in their classes and help them
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26 English- speaking contests give students opportunities to practise
speaking English
27 English- speaking contests provide students with a lot of useful skills
28 English- speaking contests ask for a thoroughly review
29 English- speaking contests take a lot of time to prepare
30 The writer is an English teacher
YOUR ANSWERS HERE
V Rewrite the following sentences, using the cues provided:
1 “I hear you won the championship Congratulations!”, Dane said to me
Dane congratulated………
2 “We’ll organize the Christmas party”
They promised.… ………
3.“ Would you like to come on a picnic with us, Jane.”
He invited……… ……….
4 “Excuse me, but I forgot to do my homework”, the girl said to her teacher
The girl apologized…… … ………
5 “If I had a car, I’d drive to work.”, he said
He said ………
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“ You have joined the General Knowledge Quiz at school In about 120 words, write a letter to your pen friend to describe the contest”
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REWRITE:
1 Dane congratulated me on winning the championship
2 They promised to organized the Christmas party
3 He invited Jane to come on a picnic with
4 The girl apologized for not doing her homework
5 He said that if he had a car, he’d drive to work