Surprisingly, the fisherman asked for thousand blows and he shared his reward to the guard at the gate.. This gave the guard a lesson about being dishonest.[r]
Trang 1VINH LINH EDUCATION OFFICE
Vinh Chap Secondary School
FIRST SEMESTER EXMINATION
(Time allowed: 60 minutes)
Name:……… Class: ………….
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest
Choose the best option to complete these following sentences
6. My family here since last year
7. You ought to your homework before going to class
8. She enjoys jokes, but her jokes sometimes annoy us
9. He is only two year old, so he to go to school
A is enough old B old is enough C isn’t enough old D isn’t old enough
10. Could you me a favor?
11. I lost my pen, but I couldn’t it anywhere
12. That’s very kind you to help me
13. Could I speak Lan, please?
14. We are going to fishing this Sunday
15. Lan moved back home 10 00 pm
16. As students, we our parents
A ought obey B ought to obey C must to D obeying
17. You can call me when you are out by using
A telephone directory B public telephone C address book D answering machine
18. He finally the decision to go abroad
19. Ho Chi Minh City is city in Vietnam
A larger B the most large C the largest D more large
20. Living in the city is
A more convenient B quieter C more peaceful D easier
Choose the underlined part that needs correcting
21. I’m glad telling you that I’m going to have interesting activities
22. We have gone to Ho Chi Minh City five months ago
23. He asked me if I like playing tennis
24. This hotel has been already in business for fifty years
25. She hates watch TV in the evening
Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces
OFFICIAL TEST
Trang 2Harry starts work at half past six He delivers papers every day of the week, from Monday to Saturday, but not (26) _ Sundays He works in the mornings before school and (27) _ the afternoons after school He usually finishes work (28) six o’clock
Harry says, “(29) the summer, the job is OK, but (30) _ December and January, the weather is very cold! I like this job I get a lot of exercise, and the money is good I’m saving my money in the bank at the moment for a holiday in Spain.”
Read the passage again and then answer the following questions
Once, there was a king in Tibet who loved to eat fish His love for fish was so great that he couldn’t eat anything if there was no fish on the table
It happened one year that there was no rain Month after month, there was less and less water in the rivers, and less and less fish, until there was no fish at all, even for the king The king could not eat everything He sent men to all the fishermen’s villages in the country to announce that the man who brought fish to the king’s table could have any reward he asked for
Some time passed and a poor fisherman appeared in front of the king’s palace, carrying a lot of fish When the guard
at the gate saw the fisherman coming toward him, he immediately knew who the man was taking the fish to, so he asked the man to give the fish to him The fisherman did not agree The guard finally agreed to let him go on the condition that the fisherman had to give him half of his reward
After the fisherman met the king, the king asked him what he wanted for the reward Surprisingly, the fisherman asked for thousand blows and he shared his reward to the guard at the gate This gave the guard a lesson about being dishonest
31. Who loved to eat fish so great?
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32. Why was there no fish at all?
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33. Who could have any reward?
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34. Who appeared in front of the king’s palace?
35. What did the fishman ask for?
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Rewrite the following sentences as directed.
36. I usually stayed up late to watch football matches last year
I used to
37 Mary is very intelligent She can speak four languages (use enough)
Mary _
38. They intend to visit their grandparents at Christmas
They are going _
39. “ You should practice speaking English every day” The teacher said to us
The teacher advised _
40. Our teacher said, “ Listen carefully in class to save your study time at home.”
Our teacher told
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