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KHANH HUNG HIGH SCHOOL
THE FIRST TERM EXAMINATION


Full name:________________________________
Class: 11C________
Time allowed: 45 minutes
Subject : English
Code: 01


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PART A: LISTENING (2.5 marks) You will hear two speakers talking about “Christina is being interviewed about the most unforgetable experience in her life”.
Exercise 1: Listening to voice one and do the task below (1 mark). Listen three times
1. Christina is a___________.
A. housewife B. businessman C. businesswoman D. teacher
2. The fire happened_________________years ago.
A. thirty B. thirteen C. fourteen D. fifteen
3. The fire started in the__________________.
A. bedroom B. living room C. bathroom D. kitchen
4. When the fire started, she was_________________.
A. sleeping B. reading a book C. watching TV D. singing
Exercise 2: Listening to voice two and choose the correct options to fill in the blanks (1,5 marks). Listen three times
Interviewer: What do you mean?
Christina: Well, before the fire, I was (1)__________________. I always complained to my mother about how small my (2)______________ was, or how few clothes I had. Then the fire came and (3)________________ everything we owned. But I slowly began to realize that I didn’t really need my odd things. I just needed my family. After all, you can get new clothes anytime, but a (4)____________________ can never be replaced.
Interviewer: I see, so the fire took many things from you, but it gave you some thing, too.
Christina: Exactly. It taught me to (5)__________________ my family more than things.
PART B: PHONETICS-VOCABULARY-GRAMMAR (2.5 marks)
Exercise 1: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMER: Choose the correct option (2 ms)
1: The “ ------------- ” is often celebrated on people’s 25th wedding anniversaries.
A Golden Anniversary B Diamond Anniversary C Cotton Anniversary D Silver Anniversary
2. The woman accused of the boy …………………….the window of her house.
A. breaking B. to break C. break D. broke

3. When we ----------- home, our parents ---------- out for lunch.
A arrived / had gone B arrived / went C had arrived / went D arrived / have gone
4. The plants want ------------------daily.
A watering B being watered C to be watered D to water
5 Does Dr. Johnson mind -----------at home if his patients need his help?
A being called B to call C to be called D calling
6. A friend of mine phoned _______ me to a party.
A. for invite B. inviting C. to invite D. for inviting
Exercise 2: PHONETICS: Circle a word which has an underlined part pronounced different from the others (0.5m)
1. talks B. spends C. gets D. tops
2. needed B. crooked C. interested D. turned
PART C: READING (2.5 marks)
Exercise 1: Read the passage and do the task that follows (1m)
MISSING THE TRAIN
The train I was travelling on was already half an hour late. I had arranged to arrive in Vienna at 7.15 in time to catch the 7.25 train to Paris, but there was no hope of that now. I explained the situations to the ticket collector who advised me to get off two stops before Vienna Central Station and take a taxi. When the time came, he even helped me with my luggage. He wished me good luck as I jumped off, and a few minutes late I was racing towards the centre of the city in a taxi. It was almost 7.25 when we stopped outside the station, paid the driver quickly, seized my bags and hurried inside. “Paris train?” was all I had time to say to the first official I saw. You could imagine my disappointment when he pointed to a train that was just moving out of the station at great speed!
1. What does the word “seized” in this passage mean?
A left B threw C took D dragged
2. Who helped the writer with his luggage?
A the taxi driver B the train driver C the ticket collector D a passenger
3. Which of the following sentences is NOT true?
A The writer got off the train before reaching Vienna Centre Station.
B The writer wanted to catch the 7.25 train to Paris.
C The train the writer was travelling to Vienna was thity minutes late.
D Finally, the writer caught the train to Paris at 7.25.
4. How did the writer arrive at Vienna Centre Station?
A