HỌC KỲ 1

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
THE FIRST EXAMINATION
Subject: ENGLISH
Allowed time: 45 minutes

No.1
I. Listen to the conversation between Lan and Aunt Hang. Then circle the correct answer: (1m)
1- Lan is phoning to ____________ .
a. Uncle Chi
b. Aunt Hang
c. Lan’s mother
d. Lan’s father

 2- Uncle Chi and Aunt Hang are coming to visit Lan next _____________ .
a. month
b. year
c. day
d. week

 3- They are arriving in Ha Noi in the late ___________ .
a. morning
b. evening
c. afternoon
d. December

 4- Aunt Hang wants to __________ Lan’s mother.
a. speak
b. see
c. visit
d. meet

II. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others: (1m)
1- a. annoy
b. enough
c. lucky
d. reserved

2- a. effect
b. notice
c. surface
d. contact

3- a. humid
b. airmail
c. pancake
d. discuss

4- a. customer
b. delicious
c. grocery
d. resident

III. Circle the best answer: (3ms)
I used _________ fishing.
a. enjoy
b. to enjoy
c. enjoying
d. to enjoying

She felt and hurt ___________ .
a. her
b. herself
c. himself
d. myself

Mozart was born in Salzburg __________ 1756.
a. at
b. since
c. on
d. in

The audience didn’t laugh __________ his joke.
a. at
b. on
c. to
d. for

She works very __________.
a. hard
b. hardly
c. good
d. careful

Yesterday, I ________ to the cinema.
a. go
b. will go
c. went
d. have gone

In Britain school always __________ in September.
a. begin
b. begins
c. began
d. is beginning

Na ________ here since last week.
a. have lived
b. has lived
c. lived
d. lives

Mr. Hao should ___________ the roof.
a. repaired
b. repairing
c. to repair
d. repair

Can you send me the money __________ possible, please?
a. as soon as
b. so soon as
c. so soon so
d. as soon so

Ann’s grade is the same _________ mine.
a. like
b. to
c. as
d. for

Their tastes are different ________ ours.
a. with
b. for
c. as
d.from

IV. Complete the passage with suitable words in the box: (1m)




A customer (1) _________ the Phat Tien Delivery Service on June 16 just after midday. The customer’s (2) __________ was Mr. Tuan, and he wanted to speak to Mrs. Thuy. Mrs. Thuy was in a meeting and could not come to the phone. So Mr. Tan took a (3) ________ . Mr. Tuan called about his stationery order. He said Mrs. Thuy could (4) _______ him at 3 882 561.
V. Rewrite the following sentences as directed: (2ms)
1. The worker is clever. He can make fine things from wood. ( Use “enough”)
( ______________________________________________.
2. On Sundays I like to sleep late. (Use “enjoy” instead of “like”)
( _____________________________________________.
3. Their mother said to them, “ Don’t make so much noise.” ( Use “reported speech”)
( _____________________________________________ .
4. Nam’s teacher said to him, “ You shouldn’t drive too fast.” ( Use “reported speech”)
( _____________________________________________ .
VI. Read the following passage carefully.
Japan’s cities also have a mix of traditional and modern characteristics. There are tall office and apartment buildings as well as traditional wooden houses. Many people prefer to live near the center of cities, but because houses there are expensive, they often commute from suburbs. Traffic, pollution and crowds are problems.
However, there is little crime, and even very crowded cities have many parks and gardens.
Answer the questions: (2ms)
Are Japan’s cities modern? (__________________________________________________ .
Where do many people prefer to live? (__________________________________________________ .
What are the bad things about Japan’s cities? (__________________________________________________ .
What are the good things about Japan’s cities? (__________________________________________________ .













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