Kiểm tra 15'

A LISTENING (2)
I. Listen to a conversation between Nga and Kate. Then check True or False (1):
1. Nga needs English for her job.
2. She works for a national bank in Hanoi.
3. She doesn’t need to improve her writing.
4. Nga thinks that learning English is very useful.
II/ Listen and circle the correct answers (1):
1. The material that was used to make jeans first came from………..
A. Asia B. Genoa in Italy C. America D. Africa
2. In the 18th century, workers loved wearing jeans because:
A. the material was very strong B. they were the cheapest
C. the material did not wear out easily D. both A and C are correct
3. In the 1960s, jeans were popular for:
A. students B. workers C. clothes designers D. sailors
4. Jeans became high fashion clothing in the………..
A. 1970s B. 1980s C. 1960s D. 1990s
B/ USE OF ENGLISH (2 pts):
I/ Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced different from the others(0.5):
1. A. chair B. match C. watch D. machine
2. A. enough B. ghost C. cough D. laugh
II/ Choose the word whose main stress pattern is placed differently from the others (0.5):
3. A. foreign B. practice C. examine D. language
4. A. university B. dormitory C. institute D. college
III/ Choose the correct answers (1):
5. Hoa wishes she … to Hue by train .
A. will travel B. could travel C. travels D. is traveling
6. Mathew said he …… a friend at the station the previous day.
A. meets B. will meet C. met D. has met
7. Our little brother took a long nap from 2p.m …. 4p.m
A. till B. until C. from D. up to
8. The competitions will take place … 8am and 2p.m
A. from B. between C. up to D. at

C/ READING (2 pts)
I/ Read the passage, then do the tasks below (1) :
One thing that was really a turning point for me was when I learned Spanish. I was always kind of scared of learning a foreign language, yet I was really envious of kids who could speak another language. But when I started learning Spanish, I found I was actually pretty good at it, and the moment I reached that breakthrough stage – you know , when you discover you can actually speak and communicate with people in the language- I felt really proud of myself. I realized that learning a foreign language wasn’t impossible thing after all. Now I can speak three: Spanish, Italian, and German. And I’m taking Korean this year.
True or False :
The writer was scared of learning a foreign language . ________
He didn’t pay attention to kids who could speak another language. __________
He found he couldn’t do it well. _______
When he reached that breakthrough stage, he felt really proud of himself. _________
II/ Read the text and answer the questions: (1)
On Sunday, Ba invited Liz to join his family on a day trip to his home village. The journey to the village was very interesting. They crossed the green paddy fields and a small bamboo forest before they reached a big old banyan tree at the entrance to the village. Then, they walked up the mountain to visit the shrine of a Vietnamese hero and enjoyed the fresh air there. In the afternoon, they went boating in the river and had a picnic on the river bank. Liz took a lot of photos to show the trip to her parents.
* Questions:
13/ Where did they see a big old banyan tree?
->………………………...................…………………………………
14/ What did they do in the afternoon?
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15/ How long did Liz and Ba’s family take the trip to his home village?
-> ……………………......................…………………………….
16/ How did you feel when you took a trip to your countryside?
-> ……………………….....................……………………………
D/ WRITING (2 pts)
I/ Rewrite the following sentences so that the second sentences means exactly the same as the sentence before it (1)
I am sorry. I can’t speak English fluently.
I wish ……………………………………....................……
He finished his test on time.
His test …………………………………...................………
“Do you like classical music?” He asked