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Nguyen Khuyen High School THE FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION
Name :________________ Subject : English 11
Class : 11A Code: Room: Duration : 60 minutes

I / LISTENING: Listen the passage twice and fill in the blanks with the words you hear (1 mark )

I’ve known James for 25 years. We first when he moved to my town. He went to a different school but we became friends he lived nextdoor to me. We’ve each other since then, but we haven’t kept in touch all that time … We lost contact each other when I moved to Scotland in the 1970s for my job … I didn’t go to Jame’s but he came to mine.
II/ PRONUNCIATION (1 mark )
A. Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from those (0,5 mark )
1. A. change B. children C. machine D. church
2.A. crooked B. laughed C. watched D. clapped
B. Circle the word whose stress is on the first syllable. (0,5 mark )
1. A. opportunity B. competition C. activity D. population
2. A. increase B. figure C. remote D. affect

III/ GRAMMAR (3,5 marks )
A . Supply the correct form of the verb in the bracket.( 2 marks )
1. “Remember to bring the raincoat with you.”, Daisy’s father said to her.
Daisy’s father reminded
2. Susan said; “If I were you, I would take a taxi, Richard.”
Susan advised
3. Lisa said :“I am sorry. I told a lie.”
Lisa apologized
4. “ It was very nice of you to visit me. Thank you,” Mrs Clinton said to Jack
Mrs Clinton thanked
B. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences ( 1,5 marks )
1. Why weren’t we permitted _______ the house?
A. entering B. to enter C. enter D. entered
2. Yesterday when I to his house, he the exercises
A. come/ is writing B. come/ was writing
A. was coming/ wrote A. came/ was writing
3. Yesterday, the bus when we arrived.
A. had left B. has left C. was leaving D. leaves
4. Would you consider _____________ your share of the company?
A. sell B. selling C. to sell D. to be sold
5. Have you ever _______ English to a native speaker?
A. speak B. spoke C. speaking D. spoken
6. She expected ________ to the principal.
A. to introduce B. being introduced
C. to be introduced D. being introduced
IV/ Vocabulary: Choose the best answer. (0,5 mark )
1. Christmas is a good _______ for the family gathering.
A. party B. anniversary C. occasion D. way
2. Tomorrow is your birthday. So you need to _____ your living room.
A. celebrate B. decorate C. blow out D. gather

V/ Error identification ( 1 mark )
1. John lived New York since 1960 to 1975, but he is now living in Detroit.
A B C D
2. They speak English well because they practice speak it every day.
A B C D
3. If we met him yesterday, we would have invited him to the party.
A B C D
4. I heard someone fell outside last night.
A B C D
VI. READING: Read the passage and choose the best answer to each question.( 2 marks )
Independence Day in the United States is observed annually on the Fourth of July. For most communities throughout the nation, the traditional celebration includes parades down the main streets, picnics with hot dogs and lemonade, and, of course, a fireworks display at night. In some towns across the country, however, special events are planned in honor of the occasion. In Bristol, Rhode Island, fire engine teams from communities throughout New England compete in a contest to squirt water from their fire hoses. Flagstaff, Arizona hosts a huge