Đề 1

THE SECOND-SEMESTER EXAMINATION

I. Choose the word that has a different pronunciation from the other of each group:
1. A. weighed B. called C. started D. measured
2. A. add B. amount C. affect D. appointment
3. A. sugar B. sauce C. symptom D. serious
4. A. height B. weight C. eight D. neighbor
5. A. touch B. stomach C. chopstick D. catch
II. Choose the correct answer.
1. _____________ is it from your house to school?
A. How far B. How much C. How long D. How often
2. How _____________ is the blue pen?
A. far B. many C. much D. old
3. The supermarket is _____________ the restaurant.
A. near B. between C. far D. in front
4. Did Jane buy any _____________ in London?
A. book B. picture C. thing D. souvenirs
5. After the holiday, they returned to Ha Noi _____________ bus.
A. on B. in C. by D. with
6. They arrived home at 6.30 _____________ the evening.
A. on B. in C. at D. by
7. Ba wanted to buy English newspapers and he went to the _____________.
A. library B. bookstore C. clothing store D. restaurant
8. It was a white dress with red flowers _____________ it.
A. on B. in C. at D. under
9. They will _____________ to Hue next Sunday.
A. to fly B. fly C. flying D. flew
10. He drove _____________ but he had an accident.
A. care B. carefully C. careless D. carelessly
III.Put the verbs into correct tense:
Nam (1.like) _____________ (2.play) _____________ video games. He (3.play) _____________video
games once a week. He (4.be) _____________ at the amusement center now. But he (5.not play)
_____________ video games. He (6.teach) _____________ his friends how to play a new game.
IV. Fill in the blanks with a suitable preposition:
1. My little brother is interested _____________ reading picture books.
2. You should make an appointment _____________ your doctor before you come to see him.
3. All the students _____________ class 7A visited the zoo last week.
4. Ba isn’t doing his homework _____________ the moment. He is waiting _____________ his sister
_____________ the bus stop.
5. Don’t spend too much time _____________ video games.
V. Supply the correct form of word in the bracket:
1. People here are very good and _____________. (friend)
2. That girl plays the piano very _____________ and sings _____________. (good/ beautiful)
3. Playing soccer in the street is very _____________. (danger)
4. He drove _____________ and had an accident. (care)
5. What is the _____________ of the river? (long)
6. Edison’s most famous _____________ was the electric light bulb. (invent)
7. When she was young, Mrs. Lien wanted to become a(n) _____________. (act)
8. Television is one of the cheapest forms of _____________. (entertain)
VI. Match sentence in column A with answer one in column B:
A B
1. Let’s go to the movies. a. I’m fine, thanks.
2. Would you like to come to my home for dinner? b. At the stadium.
3. Where shall we meet? c. I’m sorry I can’t.
4. What do students do in the cafeteria? d. We’re going to the swimming pool.
 5. When do classes start? e. Thanks, I’d love to.
6. How long do you do your homework? f. About half an hour.
7. How many books are there in the library? g. Classes start at seven.
8. What are you going to do after school? h. There are ten thousand books.
i. They eat and drink.
1. ____ 2. ____ 3. ____ 4. ____ 5. ____
6. ____ 7. ____ 8. ____
VII. Make questions with the underlined words/phrases:
1. My uncle often flies to Hong Kong and Singapore because he is a pilot.
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2. Hoa got used to the life in the city.
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3. Ba often brings the album of his stamp collection to the school.
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4. Nam is going to the amusement center to play video games.
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5. Name visited Dien Bien Phu with his family last year.
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VIII. Read the passage and then answer the questions below:
In the summer holiday, Mr. Lam, Mrs. Hoa and their children, Lan and Thuan, often go to the beach for
two or three days. They always go to Vung Tau in the south of Viet Nam. They usually stay in a small
house or a flat by the sea, but sometimes they stay in a hotel.
Last summer they went to Nha Trang. They stayed at Seaview Hotel for three days. In the morning, Thuan
played football with his father on the beach. Lan and her mother walked along the beach and built
sandcastles. They visited Tri Nguyen Aquarium and saw different kinds of fish there. They also bought a
lot of souvenirs for their friends.
1. Where does Lan’s family often go for their summer holidays?
_________________________________________________________________________________
2. How long do they often stay there?
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3. Where do they usually stay?
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4. Where did they go last summer?
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5. What did Lan and her mother do there in the morning?
_________________________________________________________________________________
6. What did they see at Tri Nguyen Aquarium?
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IX. Rewrite the sentences in a way that is has similar meaning to the original sentences:
1. Let’s go to the movies.
Why don’t_______________________________________________________________________?
2. Mr. David is a good English teacher.
Mr. David teaches_________________________________________________________________
3. You shouldn’t go there alone.
You ought________________________________________________________________________
4. Listening to music at home is more interesting than going to the concert.
I prefer__________________________________________________________________________
5. He is a slow and more careful driver than his brother.
He drives________________________________________________________________________
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LISTENING
1. Listen. Write the times of the programs. (unit 14)
a) Children’s program ___________________
b) Early News ___________________
c) Weather forecast ___________________
d) The World Today ___________________
 e) Movie: ‘A Fistful of Dollars’ ___________________
2. Listen. Match each name to an activity. (unit 15)

Ba Hoa Nga Nam Lan An

3. Listen and complete this pilot’s schedule with the correct place names. (unit 16)

4. Listen. Complete the table. (unit 16)