ĐỀ KIỂM TRA ĐỢT 1

(45 questions – 50 minutes)

I. PRONUNCIATION

1. A. holds B. notes C. reads D. sings

2. A. houses B. knives C. clauses D. changes

3. A. tries B. receives C. teaches D. studies

4. A. rubbed B. tugged C. stopped D. filled

5. A. silent B. equip C. picnic D. ticket

6. A. change B. teach C. school D. child

7. A. sugar B. sureness C. basic D. ensure

8. A. says B. pays C. stays D. plays

9. A. gate B. gene C. gaze D. goose

10. A. arrived B. learned C. wicked D. occurred

II. STRESS

1. A. receive B. proper C. process D. leader

2. A. habit B. coffee C. enjoy D. mention

3. A. apply B. appear C. attend D. angle

4. A. prevent B. recent C. receive D. remote

5. A. balance B. bamboo C. entrance D. frozen

6. A. prevent B. attend C. event D. even

7. A. propose B. purpose C. focus D. offer

8. A. renovation B. inhabitant C. community D. intelligence

9. A. hurricane B. formation C. tomorrow D. example

10. A. independence B. preposition C. accuracy D. information

III. GRAMMAR

1. Would you like ____________ your bike or should I have a painter _______ it for you?

A. to paint/ to do B. painting/ to do C. to paint/ do D. painting/ do

2. I remember hearing him say the grass needed .

A. cutting B. to cut C. cut D. being cut
3. Fruit have…………….. up very early in the morning.
A. to picked B. to be picked C. to pick D. pick
4. She decided that her house should……..blue.
A. be painted B. paint C. being painted D. to paint
5. She _______ to be the best singer.
A. is considered B. considering C. considers D. is consider

6. We got our mail ______ yesterday.

A. been delivered B. delivered C. delivering D. to deliver

7. Electric lights ……………. before I was born

A. had been invented B. had invented

C. has been invented D. was invented
8. Before they take exams their lessons…………. .

A. has revised B. will have been revised C. will be revised D. will been revised

9. Who ______ when I came? - Mrs. Brown.

A. you were talking to B. were you talking to

C. are you talking to D. you are talking to

10. Next week when there ______ a full moon, the ocean tides will be higher.

A. is B. will be C. is being D. will have been

11. At this time tomorrow, my father ____ in London.

A. will be arriving B. has arrived C. is arriving D. would arrive

12. Neither of the answers ________ correct.

A. are B. is C. be D. have been

13. The weather in the southern states ________ very hot during the summer.

A. get B. have got C. is got D. gets

14. Each of the residents in this community ________ responsible for keeping this park clean.
 A. is B. am C. are D. were

15. Anything ________ better than going to the movies tonight.

A. is B. are C. am D. were

16. Three hours ____ a long time to take on the homework.

A. seems B. seem C. are D. take

17. The news of Lisa’s marriage ____.

A. is surprised B. is surprising C. are surprised D. are surprising

18. The number of books in the library ____ to over five million.

A. have risen B. have raised C. has risen D. has raised

19. Tom as well as his dog_____ here now.

A. is B. are C. was D. were

20. Tom with his dog_____ here now.

A. is B. are C. was D. were

IV. READING PRACTICE

Read the passage and choose the best answer.

Personal computers, or PCs, are an important part of our everyday lives. Many people
cannot imagine life without them. One of the most important people in making these machines
work is Bill Gates.

Bill Gates was born in 1955 in Washington State. He grew up in a rich family. His parents
sent him to a private school. There he met his business partner, Paul Allen. When they were in
the eighth grade, they were writing programs for business computers and making money.

In 1973, Gates was accepted at Harvard University. His parents were happy. They thought
he would get over his obsession with computer and become a lawyer like his father. Two years
later, Gates dropped out of Harvard to work on a computer program with his friend Allen. They
worked eighteen hours a day in a dormitory room at Harvard. They were writing the program
that would run one of the first personal computers. In 1975, they created a company called
Microsoft to sell their product.

Allen became ill with cancer and left Microsoft in 1983. He recovered a few years later and
started his own company. Meanwhile, Microsoft became a giant company. By 1990, at the age of
thirty-four, Gates was the youngest billionaire in the history of the United States. He was the
"King of Software". He achieved his success with a lot of hard work. For more than ten years, he
worked sixteen-hour days, seven days a week. He had a dream and the will to succeed. By 1997,
he was the richest man in the United States.

1. According to the passage, __________________________

A. Bill Gate's parents wanted him to become a computer programmer.

B. Bill Gates and Paul Allen created Microsoft because they want to sell their program for
personal computers.

C. Paul Alien left Microsoft because he wanted to start his own company.

D. Bill Gates met his business partner at Harvard.

2. How old was Bill Gates when he became the richest man in the United States?

A. 34 B. 51 C. 42 D. 44

3. According to the writer, ___________________________.

A. people cannot live without personal computers B. computers play an important part of
our lives

C. Bill Gates invented personal computers D. Bill Gates is the most important people in
computer science

4. The words “dropped out of” in bold mean __________________________.

A. graduated from B. got over C. took part in D. stopped taking class at

5. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the text?

A. In a few years, Microsoft became a very large company.

B. Bill Gates and Paul Allen first wrote programs for business computers when they were
about fifteen.

C. Bill Gates earned his success by working very hard.

D. Bill Gates is one of the richest man in the United States at present.