Quang Cu secondary school THE SECOND SEMESTER EXAM Class : ; Time : 45 minutes School year : 2022 - 2023 Full name: Class: Mark Teacher’s opinion Questions: PART A: PHONETIC I Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently A smile B kind C polite D silly A watched B cooked C finished D managed A too B food C blood D soon A proud B about C.around D.would PART B: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR I Supply the correct form of the verbs in braclets to complete the sentences My brother (listen)……………… to music every night Yesterday when I came to see Peter, he (do) .his homework Mr Mathew wishes all students (be)……………… always strong to study better So far, Mr John (write)…………………… one hundred books If today (be) …………….……….Sunday, we would go picnic II Choose the word or phrase – A, B, C, or D - that best completes each sentence My house in 1986 A is built B was building C was built D has been built The doctor .me not to stay up too late at night A advised B suggested C insisted D forced 3.Tomorrow we'll go to Noi Bai Airport to meet Maryam, .comes from Malaysia A who B whom C whose D that We have learnt English .2001 A for B since C in D during It's very hot today I wish I on the beach now A am B was C were D had been When he lived in the city, he to the theater twice a week A uses to go B has gone C used to go D was going C didn’t they D did they Nobody went to the party, .? A does he B they It is nearly months he visited his parents A while B during C since D when If we enough time, we’ll study this exercise more carefully A will have B have C had D would have 10 - Thank you very much.- A Welcome you! B Don’t mention it C That’s good! D Nothing impossible! III Supply the correct form of the words in braclets to complete the sentences Elvis Presley was a …………………… pop singer (FAME) This road is much …………………………than I thought (LENGTH) If you want to … .… your English, we can help you Fashion ………… want to change the traditional ao dai (IMPROVEMENT) (DESIGN) Women nowadays have more to participate in social activities (FREE) PART C: READING (3.0 điểm) I Choose the word or phrase – A, B, C, or D - that best completes the passage Imagine you are buying an apple in a supermarket Which you choose, one with a small brown mark, or one without? Be honest - you'd go for the apple (1) looks perfect Supermarkets this too, but on a much larger scale when buying fruit and vegetables from farmers And what (2) of the ones with marks on them? They are thrown away So are the ones that are a funny shape or size (3) reason for waste is that people buy more food than they can eat and supermarkets everything they can to encourage this, for example with offers like 'Buy one, get one free' Developed countries waste about 650 million tons of food each year and so developing countries (4) , the waste happens for very different reasons As the word's population grows, this problem will only (5) ., so we need to take action regularly A when B who C whose D which A depends B happens C applies D becomes A Other B Many C Few D Another A Although B As a result C However D For example A adjust B worsen C postpone D improve II Choose the word or phrase in the box to complete the passage Some but who spotted ways Since the invention of the Internet, the world has become a different place People are sending messages, apparently up to 60 billion a day, and it usually takes only seconds to deliver them (1) _are we now forgetting how to communicate face-to-face? Without a doubt there are (2) _ challenges, but there are also examples of when the Internet has changed someone's life for the better Look at Tara Taylor's case, a mother (3) _ lives in the USA: when she uploaded a photo of her daughter to Facebook, a facefriend (4) a problem with one of the child's eyes, so Tara took her to the doctor It turned out that the girl had a rare disease, but her sight was saved! The story of communication is, in many (5) _, the story of the human race: we have always shared knowledge and built relationships, whatever means of communication we use PART D: WRTING I Rewrite the following sentences Although her leg was broken, she managed to get out of the car ÒIn spite of I spend three hours doing my homework everyday Ò It takes Unless he phones immediately, he won’t get any information Ò If he II Rewrite the following sentences using a given word and starting by a given word Mr Cuong likes playing basketball in the morning (INTERESTED ) …………………………………………………………… The book is very interesting My father bought it yesterday (WHICH) ………………………………………………………… … “Is your father working in the garden now?” he asked me (THEN)