When I come to see Mr Robinson last night , he read a newspaper and his two children listen to an English song.. The nature / natural / culture / cultural of Vietnam is like that
Trang 1Period 36 The first semester test
A / Aims and Objectives : Students can summarize their knowledge and fill their
gaps
B / Teaching aids : Paper sheet , chalks , boards
C / Procedure :
- Deliver the paper sheets to students
I / Supply the correct tense form of the verbs : ( 2,0 p )
1 I ( not see ) your brother recently
No , He ( not be ) out of his room since he ( buy ) a new computer
2 When I ( come ) to see Mr Robinson last night , he ( read ) a newspaper and his two children ( listen ) to an English song
3 We prefer ( watch ) TV to ( read ) books
4 The boys like ( play ) games , but hate ( do ) lessons
II / Rewrite these sentences with the words given : ( 2,5 p )
1 They produced the first TV in 1926
=> The first TV ………
2 They grow coffee in Vietnam
=> Coffee ………
3 “ Do you like English ? “
=> John asked ………
4 “ How many students are there in your class? “
Trang 2=> Lan asked ………
5 What a pity ! I can not go out with you tonight
=> I wish ………
III / Choose the best options to complete theses sentences : ( 2,0 p )
1 The ( nature / natural / culture / cultural ) of Vietnam is like that of China
2 The Brighton Language has excellent ( well-qualified/reputation /famous / scenery )
3 What subjects are you good ( on / in / about / at ) in the 9th form ?
4 Today Jeans are ( famous / popular / traditional / wide ) all over the world
5 Bahasa Malaysia is the primary language of ( instruction / education / religion / foreigner ) in the secondary school
6 This cake can be ( divided / decided / separated / abroad ) into many pieces
7 My friend and I ( corresponds / correspond / correspondence / corresponded ) at least twice a month
8 Some designers have taken ( invitation / invention / suggestion / inspiration ) from Vietnam,s ethinic minorities
IV / Complete this passage and answer the questions below : ( 2,5 p )
Slowly - hear - invented - specialists Easily - children - change - English
Like other languages , … (1)…… is always changing , but it changes very
…(1)… People invent new words , borrow words from other languages , and (3)
… the meaning of words as needed For example , the English words “ byte “ was
Trang 3…(4) by computer ….(5) in 1959 The word “ tomato” was borrowed from Nahuatle an American Indian language spoken in Mexico The word “ meat “ once referred to food in general People learn English as well as languages by listening , copying what they ….(6)…, and using the language Most school
… (7)… learn their first language … (8)…… and sometimes other languages as well
1 How does English change ?
2 Which word was invented in 1959 ?
V / Listening : ( 1,5 p )
Listen to the talk between Lan and Ba about the differences between her life in the city and in her home village Circle the best option
1 Lan is sad because she ………… her home village
a miss b missed c misses d missing
2 Now Lan lives in ………
a a village b a small village c a city d the country
3 Hre home village ……… A beautiful place
a was b used to c are d is
4 She thinks people in the city are ………… people in the village
a not as friendly as b less friendly than
c as friendly as d more friendly than
5 She thinks living in big cities ……… very expensive
Trang 4a were b are c was d is
6 The price of renting apartments are ………
a cheap b expensive c high d so high
* Tapescript :
Ba : You look so bad , Lan What is the matter ?
Lan : I am sad I miss my home village
Ba : You do So tell me about it What is it like ?
Lan : It is a pretty village on a small river in Ha Tay It has great scenery , lots of green fields , lakes , trees and mountains
Ba : It sounds like a lovely place What about the people ? What are they like ? Lan : Well , The villagers are very friendly They are much friendlier than city people
Ba : I see How are the prices ? Is it expensive there ?
Lan : No It is fairly cheap Big cities are more expensive to live in Food costs a lot , both in the supermarket and in restaurants And apartments ! the rents are
so high
Answer key :
I / ( 2,0 p )
1 have not seen – has not been / bought 2 came – was reading / were listening
3 watching / reading 4 playing – doing
II / ( 2,5 p )
1 The first TV was produced in 1926 2 Coffee is grown in Vietnam
Trang 53 John asked me if I liked English 4 Lan asked how many students there were in my class 5 I wish I could go out with you tonight
III / (2,0 p)
1 culture 2 reputation 3 at 4 popular 5 instruction 6 divided 7 correspond 8 inspiration
IV / ( 2,5 p )*Fill in each gap with a suitable
1 English 2 slowly 3 change 4 invented
5 specialists 6 hear 7 children 8 easily
* Answer the questions
1 It changes very slowly 2 It was “ byte “
V / Listening (1,5 p ): 1 c 2 c 3.d 4.a 5.d 6 d
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