2nd of English Test

LISTENING Listen to the news on solar energy and decide whether the statements are true "T" or false "F".. Solar energy panels are installed on the roof of the house.. Solar energy can'

THE SECOND SEMESTER OF ENGLISH TEST (2008 – 2009)

TIME LIMITED: 45 MINUTES

Vo Thi Sau Secondary School

Class: 9/ ……

Student’s name: ………

Marks

I LISTENING

Listen to the news on solar energy and decide whether the statements are true "T" or false

"F" (2m)

_ 1 Solar energy can be cheap and clean

_ 2 Most of our electricity now comes from nuclear power

_ 3 Solar energy panels are installed on the roof of the house

_ 4 Solar energy can't be used on cloudy days

_ 5 We can save natural resources by using solar energy instead of coal, gas and oil

_ 6 A lot of countries in the world are already using solar energy

_ 7 Solar energy causes pollution

_ 8 All buildings in Sweden will be heated by solar energy in 2050

II READING

Read the passage carefully, and then answer the questions below (2m)

Almost all countries in the world have a day for children to think of their mothers Vietnam is no exception Vietnamese people choose Lunar July 15 as a day to appreciate all mothers and we have a special name for this occasion "The Vu Lan Season"

On this day, people often go to pagodas to pray for the best things for their mothers It is a traditional that every child wears a rose on his or her shirt Those whose mothers are still alive wear red roses and those whose mothers passed away wear white roses A Vietnamese musician wrote a song named "Bong Hong Cai Ao" to praise all mothers He compared mothers to the sun, the smile and the stars On this occasion, every one hope to wear red roses since the greatest happiness of all, to Vietnamese people, is to have a mother alive

Vietnamese people are proud of this traditional celebration because it is a characteristic of a culture based on sentimental values

* Questions

9 When is the Vu Lan Season in Vietnam?

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10 What do people do on this occasion?

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11 Who wears red roses?

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12 What did the musician compare mothers to?

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III WRITING

Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one (2m)

13 Cars cause pollution but people still want them

- Although

14 Tom Failed the exam because of his laziness

- Because Tom

15 Ba likes playing the guitar He lives on TrangTien Street

- Ba,

16 Mary dances more beautifully than Daisy

- Daisy does not

Make complete sentences, using the given cues (1m)

17 Nam / always / take part / charity activities / his village

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18 books / I / buy / sister / yesterday / valuable

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IV LANGUAGE FOCUS

Choose the best answer to complete the sentences (3m)

19 In 1995 a huge earthquake the city of Kobe in Japan

20 Easter is a festival occurs in late March or early April

21 They have learned English many years

22 Tuoi Tre newspaper is every day

23 I suggest money for the poor people in our neighborhood

24 his old age, Mr Brown goes jogging every day

25 We are talking about the preservation of resources

26 Would you like green tea milk tea?

27 Choose the word that has different primary stress from the rest

28 Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest

29 Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest

30 According to the weather , it will be rainy tonight

THE END

-ĐÁP ÁN

I LISTENING

1 T

2 F

3 T

4 F

5 T

6 T

7 F

8 F

II READING

9 It is on Lunar July 15

10 They go to pagodas to pray for the best things for their mothers

11 Those whose mothers are still alive

12 He compared mothers to the sun, the smile and the stars

II WRITING

13 Although cars cause pollution, people still want them

14 Because Tom was lazy, he failed the exam

15 Ba, who lives on Trang Tien Street, likes playing the guitar

16 Daisy does not dance as beautifully as Mary does

17 Nam always takes part in different charity activities in his village

18 The books, which I bought for my sister yesterday, were valuable

III LANGUAGE FOCUS

19 C struck

20 A which

21 C for

22 D published

23 A saving

24 B Despite

25 B natural

26 D or

27 C conclusive

28 D water

29 A played

30 A forecast