Đề thi HKI Môn: Tiếng Anh Thời gian: 45 phút A .PHONETICS: Pick out the word whose underlined and bold part is pronounced differently from that of the other words. 1. A. worked B. washed C. played D. stopped 2. A. decided B. wanted C. provided D. laughed 3. A. century B. complete C. economic D. secondary 4. A. speaker B. president C. rose D. system 5. A. compulsory B. student C. situation D. computer B. VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE: Choose the best answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D 1. I……… to the same barber since last year. a. am going b. have been going c. go d. had going 2. The electricity failed while she……… the dinner. a. cooked b. has cooked c. was cooking d. had been cooking 3. The book ………into Vietnamese a few years ago. a. translated b. is translated c. was translated d. has translated 4. Atlanta is the city……… the Olympic Games were held in 1996. a. that b. when c. which d. where 5. I don’t feel good. I……… home from school tomorrow. a. stay b. stayed c. am staying d. have stayed 6. By next month, Laura…… for a company for twenty years. a. will be working b. will work c. has been working d. will have been working 7. By the age of 30, he……… three best-sellers. a. wrote b. has written c. was writing d. had written 8. Someone told us………… on the stairs. a. don’t sit b. not sit c. not to sit d. to not sit 9. Jane told that she…… her email first every morning. a. checks b. checked c. had checked d. was checked 10.They said that they had come back……… a. the following day b. the next day c. the previous day d. the day after tomorrow 11.I asked him whose car……………the previous day. a. he had borrowed b. had he borrowed c. did he borrow d. he would borrow 12.The doctor advised …………too much coffee. a. me not drink b. i don’t drink c. me not drinking d. me not to drink 13.Helen asked me…………the film called “Star Wars”. a. if I saw b. if I had seen c. whether had I seen d. whether I have seen 14.People………….cam speak English can be understood in many countries. a. whose b. who c. whom d. which 15.Do you remember Mr. Darnell,……… taught us English Literature? a. who b. whom c. that d. which 16.Martin tried on three jackets, ……… fitted him. a. none b. none of which c. none of them d. all of those 17.The architect…………….Mario works is brilliant. a. whom b. that c. with whom d. with who 18.If you……… down for a moment, I’ll tell the manager you’ll here. a. should sit b. will sit c. are going to sit d. are sitting 19.If I had gone to the party last night, I……….tired now. a. am b. were c. would be d. would have been 20.If I had gone to the party last night, I………….her. a. will have meet b. would have meet c. would meet d. will meet C. READING: I. Choose the word or phrase among A,B,C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage. Owning a car has several advantages. ……………., you can go whenever you want, wherever you want. You don’t have to depend on public transport and……… , you feel more independent. ………., you are able to give lifts to friends or carry heavy loads of shopping. …………., there can be problems, especially if you live in a city. Rimming a car can be expensive and you have to spend more money on items. ………… petrol, servicing the car and repairs. You might also have problems with parking, as everywhere is becoming more and more crowded with cars. II. Choose the item along A, B, C or D that best answers the question about the passage. Some day people will certainly try to build settlements on the moon. The best place for houses in a moon town will be a cave or a tunnel. Underground houses will not be squashed by meteorites that constantly foil on the moon from outer space. This will be important on the moon, since daytime is so hot that food could be cooked in the rocks, and the nights get bitterly cold. Pioneer moon homes may be made of airtight plastic that can be blown up like a balloon inside a cave. The reason is that the moon has no air around it. The pioneers will have take along from the earth the oxygen masks when the are away from home. But the balloon house itself will be filled with air. Perhaps the house will have beds, tables and chairs, built into it. These can be inflated, too. So people will sleep, eat, and work on air! Moon-house building will be easy. The moon’s gravity is less than the earth’s. Everything weighs only one six as much as it does on the earth. 1. In a moon town, what is the best place for house? a. A cave b. A balloon c. A tunnel d. Either A or C 2. Which of the following statements is False? a. The people on the moon will not leave their homes. b. The people on the moon will wear oxygen masks when they leave their homes. c. The moon homes has no air around it. d. The balloon house will be filled with air. 3. Why the pioneers have to take along from the earth the oxygen they need for breathing? a. Because the moon homes are made of airtight plastic. b. Because the balloon house will be filled with air. c. Because moon people will sleep, eat and work on air. d. Because the moon has no air around it. 4. If a stone weighs 18 tons on the earth, how much does it weigh on the moon? a. six tons b. Fifty-five tons c. Three tons d. One hundred and eight tons 5. According to the passage can people build cities on the moon in the future? a. No, they can’t b. Perhaps people can do c. Of course. People can be build cities on the moon in the future. d. People only think so. The end. . itself will be filled with air. Perhaps the house will have beds, tables and chairs, built into it. These can be inflated, too. So people will sleep, eat, and work on air! Moon-house building. more independent. ………., you are able to give lifts to friends or carry heavy loads of shopping. …………., there can be problems, especially if you live in a city. Rimming a car can be expensive. d. with who 18.If you……… down for a moment, I ll tell the manager you’ll here. a. should sit b. will sit c. are going to sit d. are sitting 19.If I had gone to the party last night, I …….tired