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I. Choose the best answer to complete these sentences 1. I ______ a letter from my old friend last week. (sent / gave / received / took) 2. We must be there ______ 7.30 and 10.30. (at / before / between / after) 3. I find Peter is not communicative. He’s rather ______ in public. (kind / reserved /sociable / humorous) 4. She has ______ over 30 pages since yesterday. (written / wrote / write / writing) 5. I find Peter is not communicative. He’s rather ______ in public. (kind / reserved /sociable / humorous) 6. My farther used ______ us to the park three years ago. (took / taking / to take / take) 8. Can you fill ______ this form for me? (out / on / at / to) 9. “Would you ______ to go to the movies with me?” “I’d love to” (like / want / love / mind) 10. Deaf-mute can ______ speak ______ hear. (both and/not only … but also/neither … nor/either … or) 11. When I was a child, I ______ follow my mum to the market. (used to / liked / hated / loved) 12. His parents are always proud ______ him. (about / of / on / with) 13. ______ have you lived in this town? – For nearly 20 years. (When / Where / How far /How long) 14. The new shopping mall is quite ______ the present shopping area. (different from / the same / like to / similar) 15. They have studied ______ six o’clock. (for / at / since / to) 16. “____________?” – “It’s 20.000 dong” (How much is this parcel cost / How much does this parcel take / How much does this parcel / How much does this parcel cost) 17. I ______ the country life ______ the city life. (like – than / prefer – to / like – to / prefer – than) 18. They have studied ______ six o’clock. (for / at / since / to) 19. He does morning exercises regularly in order to ______ his health. (have / improve / get / take) 1 20. Don’t let your child ______ with matches. (playing / to play / plays / play) 21. They ______ from Canada to America to find work. (started / demonstrated / delivered / migrated) 22. Last night I watched the movie Romeo and Juliet. At last they killed ______ . (together / each other / themselves / one another) 23. My mother is ______ tired ______ cook tonight. (enough – to / too – to / so – that / very – to) 24. He went to school late because he was stuck in the ______ this morning.(rush-hour / traffic- light / traffic-jam / cross-road) 25. Airmail is ______ expensive than surface mail. (the most / most / much / more) 27. She is studying hard ______ pass the final exams.(for / in order to / so to / so that) 28. John came ______ an old school friend in the street this morning. (with / along / across / off) 29. She asked her children ______ (to stop playing / stop to play / stop playing / stopping to play) 30. He is not ______ ride a motorbike. (enough old to / enough old for / old enough to / old enough for) 31. I don’t talk much in public. I am rather (kind / sociable / reserved / humorous) 32. (Novel / Fiction / Folktale / Legend) is a story passed on in spoken form from one generation to the next. 33. You must look in the (advertisement / recreation / diversion / participation) section of the newspaper to find out what films are showing. 34. During rush-hours, (traffic lights / crossroads / traffic-jams) often happen. 35. (Would / Could / Do / Will) you like to go to the movies? – I’d love to. 36. Deaf-mutes can (both speak and hear / not only speak but also hear / neither speak nor hear / either speak or hear) 37. They have waited for her (for / since / at / from) 6 o’clock. 38. This neighborhood is (different / the same / as / like) from that one. 39. What does she look like? (She look beautiful / She is beautiful / She looks like beautiful) 40. The calendar is (on / under / behind / in) the clock. 41. Minh and I didn’t enjoy (myself / ourselves / himself / themselves) at the party. 2 42. When my father was young, he used to (singing / sang / sings / sing) very well. 44. You should work (hardly / hard / good / badly) in order to pass the exams. 45. It is too dark (to take / take / taking / took) photographs here. 46. Jim is not old enough (read / reading / to read) this book. 47. Could you do me a favor? (What can I do for you / Thanks a lot / It’s very kind of you / No, thank you. I’m fine) 48. I (haven’t met / don’t meet / didn’t meet / won’t) him yet. 49. The doctor advised him (go / to go / going / goes) to bed earlier. 50. They got married and lived (happy / happily / happiness) II. Supply the correct tense of the verbs in brackets 1. Mary and John (be) _________ neighbors. They (know) _________ each other for a long time. Mary (move) _________ into her house in 1990, and John (live) _________ next door since he (come) _________ to the area in 1988. 2. Today (be) _________ Sunday. Nga (not go) _________ to school. She (stay) _________ at home. She (do) _________ her homework now. She (do) _________ it for two hours. 3. I (be) _________ in New York. I (come) _________ here two years ago. My friend, Nancy (live) _________ here since 1982. So she (know) _________ the area very well. 4. Trung usually (go) _________ to the library three times a week. 5. Yesterday I (be) _________ busy, so I (not have) _________ time to phone you. 6. Mrs. Trang (not go) _________ to work last week. She (not be) _________ feeling well. 7. I (do ) _________ all the housework. The flat is really clean now. 8. How long you (live) _________ here? – Since 1997. 9. Mr. Quang (teach) _________ in this school since he (graduate) _________ from the university in 1989. 10. My brother (leave) _________ home 10 years ago. I (never meet) _________ him since then. 11. Where you (spend) _________ your summer holiday last year, Tam? 12. When we (be) _________ small, our family (live) _________ in the countryside. 13. I (read) _________ an interesting book at the moment. 14. How long you (know) _________ Mrs. Chi? – I (know) _________ here for five years. 15. W (not see) _________ her since we (be) _________ on holiday in Ha Long bay. 16. Phuong (not finish) _________ her homework yet. 17. It’s three years since I last (see) _________ Nam. 18. You (be) _________ away? – Yes. I (go) _________ to the country last Sunday. 19. I (not eat) _________ anything for two days. 20. They (move) _________ to Ho Chi Minh City in 1990 and (live) _________ there since then. READING COMPREHENSION I. Complete the following passage with the words given in the box. 1. 3 is - feed - people - lot - work - lived - so - it 4 Many (1) _____________ believe that life on the farm is very quiet and easy, but (2) ____________ is very hard. I myself have (3) ____________ on a farm for nearly twenty years and I know what farm work (4) _____________. You must get up early, (5) _____________ the chickens and the cows, water the flowers, vegetables, do (6) _____________ of gardening and then (7) ____________ in the fields. But my aunt likes this way of life and (8) ______________ do all her children. 2. 5 enjoy - like - walk - beautiful - friendly - in - facilities - summer 6 Dear Mai, I’m having a lovely time here in Kim Lien. It’s a (1) _________________ village. I’m staying at my uncle’s house. I have a nice view of the paddy field from my bedroom. Things are changing (2) _______________ the countryside. People can now have things (3) ________________ refrigerators and televisions. Medical (4) _______________ are more accessible. Today I’m going for a long (5) ______________ by the lake. The air is clean and people are very (6) ______________. Would you like to come here next (7) ______________ holiday? I hope you’ll (8) ______________ it. 3. 7 reach - in - telephoned - message - service - stationary - name - speak 8 A customer (1) ______________ the Thang Loi Delivery (2) _____________ on June 16 just after midday. The customer’s (3) _____________was Mr. Nam, and he wanted to (4) ______________ to Mrs. Van. Mrs. Van was (5) ______________ meeting and could not come to the phone. So Mr. Toan took a (6) ______________. Mr. Nam called about his (7) _____________ order. He said Mrs. Van could (8) _____________ him at 8 634 082. II. Read the following texts. Then answer the True / False sentences 1/ Hello! My name’s Ba. I’m 13 years old. I have a close friend, Lan. She is 15, but she isn’t as tall as I am. Every day I go to school in the morning, my sister has classes in the afternoon. Like Lan, I love pop music, reading my novels in my free time. We both like playing chess and going swimming in the summer. Unlike Lan, I don’t like cooking, doing the shopping on Sundays. Instead, I like watching films, especially war films on T.V. I also love playing soccer in my spare time. 1. Both Ba and Lan go to school in the morning. ____ 2. They love pop music, reading novels. ____ 3. They don’t like playing chess and going swimming in Summer. ____ 4. Lan doesn’t like cooking, doing the shopping on Sundays. ____ 5. Ba likes watching war films on T.V. ____ 6. Lan also loves playing soccer in her free time. ____ 2/ Lily comes from China. She’s a university student. She’s eighteen years old. She is studying English as a foreign language. English is important to her because she will need it for her job in the future. She began learning English when she was very young – at the age of eight. She thinks that her biggest problem is listening. People speak very quickly, so she can’t understand them. English is really hard for her to learn, but she likes it. She wants to be an English teacher; or hopes to become a singer one day because she loves English songs very much 1. English is important to Lily as she will need it for her future job. ____ 2. She started learning English when she was eighteen. ____ 3. She has a problem with listening. ____ 4. She can understand people when they speak fast. ____ 5. She doesn’t find English difficult to learn. ____ 6. She loves English songs but she doesn’t want to become a singer. ____ 3/ Graham Bell was born in Scotland in 1478, but when he was a young man of twenty-three he moved with his parents to Canada. Before the year was over, young Graham left his family and went to Boston. Though Bell was a dreamer, he was also a practical thinker and a man of action. In Boston, where he worked by day as a teacher of the deaf, he worked far into night experimenting with the electrical transmission of the sound. This led to the invention of the telephone. 1. Alexandra Graham Bell was born in England. ____ 2. He immigrated to Canada in 1865 ____ 3. He went to Boston when he was twenty-three. ____ 4. Graham Bell worked with the deaf in Boston. ____ 5. He experimented with the electrical transmission of the sound by day. ____ 6. Graham bell invented the telephone. ____ III. Read the following passages. Then answer the questions 1/ Do you have any close friends? I think everybody at least has one close friend in their life. And so do I. I have two close friends, Hanh and Mai. We are in the same class at the primary school, and then secondary school. We are also neighbors so we spend most of our time learning and playing together. Hanh is a beautiful girl with big black eyes and an oval rosy face. She is an intelligent student who is always at the top of the class. She likes reading, and she often goes to the library whenever she has free time. Mai isn’t as beautiful as Hanh, but she has a lovely smile and looks very healthy. Mai is very sporty. She spends most of her time playing sports. Mai is a volleyball star of our school. She is also very sociable and has a good sense of humor. Her jokes always make us laugh. I love both of my friends and I always hope our friendship will never die.  Questions a. What does Hanh look like? b. What does she like? 9 c. What does she often do in her free time? d. Is Mai more beautiful than Hanh? e What is Mai’s hobby? f. Which sports does Mai play in the school team? 2/ How Nam has improved his English. “… In the first year of lower secondary school I had some difficult in learning English. My pronunciation of English words was really bad and my English grammar was worse. I did not how to improve them. One afternoon after the lesson, my teacher of English told me to wait for her outside the classroom. She took me to the school library and showed me cassettes of pronunciation drills kept in a glass bookcase. She also told me how to use an English–English dictionary to improve my English grammar. “Now I think you know what you should do”, said she. I made much progress and only one year later I won the first prize in the English Speaking Contest held for secondary school students in my hometown.”  Questions a. What difficulties did Nam have in learning English in the first year? b. Who wanted to meet him one afternoon after the lesson? c. Where did they go after that? d. What did the teacher show him then? e. What did she tell him to improve his English grammar? f. What did he win one year later? 3/ Lan is excited about the interesting activities she is going to do. The Y & Y is having a plan to help the community. She will participate in its recycling program. In joining this program, she will collect glass, used paper and empty cans. Then she will send them for recycling. She hopes she can save natural resources and raise some money for the school Y & Y in these activities. She also thinks about participating in either planting trees and flowers or helping the street children. It is really interesting, isn’t it?  Questions 1. Is Lan going to have interesting activities? 2. What is the Y & Y planning to do? 3. What will she do? 4. Will she send them for recycling? 5. What does she hope in these activities? 6. Does she think about helping the street children? 4/ Peter is my pen pal. He is fifteen years old. He lives in a house in London. He has lived there for ten years. He is an excellent student. He always works hard at school and gets good marks. He loves learning Vietnamese in his free time. He often practices writing letters in Vietnamese. Sometimes he helps me to correct my writing, and I help him to correct his spelling mistakes. Next summer, he is going to visit Ho Chi Minh City with his family. I’m expecting to see him  Questions 1. Where does he live? 2. How long has he lived in London? 3. Why does he get good marks? 4. What does he like doing in his free time? 5. Does he often practice Vietnamese by speaking and reading? 6. What is he going to do next summer? WRITING A. Rewrite these sentences. 1. “Could you help me with my English speaking, Ba?” Minh told 2. “You shouldn’t make noise in class, Trung” The teacher said__________________________________________________________________ 3. “Can you wait for me here, Jerry?” 10 [...]... films Films are 17 English isn’t as difficult as French French is _ 18 Jill is more intelligent than Bill Bill isn’t 19 Nga doesn’t speak English as well as Trang Trang speaks 20 Mrs Thanh drives more carefully than Mrs Hong Mrs Hong doesn’t _ THE FIRST TERM TEST... come in Please wait…………………for your turn (inside/ outside/ downstairs/ upstairs) 8 ………………… is a story passed on in spoken form from one generation to the next (Legend/ Fiction/ Folktale/ Novel) II Reading: 14 A Fill in the gaps with words given: (1.5p) Important/ pronunciation/ improve/ how/ ways/ on I’m Lam I’m in grade 8 Now I’m good at English but at the beginning of secondary school I was bored... strong……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… B Write a para about Mai: (2p) -Name: Le Nguyen Mai -Age: 13 -Class: 8B -Address: 24 Li Thuong Kiet street -Family: father, mother, sister -Apperance: tall ,thin, short black hair -Character: sociable, kind, helpful -Interest: watching TV, playing video games -Phone number: 82 6263 -> Her name is Le Nguyen Mai…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………... ourselves/ themselves) 5 When I was a child, I…………………………follow my mom to the market (used to / use to/ am used to / was used to ) 6 They will come back…………………… 8 pm.(on/ in/ between/ at) 7 She advised me …………………… late (be/ not be/ not to be/ not being) 8 “Can you help me?” -> ……………… a What can I do for you?/ b Yes, that’s very kind of you c Could you do me a favors?/ d No, thank you I’m fine 9 …………… is... has read this novel _two hours 5 We’ve played football _two o’clock 6 I have known her a few years 7 My father has worked for that company 1990 8 They have been at my house 8 o’clock this morning 9 We have been waiting _an hour 10 They have studied _seven o’clock V Rewrite these sentences so that they have the same meaning: 1 The examination... should improve your English pronunciation, Nga” Nga’s teacher said 7 “ You should stay in bed for a few days, Mr Hoang” The doctor said 8 Hung is strong He can carry that heavy box Hung is 9 The fire isn’t very hot It won’t boil the kettle The fire 10 The weather wasn’t warm We couldn’t go swimming... These words mean “far” and “sound” The telephone uses electricity to carry sound over a distance So ,you see, the two Greek words tell us exactly what the in strument does Since its invention by Bell in 187 6, the design of the telephone set has changed greatly However, the way telephone works is still the same 1 What has become an important part in our daily life? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………... ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4 Has the design of the telephone set changed greatly? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5 Did Bell invented the telephone in 187 6? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6 Where does the word “telephone” come from? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… IV: WRITING: A Rewrite: (1p) 1 My father... Could you help me fill…………… this application form? (in/ of/ on/ with) 7 “May I help you?” -> ……………………………………… a What can I do for you? C I’m sorry, I’m busy b Yes, that’s very kind of you D.How can I help? 8 Your report is good I know you worked really …………………this semester?(bad/ good/ hard/ hardly) II.Complete the passage with words given: (2p) Hair/ doing/ hair / in/ the same/ either/ because/ similar I... They go to a soccer match once a week Tim doesn’t like dancing and Tom doesn’t like it (6)……………………Although they are twins, they are not exactly the (7) …………………at everything Tim woorks hard at school (8) ……………… he wants to go to university , but Tom is a bit lazy III Read the text below carefully: Galileo was one of the first modern scientists He was born in Pisa , Italy, in 1564 At first, he studied . ______________. Mr. Nam called about his (7) _____________ order. He said Mrs. Van could (8) _____________ him at 8 634 082 . II. Read the following texts. Then answer the True / False sentences 1/ Hello!. really clean now. 8. How long you (live) _________ here? – Since 1997. 9. Mr. Quang (teach) _________ in this school since he (graduate) _________ from the university in 1 989 . 10. My brother. next (7) ______________ holiday? I hope you’ll (8) ______________ it. 3. 7 reach - in - telephoned - message - service - stationary - name - speak 8 A customer (1) ______________ the Thang Loi