ENGLISH TEST May-20 LE NGOC HAN Lower Secondary School Time Allotted: 45 minutes Tuesday, November 10, 2015 Grade Marks Full name: Teacher’s Comment QUESTION I Pick out the word that has the stressed syllable different from the others: A relative A climate B magazine B primary C popular C industry D dangerous D entertainment QUESTION II Pick out the word that has the underlined letter(s) pronounced differently from the others A enjoy A variety B come B benefit C among C favorite D another D opposite QUESTION III Pick out the word that doesn’t belong to the same topic: A academy A Buddhism B mosque B Muslim C pagoda C Hinduism D shrine D Jewish QUESTION IV Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) for the sentences: (3pts) Thomas wanted to buy a … .shirt A B strip C stripping D striped stripe I don’t like to wear that dress because it is out of……………… B fashion C order D price date Hoa’s mother gave her a handkerchief with her name ……………… in pink thread A A embroidered B labeled C print D paint D authors Fashion……………………………must be imaginative people A poetry B musicians I wish I…… ………….a trip to the moon C designers A will take B can take C would take D have taken The crop will fail unless it…………………in a few days A won’t rain B didn’t rain C rained D rains The sale of jeans stopped growing because the worldwide……… ……… situation got worse A B economize C economy economical What have fashion designers done……………….…the Aodai? A to add B to introduce C to invent Some musicians take from nature to compose their songs A enjoyment B interest C topic D economic D to modernize D inspiration 10 My elder brother is a university student, but he works……………….as a waiter in the evening A all the time B part time C full time D sometimes 11 My home village is about 30 kilometers… .the west of MT.C A to B at C on D in 12 Kasim likes the peaceful ……………………while Khomeini was praying in the mosque A entrance B recreation C impression D atmosphere QUESTION V Fill in the blanks in this passage with proper words by choosing A, B, C or D: (2pts) As an exchange student, I’m now (1)………………… with the Bakers on their farm in California, a state of the southeast of USA Mr and Mrs Barker are farmers They have a son (2)……………… Tom and a daughter named Linda Tom and I are the same (3)…………… and Linda is 18, two years older than us Tom is a student in a high school and Linda (4)………… a college Every morning the Barkers and I get up early We often have a big breakfast (5)………… I have free and on weekends, I help the Barkers with the Created by Do Huu Toan Study and Hope Full Name:…………………………… Class:………………… farm work Most of the farm work is done by machine (6)…………., they seem busy all the time At first, I found rather (7)………… to understand what they said; I couldn’t hear them clearly, but now things are going well My English is getting better and better The (8)…………… thing is that Tom and Linda now can speak Vietnamese I am enjoying my time here A A A A A A A A stay calling age participates Whatever So difficult boring B B B B B B B B doing named young works Wherever However easy most C C C C C C C C living name hobby finds Whenever Since different better D D D D D D D D studying called old attends However Moreover exciting interesting QUESTION VI Read the passage below and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D): All languages have rules for forming words and for ordering those words in meaningful sentences In written languages, meaning is expressed through a system of characters and rules for combining those characters In spoken languages, meaning is expressed through a system of sounds and rules for combining those words Word order is more important in English than it is in some languages, such as Russian Like other languages English is always changing, but it changes very slowly People invent new words; borrow words from other languages, and change the meaning of words as needed For example, the English word byte was invented by computer specialists in 1959 The word tomato was borrowed from Nahualt, 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 hear, and using the language Most school children learn their first language easily-and sometimes other languages as well What kinds of rules all languages have? A Speaking / listening A A A A D Hearing/borrowing By combining sounds C By listening D A&B are correct C Word order pronunciation D phonetic D very fast D Listening, writing… How does English change?-It changes……………………… B very quickly C very often very slowly How people learn English and languages in general? Reading, writing…… A B B Writing / speaking What is more important in English in comparison with some languages? grammar C forming/ordering words How is meaning expressed in spoken languages? By a system of sound B B Writing, speaking… C Hearing, speaking… In English, people invent new words and borrow words from other languages? Yes, they B They never borrow… C No they don’t D They only invent… QUESTION VII: WRITING Write a paragraph of 100-150 words about students should or should not wear casual clothes when they are at school Wearing casual clothes: -Feel comfortable -Feel self-confident -Freedom of choice -colorful and lively …………………………………………………………….………… ………………………………………………………….…………… ………………………………………………………….…………… ………………………………………………………….…………… ………………………………………………………….…………… …………………………………………………………….………… …………………………………………………………….………… …………………………………………………………….………… Created by Do Huu Toan Study and Hope ENGLISH TEST May-21 LE NGOC HAN Lower Secondary School Time Allotted: 45 minutes Tuesday, November 10, 2015 Grade Marks Full name: Teacher’s Comment QUESTION I Pick out the word that has the stressed syllable different from the others: A pagoda A remote B grocery B advance C institute C control D benefit D access QUESTION II Pick out the word that has the underlined letter(s) pronounced differently from the others A charity A equal B character B poet C change C depend D chopstick D depend QUESTION III Pick out the word that doesn’t belong to the same topic: A sweater A river B jacket B grocery C jean C pond D pants D lake QUESTION IV Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) for the sentences: (3pts) Vietnam is a ……………………… …country A B develop C development developing I have two brothers and we are ……………at school A too B both C all In spite of ………late, he arrived in time A he started B starting C he was started The advantage of living in the countryside is that the air is……………… A pollution B polluted C unpolluted They often study in the classrooms……………are air-conditioned D to develop D same D his being started D polluting A D what D latest where A B late B when C whom Thanks to the Internet people can get the …………information later C lately When learning English, you should have a dictionary to ………………new words A B look for C look into D look at look up Do you know the name of the lecturer……………is talking about natural disasters? A to add B to introduce C to invent D to modernize Energy-saving bulbs should be used to …………electricity A waste B save C spend D accounts 10 In my family, lighting ……………for 20% of the electricity bill A wastes B collects C saves D sometimes 11 … .the weather was bad, my mother had to go to the market A Therefore B Besides C As D Even though Celina isn’t here If she ……………………here, she …………………….us this work B is / will help C will be / helps D was / would help were/would help 12 A QUESTION V Fill in the blanks in this passage with proper words by choosing A, B, C or D: (2pts) People have recycled (1)………… throughout history Metals tools and weapons have been melted, reformed, and (2)………… since they came in use thousands of years ago The iron, steel, and paper industries have almost always used (3)……… materials (4)……… saves energy by reducing the need to process new material The amount of energy (5)……… in recycling one aluminum can is equal to the Created by Do Huu Toan Study and Hope energy in the gasoline that would fill half of that same can Recycling also reduces (6)……… because recycling a product creates less pollution (7)…… producing a new one For every ton of newspaper recycled, fewer kilogram of air pollutants are (8)……… into the atmosphere A A A A A A A A materials reduced new producing saved polluted more thrown B B B B B B B B energy reused raw exporting wasted pollution much dropped C C C C C C C C wood protected recycled making stored fresh than installed D D D D D D D D waste recycle waste recycling polluted pure less pumped QUESTION VI Read the passage below and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D): When I was a child, we didn’t stay inside watching TV in hot weather We didn’t own an air conditioner, so on warm summer evenings, we stayed outside the porch for hours We children played games or looked at comic books My dad relaxed in his chair Sometimes he tried to a crossword puzzle in the newspaper occasionally, some neighbors visited us on the porch Then Dad stopped reading the newspaper and argued current events with them They discussed about current social problems After my mom washed dinner dishes She usually joined us on the porch She and my dad talked about the house, the neighborhood and us Sometimes she peeled apples When she finished and handed each an apple My family always enjoyed those summer evenings on the porch A A Why did the stay outside the porch for hours?-Because they didn’t have………… The writer’s father enjoyed……………………on his chair B a house talking about his house A A A C discussion events D a fridge D eating apples D their guests D cleaned the house Their neighbor D All are correct Watched TV D Gave them apples an air conditioner doing a crossword Who often visited the writer’s father on the porch? B their neighbors C their friends their relatives What did the writer’s mother before joining them? What did the writer’s parents talk about? B cooked meals B Their house A B C a yard C washed plates C Their children washed apples What did the mother sometimes do? B Baked cake Cooked special dishes C QUESTION VII: WRITING Write a paragraph of 100-150 words about “ A country picnic” : -When / where? -What you -What you / your friends bring a long -How you feel after a country picnic …………………………………………………………….………… ………………………………………………………….…………… ………………………………………………………….…………… ………………………………………………………….…………… ………………………………………………………….…………… …………………………………………………………….………… …………………………………………………………….………… …………………………………………………………….………… …………………………………………………………….………… …………………………………………………………….………… Created by Do Huu Toan Study and Hope