to his friend’s party when his parents asked him to go home.. Read this passage and choose the correct answer: If parents bring up a child with the sole aim of turning the child into a
Trang 1A.PHONETICS Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that has the underlined part pronounced different from the others in each group
1 A climate B comic C hike D website
2 A worked B laughed C hoped D naked
3 A cover B category C ancient D decorate
4 A erupt B humour C UFO D communicate
5 A Buddhist B bomb C viable D bulb
B VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I Choose the best answer ( A, B, C or D) to complete each sentence:
1 Do you know that man ……… near the door?
A stood B stands C standing D is standing
2 You can use my typewriter……… now but I’ll need later
A in B at C for D on
3 The man……… Of the killing said that he was at the cinema at the time
A accuse B accused C accusing D be accused
4 I’m sorry but I…… seeing the manager at once
A arrange for B look for C agree with D insist on
5 After waiting for an hour, we started to grow…………
A patient B impatient C patiently D impatiently
6 Our friends have lived in Ho Chi Minh City … 2000
A for B since C in D about
7 He prefers soccer… tennis
A from B than C to D or
8…… you mind if I use your dictionary?
A Will B Do C Can D Did
9 He…… to his friend’s party when his parents asked him to go home
A goes B was going C went D has gone
10 He was found guilty of drunken driving and banned……… for five years
A from driving B for driving C to drive D driving
11 John gradually became…… in this discussion
A absorb B to absorb C absorbed D absorbing
12 There is no point…… revising for your exams now Just get some rest
A for B in C up to D on to
13 Daisy’s marriage has been arranged by her family She is marrying a man………
A she hardly know him B whom she hardly know
C she hardly knows D that she hardly know
14 All that rubbish will have to be……… at once
A get rid of B got rid of C get rid D getting rid of
ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ I
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Trang 215 She is more interested in job……… than in making a lot of money
A convenience B enjoyment C pleasure D satisfaction
II Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction
1 Preserving natural resources mean reserving them for our future
A B C D
2 Despite of the increase in air fares, most people still prefer to travel in plane
A B C D
3 The progress made in space travel from the early 1980 is remarkable
A B C D
4 The director has not decided how to deal with the new problems already
A B C D
5 Because there are less members present tonight than they were last night, we must wait until the next
A B C meeting to vote
D
C.READING Read this passage and choose the correct answer:
If parents bring up a child with the sole aim of turning the child into a genius, they will cause a disaster
According to several leading educational psychologists, this is one of the biggest mistakes which
ambitious parents make Generally, the child will be only too aware of what his parents expect, and will
fail Unrealistic parental expectations can cause great damage to children
However, if parents are not too unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are ambitious in
a sensible way, the child may succeed in doing very well – especially if the parents are very supportive of
their child Michael Collins is very lucky He is crazy about music, and his parents help him a lot by
taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons for him They even drive him 50
kilometers twice a week for violin lessons Michael’s mother knows very little about music, but his father
plays the trumpet in a large orchestra However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is
unwilling Winston Smith, Michael’s friend, however, is not so lucky Both his parents are successful
musicians, and they set too high a standard for Winston They want their son to be as successful as they
are and so they enter him for every piano competition held They are very unhappy when he does not win
Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always seems quiet and unhappy
1 Michael Collins is fortunate in that
A his father is a musician B his parents are quite rich
C his mother knows little about music D his parents help him in a sensible way
2 One of the serious mistakes parents can make is to
A help their child to become a genius B make their child become a musician
C neglect their child’s education D push their child into trying too much
3 Who have criticized the methods of some ambitious parents?
A Successful musicians B Their children
C Unrealistic parents D Educational psychologists
4 All of the following people are musical EXCEPT _
A Winston’s mother B Michael’s mother C Michael’s father D Winston’s father
5 The phrase “crazy about” in the passage mostly means
A “confused about” B “surprised at”
Trang 3C “extremely interested in” D “completely unaware of”
D.WRITING
I Finish the second sentence so that it means the same as the first one
1 He was sorry he hadn’t said goodbye to her at the airport
He regretted………
2 The boss did not intend to consider the employees’ demand
The boss had………
3 Nobody had invited Jane to the party, which annoyed her
As she………
4 You don’t know about this program because you don’t watch television a lot
If you watched ………
5 John has done well in France, but not so well in math
While………
II Write a paragraph about your hobbies
You should mention:
- What are your hobbies?
- How often do you do them?