KienThiet School English The First Semester (2017-2018) I Choose the best answers: (2,5ms) I wish I earned more money, but in fact I A don’t B did C was D didn’t Miss White is a nurse She working at night A used to B uses to C is used to D has used to Wearing uniform encourages students to be proud their school A to B of C in D at We our form teacher since last Monday A didn’t see B haven’t seen C weren’t seeing D not saw Van is now living with the Brown family on a outside Columbus, Ohio A site B store C farm D field We hired a small canoe and went in the river A boating B climbing C playing D working The first courses were offered 3rd, January 2007 A in B at C on D since You should learn by all the new words of the lesson A mouth B ear C memory D heart Do you find the Internet _? A beautiful B useful C polite D comfortable 10 “Let’s go out for dinner?” – “ _” A Never mind B What about doing? C OK, why not? D You’re welcome II Word forms: (1,5ms) Watching TV has become one of the most popular forms of (entertain) Cigarette has been banned (advertise) The journey was _ spent, so I took a taxi back home (enjoy) We went beside the river last Sunday (picnic) In _, you are wrong (conclude) Mr Long has an _ collection of stamps (impress) III Mistakes: (0,5m) You look worried What were you thinking about? A B C D Lots of books are written by English every year A B C D IV Arrange the words to make complete sentences: (0,5m) to get / how long / I / took / there / wanted / it / to know / her / / and / ao dai / by / was worn / tradition, / men / By / women / both / / V Reading comprehension: (3ms) @ Do as directed: (1,5ms) ■True OR False: Learning a foreign language is, in some ways, like learning how to fly There are some differences, but there is a very important similarity It is this: learning how to these things needs a lot of practise It is never enough to read a book on how to fly a plane A book can give you a lot of information about how to fly a plane A book can give you a lot of information about how to fly, but if you only read that book, then try to fly without any practise, you will kill yourself The same is true of learning a foreign language For example, can you speak English well without having lots of practise? “Practice makes perfect” is what every learner of a foreign language should know Learning a foreign language and learning to fly are the same in an important way Information about flying from books is enough for someone to fly a plane Practising a foreign language regularly makes you very good at it Every learner needs to be perfect ■ Choose the best answers: The passage is about how to learn something _ A perfect B well C fast “Practice makes perfect” means A So far so good B Habit cures habit C Haste makes waste D best D Diligence is the mother success @@ Complete the passage: (1,5ms) All early television was broadcast in black and white Color television was possible but it was too (1) _ and of very poor quality (2) _ the middle of the 1950s Color television broadcasts began in the United States in 1954, in Japan in 1960, and in (3) _ in 1967 The first landing on the moon was broadcast (4) _ on television I 1969, and now television programs are (5) _ all over the world immediately through the (6) _ of satellites that transmit the signals from the earth, through space and back to the earth A complicated A until A Asia A live A grown A way B expensive B from B America B active B developed B system C useful C through C Europe C current C practised C work D valuable D on D Antarctica D quick D transmitted D use VI Rewrite the sentences without changing the meaning: (2ms) “Where does your father work?” said the teacher The teacher I am interested in playing soccer I find it We saw her son in the park 20 minutes ago Her son They haven’t seen her for five years The last time THE END OF THE TEST KEYS I A C B B C A C D B 10 C II entertainment Advertising Unenjoyably picnicking Conclusion Impressive III C C IV I wanted to know how long it took her to get there By tradition, ao dai was worn by both men and women V @ False False B D True False C A @@ B A VI The teacher asked me where my father worked I find it interesting to play soccer her son was seen in the park 20 minutes ago The last time they saw her was years ago THE END D B ... the 195 0s Color television broadcasts began in the United States in 195 4, in Japan in 196 0, and in (3) _ in 196 7 The first landing on the moon was broadcast (4) _ on television I 196 9, and... learner needs to be perfect ■ Choose the best answers: The passage is about how to learn something _ A perfect B well C fast “Practice makes perfect” means A So far so good B Habit