Question I (2pts): Listen to the conversation between a secretary and a woman, then choose the best answers 1. The woman wants to speak to ___________ . a. the secretary b. the principal c. the homeroom teacher d. her son 2. Does she want to meet him afterwards ? a. Yes b. No c. She would like to see him right now. d. Don’t know 3. What time can he meet her? a. half past ten b. fifteen to ten c. fifteen past ten d. ten forty-five 4. What is her address? a. Number 23, 51 st Street b. Number 51, 23 rd Street c. Number 23, 15 th Street d. Number 51, 1 st Street Question II (2.5pts): Choose the correct answer to complete each sentence 5. _________ precautions should be read carefully before you use electricity devices. a. Safe b. Safely c. Safest d. Safety 6. Richie is a person who enjoys meeting people and is easy to talk to. He’s _________ . a. talkative b. funny c. strict d. outgoing 7. If you want to hear messages or answer your telephone when you are away, you use a/an _________. a. fax machine b. answering machine c. mobile phone d. directory 8. Last night someone broke into the kitchen and stole the microwave oven while we were _______. a. here b.upstairs c. downstairs d. inside 9. We _______ help our parents at home. a. should b. ought c. can d. has to 10. Nick bought some paint. He __________________ . a. paints his room b. will paint his room b. is painting his room d. is going to paint his room 11. Nobody helps me repair the washing machine. I must try to do it _________ . a. yourself b. yourselves c. myself d. himself 12. “Is 7.15 OK ? “ - “ ___________________________ . “ a. See you at 7.15 b. No problem. The concert starts at 7.45 b. Let’s meet at 7.15 d. Great. See you tomorrow evening at 7.15 13. Dish rack is ______ the counter ______ the right of the window. a. on / to b. in / in c. under / in d. beside / on 14. Can you tell her I‘ll come ______ to pick her ______ ? a. in / to b. over / with c. in /up d. over / up Question III (1pt) : Supply the correct tense or form 15. Lisa ___________________to work because tomorrow is Sunday. ( not/go) 16. The sun _______________in the east.( rise) 17. Nam and Quang ______________ new fishing rods yesterday.( buy ) 18. Would you like ___________to the party? ( come ) Question IV(1pt) : Read the passage then write true ( T) or false ( F) for the following sentences We moved into a new house a week ago and I had to work hard all morning. Now I am trying to get my new house in order .This thing isn’t easy because I own over a thousand books. To make matters worse, the room is rather small, so I have temporarily put my books on the floor. At the moment, they cover every inch of floor space and I actually have to walk on them to get in or out of the room. My sister helped me to carry one of my old bookcases up the stairs. She went into my room and got a big surprise when she saw all those books on the floor.” This is the prettiest carpet I have seen, “ she said. She looked at it for a while then added, “ You don’t need bookcases at all. You can sit here on your spare time and read the carpet ! “ Note: carpet ( n) : taám thaûm 19. The room isn’t big enough to hold all of her books. __________ 20. The writer has a pretty carpet. __________ 21. The writer is lazy to arrange her new house neatly. __________ 22. Her sister seemed surprised when she went into the room. __________ Question IV (1.5pts) : Read the following cloze Alexander Graham Bell was born in Scotland in 1847. ………………… (23) he was a young man of twenty- three, he …………… .(24) with his parents to Canada. Before the year was over, he had left his family and gone to America. At Boston University, he worked day by day as a teacher of the ………………(25), he worked far into the night ………………… (26) with ways of transmitting speech over long distance. This led to the …………………(27) of the telephone. Bell and his ………………… (28), Thomas Watson, first introduced their telephone in 1876. 23. a. However b. Although c. Because d. When 24. a. immigrated b. emigrated c. sailed d. All are correct 25. a. deaf b. deaf-mute c. mute d. blind 26. a. inventing . b. demonstrating c. introducing d. experimenting 27. a. service b. machine c. invention d. exhibition 28. a. student b. teacher c. customer d. assistant QuestionV (2pts) : Rewrite each of the following sentences in another way so that it means almost the same as the sentence printed before it. 29. I intend to go sailing. I am ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 30. I’m not strong, so I can’t lift this box. (enough) I’m ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 31. John is a good student John can ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 32. Dad doesn’t tell us traditional stories anymore now (used) Dad ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… THE END OF TEST . What is her address? a. Number 23, 51 st Street b. Number 51, 23 rd Street c. Number 23, 15 th Street d. Number 51, 1 st Street Question II (2.5pts): Choose. himself 12 . “Is 7 .15 OK ? “ - “ ___________________________ . “ a. See you at 7 .15 b. No problem. The concert starts at 7.45 b. Let’s meet at 7 .15 d. Great.