festival is a great opportunity for parents to make up for the lost time with their children after a harvest season.. ……… is the day for people to express their gratitude to God f[r]
(1)KIEN LUONG SECONDARY SCHOOL EXAMINATION FOR GOOD STUDENTS
Class:……… School year: 2010- 2011
Full name:……… Subject: ENGLISH - Time: 50 minutes B READING:(5.0ps)
I From the clues, can you find out what country are people talking about?(1ps) Australia – Brazil – Canada – China – England
France – Malaysia – Russia – Singapore - India
1 ……… It’s a country in Asia It has the biggest population in the world It shares a border with Vietnam ………It’s a country in South America Spanish is mainly spoken here Its most famous agricultural product is coffee and its people are crazy with soccer 3……… It’s a young country in Southeast Asia Shopping is a popular pastime The country is considered cleanest in the world Chinese, Malay and English are commonly spoken in this country
4……… It’s a large country in East Europe It has extremely cold winters The country is known for its beautiful old buildings and for its many great writers Its capital begins with letter M and ends with letter W
5……… It’s a small country in Europe Its capital city is on a river It is famous for perfume Its national team was soccer champions in 1998
II Read the following passage and answer if the statements below are true(T) or False(F): (2.0ps)
A small store sold a lot of nice jewelry, and the owner was always very careful to prevent people from stealing it
One day a thief came and tried to steal a beautiful necklace, but the owner of the store caught him immediately and went to the telephone to call the police to come and arrest him “ Please don’t that” the thief said “I’ve a wife and three children at home And I’ll pay for the necklace”
The owner of the store felt sorry for the man and he didn’t want to have a lot of trouble with the police, so he accepted the man’s offer to pay for the necklace and went to prepare a bill for it But when he give it to the thief, the man looked disturbed and said, “I wasn’t intending to get anything as expensive as that Do you have something cheaper?”
1……… The story mentioned a small store which sold beautiful jewelry 2……… The owner was very careless with his jewelry
3……… A thief got into the store and stole a ring
4………… The owner brought the thief to the police station 5……… The thief said that he had a wife and three children 6……… The owner felt sorry for the thief
(2)III Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage.Use only ONE word.(2.0ps) Language learners learn words in different (1)………Some learners
(2)……… a list and put into it the meanings of new words in the mother (3) ……… , and try to learn them by heart However, others not Instead, they write one or two examples sentences with each new word in (4)……… to remember how to use the word in the right way
Many language learners not try (5)……… learn all new words they come (6)……… They usually underline or highlight only the words they want to (7)……… This helps them (8)……… important words
C LANGUAGE FOCUS: (5.0ps)
I Choose the best word to complete sentences(1.5ps) It’s ……… to believe that he passed the exam
a hardly b hard c difficulty d difficultly City dwellers are afraid………traffic jams
a of b off c at d in
3 Would you ……….cleaning the floor for me?
a like b.please c rather d mind
4 I prefer to live in the city……… the country
a than b to c better d from
5 This dish looks………
a deliciously b badly c delicacy d delicious I tried ……… you but I couldn’t get through
a phone b phoning c phoned d to phone
II Use the correct form of word in brackets: (2.0ps) My sister is front of……… places (crowd)
2 This country has a big……… which makes cars (industrial) He is the only……… that has not run this race before (compete) ……… he was ill on the day of the pop festival (fortunate) You should bring……… clothes for this cold weather (suit)
6 The……… of Christmas tree ie indispensable at Christmas (decorate) All the……… in the debate had a chance to speak ( participate) Hoa’s is very fat so she wants to lose……… (weigh)
III Give the correct form of verbs: (1.5ps)
1.What (happen)……… to you yesterday? Excuse me! You (speak)……… English? Mr John hopes (earn)……… some money soon
4 Aunt White needs a recipe for a cake that’s easy (make)……… Ring me up as soon as you (get)……… home this evening
6 We’re tired of (work)………for low wages D.WRITING: (5.0ps)
I Making sentences with the words given: (2.5ps) not let / children / play / matches
(3)2 we / countryside / holiday / next summer
……… there / much / pollution / big cities / countries
……… the man / not read / newspaper / because / lose / his glasses
……… my house / N0.1 road / second floor
……… II “Why you think most people learn English?” Write a short paragraph about 80 words (2.5ps)
……… ……… ……… ……… ……… ……… ……… ……… ……… ……… ……… ……… ……… ……… ……… ……… ……… ……… ……… ……… ………
(4)KIEN LUONG SECONDARY SCHOOL EXAMINATION FOR GOOD STUDENTS
Class:……… School year: 2010- 2011
Full name:……… Subject: ENGLISH - Time: 10 minutes
A LISTEN(5.0ps)
I These people are talking about festivals Listen and fill in the suitable festival.(2.5 ps)
1 In a Vietnamese folklore, ……… festival is a great opportunity for parents to make up for the lost time with their children after a harvest season
2 ……… is the day for people to express their gratitude to God for his favors during the previous year
3 On………, people set off fireworks to drive evil spirits away so that they can have a new year in great happiness and success and without any harm people around the world, especially sweethearts, take the opportunity of……… to express their affection to those they love or deeply care
5 ……… is the very good time for people to show gratitude to their female relatives and friends in commemoration of their contribution to the family and the society
II Listen and fill in the missing information: (2.5 ps)
Festival: (1)
Where it is celebrated: (2)………
When it is celebrated: 15th day of 8th month of lunar year.
What children do: (3)………
What children eat: (4)………
What people give each other: (5)………
Meanings of the festival: To show love to children
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KIEN LUONG SECONDARY SCHOOL EXAMINATION FOR GOOD STUDENTS
Class:……… School year: 2010- 2011
Full name:……… Subject: ENGLISH - Time: 10 minutes
D LISTEN(5.0ps)
I These people are talking about festivals Listen and fill in the suitable festival.(2.5 ps)
1 In a Vietnamese folklore, ……… festival is a great opportunity for parents to make up for the lost time with their children after a harvest season
2 ……… is the day for people to express their gratitude to God for his favors during the previous year
3 On………, people set off fireworks to drive evil spirits away so that they can have a new year in great happiness and success and without any harm people around the world, especially sweethearts, take the opportunity of……… to express their affection to those they love or deeply care
5 ……… is the very good time for people to show gratitude to their female relatives and friends in commemoration of their contribution to the family and the society
II Listen and fill in the missing information: (2.5 ps)
Festival: (1)
Where it is celebrated: (2)………
When it is celebrated: 15th day of 8th month of lunar year.
What children do: (3)………
What children eat: (4)………
What people give each other: (5)………
(5)KIEN LUONG SECONDARY SCHOOL EXAMINATION FOR GOOD STUDENTS
Class:……… School year: 2010- 2011
Full name:……… Subject: ENGLISH - Time: 60 minutes ANSWER KEY
A LISTEN: (5 ps)
I 2.5ps (0.5m/ sentence)
Mid-Autumn / Trung Thu Thanks giving Day
New Year’s Eve Valentine’s day Women’s Day II 2.5ps (0.5m/ sentence)
Mid-Autumn/Trung Thu VietNam singing and dancing fruit and cake boxes of Moon cakes
B READING: (5ps) I 1ps (0.2m/ sentence)
1.China Brazil Singapore Russia France II 2ps (0.5m/ sentence)
T F F F T T T F
III 2ps (0.5m/ sentence)
ways make tongue order to across learn remember C LANGUAGE FOCUS: (5 ps)
I.1.5ps (0.5m/ sentence)
b a d b d d II 2ps (0.5m/ sentence)
crowded industry competitor unfortunately suitable decoration participants weight
III 1.5ps (0.5m/ sentence)
happened Do you speak? to earn to make get working
D WRITING: (5 ps) I 2.5ps (0.5m/ sentence)
Don’t let the children play with matches
We are going to the countryside for a holiday next summer
There is much more pollution in big cities than that in the countries The man didn’t read newspaper because he lost his glasses
My house is on No.1 road on the second floor II Write a short paragraph ( 2.5 ps)
Students’ answers