Grade 7 THE SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others. 1. A. wanted B. helped C. danced D. worked 2. A. cheap B. please C. measure D. teacher 3. A. buffalo B. mother C. notice D. no Choose the best option to complete the following sentences. 4. Last week, the Robinsons _________to a new apartment. A. is moving B. moves C. moved D. was moving 5. They keep _________touch by writing letters to each other twice a month. A. at B. in C. on D. of 6. Her mother wanted her _________up early. A. to get B. get C. getting D. to getting 7. I had a horrible cold because I was caught in the rain yesterday afternoon. A. great B. nice C. common D. terrible 8. Yesterday, all students in my school had a _________ check-up. A. medicine B. medical C. medicines D. medicinal 9. She is 145 centimeters _________. I am 140 centimeters tall, so I am is _________ than her. A. tall/ shorter B. high/ higher C. tall/ taller D. short / taller 10. It isn’t difficult for her_________a new dress. A. make B. making C. to make D. to making 11. Her English was not good, so she had to work _________in the second semester. A. good B. difficultly C. hardly D. hard 12. He’s bad _________history, but he’s good _________math. A. at/at B. in/in C. to/to D. for/for 13. I have a terrible toothache so I’m going to the _________. A. nurse B. doctor C. dentist D. teacher 14. Last month, Mai went to the_________ to buy a green pair of shoes . A. Bakery B. Toy store C. Shoe store D. Drugstore 15. Mai never likes pine-apple and_________. A. I don’t neither B. either I do C. neither do I D. so do I 16. They arrived _________home _________five o’clock in _________afternoon. A. in/at/in B. at /at/on C. to/at/in D. ф/at/in 17. What _________she do yesterday evening? A. did B. do C. was D. does 18. Her parents are pleased _________she is studying harder now. A. so B. because C. because of D. for Choose the word that needs correction. 19. Children are usually scared for seeing the dentist. [of] A B C D 20. A nurse told her waiting for the doctor. [to wait] A B C D 21. I’ll be happy seeing you some days next week. [to see] A B C D 22. She decided learning how to make a dress. [to learn] A B C D Page 1 THE SECOND SEMESTER Grade 7 THE SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION 23. After the neighbor repaired the skirt, it looked prettily . [pretty] A B C D Choose the correct answer to complete the following passage Thirty years ago in Vietnam, very few people (24)______ TV sets. These TV owners were very popular. After dinner, their neighbors gathered (25) ______ inside and outside their houses. Some watched through the windows. All evenings, they sat and (26) ______ the black and white programs. The older people might sleep a little and the children might play with their friends, but no one went home until the programs (27)_____. Times have changed. Today, many families have a TV set. People sit in their own living rooms and watch TV. Life is more (34) ______ now, but many neighbors don’t spend much time together any more. 24. A. had B. have C. has D. having 25. A. two B. one C. both D. twice 26. A. watched B. to watch C. watching D. watches 27. A. end B. finished C. finishing D. ending 28. A. comfort B. comfortably C. comfortable D. uncomfortable Read the passage and then answer the following questions Marie Curie was born in Poland in November, 1867. She learnt to read when she was four years old. She was very intelligent and had an excellent memory. She finished high school when she was only fifteen years old. when she grew up, Marie went to Paris to study Mathematics and chemistry at university. She won the Nobel prize for Physics in 1903 and eight years later she received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. She died in July, 1934. Questions: 29. When was Marie born? . 30. When did she learn to read? . 31. When did she finish high school? . 32. where did she study Mathematics and chemistry? . 33. When did she win the Nobel prize for physics? . Rewrite these sentences, beginning with the words given .( 3pts) 34. Nam is a good soccer player . Nam plays 35. Why don’t we go to the amusement center ? What about . 36. She doesn’t like pork and I don’t either.(use neither) She . ------THE END------ Page 2 THE SECOND SEMESTER . Grade 7 THE SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced. mother wanted her _________up early. A. to get B. get C. getting D. to getting 7. I had a horrible cold because I was caught in the rain yesterday afternoon.