I did not know that only one year later I would win the first prize in the English speaking contest held for secondary school students in my hometown.. Read the text and do tasks :.[r]
(1)BAÀÀI TẬP E GRADE – HK1
I Choose the best answer to complete these sentences
1 I a letter from my old friend last week (sent / gave / received / took) We must be there 7.30 and 10.30 (at / before / between / after)
3 I find Peter is not communicative He’s rather in public (kind / reserved /sociable / humorous)
4 She has over 30 pages since yesterday (written / wrote / write / writing)
5 I find Peter is not communicative He’s rather in public (kind / reserved /sociable / humorous)
6 My farther used us to the park three years ago (took / taking / to take / take) Can you fill this form for me? (out / on / at / to)
9 “Would you to go to the movies with me?” “I’d love to” (like / want / love / mind)
10 Deaf-mute can speak hear (both and/not only … but also/neither … nor/either … or)
11 When I was a child, I follow my mum to the market (used to / liked / hated / loved) 12 His parents are always proud him (about / of / on / with)
13 have you lived in this town? – For nearly 20 years (When / Where / How far /How long) 14 The new shopping mall is quite the present shopping area (different from / the same / like to / similar)
15 They have studied six o’clock (for / at / since / to)
16 “ ?” – “It’s 20.000 dong” (How much is this parcel cost / How much does this parcel take / How much does this parcel / How much does this parcel cost)
17 I the country life the city life (like – than / prefer – to / like – to / prefer – than)
18 They have studied six o’clock (for / at / since / to)
(2)20 Don’t let your child with matches (playing / to play / plays / play)
21 They from Canada to America to find work (started / demonstrated / delivered / migrated)
22 Last night I watched the movie Romeo and Juliet At last they killed (together / each other / themselves / one another)
23 My mother is tired cook tonight (enough – to / too – to / so – that / very – to) 24 He went to school late because he was stuck in the this morning.(rush-hour / traffic-light / traffic-jam / cross-road)
25 Airmail is expensive than surface mail (the most / most / much / more) 27 She is studying hard pass the final exams.(for / in order to / so to / so that)
28 John came an old school friend in the street this morning (with / along / across / off) 29 She asked her children (to stop playing / stop to play / stop playing / stopping to play) 30 He is not ride a motorbike (enough old to / enough old for / old enough to / old enough for)
31 I don’t talk much in public I am rather (kind / sociable / reserved / humorous)
32 (Novel / Fiction / Folktale / Legend) is a story passed on in spoken form from one generation to the next
33 You must look in the (advertisement / recreation / diversion / participation) section of the newspaper to find out what films are showing
34 During rush-hours, (traffic lights / crossroads / traffic-jams) often happen 35 (Would / Could / Do / Will) you like to go to the movies? – I’d love to
36 Deaf-mutes can (both speak and hear / not only speak but also hear / neither speak nor hear / either speak or hear)
37 They have waited for her (for / since / at / from) o’clock
38 This neighborhood is (different / the same / as / like) from that one
39 What does she look like? (She look beautiful / She is beautiful / She looks like beautiful) 40 The calendar is (on / under / behind / in) the clock
(3)42 When my father was young, he used to (singing / sang / sings / sing) very well 44 You should work (hardly / hard / good / badly) in order to pass the exams 45 It is too dark (to take / take / taking / took) photographs here
46 Jim is not old enough (read / reading / to read) this book
47 Could you me a favor? (What can I for you / Thanks a lot / It’s very kind of you / No, thank you I’m fine)
48 I (haven’t met / don’t meet / didn’t meet / won’t) him yet
49 The doctor advised him (go / to go / going / goes) to bed earlier 50 They got married and lived (happy / happily / happiness)
II Supply the correct tense of the verbs in brackets
1 Mary and John (be) _ neighbors They (know) _ each other for a long time Mary (move) _ into her house in 1990, and John (live) _ next door since he (come) _ to the area in 1988
2 Today (be) _ Sunday Nga (not go) _ to school She (stay) _ at home She (do) _ her homework now She (do) _ it for two hours
3 I (be) _ in New York I (come) _ here two years ago My friend, Nancy (live) _ here since 1982 So she (know) _ the area very well
4 Trung usually (go) _ to the library three times a week
5 Yesterday I (be) _ busy, so I (not have) _ time to phone you
6 Mrs Trang (not go) _ to work last week She (not be) _ feeling well I (do ) _ all the housework The flat is really clean now
8 How long you (live) _ here? – Since 1997
9 Mr Quang (teach) _ in this school since he (graduate) _ from the university in 1989
10 My brother (leave) _ home 10 years ago I (never meet) _ him since then 11 Where you (spend) _ your summer holiday last year, Tam?
12 When we (be) _ small, our family (live) _ in the countryside 13 I (read) _ an interesting book at the moment
14 How long you (know) _ Mrs Chi? – I (know) _ here for five years 15 W (not see) _ her since we (be) _ on holiday in Ha Long bay 16 Phuong (not finish) _ her homework yet
17 It’s three years since I last (see) _ Nam
18 You (be) _ away? – Yes I (go) _ to the country last Sunday 19 I (not eat) _ anything for two days
20 They (move) _ to Ho Chi Minh City in 1990 and (live) _ there since then READING COMPREHENSION
I Complete the following passage with the words given in the box. 1
(4)Many (1) _ believe that life on the farm is very quiet and easy, but (2) is very hard I myself have (3) on a farm for nearly twenty years and I know what farm work (4) _ You must get up early, (5) _ the chickens and the cows, water the flowers, vegetables, (6) _ of gardening and then (7) in the fields But my aunt likes this way of life and (8) all her children
2
enjoy - like - walk - beautiful - friendly - in - facilities - summer Dear Mai,
I’m having a lovely time here in Kim Lien It’s a (1) _ village I’m staying at my uncle’s house I have a nice view of the paddy field from my bedroom Things are changing (2) _ the countryside People can now have things (3) refrigerators and televisions Medical (4) _ are more accessible Today I’m going for a long (5) by the lake The air is clean and people are very (6) Would you like to come here next (7) holiday? I hope you’ll (8) it
3
reach - in - telephoned - message - service - stationary - name - speak
A customer (1) the Thang Loi Delivery (2) _ on June 16 just after midday The customer’s (3) _was Mr Nam, and he wanted to (4) to Mrs Van Mrs Van was (5) meeting and could not come to the phone So Mr Toan took a (6) Mr Nam called about his (7) _ order He said Mrs Van could (8) _ him at 634 082
II Read the following texts Then answer the True / False sentences
1/ Hello! My name’s Ba I’m 13 years old I have a close friend, Lan She is 15, but she isn’t as tall as I am Every day I go to school in the morning, my sister has classes in the afternoon Like Lan, I love pop music, reading my novels in my free time We both like playing chess and going swimming in the summer Unlike Lan, I don’t like cooking, doing the shopping on Sundays Instead, I like watching films, especially war films on T.V I also love playing soccer in my spare time
1 Both Ba and Lan go to school in the morning
2 They love pop music, reading novels
3 They don’t like playing chess and going swimming in Summer Lan doesn’t like cooking, doing the shopping on Sundays
5 Ba likes watching war films on T.V
6 Lan also loves playing soccer in her free time
2/ Lily comes from China She’s a university student She’s eighteen years old She is studying English as a foreign language English is important to her because she will need it for her job in the future She began learning English when she was very young – at the age of eight She thinks that her biggest problem is listening People speak very quickly, so she can’t understand them English is really hard for her to learn, but she likes it She wants to be an English teacher; or hopes to become a singer one day because she loves English songs very much
English is important to Lily as she will need it for her future job She started learning English when she was eighteen She has a problem with listening She can understand people when they speak fast She doesn’t find English difficult to learn She loves English songs but she doesn’t want to become a singer
(5)(6)3 He went to Boston when he was twenty-three Graham Bell worked with the deaf in Boston He experimented with the electrical transmission of the sound by day
6 Graham bell invented the telephone
III Read the following passages Then answer the questions
1/ Do you have any close friends? I think everybody at least has one close friend in their life And so I I have two close friends, Hanh and Mai We are in the same class at the primary school, and then secondary school We are also neighbors so we spend most of our time learning and playing together Hanh is a beautiful girl with big black eyes and an oval rosy face She is an intelligent student who is always at the top of the class She likes reading, and she often goes to the library whenever she has free time Mai isn’t as beautiful as Hanh, but she has a lovely smile and looks very healthy Mai is very sporty She spends most of her time playing sports Mai is a volleyball star of our school She is also very sociable and has a good sense of humor Her jokes always make us laugh I love both of my friends and I always hope our friendship will never die
Questions
a What does Hanh look like? b What does she like?
c What does she often in her free time? d Is Mai more beautiful than Hanh?
e What is Mai’s hobby?
f Which sports does Mai play in the school team? 2/ How Nam has improved his English.
“… In the first year of lower secondary school I had some difficult in learning English My pronunciation of English words was really bad and my English grammar was worse I did not how to improve them One afternoon after the lesson, my teacher of English told me to wait for her outside the classroom She took me to the school library and showed me cassettes of pronunciation drills kept in a glass bookcase She also told me how to use an English–English dictionary to improve my English grammar “Now I think you know what you should do”, said she I made much progress and only one year later I won the first prize in the English Speaking Contest held for secondary school students in my hometown.”
Questions
a What difficulties did Nam have in learning English in the first year? b Who wanted to meet him one afternoon after the lesson?
c Where did they go after that?
d What did the teacher show him then?
(7)f What did he win one year later? 3/
Lan is excited about the interesting activities she is going to
The Y & Y is having a plan to help the community She will participate in its recycling program In joining this program, she will collect glass, used paper and empty cans Then she will send them for recycling
She hopes she can save natural resources and raise some money for the school Y & Y in these activities She also thinks about participating in either planting trees and flowers or helping the street children It is really interesting, isn’t it?
Questions
1 Is Lan going to have interesting activities? What is the Y & Y planning to do?
3 What will she do?
4 Will she send them for recycling? What does she hope in these activities?
6 Does she think about helping the street children? 4/
Peter is my pen pal He is fifteen years old He lives in a house in London He has lived there for ten years He is an excellent student He always works hard at school and gets good marks He loves learning Vietnamese in his free time He often practices writing letters in Vietnamese Sometimes he helps me to correct my writing, and I help
him to correct his spelling mistakes Next summer, he is going to visit Ho Chi Minh City with his family I’m expecting to see him
Questions
1 Where does he live?
2 How long has he lived in London? Why does he get good marks?
4 What does he like doing in his free time?
(8)6 What is he going to next summer?
WRITING A Rewrite these sentences
1 “Could you help me with my English speaking, Ba?”
Minh told “You shouldn’t make noise in class, Trung”
The teacher said “Can you wait for me here, Jerry?”
Tom told “Could you buy me an English exercise book, Ha?”
Nam asked “ Get up early to learn your lesson, Toan”
Toan’s father told him _ “ You should improve your English pronunciation, Nga”
Nga’s teacher said “ You should stay in bed for a few days, Mr Hoang”
The doctor said Hung is strong He can carry that heavy box
Hung is The fire isn’t very hot It won’t boil the kettle
(9)10 The weather wasn’t warm We couldn’t go swimming
The weather 11 Jane is a skillful swimmer
Jane _ 12 Lan learns English very well
Lan is 13 Tom is a good soccer player
Tom plays _ 14 Loan is a good swimmer
Loan _ 15 Hung run very fast
Hung is _ 16 Plays are not as interesting as films
Films are 17 English isn’t as difficult as French
French is _ 18 Jill is more intelligent than Bill
Bill isn’t 19 Nga doesn’t speak English as well as Trang
Trang speaks 20 Mrs Thanh drives more carefully than Mrs Hong
Mrs Hong doesn’t _
THE FIRST TERM TEST
I.Choose the correct answers: (2p)
1 It is really a difficult test but we will try to it ……… (ourself/ ourselves/ itself/ itselves) 2 Tuan is 15 years old He is not………to drive a car (old enough/ enough old/ young
enough / enough young).
3 Our teacher told us……… hard this semester (working / work/ to work/ worked). 4 Lan and Hoa have difference characters Lan is sociable but Hoa………(reserved/
beautiful/ slim/ lovely)
5 Our school Y & Y……… over 100 useful things for street children since last week (collect/ collecting/ collected/ have collected)
6 Could you help me fill……… this application form? (in/ of/ on/ with) 7 “May I help you?” -> ………
(10)8 Your report is good I know you worked really ………this semester?(bad/ good/ hard/ hardly) II.Complete the passage with words given: (2p)
Hair/doing/ hair / in/ the same/ either/ because/ similar.
I have brothers, Tim and Tom They are very (1)………and a lot of people don’ t know who Tim is and who Tom is They both have blond (2)………and blue eyes They always (3) ………jeans and T- shirts They like (4)……… the same things , too For examples, they like jazz and they are interested (5)……… soccer They go to a soccer match once a week Tim doesn’t like dancing and Tom doesn’t like it (6)………Although they are twins, they are not exactly the (7) ………at everything Tim woorks hard at school (8)……… he wants to go to university , but Tom is a bit lazy
III Read the text below carefully:
Galileo was one of the first modern scientists He was born in Pisa , Italy, in 1564 At first, he studied philosophy, but later he studies math and astronomy He was very interested in the way the Earth and other planets moves around the sun He found out some important facts about our world He also started a new way of working in science Before Galileo, scientists did not experiments, they just guessed about how something happened He did not just make guess, he did experiments and watched to see what happened.
A. T/F (1.5p)
1 Galileo was very interested in the earth ,the sun and other planets……… 2 He had the same ways working in science with other sciencetists………. 3 He did not find out anything about our world……….
B. Questions: (1p)
1 What did Galileo study? 2 Did he guess about how something happened?
I. Read the conversation and help Nga to write a message for Tam: (1.5p)
Nga: Hello, this is Nga.
Nam: Hello, Nga I’m Nam Could I speak to Tam?
Nga: I’m sorry, my brother is out Would you like to leave him a message?
Nam: Could you tell him that I will come and pick him up at 4’00 at your house? We are going to play soccer in the school yard this afternoon
Nga: Ok I’ll tell him when he ‘s back Bye. Nam: Bye.
Date: January 7th.
Time: 1’30 pm. For:………
Message:……… Taken by:……….
VI Write sentences about the changes in your hometown, use cues given: (2p)
Our town/ changing Few years ago/ it/ small/ quiet Now / it/ large/ noisy Traffic/ busy Streets/ clean/ beautiful Houses / modern People life/ easy.
Our town is changing ……… ……… ……….
THE FIRST TERM TEST Vocab and structures (2p)
1 My brother is out Would you like ……….a message? (to leave/ left/ leaving/ leaves) 2 Did your teacher help you this math exercise? -> No, we did it……….(myself/
(11)3 They ……….from Cananda to the USA to find work (emigrated/ worked/ demonstrated/ delivered)
4 They speak English very badly They should………English pronunciation every day (practice/ to practice/ practicing/ practiced)
5 Mary was born in France French is her……….(mother tongue/ first language/ foreign language/ a+ b are correct)
6 What……… like?->She is slim and beautiful (she / is she/ does she/ does she look) 7 My aunt is a good writer She ……… over 30 pages since yesterday (has written/ have
written/ wrote/ writes)
8 It is too cold ……… you close the door? ( May/ Do / Why don’t/ Have) III.Reading: (3p)
A Complete the passage with words given: (1.5p)
Dictionary/ improve/ should/ took /after/ pronunciation.
In the first year of lower secondary school, I had some difficult in learning English My (2)
………of English words was really bad and my English grammar was worse I did not know how to (3)……….them One afternoon (4)……….the lesson, my teacher of English told me to wait for her outside the classroom She (4)……….me to the school library and showed me cassettes of pronunciation drills kept in glass bookcase She told me how to use an English – English (5)……….to improve my English grammar “Now I think you know what you (6)……….do”, she said I did not know that only one year later I would win the first prize in the English speaking contest held for secondary school students in my hometown.
B Read the text and tasks:
Tokyo is a famous city There are a few good buildings and impressive temples: there are few parks worth visiting Everything has to be small in Tokyo: houses , rooms, shops…Long –side streets consist of tiny houses only And this often creates a toy-like with small women tip- toeing along in their kimono
Tokyo at night is a very different place from Tokyo in the daytime Millions of neon signs are switched on and nowhere in the world is more attractive.
A town is not its buildings alone It is an atmosphere, its pleasure, its sadness, its madness, and above all its people Tokyo may lack architectural beauty but it has character and excitement: it is alive I found it a mysterious and loveable city.
* T/F(1p)
1 There are many beautiful buildings in Tokyo……… 2 Many small house are found along long roads………
3 Tokyo at night is not as attractive as many other cities……… 4 The writer likes Tokyo very much………
*Questions: (1p)
1 What are there in Tokyo? ……… 3 Did the writer find Tokyo a mysterious and loveable city?
……… IV.Writing:
A. Rewrite: (1p.)
1 “You should change the way you learn English”
My teacher told me……… 2 “Please help me with this exercise”
(12)->Nga is the same……… 4 I’m lucky I have a friend like you
->I’m lucky enough……… B Write a letter with cues: (2p)
1 thank you/ letter/ I / glad/ hear/ you / have/ enjoyable/ Teacher’s day. 2.I/ receive/ first semester report / last week.
3 I / get/ good/ grades/ English and chemistry/ geography/ but / math and history / be/ bad.\ 4 My teacher/ ask/ improve/ math and history.
5 In a few week/ I / going/ join/ the Y& Y green group/ we/ clean/ our school yard/ plant trees and flowers.
6 Write soon and tell me all your news. ->Dear Nam,
Thank you for you letter I’m glad to hear you had an enjoyable Teacher’s day………. ……… ………. ……… ……… ………
THE FIRST TERM TEST
Choose the correct words: (2p)
1.He is 13 years old He is not old enough………a car (drive/ to drive/ drives/ drived) 2 His mother is out at the moment He has to cook dinner……….(he/ his/ him/ himself) 3 Hoa and Lan have different characters Hoa is sociable but Lan is……… (slim/ beautiful reserved/ lovely).
4 I love watching TV very much because TV is bringing……….entertainment………… information.(not only………… but also/ so …………that/ neither……… nor/ either… or).
5 Our school Y &Y ……… over 100 useful things for street children since last week (collect/ collected/ collecting/ has collected).
6 Could you help me to fill ……… this application form?-> No problem (in out / at / a+b are correct). 7 Don’t come in Please wait………for your turn (inside/ outside/ downstairs/ upstairs).
8 ……… is a story passed on in spoken form from one generation to the next (Legend/ Fiction/ Folktale/ Novel).
II Reading:
A. Fill in the gaps with words given: (1.5p)
Important/ pronunciation/ improve/ how/ ways/ on
I’m Lam I’m in grade Now I’m good at English but at the beginning of secondary school I was bored with English because I did not know (1)………to learn it well At that time , my teacher of English showed me some different (2)……….to learn it She told me how to use E-E dictionary to (3)………my E grammar She said I should listen to E news (4)……….TV to practice listening skill and improve my (5)……….in order to speak E well, I should practice speaking E with partners in class as well as outside classroom I should try to learn by heart ten (6)
……….words each day and revise them the next day Now I’m successful in learning English.
B. Read the text and answer the questions: (1/5p).
(13)in strument does Since its invention by Bell in 1876, the design of the telephone set has changed greatly However, the way telephone works is still the same.
1 What has become an important part in our daily life?
……… 2 What the words “tele” and “phone” mean?
……… 3 Who invented the telephone?
……… 4 Has the design of the telephone set changed greatly?
……… 5 Did Bell invented the telephone in 1876?
……… 6 Where does the word “telephone” come from?
……… IV: WRITING:
A. Rewrite: (1p)
1. My father often smoked 20 cigarettes a day, but now he doesn’t smoke any more ->My father used………
2 “Can you give me the pen?”
->Lan asked me………. 3 “You should stay in bed for at least days, Nga”.
->The doctor said………. 4 Tom is very strong He can lift that heavy table.
-> Tom is strong……… B Write a para about Mai: (2p)
-Name: Le Nguyen Mai -Age: 13
-Class: 8B -Address: 24 Li Thuong Kiet street.
-Family: father, mother, sister -Apperance: tall ,thin, short black hair -Character: sociable, kind, helpful -Interest: watching TV, playing video games -Phone number: 826263
-> Her name is Le Nguyen Mai………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ……….
I.Vocabulary and structures: (2.5ms) Underline the correct words.
1 Lan is not communicative She is ……… in public (kind/ reserved/ sociable/ humorous) 2 they enjoy ………jokes (tell /to tell/ tells/ telling)
3 Our friends ……… meet us at the airport tonight (are/ will be/ are going to/ will be to) 4 You should solve this problem……… (yourself/ yourselves/ ourselves/ themselves) 5 When I was a child, I………follow my mom to the market (used to / use to/ am used to /
was used to )
6 They will come back……… pm.(on/ in/ between/ at)
(14)a What can I for you?/ b Yes, that’s very kind of you. c Could you me a favors?/ d No, thank you I’m fine.
9 ……… is it when you last saw Lan?(How long/ How far/ How often/ How about) 10 I have lived here ……… 1997 (in/ for/ at/ since)
II. Reading: (3ms)
A. Complete the passage with words given from the box. (1.5ms) Meet/ night / for/ educational/ fields/ higher/ advantages.
There are various ( 1) advantages to live in a large city For one things There is the matter of education: (2)……….programs of all kinds for all ages and interests are available at all times of all day (3)……… in a city Then , a city offers a wide range of choices in
entertainment, recreation and culture as well as opportunities to (4)……… many interesting people Last but not least is the opportunity (5)……… jobs and money: Many jobs in many (6 )………are available with (7)……… salaries than in a small town.
B. Read the dialogue carefully and choose T/ F (1.5ms ) Lan: Tell me about your hometown, Tam?
Tam: Well, it’s really a small town… Lan: Really? What is it like there?
Tam: Oh, I think it is a very boring place. Lan: Why?
Tam: Well, there is nothing exciting to No good restaurants No night – light of any kinds I really get boring there
Lan: Oh, that’s too bad.
Tam: Yes, but lots of people love it because it is so pretty, It has lovely scenery- lots of mountains, rivers, lakes, trees…….
Lan: It sounds like a nice place.
Tam: Well, if you like to go hiking in the summer and skiing in the winter But you know, I am not the outdoors type! I am really a city person.
1 Tam’s hometown is not……… (large/ small/ wide/ big)
2 According to Tam, The town is so………(exciting / ugly/interesting/ boring) 3 There is……….good restaurant in the town (some / no /few/ lots of)
4 Many people love the town because it………(is quiet and peaceful/ has lovely scenery/ has many lakes and rivers/has many good restaurants)
5 The town may be and interesting place to………(hikers/ skiers/ swimmers/ dancers) 6 Tam ……… his hometown (dislikes/ loves/ likes/ hates)
III. Writitng: (2.5ms)
A. Rewrite sentences (1ms)
1 The last time I saw Tam was in 1985 (seen)
………. 2 Are you and Lan the same age?(old)
Are you as ………. 3 “Don’t talk in class” My teacher said to me.
->……… 4.He is too weak to carry that box (enough)
………
B. Write a short passage to describe your room (1.5ms)
(15)……… ……… ………
I A Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others:
1 A pancake B stadium C tasty D change
2 A grocery B money C month D comfort
3 A effect B delicious C resident D selection
4 A just B summer C much D humid
5 A wristwatchB notice C tired D specialty B Find the word which has different stress from the rest:
6 A humid B airmail C discuss D pancake
7 A notice B effect C contact D surface
8 A concern B comfort C product D market
9 A customer B grocery C resident D delicious 10 A organize B community C restaurant D neighborhood II Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentences:
1 Do you want to send this letter airmail or ?
A normal mail B ordinary mail C surface mail D usual mail When he was young, he that primary school
A arrived B attended C collected D destroyed The area is hot and in summer
A cold B cool C warm D humid
4 The residents in my are not happy about the changes A neighbor B neighborhood C neighborly D neighboring From this bridge, you can see the of my house
A foot B floor C roof D stairs
6 This famous restaurant _food from every part of the world
A serves B cooks C boils D stews
7 He gave the answer as I did
A different B same C far D convenient
8 The pocket-watch is very from the wristwatch A same B similar C different D difficult Airmail is expensive than surface mail
A more B like C as D the most
10 What have you done you said goodbye to us?
A for B since C when D before
III Supply the correct form of the word in brackets:
1 Hoa and Nien used to be next-door (neighborhood) Surface mail is much than airmail (cheap)
3 The shoes were nice, but they were (comfort) A new mall is opening in this district today (shop) The stores offer a wider _of products (select)
6 He thinks the pancakes are _ (taste)
7 They are looking at the _of “What’s on this week?” (advertise) This man is a store _ (own)
9 The _are going to hold a community meeting (reside) 10 We can’t see him now; it’s (convenience)
(16)1 She’s been in Ha Noi _June
2 He’s lived in Ho Chi Minh _ten years They haven’t seen each other a long time She has read this novel _two hours We’ve played football _two o’clock I have known her a few years
7 My father has worked for that company 1990
8 They have been at my house o’clock this morning We have been waiting _an hour
10 They have studied _seven o’clock
V Rewrite these sentences so that they have the same meaning: The examination was easier than we expected
The examination wasn’t Your hair is dark but her hair is blond
Her hair color is different _ I’m 14 years old and he’s 14 years old
He’s the same He is wearing a red cap, and she is wearing a red cap, too
He is wearing _ A dog is bigger than a cat
A cat isn’t No one in this class is as tall as Ba
Ba is the _ The coffee is so strong that I can’t drink it
The coffee is too The suitcase is too heavy for the boy to lift up
The suitcase isn’t They were too late to see the first film
They didn’t 10 We began to study here five years ago
We have _ II READING
Read the passage and answer the questions that follow (3.0 pts)
Hello! My name is David I work for a construction company I started working for this company in 2004 We build roads, dams, bridges and things like that At the moment my company is producing a plan for a new motorway I usually work in the road department, but this month I am working in the department that builds bridges So my whole working day is different just now I normally spend a lot of time outdoors because I have to go to the construction sites But with this new project I spend a lot of time in the workshop Now I am testing a model of one of the new bridges I enjoy it a lot because I have learned a lot of new things
1 When did David begin working for his construction company? What is his company doing at the moment?
Where does he usually work?
Is he working in the road department this month?
(17)What is he testing now?
III LANGUAGE FOCUS
Circle the best option A, B, C or D to complete each of the following sentences(2.5 pts)
1 We must be there _ 7.30 and 8.15
A at B before C between D after Dad stayed at the office _ he finished the report
A between B until C for D at
3 Vietnamese language is different _ English language
A as B like C from D with
4 Tom is 16 He isn’t _ to drive a car
A enough young B young enough C enough old D old enough When my uncle was young, he used _ fishing on Sundays
A go B went C going D to go
6 Mary likes _ the piano
A playing B plays C played D play
7 She told me _ you that present
A giving B to give C gave D given
8 Last night I watched the movie “Romeo and Juliet” At last they killed
A himself B herself C themselves D ourselves Jane is _ beautiful than her sister
A as B like C the most D more
10 London is _ capital city in Europe
A large B larger C most large D the largest