The first semester exam

 Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. 
1. 	A. game 	B. bridge 	C. against 	D. garage 
2. 	A. excited 	B. kind 	C. nice 	D. quick 
3. 	A. decorate 	B. special 	C. constancy 	D. cloth 
 Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest. 
4. 	A. unselfish 	B. sympathy 	C. quality 	D. principle 
5. 	A. competition 	B. difficulty 	C. representative 	D. entertainment 
 Choose the correct answer. 
6. These workers stopped ________ some coffee because they felt sleepy. 
	A. to have 	B. have 	C. having 	D. had 
7. How many ________ minorities are there in Vietnam? 
	A. national 	B. primary 	C. ethnic 	D. main 
8. If I________ to her party yesterday, I________ you there. 
	A. had gone/would meet B. went/would meet 	C. went/will meet 	D. had gone/would have met
9. Our house needs ________. 
 	A. to paint 	B. to be painting 	C. painted 	D. painting 
10. I threw my old trainers and bought some new________. 
	A. ones 	B. one 	C. some 	D. any 
11. My friend often shows her ________ whenever I have troubles. 
 	A. sympathy 	B. sympathize 	C. sympathetic 	D. sympathetically 
12. My close friend is often concerned ________ all problems that I mention. [involved with]
 	A. over 	B. with 	C. above 	D. into 
13. When someone________ a poem or other piece of writing, they say it aloud after they have learned it. 
 	A. recites 	B. takes part in 	C. speaks 	D. completes 
14. They all denied ________ her. 
 	A. to see 	B. of seeing 	C. having ever seen 	D. ever having seen 
15. The exam is coming so the teachers make their students ________ a lot. 
 	A. study 	B. to study 	C. studying 	D. studied 
16. It is impossible ________ such a difficult thing without any help. 
 	A. to do 	B. do 	C. doing 	D. done 
17. They are whispering to avoid ________ by their friends. 
 	A. being heard 	B. hearing 	C. to be heard 	D. being hearing 
18. My father usually ________ beer after meals but now he ________ tea. 
 	A. drank/was drinking 	B. drinks / is drinking 	C. has drunk / drinks 	D. drinks / drinks 
19. There’s ________ at the door. Can you go and see who it is? 
 	A. someone 	B. anyone 	C. everyone 	D. some 
 Find the mistake A, B, C or D. 
20. Everyone are wearing black clothes this year because it’s fashionable. 
 	A 	B 	C 	D 
21. We spent a week to prepare for our concert last month. 
 	A 	B 	C 	D 
22. Many people go to pagoda to pray of a happy year for themselves and their family. 
 	A 	B 	C 	D 
 Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. 
23. I expected_______________, but I wasn’t. 
	A. to invite to the party. 	B. to be invited to the party. 
	C. inviting to the party. 	D. being invited to the party. 
24. __________________, we would have written to him. 
	A. If we know his address 	B. If we knew his address 
	C. If we had known his address 	D. If we have known his address 
 Read the following letter and choose the best answer for each blank. 
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hen we were working in the tenth (25)_______ of the building, suddenly we heard a terrible fire alarm. We (26)_____ rushed out of the room and scrambled to the lifts, which (27)_______ stuck. So, we ran down-stairs in horror. It (28)_______ me approriate 30-40 minutes to get out of the building on that day and came out on the street. 
 25. 	A. step 	B. stairs 	C. ground 	D. floor 
 26. 	A. immediately 	B. slowly 	C. sneakily 	D. carefully 
 27. 	A. is 	B. were 	C. been 	D. are 
 28. 	A. took 	B. got 	C. lost 	D. spent 
 Read the passage and then answer the questions that follow. 
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 was invited by my neighbours to attend their son’s birthday party last Saturday evening. It was not an ordinary celebration. The young couple had been childless for ten years after they got married and so they were thrilled to have a child after they had virtually given up. 
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 had decided to bring my camera to take some photographs of the happy family. The birthday cake was displayed in the middle of the living room. At exactly 8 p. m it was declared that the cake would be cut. The boy was dressed in a smart, brand-new outfit and looked like a little prince. The candles were blown out and the food began to arrive. The host and his wife moved around to make sure that everyone was having a good time. The little boy didn’t enjoy the hugs or kisses from the guests very much because he was then only interested in the toys he had just received. 
29. Was the birthday party in the passage an ordinary celebration? 
30. What did the writer bring a camera to the party for? 
31. How was the birthday boy dressed? 
32. Why didn’t the boy enjoy the hugs or kisses from the guests very much? 
 Give the correct form of the word in bracket. 
33. The United Nations is a(n) ________________ organization. 	(nation) 
34. A great deal of ______________ still builds up well before Tet. 	(excite) 
 Give the correct form of the word in bracket. 
35. If someone____________ in here with a gun, I would be very frightened. 	(walk) 
36. When you got back, he _____________________ London for New York. 	(already, leave) 
 Rewrite the sentences without changing meaning from the root 
37. “Would you like to come to my birthday party tomorrow, Sarah?” asked Tom. 
 Tom invited 	
38. “ It’s very kind of you to help me last week,” Lan said to Nam 
 Lan thanked 	
39. Because I didn’t listen to my father’s advice, I got myself into trouble. 
 If 	
40. “What would you do if you had three days off?” I asked him. 
 I asked him 	
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II. PHẦN TỰ LUẬN: Mỗi câu đúng: 0,25 điểm 
1. No, it wasn’t 
2. He brought a camera to the party to take some photographs of the happy family. 
3. He was dressed in a smart, brand-new outfit and looked like a liitle prince. 
4. Because he was now only interested in the toys he had just received. 
5. international 
6. excitement 
7. walked 
8. had aldready left 
9. Tom invited Sarah to come to his birthday party the next week/ the following week. 
10. Lan thanked Nam for helping her the week before/ the previous week. 
11. If I had listened to my father’s advice, I wouldn’t have got into trouble. 
12. I asked him what he would do if he had three days off.