The first semester examination - Đề 8

A.PHẦN TRẮC NGHIỆM KHÁCH QUAN ( 6 Đ): 
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. 	A. study	B. charity	C. windy	D. style
2. 	A. treasure	B. scream	C. sneaky	D. cheat
3. 	A. embrace	B. employ	C. memorable	D. ensure
4. 	A. skill	B. children	C. school	D. chemistry
II. Pick out the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the others.
5. 	A. longevity	B. constancy	C. windowpane	D. stimulate
6. 	A. comment	B. method	C. campaign	D. survey
7. 	A. minority	B. refreshment	C. constancy	D. enthusiasm
8. 	A. patter	B. spirit	C. announce	D. survey
III. Choose from the four options marked A, B, C and D one best answer to complete each sentence below.
9. How__________have you known each other?
	A. many	B. much	C. often	D. long
10. He made me __________it all over again.
	A. to do	B. do	C. does	D. doing
11. If he __________hours watching television, he would pass the exams.
	A. didn’t spend	B. not spend	C. doesn’t spend	D. wouldn’t spend 
12. __________the museum, we decided to have lunch in the park.
	A. Visited	B. Having visited	C. Have visited	D. Visit
13. Would you mind __________the door, please?
	A. close	B. to close	C. closing	D. closed
14. Last night I __________to my close friend’s birthday party.
	A. go	B. to go	C. going	D. went
15. He doesn’t allow us __________personal phone calls.
	A. to make	B. make	C. making	D. to be made
16. Do many people in your country __________take care of others?
	A. voluntarily	B. voluteer	C. voluntary	D. volunteering
17. The weather was very bad last week. If it __________fine, we __________camping.
	A. were/ would go	B. had been/ would have gone
	C. were/ would have gone	D. is/ will go 
18. He forgave me for not __________to him.
	A. write	B. writing	C. to write	D. written
IV. Read the following passage and choose the best given answer A, B, C or D to fill in each gap.
I am very happy (19)_______a donation of $500 from your company some days ago. I think that the money will (20)_______us to repair the old school building and build a new block of flats for the handicapped students. We will certainly issue a receipt as soon as possible.
I would like to express our thanks (21)_______the donation from your company and hope (22)_______more assistance and (23)_______from your company in the future.
I look forward to (24)_______from you soon.
19. 	A. receiving	B. receive	C. received	D. to receive 
20. 	A. helped	B. helping	C. to help	D. help 
21. 	A. for	B. of	C. in	D. on 
22. 	A. getting	B. got	C. to get	D. get 
23. 	A. cooperative	B. cooperate	C. cooperation	D. to cooperate 
24. 	A. to hear	B. hear	C. heard	D. hearing 
B- PHẦN TỰ LUẬN ( 4 Đ): 
I. Give the right form of each word in each bracket.
The ____________________ food that people eat at Thanksgiving is turkey. (tradition)
____________________is one of the important factors to form a good friendship. (Constant)
II. Give the right tense or form of each verb in each bracket.
We (not/ be) ____________________friends since he became rich. 
If he weren’t so mean, he (pay) ____________________us a better salary.
III. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.
In Vietnam, Tet-Trung-Thu or the Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the most popular family holidays. It is held on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month.
Vietnamese families plan their activities around their children on this special day. In Vietnamese folklore, parents were working so hard to prepare for the harvest day that they left the children playing by themselves. To make up for lost time, parents would use the Mid-Autumn Festival as an opportunity to show their love and appreciation for their children.
Appropriately, Mid-Autumn Festival is also called the Children’s Festival. Trung-Thu activities are often centered around children and education. Parents buy lanterns for their children so that they can participate in a candlelight lantern possession at dawn. Lanterns represent brightness while all electric lights go out. Vietnamese markets sell a variety of lanterns, but the most popular children’s lantern is the star lantern. Other children’s activities include arts and crafts in which children make face masks and lanterns. 
When is Tet-Trung-Thu held? 
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What do Vietnamese families do on this special day? 
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What is Mid-Autumn Festival also called? 
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What is the most popular kind of children’s lantern?
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IV. Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that doesn’t change its meaning.
“I can lend you some money.”, she told me.
	@ She offered	
He can’t go to school because he is seriously ill.
	@ If he	
They said, “We would help him if we had enough time.”
	@ They said that 	
“Let’s go to the movie.”
	@ He suggested 	
“You should eat more vegetables and less meat.”
	@ The doctor advised me 	
V. Put the words in the correct order to make sentences. The first word is capitalised.
country/ you/ want/ Which/ to/ most/ do/ visit/?
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to/ well/ English/ My/ me/ parents/ want/ speak/.
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to/ taught/ aunt/ me/ swim/ My/.
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