The first - Semester test subject: English - Dang Huy Tru upper-high school

DANG HUY TRU UPPER-HIGH SCHOOL	THE FIRST-SEMESTER TEST
CLASS : 11/C	SUBJECT :	 ENGLISH
FULL NAME.......	Time allotted:	45 minutes
DATE.......	Paper number:	1
I.Reading
 A.Read the passage and decide the statements below True(T) or False (F) .
February 14 is a Valentine Day. We celebrate Valentine day by giving flowers, gifts, and cards to those we love. We do this in honor of Saint Valentine. You may be wondering, “ Who is Saint Valentine?”
Legend has it that Valentine was a priest in Rome in the third century. There was an Emperor at that time by the name of Claudius II. Emperor Claudius II was recruiting a large of men to serve as soldiers for his wars without much success. The men preferred not to leave their wives, families, and sweethearts to fight in foreign lands. Claudius became angry and declared that no more marriages could performed and all engagements were canceled. Valentine thought this to be unfair and secretly married several couples. When Claudius found out, he threw Valentine, where he died.
Another legend has it that Valentine was an imprisoned man who fell in love with his jailer’s daughter. Before he was put into death, he sent the first “ valentine” himself when he wrote her a letter and signed it “Your Valentine”, words still used on cards today.
Perhaps we’ll never know the true story behind the man named Saint Valentine, but February has been the month to celebrate love for a long time, dating back to the Middle Ages. In fact, Valentine Day ranks second only to Christmas in the number of the greeting cards sent.
People express their love to each other on Valentine Day.
Valentine was put in prison because he loved a jailer’s daughter.
People have celebrated Valentine Day since the Middle Age.
Valentine died in prison. 
B. Fill in each blank with a suitable word.
On New Year Eve, People make offerings to their ancestors, go to .or pagoda, or go out to pick ..or young leaves. For the new year’s first tree days, Vietnamese family members , neighbors, teachers, friends, and graves of ancestors. Only best wishes and positive comments are expectedly ., for people believe that they would be haunted by bad luck for the rest of the year if these first days were not filled with joy or good news.
II. Choose the best answer.
A. Pronunciation.
a. Choose the word whose the underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. divide	B. beginner	C. environment	D. diagram
2. A. volunteer	B. conduct	C. adult	D. such
3. A. pleased	B. raised	C. practiced	D. used
b. Choose the word that has main stress placed differently from the others.
4. gratitude	B. delightful	C. responding	D. expression
5. understanding	B. anniversary	C. experiences	D.celebration
B. Grammar and Vocabulary.
6. What would you do if you.. the lottery.
A. win	B. won	C. had won	D. winned
7. Which is the Asian country ..population is growing the slowest now.
A. which	B. that	C. whose	D. of whom
8. Nigeria has a population nearly 100 million.
A. about	B. in 	C. of 	D. with
9. I used to watch different kinds of kiteshigh in the blue sky and listen to buffalo boys their bamboo flutes when they rode their water buffaloes.
A. A. to fly/ to play	B. flew/ played	C. fly/ play	D. to fly/ play
10. A .tastes alcoholic drinks to differentiate them.
A. taster	B. tongue	C. skin	D. dog
11. The families who the two –child norm should be awarded.
A. follow	B. obey	C. agree	D. adopt
12. In the beauty pageant on TV last night, I was most attracted by the first runner-up.
A. contest	B. merry	C. competition	D. contestant
13. The rapid growth of population led to an acute. of housing.
A. shortfall	B. shortcut	C. shortcoming	D. shortage
14.- Lam is practising hard these day?	
- He is. He hopes .for his school’s soccer team.
A. to choose	B. to be chosen	C. being chosen	D. choosing
15. We tried to make a ..of our situation, but it wasn’t funny.
A. joke	B. trick	C. tension	D. risk
16. Jane is going to go abroad next month and she is having a ..party on Sunday.
A. birthday	B. farewell	C. wedding	D. anniversary
17. He felt embarrassed , kept quite and retreated into his.
A. brain	B. shell	C. clothes	D. shoes
18. The average number of number per square kilometer in Viet Nam is 234, and that in Japan is 336. This means Japan has higher  than Viet Nam.
A. birth control	B. population density	C. population trend	D. population growth rates
19. ..the traffic rules, Tom was confident when he took the driving test.
A. Learning	B. Being learned	C. having learned	D. learned
20.- What do you think about the U23 team?
- This team is believed .good progress so far.
A. make	B. to have made	C. to be made	D. making
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III. Sentence Transformation.
Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it.
1. “ Please come to my birthday party.” Linh said to me.
Linh invited
2. “It was nice of you to invite me to the party. Thanks very much.” Mike said to me
Mike thanked.
3. Ann and her husband are working in Angola. The death rate of this country is quite high.
Ann and her husband.
4. Because I don’t have enough free time, I can’t help my mother with the housework.
If
IV. Writing.
Use the cues to write a thank-you letter.
August. 14/2006.
Dear Chinh and Jim.
I/ write/ thank / what / you do/ our school/ your stay/ remote village/ 
We/ appreciate / precious help
The classroom/ clean and tidy / now. Thanks/ this/ children / study/ spacious classrooms/ convenient facilities
Once/ we/ thankful/ help/ care
We wish/ health/ great success/ look forward / see/ next year/
Sincerely yours/
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I. Reading. ( 2â)
A. True/ False (1 â)
1. T	2. F	3. T	4. T
B. Gap fill. ( 1â)
church- buds- visit- exchanged
II. Multiple choice ( 4 â)
1. A	2. B	3. C	4. A	5. C	6. B
7. C	8. C	9. C	10. A	11. D	12. A
13. D	14. B	15. A	16. B	17. B	18. B	
19. C	20. A
III. Sentence Transformation ( 2 â)
1. Linh invited me to come to her birthday pppparty.
2. Mike thanked me for inviting him to the party.
3. Ann and her husband are working in Angola, whose death rate is quite high.
4. If I had more free time, I could help my mother with the housework.
IV. Writing. ( 2 â) 
Dear Chinh and Jim,
I am writing to thank you for what you have done for our school during your stay in this remote village. We really appreciate your precious help.
The classroom is clean and tidy now. Thanks to this, the children can study in spacious classrooms with convenient facilities.
Once again, we are really thankful for your help and care. We wish you good health and great success. I look forward to seeing you next year.
Sincerely yours.