The first term examination

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest.
1. 	A. lunch	B. husband	C. month	D. lunar
2. 	A. children	B. church	C. change	D. scholar
Find out the word that has different stress pattern from the others.
3. 	A. constancy	B. encourage	C. government	D. decorate
4. 	A. embarrass	B. personality	C. volunteer	D. anniversary
Vocabulary and grammar: Choose the correct answer.
5. The policeman ___________him open the briefcase.
	A. made	B. forced	C. told	D. ordered
6. One of the qualities for true___________is constancy.
	A. friend	B. friendship	C. friendly	D. friendliness.
7. By the time we got to the market, all the shops___________.
	A. closed	B. had closed	C. have closed	D. was closed
8. We expected___________to the party, but we weren’t.
	A. to be invited	B. invited	C. to invite	D. invite
9. He was accused of___________into the neighbour’s house.
	A. broken	B. being broken	C. having been broken	D. having broken
10. She___________to help me decorate the room.
	A. enjoyed	B. agreed	C. insisted	D. advised
11. Mr. John thanked me___________helping him with the homework.
	A. to	B. on	C. of	D. for
12. “ I’ll keep it carefully.” F He___________to keep it carefully.
	A. told	B. said	C. promised	D. asked
13. I lost my old camera, and this is my new___________.
	A. other	B. one	C. thing	D. ones
14. ___________wants to speak to you on the phone, Jack.
	A. anyone	B. ones	C. some people	D. someone
15. In the summer of 2000, we started a ___________for illiteracy eradication.
	A. campaign	B. organization	C. party	D. struggle.
Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to compete the following passage.
 Lunar New Year, or Tet, is Vietnam’s main (16)______ It is the grandest and most (17)______ occasion in the year which falls sometime between 19th January and 20th February on the Western calendar.
 On the days of Tet, everyone tries to be nice and (18)______ to each other. People believe that what they do (19)______ the first day of the year will influence their luck during the whole year. Thus, only positive comments should be (20)______.
16. 	A. day	B. excursion	C. holiday	D. vacation
17. 	A. big	B. important	C. boring	D. importance
18. 	A. impolite	B. rude	C. polite	D. please
19. 	A. on	B at	C. for	D. of
20. 	A. done	B. taken	C. had	D. made
Choose the underlined part among A,B,C or D that needs correcting.
21. Most famous people do not like to asked personal questions.
 	A 	B 	C 	D
22. Mr. Paul hates being kept to wait, that’s why he looks very angry.
	 A	 B	 C	 D
23. Bob has been in hospital for two days, but everyone comes to see him.
	A 	B 	C 	D
24. If you were here yesterday, you would have seen Jean.
	A 	B 	C 	D
Read the following passage and answer the questions.
In many countries in the world, the second Sunday in May is Mother’s Day. Mother’s Day was the idea of an American woman, Anna Jarvis. Anna’s mother wasn’t alive any more, and Anna wanted a special day to remember her mother. Her friends agreed. However, many people in The U.S weren’t happy about Anna’s idea. Some thought a national day of celebration is unnecessary. Anna and her friends wrote letters to important people. These people liked the idea. Finally, on 8th May, 1914, President Woodrow Wilson made the second Sunday in May Mother’s Day, a day of celebration in The United States.
 Who had the idea of Mother’s day?
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 Why did she come with the idea?
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 Why were many people in The U.S unhappy about the idea?
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 What did Anna and her friends do then?
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 Who made the second Sunday in May Mother’s Day?
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Give the correct form of the words to complete the sentences.
 There are 50 ______________________in the talent contest. (COMPETE)(-itor)
 We participate in a campaign to provide ___________for poor children. (EDUCATE)(-ion)
Rewrite these sentences without changing the root meaning.
 “Why don’t we go out for some coffee now ?”
	@ Jean suggested	
 “ What would you do if you had three days off ?,” I asked him.
	@ I asked him	
 She was made to type these letters before going home.
	@ The boss made 	
 He had spent his childhood in London, so he knew the city well.
	@ Having	
 Carol can’t answer the phone because she isn’t home.
	@ If	
 “Would you like to have a drink with me?”
	@ He invited me	
Rearrange these given words to make meaningful sentences.
 Tet’s / over / celebrations / used to / and / spread / be / preparations / months.
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 There / managed / traffic / but / we / was / the airport / on time / a lot of / to get to /
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 to do / planning / you / weekend / are / anything interesting / this / ? /
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