The first term examination subject: English academic year: 2010 - 2011

Dang Huy Tru upper- secondary school	THE FIRST TERM EXAMINATION
Class:.	SUBJECT: ENGLISH 
Name:	 ACADEMIC YEAR: 2010-2011
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I. Read the passage, then decide whether the following statements are True or False:
	I’m in a favour of English- speaking contests in school. Such contests encourage students to practise speaking English in their classes and help them improve their speaking skills. Besides, while preparing themselves for the contest, students have a chance to review their lesson thoroughly. Contests among classes provide students with opportunities to work with team spirit, thus enabling them to learn how to cooperate with other people. Some students may think that their preparation for the speaking contests are time- consuming. However, in my opinion, such preparations are worth spending time on. My classmates and I have found that we speak English better after each contest. In sum, English-speaking contests in school are useful to students.
1. English- speaking contests give students opportunities to practise 
	 speaking English.
2. English- speaking contests provide students with a lot of useful skills.
3. English- speaking contests ask for a thoroughly review.
4. English- speaking contests take a lot of time to prepare.
5. The writer is an English teacher.
II. Read the passage below carefully, and then choose the best answer:
	A worldwide education survey released on December 8th, 1998, by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) found that about 130 million children between the ages of 6 and 11, including 73 million girls, go without basic education. This shortfall has broad implications for those children’s welfare, UNICEF argued.
	The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 1989 Convention on the rights of the Children established the right to education as a basic human right. Nevertheless, more than 850 million people- about one-sixth of the world’s population- will enter the 21st century unable to read or write, UNICEF said in its annual State of the World’s Children Report. The illiteracy rate is highest in developing countries.
6. How many girls aged from 6 to 11 were found illiterate in 1998?
 A. 130 million	B. 850 million	C. 73 million	D. 203 million
7. “welfare” in line 4 exactly means
 A. happiness	B. luck	C. love	D. money
8. How many people won’t be able to read and write until the 21st century?
 A. 850 million	 	B. about on-sixth of the world’s population
 C. 130 million	D. 1 billion
9. Where is the illiteracy rate highest?
 A. in the USA	 	B. in India
 C. in developed countries	D. in developing countries	
10. What is the main topic of this passage?
 A. human right	B. human beings	C. education	D. world’s population
III. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other:
11. A. make	B. display	C. waste	D. park
12. A. suggested	B. multiplied	C. studied	D. opened
13. A. quickly	B. lady	C. daily	D. reply
14. A. native	B. provide	C. English	D. think
15. A. creature	B. cream	C. celebrate	D. competition
IV. Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D:
16. Her mother prevented hergoing out alone at night.
 A. from	B. for	C. about	D. at
17. Mr Minh advised my familyleaving Vietnam.
 A. to think	B. not to think	C. against	D. against to
18. How longfor this company before you..your job?
A. did you work/ changed	B. did you work/ had changed	
 C. had you worked/ changed	D. had you worked/ had changed
19. It’s believed that friendship cannot last long which is all giveone side and takethe others.
 A. on/ on	B. on/ to	C. to/ on	D. to/ to
20. Mary wishesoff at the airport by her parents.
 A. to see	B. seeing	C. being seen	D. to be seen
21. I hopethat woman again.
 A. to see	B. of seeing	C. seeing	D. have seen
22. She wasted much timeher old pair of shoes
 A. mend	B. to mend	C. mending	D. to be mended
23. For boys who nohave father, there is a voluntary organization called Big Brothers to help them.
 A. long	B. longest	C. longer	D. length
24. That man wasof having deserted the ship last year.
 A. told	B. accused	C. said	D. helped
25. The girl always complainsher mother.how small her room is.
 A. with/ about	B. to/ about	C. to/ on	D. with/ on
26. He regretslazy last year. He lost his job.
 A. to be	B. be	C. been	D. being
27. After shea nice dress, she it to her close friend
 A. makes/ gives	B. had made/ gave
 C. made/ had given	D. had made/ had given
28. He woke upa strange sound in the kitchen.
 A. in spite of	B. because of	C. although	D. so that
29.When Janet got home, her motherlunch in the kitchen.
 A. prepared	B. has prepared	C. had prepared	D. was preparing
30. They give care and comfort to them and help them to overcome their difficulties.
 A. attention	B. happiness	C. love	D. satisfaction
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V. Rewrite the following sentences, using the cues provided:
“If I had a car, I’d drive to work.”, he said 
He said..
2. “We’ll organize the Christmas party”
They promised...
3. “I hear you won the championship. Congratulations!”, Dane said to me
Dane congratulated...
4. “Excuse me, but I forgot to do my homework”, the girl said to her teacher
The girl apologized.......
5. “ Would you like to come on a picnic with us, Jane.” 
He invited......
VI. Writing: 
	“ You have joined the General Knowledge Quiz at school. In about 120 words, write a letter to your pen friend to describe the contest”
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REWRITE:
He said that if he had a car, he’d drive to work
They promised to organized the Christmas party
Dane congratulated me on winning the championship
The girl apologized for not doing her homework
He invited Jane to come on a picnic with