The first - Term test - Mã đề thi NC113

THE FIRST-TERM TEST
 Date: December 29th, 2007.
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NC113
Full name: ...
Class: 11A Number: ......
MULTIPLE CHOICE: (6ms)
PRONUNCIATION: Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:
1.a. instead
b. healthy
c. early
d. head
2.a. chests
b. days
c. ancestors
d. celebrations
3.a. item
b. United
c. midnight
d. different
VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR: Choose one word or phrase that best fits the blank space in each sentence:
4. I wish you ____ back tomorrow.
a. will come
b. had come
c.came
d. would come
5. Instead of ____ about the good news, he seemed to be indifferent.
a. excited
b.exciting
c.being excited
d. being exciting
6. He’d ___ stay at home tan go to th cinema.
a. liked
b. rather
c. preferred
d. better
7. I have something interesting ____ you, but you have to promise ____ it secret.
a. to tell / to keep
b. to tell / keeping
c. telling / keeping
d. telling / to keep
8. We have to leave early ____ we won’t be late.
a. if
b. though
c. so that
d. because
9. ____ your homework done last night?
a. Were
b. Did
c. Was
d. Had
10. The manager ____ a letter when I interrupted him.
a. is reading
b.reads
c. was reading
d. had read
11. I ____ Mai for five years. I wonder where she is now.
a. haven’t seen
b.didn’t seen
c.haven’t been seen
d.hadn’t seen
12. He can’t earn ____ money to support his large family.
a. too much
b. enough
c. such
d. many
13. Young students participate ____ helping the people who have suffered badly in wars.
a. in
b. of
c. from
d. to
14. Daniel doesn’t know ____ the computer.
a. what to use
b. how using 
c. how to use
d. what used
15. If he ____ about the job, he would have applied fot it.
a. knew
b. had known
c. has known
d. would have known
C. ERROR IDENTIFICATION: Identify one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect:
16. They allowed me borrow their car while they were on holiday. 	
 a 	 b c d
17. It took them at least two weeks learning how to pronounce these words.
 a b c d
18. Thank you for being invited me to the party.
 a b c d 
19. Some students are unable to express exact what they want to say.
 a b c d
20. He felt too disappointed that he couldn’t say anything.
 a b c d 
COMPREHENSION:
 Read the passage and make the correct choice:
 (21) ____ New Year’s Eve, people make offerings to their ancestors, go to church or pagoda, or go out to pick buds or young leaves. For the new year’s first three days, Vietnamese (22) ____ family members, neighbors, teachers, friend, and graves of ancestors. Only best wishes and positive comments are expectedly exchanged, for people belive that they (23) ____ be haunted bad luck for the rest of the year if these frist days were not filled with joy or good news. Children receive their lucky money normally in (24) ____ envelopes. Across the country, festivals, games, and various forms of entertainment are held and traditional specialties such as wresting, buffalo fighting, or dragon or unicorn dancing may take (25) ____ in different regions.
21.a. In
b. At
c. On
d. For
22.a. visit
b. celebrate
c. go
d. talk
23.a. will
b. can
c. should
d. would
24.a. black
b. yellow
c. green
d. red
25.a. part
b. place
c. off
d.effect
 Read the following passage and choose the best answer:
 The first few days after getting home from college were okay but then I began to feel rather bored and lonely. My parents were busy working and most of my friends were either away on holiday or else had holiday jobs. I tried to get a job myself but without success. I was beginning to wish I had not come home when I saw an advertisement for holiday courses in the local newspaper. For a small fee you could try lots of different activities organized by the town’s youth club. Each activity lasted half a day and they were all exciting. I also met new people as many of the tourists staying in the town joined in. You could do things like painting, acting, play-writing or computing. I met some students from Bulgaria who invited me to visit Bulgaria next year. You can imagine how excited I am; in fact it was one of the best summer holidays I’ve ever had.
26. What is the writer trying to do in the text?
 a. describe a holiday in the country.
b. explain how she spent a holiday.
 c. describe her new home.
d. explain why she couldn’t go on holiday.
27. Why would somebody read the text?
 a. to discover the writer’s news.
b. to find out about holliday courses.
 c. to make contact with Bulgarian students.
d. to read about the advertisements.
28. How did the writer feel when she arrived home?
 a. She was pleased to have time for herself.
b. She felt nervous about being alone.
 c. She was delighted to see her friends.
d. She almost regretted coming back.
29. What may the writer do next year?
 a. There will be new holiday courses.
b. She has found a holiday job.
 c. She may go to Bulgaria.
d. Her friends will visit her.
30. Which of these advertisements did the writer see?
 a. Painting courses for your holidays.
b. Computing courses for your holidays.
 c. Tours to Bulgaria.
d. Holiday courses organ
WRITING:
Word-form: (1.5ms)
The play was so ____ that most of us left the theatre before it ended. (bore)
The population of the world has been increasing ____ and ____. (fast)
By the years 2015 the population of the world is ____ to be over 7 bilions. (expect)
Different ____ give different answers to this question. (science)
His strange behaviour made the police ____. (suspicion)
It is believed that having a lot of children means ____. (happy)
Rewrite the following sentences: (2.5ms)
No one has solved this problem for weeks.
This problem ___________________________________.
He didn’t have enough time, so he didn’t do his homework.
Ú If _____________________________________________.
That room is too small for them to work in.
That room is not _________________________________.
I’m expecting to hear from you.
I’m looking ____________________________________.
He said, “I’m a student at An Lac High School.
He said that ____________________________________.
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