Question

[Kim Ngọc Thảo]

                         english test for  students of 7^th form (8)

A.Phonetics

I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from others.

1. A. measure                        B. unusual                             C. display                              D. accasion

2. A. of                                   B. often                                  C. few                                     D. refuse

3. A. shop                              B. coffee                                C. bone                                   D. hot

4. A. taught                            B. audience                           C. cause                                 D. laugh

II. Find the word which is stressed differently from others.

5. A. develop             B. improvement                    C. different                            D. enormous

6. A. expensive                     B. wonderland                      C. favourite                           D. driverless

7. A. pollution                       B. personal                            C. appearance                       D. opinion

8. A. yourself                                 B. thirteen                                 C. abroad                               D. village

B. Vocabulary and grammar

I. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.

9. We often organise concerts to ............... funds for poor children.

A. donate                               B. volunteer                          C. raise                                   D. grow

10. Community service is the work we do for the …………… of the community.

A. forces                                B. benefits                             C. events                                D. problems

11. Why are these two schools so different……each other?   

A.   with                                 B.  of                           C.  at                           D.  from         .

12. Khue Van Pavilion is …………… as the symbol of Ha Noi City.

A. regarded                            B. expected                           C. considered                                    D. surrounded

13. I like living here _______ it’s near the shops.

A. but                                B. and                                     C. because                                D. so

14. We arrived on time _______ the traffic was bad.

A.  although                  B. even                   C. in spite of          D. despite .

15. ………. is a short walk from my house to my school.

A. There                                 B. It                                         C. This                                                D. That

16. …… did it take you to finish the project? – Just one day.

A.  How many                       B. How much            C. How long  D. How often

17. Peter didn’t take part in the race and …………… Tom.

A. neither did                                    B. neither didn’t                   C. didn’t neither                   D. did either

18. A volunteer always helps other people willingly …………… payment.

A. for                                      B. with                                                C. without                              D. by

19. . My father …… drink tea every morning.

A.  used to                             B. is uesd to   C. gets used to           D. is accustomed to

20. I go _______ work _______ bus.

A. to - on                              B. to - by                                  C. at - by                    D. at - on

II. Give the correct form of each word in brackets.

21. We can use carved eggshells as ( decorate ) ………. in our house.

22. I like reading books because it ( wide ) ………. my knowledge.

23. The Đàn Bầu is a Vietnamese traditional ( music ) ………. instrument.

24. I don’t like horror films because they are too ( fright ) ………. for me.

III. Use the correct tense of each verb in brackets.

25.There (be) …………………………. a good film on TV tonight.

26.Miss Helen (help) ………………… you if she (finish) …………………… that letter tomorrow.

27.I (see) …………… my parents at the airport this afternoon. They (arrive) …………… at 4 PM.

28. His brother (finish) ____________ high school 6 years ago

29.We (save) …………………… money because we (buy) ……………… a new house next year.

30.Our flight (leave) ……………………  for Ho Chi Minh City at five tomorrow.

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.C. Reading. Read the text carefully then fill in each numbered blank with a suitable sentence.

People kill. Animals kill. People and animals kill for food or they kill their enemies. ( 31 ) ………. . They can run away from an enemy. They can kill it if it is necessary.

Many kinds of animals eat plants. ( 32 ) ………. . Some plants make poison. If an animal eats part of the plant, it gets sick or dies. ( 33 ) ………. . There are many kinds of plants that make poison. Most of them grow in the desert or in the tropics.

( 34 ) ….. . Most of these poisons come from petroleum, but petroleum is expensive. ( 35 ) ….. . Maybe farmers can use cheap poison from plants in stead of expensive poison from petroleum.

A. An animal learns to stay away from these plants

B. Plant cannot run away from their enemies

C. Scientists collect poisonous plants and study them

D. People and animals can move around and find something to kill.

E. Today farmers use many kinds of poison on their farms.

E. writing  I. Find out the mistake in each sentence below.

36. Different people learn a foreign language in difference ways.

                          A             B                                       C           D

37. It not difficult to remember all the students’ names in a class.

      A                               B                        C                   D

38. The football match was very excited

        A                    B                C         D

39. We can reused things like envelopes, glass, plastic bottles and old plastic bags.

                   A                     B                       C                                         D

40. Although being short, he can play volleyball well

         A                        B               C                            D

II. Rewrite the following sentences in such a way that they mean exactly the same as the sentences printed before.

a. Use the words given to begin your new sentences.

41. The film was boring to me

            I was bored with the film

42. How far is it from the village to the beach?

            What is the…………………………………………………………………………….?

43. In spite of having to work the next day, Tom watched films on DVD till midnight.

            Even though ………………………………………………………………………

44. Nam has more books than Mai.

            Mai has ………………………………………………………………………………

45. This car is cheaper than that one.

            This car isn’t ……………………………………………………………………………… 

b. Use the words given in brackets and do not change them in any way.

46. I have never read such an interesting story before.                                                 ( first time )

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………

47. Jack is very short . He cannot play basketball well.                                                            ( so )

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………

48. What was the price of the first class ticket?                                                              ( pay )

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………

49. My mother prefers listening to music to watching TV.                                           ( better )

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………

50. The workers will spend months bulding our new school.                                       ( to )

………………………………………………………………………………………………………