Binh Phuoc Education and Training Department
Loc Ninh High School
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PAPER TEST
FOR THE FIRST SEMESTER
2014-2015
Allotted Time: 60 minutes
Candidate’s name: ……………………………………
Code/Class: ……………………………………………
Loc Ninh, 12/2014
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A. LISTENING (2 points)
You will hear two tasks TWICE. After each task, you will have a ten-second pause to do.
Task 1. Listen to the conversation carefully and choose the best answer.
1. How was the school Emily learned today?
A. fun B. boring C. fine D. right
2. What types of things did Emily make at school?
A. glue B. crayons C. books D. papers
3. What did Emily do after school?
A. She played tennis. B. She played games.
C. She waited for her mum. D. She went to her cousins
4. Did Emily go to the junior high school alone?
A. Yes, she did. B. No, she didn’t.
B. No. She stayed at home. D. Yes, she went with her dad.
5. What time does this conversation happen?
A. From 10 A.M. to 12 A.M. B. From 6 A.M. to 7 A.M.
C. From 5 P.M to 7 P.M. D. From 10 P.M. to 11 P.M.
Task 2. Listen to the conversation carefully and complete the table below.
B. PHONETICS (1 point)
I. PRONUNCIATION. Choose the underlined word which is pronounced differently.
1. A. invention B. end C. extented D. system
2. A. nerves B. chores C. meals D. laptops
3. A. best B. test C. honest D. contest
4. A. parent B. different C. talent D. comment
5. A. music B. acupuncture C. education D. computer
II. STRESS. Choose the word which has the different stress.
1. A. family B. audience C. passionate D. volunteer
2. A. non-profit B. homemaker C. breadwinner D. headphone
3. A. biography B. community C. interesting D. donation
4. A. laundry B. relax C. album D. burden
5. A. global B. idol C. poultry D. excite
Name: Nick Johnson
Phone Number: (1) ______________________________
Want to talk to: the older sister’s (2) ______________________________
Call again at 7:00 and (3) ______________________________
Know the older sister’s name: (4) YES: NO:
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C. USE OF LANGUAGE (1.5 points)
I. VOCABULARY. Choose the suitable word provided in the box for each question
below. Note that there is one unnecessary word in the box.
1. My father sometimes does the ___________________. Everybody in my family enjoys his meals.
2. Big Brothers is a ___________________ organization, which helps the boys who have no fathers.
3. A ___________________ family usually consists of parents and children.
4. Caffeine can cause you to keep you awake. It means that you have a ___________________night.
5. The pop superstar’s first ___________________ was sold more than 1000.000 copies.
II. GRAMMAR. Read the questions carefully and choose the best answer.
1. Thomas: “What are your plans for this Tết holiday, Nam?”
Nam: “I _____________ the house.”
A. am going to decorate B. will decorate C. decorate D. have decorated
2. When they took part in this charity center, they _____________ many good things.
A. have learnt B. will learn C. learnt D. learn
3. Jack _____________ when I called him yesterday.
A. will shop for groceries B. has shopped for groceries
C. is going to shop for groceries D. was shopping for groceries
4. Like button on Facebook is used _____________ your interest on someone’s status.
A. to express B. to expressing C. expressing D. for express
5. Computers _____________ faster and faster since they were invented.
A. have developed B. develop C. will develop D. is going to
develop
6. My dad is responsible _____________ mending things around the house.
A. on B. in C. for D. about
7. I am looking forward _____________ from you soon.
A. to hear B. to hearing C. hearing D. hear
8. He was a gifted composer, _____________.
A. but he had to suffer poor health. B. so he had to suffer poor health
C. and he had to suffer poor health D. or he had to suffer poor health
9. Watching TV all day makes me feel _____________.
A. to be tired B. tiring C. to tire D. tired
10. While I _____________, he _____________ TV.
A. cook/watches B. was cooking/ was watching
C. was cooking/ watched D. cooked/ was watching
sleepless voluntary album cooking extended nuclear
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D. COMMUNICATION (0.5 points)
Read the sentence in the upper bubble and match to the lower bubble.
1. ____________ 2. ____________ 3. ____________ 4. ____________ 5. ____________
E. READING (2 points)
I. CLOZE TEST. Read the text and fill in the gaps with one suitable word provided
below.
NOT FOR JAZZ
We have an old musical instrument. It is called a clavichord. It was made ___(1)___ Germany in
1681. Our clavichord is kept in the living-room. It___ (2)___ to our family for a long time. The
instrument was bought by my grandfather ___(3)___ years ago. Recently it was damaged by a
visitor. She tried ___(4)___ jazz on it. She struck the keys too hard and two of the strings were
broken, my father was shocked. Now we are not ___(5)___ to touch it. It is being repaired by a
friend of my father’s.
Extracted from New Concept English
1. A. in B. at C. of D. on
2. A. belongs B. belonged C. is belonging D. has belonged
3. A. much B. many C. number D. lots
4. A. play B. played C. to play D. to playing
5. A. made B. permit C. allowed D. let
1. Which of the chores do you like doing the most?
2. What do you think about getting up late?
3. Doesn’t your mother cook?
4. Can you sing “Tien Quan Ca”?
5. Anyway, I have to go now.
A. Well, I think it is not good.
B. Oh, yes. She does very often.
C. Sure.
D. Well, I think I like taking out the rubbish.
E. Bye.
F. Oh, no. She does very often.