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DIEN BAN EDUCATION
AND TRAINING DEPARTMENT
T THE SECOND SEMESTER TEST
SCHOOL YEAR: 2023 - 2024
Subject: English 7
Time: 60 minutes
A. LISTENING (2.0 pts)
Part I. Listen to the passage about the traffic problem and decide if the statements are
true (T) or false (F). You will hear TWICE (1.0 pt)
1. There are some reasons for the traffic problem in many big cities. ______
2. There are too many people using their own vehicles on the roads. ______
3. Many roads are wide and flat. ______
4. Many people don’t obey the traffic rules strictly. ______
5. Some old people ride their bikes and motorbikes dangerously. ______
Part II. Listen to the conversation between Lan and Mr Tan about energy and fill in
each blank with ONE word. You will hear TWICE (1.0 pt)
6. Lan is doing a project ___________ energy sources.
7. Energy is power that we use to provide us with ___________, heat or electricity.
8. It comes from many different sources such as coal, oil, natural gas, __________, wind and
the sun.
9. Renewable sources mean we can easily replace ___________.
10. Some types of energy are cheap and easy to ___________.
B. LANGUAGE COMPONENTS (2.0 pts)
Part I. Choose the letter A, B or C to indicate the word whose underlined part is
pronounced differently from the others. (0.4 pt)
11. A. station
B. pavement
C. available
12. A. where
B. here
C. there
Part II. Choose the odd one out in each of the following sentence (0.4 pt)
13. A. Thanksgiving
B. Christmas
C. Skyfall
14. A. coal
B. wind
C. sun
Part III. Choose the correct answer A, B or C to complete each of the following
sentence (1.2 pt)
15. My father taught me how to _________ a bike when I was young.
A. ride
B. sail
C. drive
16. The children _________ play football in the street because it’s very dangerous.
A. can
B. should
C. shouldn’t
17. _________ is not very far from my house to the market.
A. It
B. This
C. There
18. Minh: How does your mother get to work?
Lan: She goes __________.
A. by foot
B. by motorbike
C. with car
19. Your hat is blue and __________ is red.
A. I
B. my
C. mine
20. Jane: How was the music festival you went to last week?
Lisa: __________
A. It was difficult.
B. It was disappointing!
C. Thank you.
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C. READING (2.0 pts)
Part I. Complete the passage with the words from the box (1.0 pt)
However characters cartoon funny named
Hi. I’m Herry. My favourite film is Doraemon. It is a (21)_________ film that I like
best of all the films I have seen. It is about a robotic cat (22)__________ Doraemon, who
travels back in time from the 22nd century to help a schoolboy, Nobita Nobi. The film is
made in Japan. The main (23)__________ are Doraemon and Nobita. Doraemon is an
intelligent robotic cat. (24)_________, Nobita is a clumsy student. The film is (25)
___________ and interesting. I like it very much.
Part II. Read the passage and circle the best answer for the following questions (1.0 pt)
Songkran festival
Songkran is a water festival to mark the beginning of the New Year in Thai Buddhist
calendar. Although the festival begins on April 13 and usually lasts three days, festivities
can start earlier than that.
Water plays a major role in the festival. Water is the symbol of power because it
washes away the previous year and gets people ready for the new year. People use water
to clean homes. They also pour water on Buddha statues and the hands of elders. In the
street, there is a giant friendly water fight with people throwing buckets of water at each
other.
Songkran is also a time for family reunion. Many Thai people travel home for the
holiday, gather with their family and enjoy water events in their home town.
26. When does Songkran festival start?
C. On April 16
27. How long does it usually last?
C. Three days
28. What plays a major role in the festival?
C. Fruit
29. Do people use water to clean homes?
C. No, he doesn’t
30. Which of the following is NOT true, according to the passage?
A. There is a water fight in the street. B. There aren’t any festivities before April 13.
C. It is a time for family reunion.
D. WRITING (2.0 pts)
Part I. Find a mistake A, B, or C in each of the following sentence (0.4 pt)
31. Will people to use driverless cars in 2030?
A B C
32. The film was boring. However she watched it to the end.
A B C
Part II. Rewrite the sentence so as its meaning keeps unchanged.(0.8 pt)
33. What is the distance between Quang Nam and Da Nang?
➢How ____________________________________________________________?
34. In spite of the bad weather yesterday, the music festival was held.
➢Although _________________________________________________________
Part III.
Write complete sentences from the words given.
(0.8 pt)
35. The students/ write / their essays/ at the moment.
➢__________________________________________________________________
36. you / go/ the cinema/ your parents/ last night?
➢_____________________________________________________________________
_____ THE END_____
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