No: 004
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DANG TRAN CON FIRST TERM EXAMINATION Student name:
Upper Secondary School English 11 (Basic) .............................
Time allotted: 45 mins Class.....................
READING COMPREHENSION (From 1 to 8 ): Choose the words or phrases that best
complete the following passage.
In the summer of 2000, the Vietnam Society of Learning Promotion (1)................... a
campaign for illiteracy eradication. In the campaign, six hundred (2)................... minority students
from the northern highlands were asked to (3)................... reading and writing skills to 1,200
illiterate people living in their home villages. In 2001, eight hundred volunteer students
(4)................... the campaign. The number of people receiving reading and writing lessons reached
4,623. This was an (5)................... way to help people in remote and mountainous areas to read and
(6)...................
Those students who took part in the fight (7)................... illiteracy considered it an honorable job to
(8)................... people in their home villages.
1:
A. studied B. ended C. departed D. started
2:
A. eternal B. ethnic C. colored D. ethical
3:
A. know B. provide C. have D. begin
4:
A. took part in B. departed C. worked out D. studied
5:
A. effective B. hopeless C. ineffective D. experienced
6:
A. fight B. write C. writer D. play
7:
A. against B. from C. for D. with
8:
A. keep B. leave C. help D. lead
GRAMMAR-VOCABULARY-PRONUNCIATION
9: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in each group :
A. passage B. voyage C. storage D. age
10: Choose the word or phrase that best completes the following sentence.
I’ve heard a lot about Dr. John and I’m looking forward ............... his talk tomorrow.
A. with hearing B. for hearing C. to hearing D. to hear
11: Identify one error among A, B, C, D.
If you work hard, you would be successful in anything that you do.
A B C D
12: Identify one error among A, B, C, D.
The naughty boys apologized with their neighbors for making a lot of noise.
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A B C D
13: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in each group.
A. winter B. answer C. towards D. award
14: Choose the word or phrase that best completes the following sentence.
................. in some developing countries may be the cause of poverty and hunger.
A. Literacy B. Modernization C. Pollution D. Overpopulation
15: Choose the word or phrase that best completes the following sentence.
A .............is a person that officially decides who is the winner of a competition.
A. judge B. contestant C. sponsor D. participant
16: Choose the word or phrase that best completes the following sentence.
When they arrived at the meeting, everyone ............ home.
A. was gone B. to go C. has gone D. had gone
17: Identify one error among A, B, C, D.
You had better learning a foreign language before applying for a job.
A B C D
18: Choose the word whose syllable is stressed differently from the rest in each group:
A. effective B. birthday C. celebrate D. golden
19: Choose the word or phrase that best completes the following sentence.
Tim ................ TV when his parents came home .
A. has been watching B. was watching
C. watch D. is watching
20: Choose the word or phrase that best completes the following sentence.
Let the boy ..................... it himself before you offer to help.
A. try B. trying C. to try D. tried
21: Choose the word or phrase that best completes the following sentence.
Jack promised............. me repair my bike.
A. helping B. to help C. having helped D. to have helped
22: Choose the word or phrase that best completes the following sentence.
Ann asked me .................. anything to her parents.
A. to not say B. don't say
C. that I didn't say D. not to say
23: Choose the word whose syllable is stressed differently from the rest in each group:
A. celebrate B. party C. handicapped D. relation
24: Choose the word or phrase that best completes the following sentence.
................. all the papers, Sarah put them back in the file .
A. To copying B. Having been copied
C. Having copied D. copy
25: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in each group :
A. dream B. meat C. seat D. bread
26: Choose the word or phrase that best completes the following sentence.
If I had a car, I ................ you to the airport ..
A. could take B. could to take C. would taking D. would have taken
27: Choose the word or phrase that best completes the following sentence
If I ................... enough money, I would have bought the coat.
A. had B. were having C. had had D. have had
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28: Choose the word or phrase that best completes the following sentence.
I want to avoid ............... everybody's feelings.
A. being hurt B. hurt C. to hurt D. hurting
WRITING : ( 3 marks)
Rewrite these sentences, beginning as shown so that the meaning stays the same:
1. I don't have much free time, so I can't learn another language.
→ If I..........................................................................................................
2. " If you don't practise your English, you won’t make any progress."
→ She told me.............................................................................................
3. “Let’s drive to the countryside for a change,” said Rita.
→ Rita suggested.........................................................................................
4. Peter didn't wear the raincoat, so he got a cold.
→ If Peter....................................................................................
5. " I hear you passed your exam. Congratulations!” John said to me.
→ John congratulated............................on...................................................
6. "You'd better not waste your time, Mary," said Jack.
→ Jack advised...........................................................................
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