first semester test practice 7 part 1 choose the word in each group that has the underlined italic part pronounced differently from the rest 1 a respond b remote c control d notice 2 a hobby b deny c

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<b>PRACTICE 7</b>

<b>PART 1. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined, italic part pronounced differently from the</b>
<b>rest. </b>

1. A. respond B. remote C. control D. notice
2. A. hobby B. deny C. poetry . D. primary
3. A. comic B. campus C. income D. access
<i>4. A. government</i> <i> B. moment </i> <i>C. comment D. development </i>

<b>PART 2. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets in the following sentences. (20 points) </b>

5. I (not see)__________ your brother recently.

6. No. He (not be)__________ out of his room since he (buy)__________ a new
computer.

7. My children enjoy (allow)__________ (stay)__________ up late when there is
something special on TV.

8. When I (come)_________ to see Mr. Robinson last night, he (read)__________
a newspaper and his two children (listen)__________ to an English song.

<i>9. The ao dai (mention) </i>— in poems and songs for centuries, and nowadays they
(wear)_________ by many Vietnamese women at work.

<b>PART 3. Fill each numbered blank with one suitable word to complete the passage. (20 points)</b>

Nowadays, more and more people are changing the way they use their
<b>televisions. Some years ago we (10) to turn on TV and watch whatever here was.</b>
<b>But now we choose the programs we watch much more carefully (11) we have</b>

<b>many other (12) things to do. One result of this change is that we are also becoming</b>
<b>(13) careful about the actual television set itself. As we watch fewer programs, we</b>
<b>want to be sure that we will (14) a really good picture, with bright color and clear</b>
<b>sound. Because will be switched (15) most of the time, we also want the television</b>
<b>to look good when we are not watching it. So when we (16) or rent we look at the</b>
<b>outside to make sure it is (17) and will look right other furniture. Of course, we have</b>
<b>to pay more (18) high quality. However, seems that the number of people (19) are</b>
content to do so is increasing and this should have a good result, because in the
end all televisions will have better quality.

10.A. had B. went C. got used D. used

11.A. because B. although C. when D. but

12.A. necessary B. important C. serious D. interesting

13.A. more B. too C. seriously D. extremely

14.A. have B. get C. see D. take

15.A. on B. off C. up D. down

16.A. try B. watch C. hire D. buy

17.A. attraction B. attractively C. attractive D. attracted

18.A. at B. to C. for D. of

19.A. they B. who C. whose D. them

<b>PART 4. There is a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence. Find and correct</b>
<b>it. (10 points</b>

20.Your friends went to your native village last weekend, did they?

A B C D

21.I’d like to go out for dinner, but I don ’ t feel like to eat out tonight.
A B B D

22.Lan wishes that she can go to Singapore to visit her pen pal.

A B C D

23.My brother didn’t wear that uniform since he left school.
A B C D

24.Yesterday , Nam asked Mai what can he do to help her .
A B C D

<b>VIII. Read the following passage carefully, then make questions from the suggestions and answer them.</b>

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of electricity, because electricity can be produced from any sources of energy. If we didn’t
waste so much energy, our resources would last longer. We can save more energy by
conservation than we can produce for the same money. Unless we do research on solar
energy, wind power, tidal power, hydroelectric plants ... our fossil fuels will run out and
we’ll all freeze or starve to death. Many countries are spending much more time and money
on research because the energy from the sun, the waves and the winds last forever. We
really won’t survive unless we start working on cleaner and safer sources of energy.

<i>25.Which of these statements is NOT TRUE</i>

A. Electricity can be used to produce other sources of energy.
B. Electricity can only be produced from few of sources of energy
C. We can use many sources of energy to produced energy.
D. There aren’t many sources of energy.

26.The passage tell us …

A. not to waste money on energy
B. not to waste so much energy

C. stop searching for other sources of energy
D. not try to save energy

27.If we don’t do research on solar energy, …
A. our fossil fuels will run out

B. we will have no energy to use
C. every thing will be freeze
D. we w

28. Energy from the sun, the waves and the winds …
A. never run out.

B. are expensive for us to use
C. are not safe enough to used
D. are not clean enough to be used
29.

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