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<span class='text_page_counter'>(1)</span>NEW LOWER SECONDARY CURRICULUM & TEXTBOOK – PRACTICAL TEST 23. PHÒNG GD&ĐT……….. Trương THCS………... KI THI KSCL CAC ĐÔI TUYÊN HSG KHÔI…. Năm hoc: 20172018 ĐÊ THI MÔN: TIÊNG ANH ĐÊ SÔ 23 (Thơi gian 90 phut) I. Find the word whose underlined part is pronounced different from others. (5 pts) 1. A. worked B. naked C. looked D. attacked 2. A. engineer B. excited C. experiment D. exhibition 3. A. teammate B. speaker C. bean D. overhead 4. A. furious B. purpose C. surf D. turn 5. A. deny B. deposit C. benefit D. respond II. Choose the best answer to fill in the blank. (15 pts) 6. My friend________ the answer to the question now. A. is known B. know C. is knowing D. knows 7. I think I’ll buy this pair of shoes. They________ me really well. A. fit B. are fitting C. have fit D. are fitted 8. I’ll tell my uncle all the news when I________ him. A. will see B. am going to see C. see D. shall see 9. I’ve got my key. I found it when I________ for something else. A. looked B. have looked C. looking D. was looking 10. “All these photographs________ with a very cheap camera,” he said. A. have taken B. take C. were taken D. were taking 11. I wondered________ the tickets were on sale yet. A. what B. whether C. when D. where 12. Dinner will be ready soon. Can you please________ the table? A. lay B. put C. make D. take 13. Our neighbors are very________ on camping holidays. A. interested B. fond C. eager D. keen 14. There are some one following us. I think we________ in this area. A. are following B. are followed C. follow D. are being followed 15. Walt Disney________ the character of Mickey Mouse A. was created B. is created C. creates D. created 16. Would you like to go to the cinema? –No, thanks. I’d________ stay at home. A. better B. like C. rather D. prefer 17. Did they ask you what examinations you’ve________? A. succeeded B. passed C. overcome D. obtained 18. The Caspian Sea, a salt lake, is________ any other lake in the world. A. larger than B. largest C. the largest D. the larger than 19. Most people prefer________ money to________ it. A. spend/earn B. spending/earn C. to spend/earning D. spending/earning 20. Our teacher made us________ harder. A. working B. to work C. work D. works III. Choose the word or phrase that needs correcting. (5 pts) 21. Peter, I’d would like you to meet some very special people A B C D 22. It is greatly to be with you on such a lovely day A B C D 23. Would you mind to go to the local bookshop to get me some papers? A B C D 24. I think I prefer country life more than city life. A B C D 25. Thanks for invite me to the water-fetching contest of your school. A B C D IV. Fill in the blanks with the right form of the CAPITAL words provided. (10 pts) 26. It is______________ to eat too much sugar and fatty food. HEALTH 27. During his____________ the family lived in Cornwall. CHILD 28. Bell_____________ demonstrated his invention. SUCCESS By DO Binh – Lien Son High School, Lap Thach, Vinh Phuc. www.violet.vn/quocbinh72.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(2)</span> NEW LOWER SECONDARY CURRICULUM & TEXTBOOK – PRACTICAL TEST 23. 29. Every day, there are two_________ from Da Nang to Ho Chi Minh city. FLY 30. ______________, dark clouds appeared and it began to rain. SUDDEN 31. Their children have quite____________ characters. DIFFERENCE 32. What is the correct_____________ of this word? PRONOUNCE 33. Relax for some minutes and you’ll feel more_________. COMFORT 34. She is one of the greatest_____________ to appear in this theater. PERFORM 35. My house is on the top of a hill. It’s very __________ there in the fall. WIND V. Complete the text with the verbs in brackets. Use the passive form. (5 pts) Wiki Website “Wiki” means “quick” in Hawaiian. The word is used to describe websites that (36. write)______ by people who use the site. Anyone who visits a wiki website can add or change the information on the page. The first wiki website (37. create)______ by Ward Cunningham in 1995. Since then, wiki guidebooks, wiki dictionaries and wiki encyclopedias (38. publish)______ on the Internet. The most popular online encyclopedia is “wikipedia”. Over 22 million entries (39. add)______ since it started, and it is now the most detailed encyclopedia in the world. According to the create or of Wikipedia, the work (40. do)______ by 20. 000 people who regularly edit the pages. The amazing thing is that the information is completely free. VI. Fill in the blanks with suitable word. (10 pts) celebration custom gather gifts midnight particularly symbolize ring bring display In Scotland, the biggest (41)______ of the year is “Hogmanay”. “Hogmanay” is the Scottish word for New Year’s Eve. On 31st December in Edinburgh, there is an enormous firework (42)______ at the castle and they play live music in the park. Thousands of people (43)______ in the streets, coffees and bars. Then at 12 o’clock, church bells (44)______ all over the city. After midnight people go “first footing”. This is a Scottish (45)______ that dates back hundreds of years. “First footing” is visiting your neighbors after (46)______ on New Year’s Eve. The visitors must step into the house with their right foot step first, to (47)______ good luck. Traditionally, the visitors bring three (48)______: a piece of coal, a piece of “short bread” ( a Scottish biscuit) and a little whisky. The gifts (49)______ warmth, food and happiness. If the first person who visits your home after midnight is a man with dark hair, that is (50)______ lucky. VII. Read the passage and choose the best answer in the blanket. (10 pts) For many people, traveling by plane is an exciting experience. Others, however, find the whole idea quite terrifying, (51)______ flying is no more dangerous (52)______ any other form of travel and some experts say it is considerably safer. It is known, however, that most accident occurs (53)______ taking off and landing when (54)______ decisions are vitally important. The people (55)______ job it is to look (56)______ the passengers, the stewards and stewardesses play an important part in helping passengers to (57)______ safe and comfortable. Indeed for many passengers being (58)______ such care of is all part of the total experience. (59)______ other form of travel involves waiting for people in quite the same (60)______ with food, drink, newspapers, magazines, music, and even video films. 51. A. although B. too C. and D. because 52. A. than B. as C. then D. with 53. A. while B. during C. for D. through 54. A. leader’s B. chief’s C. driver’s D. pilot’s 55. A. whose B. which C. their D. that 56. A. for B. up C. after D. round 57. A. feel B. rest C. experience D. lie 58. A. given B. kept C. shown D. taken 59. A. Any B. No C. All D. Not 60. A. sort B. kind C. way D. part VIII. Rewrite the following sentences so that it has a similar meaning to the first. (10 pts) 61. Tom works hard as a student. → Tom__________________________________________. 62. It is good exercise to run a mile a day. → Running______________________________________. 63. It’s a great pleasure to be with you. → Being_________________________________________. 64. We didn’t see her at all. → She___________________________________________. 65. Tom is not as tall as Peter. → Peter_________________________________________. By DO Binh – Lien Son High School, Lap Thach, Vinh Phuc. www.violet.vn/quocbinh72.

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