Period 36 The first semester test A / Aims and Objectives : Students can summarize their knowledge and fill their gaps B / Teaching aids : Paper sheet , chalks , boards . C / Procedure : - Deliver the paper sheets to students . I / Supply the correct tense form of the verbs : ( 2,0 p ) 1. I ( not see ) your brother recently . No , He ( not be ) out of his room since he ( buy ) a new computer . 2. When I ( come ) to see Mr Robinson last night , he ( read ) a newspaper and his two children ( listen ) to an English song . 3. We prefer ( watch ) TV to ( read ) books . 4. The boys like ( play ) games , but hate ( do ) lessons . II / Rewrite these sentences with the words given : ( 2,5 p ) 1. They produced the first TV in 1926 . => The first TV ………………… 2. They grow coffee in Vietnam . => Coffee ……………… 3. “ Do you like English ? “ => John asked ……………………… 4. “ How many students are there in your class? “ => Lan asked ……………………… 5. What a pity ! I can not go out with you tonight . => I wish ……………………… III / Choose the best options to complete theses sentences : ( 2,0 p ) 1. The ( nature / natural / culture / cultural ) of Vietnam is like that of China . 2. The Brighton Language has excellent ( well-qualified/reputation /famous / scenery ) 3. What subjects are you good ( on / in / about / at ) in the 9 th form ? 4. Today Jeans are ( famous / popular / traditional / wide ) all over the world . 5. Bahasa Malaysia is the primary language of ( instruction / education / religion / foreigner ) in the secondary school . 6. This cake can be ( divided / decided / separated / abroad ) into many pieces . 7. My friend and I ( corresponds / correspond / correspondence / corresponded ) at least twice a month . 8. Some designers have taken ( invitation / invention / suggestion / inspiration ) from Vietnam , s ethinic minorities . IV / Complete this passage and answer the questions below : ( 2,5 p ) Slowly - hear - invented - specialists Easily - children - change - English Like other languages , … (1)…… is always changing , but it changes very …(1)… People invent new words , borrow words from other languages , and (3) … the meaning of words as needed . For example , the English words “ byte “ was …(4) by computer ….(5) in 1959 . The word “ tomato” was borrowed from Nahuatle an American Indian language spoken in Mexico . The word “ meat “ once referred to food in general . People learn English as well as languages by listening , copying what they ….(6)…, and using the language . Most school … (7)…. learn their first language … (8)……. and sometimes other languages as well . 1. How does English change ? 2. Which word was invented in 1959 ? V / Listening : ( 1,5 p ) Listen to the talk between Lan and Ba about the differences between her life in the city and in her home village. Circle the best option . 1. Lan is sad because she ………… her home village . a. miss b. missed c. misses d. missing 2. Now Lan lives in …………………. a. a village b. a small village c. a city d. the country 3. Hre home village ……………… A beautiful place . a. was b. used to c. are d. is 4. She thinks people in the city are ………… people in the village . a. not as friendly as b. less friendly than c. as friendly as d. more friendly than 5. She thinks living in big cities …………… very expensive . a. were b. are c. was d. is 6. The price of renting apartments are ……………… a. cheap b. expensive c. high d. so high * Tapescript : Ba : You look so bad , Lan . What is the matter ? Lan : I am sad . I miss my home village . Ba : You do . So tell me about it . What is it like ? Lan : It is a pretty village on a small river in Ha Tay . It has great scenery , lots of green fields , lakes , trees and mountains . Ba : It sounds like a lovely place . What about the people ? What are they like ? Lan : Well , The villagers are very friendly . They are much friendlier than city people Ba : I see . How are the prices ? Is it expensive there ? Lan : No . It is fairly cheap . Big cities are more expensive to live in . Food costs a lot , both in the supermarket and in restaurants . And apartments ! the rents are so high . Answer key : I / ( 2,0 p ) 1. have not seen – has not been / bought 2. came – was reading / were listening 3. watching / reading 4. playing – doing II / ( 2,5 p ) 1. The first TV was produced in 1926. 2. Coffee is grown in Vietnam . 3. John asked me if I liked English . 4. Lan asked how many students there were in my class. 5. I wish I could go out with you tonight . III / (2,0 p) 1. culture 2. reputation 3. at 4. popular 5. instruction 6. divided 7. correspond 8. inspiration IV / ( 2,5 p )*Fill in each gap with a suitable 1. English 2. slowly 3. change 4. invented 5. specialists 6. hear 7. children 8. easily * Answer the questions 1. It changes very slowly . 2. It was “ byte “ . V / Listening (1,5 p ): 1. c 2. c 3.d 4.a 5.d 6. d the second semester . books . 4. The boys like ( play ) games , but hate ( do ) lessons . II / Rewrite these sentences with the words given : ( 2 ,5 p ) 1. They produced the first TV in 192 6 . => The first TV …………………. IV / Complete this passage and answer the questions below : ( 2 ,5 p ) Slowly - hear - invented - specialists Easily - children - change - English Like other languages , … (1)…… is always changing. Period 36 The first semester test A / Aims and Objectives : Students can summarize their knowledge and fill their gaps B / Teaching aids : Paper sheet