Name: ……………………………. GRADE 7 1 st SEMESTER –TEST 1 I. Choose the word whose underlined part has different pronunciation from those of the others: (5) 1. a. chemistry b. physics c. science d. snack 2. a. trick b. music c. pipe d. ring 3. a. hoped b. ticked c. placed d. moved 4. a. chore b. teacher c. choir d. kitchen 5. a. entrance b. gas c. match d. album II. Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in each sentence: (20) 1. What a ………………… luck that they can’t come! The party’s going to be dull. a. good b. sound c. fair d. tough 2. The arctic tern will begin a long journey from one end of the world to ………………… a. others b. the others c. the other d. another 3. Can you help me? I can’t carry all the luggage ………………… a. by myself b. on myself c. by my own d. on mine 4. At the end of the music show, more than $150,000 ………………… to charity. a. came b. when c. reached d. gained 5. In East Field, there are two bridges ………………… the Ramapo river. a. above b. around c. past d. over 6. Elvis died ………………… heart attack in 1977………………… his mansion. a. by / at b. of / at c. with / in d. from / in 7. Come on, Lisa! It’s time you ………………… up. a. get b. is getting c. got d. will get 8. What do you often do ………………… the weekend? a. at b. in c. on d. a & c are correct 9. You ………………… harder for the coming final exam. a. work b. worked c. should work d. will work 10. That’s really an ………………… man. He tells very good jokes. a. amused b. amusing c. amusedly d. amusingly 11. I often feel tired ………………… I get up in the morning. a. although b. so that c. when d. while 12. My house is not too far ………………… my school. a. from b. away c. about d. off 13. He likes to take ………………… in sport, not only watch it. a. practice b. part c. place d. exercise 14. We walked ………………… two hours to teach the top of the mountain. a. for b. of c. on d. at 15. He ………………… painting the house light blue. a. wants b. wishes c. suggests d. needs 16. She doesn’t type ………………… as her friends. a. quicklier b. more quickly c. most quickly d. so quickly 17. When did your pen pal arrive? -………………… a. During a week b. In five days c. For two days d. last Monday 18. Hurry up! They’ve only got ………………… seats left. a. a little b. a few c. a lot of d. plenty of 19. A child in the first grade tends to be ………………… all of the other students in his class. a. same old to b. the same age than c. as old like d. the same age as 20. ………………… she plays the piano! a. How well b. How good c. What good d. What well III. Put the verbs in the brackets in the correct tense form: (5) 1. Tom (lose) ………………… his job eight months ago. 2. Last night I (hear) ………………… a very strange noise from my neighbor’s house. 3. How do you spell “accustomed”? – I’m not sure. I (look) ………………… it up in the dictionary. 4. Please stop talking! I (try) ………………… to finish a letter. 5. My brother often (exchange) ………………… stamps with his friends. IV. Choose the correct answer that best completes the unfinished statements about the passage: (5) Mai and Lan were on a sightseeing tour around London at weekend. In the afternoon, they started from Piccadilly Circus, the busiest crossroad in London. They went up Regent Street, one of the best shopping streets, as far as Oxford Circus. There they turned left onto Oxford Street. A little farther on the left was a small quiet street called Bond Street with the most fashionable shops in London. Keeping on along Oxford Street, they saw Marble Arch, which is over one hundred years old and was first used as a gate into Hyde Park. Page 1 of 2 After visiting many more places, they came to Trafalgar Square with its tall column and Nelson’s statue on top: The lions represent the British people. 1. Where did the tour start from? a. Oxford Street b. Regent Street c. Piccadilly Circus d. Oxford Circus 2. Piccadilly Circus is a ………………… a. street b. crossroad c. park d. circus 3. Regent Street is one of the ………………… a. most beautiful parks b. gates in the Hyde Park c. most fashionable shops d. best shopping streets 4. They found the most fashionable shops in ………………… a. Marble Arch b. Piccadilly Circus c. Bond Street d. Oxford Street 5. Who do the lions represent? a. The British people b. Trafalgar Square c. Bond Street d. Marble Arch V. Read the following passage and choose the best answer: (5) Many people who choose a career (1) ………………… an early age often realize later that they don’t like their job. What (2) ………………… you do in this situation? Let’s take Shirley Parks (3) ………………… an example. When she (4) ………………… eighteen, she became a nurse. “I knew something about this job, and I love children, (5) ………………… i thought it was the job for me,” she (6) ………………… us. “But after a year or so, I found that I wanted (7) ………………… more demanding job. So I decided (8) ………………… the police.” Now, five years later, Shirley works in the center of London in a police (9) ………………… “I enjoy my work. I’m never (10) ………………… I meet a lot of people every day, and my job changes all the time.” 1. a. in b. by c. with d. at 2. a. should b. have c. ought d. must 3. a. as b. for c. like d. about 4. a. arrived b. reached c. took d. got 5. a. so b. but c. yet d. nor 6. a. said b. asked c. told d. offered 7. a. a b. an c. the d. some 8. a. join b. joined c. to join d. joining 9. a. office b. agency c. station d. hall 10. a. bore b. bored c. boring d. to bore VI. Make the complete sentences from the words given: (5) 41. How long / take / you / do / homework?  2. Cars / fast / comfortable / than / motorcycle.  3. My wife / not interested / eat / out / although / busy.  4. What / population / Ho Chi Minh City?  5. I / hope / see you / summer vacation / New Zealand.  VII. Rewrite the sentences so that they mean almost the same as those printed before them: (5) 1. Walking in the rain gives him pleasure.  He enjoys 2. This garden is large than yours.  Your 3. Lan was sick. She didn’t go to class last Friday. (because)  Lan 4. Why don’t you bring your brother to the party?  How 5. What’s the price of this T-shirt?  How The End Page 2 of 2 . Name: ……………………………. GRADE 7 1 st SEMESTER –TEST 1 I. Choose the word whose underlined part has different pronunciation from those of the others: (5) 1. a. chemistry b. physics c. science. work b. worked c. should work d. will work 10 . That’s really an ………………… man. He tells very good jokes. a. amused b. amusing c. amusedly d. amusingly 11 . I often feel tired ………………… I get up in. while 12 . My house is not too far ………………… my school. a. from b. away c. about d. off 13 . He likes to take ………………… in sport, not only watch it. a. practice b. part c. place d. exercise 14 . We