Phßng GD§T QuËn CÇu GiÊy WRITTEN TEST IN ENGLISH – 1 st semester Trêng THCS NghÜa T©n (2011-2012) Full name: Class: 7 I. A) Choose the word that has a different pronunciation from the others of each group: 1. a) health b) team c) tea d) sea 2. a) display b) drive c) exciting d) idea 3. a) sun b) fun c) son d) put 4. a) smart b) far c) start d) water B) Pick out the word whose main stress is different from those of the others. 5. a) atlas b) essay c) marbles d) event 6. a) collection b) wedding c) rehearse d) enjoy II. Choose the most suitable answer : 7. What are you doing, Lan? - I'm my Math homework. a. doing b. working c. making 8. My sister, Loan loves stamps. a. collect b. to collect c. collecting 9. You work too much. You relax. It's better for you. a. can b. will c. should 10. My father has days off than Tuan's father. a. many b. less c. fewer 11. Loan is intelligent than her sister. a. more b. the most c. fewer 12. How does it take you to go to school on foot? - About ten minutes. a. long b. wide c. far 13. In the afternoon the chickens produce……………… eggs than in the morning. a. few b. fewer c. less 14. He is player of all. a. good b. the better c. the best 15. Schools in Vietnam are different schools in the USA. a. in b. from c. for 16. What an movie! a. lovely b. nice c. interesting 17. Excuse me. any shops near here? a. Is there b. Are there c. There is 18. There are a lot of racks and in the reading room. a. desks b. benches c. bookshelves 19. He loves arts. He goes to the after school. a. sports club b. music club c. art club 20. What do you often do school hours? a. behind b. following c. after 21. Her mother is a . She teaches in a primary school. a. worker b. cooker c. teacher 22. She loves reading and enjoys writing essays. She is good at . a Literature b. Math c. History 23. I usually go swimming. Swimming is my favorite . a. pastime b. action c. working 24 . My summer vacation in June. a. goes b. gets c. starts 25. In History we study past and present . a. accidents. b. events c. things III. Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English- Correct them: 26. These shelves on the left having math and science books. A B C D 27. Some students are eating and drinking as well as chat. A B C D 28. Sing is my favorite pastime. I'm a member of the school band. A B C D 29. You can find magazines and newspaper in the racks in the middle. A B C D IV. Write a question for the underlined part in each sentence (1 m): 30. It is about 3 km from my house to school. ==> 31. She writes to her friends once a week. ==> 32. A stamp costs 800 dong. ==> 33. Lan goes to the post office by bicycle. ==> 34. I like History because it’s an interesting and important subject . ==> V. Read the following passage and choose the best answer. Mr. Tuan and his wife, Mrs. Hoa, live in Ha Tay. They both work in Ha Noi. Mrs. Hoa works in a hotel and Mr. Tuan drives a taxi. They both enjoy their jobs, because they meet a lot of different people. They live in a nice house, but they want to move. "We like our jobs," Mrs. Hoa says, "but we have to travel into Ha Noi every day. It takes a long time and it costs a lot of money." Mrs. Hoa wants to buy a house in Ha Noi, but houses cost a lot, too. 35. Where do Mr. Tuan and Mrs. Hoa live? 36. What does Mr. Tuan do? 37. Why do they enjoy their jobs? 38. Does Mrs. Hoa want to buy a house in Ha Noi? VI. Read the first sentence and then complete the second so that it has the same meaning : 39. What is your address ? => Where ? 40. How much is your shirt ? => What ?. 41. Let’s go to the movie theater tonight ? => What about ? 42. Nobody in the class is shorter than Hung . => Hung is 43. In the afternoon , Hoa collects fewer eggs than in the morning . => In the morning 44. Lan likes English and Literature most . => Lan’s VII. Listen and circle the letter representing the correct answer. (1,5m): 45. A. Monday and Tuesday. B. Wednesday and Thursday. C. Saturday and Sunday. 46. A. His favorite subject. B. A difficult subject. C. An interesting subject. 47. A. Ba does. B. His friend does. C. His brother does. 48. A. 4,000 dong. B. 2,000 dong. C. 3,000 dong. 49. A. Music. B. Literature. C. History. 50. A. Playing. B. Chatting. C. Reading. Keys: I. Choose the word that has a different pronunciation from the others of each group (1,5m): 1. a) health 5. d) event 2. a) display 6. b) wedding 3. d) put 4. d) water II. Choose the most suitable answer (3m): 7. a. doing 8. c. collecting 9. c. should 10 c. fewer 11. a. more 12. a. long 13. b. fewer 14 c. the best 15. b. from 16. c. interesting 17. b. are there 18. c. bookshelves 19. c. art club 20. c. after 21. c. teacher 22. c. video room 23. a. pastime 24. c. starts 25. b. events III. Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English (1 m): 26. B. have 27. D. chatting 28. A. Singing 29. B. on IV. Write a question for the underlined part in each sentence (1 m): 30. How far is it from your house to school? 31. How often does she write to her friends? 32. How much does a stamp cost? 33. How does Lan go to the post office? 34. Why do you like History? V. Read the following passage and answer the questions (2 m): 35. They live in Ha Tay. 36. He is a taxi driver. 37. Because they meet a lot of different people. 38. Yes, she does. VI. VI. Read the first sentence and then complete the second so that it has the same meaning 39. Where do you live? 40. What is the price of your shirt? 41. What about going to the movie theater tonight? 42. Hung is the shortest in the class. 43. In the morning, Hoa collects more eggs than in the afternoon. 44. Lan's favorite subjects are English and Literature. VI. Listen and circle the letter representing the correct answer. 45. C 46. B 47. B 48. B 49. B 50. C 1. Voice 1: Mr. Long goes to work five days a week, from Monday to Friday. Voice 2: On what days doesn't he go to work? 2. Voice 1: Mai learns many subjects at school. She thinks Geography and Math are difficult. History is interesting, and her, favorite subject is English. Voice 2: What does Mai think of Math? 3. Voice 1: Ba goes to Quang Trung School. His friend Quang goes to Le Loi School. His brother goes to Tran Phu School. Voice 2: Who goes to Le Loi School? 4. Voice 1: This isn't a difficult problem. Oranges are 24,000 dong twelve pieces. Voice 2: How much is one orange? 5. Voice 1: At school Lan studies many subjects. She's good at History but not at Literature. She's good at Music as well. Voice 2: What subject isn't she good at? 6. Voice 1: During the recess, the students are happy and excited. Some are chatting; some are skipping rope, and some are playing hide-and-seek. Voice 2: What aren't the students doing during the recess? . should 10 c. fewer 11 . a. more 12 . a. long 13 . b. fewer 14 c. the best 15 . b. from 16 . c. interesting 17 . b. are there 18 . c. bookshelves 19 . c. art club 20. c. after 21. c. teacher 22. c. video. TEST IN ENGLISH – 1 st semester Trêng THCS NghÜa T©n (2 011 -2 012 ) Full name: Class: 7 I. A) Choose the word that has a different pronunciation from the others of each group: 1. a) health b). each group (1, 5m): 1. a) health 5. d) event 2. a) display 6. b) wedding 3. d) put 4. d) water II. Choose the most suitable answer (3m): 7. a. doing 8. c. collecting 9. c. should 10 c. fewer 11 . a.