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TRƯỜNG THPT TRẦN VĂN QUAN                                 MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 11

                                                                                                THỜI GIAN: 45 PHÚT

I. CHOOSE THE BEST OPTION: (14 X 0,25 = 3,5 pts)

Question 1. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest.         

             A. changeable             B. children                   C. church                     D. machine

Question 2. Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.                                                     

A. acquaintance           B. interest                    C. capable                   D. sympathy    

Question 3. If you want to get a good result in every work, you should have a ______.

            A. loyalty                    B. sympathy                C. constancy                D. unselfishness

Question 4. My most ______ experience is leaving the bag at school.

A. embarrassing          B. embarrassed            C. embarrass                D. embarrassment        

Question 5. I am a student, so I am considering ______ a new laptop.

1. to buy                    B. buying                    C. bought                    D. to be bought

Question 6. : ______ only three hours, I can hardly focus on my work.

1. having slept           B. was slept                 C. slept                        D. sleeping      

Question 7. The plants want ______ daily.

A. to water                  B. watering                  C. to be watered          D. being water

Question 8. The note tells Sarah that she ______

1. can buy new games now at a special price.
2. can get new and used games in the current sale.
3. can sell her used games to the shop.
4. can buy a ticket with a very high discount.

Question 9. They take up an interest with enthusiasm, ______ they are soon tired of it.

A. because                   B. but                          C. so                            D. although

Question 10.   Marry is talking to Mai about her first exam

-Mary: “I’m taking my first exam next week.”          -Mai:   “______.” 

A. Cheers                    B.Good luck               C. Well done               D. Congratulation

Question 11. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word (s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in the following sentence.      

The President expressed his deep sorrow over the bombing deaths.

 A. sadness                  B. anxiety                    C. disappointment       D. interest

Question 12. Yesterday, when I called you, you picked up the phone so long. What ______you ______?

A. did/do                     B. were/ doing             C. had/done                 D. do/do

Question 13. Identify the error in the following sentence.

       He was terribly excited to ask to play for Manchester.

              A                  B          C                  D

Question 14.  : I decide to take part in this club because I want to make friend ______ a lot of people

1. to                                 B. with                        C. on                           D. in

II. READING: 

PART 1: Lexical reading (5 x 0,25 = 1,25 pts) 

      Michael is going to a wedding next Saturday. His great friend, Marie, and her fiancé,  George, are getting married. They (23)______ each other for five years, but they have only been going out together a short time. He must say, we were all rather (24)______ when they announced that they were engaged.

     The wedding will be in the church near Marie’s home and afterwards there will be a party in the Church Hall. There will be almost a hundred (25)______ at the party. Besides both their families, all Marie’s friends from college will be (26)______ the wedding and Marie and George have also invited a lot of people from the office (27)______ they both work. The party should be great fun. There will be lots of food and drinks. There is also going to be a band. we all expect that it will go on until late in the evening. 

(Source: www.esl-lab.com/practicetest1/)

Question 23: A. know                B. knew                     C. knows                   D. have known

Question 24: A. surprisal            B. surprising              C. surprised               D. surprisedly

Question 25: A. visitors              B. guests                    C. members               D. crowds

Question 26: A. out                    B. about                     C. off                         D. at

Question 27: A. which               B. what                      C. where                    D. that

Part 2: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. (5 x 0,25 = 1,25 pts)

GIFT-GIVING IN BRITAIN

In Britain, there are two occasions each year when people usually receive presents: on Christmas Day and on their birthday. In the past, your 21^st birthday was the most important because it symbolized becoming an adult. Today, people in Britain legally become adults at the age of eighteen, so they often have the biggest celebration on that birthday.

The custom of giving gifts on 25^th December only dates back to Victorian times. Before that it was more common in Britain to exchange presents on New Year’s Eve (31^st December) or Twelfth Night (5/6 January). These days, on Christmas Eve parents put their presents for young children in “stocking” and leave them in their bedroom while they are asleep. When the children wake up in the morning, many of them believe that Santa Claus has visited them in the night and brought them their presents. Gifts for older children and grown-ups are put around the Christmas tree on Christmas Eve. Then on Christmas morning, everyone sits around the tree and opens their presents.

Easter and Mother’s Day are also important days. Young children usually receive chocolate eggs at Easter, and people often give presents (usually chocolates or flowers) to their mother on Mother’s Day. People also receive gifts on important occasions in their lives. For example, all the guests at a wedding traditionally bring a gift for the bride and groom. And these days, students sometimes get presents from their parents if they do well in their exams.

(source: Solutions – Pre-Intermediate)

Question 1: Which special occasions have NOT been mentioned in the text?

A. Birthday                 B. Getting married                  C. Giving births          D. Mother’s Day

Question 2: The word “celebration” in paragraph 1 means ______.

A. festival                    B. relation                                C. comment                 D. comfort

Question 3: The word “them” in paragraph 2 refers to ______.

A. parents                    B. bedrooms                            C. children                  D. stockings

Question 4: What is NOT true about gift-giving in Britain today?

A. The 18^th birthday is becoming the most important.           

B. Christmas presents for children are put in stockings.

C. Adults don’t have presents at Christmas.               

D. People can now receive presents for non-traditional occasion.

Question 5: What can be inferred from the passage?

A. Giving gifts is not more important now than it is in the past.

B. People can receive presents more frequently than they could in the past.

C. Traditionally, people didn’t receive a present on their 18^th birthday.

D. Easter and Mother’s Day were not as important as they are now.

II. WRITING:

PART 1: Rewrite these sentences as directed. (1,0pt)