ĐỀ KIỂM TRA MÔN TIẾNG ANH Đề số 1 (Thời gian làm bài: 45 phút) I. READING Read the passage and choose the most appropriate answer A, B, C or D How Nam has improved his English In the first year of lower secondary school, I had some difficulties in learning English. My English pronunciation was really bad and my English grammar was worse. I did not know how to improve them. I didn’t want my father and mother to know about this. One afternoon after the lesson, my teacher of English told me to wait for her outside the classroom. She took me to the school library and showed me cassettes of pronunciation drills kept in a glass bookcase. She also told me how to use an English- English dictionary to improve my English grammar. “Now I think you know what you should do”, said she. I made much progress and only one year later, I won the first prize in the English Speaking Contest held for secondary school students in my hometown. 1. What difficulties did Nam have in learning English in the first year? A. The pronunciation B. The grammar C. Both pronunciation and grammar D. The way of improving his pronunciation 2. Who wanted to meet him one afternoon after the lesson? A. His teacher B. One of his friends C. His father D. His mother 3. Where did Nam and his teacher go after that? A. to the town library B. to the school library C. to the teachers’ room D. to his house 4. What did the teacher show him then? A. A glass bookcase B. An English-English dictionary C. An English Grammar book D. Cassettes of pronunciation drills 5. What did he win in the English Speaking Contest one year later? A. The first prize B. The second prize C. The third prize D. The fourth prize III. LANGUAGE FOCUS: Circle the best option A, B, C or D to complete each of the following sentences 1. I often play soccer _______ Sunday afternoon. A. in B. at C. on D. for 2. We should wait here _______ our teacher comes back. A. before B. until C. after D. during 3. Mr. Brown is the same age ________ Mrs. Brown. A. as B. like C. from D. with 4. The little boy is not _________ to lift the suitcase. A. enough strong B. strong enough C. too strong D. so strong 5. My father was good at swimming. He used to ______ swimming in summer. A. go B. goes C. went D. going 6. Kate hates ______ to classical music. A. listens B. listened C. listen D. listening 7. Hung is ______ student in my class. A. good B. better C. the best D. a best 8. Ho Chi Minh City is larger and ______ beautiful than Hanoi. A. more B. as C. most D. the most 9. Mr. Smith likes _______ to music in his free time. A. listens B. listened C. listen D. listening 10. They built this house _______1990. A. from B. in C. at D. for 11. Where are the photos which at the Christmas party? a. took b. take c. are taken d. were taken 12, I’m very that I will go to Dalat tomorrow. a. excite b. excited c. excitedly d. exciting 13, Linda didn’t like to swim . She played on the beach while her brothers swam in the sea. a. However b. Although c. Since d. But. 14, He says he has been to restaurant in town. a. any b. most c. all d. every 15, Her mother won’t her drive his car. a. allow b. let c. leave d. permit. IV. Give the correct forms of the verbs in brackets 1, Lan (borrow) some books from the library since Monday. (has borrowed) 2, Uyen (take) a bus to school every day. (takes) 3, Farmers often (harvest) their crops in August. (harvest) 4, They( leave) Hanoi for HCM City yesterday.(left) 5, You look tired. You (work) hard? (do – work) IV. WRITING A, Write a passage using the following sets of words and phrases. You can make all the necessary changes and additions. 1. Nga / enjoy / sing in her freetime. Nga enjoys singing in her freetime 2. She / start / study / this language / 2003 She has started study this language sice 2003 3. She / always / wish / improve her English She always wish improve her English 4. Last week / she / purchase / English-Vietnamese dictionary Last week she purchased her English-Vietnamese dictionary 5. She / often / use/ it/ for reading She oftens uses it for reading B, Write a short paragraph of about 100 words, tell about a place you want to live: city or country? Why? . ĐỀ KIỂM TRA MÔN TIẾNG ANH Đề số 1 (Thời gian làm bài: 45 phút) I. READING Read the passage and choose the most. D. listening 10 . They built this house ______ _19 90. A. from B. in C. at D. for 11 . Where are the photos which at the Christmas party? a. took b. take c. are taken d. were taken 12 , I’m very. English-Vietnamese dictionary Last week she purchased her English-Vietnamese dictionary 5. She / often / use/ it/ for reading She oftens uses it for reading B, Write a short paragraph of about 10 0