Choose the letter A, B, C or D to answer these following questions

I’m Alice. It is English subject that I like best at school. I like English because it helps me open the big world. First of all, I can talk with people who are from the English-speaking countries. Secondly, I can find many documents written by English for studying. Thirdly, I can watch movie and news without subtitle. Last but not least, it makes me interested when studying. To study it well, I sometimes take a note and past it in somewhere in my room. I always do all exercises before going to school. And I am very enthusiastic in the class. English is known to be very difficult and many students hate studying it. It’s my feeling that the problem is the methods teaching of Vietnam is not suitable. Students must study grammar hardly. I hope it will change in the future. In short, English is very necessary for modern life, I hope all students find it interesting.

When does she always do exercises?

A. Before going to school

B. At school

C. After going to school

D. At canteen

23-28) Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in the following passage:

(23)___________ I was young, I (24) ________ dreamed of a famous scientist. When I was at school, I decided (25) ___________ engineering, and then became a millionaire by inventing a wonderful new product (26) ________ would make the world a better place. Unfortunately, I wasn’t very good ( 27) _________ technical subjects. Any time I operate any kind of equipment, (28) __________ terrible happens.

23/ A. while B. When C. As D. Although

24/ A. rarely B. seldom C. hardly D. atways

25/ A. to study B. study C. studying D. studied

26/ A. who B. which C. whom D. what

27/ A. in B. at C. on D. about

28/ A. something B. nothing C. thing D. many things

(29-32) Read the dialogue and then decide whether the statements that follow are true or false. Write True or False in your answersheet:

Marie was born in Poland in 1876. She learnt to read when she was 4 years old. She was intelligent and had an excellent memory. She finished high school when she was only 15 years old. When she grew up, Marie went to Paris to study Mathematics and chemistry at the university. She won the Nobel Prize for physics in 1903 and 8 years later she received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Marie Curie died in 1934

____ 29/ She finished high school in 1891

____ 30/ She studied Mathematics and chemistry at the university in Paris.

____ 31/ She won the Nobel Prize for physics when she was 28.

____ 32/ Marie Curie died in 1943

(33-36) Rewrite the sentences so that they are nearest in meaning to the sentence printed before them.

33/ Mary’s sister doesn’t cook as well as her mother.

Mary’smother is better__________________________________________________

34/ Singapore has reputation for its cleanliness.

 Singapore is _________________________________________________________

35/ Do you take pride in being a student of Hoang Van Thu High School?

 Are you ____________________________________________________________

36/ The new toy is exciting to the baby.

The baby is ___________________________________________________________

IV. Read the passage. Then answer the questions below.

   Marie was born in Poland in 1867. She learnt to read when she was four years old. She was very intelligent and had an excellent memory. She finished high school when she was only fifteen years old. Marie went to Paris to study Mathematics and Chemistry at the university. She won the Nobel prize for Physics in 1903 and eight years later she received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. She died in 1934.

Questions:

When did she win the Nobel prize for physics?

IV. Read the passage. Then answer the questions below.

   Marie was born in Poland in 1867. She learnt to read when she was four years old. She was very intelligent and had an excellent memory. She finished high school when she was only fifteen years old. Marie went to Paris to study Mathematics and Chemistry at the university. She won the Nobel prize for Physics in 1903 and eight years later she received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. She died in 1934.

Questions:

Was she fifteen years old when she finished high school?

Read the passage then choose the true (T) of false (F) statements.

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 about this. One afternoon after the lesson, my teacher of English told me to wait for for her outside the classroom. She took me to the school library and showed me cassettes of pronunciation drills Kelt 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", did 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 home town.

1. What difficulties did Nam have in learning English in the first year?

A. The pronunciation C. Both pronunciation and grammar

B. The grammar D. The way of improving his pronunciation

2. How was his English pronunciation?

A. It was really bad C. It was wonderful

B. It was really good D. It was very interesting

3. Who wanted to meet him one afternoon after lesson?

A. His teacher B. One of his friends C. His father D. His mother

4. 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. fourth prize

IV. Read the passage. Then answer the questions below.

   Marie was born in Poland in 1867. She learnt to read when she was four years old. She was very intelligent and had an excellent memory. She finished high school when she was only fifteen years old. Marie went to Paris to study Mathematics and Chemistry at the university. She won the Nobel prize for Physics in 1903 and eight years later she received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. She died in 1934.

Questions:

Where was Marie born?

IV. Read the passage. Then answer the questions below.

   Marie was born in Poland in 1867. She learnt to read when she was four years old. She was very intelligent and had an excellent memory. She finished high school when she was only fifteen years old. Marie went to Paris to study Mathematics and Chemistry at the university. She won the Nobel prize for Physics in 1903 and eight years later she received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. She died in 1934.

Questions:

Did she learn to read when she was six years old?