Choose the word which has underlined part pronounced differently from orhers.

1, A - laid B - said C - paid D - plain

2, A - passage B - teenage C - cottage D - village

3, A - ploughed B - weighed C - coughed D - borrowed

4, A - cable B - station C - answer D - latest

5, A - moderate B - chopstick C - pork D - possible

II. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the rest by writing your answer A, B, C, or D in the numbered box. (10 points)

1.        A. plaid                            B. plain                        C. laid                         D. paid

2.        A. abroad                         B. primary                   C. adjective                 D. advice

3.        A. ate                               B. climate                    C. associate                 D. concentrate

4.        A. documentary               B. moment                  C. comment                 D. environmental

5.        A. harvest                        B. standard                 C. popular                   D. scholarship

6.        A. furious                         B. purpose                   C. surf                         D. turn

7.        A. chopstick                     B. orchestra                 C. mechanic                D. Christmas

8.        A. clothe                          B. with                        C. wealthy                   D. southern

9.   A. women                        B. spend                      C. degree                D. return

10. A. wicked                         B. dogged                   C. sacred                     D. earned

I.       Phonetics (1pt)

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

1.         A. pollute          B. nuclear         C. reduce           D. confuse

2.         A. physical         B. visual               C. music                  D. because

I. Phonetics A. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest 1. A. game​B. bridge​C. against ​D. garage 2. A. machinery ​B. march​C. cheerful​D. merchant 3. A. page​B. message ​C. danger​D. ringer B. Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest 4. A. sympathy​B. loyalty​C. acquaintance​D. quality 5. A. rumor​B. believe​C. common​D. mutual II. Vocabulary and Grammar Choose from the four options given (marked A, B, C, and D) one best answer 6. He was so ________ that he distrusted all his friends. ​A. suspect​B. suspicious​C. suspicion​D. suspiciously 7. Friendship offers us great ________ in life. ​A. pleasure ​B. pleasant​C. please​D. pleased 8. Man is engaged in a ________ struggle with nature. ​A. constantly​B. constancy​C. inconstantly​D. constant 9. __________ is a two-sided affair. ​A. Friendly​B. Friendship​C. Friendliness​D. Friend 10. He is always __________ in words and deed. ​A. loyalty​B. loyally​C. loyal​D. loyalist 11. Daisy made me _________ him next week. ​A. promise calling​B. to promise calling​C. to promise to call​​D. promise to call 12. Some companies never allow ________ in their offices ​A. to smoke ​B. smoke​C. smoking ​D. smoked 13. They would __________ go by plane than spend a week traveling by train. ​A. love ​B. like​C. prefer​D. rather 14. I can hear a cat __________ at the window. ​A. scratches​B. scratching ​C. to scratch ​D. was scratching 15. If we leave now for our trip, we can stop __________ lunch at 11:00 sharp. ​A. to have​B. having​C. to have had​D. being having 16. He is very stubborn, so it will be difficult to __________ him to go. ​A. make​B. suggest ​C. let​D. persuade 17. She is busy ___________ for her wedding. ​A. shopping​B. shop​C. to shop​D. shopped 18. __________ Mr. Green nor his wife can drive. ​A. Not​B. Either​C. Neither​D. Both 19. I couldn’t repair my bicycle, __________ I didn’t have the right tools. ​A. although​B. because​C. because of​D. therefore 20. Two of the factories in our small town have closed. ___________, unemployment is high. ​A. Consequently​B. Because​C. So that​D. However

I. Phonetics A. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest 1. A. game​B. bridge​C. against ​D. garage 2. A. machinery ​B. march​C. cheerful​D. merchant 3. A. page​B. message ​C. danger​D. ringer B. Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest 4. A. sympathy​B. loyalty​C. acquaintance​D. quality 5. A. rumor​B. believe​C. common​D. mutual II. Vocabulary and Grammar Choose from the four options given (marked A, B, C, and D) one best answer 6. He was so ________ that he distrusted all his friends. ​A. suspect​B. suspicious​C. suspicion​D. suspiciously 7. Friendship offers us great ________ in life. ​A. pleasure ​B. pleasant​C. please​D. pleased 8. Man is engaged in a ________ struggle with nature. ​A. constantly​B. constancy​C. inconstantly​D. constant 9. __________ is a two-sided affair. ​A. Friendly​B. Friendship​C. Friendliness​D. Friend 10. He is always __________ in words and deed. ​A. loyalty​B. loyally​C. loyal​D. loyalist 11. Daisy made me _________ him next week. ​A. promise calling​B. to promise calling​C. to promise to call​​D. promise to call 12. Some companies never allow ________ in their offices ​A. to smoke ​B. smoke​C. smoking ​D. smoked 13. They would __________ go by plane than spend a week traveling by train. ​A. love ​B. like​C. prefer​D. rather 14. I can hear a cat __________ at the window. ​A. scratches​B. scratching ​C. to scratch ​D. was scratching 15. If we leave now for our trip, we can stop __________ lunch at 11:00 sharp. ​A. to have​B. having​C. to have had​D. being having 16. He is very stubborn, so it will be difficult to __________ him to go. ​A. make​B. suggest ​C. let​D. persuade 17. She is busy ___________ for her wedding. ​A. shopping​B. shop​C. to shop​D. shopped 18. __________ Mr. Green nor his wife can drive. ​A. Not​B. Either​C. Neither​D. Both 19. I couldn’t repair my bicycle, __________ I didn’t have the right tools. ​A. although​B. because​C. because of​D. therefore 20. Two of the factories in our small town have closed. ___________, unemployment is high. ​A. Consequently​B. Because​C. So that​D. However

I. PHONETICS

Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others.

1.   A. laughed               B. washed              C. stopped              D. collected

2.   A. musician              B. sugar                   C. ocean              D. television

3. A. visited                   B. founded               C. decided             D. developed

Choose a word in each line that has a different stress pattern.

3. A. perform                 B. puppet                 C. mixture            D. temple

4. A. recognise               B. historic                C. saxophone       D. organize

II. Phonetics                       

* Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

1. A. nature                      B. change                    C. replace                    D. program

2.  A. date                         B. safely                      C. traffic                      D. station

3.  A. ear                           B. idea                         C. fear                          D. overheat

    4. A. motorbike               B. driver                      C. limit                         D. firework

    5. A. vehicle                    B. flight                       C. nightmare               D. violent

A. PHONETICS, GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY: 20 points (1p/each) Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others by circling A, B, C, or D. 1. A. hear B. return C. prefer D. thirsty 2. A. sauce B. onion C. bought D. saw 3. A. leisure B. pressure C. closure D. pleasure Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the other three in the following questions. 4. A. artist B. violent C. portrait D. guitar 5. A. heritage B. national C. atmosphere D. effective Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes the sentence. 6. Saxophones are used mainly for ____________ jazz music. A. composing B. taking C. playing D. writing 7. She ______________ gymnastics twice a week to keep fit. A. takes B. plays C. goes to D. does 8. In Viet Nam, the Dan Bau is a traditional ________________ instrument. A. music B. musician C. musical D. musically 9. Cakes are usually made _________ flour, butter, milk and eggs. A. by B. in C. from D. of 10. When he finishes High school, he will _________ photography as a hobby. A. take off B. take up C. take over D. take after 11. She wants to stay healthy, __________ she does yoga and follows a balanced diet. A. and B. so C. therefore D. but 12. This morning, we ___________ up by our aunt living next door. A. are woke B. are woken C. were waken D. were woken 13. Do you know _______________ living now? A. where are they B. where they are C. where they D. both B&C are correct First Term Test - Grade 7 (2020- 2021) Time: 60 minutes (Writing+ Listening) Điểm: 2 14. Minh, Lam and Phong are good at Maths and English, but ________ of them _______ good at Literature. A. all / are B. neither / are C. none / is D. none / are 15. Would you like to join us for a water puppet show? A. No, I wouldn't B. Yes, I would. C. It's my pleasure. D. I’d love to. It will be fun. Find and correct the mistakes in the following sentences. 16. Volunteering is special for me because I can help others people. A B C D Correction: _______________ 17. Tommy doesn't enjoy making models and his brother doesn't too. A B C D Correction: _______________ 18. I used to find it is difficult to learn Chemistry well. A B C D Correction: _______________ 19. Salt is one of important ingredient for almost dishes. A B C D Correction: _______________ 20. Students at my school usually donate books, clothes and money for local charities. A B C D Correction: _______________ B. READING : 20 points (2p/ each) Fill in the blank with a suitable word in the box. Then read the passage and decide the following statements True (T) or False (F. You have a headache and you sneeze and cough. Your nose is all stuffed up, and it keeps running, so you have to blow it every few minutes. You know by these (21) that you have a cold, and you feel completely (22) . Everyone suffers (23) the common cold at some time or other. It isn’t a serious illness, but over a billion dollars a year is spent on different kinds of cold medicine every year. This medicine can relieve the symptoms. That is, it can make you cough less, make your head less intense, and stop your nose (24) for a while. However, it can’t cure your cold. So far, there is no cure for the common cold and no medicine to prevent it. Although there is no cure or preventive medicine for colds, people have all kinds of ideas about how to prevent and treat colds. Some people think that if you eat a lot of onions, you won’t catch cold. (25) say that you should avoid getting wet and chilled, or you will catch cold. However, this is apparently not so. Read the text carefully, then answer the questions. Chu Van An was born in 1292 in Van Thon village, Quang Liet commune, present day Thanh Tri district, Hanoi. In the early life, he was famous as a straightforward man who passed the doctoral examination but refused to become a mandarin. Instead, he opened a school and began his career as a Confucian teacher in Huynh Cung village in Thanh Tri. Under the reign of Tran Minh Tong, Chu Van others running other comfortable illness miserable symptoms from 3 An became a teacher at the Imperial Academy where he was responsible for teaching the crown prince Vuong, the future emperor Tran Hien Tong. Later, he resigned and returned to his homevillage because Tran Du Tong refused his request of beheading seven corrupted mandarins. For the rest of his life, Chu Van An continued his teaching career and wrote books. He died of illness in 1370. After his death, an altar was set up in his honour in the Temple of Literature. 26. What did Chu Van An do in his early life? __________________________________________________________________________ 27. Who did Chu Van An teach when he was a teacher at the Imperial Academy? __________________________________________________________________________ 28. Why did he resign? __________________________________________________________________________ 29. How old was he when he died? __________________________________________________________________________ 30. Where was an altar to Chu Van An erected? __________________________________________________________________________ C.WRITING: 20 points (2p/each) Reorder the following words to make meaningful sentences. 31. broken/ tell/ you/ Can/ how/ me/ to/ rice/ cook/? → ____________________________________________________________________________. 32. Joanna/ overweight/, / but/ eat/ is/ not / junk food/ too much/ she / does. → ____________________________________________________________________________. 33. performance/ the/ is/ young / next/ about/ very/ anxious/ singer/ The/. → ____________________________________________________________________________. Rewrite the sentences keeping the meaning unchanged. 34. The price of the white dress is the same as that of the pink dress. → The price of _________________________________________________________________ 35. It's difficult to take photos of animals. → I think ______________________________________________________________________ 36. Thousands of people visit the Temple of Literature every year. → The Temple of Literature _______________________________________________________ 37. When did she start working as a secretary in that company? → How long ___________________________________________________________________ Complete the sentences with the given words. 38. This pagoda / build / local people / 100 years ago/ _______________________________________________________________________________ 39. My classmate/ not/ want / go / camping/ forest / because/ she/ afraid/ snakes. _______________________________________________________________________________ 40. Although/ she / follow / healthy diet / do / exercise / regularly / , / she / keep / gain / weight. _______________________________________________________________________________ THE END!