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Name: ....................................................................TEST 4-U1Date: Tuesday, September 18, 2018Class A1 –Mrs. Dung Phone: 01664.409.436I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others. 1. a. classm te b. ch racter c. gr de d. pl ce2. a. nough b. xtremely c. gen rous d. plan t3. a. cky b. vol nteer c. d. blic 4. a. br ow b. ow ever c. kn ow d. ow n5. a. reserv ed b. reciev ed c. book ed d. annoy edII. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase. 6. The River Amazon ____ into the Atlantic Ocean. a. flow b. flows c. flew d. is flowing 7. My sister and I______ the cartoons on TV every Saturday last summer. a. watch b. watched c. watches d. watching 8. don’t have enough money _____ for taxi. a. to pay b. for paying c. for pay d. paying 9. Surely 15 minutes is enough time ______ a. for you to have bath b. to you for having bath c. to you to have bath d. for you for having bath 10. This is my _____ ear I’m rather deaf in the other one. a. best b. well c. perfectly d. good 11. He prefers ______a. go for swim to study b. going for swim to study c. going for swim to studying d. go for swim to studying 12. Each of the rooms _____ different color. a. has b. have c. have had d. are having 13. He rarely shows his feelings. He’s rather_______ a. reserved b. sociable c. humorous d. helpful 14. The audience didn’t laugh ______ his joke. a.at b.on c.to d.for15. He worked as volunteer_______ Oxfarm. a. at b. for c. to d. withIII. Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English. 16. Once when was ten, used to get sick and went to the hospital. 17. Mike doesn’t go to the cinema with us last Saturday. 18. would like to go away on holiday but don’t have money enough. 19. He lives on 26 Tran Phu Street in Ha Noi with his family. 20. Every morning spend about an hour to read the newspaper. IV. Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces. Dear Luis, I’m your new pen friend! My first name is Andy and my (21) _________is Wong. I’m from Cheadle, in the north of England, and I’m sixteen (22) ____old. I’m fairly tall, with (23) ______. AndI wear glasses. enjoy (24) _____jokes and my friends usually enjoy my sense of (25) ______. The name of my school is Cheadle Comprehensive School, and I’m (26) ___Year 8. There (27) __thirty-one students in my class. My favorite subject is Geography and my (28) __sport is tennis. Best wishes, Andy 21. a. second name b. middle name c. family name d. nickname 22. a. year b. years c. .a&b are correct 23. a. short curly black hair b. black short curly hair c. short black curly hair d. black curly short hair 24. a. tell b. to tell c. telling d. to telling 25 a. humor b. humorous c. humorously d. humorousness 26. a. in b. on c. at d. of27. a. is b. are c. has d. have 28. a. favorite b. good c. most d. lucky V. Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it. have twin brothers, Tim and Tom. They are very similar and lot of people don’t know which iswhich. They both have blond hair and blue eyes, and they always wear jeans and T-shirts. They like doing the same things, too. For example, they both like jazz and they’re crazy aboutfootball. They go to football match once week Tim doesn’t like dancing or discos and Tomdoesn’t like them either. Although they’re twins, they’re not exactly the same at everything. Timworks hard at school because he wants to go to university, but Tom is bit lazy. Our mother is oftenaway from home because of her job, so we all work together in the house. Most of the time it’s fine,but sometimes we fight bit!29. What does the word ‘similar’ in line mean? a. the same in some ways b. completely the same c. completely different d. liked by many people 30. Tim and Tom ____ .a. are the author’s twin brothers b. have blond hair and blue eyes c. always wear jeans and T-shirts d. all are correct 31. What does the word ‘them’ in line refer to? a. things b. jazz c. jeans and T-shirts d. dancing or discos 32. Which of the following is not true? a. Tim is hard-working. b. Tom is bit lazy. c. Their mother is often away from home. d. Tim doesn’t like dancing or discos but Tom likes them. 33. The passage is written about the author’s _____ a. brothers b. pen pals c. cousins d. VI. Read the first sentence, and then complete the second sentence with same meaning.1. Bao is too young to cycle to school.Bao isn't ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................2. received some money from my aunt this morning.My aunt .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................3. How lovely the dress is!What ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................4. It takes Minh two hours to do his homework every day.Minh spends ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................5. What is your granddaughter's age?How .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................VII. Listening: Buying TextbooksA: Hey, you're in my English (1) ..........................!B: Yes, am.A: Did you (2) ..........................the textbook yet?B: No, it's really (3) ...........................A: How much is it?B: The original (4) .......................... is over $200.A: We (5) .......................... buy it from former student.B: We (6) .......................... also buy the (7) .......................... version.A: That is (8) .......................... idea!B: will give you the (9) .......................... to buy used books.A: Thank you so much. B: No (10) .......................... at all.